Everton 0-1 Fulham - 12 August

[Sgt Fulham]

Big half needed. A slow start in the Prem can be deadly.

[akf]

70% possession, 0 shots on target.

[Coast94]

Palhinha's a gigantic loss of course. Need him back sharpish. Some more reinforcements wouldn't go amiss either.

[akf]

BDR comming on for Willian

[Caedal]

We badly need a new, dynamic CM, and some pace out wide

[Rj Fulham]

Willians been subbed for bobby apparently, no sign of AP

[WolverineFFC]

Leno is my man of the half by a big margin

37 games to go and I can't imagine a more lopsised motm for the rest of the season if this continues for sure.

[MisfitKid]

Bobbi?

[Coast94]

We badly need a new, dynamic CM, and some pace out wide

Adama will help with the pace thing.

[WolverineFFC]

BDR comming on for Willian

Could see that coming. Yellow card and he seems to be carrying a knock the way he was moving around after half way in.

[Sting of the North]

Everyone except Leno looks really poor today. Hard to find cause and effect when everything looks poor.

No real need to single TC and Ream out, simple passes misplaced by everyone all over the pitch. Our right side with Tete, Reed and Wilson looks atrocious, the left side just a little better. The middle is non existent.

All the doom mongers should however remember that it is the first game of the season. All these players, including Ream and TC has shown plenty of times that they are good enough for this division, and neither of those two have ever relied in the slightest on speed. I suggest we tone down the hyperbole a couple of notches.

Just my two cent.

[junior white]

BDR for Willian

[SerbianLad]

Thought Willian was better than Jimenez, Cairney and Wilson. Would have prefered AP or Mitro as well and nit BDR, but hopefully this will change something at least.

[Milo]

I'm tuning into my intermittent dodgy stream with a due sense of trepidation and dread re the second half

[junior white]

We badly need a new, dynamic CM, and some pace out wide

Adama will help with the pace thing.

Hopefully he gets some end product to go with the pace. But we do need to be quicker on the ball

[filham]

i HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE ffcTV BROADCAST AND EVEN gENTLEMAN jIM IS SAYING WE ARE POOR AND SO LUCKY NOT TO BE LOSING.

Not sure I should listen to the second half.

[jayffc]

Willians been subbed for bobby apparently, no sign of AP

Weird
Injury? Fitness?
Tactical

[MisfitKid]

A shot would do wonders for my ulcer...

[jayffc]

Everton pressing very well to their credit

[itombomb]

Without Palhinha we're not very good. And neither is Tim Ream. Lukic is so ordinary.

Lukic is definitely more than ordinary on the ball, but he isn't quick/strong enough to cover that amount of space on his own.