Mega disappointing but standard fare from Everton: we aren’t very good.

We struggle to penetrate and find goals and our defence isn’t particularly solid.

I’ve been giving Pickford lots of praise recently but he was poor on the 2nd goal (I think he should have saved Haaland’s 2nd goal too)

Meanwhile the goal ruled out was a typical marginal decision that goes against us: Ndiaye made no movement towards the ball hence shouldn’t be ruled offside. Awful refereeing but Pawson so what do you expect. Moyes & the club should start kicking off about these decisions because it’s simply not right. I’m annoyed I even bothered to celebrate. School boy error

Days like today one is just fed up by it all

Tarkowski seemed to lose momentum after he went down clutching his back. I felt Spurs took advantage of this tardiness on Tarkowski's part. I fear that the full backs, particularly Mykolenko, are just not up to standard, thus putting a real strain on the centre backs and so if one of them is not up to scratch there's a huge defensive problem.
Nevertheless Vicario produced two magnificent saves.
I enjoy Grealish's skill, but throughout his career his problem has been his lack of pace. Would it be more productive to move him inside and play Dibling as a winger.

We have been Rumbled…Sussed out!

We rode our Luck thus far and just like the intrepid Punter… we’ve ran out!

Our predictability and reliance on two wide Ball carriers has been there for everyone to see.

More irritating is our predicable one Dimensional Manager, insisting with a Numb numbing Number Nine.. of which his Team doesn’t possess.

Why does he insist with a centre forward, when we have players that can interchange and do possess technical ability.

Let them go out and play Ball, as if they were back in the School Yard !

surely It can’t be any worse, than a system that hasn’t worked, since the start of the Season.

we are now 9 games in and neither of them have made an impact.

He has changed them both up, whichever way, but, on his part it’s Bordering on obstinance, or…insanity !

I stated when he arrived, that I was neither hot, nor cold about his appointment, but he’s had one transfer window, where he’s blown a huge chunk of the Kitty on Potential

One of which is an expensive Ball carrying wide player.

Another a young left back, who seems to have potential, to have potential!

we really need to start playing some unpredictable, slick, one touch footy. With oodles of Triangles, That will Baboozle our opponents

But with Moyes at the Helm, that’s highly unlikely, with, or without the personnel ! And only trouble is.. gee whiz! Im dreaming my life away!

The thought of seeing Mykelenko cosy in that position, for the rest of the Season, fills me with dread.

The same I will say for Tarkowsky!

Quite frankly for me, nothing has changed, although the faces are different, the Ethos remains.. reward mediocre players with a Contract extension, never realising, or ignoring, that there are better players to be found, to replace them.

plus ça change.. plus c’est la même chose, et tout ça and all the rest of it!

Very disappointing but not entirely surprising. Our vulnerability defending corners gave us something else to worry about in addition to our obvious weaknesses in attack.

The first three months of the season have taken a different shape compared with previous years. Instead of a dire August we have suffered a mid September - October slump. Preventing an autumn slump developing into a full blown winter crisis will be Moyes’s immediate priority. He really needs to get something at Sunderland and a win against Fulham.

While it is too early to panic the time has surely arrived to make a couple of changes. The build-up is far too predictable. Alcaraz’s direct running in central areas might make a difference, especially in counterattacking situations where our passing needs to be much quicker. Similarly it might be time to give Röhl more time on the pitch.

Beyond that we need more craft at right back in the form of James Garner who has shown he can defend as well as make better use of the ball. Solving the striker problem is almost impossible given the lack of viable options. There were a couple of glimpses yesterday that Barry might develop in time, though they were fleeting glimpses rather than firm evidence. Trying Ndiaye up front carries risks, not least depriving the team of his ability to make things happen on the right flank. But it may be worth trying at some point.

Over to Mr Moyes to come up with a plan to deliver an immediate improvement.

Aye, didn't want Moyes back but, tbf, he had a very positive impact upon arrival. However, it's now starting to look a bit same old same old & Moyes may well find TFG less willing to put up with that than our dear beloved late luvvy was, no matter how much he endeavours to manage expectations.

Hmm I could tell we were there for the taking early on, no energy not shutting down just not bothered! There’s no excuse for it we have more than capable players to beat Tottenham.

Mykolenko offers nothing get rid of him along with around 5 or 6 others, I wasn’t convinced the window was a good one anyway and no that opinion has solidified. Plenty of deadwood still. Bench KDH bring in Alcaraz next game.
Long season ahead and it’s basically already over, maybe some excitement of a relegation dogfight?? think we’ll be ok..Just

Further note,
Forget Grealish and Ndiaye they’ll be off come next summer.
Happy Monday everyone! :)

I thought the offside was a poor decision. Remember he was only offside from the header which took about 0.2 of a second to hit the keeper’s hand. I don’t see how he could’ve been interfered with.

Dewsbury-Hall should’ve been withdrawn. Constantly giving the ball away. In an ironic twist, Moyes seems reluctant to use Coleman, which I just don’t get.

I like the suggestion above of not playing either Beto or Barry up front. Beto is beyond saving. He’s just completely unsuited to the team/out of his depth.

Maybe see how he does coming on but he needs to hit the bench.

