Why are we suddenly so crap? Nothing works........

We are losing points today. There ia no one single player who actually played well

Just now, BadBlue said:

The yellow cards given this half are ridiculous 

Huh? The ref’s been very reasonable so far.

We need rest. the international break is welcome. Sarri is already exhausting them, not rotating them well, as Napoli fans warned us. 

Kovacic, Kante - not good enough. Bring in Barkley! 

Poor first half.

nothing to offer only 1 shot on target and we picked up 3 yellow cards 

Not a terribly good performance as you'd expect us to be at. Passing is off target for the most part. We do look tired, hence the sloppy tackling.

Hate to say it but Kante is the weak link in this team. In previous years we've all been astounded by how good he's been in his natural position but playing further forward just does not suit him, he's such a technically limited footballer and he's being shoehorned into this side because of his name. You can even see when he moves into space on the right hand side the players are rarely giving the ball to him because they know it'll either bounce off him, be given away or be passed straight back to them. Wouldn't surprise me if he was off in the summer and replacing him with a creative midfielder would make us a top side imo

Just now, Giordano_Bruno said:

Bring in Barkley! 

He hasn't been great recently either.  Poor against Palace.

This was always going to be a tight game, I wouldn’t say we were as rubbish as some people are making out. I am concerned though that Everton have matched as and we haven’t found another gear yet, hope we find it second half. Don’t know what Rudiger or Morata were playing at, stop falling over.  

1 minute ago, Beerqueen said:

Please don't use that phrase.

But its the truth.....he gets a very very rough treatment and it gets going. Must he get his le broken etc before the Club does or says something? A miracle he has not yet received a horror injury.

We wouldn't have got that much training together following the midweek trip, interesting half-time talk due from Sarri I expect. 

2 minutes ago, BadBlue said:

We are losing points today. There ia no one single player who actually played well

Disagree, Azpi has had Bernard in his pocket. 

Both CBs, especially Luiz, are holding onto the ball for far too long. Too many players look off the pace, Hazard included.

Last, but not least, Silva prepared his side very well tactically and so far completely neutralized our attacking buildup. Sarri needs to go to work at HT.

1 minute ago, atomis said:

But its the truth.....he gets a very very rough treatment and it gets going. Must he get his le broken etc before the Club does or says something? A miracle he has not yet received a horror injury.

No it's not.  "Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent."  

Using it for anything else makes me wince.

2 minutes ago, BenCFC19 said:

Hate to say it but Kante is the weak link in this team. In previous years we've all been astounded by how good he's been in his natural position but playing further forward just does not suit him, he's such a technically limited footballer and he's being shoehorned into this side because of his name. You can even see when he moves into space on the right hand side the players are rarely giving the ball to him because they know it'll either bounce off him, be given away or be passed straight back to them. Wouldn't surprise me if he was off in the summer and replacing him with a creative midfielder would make us a top side imo

I don't think he is. He still wins number or balls back. I think he can pass and work in tight spaces. Admittedly not his best role but he gets too much slack in my opinion. Give him time. 

3 minutes ago, Giordano_Bruno said:

We need rest. the international break is welcome. Sarri is already exhausting them, not rotating them well, as Napoli fans warned us. 

Kovacic, Kante - not good enough. Bring in Barkley! 

Not being rotated enough? More than half of the team have been rotated in Europa League and League Cup games. Then you have Barkley, Kovacic, Morata, GIroud, Willian and Pedro sharing their spots.

Shocking first half. Passes going astray, poor control, no game plan, too predictable. Everton have our mark. Hazard isn't playing  good today either. Not looking forward to the second half. We nned to get ahead and stay ahead. Witnessng the first half I'd say that was unlikely. Pedro and Barkley on. Fingers crossed.

2 minutes ago, Giordano_Bruno said:

We need rest. the international break is welcome. Sarri is already exhausting them, not rotating them well, as Napoli fans warned us. 

Kovacic, Kante - not good enough. Bring in Barkley! 

I’m sorry but that’s just not true. Sarri has rested 7-8 players every time we haven’t played in the PL. Everton have clearly worked all week on their tactics & we are a very one dimensional team against better opponents when Hazard is being nullified. He either needs to find another gear like the top top players do or Sarri needs to find another way.

so f**king nervous

1 minute ago, Beerqueen said:

No it's not.  "Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent."  

Using it for anything else makes me wince.

Just like the recent overuse of the word cancer when people talk about something they don't like.

1 minute ago, Beerqueen said:

No it's not.  "Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent."  

Using it for anything else makes me wince.

Just a figure of speech mate......nothing more.

2 minutes ago, evissy said:

I don't think he is. He still wins number or balls back. I think he can pass and work in tight spaces. Admittedly not his best role but he gets too much slack in my opinion. Give him time. 

I agree. Kante is all over them defensively and has got us out of tight spots a few times in this half.

Everton are playing well and neutralising us. Hopefully Sarri has some tricks up his sleeve at half time.

4 minutes ago, evissy said:

I don't think he is. He still wins number or balls back. I think he can pass and work in tight spaces. Admittedly not his best role but he gets too much slack in my opinion. Give him time. 

I absolutely agree that he still does his defensive duties well but we just do not have enough creative threat from the midfield and for me he is one of the main reasons why 

Bring on Pedro. He is always urgent and some pf that urgency we really need.