v Everton (h) - 19/7/25 - pre-season friendly

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Height 😀

Pace. Strength. Physicality. Hold up play. 

[yankfan]

Get in!  

[Ricceh]

Brittain gets an assist and looks like he wants to get out ASAP lol

[Hasta]

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Pace. Strength. Physicality. Hold up play. 

You’d be playing top trumps and have the best card possible and you’d lose it to some giant beanpole on one of those. 😂

[davulsukur]

Encouraging to see De Neve bag.

[WacoRover]

Yes, De Neve is a player!!

[Exiled_Rover]

I tell you what, if Ismael wants to play like this all season he needs a MUCH stronger bench than we've currently got. 

This pressing is relentless - our squad won't last without heavy rotation. 

[Atko's Engine]

Nice stepover from Cantwell

[Polky]

That’s why clubs want him, Brittain surging forward in behind the full back and finds De Neve for the assist. Lovely dummy from Cantwell as well.

[BankEnd Rover]

Lovely team move - my god we're going to miss Brittain.

[Ricky]

Price has just gone up again 

[simongarnerisgod]

was a good move .but everton were a bit out of shape there!!!!!,agree with the point about relentless pressing,it takes a hell of a fit squad to play at that pace for a full competetive game

[Bethnal]

17 minutes ago, windymiller7 said:

Found a dodgy stream of the game on something called 'Sport TV 5'. Great, I thought, the coverage has just started & the commentary is in Russian or something! 🤣. 

Edit: just googled it & it's a Portuguese channel, so I was well off! 😅

I’ve always thought Portuguese sounds like a Spanish person speaking Russian, so you’re not alone.

[Exiled_Rover]

I see that Branthwaite is still an oaf. 

[Tomphil2]

15 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Encouraging to see De Neve bag.

Would've been a bit discouraging if he missed that 🤔

[joey_big_nose]

Really impressed with how fit we look. Signs are that Ismael is maybe inclined to go down the ultra attacking JDT route.

[Exiled_Rover]

Unsurprisingly the Everton commentators are whiny little bitches. 

[Exiled_Rover]

Hedges playing a lofted ball into the centre of the field from RB.

Get the fuck out of my club you absolute moron. 

[Atko's Engine]

2 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

Would've been a bit discouraging if he missed that 🤔

True, but the fact that he was up with play on a quick break is promising. 

[Polky]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Unsurprisingly the Everton commentators are whiny little bitches. 

They must have mentioned 5/6 times that we’ve had an extra week of pre-season training.

[WacoRover]

I still feel Cantwell can be a big help to us. 

[Forever Blue]

I’ll be surprised if we haven’t won the league by Easter.

[Bethnal]

I will say - I’m glad de Neve’s got a goal here as he’s otherwise looked like he has a lot of homework to do to get up to speed. Could be confidence or comfort, so the more it clicks for him the better.

Would like to be seeing Kargbo second half as De Neve’s been out of position for tracking back successfully and doesn’t look like he fancies the press so much.

We look fit but as everyone’s been saying, the extent of the press looks unsustainable.

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

I will say - I’m glad de Neve’s got a goal here as he’s otherwise looked like he has a lot of homework to do to get up to speed. Could be confidence or comfort, so the more it clicks for him the better.

Would like to be seeing Kargbo second half as De Neve’s been out of position for tracking back successfully and doesn’t look like he fancies the press so much.

We look fit but as everyone’s been saying, the extent of the press looks unsustainable.

I think he looks useful - he's got up and down the flank well, obviously scored a goal and given his FB an intelligent out ball every time. 

Haven't seen him take a man on yet, but he's not really had the opportunity to. 

[Exiled_Rover]

Wharton in mid-season suicide ball playing form. 

How is his brother so good on the ball when he's so bad on it?!