Like the weather, blowing a hoolie, pouring down and the clocks.

But prior to kick off I believed Everton would find the desire and belief, to grind out a win.

But if you don't take your early chances, on in football, it isn't a cliche, and so it proved.

But the reality is all season, the imbalance caused by two players at right back and left back, and yesterday with off days for some players, around defence, midfield and attack. was too much.

Everton didn't make enough good clear cut chances, and some credit to Spurs, for being well drilled at defending their goal, penalty area and getting in good blocks.

The manner of the Spurs goals, was very disheartening.

The predictable Pawson panic and pause, summed up Evertons fortunes.

For me a new left back and right back is essential. A striker who can hit an air craft hanger would be welcome.

But the season, has a long way to go, but Moyes and Everton, have a battle, hearts and minds to sooth and win over, on and off the park.

Sunderland is a massive game. Everton, have done well there in the past, and could take a win.

But get back to basics, and play reverse passes, at the right time, with the right weight and to players, who can change their balance, stride and can use both feet.

Find dead ball takers, who can flight the ball and attacking options who gamble in the box.

When did Everton, last score a near post header?

There's a long, long way to go, but David Moyes, and his staff have some major works, to get try and get the strikers scoring and the rest of the squad chipping in with goals.

But its now onto getting the squad prepared for Sunderland.

We didn’t play that badly, and 0-3 a rather harsh scoreline.

My gripes are that refereeing was poor, in fact the Spurs players effectively refereed the game.

We were very predictable going forwards.

KDH- GG- Myko all had poorish games.

Beto….. consistently, alarmingly poor.

Lack of quality at options at full back means that Jake doesn’t overlap, and Myko tries but is woeful at it.

Need to mix things up a bit, as we have indeed been found out.

I’d be amazed if Ndiaye doesn’t get the No.10 and Dibling out right for Sunderland. Might as well give Barry a shot, you never know. And I’d like to see Röhl getting a go at late runs into the box. Weirdly, my Moyes mental muscle memory tells me this is where he stops the stubbornness and turns stuff around with some key changes.

I'm not sure we've been 'found out'. Second-best against Brighton & Palace, our comparative ruthlessness in both boxes got us wins. And we were toothless against an off-form Villa and a poor West Ham. Spurs didn't do very much, but were far better in both boxes.

Moyes is building the plane while it's in flight, so he needs to try things out. I suspect he'll start Rohl as soon as he's fit. If he persists with Barry/Beto, he needs Alcaraz to move the ball forward more quickly and directly. If not, I'd like Ndaiye to run amok along the forward line and bring in Dibling out wide.

I'm mnot convinced we'll see the best of Barry or Dibling unti we move the ball more quickly. Everything is slow and telegraphed, hoping that Grealish and Ndaiye shalom their way to a goal.

Up to Davey to find the right combinations with what we have, until January at least.

As others have rightly pointed out. Tarkowski was very poor, again. The alarm bells were going off in my head from day one this season. I said after one game that we couldnt afford to carry him any longer and its proving to be the case.

When the great stopper isn't stopping, he becomes a liability. If he drops any deeper he will be playing behind Pickfords goal.

Five goals and Five great chances for the opponents in our last two games ALL in or around our own six yard box.

Still. What can we expect when we have Evertonians happy clapping the fact that some spotty faced little kid from Sky also bought into his last ditch "heroics" and decided to put him in his team of "unsung heroes"...Sigh

But while theres moonlight and music and love and romance....

Darren (12) I agree. We are at the point where O’Brien is suffering out of position at right back, Tarkowski has become a liability struggling to cope with the pace of opponents and the back line as a unit is frequently sitting too deep. With Grealish and Ndiaye taking wide positions, the team as a whole looks too open, a problem which is compounded by the lack of pace both tracking back and going forward.

Given he has the option of playing O’Brien in his proper position and switching Garner to right back, it surely cannot be long before even Moyes will realise he must grasp the nettle and make the change. That would also send an important message that all players are expected to maintain their form, not least the team captain.

Yes John

I think we all know that our problems do not start and finish with James Tarkowski. There have been improvements, but we all know that we still have plenty of room for more. All over the park.

Tarkowski is arguably the biggest single reason we are still playing top flight football. He has enormous character and I have no doubt he will still put in some excellent backs-to-the-wall performances before the season is out, but nobody can go on forever and the physical nature of his game does not lend itself to longevity. He has been creaking for some time now and I think there is a very real danger that his bad games will start to outnumber his good ones.

Liker Paul (11) I'm not sure we were "found out" on Saturday. Most Evertonians will have been bitterly disappointed with our efforts at both ends of the pitch, but I don't think too many will have been shocked or surprised. This has been coming. Pickford is a top class goalkeeper, but like every goalkeeper I've ever seen. he does have an achilles heel. His arms seemed to be shorter than ever as Spurs delivered their set pieces with pin-point accuracy.

There was no great science behind Thomas Franks plan. His team simply got their deliveries right and van der Ven (what a player he is going to be BTW) demonstrated a greater desire to put the ball in than our boys had to keep it out.

I hate that we have no credible alternative to Garner at right back, but I agree with you, John. O`Brien must start playing center half