@paddyboyland.bsky.social Tiredness setting in the midfield. Visitors make the changes. Moyes🤷‍♂️ 58 minutes..

@paddyboyland.bsky.social criminal not changing any midfielders.

@paddyboyland.bsky.social Sad prediction. We will never be a good home side with Moyes as manager. Time has moved on and not in his skill set nor in his personality. With the lead and 11 men we waited. With 10 men we fougth.

Exciting. Not a throwing caution overboard team, but a more positive one. Hope it pays off.

Have you seen the ski jump drone? Amazing as well

Tarky, Keane and Gana his chosen hill.🤷‍♂️

Even though extremely predictable and boring, I guess Moyes has Tuesday in the back of his mind with that selection. Branthwaite and George will start that one.

I know that, so look forward to seeing it pan out. Armstrong staying even though senior and players returned highly encouraging.

Do these feel like Moyes or committee decisions to you? To me there is a sense of strategy shift here. Keeping Armstrong the same. The club is deciding to build longterm.

Ask.😊
Great player, great career, but our axis of Tarky, Keane and Gana all have in common they wanna slow down play. Hurting us at HD, and in general does not contribute the evolvement of the team going forward. Why should young, exciting talent want to join.

When are the prominent Everton journos gonna confront Moyes about Gana not being up to pace?🤷‍♂️

Do you think we will do any business at all?

Stubborn, stubborn, stubborn Moyes.

Insane playing Gana. Offers nothing defensively. Or going forward.

Interesting story. Intriguing, atypical player. Potential. If he can manage combining better centrally with team mates final third sky is the limit.

Team effort extraordinaire. Now hope the team can give themselves and the fans a similar experience at Hill Dickinson. Much needed. Insanity sending Armstrong back to Preston.

@paddyboyland.bsky.social You are needed back at work. 😊 Everton is falling apart, and the coverage in your absence is as dysmal as our penalties.

Merry Christmas, Paddy! 🎄

The best Everton podcast’s best show had one of it’s best episodes. Great content.

Was there for first Everton game since Jelavic overtime winner against Spurs. Amazing stadium. Fans were up for it. Shame the team seemed to lack courage or confidence to have a real go. I would say numbers is not main reason to recall Armstrong. Its quality.

I would argue Tarky plays his best alongside a partner with pace. So again tonight. If we are to play a higher line at home, O’Brien must remain in the middle until Jarrad returns.

Agree with you on that pairing, but I dont think Moyes will see it that way. Was trying to be realistic.😅

Unexpected joy. Agree with Joe Thomas who said we have an attack that wants to play high, combined with a defence suited to play deep. Gives us problems in midfield that Gana can’t solve every week. Going forward central defence must include O’Brien or Jarrad. In midfield, legs with Irig or Alca.

More expansive way of playing and expectations offer new problems. Gana and Garner does not protect areas in front of back 4. O’Brien will be targeted and we look very streched. Tarky not comfortable asked to defend a bigger area. Ndiaye restricted in new role. Him left and Grealish in no 10 ??

Spot on. Squad stronger, but cant handle rotation at that level. Players like Barry and Dibling need to play with the core of the team to give us an idea, instead of having to prove themselves among Coleman an McNeill.. Stubborn an old school Moyes. Defeat Monday and mood will change. Unnecessary.

Pressure on Moyes before West Ham game. Like many before him making a total mess of trying to rotate the team. Owners will ponder if he has the vision to manage the talent at his disposal. Feel sorry for Dibling. Should have been kept on to play with our other creative players.

I think Saturday was an outlier statistically. Which due to profiles of our strikers we are vulnerable. Let’s see what happens next home games. I expect them not to be very different.

Great piece. So many positives with his arrival. Literally takes pressure off team mates with the attention he gets. Opposition analysts will start trying to nullify, so others need to step up.

Sidenote: do you know why the club has stopped releasing in training videos? Miss those..

Great piece and an intriguing player. Sidenote: from you watching u-21s. I guess if both strikers are injured, God forbid, we would see Iliman used there, but anyone bubbling in the younger age groups as wild card options?

Awesome coverage. 100 % integrity. Both we the fans and the club are lucky. Armstrong out on loan? Said it before and will say it again. A blue Gerrard in the making.