[Albion] Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Wardy's twin]

Talking about Weir replacing Ashworth probably but got his names muddled up.

they should know Weir as he played for them....

 

[OzMike]

Another fine performance and result.

Frank Lampard on the verge of getting sacked, apparently.

And being replaced by Gerrard

 

[peterward]

 

[Swansman]

Yeah their tactics were... wrong.

For the first ten minutes I was nervous because they were pressuring high and overall playing ok. Then I saw Caicedo pretty much walk past their entire midfield with the ball, with multiple of options to play to, and I could sense the goals coming. They played a suicidal tactic, just like Southampton did. Walking straight into the trap, just begging to be shat on.

 

[peterward]

Yeah their tactics were... wrong.

For the first ten minutes I was nervous because they were pressuring high and overall playing ok. Then I saw Caicedo pretty much walk past their entire midfield with the ball, with multiple of options to play to, and I could sense the goals coming. They played a suicidal tactic, just like Southampton did. Walking straight into the trap, just begging to be shat on.

#Whoosh #teamslikeBrighton

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Frank Lampard on the verge of getting sacked, apparently.

His career as a manager must surely be over now. Frank as a manager is a idea, but nothing more.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Lampard very despondent.

Yup. It's Moises and Mitoma mostly. Mitoma creates absolute carnage. He's an unbelievable talent. His decision making, his pace, his control, his dribbling, his finishing. It's crazy to say it but he's a huge upgrade on Trossard. And Moises, well the stats don't lie. If he plays we have a chance against

He's said this before in press conferences. Says that he is never happy as there is always room for improvement.

Remember his response to Trossard scoring a hattrick at Anfield?....'Yes, but I want him to score more'.

RDZ really does separate the performance from the result. He has very high performance expectations.

Mitoma just needs to think more about his heading technique but what a player

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Yeah their tactics were... wrong.

For the first ten minutes I was nervous because they were pressuring high and overall playing ok. Then I saw Caicedo pretty much walk past their entire midfield with the ball, with multiple of options to play to, and I could sense the goals coming. They played a suicidal tactic, just like Southampton did. Walking straight into the trap, just begging to be shat on.

In the match report in the Daily Telegraph which was 90% about how bad Everton and Big Frank were, there was this one comment:

"Lampard stood pensive on the touchline as Brighton & Hove Albion reduced his side to training cones."

 

[Triggaaar]

Me and my son tonight both agreed that previously we'd have missed all four of those chances tonight and Everton win 1 - 0 with the penalty

A slight exaggeration of course, but there's plenty of truth in it too.

Football is often a game of fine margins. On another day, one of their early shots goes in, the ball to Mitoma is cut out and we go in 1 down. It's not like Man City aren't miles better than Everton, and they failed to beat them at the weekend.

 

[maltaseagull]

Can someone please tell me last night's attendance please?


I can't find it !

 

[BNthree]

"There are points within a game where you might be looking towards containment and trying to keep things tight for a while, but I don't think it works to have that mindset as a starting point. How do you grow if that is your consistent way of approaching these types of games ? I'm not sure you can. We've tended not to go down that route. We want players to believe they can win every game, and in order to do that, you have to prepare as if you believe you can win. So, we try to be consistent with that."

I'm not an Eddie Howe fan, and I'm galled at what he's done at Newcastle. But this quote could easily have come from RDZ could it not (with a few additional errrs and mmmmms)

Certainly doesn’t sound like something Potter would say, that’s for sure.

 

[BNthree]

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Apparently RDZ was Potter's assistant.

Aren’t they talking about the Director of Football (behind the scenes) rather than RdZ?

 

[dazzer6666]

Line from the Telegraph report

‘Lampard stood pensive on the touchline as Brighton & Hove Albion reduced his side to training cones……..’

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Can someone please tell me last night's attendance please?


I can't find it !

I think is around 35K in the first half and 14K in the second half.

 

[Peteinblack]

From The Guardian's match report:
"Brighton, everything Everton are not in terms of their excellent recruitment, clear strategy, sound financial planning and intelligent style of play".

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Line from the Telegraph report

‘Lampard stood pensive on the touchline as Brighton & Hove Albion reduced his side to training cones……..’

See post #728 above

But definitely worth repeating over and over.

 

[maltaseagull]

I think is around 35K in the first half and 14K in the second half.

That many?

Some loyal fans there then!

 

[Si Gull]

Line from the Telegraph report

‘Lampard stood pensive on the touchline as Brighton & Hove Albion reduced his side to training cones……..’

They were definitely training cones for March's goal; shocking defending, matched only by Gueye's perfect pass to Groß for the 4th

 

[LamieRobertson]

Interesting point made by someone on TS this morning that Iwobi of Everton cost more than our entire starting 11

 

[Eric the meek]

Interesting point made by someone on TS this morning that Iwobi of Everton cost more than our entire starting 11

But we did field a team of youngsters. You'll never win anything with kids.