And, we’re off.......2018/2019

[ColchesterFC]

Mina's free header was poor considering Gomez was wrong side.

Walcott in true walcott style over ran the ball and never got a shot away, Bernards shot wasnt on target so my initial comment wasnt far off afterall.

Richarlison is a very good player but feck me he's lightweight......

Pickfords kicking was shocking, why was he trying to stop a goal kick?

That's a little bit harsh. I thought it was a great intervention by Allison. Got his hand to the ball and caused Walcott to mis-control it. Having said that Walcott is perfectly capable of ballsing it up all on his own without any help from the keeper.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

That's a little bit harsh. I thought it was a great intervention by Allison. Got his hand to the ball and caused Walcott to mis-control it. Having said that Walcott is perfectly capable of ballsing it up all on his own without any help from the keeper.

I’ve not seen the replay, only view I had was from my seat in the main stand

 

[Dan2501]

What a gut-wrenching way to end a derby, couldn't believe what I was seeing. We deserved more than that.

One thing I still don't understand is how Walcott continues to start ahead of Lookman on the right. Lookman has looked absolutely class everytime he's come on and Walcott has hardly done anything all year and has had a run of poor performances missing a few key opportunities. Time he was dropped I think, we need to get Ademola involved, be gutting if we lose him because he wants more play time elsewhere.

 

[Beezerk]

That's a little bit harsh. I thought it was a great intervention by Allison. Got his hand to the ball and caused Walcott to mis-control it. Having said that Walcott is perfectly capable of ballsing it up all on his own without any help from the keeper.

Yes it was actually a cracking stop by the keeper to get a hand in. My initial reaction was “bloody Walcott again...sigh” but the replay showed it differently.

 

[pokerjoke]

I’ve not seen the replay, only view I had was from my seat in the main stand

You need to get a new seat Stu it’s obvious you view is Ltd.
Shikira should have scored,Mane should have scored but Mina’s point blank header was only because Gomez was wrong side,brilliant.

 

[Tashyboy]

After yesterday's draw Mark Hughes has been sacked, must of been a good result for Utd if Maureen is still in his job.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

You need to get a new seat Stu it’s obvious you view is Ltd.
Shikira should have scored,Mane should have scored but Mina’s point blank header was only because Gomez was wrong side,brilliant.

Correct, that’s exactly how I saw it.

Mina had a free header, if Gomez wasn’t out of position and where he should be Mina doesn’t get that free header.
Shaqiri was through on goal and took an extra touch instead of getting his shot away.

 

[pokerjoke]

After yesterday's draw Mark Hughes has been sacked, must of been a good result for Utd if Maureen is still in his job.

I agree Tash Jose needs to go but I don’t think it will be this season unfortunately.
What about you boys though,playing scintillating football but 1000s if empty seats again.
What do City fans want?if there are any

 

[PJ87]

After yesterday's draw Mark Hughes has been sacked, must of been a good result for Utd if Maureen is still in his job.

I no longer wish for Southampton to go down

Order is restored to the premier league.. Hughes is once again on the scrap heap

Terrible manager

 

[pokerjoke]

Correct, that’s exactly how I saw it.

Mina had a free header, if Gomez wasn’t out of position and where he should be Mina doesn’t get that free header.
Shaqiri was through on goal and took an extra touch instead of getting his shot away.

Well so going by your reckoning that means Mane and Shikiras chances came from all the Everton defenders being wrong side.
That’s football,chances are created by defensive mistakes,great striker movement to lose defenders or sheer brilliance.
Gomez was probably wrong side because of the above.
It was a great chance and he should have scored although the GK deserves great credit.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Mina had a free header, if Gomez wasn’t out of position and where he should be Mina doesn’t get that free header.

You can apply that logic to most chances, most goals. We had chances we didn't take them (we did, you just choose not to acknowledge them). You had chances, you didn't take them. We gifted you a freak goal, game over.

 

[Tashyboy]

I agree Tash Jose needs to go but I don’t think it will be this season unfortunately.
What about you boys though,playing scintillating football but 1000s if empty seats again.
What do City fans want?if there are any

Ah City's empty seats let me explain. 😁

Bournemouth never sold anywhere near there allocation. So the top two tiers were released to the "turn up on the day " City fans. Which they filled. City sold them tickets first as they get all the money from said sold tickets. As against, if I had informed the club that I couldn't get to the game, the first £26 goes to me then the rest of the £40 or £50 goes to the club. The club sold hardly any tickets from fans that could not go. In essence if City play say Liverpool Utd etc they sell out there away section, and City sell out any spare day tickets. That aside there is a situation brewing at City that I am watching with great interest.
City are looking to increase the capacity at the Emptyhad once more. The north stand/ family stand where I sit now, they are looking to increase to a massive two tier standing stand which the fans want anyway. They hope to move City's kop there and charge up to £580 for the privelage. They are paying about that for sitting ( but prefer to stand). That's all well said and done, but City want to increase the capacity by another 8,000. They are not filling the stadium now ( like on Saturday) so how do they intend to fill it once extended. Watch this space. Oh ah, Saturday wasn't that scintillating 😁

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Well so going by your reckoning that means Mane and Shikiras chances came from all the Everton defenders being wrong side.
That’s football,chances are created by defensive mistakes,great striker movement to lose defenders or sheer brilliance.s
Gomez was probably wrong side because of the above.
It was a great chance and he should have scored although the GK deserves great credit.

