Everton 2 (Osman, Baines (pen.)) Blackburn 0

YAKUBLUE wrote:dire game , but we took all 3 points. well done blues,, onwards and upwards

Odd game, we started the game very well, and the beginning of the second half was also very good. But there were stretches when it was slow paced and not much going on at all.

Hinchcliffe Corner wrote:

Hinchcliffe Corner wrote:We should win this one easily, or perhaps not easily, in fact we might even only manage a draw, or could even lose.

Well predicted...

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Another stroll in the park, but I thought we were better today than we were against Wolves. But surely Bily has to be dropped now that Coleman is back? Coleman on the right, and keep giving Maguaye a start on the left.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:Some shirt swapping going on after the game is over. Rodwell is asked to give up his by a Blackburn player.

Last chance of a Prem shirt for some of them......

hairy cataract wrote:Another stroll in the park, but I thought we were better today than we were against Wolves. But surely Bily has to be dropped now that Coleman is back? Coleman on the right, and keep giving Maguaye a start on the left.

Bily was poor, offered very little at either end. I was rather surprised when Gueye was subbed instead of Bily. Was he tired perhaps? Either way, like you said, Bily ought to be on the bench if Coleman is available.

Thought Rodwell did well, never rushed, very composed. Collected loads of balls on the edge of the box, or deep in our half, and brought them out with good distribution.

The defence hardly tested. Not sure how on earth Pedersen missed the, more or less, open goal from 7 yards out on his favoured left foot. Not that we cared, but that was one of the very few chances they had and it was almost the only mistake defensively we had. Distin had a cook-up as well, but that was about it.

Overall, not a great performance, but we did enough to see off a rather uninspiring Blackburn side.

hairy cataract wrote:Another stroll in the park, but I thought we were better today than we were against Wolves. But surely Bily has to be dropped now that Coleman is back? Coleman on the right, and keep giving Maguaye a start on the left.

i'll go along with that, billy is not gonna make it, we should sell him on in the summer

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:...........
The defence hardly tested. Not sure how on earth Pedersen missed the, more or less, open goal from 7 yards out on his favoured left foot.

Overall, not a great performance, but we did enough to see a rather uninspiring Blackburn side.

two defensive mixups though. They'd be goals against a better side. WTF were Baines and Jags doing both trying to head the same ball?

YAKUBLUE wrote:

hairy cataract wrote:Another stroll in the park, but I thought we were better today than we were against Wolves. But surely Bily has to be dropped now that Coleman is back? Coleman on the right, and keep giving Maguaye a start on the left.

i'll go along with that, billy is not gonna make it, we should sell him on in the summer

I agree, I'd take £5M for him at the moment. He's just off the Prem pace, it's as simple as that. He would shine with more time on the ball.

mindyerho? wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:...........
The defence hardly tested. Not sure how on earth Pedersen missed the, more or less, open goal from 7 yards out on his favoured left foot.

Overall, not a great performance, but we did enough to see a rather uninspiring Blackburn side.

two defensive mixups though. They'd be goals against a better side. WTF were Baines and Jags doing both trying to head the same ball?

See my edited post.

3 points was the aim, we got that.

Bily was shit

Blackburn boss Steve Kean: "When Everton scored we were really disappointed because I thought we dominated the first half. We need to focus on our next game against Manchester City and make sure we get the win."

Was he watching a different match?

Hinchcliffe Corner wrote:

Blackburn boss Steve Kean: "When Everton scored we were really disappointed because I thought we dominated the first half. We need to focus on our next game against Manchester City and make sure we get the win."

Was he watching a different match?

Unbelievable ...

sounds like he's playing a game of chicken with the owners .............

How good does Vellios look?

And I hope that Blackburn thug gets a ban for that punch on Billy.

Hinchcliffe Corner wrote:

Blackburn boss Steve Kean: "When Everton scored we were really disappointed because I thought we dominated the first half. We need to focus on our next game against Manchester City and make sure we get the win."

Was he watching a different match?

Sounds like a man trying to tell the owners he's the man for the job. They were second best at the best in that game. Period. We weren't great, but better than them for sure.

Toffee Dan wrote:How good does Vellios look?

And I hope that Blackburn thug gets a ban for that punch on Billy.

was it a closed fist? I haven't seen it is a replay yet but I thought it was just a bitch-slap....

I also thought it Gueye who was chinned??

mindyerho? wrote:

Toffee Dan wrote:How good does Vellios look?

And I hope that Blackburn thug gets a ban for that punch on Billy.

was it a closed fist? I haven't seen it is a replay yet but I thought it was just a bitch-slap....

What did I miss?