We were not in it first half- and they scored two excellent goals.
2nd half we were excellent, scored an excellent goal ourselves, and ridiculed the difference in squad costs.
Understandable disappointments, but lots of positives.
Our heads should be held high.

I can't understand why it takes us so long to wake up and start playing football. We need to play on the front foot and take the game to the opposition. This "wait and see" is slowly killing me. It makes you not want to watch. The coverage of the match was also disgusting, could they not find anyone from the blue half, or did they not want to.

Michael Fox

Here in France, I started watching the match on TNT and after the first goal I changed over to Canal+foot

Just to escape listening to McCoist Swooning over the RS.

I did the Same with the Man U v Chelsea game, to avoid Neville.

They gave us the minimum three minutes added time without all the time for the substitutions.

The blatant foul on Ndiaye, which was not given, resulted in their firs goal, from that passage of play.

The two twice taken free kicks, of which one ended in a red card.. now when did we last see that?

you just have to listen to the after match interview with Jack Grealish, on the subject.

He is equally baffled!

But, all that considered, I think Davey Lad played his part in our demise.

The halftime like for like substitutions… an ineffective player, for an equally ineffective player !

He waited until the last 5 minutes, to go for the Jugular !

Credit, where credit is due though, I thought that Gueye and Tarkowski were immense today.

We can only get better, after a decent performance and I really thought, that we were worthy of an equaliser.. all bias aside !

Lyndon, I like your expression “micro-aggressions”. There were frequent manifestations of this phenomenon, including a raised flag for a throw-in when we should have had a corner.

To complain about them seems petty, sour grapes, yet their influence over the course of a game, each dodgy decision, becomes huge.

However, my main gripe lies with our manager and his approach to the game, which lost the match in the first 30 minutes. He is a decent, competent manager, but he lacks any genuine ambition. His record says it all.

Peter Mills.

A huge shout out for the Manager!

If the players aren’t doing it themselves which they usually do, so he has an easy ride.

But, when things start to go awry,

That’s when he shows his incompetence.

His in game management is atrocious and is probably on par with that of Dyche’s!

Why doesn’t he just bin the number 9, now that it is obvious that, with the current protagonists, it’s just another number.

Some people think, that you have to be tall to be a 9, due to the crosses that you have to contest.

I would like to disagree with that, as, there is as much damage and pandamonium to be created with low crosses.

Plus, a high cross , in a lot of instances, would favour the keeper using his hands.

We’ve had this lone wolf for ever now and frankly it’s become tedious, predictable and unfruitful.

We have enough quality up front to interchange and cause havoc. let them loose!

The lack of intensity, almost amounting to sloppiness, in the first half hour compounded the problems arising from our tactical set-up. I am unsure what our players were trying to do. If the intention was to employ a low block our midfielders were too spread out to provide an effective shield. If the intention was to press high, the back line was sat too deep making the pitch too big for our midfield. Whatever the intention far too many gaps were left between our defensive lines against a team with the pace and skill to exploit them.

How can we come out and be so sluggish? It’s completely unforgivable.

Sorry but you can’t excuse this and play it off, you need to come out aggressive in their faces pressuring, let them know we not here to let you play and will die on that pitch to win

When we approach it with this mindset we have usually got a result or went down fighting at least, we have to fight them fought from the get go it’s a derby against the scum for god sake! Ruined my weekend! Totally inexcusable!

How can we come out and be so sluggish? It’s completely unforgivable.

Sorry but you can’t excuse this and play it off, you need to come out aggressive in their faces pressuring, let them know we not here to let you play and will die on that pitch to win

When we approach it with this mindset we have usually got a result or went down fighting at least, we have to fight them fought from the get go it’s a derby against the scum for god sake! Ruined my weekend! Totally inexcusable!

Too timid and this started in the Friday presser, imho.

Too defensive and applauds to the opposition, and their squad strengths.

Credit where its due, but make a meal of it..and giving a political statement.
Play to Everton strengths and virtues..
'What's Our Name?'

Both goals, we're self caused. But after 30 mins, they were showing mental signs of being tired.

Great finish, for their 1st, but the Everton inside channel, for both goals and lack of tracking stood out. I felt for Keane, who wouldn't tackle but he had no midfield, front line screening.Both goals, from the loss of play were down to Everton, losing shape on the counter attack.

For me Everton, woke up and had a couple of good chances to equalise in the 1st half.

2 weeks ago similar but even harder to score chances went in, v Wolves.

2nd half more or less, Everton wore them down, but the lack of a class natural goal scorer, is haunting Everton.

Rom, aside was a special case, in the best context he more than made up for a loose first touch.

But on merit Beto, lacks composure in the box, and timing his runs in the box, but looks better than Barry, but let's see.

But a near repeat of Chelsea away last season, getting mugged, yesterday facing his keeper, may be a loose touch too far, in Moyes view, for Beto, in view of Wolves.

But Beto, has played them several times,now, David Moyes, decision to make.

All in, I'm, pleased Everton, went for it in the 2nd half, but what the hell made them start so timid, for the first 28 mins?

Miles better than recent visits to our old ground, but the lack of end product as the goal scorer, is still missing.

For me, realistically the mission is for new RB and LB, plus a striker - hit man. P1..

All easier said than done, but Everton, missed a chance, yesterday but proved they have stomach for a battle, but to win most battles you have to believe and focus on winning before the battle starts, and always believe you can win and beat the opposition, before the game.

Incredible, how only 3mins given for injury/ extra time.

St Virgil delayed every corner by 35 - 40 seconds, and more.

The Media doesn't pick this up, and it's every game they play..

Now to beat Wolves, and bury some myths,legends and ghosts about the old League Cup.

As a further note,

Mr Moyes your failure to get the team ready for this match is your first nail in your inevitable coffin I’m afraid.

We know your record against the scum and it will be the death of you eventually! Nail number one well and truly hammered in !