Everton banter 6

05 Oct 2025 14:39:10
We are so easy to play against. Teams have sussed out what each of our players are capable of. Every time our full backs get the ball teams press without fear because they know they cannot handle the football or worst case scenario they turn and go backwards.

Every time Grealish gets the ball, unless it is from a turnover, he has no movement inside or ahead of him and has to do the same. Most of the time sliding it back to Garner.

Barry is absolutely crap and that isn't going to change. His first touch is abysmal. He is soft. He waits for the ball when it comes into feet and allows the defenders to nick the ball. We just had a bit of play down the right where O'Brien dinks it over Mitchell to set Dibling free. Barry literally stands still and he offers nothing to Dibling. Just staring at the ball coming in. Where is the run across the 6 yard box?

As I am writing this he has just missed a sitter off Garners beautiful ball. Whilst on that subject, Garners deliveries have been exceptional this season, much more like his Forest days. Been our best player this season and by some way for me.

Teams just attack the space between Keane and Mykolenko and we always get found out as the space is always huge.

05 Oct 2025 16:23:19
Yet we won.

05 Oct 2025 17:32:06
You are a strange kid.

05 Oct 2025 12:27:57
One positive in amongst a lot of negativity here recently has to be the bench. Whereas in the last few years we had no replacements for players, having McNeil, Alcaraz and Dibling to come in has to be a step in the right direction. Longer term, another decent window in January and July should see us with a very competitive squad.

05 Oct 2025 13:40:17
Hopefully we can get our striker situation sorted in Jan, we are shipping so many points with the two strikers we have at the moment.

04 Oct 2025 19:42:51
Grandson (PNE supporter) , 'that Armstrong is different class'.

04 Oct 2025 23:08:49
They also had Dobbin and Small (past youth players) playing for them.

05 Oct 2025 11:00:07
And there was me wanting him recalled last week because he was sitting on the bench ? Glad he is starting now for them and getting proper minutes on the pitch not 20 here and there. and I'm going for a 2.1 win today palace will probably be the dominant team but I just think we win today.

05 Oct 2025 16:46:08
Spot on ronmac. Can you give me lotto numbers?!

05 Oct 2025 17:35:41
??????.

04 Oct 2025 19:26:16
Soooooooo unlucky Reds tonight lol.

04 Oct 2025 19:49:26
Two good sides but last season for that lot was Klopps Team. Arnie will find out now. Chelsea put em on back foot but it has to be done for 90+ mins and not many sides can do that. Crystal Palace are counter attackers with a good defence. Hope Moysie gets it right tomoz.

04 Oct 2025 20:05:29
Liverpool must be sick of 95th minute winners.

05 Oct 2025 09:52:58
Then Slot immediately starts crying about how lucky Chelsea were, how James elbowed Isak in the face (ignoring that Isak pulled his shirt) and how it’s everyone else’s fault for them losing.

How do they always manage to have the most insufferable people in charge of their club.

05 Oct 2025 10:46:01
Part of the sly 6 your not supposed to beat these teams only other sly 6 teams can beat them that's the script it's so they can sell the wonderful premier league to a world wide audience then the sly 6 teams can say we're a big club cause we have fans in Asia and America make you laugh though.

05 Oct 2025 12:33:47
Think him and Klopp were the brothers grim Swan.

04 Oct 2025 17:49:11
Armstrong MoM for PNE.

04 Oct 2025 19:40:20
Did he score a hatrick?

04 Oct 2025 17:35:56
Super Frank ?.

04 Oct 2025 17:24:24
My fellow evertonians if if Gabriel Jesus is better than what we have he is not that reliable goal scorer we need and not for what he would cost I am not necessarily a fan never thought he was prolific enough that's just my personal opinion I would take a punt on Barry's former team mate and striker at his previous club.

04 Oct 2025 17:58:19
He’s a good footballer and he works hard

But:
1. He can’t finish
2. He’s on big wages
3. He’s very injury prone
4. His movement for a striker off the ball is absolutely awful.

04 Oct 2025 18:59:26
230 prem apps 76 goals 10 medals and 64 caps for Brazil. Clearly nowhere near good enough for us.

04 Oct 2025 20:07:51
He won’t be cheap and he’s not got a great fitness record, so it’s a risk, if he was fit and firing them it’s a no brainer.