No it doesn’t, watch it again. Mane was quicker to the ball than Mina then mane put it over the bar.

You can’t compare a free header to a forward being that split second quicker to the ball than a defender.

Mina’s Free header was Trents mistake and Gomes free header was poor marking from Gomez, as a kid I remember being told to stay goal side when defending, though it was a great recovery from Gomez to clear off the line.

 

[pokerjoke]

Ah City's empty seats let me explain. 😁

Bournemouth never sold anywhere near there allocation. So the top two tiers were released to the "turn up on the day " City fans. Which they filled. City sold them tickets first as they get all the money from said sold tickets. As against, if I had informed the club that I couldn't get to the game, the first £26 goes to me then the rest of the £40 or £50 goes to the club. The club sold hardly any tickets from fans that could not go. In essence if City play say Liverpool Utd etc they sell out there away section, and City sell out any spare day tickets. That aside there is a situation brewing at City that I am watching with great interest.
City are looking to increase the capacity at the Emptyhad once more. The north stand/ family stand where I sit now, they are looking to increase to a massive two tier standing stand which the fans want anyway. They hope to move City's kop there and charge up to £580 for the privelage. They are paying about that for sitting ( but prefer to stand). That's all well said and done, but City want to increase the capacity by another 8,000. They are not filling the stadium now ( like on Saturday) so how do they intend to fill it once extended. Watch this space. Oh ah, Saturday wasn't that scintillating 😁

I didn’t say Saturday was scintillating.
Thanks for explaining though.

 

[howbow88]

What's happened to Burnley? They were so bad against us on Saturday that we should have won 4 or 5-0 quite easily, but we're terrible at putting away chances. Huge game for us tomorrow night.

One man to war, war! Went to war with Brighton...

 

[Deleted member 15344]

You need to see the match again and take the red glasses off. You are missing the Mina header, Walcott going around the keeper, Bernard shooting past the post, probably some others but I am slowly blanking the game from my memory. Clubchamp98 got it right with his post.

Pickford made a howler but he was excellent in the one on one situations. He stood up like Schmeical in his pomp and was excellent until that mistake. Hey ho, bring on the Toon.

It looked to me like Mina was offside for his header , Walcott was a good touch from the Keeper

In the second half I couldn’t really remember many clear cut chances for Everton - the Bernard one was just a shot from distance really that wasn’t testing the keeper

I think on balance with the chances Liverpool had a draw would have been two points lost

 

[Dan2501]

UEFA have approved the use of VAR for the knockout stages of this seasons Champions League.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It looked to me like Mina was offside for his header , Walcott was a good touch from the Keeper

In the second half I couldn’t really remember many clear cut chances for Everton - the Bernard one was just a shot from distance really that wasn’t testing the keeper

I think on balance with the chances Liverpool had a draw would have been two points lost

I knew I was stretching it with Bernard but I could remember that. There were other chances, it just becomes a blur though . Mina was onside. Even if you thought otherwise the flag didn't go up so it would have stood. Allison did very well on the Walcott chance and the Gomes header. Both keepers stood up well on the one v ones. Listening to one of the Peter Crouch podcasts he talked about keepers not going down making it much harder for a striker. Both did that well yesterday.

I understand your thinking on the last sentence and that is bound to be your view, not a pop by the way. Equally you can understand why we are gutted not to take a point. We didn't park the bus yesterday, we had clear chances, we had control of passages of play (although not as many as Liverpool did).

 

[Dan2501]

Recently discovered a brilliant football-related podcast. Quickly Kevin: Will he Score?. One of the most entertaining podcasts I've listened to in ages, the interviews with Gary Neville, Stuart Pearce and Miles Jacobsen (of Championship/Football Manager fame) are brilliant, and then the most recent episode about the Chester City documentary filmed around the time they had a bonkers American owner was hilarious. Highly recommended!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I knew I was stretching it with Bernard but I could remember that. There were other chances, it just becomes a blur though . Mina was onside. Even if you thought otherwise the flag didn't go up so it would have stood. Allison did very well on the Walcott chance and the Gomes header. Both keepers stood up well on the one v ones. Listening to one of the Peter Crouch podcasts he talked about keepers not going down making it much harder for a striker. Both did that well yesterday.

I understand your thinking on the last sentence and that is bound to be your view, not a pop by the way. Equally you can understand why we are gutted not to take a point. We didn't park the bus yesterday, we had clear chances, we had control of passages of play (although not as many as Liverpool did).

I can also understand your view - prob the strongest Everton team for a while - Gomes was very impressive , get him signed up before someone jumps in there. Certainly didn’t park the bus and gave it a go - thought Richarlinson was too busy looking for fouls and to cause issues and let the team down. Can see a good battle with Utd for that 6th spot