ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
The headless chicken/busy body way.
Thing is the best teams don't have that type of player (maybe Henderson?).
But our fans won't turn him into a cult hero, like Freund, just because a player 'tries' anymore.
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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
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Thing is the best teams don't have that type of player (maybe Henderson?).
But our fans won't turn him into a cult hero, like Freund, just because a player 'tries' anymore.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
Do you think swapping the 2 - Docoure for Hojbjerg - would have made any difference? Anyone playing in Hojbjerg's role today would have looked average. Personally I've seen enough from him in pre-season and in today's game to know he's an improvement, albeit not a massive step up. Paired with Ndombele (or alongside him and LeCelco), with them knowing their roles, Hojbjerg can be an important player. Up to Mourinho to get the best out of these players now.
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
When I switched on today It had completely passed me by that Dacoure had gone to Everton....and I'll be honest it f.ucked me off a bit.
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
Yes I do
Docoure is sissoko with a brain
Holdberg has not shown me any intelligence yet as a player (I only watched one pre season game )
Looked poor today, seemed to be ambling about most of the game and plenty of runners drifted past him. Few decent passes but plenty of time to improve.
He'll get time but also when you buy PL players you buy them because they're already adapted so we'll have to see how he does in the next few months.
He'll get time but also when you buy PL players you buy them because they're already adapted so we'll have to see how he does in the next few months.
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
Wonder if we shouldn’t have skipp his chance here
StephenH
David Ginola
it's early days. They ALL just looked puddled especially in the second half!
Bullet
Luka Modric
Indeed, Skipp was MoM for Norwich, whilst PEH looked very average.
Just like Winks or Dier in midfield, just never going to provoke a flowing move.
A marginal improvement, if at all.
glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
I think his box-to-box instincts are and were needed; we just needed another even more defensive midfielder joining us as well imo.
It's testament to how badly Poch/ENIC allowed this area of our squad to decay without trying to plug it much earlier than now. After all, a physical presence/'tackler' in midfield should be one of the easiest gaps in a squad to fill, compared to e.g. a striker partner/rotation option for Kane..
It's testament to how badly Poch/ENIC allowed this area of our squad to decay without trying to plug it much earlier than now. After all, a physical presence/'tackler' in midfield should be one of the easiest gaps in a squad to fill, compared to e.g. a striker partner/rotation option for Kane..
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
He was poor today and looked a journeyman but you’re right - it’s nuts to judge him this early. He needs some time to settle in before we start judging him one way or the other.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
This, i have no idea how he will turn out for us but some of the slagging he is getting after todays is way over the top.
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
If the throw had actually hit him, I would agree, but Davies threw it 2 yards to his right, and he had to try and hit from a very awkward position.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
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90291Spur
Paul Walsh
It’s frustrating when Everton has three debutants who played solidly Throughout and we had two who did not.
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
Yeah it’s very frustrating particularly when their three were in our price range and look like they’ll be genuinely good buys. Allan particularly looked like the type of player we could have done with.
That said, it’s one game. You can’t judge a player on one game in a new team. I think some of the nastier comments about Hojbjerg on here have been borne out of frustration with how the team as a whole player.
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
Yup, bit annoying that Everton actually signed a dedicated DMF who was MotM whilst Hojbjeg appears to be more box to box leaving Winks sitting in front the defence which just ain’t his forte.
Hopefully things improve once Lo Celso returns and strikes up a rapport with our new signing.
Hopefully things improve once Lo Celso returns and strikes up a rapport with our new signing.
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
Doherty was sound IMO
GHod forward well and had no brain farts in defence which is highly unusual for a RB at out club
PEH was IMO our hardest worker, not that it says much as hard work is a minimum, but at least the effort was there
What I will say is I’ve read constantly about his ball recoveries but his stats on other key defensive areas were inferior to his team mates. Allan for example won the most tackles in Italy for 2 seasons on the spin. Maybe the use of certain stats makes players look different to what they are. I’d argue for anyone that we expect to play DM (maybe the club doesn’t see PEH playing that role), the key metrics are simple defensive ones