Everton banter 9

26 Jan 2026 22:26:10
Mykolenko seems to be getting worse which is quite something. He is awful. Aznou must be gutted to be behind him in the pecking order.

{Ed025's Note - yeah he was terrible Reg, we need 2 fullbacks with pace mate..

26 Jan 2026 22:51:07
Players were actually refusing his runs and turning back inside because he offers so little going forward. Definitely due an upgrade.

26 Jan 2026 23:07:38
Agree we need 2 full backs, but in fairness to Patterson I think he's done quite well when Moyes has been forced to play him. He played without anyone in front of him today, such a shame because Grealish and Ndiaye have been crying out for a full back option but then tonight Patterson has McNeil trotting around in front of him.

27 Jan 2026 02:29:23
Thing is it was/is the same with Dibling in front of him. Ndiaye is class but still a left footer, Dibling left footer. I am in the loan Dibling to PNE instead of Armstrong side of the debate.

26 Jan 2026 22:22:28
Controversial but. Gueye should be dropped, he's too slow and not good enough with the ball. Legs are what we need. Blood rohl or tim when fit in his place.

{Ed025's Note - him and Ndaiye looked leggy Ant, i would have pulled them at half time myself mate..

26 Jan 2026 22:43:05
I don't think it's controversial at all, I think we need to start to phase him out the 2nd half of the season.
Keep Armstrong and play him as the 10, drop KDH back to play alongside Jimmy.

26 Jan 2026 22:43:15
Getting back into the pace of the Prem. Afcon a dawdle, very good players training pitch football.

26 Jan 2026 22:22:05
Well let’s look at the positives because their are far to many negatives. At least Branthwaite and KDH are back. And that’s about as positive as it gets.

26 Jan 2026 22:56:22
Barry bagged another goal is another positive.

Armstrong our best player first half another positive, his substitution was baffling.

{Ed025's Note - Armstrong never done much for me Dan, but should always start before McNeil imo..

26 Jan 2026 23:45:35
We didn't have a best player in the first half.

27 Jan 2026 03:00:37
Barry finding the net, KDH and Jarrad back, our Afcon players back, options with Rhol, Harrison and Dibling. not a bad situation really.
We seem to enjoy being negative and slagging off players and Moyes. We have been lucky to stay up lately and at last we can look up and start being positive.

It'll take another two years to get a squad capable of competing for a top 4-6 finish and for now we should be positive about where we are.
NSNO UTFT IMWT.

26 Jan 2026 21:57:27
Thats why moyes will never take us forward.

26 Jan 2026 22:08:26
I'm not disagreeing with you, but at least he made half time changes and even changed the formation to match them up.

26 Jan 2026 22:12:16
Agee mate and unlucky not to win it.

26 Jan 2026 22:14:50
Look we are not World beaters but we will finish top 10, we will strengthen in the summer window. Last time we finished 8th was under Gravey Tits. Last time we were consistent 7th/8th was under Moyes (with no money) .

26 Jan 2026 22:15:44
He’ll never win with some is how I see it. We were awful first half, but he made a change to formation and players and we were much better in the second half. Still some frustrating aspects of course, but we’re getting our best players back in play and should improve from here. Still reasons to be hopeful I’d say.

26 Jan 2026 22:19:05
GB we could have been two or three down by half time. Luck has nothing to do with it.
Our tactics for playing at home are far to negative and it’s awful to watch.

{Ed025's Note - i keep saying it...we are not set up to take the game to teams BMD, we are a counter attacking team who sit back and try to hit teams on the break mate, we have very little width and tend to cut in and try to pass it through the middle but we dont really have the players with that cutting edge that can open teams up, we dont have players who make that darting run and open teams up really but maybe we are looking...just my view of course..

26 Jan 2026 22:20:06
A fair result.

{Ed025's Note - yep..

26 Jan 2026 22:44:41
It's very frustrating Ed025. It seems to happen every home game. It's not just sitting back, every member of the team just looks totally uninterested like a training session after a night out on the ale. The difference in the second half display compared with the first is like night and day.

