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Ben Reeves is coming on. Didn't think he'd get too many chances this year if i'm honest.

Whenever Everton fancy it, and just up it slightly, they have chances. We can't seem to play with that intensity.

knock.

We're playing alright to be honest, It just seems that the damage has already been done.

It was Ramirez.

Oh Ramirez should have scored. That's probably our chance gone.

Adam has been pretty poor today, not the sort of invisibility you want from a captain. Another good save from Gazza

Yep, still plenty of time. Everton have begun to look a little sloppy, let's hope we take advantage of it.

I think it's safe to say that we're both going to be down there come the end!

Agree, he's been pretty poor. Giving the ball away alot. If we have any sort of chance this season, eh needs to play well most games..!

poor yoshida.

I do like the look of Gazza, confident, good shot stopper. Not much wrong with his game- it's just what's in front of him!

So poor from our midfield there, W-P too lightweight. Great hit.

Bit of an improved effort, but we're not causing them many problems. The plus is that neither are they!

And you wonder why people critisie you alpine? You have been no where to be seen for a week since we won. Now you're back. Go away.

Wonderful take from Lambert to put Rodriguez through, but good defending by Jagielka

I agree with that, but it's the ease they score against us. Even villa managed to score easily, and could have had another 2. It's the pattern every week which is starting to worry me. We're nice to watch though, i'll give them that!

18 goals conceded in 5 games, holy jesus.

Worriyngly, we look much worse defensively than Blackpool ever looked.

Here we go then, 2nd half. Hope for a bit of a performance. I don't want to say damage limitation.

It's all too easy to pick out the CB's, it's the entire team. We're way too easy to play against, however we setup. Naive in the middle, naive out wide. W-P is being eaten alive today, and being spat back out again by Fellani. I've probably used naive more than any other word on here in the last few months, but it's not changing which is the concerning thing. We're not learning on the basic situations

I think that's a fair assumption. We just don't have the depth when we have injuries, which isn't surprising really.

Zonal marking is such a weird one. All I've ever seen it do is equate to more goals conceded by anyone who ever tries it. Why even bother...? Weird setup.

How do we change it though...? Bearing in mind Puncheon is nursing a knock, or has been.

almost 4. Only a matter of time