Burnley 0 – 0 Everton
Everton and Burnley performed out a reasonably unappetizing stalemate at Turf Moorthe higher possibilities probably falling to the house aspect, however one inexplicable miss from 1½ yards out for Beto. Oh, and one stonewall penalty we have seen given so many instances… however not for Everton.
Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gana Gueye are at Afcon with Senegal whereas Jarrad Branthwaite, Seamus Coleman and Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor are within the therapy room, nursing hamstring accidents, and solely 8 gamers on the bench, with after all 2 goalkeepers.
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An enormous shock that Jack Grealish is out with illness points, additional depleting the hapless Everton midfield, however David Moyes provides a pleasant Christmas current to Tyler Dibling — solely his second Premier League begin of the season — and we’re nearly midway via, with Beto making a uncommon begin as a substitute of Barry.
First Half
Garner kicked off with Everton of their modified package, hoofed balls ceding possession to Burnley, who had their first contact within the Everton penalty space. McNeil appeared to show in midfield however was summarily dispossessed.
Tarkowski got here off tops in his first duel with Broja, however the free-kick was hacked away. Dibling then performed a poor ball again down the road to Tarkowski who gave up the primary nook beneath stress. The ball in triggered some concern Garner blocking a shot effectively earlier than Pires blasted extensive.
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Beto appeared to work ahead down the precise however all of the Everton gamers simply ignored Dibling, who was in good area, and O’Brien put in an terrible cross. On the opposite aspect, Mykolenko put in a somewhat tender aerial ball that Beto couldn’t do a lot with, heading over.
On the different finish, Pickford smashed his clearance into Broja who couldn’t react and Jordan shortly regained the ball. However Dibling produced the primary little bit of magic, beating his man and laying it on a guild silver platter for Beto coming in on the far publish. However you may guess what occurs. He fully misses the ball!
The cross might have been touched towards Beto; the ensuing Everton nook was cleared on the far publish. One other free ball ahead by McNeil is instantly changed into a Burnley breakaway, Pickford foiling Broja ultimately.
Iroegbunam was subsequent to be too simply sandbagged in midfield, the Clarets surging once more, Larsen firing extensive. Extra Burnley stress, Laurent’s try blocked away.
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Dibling beat his man Pires brilliantly, Alcaraz the one Everton participant feeding him the ball, however Dibling was too egocentric with a daft shot from far too extensive an angle. Iroegbunam lastly performed the ball to him however he turned and performed it again to no avail.
Pires towards Dibling was in a position to swing an excellent cross to the far publish for Broja, who headed behind. Mykolenko performed a poor ball between Iroegbunam and Dibling… out for a goal-kick.
Alcaraz took a knock to the top from Larsen’s arm. From the free-kick, Dibling rescued the ball and launched his cross towards three Everton gamers in a bunch on the penalty spot, Alcaraz heading it straight at Dubravka.
Burnley went for an attacking lengthy throw, Dibling not coping with all of it that effectively. Everton tried to interrupt out however Cullen reduce proper via Dibling from behind… why no card?
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Everton tried to advance down the precise however any alternative for a ahead ball to Dibling was spurned and as a substitute he was compelled to go backwards with each contact.
Dibling bought an opportunity to play in one other cross that it appeared like Alcaraz might hit goalward however he selected to not, the ball bobbling via to the place Beto was falling over.
Dibling stalled too lengthy once more on the ball (a la Grealish), then overplayed the move ahead to Garner. Keane needed to be alert to rescue one more turnover, this one from Tarkowski. It was not fairly by any means.
It appeared like Everton might break with Alcaraz into the Burnley space, Mykolenko supporting him, however they completely messed it up passing it forwards and backwards with Alcaraz offside.
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One other transfer down the left nearly bought to the penalty space earlier than they turned again… then gave Burnley the ball. Iroegbunam had an excellent problem with Humphreys for a free ball, the Burnley participant profitable out.
One other Burnley advance was helter-skelter, the ball pinging hither and yon. Everton appeared to get freed from it and it appeared Dibling can be performed in however someway he couldn’t meet up with the ball, which appeared effectively in his vary, and it rolled off him out of play.