05 Oct 2025 09:33:53
Half season loan.

04 Oct 2025 16:39:38
PNE Armstrong for season! How about in Jan we take Osmajic on loan.

04 Oct 2025 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - KarenJardellLoyal has posted a new article entitled, Open Letter to the Rangers Board and Andrew Cavenagh

03 Oct 2025 23:51:11
Not very optimistic about the Palace game, we have trouble scoring against sides at the bottom of the league and Palace are a good side on a great run. However any team can win in this league so keeping my fingers crossed. I know all the arguments about keeping the Beto/ Barry combination but would like to see Moyes try something else, anything else actually. Hope that Grealish responds after being left out of the English squad by making the difference in a tight game.

04 Oct 2025 07:19:06
Not sure any team can win the league Mike. Not in this day and age of financial restrictions favouring certain clubs.

We’ve a history of ending clubs on a run and we have a good record against Palace so I’m hoping that we get all three points tomorrow. Oh for a striker who could score! We could do with a Mateta type player like Palace have. Once we get some proper scouts in instead of using the 33rd Allerton troop, we would have a half decent side. Instead, we have Beto and Barry who are still working on their scoring badges amongst others.

04 Oct 2025 08:44:58
Time to give someone else a go up front Mike can’t keep shipping points as we have been doing mate, still going for a win myself 1-2.

04 Oct 2025 11:58:03
GB do you honestly think that if we change the striker but continue with the same tactics we’ll see the striker score goals?

Personally I don’t. Persevering with a loan striker who gets little service is pointless. Moyes subbing like for like and keeping tactics the same is also pointless.

Until we set up to give our strikers some service and support it doesn’t matter who the striker is.

04 Oct 2025 11:58:36
GB going for a Palace win, that's a turn up.

04 Oct 2025 11:58:03
GB do you honestly think that if we change the striker but continue with the same tactics we’ll see the striker score goals?

Personally I don’t. Persevering with a loan striker who gets little service is pointless. Moyes subbing like for like and keeping tactics the same is also pointless.

Until we set up to give our strikers some service and support it doesn’t matter who the striker is.

04 Oct 2025 11:58:36
GB going for a Palace win, that's a turn up.

04 Oct 2025 12:36:54
We make plenty of chances and beto misses them all it's the player not tactics any hald decent striker would of scored most of the chances he's had, can't blame a manger that has little options.

04 Oct 2025 12:45:06
Sorry Bluepasty but if you actually look at the chances we create hardly any of them are for Beto.

Grealish has apparently created something like 17 chances but only 2 of them were for Beto and he scored 1.

Saying it’s Beto is nonsense, our strikers need service and chances being created for them and that’s not currently the case if you actually look at the stats closer.

04 Oct 2025 12:48:52
Agree Bluepasty he absolutely useless.

04 Oct 2025 12:51:14
Still a win for us thought we were playing away hence the score, sorry to disappoint a couple of you lol.

04 Oct 2025 13:24:49
Having watched the first half of the Leeds game, Dom would have been a 3rd striker in the squad that couldn’t hit a barn door.

04 Oct 2025 15:25:48
Beto has had plenty of chances created for him, he just isn't good enough to convert them! To blame the tactics etc is a bit of a stretch mate, we can all see it's his inability that is hampering the team.

04 Oct 2025 15:45:44
Of course bluepotato mate nonsense to say otherwise.

03 Oct 2025 23:06:38
Predictions for Sunday?

I’m going with 1-0 to us. Someone has to score out of our forwards - it’s got to happen soon.

Think we’ve really thrown away points against Villa and West Ham so hoping we make up for it against Palace.

04 Oct 2025 09:58:09
Palace haven’t lost a game this season and had a good result in Europe. Think the best we could hope for is a draw. I’m going 0-0.

04 Oct 2025 10:15:07
I think Palace will score. Obviously I’d love a win, but this is a very good side, so if we can get something out of it, rhat would be ok.

The thing is, one of our forwards has to score at sone poibt.

04 Oct 2025 12:00:44
Palace will score, we need to score more.

04 Oct 2025 11:54:23
Palace have a game plan they play high press and are very good at it when they loose the ball they work hard to get it back their midfield are quick and their centre forward can hold a ball up we'll do well to beat these.

04 Oct 2025 12:00:44
Palace will score, we need to score more.

04 Oct 2025 14:25:25
2-1 good day for the Blues.