I know that we had some substitutions which helped but we seem to start every home game in the same vain. It can't be a coincidence and I just can't understand it if it is a deliberate tactic.

{Ed025's Note - its having limited options up front Mike for me, no darting runs in behind so attacks break down in the final third..

26 Jan 2026 23:06:51
I was crying out to see Aznou on the left when we went to three at the back.

26 Jan 2026 23:48:23
We press in ones and twos not as a team. So who is it telling them to do that I wonder?

27 Jan 2026 07:23:05
Think we're lucky to still be in the game by halftime.

26 Jan 2026 20:52:58
Here we go again can't pass Pass backwards And no heart in the first half.

26 Jan 2026 21:22:18
Left back mcneill and Barry are dreadful.

26 Jan 2026 21:37:45
And Barry the Terrible scores.

26 Jan 2026 21:58:37
Well better in the second half but why do we waste 45 minutes, happens too often?

26 Jan 2026 21:59:29
I don't agree about barry i definitely think he's on the turn.

{Ed025's Note - yeah like milk thats been left on the step for a month..

26 Jan 2026 22:09:03
Couldn't jump, couldn't tackle, pissed me right off watching his Sunderland penalty, then he gets goals.

26 Jan 2026 23:53:52
Trouble is Barry was left chasing shadows with Armstrong, is it any wonder the lad gets gassed out. Agree he might not be the best striker we have ever had but the lad is scoring goals now and could still develop into a decent striker. But he needs a lot more support around him, he clearly can't do it on his own.

26 Jan 2026 20:50:58
Absolutely dreadful.

26 Jan 2026 20:31:25
I see the playing at home demons are striking again…Leeds just go and score…just what is it about us at our new stadium this season ?.

26 Jan 2026 19:59:15
Got a horrible feeling about tonight, hope i'm wrong.

26 Jan 2026 20:35:34
We’ve been really poor so far Skylark.

26 Jan 2026 20:46:47
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a good feeling about a game ?.

26 Jan 2026 20:49:31
Looks like you are right so far.

26 Jan 2026 20:50:34
You might be right ?.

26 Jan 2026 20:58:05
First half, Pathetic. Why are we so bad at home. Just allow the opposition to play around with the ball, one shot all first half, bloody useless. We have the chance to go to seventh with a win, better see an improvement second half.

26 Jan 2026 21:12:02
Logical. Plain to see that an awful lot of comments on here regarding scores are not based on reality of our style and form at home.

26 Jan 2026 19:26:42
We could be a point behind our neighbours with a win tonight, wonder what their Team cost compared to ours.

26 Jan 2026 19:37:53
Not bothered and it will not be as easy as you make out. Leeds are a good side. Dry January is killing me nerves are shattered.

26 Jan 2026 19:46:34
Don’t agree I think Leeds are very poor and can see them getting relegated again.

{Ed025's Note - i have seen quite a lot of them this season GB and i think they are a decent side mate..

26 Jan 2026 21:23:57
If Leeds are very poor we must be shocking.

26 Jan 2026 18:59:40
I don't believe that we should let any player leave or go out on loan this window including Armstrong. We have seen how injuries, red cards and an accumulation of yellow cards can leave us short on numbers.

Even if we recruit the badly needed right-back and striker we should keep everyone, well if by some miracle that happens maybe let Beto go but no one else.

26 Jan 2026 19:17:59
Would keep Armstrong for sure, we get £15 million for Tim would let him go mate.

26 Jan 2026 20:16:58
First 15 minutes and we don’t look good!

26 Jan 2026 21:04:15
An we look worse the second 15 mins and worse again last 15 minutes so basically we been crap for first 45 minutes.

26 Jan 2026 18:54:45
Back four stays the same with Ndiaye and McNeil out wide. Nice to see Armstrong keeps his place, Rohl a little unlucky to lose his. Actually got a strong bench with only one keeper.

26 Jan 2026 19:14:47
Exactly the team I would expect Moyes to pick. My prediction is 3-1 for us with all four goals being scored by Everton players or ex-Everton players.

26 Jan 2026 19:38:48
I will take 1-0.

26 Jan 2026 19:52:32
So would I mate.