May 14 week gamethread
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Beautiful Everton goal there to cut it to 1-2, that header backwards to set up Keane was a lovely piece of work.
Tackles flying in everywhere at Goodison. Keane goes into the book but i thought DC-L's robust challenge might have warranted yellow a few mins earlier. Got the ball and loads of the man.,
Meanwhile, Hamburg defeated Hertha in the first leg of the Bundesliga relegation playoff. Next game is in Hamburg.
Thanks but not yet. They're going to add 20 minutes of stoppage time, and Christ knows the PL might dock us points for a pitch invasion.
For those who didn't see, Gray with a beautiful free kick from 30 yards out, to DCL for a diving header, at 85', and the crowd went nuts like you almost never see in American sports anymore - maybe 100 fans running around the pitch with flares going off. Genuinely scary for a minute.
I’m pretty sure my congratulations will result in Everton relegating Palace next year haha
Palace aren't going down. I think of Palace and Newcastle in the same boat - physicality, pace, good coaching, and enough quality to be dangerous. Could threaten for Europe next season. Since you waxed us in the cup QF this is the third time I've seen youze. Even if you can't hold onto Gallagher, Eze and Mateta are forces of nature.
I do
enjoy this! Happy for you guys.
If Palace is going to lose in heartbreaking fashion, this is the best way for it to happen.
That may be the best game of any kind I've ever seen, ever, considering the stakes and the ebb and flow.
or Lampard’s finally figured out that Everton should play 40 at the back if they want to stop letting in goals
I watched Everton vs Wimbledon in 1994, which in my mind just slightly pips this because it was the final game, but hoo boy this was great
Burnley won't have Matt Lowton on Sunday. Really want to see Burnley rip up Newcastle for taking Wood.
I don't want the Everton points deduction
... I need it
(but seriously, congrats to OCST, it would have been very, very ugly had Everton gone down)
... I need it
(but seriously, congrats to OCST, it would have been very, very ugly had Everton gone down)
so on Sunday, we want to see Spurs try to win by +18 more than Chelsea...should be fun
not sure why NBC Sports wouldn't put Leeds match on tv too
not sure why NBC Sports wouldn't put Leeds match on tv too
I thought I misheard at first, so strange.
I think it would be wise to bet against Everton on Sunday.
Yeah, the team that has to happiest about today’s result, other than Everton itself, is Arsenal.
Gunners would still need a miracle from Norwich, of course.
I'm hung out and wrung out. That game was a bunjee jump of emotion - a plummet down and a big rebound.
The second Palace goal was the worst I've felt in a sporting event since 2003.
And at the Keane goal I gave myself the "don't let us
Still can't process it.
I thought it was a little presumptuous that he showed up to coach the game already wearing his drinking shirt.
But I guess nothing shows your players confidence like showing up for a 37th matchday relegation game already dressed in your drinking shirt. Also makes it easier to blend in during the pitch invasion.
But - Frank has something to answer for here.
For the nth time this season, we failed miserably with only two in midfield, and especially when one of those two was Andre Gomes. He should never play for this side again. He is done as a PL - level player. He lacks the pace, strength, and/or nous to win the ball, disrupt a pass, or mark an attacker in the middle of the park. He was neat and tidy on the ball and could thread a pass in his pre-injury heyday but he can't even do that anymore. He always, always, always commits stupid fouls in bad spots where no foul need be given, because he arrives to every situation a step and a half too slow. So it was for Palace's first goal - he gave away the foul that led to the free kick.
It seemed as if Palace had fifteen guys in the middle of the park, all big, pacy, rangy, and shoulder-barging every man in blue off every loose ball. For Palace's second goal, some dude dragged Coleman down the pitch like one of those parasite fish sucking on a baleen whale.
Finally Lampard moved Iwobi centrally and at halftime he put in Dele for Gomes. Dele has been a forgotten man since his acquisition but he was immense tonight. With a midfield three of Doucoure/Dele/Iwobi, and soon Demari Gray in for Gordon, we started to control the park, finally.
which begs the question - why go with Gomes and with this crap formation to begin with? Gomes was also dire in the loss to Brentford, as he has been for most of the season. 100 Everton fans out of 100 would have told you the same.
Lampard has really rallied the fans behind the club and pulled the players together. He'll be a fine manager in that respect. Tactically, he reminds me of what Churchill supposedly said about Americans - he will do the right thing, after he has exhausted the alternatives.
For the nth time this season, we failed miserably with only two in midfield, and especially when one of those two was Andre Gomes. He should never play for this side again. He is done as a PL - level player. He lacks the pace, strength, and/or nous to win the ball, disrupt a pass, or mark an attacker in the middle of the park. He was neat and tidy on the ball and could thread a pass in his pre-injury heyday but he can't even do that anymore. He always, always, always commits stupid fouls in bad spots where no foul need be given, because he arrives to every situation a step and a half too slow. So it was for Palace's first goal - he gave away the foul that led to the free kick.
It seemed as if Palace had fifteen guys in the middle of the park, all big, pacy, rangy, and shoulder-barging every man in blue off every loose ball. For Palace's second goal, some dude dragged Coleman down the pitch like one of those parasite fish sucking on a baleen whale.
Finally Lampard moved Iwobi centrally and at halftime he put in Dele for Gomes. Dele has been a forgotten man since his acquisition but he was immense tonight. With a midfield three of Doucoure/Dele/Iwobi, and soon Demari Gray in for Gordon, we started to control the park, finally.
which begs the question - why go with Gomes and with this crap formation to begin with? Gomes was also dire in the loss to Brentford, as he has been for most of the season. 100 Everton fans out of 100 would have told you the same.
Lampard has really rallied the fans behind the club and pulled the players together. He'll be a fine manager in that respect. Tactically, he reminds me of what Churchill supposedly said about Americans - he will do the right thing, after he has exhausted the alternatives.