Simply pitiful stuff actually from each side… however with the depletions, Christmas pudding and Christmas events into the wee hours, that is par for the course I suppose. On the brilliant aspect, and this considering will please David Moyes: Everton nonetheless have a degree going into the second half.
Second Half
Hostilities resumed with no reinforcements, Everton profitable a nook that McNeil delivered to the far publish, again out to Graner who couldn’t hold his shot down.
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Dibling did effectively to beat two males and get the ball to Alcaraz however his neat pirouette preceded a surprising rugby drop-goal shot after Cullen had gone down following a naughty problem on Iroegbunam, the Burnley man coming off worse, most likely jarring his knee. Time for the primary change!
A swift Burnley transfer appeared to chop proper via the Everton midfield, Edwards bizarrely enjoying it backwards into empty area on the vital juncture, however the guests regrouped shortly to fend them off.
One other Burnley surge appeared positive to attain via Edwards, who had maybe crushed the offside lure, however he spooned his shot over Pickford and the Everton bar.
Pires and Dibling had been getting bodily down by the nook flag and it ought to at the least have been an Everton free-kick. However no… and The Clartes had been on their bikes once more, Larsen’s shot brilliantly blocked at supply by O’Brien protecting beautifully.
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Humphreys, nook Edward over.
On the different finish, Everton got here closest in a scambled transfer, Beto’s sensible backheel forcing a superb save from Dubravka. That woulda beena goodie! Garner’s nook was straight into the improper aspect of the aspect netting.
Alcaraz bought in a greater cross/shot nevertheless it was a really tight angle and the sport was now finish to finish. Alcaraz quickly had one other probability, this one extremely acrobatic, however he couldn’t beat Dubravka.
Burnley attacked once more however Broja’s dive was ignored and Everton swept upfield however Dibling’s move was so terrible, that ought to have earned him the hook.
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One other good Burnley assault, Walker getting behind the line of defense however his cross in was simply forward of Larsen. Time for Moyes to roll his normal modifications, though Dibling reprieved.
Everton had been coming beneath extra sustained stress now, however Larsen’s foul on Tarkowski ended the most recent bout. Dibling did effectively to place off Humphreys and he skied his cross behind.
Everton had been beneath extra stress however Dibling discovered area to scamper ahead… however once more his essential move to Beto was all improper.
Garner was subsequent to advance and he performed in Beto who went far too extensive earlier than he drove his shot nearly previous Dubravka and cleared off the goalline.
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What a nook! It was chaos… however no person might get the important thing ultimate contact and what appeared a wonderful set of possibilities for Everton went begging.
E dwards made one other threatening central run that was halted effectively by the Everton defence. Iroegbunam was booked for what seemed to be a good sort out the place he bought is toe to the ball.
Ugochukwu fired one from distance, straight and true and over the Everton aim. Dibling beat Pires then bumped into Florentino however free-kick awarded on the precise aspect of the Burnley space. McNiel and Garner took an age earlier than McNeil noticed his first rate supply skip off Ekdal and behind.
From the nook, Dibling shot goalward and it clearly hits Anthony’s hand, not in a pure place however out at his aspect. Penalty certainly??? Not in your Nellie. To addd insult to harm, Dibling is yellow-carded for stopping Anthony’s breakaway.
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That appeared to the brink for Moyes, who introduced on Patterson (Who?) instead of Dibling for the final couple of minutes. Patterson had an opportunity to present Everton the win however failed miserably and Burnley broke up the opposite finish, Flemming beating Pickford with move … however onto the within of the publish and out alongside the goaline. Flagged offside… however what would VAR have stated if he had scored?
Into added time and Burnley nonetheless pushing up for the win, with one other nook… that led Humphreys to win one other nook, simply headed away by Rohl as the primary man on the close to publish.
Extra excessive urgent from Burnley, Everton on the backfoot and one more nook conceded. A very good supply however headed away from the centre of aim by Keane, Florentino slicing a shot over within the follow-up.
