Saturday Night Slaughter by Eddie Howe’s Scampering Skunks

Not sure why but I don’t feel confident about this one – as Newcastle have such poor away form I don’t want that to end tonight!

Defensive replacements looking very light indeed, hope the boys win it for us tonight and come through unscathed.

I’m going to take a punt on 3-1 to the Blues with Barry to finally score.

As always – we have a mini-run(2 games!!!), and then followed by the garbage! 0-2! What crap. The same ritual humiliation Evertonians face numerous times a season. We fall for it every time.

Moyes is shite and Barry & Beto should be shipped out! Bloody rubbish!

IROEGBUNAM RESPONSIBLE FOR SECOND AND THIRD GOALS

OFFERS NOTHING

ABSOLUTE GARBAGE

Indeed Sean, backed the wrong horse today.

Don’t know if I can stomach watching the 2nd half but probably will. Feels like masochism though.

They have 2 lads at full back, who know how to support the winger in front of them – we don’t. That slap has turned into a slap in the face of us Evertonians. Idrissa is being badly missed but it’s his fault he’s not there. Tim a decent late sub but not a starter for me. The senior pros, not showing anything in that half. Howe made 6 changes, something we could never do. Elanga has yet to score for the barcodes. He must be licking his lips for the 2nd half.

Did they drink Manchester dry on Monday night ?

The new “holy trinity” need to get more involved, they are offering nothing at moment.

Tim is awful, untfit or just lacks effort.

The answer’s not swapping Barry for Beto… over to the Grim Reaper to sort.

I’ve knocked the telly off at half-time.

I feel for those people who paid to watch that kind of performance.

I hate the mentality at this club, it’s so rotten. From the team to the fans. I made the mistake of watching the Sundelamd game before hand. The Stadium of Light was so loud, you couldn’t hear the commentators. So far, unless we score, all you can hear all game is the away fans.

As for the players, we will never win anything in my lifetime. They are so beyond awful. We never replaced Gueye with any quality when he first left until he re-signed and yet still we rely on a 36-year-old every game with no successor lined up.

The strikers we have signed in the last decade have been simply abysmal. One somewhat success in Calvert-Lewin, who we let out for free after nursing back to health over and over again.

And the lack of pace…

We haven’t had any pace in the team since we let Gordon go in 2022. Every team are so quick in the build-up and we are so slow — no one moves the ball quick enough. The recruitment has been appealing. All of them need replacing by the owners if they are serious.

The mentality is poor — you can’t go from one of the best performances of the season to utterly hopeless in less than a week!!!

Tim, oh so dim. How this lad plays in the Premier League, I just do not know. He’s not even Championship class and his performance today is the worst I’ve seen in years.

Just not at the races today… looks like they had the Christmas party last night. On the plus side, thankfully Dithering Dave has finally put Charly Alcaraz on in his position and Dewsbury-Hall in his central midfield.

Just need to write this off… a few days, the boys were amazing.

Where are all the Pickford lovers today?

Yes, makes a few good saves in a few games — then goes crazy in the next group of games.

4-1 down, four minutes to go and it’s tippy /tappy football at the back and Beto comes on, to do what ?

Moyes is clueless

Cry some more, Barry lad, on that £40k per week… 😂 he’s Shite! And not getting any sympathy from me.

Beto is better and would have at least nicked a goal if he’d started the last 3-4 games!….

Can we start Dewsbury-Hall up top next time out please. These two clowns need to be binned asap, but I understand that, from a business perspective, we have to play Beto and Barry in the hope they nick goals and keep their market value up.

If we bench them, we would wipe £10M off their value, such is the modern game.

Why oh why do I get my hopes up every time a win could shoot us up the table? For the last 10-15 tears, seems like we bottle it every single time. Yet I always think this time will be different. Guess Kurt Cobain said it best… what is wrong with me?

Why does Barry fall over so much, does he not use studs? Beto too for that matter. For all their effort, they both look like Bambi On Ice way too often to ever be effective footballers.

Do we lead the league in disallowed goals?
Is it possible to have a negative xG?
Why did Pickford break out the clown shoes today?
Who is this Dibling fella?

Sean, knock it off, you’re supposed to be a fucking fan.

He had a bad game. He made mistakes. He won us the game on Monday night. He’s kept us in the Premier League the past three years.

“Pickford lovers”. For fuck’s sake… Some of the posts on this site are embarrassing these days.

