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Everton 2:2 Manchester United

Post-match discussion


Sat, 22 February 2025

Terrible first half, we were much better in the last 30 minutes. I thought Dorgu was very good. Bruno grew into the game but still well below his best.

Subs changed the game but mostly due to getting Casemiro and Hojlund off the pitch. Even though he didn't get much of a touch it must be a great feeling for Chido.
 
Undeserving point. Poor game. I don't want to see Casemiro or Hojlund in the starting eleven again.
 
Scoring two goals in a game is some kind of miracle for us, so I'll take that as a small win in this miserable season.
 
This has been a problem for ages but why do we start games so low energy and only start pushing after a goal or two down and 60 minutes gone on the clock? Is that by design? Why are we so fecking afraid to play football from the get go?

Good point saves Ruben to fight another day, but he is has to improve. This is simply not good enough.
 
Show some fight and courage and somehow we score 2 in 8 minutes. We need better players. At the very least we need braver ones.
 
So…like always…only about a 20ish minute period out of the entire match where we are actually good
 
Hoijund should never start again. Zero contribution, I think he belongs to WWE, not premier league. 2-2 draw is a surprise for me, I didn't see anything in this team to suggest we could comeback.
 
I honestly just don't see Hojlund as any kind of long-term solution at striker. He's young but we've seen him long enough and he doesn't even have the potential to be a what I believe is a good striker. So many of our players don't belong in the EPL.
 
A valuable point. Ash Young can feck off, he felt a hand on his back and threw himself to the floor. Chido impressive few touches. Garnacho causes panic in defenders. We move.
 
That ruled out pen feels like the first time we've been given something by the refs all season, thank feck.
 
Good fightback. Switching Bruno to a deeper role and throwing Garna and Obi on as what changed rhe game for us.

We do have so many problems though:
- Onana again parrying balls back into dangerous areas and could have cost us again had VAR not intervened in the young dive
- Maguire and De Ligt both bring nervous energy to the defence that is already nervous
- Nothing can convince me that Zirkzee is anything but dog shit
- Hojilund needs to be binned. Obi did more when he came on.
 
Luckily VAR saved us. Onana nearly cost us again. People like myself has stated his position is not our most concerning position. I have fully changed my mind it is vital that Onana is disposed of. He's far and useless.
 
Chino didn't come on and do much, but still would rather see him up to over Rasmus.

Casemiro is a passenger in the premier league now.
 
Dreadful performance for majority of the game. Something happened in the last 15-minutes, I don't know what but it worked and we grabbed a draw. Still, worrying times. We need a new keeper in the summer.
 
Not a penalty. Not a handball before that.

I started watching in the 60th and we were comfortably the better team, were we just crap in the first half?
 
Onana must be sold.
Maguire not good enough. De Ligt and Dalot are bench quality.
Dorgu and Ugarte were our best two players.
Casimero is past it and should never start for is again.
Rasmus and Zirkzee were woeful.
Bruno with a smart free kick but was largely shite including almost costing us two goals when it was 2-2.
 
Overall about the right result.

First half was indefensible. Absolutely the worst.

We need to play like the last 20 or so mins from the start of matches, obviously. We probably would have won in the end if we had more quality, we fluffed a couple of good chances.

Casemiro was criminal. He should be leading these players through this tough moment but he just doesn't give a feck. Rasmus hopeless as well.
 
We were down and out but we’ve somehow managed to snatch a point away to possibly the in form team at the moment so that’s a great result for us. As soon as Amorim started to make the subs we got back into the game and could have won it. Got very lucky with the penalty, it would have been very soft as there wasn’t much contact (which is what VAR have probably gone with) but I’m surprised they’ve over ridden the ref there. But that is some luck that we desperately need and deserved.

Now onto Ipswich and hope we can take the momentum of that 2nd half into that game and start to quieten down the noises of relegation.
 
We did pretty well from about 5 mins before the Bruno goal onwards. Yet we still just about blew it. The tendency to concede when we’re in control is a real problem.
 
Need to stop playing Maguire and MdL, one or the other.

United were the better team, wiped the floor the them second half after they ran out of huff and puff.
 
Obviously didn’t see the comeback happening at all.

But maybe we can build on this. Showed actual spirit which has been lacking.

Now we have to beat Ipswich and suddenly things start to look a little better
 
We should have played the entire game like we did in that second half. We looked much more better on the front foot. Still need more from our players, and desperately need to move on a few more. Did well to come back into this at 2-0 down. Thought we'd get hammered the way we went in at half-time.
 

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Bruno Fernandes image Bruno Fernandes 37% of 172 votes

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Score Predictions

44,101,25
  • Man Utd win
  • Everton win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 29% Everton 2:0 Man Utd
  • 12% Everton 1:1 Man Utd
  • 12% Everton 1:2 Man Utd
  • 11% Everton 2:1 Man Utd
  • 8% Everton 3:0 Man Utd
  • 5% Everton 0:2 Man Utd
  • 4% Everton 3:1 Man Utd
  • 4% Everton 1:0 Man Utd
  • 4% Everton 0:1 Man Utd
  • 2% Everton 1:3 Man Utd
  • 2% Everton 2:2 Man Utd
  • 1% Everton 4:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Everton 0:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Everton 9:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Everton 0:9 Man Utd
  • 1% Everton 0:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Everton 0:3 Man Utd
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