O’Brien appeared to have an opportunity with the final cross in nevertheless it was simply gathered by Dubravka, and that was it. A basic “Two hours of your life you are by no means getting again!”
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Burnley: Dubravka, Laurent, Humphreys, Ekdal, Walker, Ugochukwu, Cullen (53′ Florentino), Lucas Pires, Edwards, Broja, Bruun Larsen (72′ Anthony).
Subs not Used: Weiss, Hartman, Tchaouna, Flemming, Sonne, Ndayishimiye, Barnes.
Everton: Pickford, O’ Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam [Y:80′], Garner, Dibling (89′ Patterson), Alcaraz (69′ Röhl), McNeil, Beto (70′ Barry).
Subs not Used: Travers, King, (89′ Patterson) Aznou, Welch, Campbell.
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James Marshall
3 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:04:06
Kevin – an evening out every week in the past isn’t going to be the explanation Grealish is not enjoying. He had a jippy hamstring effectively earlier than that night time out – d’you actually assume Grealish is the one footballer who has a drink or an evening out?
It is ridiculous that even our personal supporters need to have a continuing dig at our personal gamers.
By definition you are meant to assist (supporter) our workforce and our gamers, not deride them at each oppportunity.
David West
5 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:21:58
It is not that Tyler has been given his probability… It is Moyes being compelled to play him.
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Generally it is the sort of situation that offers a participant the prospect wanted to indicate what he can do.
However let’s face it, Moyes would not have him within the 11 by alternative!!!
James Marshall
7 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:28:07
Nicely, if he is sick, he is sick. I’ve had flu throughout Christmas and there is quite a lot of it about. (Sure, Christmas was a write-off.)
I am teetotal and wasn’t out with Grealish final weekend, however little question individuals will blame his social gathering way of life on him being sick!
Ashley Roberts
8 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:40:25
I’d have most well-liked a 4-4-2 system given our lacking gamers. I’d have introduced Merlin Rohl in to midfield and performed Charly Alcaraz subsequent to Beto up entrance. With that, I’d have dropped McNeil to the bench.
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The workforce as arrange appears to be simply overrun in midfield. Simply hope I’m improper. COYB.
Derek Knox
9 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:41:32
Did not see him in Wetherspoons, so he might be sick! 🙂
Tony Heron
10 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:46:04
2 keepers and solely 8 subs. What’s the drawback with placing a number of the younger lads on the bench?
Man Utd introduced a pair on final night time; ours cannot even get within the squad.
Michael Kenrick
11 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:50:44
I used to be making an attempt to be seasonally festive and never assume the worst of our great supervisor…
However you caught me.
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Raymond Fox
12 Posted 27/12/2025 at 14:55:11
Burnley should assume it is Christmas Day once more, if you are going to play us, right this moment is the day.
Studying about their workforce as effectively although, they’re everywhere too, so what the outcome can be your guess is nearly as good as mine.
They wager – 6/5 Everton 13/5 Burnley 11/5 a Draw approx odds.
Kevin Molloy
14 Posted 27/12/2025 at 15:05:30
if he is barely injured James he shouldn’t be going out on benders on the age of 30. it impacts restoration, see.
Jimmy Carr
15 Posted 27/12/2025 at 15:10:54
So it is all Moyes’s fault that midway via the season we’re really looking out for Europe somewhat than dodging relegation, and sure, it is all as a result of Tyler Dibling hasn’t been beginning as a substitute of Ndiaye or Grealish! Some very sound footballing logic at work there lads.
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Hold taking the meds.
Si Cooper
16 Posted 27/12/2025 at 15:34:07
Cometh the hour cometh the person! Whether or not it’s accidentally or design right this moment is one other probability for fringe gamers to step up and increase their inventory.
Three factors actually necessary right this moment. Come on you lesser-spotted Blues!
Paul Kossoff
17 Posted 27/12/2025 at 15:44:26
An enormous shock that Jack Grealish is out with illness points,
um. hi there mr Moyes. boss. I am not effectively. cough splitter/ fk me says mr MOYES. YOU AINT BIN DRINKIN AVE YEE. UM. NO BOSS. THE DR SAYS IVE A TOUCH OF VODKARITIS. he saYS I AVE TO STAY IN THE PUB. UM I MEAN IN BED. I hope ye gots me a pleasant pressie. says mr Moyes. sorry boss. says J G ive drank all of it.
