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As DT mentioned, the front three are not pressing hard enough. They close down, so do press, but they just don't break a neck. Need to see some actual sprints.

decent start. Difficult for us to press them as they just hoof it. Completely different game to City in early stages

https://soccerstreams100.io/event/eng-1/southampton-at-everton-live-soccer-stats/638016

I tend to agree, as I think pressing shit teams works. They don't keep the ball well and are less likely to beat the press. Let's see. COYR.

KWP.

not a Che fan then?

They also need to get the press right, with players positioned correctly, which we did against City.

I'm slightly concerned about Lyanco and JWP being able to do the same. Lyanco looked knackered after City and JWP put in a serious shift.

I thought Armstrong might retain his place and perhaps even Mara too, but I'm sure they will figure at some point.

explains why Francis Lee was so good.

Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal, Portugese striker at Udinese. 24 years old, 6'4", 17 goals in 44 games. He used to work at KFC, seems pretty humble as a result.

isn't that pretty much the script for every game we play at Goodison? Even when we've had a good side and in form, we have failed. We have neither, so chances are very slim. Still, if you don't have hope a few hours before the game, then you may as well give up. Excited to see if we can get the tactics and performance right again. If we win, then the world is going to seem so much brighter. Lose and we are back to realising our fate is relegation.

Brilliant goal. Was a great game too, until bloody Forlan pulled a worldie out of nowhere. That FF goal is what we have been missing from our midfielders until Djenpo's goal this week. We need the likes of Eli, and now Orsic and Carlos to score a few of those every now and then.

win lose of draw today, every position could be improved with the right signing, so just like every football manager, the fans will want us to spend/bring in new talent. Note that we are not exactly cash rich. The club just had to issue £8m of shares (no doubt Dragon providing a cash injection) to cover shortfalls in operating costs. We aren't going to be spending €30m on a new striker IMO, especially if the selling club wants all of the money up front.

Likewise. He was mentioned (literally one sentence) as being a target in an earlier article about us wanting Alcarez. Udinese will want €30m and because they are well funded are not desperate to sell. Very doubtful he comes to us.

No worries. You missed my post about the Brenner bid yesterday too.

I'm not overly excited by the Moffi rumours/links, but I guess if you want someone to 'hit the ground running', then a guy scoring goals and full of confidence is a good start.

Despite the efforts, I've still got concerns about reversed out text.

Keep up CC, I posted this yesterday. 😏 Interesting that it's been reported that he agreed personal terms with Nice back in December. Scored a decent break away goal against Monaco the other night.

The level we are is bottom of the league. Not purely down to him of course, but perhaps now is our chance to cut him loose and aim higher. He's going to get a new deal, so all we can do is get behind him and hope he has more than two memorable games every four years.

Every game feels like make or break. We simply can't lose this game. Massive. I have feeling we'll go two up, but they'll get a draw, somehow.

Monkou had left before Strachen joined. Maybe it was Williams?

The reports were that we had a €15m bid rejected, not €20m. Hence nice trying €18m. But who knows if any of that is true.

Udinese have bid €9m for FC Cincinnati Brazilian striker Brenner Souza da Silva. If that deal goes through, maybe it paves the way for Beto to depart. I'm clutching at straws a bit as can't see us forking out €30m for Beto.

The Fulham game, when he played alongside JWP in the middle, and did a pretty good job, will have made Jones' mind up I suspect.