He took control from about 25-30mins onwards and helped us get a foothold on the game. He gave the ball away a couple of times but i think everybody did as we were pretty sloppy especially in the first half hour.
I can't see any of Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt starting. Gerrard and Torres were f***ing knackered at the end. Aurelio looked to have injured himself at the end too so expect him to be out.
Played well yet again. He and Torres looked shattered at the end. The worrying bit is in bold. Him and Carra on yellows at this stage of the competition is concerning.
I expect Sunderland to take something from the game. They'll play for freekicks within our half and pump it in for Kenwyn Jones. We are showing a real inability to deal with any set piece launched into the box at the moment.
I don't know why everyone is pissed off. I'm sure this time next year Rick will be making an announcement about our new 60,000 seater stadium that we plan to have open for the 2013/14 season and we can all be happy...
It's obvious he has a lot of ability although I think we could get a lot more out of him. I would like to see him on the right. The one time he went on the outside on Wednesday he beat his man easily and delivered a great cross. The rest of the time on the left he always wants to come inside. I would like to see him on the right because he can obviously beat a man and deliver a decent cross. If he prefers his right foot much more why not give him a go there. Pennant isn't playing great at the moment and I'm sure Benayoun could do a similar job on the left as he does on the right.
I didn't really disagree with Rafa taking off Gerrard but I thought Momo should have gone at the same time. I couldn't believe he waited until the 88th minute to bring on Pennant for Momo. The game was crying out for width to get in behind the increasingly under pressure Everton defence.
A really poor performance. A defeat like that has been on the cards since the international break and tonight was a culmination of how s*** we have been playing recently. We need to sort something out very soon otherwise we will be left behind in the league and out of the champions league before we know it.