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Alan J Thompson
18 Posted 27/12/2025 at 15:52:57
Did they drag us all the way down to their stage or did we drag them all the way down to ours. That was a horrible half of soccer and our midfield look as if they’ve by no means performed collectively earlier than and Dibling appears like a left footed proper winger. Moyes has to kind one thing out.
Dave Abrahams
19 Posted 27/12/2025 at 15:57:01
That first half was a comedy of errors nevertheless it wasn’t fuckin’ humorous and so they get bleedin’ paid to carry out like that—- and the fella with the flu or no matter it’s will get ££300,000 sick pay— I used to £35. and no wages!
Tony Abrahams
20 Posted 27/12/2025 at 16:05:56
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Poor sport up to now.
If I used to be the supervisor, I would be ensuring the gamers handed the ball lots faster and much more usually to Dibling on this second half.
Christy Ring
21 Posted 27/12/2025 at 16:09:04
Laborious to observe, no high quality in any respect.
We want a striker badly in January.
Kevin Molloy
22 Posted 27/12/2025 at 16:16:30
Painful watching this.
Kieran Kinsella
23 Posted 27/12/2025 at 16:58:27
Dave,
The man with “flu” who was everywhere in the trabloids this morning after a 4 am bender on the “Platinum” strip membership.
Ajay Gopal
24 Posted 27/12/2025 at 16:59:36
1st half was eminently forgettable. The 2nd half was higher with some nice possibilities for each side. Beto and Barry each had good pictures on aim.
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The squad is stretched wafer-thin, however at the least we got here away with a degree, which isn’t the worst outcome at this level of the season.
Gavin Johnson
25 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:01:01
A good lead to gentle of the workforce and bench right this moment.
Merle Urquart
26 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:01:41
Moyes bought his dream level away to Burnley and everybody else can fuck off.
Alan J Thompson
27 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:04:39
I assumed we had been worse within the second half than we had been within the first and Moyes’s substitutions improved nothing.
I can not put it down to simply the gamers lacking for this match. When gamers are unavailable, the supervisor should adapt… however that efficiency suggests extra in hope than know-how.
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Merle Urquart
28 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:07:18
His subs had been non-tactical and straight swaps which implies it was panning out precisely as he wished.
If there was a winner within the dugout who needed a win, we’d have gained; however we’ve not… and we by no means…
Rinse and repeat at Forest!
Gavin Johnson
29 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:08:03
I like Dwight McNeil and thought he’d do extra right this moment enjoying in his favoured place, however with the likes of Grealish, Dewsbury-Corridor and Ndiaye out, you do discover the drop in high quality.
You might be reminded of the decrease normal of soccer we had develop into accustomed to.
Ged Simpson
30 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:12:53
25 pts.
Yo!
However about proper if a trick fortunate. Hand over on hope however equally, on whole distress of earlier seasons. The workforce is common as we all know and supervisor similar.
However in 2026 I count on the specialists right here to react as little boys and hold their egos nearly, alive.
As for the membership, oh yeah, High 7 subsequent season.
Tony Hughes
31 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:17:24
You get what you get with Moyes. By-the-numbers routine set-ups, like-for-like subs and no nice lateral considering.
He does what it says on the tin. To be truthful, although, outdoors our totally out there first eleven, this squad wants some fattening up with high quality gamers.
The trendy sport includes rotating high quality footballers.
Michael Kenrick
32 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:19:21
A type of video games that might simply have gone both means.
Little doubt there will be some who can present educated evaluation of what was mainly a random knockabout with neither workforce in a position to string collectively greater than about 3 passes earlier than they gave the ball away.
Such is so-called elite soccer within the Premier League today. I will begin sounding like Tony Abrahams right here however a lot terrible possession bollocks, a lot enjoying it backwards to (supposedly) retain possession, so exhausting to attain as a result of all managers (effectively, our supervisor) care about is defending in any respect prices.
