Everton Banter Archive March 09 2019

09 Mar 2019 17:26:25
Every time a ball is in the box, It's panic. pickford needs dropping and kenny is not the answer.

{Ed025's Note - i thought kenny did ok myself pedro, but your right about the other clown mate..

09 Mar 2019 17:29:56
Pickford apart from the 2 goals where he could have done better, came out for a couple of balls and completely missed. He could have cost us a couple more aswell.

{Ed025's Note - he was so poor smit..

09 Mar 2019 17:32:22
Did you see how many free men in the box it was awful defending.

09 Mar 2019 17:40:49
He reminds me of Joe Hart, brill one min then rubbish,

{Ed025's Note - he reminds me of coco the clown lee..

09 Mar 2019 17:48:57
I completely agree with you all. I don't rate pickford in the slightest. It's worrying for English football in general the lack of emphasis put on defending and goalkeeping. I miss the good old. Days.

09 Mar 2019 19:35:05
i didn't see the game but reading the post on here everyone carnt be wrong drop Prickford.

{Ed025's Note - he was awful penysarn..lost us the game single handedly mate..

09 Mar 2019 19:45:41
I’ve never rated Pickford either but have tried to avoid been critical. Everyone can make mistakes but he is now costing the club points on a regular basis. Last season his performances were acceptable and he became England’s No1 goalkeeper.

Does he think himself, he has fully achieved and doesn’t need to work at his job or is it there is not a good enough deputy to make him keep his place.

Personally if any offers come in the summer for him I would sell and try for Kasper Smeichkel (excuse spelling) from Leicester. Word is he would like a bigger club, whether Everton is that club remains to be seen. But Pickford is no where as good as some goalkeepers we’ve had in the past. Now we should be safe perhaps drop him.

09 Mar 2019 20:55:33
I agree Keen. I liken Pickford to Loris at Tottenham. He can pull off some worldys but when it comes to simple decision making he struggles.
I wouldn't want to sell him because he is young and the howlers cone in the matches which are high in passion.
He does need some quality competition though.

09 Mar 2019 22:33:32
He needs Neville Southall coming in and coaching him on decision making, either that or be shown a dvd of Neville Southall.

{Ed025's Note - or be shown the door..

09 Mar 2019 22:37:09
Unfortunately for us, ‘keepers tend to be better once they have matured - Howard, Freidel, Martyn. He will be a top keeper (maybe) one day. Just hasn’t got that concentration in his locker.

{Ed025's Note - its the gap between his ears thats the problem pierre..

09 Mar 2019 23:15:08
Red fan here in peace Ed025.

Don't you think the problem is that the first thing everyone spoke about was "how good he is with his feet"

So what? If he's not very good at the basic aspects of goalkeeping (isn't commanding, doesn't clear players out of the way, irrational shot stopper) then does it really make a difference that he's good with his feet?

I feel like that there's too much emphasis now being put on every position to be able to play like David Silva with the ball. Goalkeepers and Defenders need to be just that first and foremost for me. If they are good with their feet on top of that, then that's what makes them higher/ elite level.

If Pickford wasn't English, he'd be in the Lower Leagues.

{Ed025's Note - i agree smp, to be honest hes not that good with his feet and kicks the bloody thing out of play quite a bit, he needs to work on his game but the lack of competition is not helping either mate..

10 Mar 2019 00:36:43
Sign butland. let them fight it out. pickford has no competition for his place.

10 Mar 2019 07:37:45
Kenny did okay, what we need is a RW equivalent of LW Milner. What Everton have needed for years is pro-action instead we have had reaction, I believe with Brands we may have found the solution. With his many contacts and respect in the game, I believe we may at last make progress.

10 Mar 2019 09:07:49
Let's fix the holes first. Striker, RW, RB and a leader in CD.
Then let's see what Silva can do.
If Brands and Silva are worth their money these positions will be sorted within the next 2 windows.

10 Mar 2019 11:58:22
Dentielad i have work with lad who stoke fans and he said butland been terrible for them this year would rather had lee grant in goal.

