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The Footie Thread

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I genuinely hope you are right. I don't wish him or Forest ill and so perhaps Cooper can trigger something that he had at Burnley.

I'd love to read the scouts report from Forest though, to understand what they are seeing.
Well He’s being thrown into the starting 11 today without a training session under his belt, so Cooper clearly thinks there’s something he can expose against Bournemouth
 
Take the positives

Soucek hasnt started. And Emerson has been given a game. What's the point of constantly starting cresswell when he is just as much of a liability and doesn't put in decent crosses anymore

HT report… No evidence of going “off piste” our tactics haven’t changed, let the opposition press you and wait for a breakaway. Working a treat against a spectacularly poor Everton side.

Looking forward to seeing Ings. Wonder if we will change out set up then?
 
HT report… No evidence of going “off piste” our tactics haven’t changed, let the opposition press you and wait for a breakaway. Working a treat against a spectacularly poor Everton side.

Looking forward to seeing Ings. Wonder if we will change out set up then?

See I like this set up

3 CBs mean you can push Emerson and coufal forward

Rice and paquata are technically sound players

I'd rather kehrer in for coufal as he is faster and a better crosser of the ball

All to play for

Want to see ings come.on
 
See I like this set up

3 CBs mean you can push Emerson and coufal forward

Rice and paquata are technically sound players

I'd rather kehrer in for coufal as he is faster and a better crosser of the ball

All to play for

Want to see ings come.on

The set up relies on resolute defending then rapid pace and sharp finishing. We have none of that this year.

As for Ings, it was strange, when Antonio went off Bowen was pushed up front as the striker and Ings dropped into a #10 position. He has no pace nor a tackle in him so it was not ideal for him.

Whilst we play this way I am worried he is going to discover what it’s like to be truly lonely. ☹️
 
The set up relies on resolute defending then rapid pace and sharp finishing. We have none of that this year.

As for Ings, it was strange, when Antonio went off Bowen was pushed up front as the striker and Ings dropped into a #10 position. He has no pace nor a tackle in him so it was not ideal for him.

Whilst we play this way I am worried he is going to discover what it’s like to be truly lonely. ☹️

We have 3 big games coming up..

After the cup we play chelsea, spurs and forest

Chelsea we were robbed of a point by var (which they admitted) spurs we were unlucky not to win and they look out of sorts.. and forest we played well but couldn't score..

Now arguably those 3 reverse fixtures were 3 of our best performances of football but not results

I fancy 2 wins from them
 
Unai Emery’s Aston Villa ???

16 points in 7 games, a clear vision for how he wants to play and it’s great viewing.
 
We have 3 big games coming up..

After the cup we play chelsea, spurs and forest

Chelsea we were robbed of a point by var (which they admitted) spurs we were unlucky not to win and they look out of sorts.. and forest we played well but couldn't score..

Now arguably those 3 reverse fixtures were 3 of our best performances of football but not results

I fancy 2 wins from them


By general concensus, Everton were truly awful. And while conceding 62% possession suited the Moyes blueprint, teams given the same opportunity, like Toon, the plastics and sadly the Spuds in our next three will have a more potent attack and we'll be back to square one.

The win will give us a temporary confidence boost but the dour jock must still be ushered out of the back door.
 
By general concensus, Everton were truly awful. And while conceding 62% possession suited the Moyes blueprint, teams given the same opportunity, like Toon, the plastics and sadly the Spuds in our next three will have a more potent attack and we'll be back to square one.

The win will give us a temporary confidence boost but the dour jock must still be ushered out of the back door.

That argument doesn't really hold water when at first under Moyes we played counter attack and won with very low possession

Its just finding negatives in a win tbh.
 
[QUOTE="pauljames87, post: 2592189, member: 21784"]That argument doesn't really hold water when at first under Moyes we played counter attack and won with very low possession

It’s just finding negatives in a win tbh.[/QUOTE]

Much like the bad old days of Allardyce you can put up with it when you get the results, we haven’t been getting the results for the last 12 months. Therefore something has to change.

I will ALWAYS celebrate a win and yesterday in the ground the support was excellent.
I give credit where its due, the players stood up yesterday.
The crucial part of the match was when the crowd started urging the players to buck their ideas up around the half-hour mark, and it worked...Benny with a decent effort..well saved by Rex.
Good spell of pressure, Everton folded. Happy days.

Do I think we have turned a corner? Sadly not.
 
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