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

[Flounce]

That has Potter written all over it!

Without the missed shots, we’ve created zilch apart from the offside goal. Dreadful and not as good as Potterball. Has Veltman even made a forward pass in their half? Get Fati and Baleba on

 

[fruitnveg]

Lallana played alongside Ali and Moises when he was fit in our best midfield 3 last season, add Gross and that was pretty much the central midfield options. The biggest issue is that we never have the same 3 play two games in a row. The same as the defence. How on Earth are we supposed to get consistency when it’s wholesale change constantly.

This is my biggest issue with the rotation and my only real gripe about RDZ so far during his tenure. Tone it down a little, give them a base of consistency to work from to become familiar in competitive settings and the rest will come naturally.

 

[Zeus]

Shades of Potter about this performance.

Exactly what I was thinking. Same could be said v Fulham. Tons of ball but no real chances created.

 

[portslade seagull]

Last season we cut teams open. This season far less often.

Last season we had a decent midfield. They haven't been adequately replaced making us much weaker

 

[Milano]

Everton are at home and playing like the away side. Nothing going our way AGAIN - their goal deflection off Veltman took it to the scorer, Steele saves, goes straight back to him rather than to 1 of 3 defenders we had round him, he hits it straight at Steele again who is saving it again if it doesn’t take TWO deflections to go past him. Sake.
They can then stick 9 men behind the ball.
That VAR could go either way.

Welbeck
March
Ensico
Pervis

Any team misses those let alone us (I might be pushing it with Welbeck!)

 

[The Fits]

Two (borderline) world class centre midfielders. One of whom MacA quietly did everything well. Whilst Estupinan was rated on a TS show this week as the PL’s best LB. With the up and coming quality of Colwill.

The bitching in Aug/Sept that MacA wasn’t all that, has quietly disappeared.

That team/squad has been markedly downgraded.

Mac did two things exceptional well that we are hugely missing. Recycling the ball and making huge amounts of blocks and tackles. At both of those things he is World class- getting the ball in tight spaces, beating the first man, making the right pass. Getting his foot or body in.
Obviously it's been done to death but to lose him and the best young DM in the world in one window has really ripped the core out of our team. We might never have that kind of quality in the middle of the park again. The only option would have been to spend all our money on Frattesi and Locatelli but we focussed more on Colwill all summer.

 

[Fergus the Schnoodle]

With regard to our midfield - it’s clear to me that we need Gilmour but we need a physical presence alongside him. My preference is to play three in midfield Gross, Baleba and Gilmour. Much more robust and gives us a strong pivot

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Everton are at home and playing like the away side. Nothing going our way AGAIN - their goal deflection off Veltman took it to the scorer, Steele saves, goes straight back to him rather than to 1 of 3 defenders we had round him, he hits it straight at Steele again who is saving it again if it doesn’t take TWO deflections to go past him. Sake.
They can then stick 9 men behind the ball.
That VAR could go either way.

Welbeck
March
Ensico
Pervis

Any team misses those let alone us (I might be pushing it with Welbeck!)

I know he gets a bit of stick on here, but there was absolutely NOTHING he could've done about that goal...

 

[BLOCK F]

Only listening the radio commentary,but as frustrating as it may be, it is pointless calling the ref a ‘homer’,the whole system is corrupt etc. We do not appear to be playing well, with yet another changed starting line up, we never seem settled. So many changes every game, is it really necessary?
Come on RDZ, earn your substantial salary and show us that you are as good as some think you are!

 

[Zeus]

There is clearly a problem here.
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Tells you everything you need to know about our problems.

 

[Weststander]

It’s so incredibly hard with Everton camped in their half. Their back 4 has hardly moved off the edge of their of their penalty area.

I don’t know how we break them down?

With all the PL teams that do that (15?), the key for us is not to concede an opener.

How many teams go relentlessly end to end when a goal up, in an open version of the beautiful game? Liverpool, ManC, Albion, Arsenal?

I prefer the Albion with a bit more of a defensive structure, discipline and bodies. To prevent eg being suckers to the counter.

But then RDZ’s high risk football took us to Europe!

 

[dwayne]

Weaker team this season and the rotation doesn't work just means even more weaknesses in the team at a given time.de zerbi needs to adapt tactics. Okw way of playing.

Really disappointing but not altogether surprising

 

[Krafty]

Pedro for Lallana, thank you RDZ!!!

 

[fruitnveg]

Not sure i'd have left Adringa on, I like him but he hasn't been good.

 

[Swegulls]

I cant believe everything I see about Potter.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Like to see Pedro in for Lallana.
I recall most of us saying lack of depth at full back would be an issue and unsurprisingly it is. Milner to cover the gap isn't good enough for where we want to be.

He’s listened

 

[Justice]

We lost 5-1 to this lot with Mac and Caceido

 

[Krafty]

We are making this match much more complicated than it should be.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Poor from us.

2nd to react to their goal
Gilmour - passing sloppy today more than once
Adingra - doesn’t want to take anyone on
Veltman - offensively backwards as usual (by-product of Adingra observation maybe)

Hope we don’t lose our heads early in the second half but need a couple of changes

Adingra and Veltman need to pass the ball forwards - almost everything that goes down the right comes back to the half way line.

 

[Bridcutt]

Imagine starting James Milner and Adam Lallana together in 2023 when you have Fati, Pedro, Lamptey and Igor on the bench, what a joke.