DeanoAustin
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Christ, I knew he was bad but thats pathetic.
I watched him particularly today . He doesn't attempt to block passes or tackle. His passing is off. Why is he playing? Dele is off form too but that may be partly because we are not playing to his strength. At least he is still working hard and scored a good goal. Eriksen is an utter clam. Week in week out.Christ, I knew he was bad but thats pathetic.
As I have said before I am a former police officer. I saw some awful things far worse than a broken ankle. Some of those things stayed with me for weeks and months afterwards. But myself and other members of the emergency teams had to remain professional or lives could be lost. Some of these players need to be a bit tougher and more professional. Injuries as terrible as they are, are part of professional sport.Up until that point they'd been as bad as us. There is no doubt that the injury took it out of us. We didn't want to be out there after that. I think that it was the same for most of the Everton players too.
I watched him particularly today . He doesn't attempt to block passes or tackles. His passing is off. Why is he playing? Dele is off form too but that may be partly because we are not playing to his strength. At least he is still working hard and scored a good goal. Eriksen is an utter clam. Week in week out.
We needed that win. Were so close to it.
The game was always going to be scrappy. Desperate. The disappointment was how we folded at the end. Sure, terrible injury, and unjust red. But put all that to one side and finish the game. We had chances to break. We had ability to sit in. But we are not assured sitting back defending and not determined when breaking. Plus we struggle to pass and retain the ball. Maybe it was too much to ask once down to 10, but you want the team to show greater fortitude in that kind of situation.
As I have said before I am a former police officer. I saw some awful things far worse than a broken ankle. Some of those things stayed with me for weeks and months afterwards. But myself and other members of the emergency teams had to remain professional or lives could be lost. Some of these players need to be a bit tougher and more professional. Injuries as terrible as they are, are part of professional sport.
Dier should have been bought on to shore up the defence.
I am not telling them to man up. I wouldn't say that, sorry if it comes across that way. What I am saying is they need to be professional in the moment. I am just an ordinary bloke as were most of my colleagues. But we had a job to do and we knew we had to do it then deal with mental stuff later.Very different circumstances and preparation. This isn't aimed at you, but I think telling players to man up when they've seen a career threatening injury is a bit of a dingdong move.
I am not telling them to man up. I wouldn't do that sorry if it comes across that way. What I am saying is they need to be professional. I am just an ordinary bloke as were most of my colleagues. But we had a job to do and we knew we had to do it then deal with mental stuff later.
Like the lads who post "Eriksen doesn't care and isn't trying" to "Poch picks his favourites", I'm making a judgement based on what I saw. You may not agree, fair enough, but no need for comments like that.
No need for comments like that you say, yet you are maligning someone for being the cause of a pretty horrendous injury with absolutely no evidence.
Strange.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Son doesn’t play for a while even after he finishes his suspension, given his reaction.
He needs to play on Wednesday.
Up to the coaching staff to get him mentally prepped for it.
I'm making a judgement (i.e. that Son deliberately fouled Gomes) based on the evidence of what I saw. There's a fairly strong, albeit not conclusive, evidence against him. If you think about it, I'm sure you can see the difference between that and saying someone has an ability to read minds.