Everton Banter Archive October 18 2014

 

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18 Oct 2014 20:28:45
Top 4 by crimbo, mark my words the only way is up, love you all

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18 Oct 2014 17:59:30
.that's better. now winning consistency is needed & fit players. Barkley was the difference today, quite clear we have missed him massively, we mustn't ever sell him for any amount not even £100 million!

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18 Oct 2014 21:35:41
We are incredibly lucky to have players like ross and rom, so young, so good and both can become world class

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18 Oct 2014 17:38:22
Ratings, howard-7-made a good save second half, they scored but it was disallowed for a foul, no doubt alcaraz will be given unfair abuse for that, howards fault as he should of come out to claim it, still makes me nervous, coleman-7.5-solid defensively, great positioning for his goal, didn't see him rampaging down the right too often, alcaraz-8-was shocked to see him start, even more shocked him and jags swapped sides but mostly shocked by how good he was, fantastic headed clearance to deny benteke first half, he made a good tackle in the box and his passing was top notch, jagielka-8-brilliant header and very solid throughout, did well on the ball too, baines-8-some great passes and 2 excellent crosses, solid defensively, mccarthy-8-well, I've been made to eat my words, maybe its been too long since I've seen him play, I made the comparison to henderson, henderson offers more going forward but as someone rightly pointed out, macca let's the full backs bomb on, thus allowing 2 threats rather than one, superb tackle first half and great pressuring from him, barry-8-passing was slick and he tackled when he needed too, barkley-7-made up he's back, looked very comfortable on the ball and would get a higher rating if he had played for abit longer, but he is only just returning, osman-6-right before anyone moans, he lost it constantly, was late reacting to everything and passed the wrong way at the wrong time, got pelters at the match, villa attacking us and he is still moaning at the ref, naismith-9-wins every header, works so hard, does the right thing at the right time, non stop from him, love him, lukaku-7.5-his lay offs and passes were a lot better as was his touch, chased things down but should be running onto naismiths headers, pienaar-6.5-did his bit, etoo-6-good skill in the area and isn't selfish, gibson-6-good to have him back, fantastic win, need to continue against burnley though, good to ser seamus, ross and macca back, must ease off now though, good performance, good result and a clean sheet, come on everton!

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18 Oct 2014 20:43:47
Have you moved seats :-) nice one mate. Barkley just oozes class.

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20 Oct 2014 11:55:56
I agree with all of your ratings this week Swan. I was willing Osman to do well because it annoys me when people have a go at him from the first minute, but he was our worst player by a mile on Saturday. He lost the ball nearly every time he got it! On a more positive note, I'd say so far Naismith is our player of the season, hope his form continues and a few more players start making a claim for that accolade! I'm cautiously optimistic about the rest of the season now. onwards and upwards hopefully.

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18 Oct 2014 17:31:45
Better, pretty solid all round I thought. Jags much more at ease great to have seamus back. Ross seemed fit from the off and was involved in a lot of positive movement forwards. Relieved and happier now. Let's push on now and build fitness and fluency as we go. Coyb

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18 Oct 2014 17:09:52
Better performance and result today - welcome back Ross and Seamus. Also to Swan (I think) McCarthy last ditch tackle when their player was through on goal typifies what he does he allows baines and Coleman the freedom to bomb on

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18 Oct 2014 17:39:52
Spot on OP,

The reports will call this an easy win. I'd say it was more like a well played result.

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18 Oct 2014 09:01:00
Well here we go boys and girls. Our turn around for the season starts here. Let me explain why: Firstly we had the most difficult of fixtures to start the season. Lots of the top 6 to play and then a few Europa league games to squeeze in. Added to which a lovely little trip to Russia. Secondly, we then suffered injuries to our key "creative" players. This left us with McGeady, Atsu, Naismith and Osman as our fit "link" players. Osman looks bloody knackered before he gets his boots on, McGeady seems to be brilliant for Ireland yet flatters to deceive for us and Atsu. well looks like a little boy lost. Naismith has been quite brilliant. but on his own. Besides super Kevin M, we have a few returning as in Barkley Pienaar and Gibbo pick up their fitness again. We may or may not win today, but I predict that over the next few weeks we will start to see the return of last season's exciting forward thrusting form. Providing we don't lose to many more players to injury.

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Villa no mugs won't be easy after their victory @ Anfield a few weeks ago.
I think Benteke will return today so it will be a big test for our defence.
If we can keep a clean sheet then I think we can win it 2-0

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Totally agree that our fortunes are about to change and am a bit disappointed about some fans reactions to our bad start and roberto martinezs managment we have already played liverpool, man u, chelsea and arsenal and we are still only 2 wins off the top 4 even with our bad luck with injuries also if we hadn't thrown 4 points away against leicester and arsenal everyone would be creaming their pants about how well we had started

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18 Oct 2014 01:57:22
I know he's a young lad like, but why not give Browning a slightly bigger role than currently, looks quality and seems to have a great amount of potential. Had great loan periods past few seasons and done very well end of derby. Could he be the answer to our defensive leeks. who know! But one thing is certain with the likes of him, stones, and Garbutt coming through we could have a very very strong defence for a couple more seasons

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I'd play him along side jags while stones is out,and hibbo at full back.we can't afford for one of our three subs to be a swapping of full backs.browning looks calm on the pitch,he did well coming on at anfield and Trafford.

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I agree about Browning but I'd play him at RB and not CB in place of Tony Hibbert. With Distin looking a cert to play today and with Seamus still a week away at least. The position of RB is a concern and Young Browning deserves his chance.

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