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What a shame. Silver linings, clouds etc. 🙂

No, we are unable to do anything cleverly. So, that's a non starter. 🙂

Bloomin' kids with their new fangled remake remixed reimaginings...

To celebrate Everton's last Goodison game, they managed to arrange an in-season friendly. Everyone involved in analysing our opponents, tactics, coaching and sending out our side to play like that should hang their heads in shame. That was as gutless a performance from a team of professionals as I can recall, even by our very low standards. We had an option of actually pushing Everton today. They are not Manchester City. But we're so scared and spineless now, that we preferred to let them dictate every aspect of the game. We were second best across the park, to a team that is looking a lot better than they were because they have a proper football manager in charge of their club. Something that SR run away screaming from, because they would get found out. Instead, they allow our team to get found out every week. Our bright spot was Robinson coming on. A player who hasn't spent enough time with the first team squad to have his desire and effort worn down.

Someone has to take the penalties. Mind you, we'll have to be in an opponent's box to get one. 🙂

A very, very belated bit of effort. Mainly from Robinson shaming some of the others.

Good from Robinson. Would have expected Archer to put that in (had he not been one of our players).

There are more of them gathering... ... the stadium might get pinched before the final whistle.

Good run back by Archer. More useful as a centre half than a striker? 🙂

'Tator: "Long throws definitely back in fashion"... as we throw it short. Like we would risk getting a ball into the box.

They were fine with a not 100% Coleman. I doubt we'll cause any problems for Branthwaite. They've taken him off, just in case he hurts himself, more than us being able to take advantage of it.

Will wins a tackle for the team, and tries to get it forward! Revolutionary play from Saints.

'Tator saying that it's a day that Robinson won't forget... because it's the last day of Goodison.

Archer, Smallbone and Stewart on. A team comfortably 2-0 up and happy to pass it around and sit back. So now we bring on the forwards. Southampton: Setup to Fail.

Who said he wasn't an innovative genius, capable of surprising? Oh, everyone... 🙂

4 or 5 Everton players lining up for a shot there. We manage to lose every single challenge. We lose the header coming in and Ramsdale puts it over.

We manage to put a few passes together. We have someone in the box to at least try something. Instead, we get confused on the flank and give it away. Utterly infuriating team and coaches.

"and he can walk it in" Perfect summation of the game. They can do what they like at whatever pace they want. We are so ponderous and clueless in our gutless set up, that we let it happen. More than the players needing a clearout.

I reckon our coaching staff got lost in the contents pages of Coaching For Dummies.

There goes to the hope of selecting 10 fans, by half time raffle, to join Ramsdale for the second half, improving our chances of getting a result.

They could just take him off. It's not as though his goal is going to have any traffic near it.

carrying the news...that we're crap.

Until his next spell as caretaker. Which, considering SR's record, is never far away.

It was a lovely move, even if offside at the end. We were nowhere near any of that, giving them all the space they needed.

So useless. We get a break and lose it to the first tackle. Even as we're going forward, I won;t have been the only one waiting for the inevitable as we then stretch the game. Cue counter, and one ruled out for offside as we were cut apart. We are incredibly poor at managing our play.