For me this result falls on our recruitment team again.

We have a decent first 11 with a fully fit team, but our second options are hopeless. We don’t have anyone who can come on and play on the level that our starters play at or even have a similar profile.

How we didn’t sign a right-back is beyond me. We need a right-back, a left-back, a striker, a Gana replacement and pace.

Iroegbunam had an awful game and Alcarz and Garner, although technically brilliant, are not modern-day midfielders. We need pace and energy box-to-box players in there. We need overlapping full-backs with pace. We need wingers with pace. We have non of that on the bench. It’s poor.

What can you say about this team after what they achieved on Monday?

Inconsistency could be applied but beaten 4-1 at home against a team who haven’t won away. Excuses can be made for other poor performances this season but not this one.

Okay, we can all blame Moyes yet again but, only a few days ago, he was praised.

The glaring weaknesses are still there and there will be more games like this with the odd win now and then unless those weaknesses are addressed in January or sooner but nothing much will happen in December I’m sure.

Apart from the woeful attack force, the midfield is still inadequate, even with Gana in it.

Looks like that shower will spend a rainy Sunday dragging tractor tyres up and down Ainsdale Beach all day, the “Moyesiah!” don’t forget!

Get rid pronto.

Evertonians having a go at Pickford tonight?

Well I never… In all seriousness, it just wasn’t our night. Newcastle playing peak Everton football. Concede possession, absorb the onslaught, hit on the counter or break, rinse and repeat.

Timmy Iroegbunam had a nightmare of a match. Pickford could have done better but he’s done more for this club than any other player over the past 10 years. I’m not gonna get on him for a rough game.

One thing is for sure, this match once again highlighted our needs in January and beyond.

O’Brien very poor tonight, it’s criminal that the right-back position hasn’t been sorted yet.

I think Jordan will be dissapointed with his performance, crosses are definitely his Achilles heel.

Felt gutted for Barry, keep your head up lad, there’s a player there and I think he’ll come good.

A bad night. After conceding first, we responded well. Individual errors cost us twice before the break and the scoreline set the narrative for the rest of the game.

A bit of luck might have changed the story tonight. Need to put this behind us; we’re a good side, and Bournemouth are pretty open in their play.

Jake,

I agree. We start every game with a handicap as we don’t have a right-back at all, and a sub-par left-back. Not to mention no striker. Once you remove anyone else from the equation, eg, Gana, we have at best three-quarters of a team. Scary thing is that we are about to lose Ndiaye in addition to Gana for a month.

As far as recruitment goes, yes, it was a tough summer to find a striker, as Man Utd and Liverpool have discovered at great cost. But we have been needing an right-back for about 6 years now.

Likewise, Mykolenko seemingly signed by Bill Kenwright, was quickly found lacking at this level about 4 years ago. But successive coaches, DoFs have done nothing to address the issue.

Tarky was awful again, along with Tim.

That game was awful. Back down to earth after the Man Utd game… or should I say back to normal?

I think the paucity of the squad was shown today although the game was lost by mistakes. We never really threatened Newcastle who looked far better than their away results have shown this season.

Two goalies again, two defenders who have never played before, Dibling who has hardly played, McNeil and the inevitable but beyond reason of swapping Barry for Beto with 4 minutes left!

Heroes last Monday and — despite the effort — very poor today. We need another win before January to stop the worries again but, if we don’t make a couple of signings in January, I think we might see a few more trouncings like today’s.

Happy birthday, Eddy.

Howe did you do that?

Just when you think they’ve turned the corner…

They never disappoint!

We’re consistentlÿ inconsistent.

Until we get two fullbacks who can play football, a beast of a central midfielder, and two centre-forwards who can control the ball to enable them to shoot, then it’s going to be the same old.

On Pickford, yeah he had a bad game… but people on the Live Forum act like he is an ongoing liability. He has played over 300 games for us, over 80 for England. He is not perfect.

Saying he had a bad game is fair; saying he is a bad goalie is not. Let he who is without fault cast the first stone.

Tony 38.

I felt gutted for Barry, keep your head up lad, £40k a week for a not fit for purpose who would struggle in League Two.
£30M.

With his bank account, he doesn’t need your misguided sympathy. If he’s sold in January, he wouldn’t give us a backward glance. Turn it in.

On the back of a good showing at Old Trafford, all Evertonians were entitled to think we would win tonight, even though we all know this side is still lacking in many areas of the pitch.

