27 Jan 2026 00:00:34
I remember when Neville signed for us and it wasn't greatly received. However, when he put that challenge in on Ronaldo, I think we all knew where his allegiances were when putting on an Everton shirt. Quite the opposite with McNeil tonight. The way he sh*t out of that 50/50 tonight was pathetic. Not to mention him half-jogging back for their first goal. He was and is utter garbage and shouldn't play for us again, unless we literally have no one else to use. If Moyes is going to continue his love affair, at least play him on the left. He is crap everywhere but it is evident he is 3 times as bad out on the right. Aznou deserved minutes after his Sunderland performance, I would be wanting to leave before deadline day if I was him. Imagine sitting there and seeing that play ahead of you.
He shouldn't have bought the two AFCON players in tonight. Both are clearly going to be knackered, even if they weren't physically, they will be mentally after winning a tournament, especially in that fashion.
Moyes weird habit of changing things after a good result. Rohl should have kept his place tonight in the flat three. They all take it in turns to press and get forward and it worked very well against Villa. Why the obsession with changing winning teams?
Mykolenko shocking again. Probably the worst performance I have seen him have in an Everton shirt Bogle and Justin absolutely hammered both our fullbacks all game. Praying we get some new blood in and don't offer him a new deal or get sucked in with the Patterson hype because he has managed to be fit for a couple of games.
Positives tonight were seeing the lads who have been injured come back in and get minutes. Can't wait for Jarrad to get fit. Not just a class defender but an actual footballer. Other one was DCL not scoring. That smile when he hit the post, you could tell he was dying to score haha! Reminiscent of the howling misses he used to make for us. Finally Barry getting another goal. Great gambling on the front post and another cute finish, which surprised me as much as the Villa one. Other than that he still looks very awkward in the way that he moves. Thought we would see a little bit of what he did for Villareal when he peeled off in the first half. Runs like a giraffe.
27 Jan 2026 07:04:28
When Moyes brought on Branthwaite he then at the same time should have replaced Mycolenko with Aznou, although Barry scored other than that he was out of his depth, we need a striker that can hold the ball up, retain possession and bring others into play,
Hard to comprehend why we have never found a suitable replacement for Mykolenko and Patterson.
27 Jan 2026 07:44:06
Yeah agree with all that. Full backs were awful last night. Struggled to defend and utterly useless going forward.
All changed when KDH was sent on. That guy is key to everything we do attacking wise, we seemed to click into place and Leeds couldn’t handle us.
Dibling was much better but I wish he would have taken a shot when on goal instead of passing. That a confidence thing which will come. Fair play though as he gets more minutes he offers more of what we expect for his hype.
27 Jan 2026 09:23:09
I also thought Garner was playing out of his normal position, maybe Moyes had to accommodate the lads returning from Africa.
27 Jan 2026 09:34:34
The “Everton Dibling” is a complete mystery to me, just not the same player as last season with Southampton, maybe Moyes is not the right Manager for him, going backwards and showing no signs that he has improved over the last few months which is strange, as by now he should have settled in to his environment
Moyes goes on about sending Armstrong out on loan, to give him more game time at Preston! So why doesn’t he feel the same over Dibling? For the sake of our massive investment in Dibling he’s need to go out on loan locally under a management team that will bring him back to his full potential, you can see from his body language something is not right.
{Ed025's Note - he does not look happy at all Uran, never smiles and looks really disinterested which for a young player is very worrying mate, could be homesick i suppose but looks like a fish out of water to me..
27 Jan 2026 09:48:20
Exactly Ed it also feels like he doesn’t get on with his team mates or his team mates don’t get on with him, maybe I am totally wrong and hope I am, a young lad on his own in the Merseyside area, baffling scenario Ed.
{Ed025's Note - something is not right thats for sure mate..
27 Jan 2026 11:19:56
The lad has a price tag around his neck, no fault of his own. It is baffling why he hasn't gone out on loan.
27 Jan 2026 17:48:58
Dibling can only go on loan to Southampton. He can't play for a 3rd club in 1 season.