And if somebody does rating, out comes the micrometer to measure offside by a gnat’s ass, with so many first rate stars stolen away for some bollocks competitors in Africa – precisely when they need to be peaking for the golf equipment that pay their humungous salaries right here at house within the all singing-all dancing Premier League.
Nevertheless it’s the perfect league on the earth, you already know!
John Williams
33 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:28:34
Please inform me who we had on the bench to make tactical modifications?
Two goalkeepers, two so-called full-backs.
We’re all the way down to the naked bones and everyone knows we’d like extra high quality gamers. If we do not get them, we’ll see extra of the identical.
Gavin Johnson
34 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:33:40
John #33.
Completely. We solely had Rohl and Barry on the bench.
The remainder of the bench was lifeless wooden.
Dave Abrahams
35 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:36:19
Nicely one analyst, within the Each day Mail, reckoned that Dibling was our most effervescent participant and proved he was definitely worth the cash spent on him final summer time —- I used to be questioning if he had a pulse.
A really very poor sport and, let’s be sincere, whether or not they had been common gamers or stand-in reserves, they need to all be capable to move a ball to a participant with the identical color shirt.
Bleedin’ woeful… though that goalpost was terrific.
John Pickles
36 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:40:03
We have now 5 gamers on the membership {that a} workforce anticipating European qualification might present an curiosity in having of their squad proper now.
Of these, just one was out there right this moment, and it’s kind of a lot to count on too many targets or assists from Pickford.
Gavin Johnson
37 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:40:54
I assumed Dibbling had his moments, however like Grealish, he slows the sport down typically.
We want a quick winger to come back in to exchange McNeil’s place within the squad.
Jonathan Oppenheimer
38 Posted 27/12/2025 at 17:55:53
Nicely that was about what you’d count on with these 11 on the pitch. And a reminder of how a lot depth we lack. Fairly fortunate to flee with a degree there, given the probabilities we allowed.
Except for the truth that Dibling appears uninterested, he actually has high quality in him, particularly given his age. Perhaps not £40M value of high quality, however actually the potential to be a high participant in a pair years.
The true check can be to see him beginning alongside a central midfield and ahead higher than what we had on the market right this moment. Hopefully his demeanor is a mirrored image of his age and only a extra severe, introverted persona — like Barry — and never that he hates being out on the pitch.
We’ll be fortunate to get a degree transferring ahead towards anybody aside from Wolves enjoying like that and with these gamers. However eleventh place at mid-season actually represents progress.
Ray Jacques
39 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:01:47
After I noticed the workforce, it was apparent we’d battle to create or rating. Fairly pleased with a degree ultimately as we had been with out our three greatest gamers and we all know the centre-forward is a dud.
We realized nothing from this sport, it simply confirmed that the squad gamers should not ok for the Premier League.
Please purchase/mortgage a centre-forward at 00:01 hrs on 1 January. He might play subsequent weekend.
Tony Abrahams
40 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:03:56
Dibling wants sport time as a result of he is studying nothing coaching after which sitting on the bench at Everton.
He appeared bored, he appeared drained, and it appeared to me like he feels that no person has bought any actual confidence in him.
I’ve simply been despatched a video of my 18-month-old grandson enjoying with a ball on vacation, Michael. He saved choosing it up, working the improper means, and he additionally fell over when he kicked it, however I bought much more enjoyment out of watching that 2-minute clip as a result of at the least he had a great deal of power!
The gamers used to have an excuse for the dearth of high quality that was produced over Christmas as a result of they performed too many video games however I suppose the excuse for a couple of of our gamers right this moment is that they merely have not performed sufficient soccer.
It is just like the rooster and the egg situation, I do not know what got here first, however until gamers get extra sport time frequently, then some will say they aren’t ok while others will blame the supervisor, as a result of he is caught in his bygone period methods.
Ian Bennett
41 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:13:18
One other reminder that there is a big lack of high quality within the squad.
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Discuss of Europe, profitable trophies… you have to take a look at what was on present right this moment.
