One jammy goal would have made all the difference. It would have settled our nerves and allow us to start picking them off. Need to push early in the second half for the opener.

Such a poor half from us.

Hope to see Nwaneri second half

    Need to bring on Trossard. Martinelli is being far too Martinellish today

    Havertz really needs to be in the box more. I don't think he's had a shot today despite our dominance. Ode's missed some chances but why is he on the end of things so much more than the CF?

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      Oh fuck. Liverpool is down a man and a goal? Wake the heck up boys

      IBL I'd like Arteta to be brave enough to bring Nwaneri on for Merino or Rice. It's not a game that needs 2 defensive mids.

        Have a feeling Ode is not 100%. It’s really weird how off he is

        The engine room isn't good enough today and is contributing to the slow and ponderous football we are seeing.

        Timber, Rice, MLS and Merino are man for man all downgrades on White, Partey, Zinchenko and Xhaka in terms of speeding up the tempo and ball progression.

          daredevil Timber, Rice, MLS and Merino are man for man all downgrades on White, Partey, Zinchenko and Xhaka in terms of speeding up the tempo and ball progression.

          No.

            daredevil We have had plenty of games like this too when the aforementioned personnels are playing.

            Zinchenko is the worst of the lot at taking additional touches and slowing the game down

                Good first half, we are moving the ball well... they have literally come here to just defend. Think we will crack them open in the second half.

                The Merino - Rice partnership in the centre is miserable ploddery. Partey or Nwaneri need to come on for Merino soon-ish in the second half. Merino hasn't been awful but he doesn't compliment Rice.

                If Saka wasn't playing, I'd fancy Everton to nick a point given how Odegaard, Martinelli and Havertz are performing.

                merino is nowhere near the player I hoped he'd be.

                The worst thing about Everton is despite the fact that they’re a shite team most of the season, some of their players - like Pickford, Branthwaite and Tarkowski - are capable of putting in a high level performance every now and again

                Seriously, does Ode have a concussion or something? He is SOOOOOOOO off

                Saliba a bit too cocky there

                Also the fact that we aren’t rinsing 50 year old Ashley Young with every attack is embarrassing. Shows that we have no plans to fix that side

                daredevil — right there with you except for Zinchenko vs Timber. It’s close when Timber plays on the left, but definitely not the case when he plays RB.

                I still think people underestimate how much Xhaka did for the team and Martinelli.