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Antoine was strerchered off with what seemed to be a serious knee injury. Let's hope it's not too bad.
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1 hour ago, cidered abroad said:
You and plenty of others appear to think that almost everyone has able to watch games on Sky TV.
Well, I've never, not ever will, contribute to the thing called Sky TV owned but the very obnoxious Aussie.
The Sky Group was sold to Comcast some years ago. The Dirty Digger is no longer involved.
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1 hour ago, spudski said:
Why don't they ask questions, without their own views added?
It gives the interviewed an outlet just to agree.
Ask a question without a view.
I wouldn't be too hard on them, there are loads of people in the professional media who seem incapable of asking an open question.
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9 hours ago, slartibartfast said:
More like Captain Beefheart !
My hero!
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3 minutes ago, Super said:
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On the replay you could see the assistant only comes into the picture just as Gnonto scores. Well behind the play.
I imagine Boro will be considering their options.
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Once a Bluebird Always a Bluebird.*
*Terms and conditions apply.
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8 minutes ago, Davefevs said:
Think it’s that the better sides (generally) are intent on playing their game / imposing their game and most of the bunch up the top are “footballing” teams…so they let you play too.
Certainly you will get more chance to play against better teams but if the opposition is playing conservatively it seems to me you need to be more aggressive, pressing higher to force errors. Instead we tend to turn passive, passing the ball around at a slow tempo. Which suits them fine.
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I was delighted when we signed him as from what I'd seen he looked a confident and classy defender with Premier League potential. The best is yet to come I reckon.
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One of the most encouraging performances under Manning I thought.
It does puzzle me though that we seem to play less conservatively against the better teams than against the poorer ones.
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31 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:
Tbf Evertons takeover is only taking so long because 777 haven't actually got the funds to do the deal.
Quite so, though Everton fans are so fixated on the conspiracy against them they seem not to have noticed that nor their £550m in third party debt.
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1 hour ago, mozo said:
It think Manning's post match comments were interesting and suggest that what we saw on Saturday is not how we intended to play:
"It was just the basics for me. Mistakes will happen, I’m okay with the lads making mistakes, you’re never going to see or play the perfect game of football it’s then the type of mistake. It was just a little bit too sloppy, we turned it over too cheaply, too passive with the ball, too passive with our running.
"When you have an unforced error, make sure you don’t follow it up with another one, make sure you can get back in credit. If you have a little period when they’re pressing, okay, don’t be afraid to spin them and get up the pitch that way.
“I thought we did that in the second half, I thought we started okay, there was a bit more purpose and intent, engaging them a little bit higher. We still didn’t work it into enough good areas like the other night but at least we carried more of a threat and there was more play in their half than in the first half.”
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So... if you think Manning prefers to be passive, to not engage high up, to not work the ball into attacking areas, and not to carry a threat...you might be wrong.
We have seen in the last year that our players have struggled to execute the game plan, under two regimes.
Ultimately, Manning is responsible for our success, or lack thereof, but I'm certain that it was his fault that we crap in the first half on Saturday. Sometimes the players just don't execute.
Have you noticed though that if we play well it's down to the game plan and if we don't it's down to the players?
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Anyone wanting to hear from Steve should tune into Guernsey radio, his station of choice. I think he likes the tough questioning he gets there.
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@ExiledAjaxhit the nail on the head in the MDT. There is no Manning style, our approach to any game is determined by how the opposition set up.
Which is why we play with aggressive intent in one game then revert to pedestrian football in the next. He just will not consistently play in a way that suits the players we have.
He even out ranks LJ in the over thinking stakes. Though he no doubt thinks it's sophisticated.
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1 minute ago, Gert Mare said:
Did top end mean top 12?
Jon backtracted and said 10th would be success. No doubt he will adjust that again as the need arises.
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3 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:
Alternate is to put Andy King at centre half. I’d not be up for that as he’s unlikely to be here next year so I think it’s better having players who will be getting a game.
If Liam picks King over JKL Tinnion will presumably be furious.
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15 minutes ago, redkev said:
Where have the Leicester gone from before Xmas , they were far superior to any thing else in the championship, not been hampered by injuries either , they look very mediocre recently, I think even we could beat them ( oh hang on we did )
So did Millwall for that matter.
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2 minutes ago, Alessandro said:
Yep - a couple of seasons of mediocrity saving our club from points deductions, potential relegation and fines because of the mismanagement of the owners that you so unconditionally support….
Oh and developing on the pitch the best young player we’ve ever had, the money from which your also don’t dare criticise Liam Manning will be benefiting from….
Remarkable isn't it how some people simply ignore the context a manager is operating in?
Liam has inherited a stable position and doesn't have to spend his time slashing costs, clearing out a bloated squad, changing the toxic cuture and so on as Pearson and Gould did. It's up to him to make the most of it.
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Perhaps Everton fans could take time off from complaining that the world is against them to tale note of things that shoud really concern them.
See also my post above about 777 Partners. Points deductions are the least of their problems.
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Sheffield United will be welcomed back to the Championship with a points deduction.
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2 hours ago, Davefevs said:
A lot of talk of high press last night, and yet our opening two goals came from defensive errors, albeit forwards latching into balls into channel. One a weak backpass, the other missed control / volley.
But what we did was condense the pitch, more than press hard per se. Blackburn occasionally broke the line of our front 3, but with Pring and McCrorie playing quite high, they were suffocated. Our front 3 split their back 4 really well. Blackburn were able to knock it about but they went nowhere.
Second half, they went to a back-3 and for 20+ minutes it was stalemate, they had possession, we just didn’t let them get back into the game (nice job done, no need to risk a 2-0 lead).
Then the subs came on, and we ripped them a new one.
Condensing the pitch is what we didn’t do on Saturday, do did we work as a team.
If we aren’t (generally) that creative in build-up, then best way is to win it high up. I think a few of us have been crying out for this. It doesn’t need to be reckless, last night was efficient to say the say the least. And with Joe Williams and Jason Knight ready to pounce on balls into midfield, we gained a lot of ball / possession in their half, before they could set.
As Jurgen Klopp said, a high press is the best number 10.
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Imagine my shock when I read that 777 Partners don't actually have the money to buy Everton. Who'd have guessed it?
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3 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:
Well some good news, but the PL seem to be all over the place.
Fining a club that has overspent always seemed a ridiculous idea to me. This article makes that even clearer.
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2 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:
Winter is good how I would say he has this irritating habit of fawning over bigger sides or issues. His coverage when Everton were reduced on Appeal annoyed me.
He consistently demonstrates that he doesn't understand the PSR regs. Like any number of journalists he gives the impression he has never read them nor indeed independent commission decision. "It's not fair to punish a great old club like Everton" doesn't qualify as journalism imo .
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A hero of mine as a youngster as I played centre half.
He was built like a brick wossname but not as tall as most centre halves of his day.
His positioning was excellent though. I remember him marking Tony Hateley, a renowned target man and header of the ball. When a high ball was played up to Tony, Dickie would just take a step back and pick up the flick on. Hateley was baffled and rendered ineffective.
Thanks Dickie and may you rest in peace.
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Does xG tell us anything about the season?
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What about all the other coaches from Pep down who use analytics as one of the tools available to them (not just xG that's just the only one pundits can cope with).
Shall I tell them they've all got it wrong or will you?