Terrible performance all round, midfield non-existent and cut to ribbons — far too easy. Special mention for Iroegbunam who was lethargic to say the least, and he wasn’t alone – how we missed the energy of a 36-year-old today!

The Grealish factor is wearing off — no chance of him making the World Cup squad on showings like this.

Pickford had a poor game and was guilty of two terrible mistakes for their second and third goals (he should have saved their second and stayed on his line for the third. I
suspect he will know!

Somebody above said Beto is better than Barry — I would have to disagree with that.

Richarlison, if he was up for it and if Spurs would let him leave, is the striker who will get us goals — he’s not a risk, anyone else will be!

Normal service resumed. I am sure we’ll lose down on the South coast on Tuesday night as well.

Sigh… we just make up the numbers in this league!

We have to move on quickly and Tuesday will be a chance to quickly get this result gone.

If we lose at Bournemouth, then it festers until Saturday when we play Forest, who are revitalized under a fella we know can organize a team if nothing else.

I get tired of repeating it but we need pace in the side, we need to take some risks in January and get at least three attacking players in.

Ndiaye is out for possibly a month with Senegal, and he will be a loss even though some are critical of him bizarrely today, because for me he’s our greatest ball carrier.

It’s okay saying what striker do you sign, well I’d just take a punt on Parrott. He may or may not be the answer but one thing I do know is neither Beto or Barry are the answer going forward.

There can’t be many sides in this league with a combined total of one goal from their strikers.

Didn’t watch it, glad I didn’t.

Did Alcaraz make much of a difference?

Defending was pitiful, and it looks like we have a centre midfield issue with no Gana or Röhl.

Big Tim coming up short, but so did many tonight.

Time to bite the bullet and get shut of Dibling, maybe take a big loss. I reckoned he had 8 whole minutes to turn that game around and guess what… nada!

On yer way, son!

Oliver #52,

Of the potential options, Richarlison would be the safest bet for January if Spurs would let him go. A massive improvement on our current centre-forwards… plus he actually wants to play for us.

Grealish needs to up his game, he offers very little going forward and offers very little defensively.

Tim was shocking, Garner and Dewsbury-Hall lack bite in midfield. Pickford had a day to forget.

Barry will make it as he has the right attitude.

Dave Moyes’s post-match Truth Social was as bad as that performance. He may not be responsible for what individual players do on the pitch but he is for the words that come out of his mouth.

He hardly said a word about us and our players in a mumbled minute or two but did heap praise on them:

‘It’s no surprise Newcastle are a very good team … do not underestimate the quality Newcastle have got … with the quality they had, the power they had, the speed they had … ‘

Geoff

Was that post a bit of a sarcastic joke?

You criticise Grealish who has created the most chances in the Premier League this season, and Garner who has been very good, Dewsbury-Hall who has 3 good goals but then say Thierno Bambi, sorry Barry will make it as he has the right attitude?

Personally his attitude is questionable at times, he looks lazy and quite lethargic.

His ability is very much questionable.

Newcastle were simply just too clever for Everton today, and completely controlled the tempo of the game.

They dealt with our defensive problems from minute one, running in behind when we pushed up and then finding space in between the lines, when we dropped deeper.

The first goal coming so early in the game was a sickener, and although we had a little flourish, we didn’t quite play quick enough and it didn’t quite last long enough before they scored again, and had us exactly where they wanted us for the rest of the night.

Barry is on a learning curve, he has scored a couple, both disallowed, he’s an easy target for criticism when we are crying out for a top striker, but you can’t blame this result on him.

Pickford has a bad game tonight, but what was going on around him? Tim was not up to replacing Gana, he is a much lesser player.

We have no right-back either, Jake has a go at filling in, but he is not a natural fit, so the defensive unit and link to midfield was a mess.

The shape, full of holes, the link-up absent or disjointed, the make-do squad fell apart, it took a few passes to open us up, again and again, until the game was gone from us.

Paucity, thin squad, square pegs, etc

Truth is we are a bit better than last season, but have some way to go yet.

Paul,

I saw Moyes say Newcastle benefited from having played in Europe!

I’ve never heard any manager ever claim midweek European games benefit the teams involved come their next Premier League game… until today.

Utter deflection Kieran. Avoiding any word on what he/we might have done wrong. The Europe twaddle was desperation and he might also have an encouraging word with Arsenal.

What a slump from Monday to this.