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Matata looks pacy against Evetons centre backs

And we still need a striker

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Lerma could have slid Franca in then as he was free

Not a bad half - we’ve had our moments.

Decidedly mediocre. Well done to ITV for moving to their minor channel. The uncommitted will be bored silly.

Mateta only seems to be win a header in defence.
What would we do if the authorities banned passing back to the keeper?
Where can we find a genuine creative midfielder? I thought Franca was supposed to be an attacking midfielder but he is stuck on the wing with not much impact.

Hope our tactically minded (?) manager can come up with something in the second half.

A game where we’re poor at the start but have grown into the game. Mateta looks good, Guehi excellent, as was Henderson, a few nice touches from Franca but not enough from Eze and Schlupp but we know Eze can produce something out of nothing.

Everton lively generally and looked good for first 25 minutes. We need to stop Danjuma and Coleman is getting too much space, but Schlupp is marking space rather than players running through.

All in all, not bad but we are not exposing how slow Everton are at the back. It’s the sort of game Zaha would have had a field day.