The U21 sides within the High 4 of PL2 would beat these.
Edward Rogers
42 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:36:30
Why is everybody considering we will get into Europe?
Even when we someway did, are you able to think about the pressure on this squad subsequent season?
We want at the least 6/7 gamers simply to remain the place we’re.
Darren Hind
43 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:44:56
I do not assume the purists can be urgent the re-wind button, nevertheless it was no uglier than we witnessed beneath Rafa, Carlo and Dyche. Coulda gained it however for a few good saves, might have misplaced it however for a coat of paint on the aim publish.
Moyes’s supporters are proper. We can be comfortably away from hazard and achieve a good place. However we will overlook about taking the scenic path to get there.
Mark Taylor
44 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:49:27
Nicely, there’s a day of my life gone with out murmur.
Terrible, terrible sport from two actually not excellent sides. No less than we had the excuse of lacking our 4 greatest gamers (5 for those who depend Gana). We completely lack any tempo to talk of. I assumed Dibling was bringing that however he is really as gradual as the remainder of them. More often than not, we handed it round aimlessly, then somebody on the again, often Pickford, hoofed it up entrance.
Any redeeming options? Not too many. Our fifth/sixth greatest participant, Garner, has one other tidy sport. Dibling, regardless of his perspective and sloth, deployed extra talent than hitherto seen.
And Barry added a bit extra high quality upfront, Michael Okay, I feel lacking his effectively saved shot, maybe our greatest probability. Thoughts you, he solely had so as to add extra high quality than Beto and I, at 65, may need an opportunity of doing that.
Personally I do not assume we’re prone to be a top-half workforce primarily based on what I’ve seen just lately. Most likely ok to keep away from one other relegation scrap, assuming few accidents to the higher squad members.
Europe? No probability.
Dave Lynch
45 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:49:40
Actually…
Burnley are garbage however so are we for that matter.
How he might begin McNeil and go away Rhol on the bench is past me. He takes Charly Alcaraz off who was one of many few making an attempt to create.
McNeil frequently runs in circles with the ball on his left foot, he frustrates the life out of me.
Rob Dolby
46 Posted 27/12/2025 at 18:56:13
A dire sport of soccer. Burnley with the perfect 2 clear possibilities. The gamers getting the shirt did nothing to justify conserving it.
Moyes must discover a means of getting probably the most out of Alcaraz, McNeil and Dibling. A change of formation possibly?
Rohl appears a mile off it. I would deliver again Armstrong to release Garner. Once more Garner was my MotM, not that he did something nice, he simply confirmed extra urgency. Fairly low bar this week.
Merle Urquart
47 Posted 27/12/2025 at 19:10:40
If he needed to win, he might have at the least put the 2 bumbling buffoons we name strikers on collectively, even for quarter-hour.
Merle Urquart
48 Posted 27/12/2025 at 19:21:21
From what l’ve seen this season, other than 5 or so sides close to the highest and three or 4 on the backside, we — once we hassle our arses and play with tempo — are nearly as good as any with a shot at Europe.
We collectively as as soccer membership and followers ought to name out mediocrity as a result of, make no mistake, we’re geared up with a supervisor who will ship simply that. Would Klopp or Ferguson have settled for that right this moment???
We have to begin reaching out and grabbing what’s there for a change. Make no mistake, as has occurred a couple of instances already this season. Burnley had been on a plate right this moment however we had been too conservative to understand it.
Raymond Fox
50 Posted 27/12/2025 at 19:50:07
I stated yesterday that it might 0-0 or 1-0 to us or them and that was earlier than Grealish was a non-runner.
We had the higher half of the workforce lacking right this moment and we’re not nice even when we’ve a full workforce enjoying. So who’s shocked concerning the efficiency?
It is a level away from house, so it might be worse. Yeah, I do know we wish some success however, till we’ve a greater class squad, we’ll stick with the also-rans.
Invoice Gall
51 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:01:39
The factor about right this moment was, with out the gamers who had been absent, we’ve nothing to exchange them with.