10 Mar 2019 14:18:36
Pickford is poor at the moment, but why do we not have a competent number two to come in while maybe he is left out for a few weeks? Answer bad management.

{Ed025's Note - on that one i agree mate..

09 Mar 2019 17:01:58
Seeing Silva arguing with the ref and the end of play reminds me of RK at his last game looks like a dead man walking to me.

09 Mar 2019 17:13:55
Shocking that, our best starting 11 and team playing well and Silva brings on Mina and Walcott and within that 15 min we concede three goals, absolutely no doubt that last 15 mins was down to baffling subs.

Dropped a right one there Silva and takes away the performance before that from the players.

{Ed025's Note - it does not make a blind bit of difference who you bring on if your keeper plays like that bignev, forget the subs, forget the manager...it was the arse clown between the sticks the lost us that game mate..

09 Mar 2019 17:28:28
Have to agree with Ed25. The subs didn't lose us the game.
If we'd not shored it up and lost 3-2 everyone would be questioning why he didn't bring a defender on.
Pure and simple, Pickford should have done better for two of the 3 goals.

09 Mar 2019 18:29:55
we don't have players that can keep going for 90 mins plus. we don't look as fit as other teams. we also don't have a leader on the pitch which is quite poor really. we also don't have an enforcer in the middle of the park too much fudy duddy . Being an evertonian at times is really hard.

09 Mar 2019 19:50:22
Time the players were told that following every defeat, training the following week will be on the sand dunes at Birkdale. Then see the results change.

{Ed025's Note - our lot are that thick...they would take a bucket and spade keen.. :)

09 Mar 2019 22:46:06
I did say we should have kept hold of Robles, he improved with each extended run, certainly better than Pickford from what I have seen of both keepers.

09 Mar 2019 15:59:34
Maybe our luck is changing for once - Pickford should have been sent off but saves a penalty and then we go up the other end and score. long may it continue.

09 Mar 2019 16:46:46
Yeah, about that.

09 Mar 2019 16:56:40
Looks like dark clouds were over St James Park today. bahhhh.

09 Mar 2019 17:11:20
Doing alright up to Half Time, then Silva must have been reading some of his fans accolades and from that believed he is a good manager so made the astute substitutions which resulted in bringing Newcastle onto us. 30 games in and some will still say this isn't Silvas Team and he needs time. Of all the Managers we have had, this appointment has been the stupidest.

{Ed025's Note - to be fair we played ok and were in complete charge...until calamity pickford had 2 brain farts of epic proportion and cost us big time, we would have been better if he had been sent off to be honest DFS..

09 Mar 2019 17:22:42
Yes his name is Silva, I feel very sorry for our supporters that travel on a cold day to watch the rubbish played by Everton they deserve better as we all do.

{Ed025's Note - they actually played well for most part DC, the keeper cost us im afraid mate..

09 Mar 2019 18:32:51
the problem with pickford is that he simply is not learning by his mistakes which is areal worry he does not command his area like a top class keeper should and the defence is shambolic all the time .

{Ed025's Note - the defence was good against liverpool alan, but when you have a keeper who is an accident waiting to happen its hard for them to be confident mate..

09 Mar 2019 18:43:19
I watched it Ed025, now a days I can't get to away games but never the less on match day (away) I always watch the live game. To be fair we did play okay but had some narrow squeaks even in the first half. Yes Pickford is an idiot (the lad is missing a couple of those brain cells you need to take on board instruction) but our defence in the centre is bloomin awful. Not sure if it is zonal marking or not but something is not right. Alardyce (yes we all know) to be fair was getting to grips but Silva was always waiting in the wings, having been promised the job, once the dust settled. As I said earlier, I honestly believe that Silva has to go and go now, it will cost us but save us money in the longer run. We need to build our prestige (building a new stadium etc) and for that we need someone who knows what it is to succeed and is proven tactically aware. My choice would be Benitez but whether he would come if asked is a long shot. Wonder if Ashley was asked if he wanted to do a straight swap LOL.

09 Mar 2019 08:05:32
{Ed's Note - Reid the Red has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Preview 9 March 2019