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I'll probably take a trip down to Pagham harbour in May. You've been warned! However, I'm pleased OUR feud at least appears to be historical. Probably because I've temporarily vacated the politics section. That could change at any moment! Anyway, we could usefully have a pint and discuss Carathumpia ...
ha ha wasnt sure, so I thought Id tap the ball over the line from your shot that was already going in, and then take all the glory.
The one thing we did really well that Silva was crap at was seeing the last 10 mins out with the lead we did the horrible stuff really well unlike at Place and at home to Swansea i think we look more organised as well at the back
Agreed - I promise not to use the term fascist unless describing those 20s and 30s political movements. Emiliano Zapata's moustache looks a lot wider and "bristlier" than our Tony's. I suggest his looked more like Pancho Villa (no relation to Aston).
I suspect that Gracia is a lot less forgiving than Silva was but more creative in dealing with the players' problems. Perhaps Okaka will show us more of what he is made of and for longer during the rest of the season. I wonder how GT would have dealt with him.
I thought it was...okay. It wasn't a brilliant game and both sides looked rusty. Did Everton have a weekend off last week, too? It certainly looked like it, as both sides needed almost an entire half to warm up. It was a game of whichever side had the edge, which was us. I also saw a few people mention in various places before the game that this was a grudge match pertaining to the Marco Silva debacle. If that was the case, it didn't seem to come up at all during the game. It's a shame, because I enjoyed the 'Marco's on the dole' chant from Southampton.
You're right. It would have appeared that it wasn't really an issue for most on the day. Shame. I'm really glad we f.cked them off though.
Yep, I think it's down to the fact we've looked ok since he's left. If we'd been crap every game since his departure there'd be a lot more anger and hatred, I reckon. He's such an arrogant **** that not giving him a second thought is probably the one thing that will hurt him the most.
Lloyd, the answer is in your avatar. We should commission a Holebas tribute to the early 80s 'short shorts' phenomenon. I would expect to be amazed by Jose's tailoring.
Disliked. It's 'racist'. I hope our #16, in addition to be a supreme player, is liberal in his views towards his fellow man as the phrase 'Doucoure is a racist' would be, at least on here, one of the most mangled in the history of the written word.
Been absent for a bit and it appears nearly everybody's fallen out! Some very late observations from the game: Capoue was my man of the match - seemed like he was everywhere. Although it may just seem like he was everywhere because we're used to him being nowhere. But I'm going with the positive view that Gracia has seemingly achieved the impossible. Mapps was great in the tackle but poor in distribution. Holebas was excellent - barely noticed Walcott at all. So pleased to see Kiko back. Hoping rumours of him being injured again are wide of the mark. Okaka was also excellent, but the question mark of being able to do it for 90 mins still remains. At least with this coach, we can be confident that he'll use him in the best way possible. Surprised Deeney's still getting a bit of stick. The goal was taken not by a player lacking in confidence. Haven't celebrated a goal quite as wildly as that for some time. But no surprise he immediately looked more dangerous once the excellent Okaka was up alongside him. Obviously it's not as simple as just playing two up every game, but again - with this coach we can be confident he'd do it if he felt it was the best solution, and will revert to it whilst the game can still be won instead of in desperation when we're trailing with 15 mins to go. The general consensus seems to be it was two poor teams playing poorly, with us just a tiny bit better. I'm not buying that. This is what happens when you play an Allardyce team intent on getting a draw as the bare minimum. Even in their two recent-ish games against their beloved, free-scoring neighbours they managed to blunt them to a 1-1 and a very close 2-1, nullifying Liverpool's lethal attack for the vast majority. He has one game plan, and I'm delighted Everton are stuck with him until the summer. And in their last five fixtures, only Spurs have prevented them from scoring. Would we have got the clean sheet under the snake? I highly doubt it. This game could turn out to be the best preparation for the West Brom match. Another team - despite their desperate position - that will put numbers behind the ball and hoof it long to Rondon. Absolutely vital we get the first goal. But so far under Gracia, we seemed to have matched the opposition in how they play - Stoke and Everton we toughed it out; Chelsea - we more than matched playing football. West Ham were just better than us on the day. Final word on that fat dollop of **** in the Everton dugout - he really must have a lot of friends in the media to not be called out more on his terrible style of football. Says all you need to know that he was considered the outstanding candidate for the England job!!! Surely any manager with an ounce of tactical knowledge would have seen Antonio tear Janmaat to bits with his pace - therefore, upon seeing the team sheet - why not just swap Walcott to the left and have your quickest player up against our slowest? Okay, he'd have to cut in to use his right, but an experienced pro should be capable of that - Richarlison does it every match. But no - one plan Sam keeps him against one of our quickest players and lets our slowest off the hook (thankfully). What an appalling, one trick (very fat) pony he is. Rumours are he's the real reason KFC ran out of chicken.
I think burn out for players is real thing Running about on a pitch for 5 minutes would **** me let alone 90 Factor in its tactical running, tracking back and unpaced and sporadic There is also intensity and actual thought process to it its not running for running sake which makes it tougher I know footballers are paid outrageous money but that's not because they are super human but because that is the market
Lots of chat on here about the dislike for Z-cars - well this video shot from the Everton end would seem to suggest they like it more than most of our fans do!! (For the record - I'm pro z-cars because it reminds me of being a kid at the games when I first heard it - but I can understand why those without nostalgia can't stand it). https://twitter.com/iphillips_efc/status/967545050942013441 (don't need to be on Twitter to view video). Also - this video shows the moment the giant party poppers were released and got tangled in the Roof netting!!
Going seriously undercover to film that, Jossy. Presumably you were sporting a Coton/Mark Twain tache to blend in.
I blended in perfectly with this little number: https://www.megafancydress.co.uk/39298-mens-deluxe-shellsuit-scouser-fancy-dress-costume.html Didn't keep me very warm though
That would be the only time you sport that attire at the Vic this season, one would hope. Oh, since the opening day. If we drew Tranmere, could it be deployed then?