I anticipated extra from Dibling however he appeared as if this was the primary time he had met any of his teammates so I’m not positive what he does in coaching.
I hope everybody had a pleasant Xmas because it’s no shock that Everton can attempt to put a damper on it. So far as the supervisor goes, it’s getting tougher to assist him with a number of the selections he makes, as he’s answerable for workforce choice and techniques.
This sport was towards a workforce that’s on the backside of the Premier League with little or no probability of surviving in it, and but on right this moment’s efficiency, It was tough to inform which workforce that was.
The one optimistic from this sport is: Certainly we won’t play this unhealthy once more.
Dave Abrahams
52 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:02:48
Raymond (50),
Burnley had a really depleted workforce enjoying right this moment with 3 of them on the Afcon and some extra lacking.
Though a degree is healthier than none, it was nonetheless a dreadful efficiency by each groups who ought to have carried out extra to attempt to win the sport.
Michael Kenrick
Editorial Crew
54 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:14:02
And an enormous welcome to our comfortable band of Evertonians. It is nice to know that you’ve began watching Everton — I feel out of your IP deal with, you is likely to be in Canada and maybe haven’t been in a position to watch too many Everton video games earlier than…?
However once you say “Certainly we won’t play this unhealthy once more?” — I do have a bit little bit of unhealthy information for you. I hope this does not put you off however…
Altogether Now: “Oh sure we will!”
However in order for you some optimistic enlightenment, grasp tight for the information merchandise that may inform us simply how effectively Tyler Dibing did on his nearly full-game debut.
Andrew Gray
55 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:15:51
Bizarrely the MOTD Highlights on the BBC website has 9mins of Burnley V Everton, greater than every other sport? WTF?
Grant Rorrison
56 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:18:38
Dave 52. Erm, 31 pictures between the 2 sides. What extra in addition to the plain can they do?
I did not assume we had been that unhealthy. Compelled 6 saves out of their goalie. Dibling ought to have had a penalty for a transparent handball.
Dave Abrahams
57 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:29:00
Grant (56),
String a couple of profitable passes collectively, play with depth and aggression, appear like your all in favour of profitable, play as a workforce, speak to one another.
Pickford had nothing to do however focus on kicking the ball out… however he could not even try this, management the ball and hold maintain of it —- in different phrases, attempt to play soccer.
It is really easy when you know the way to play. A lot of the gamers right this moment might have carried out higher however they made a multitude of it all through the sport.
Mark Frere
58 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:42:57
I do not fairly get all of the unfavourable criticism in the direction of younger Dibling on this thread. I assumed he was the one participant which appeared like he was going to create one thing.
He practically had an help with some intelligent footwork to place it on a plate for Beto. There have been different instances too the place he confirmed some good touches. He provided far more than McNeil did on the alternative wing.
Younger Tyler simply wants extra sport time as a result of the expertise is certainly there. Perhaps his work fee and want might be introduced into query at instances however hopefully with sufficient sport time, he’ll get that fireplace in his stomach and are available out of his shell a bit extra.
The very best a part of £40M has been spent on him, and I for one, could not abdomen one other match with McNeil being shoehorned out on the precise wing.
Tony Hughes
59 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:43:44
The primary half was fucking terrible…
So something that occurred within the second half needed to be higher.
Andrew Merrick
60 Posted 27/12/2025 at 20:46:59
This workforce was chosen from a restricted pool of gamers, and the efficiency right this moment was very restricted.
It was final 12 months’s soccer, Pickford wobbled however bought fortunate, Tarkwski and Keane nearly fudged it.
Dwight McNeil is one foot brief. Tyler Dibling has a bit extra about him however appears misplaced. Charly Alcaraz is an actual tryer and typically it really works for him, however the three of them did not click on.
Tim Iroegbunam tried, he had good moments and unhealthy. The subs did nothing, it was solely Mr Constant, Jimmy Garner that was above common in a really low poor workforce. Jake did okay, however he isn’t a right-back nor wing-back.
Take the purpose and go determine methods to get a greater efficiency out of these out there, Mr Moyes. I would like a lot extra from Everton than this.