Blog Posts

  • Everton v Chelsea – Key Battles

    Chelsea come to L4 today having won both opening games. Here’s how they lined up at Leicester last week: Unsurprisingly, Cesc Fabregas has immediately become the hub of the side. I tried looking at the highlights to see the fluidity of the set up, but as per, MOTD came up short. Instead, I found Fabregas’s…

  • Old Man Eto’o – Do the numbers still add up?

    So Everton has followed up the 28m capture of Lukaku by securing Eto’o on a 2 year deal. Not only are Evertonians surprised – the rest of football is too. Eto’o has been a genuine superstar in his time and is probably the biggest name the club has ever signed. Putting aside issues about age…

  • Everton 2 Arsenal 2 – The Warm Down

    Lots of theories this week for the Blues’ late capitulation. To my eyes it was pure and simple: Everton just ran out of gas with about an hour gone. Here’s Everton’s influence from 0-65mins and then from 65-90mins: For me the main problem was in wide areas with Mirallas and particularly Lukaku increasingly unable to…

  • Leicester 2 Everton 2: The Warm Down

    Everton attempted 600 passes to Leicester’s 336 but could only muster a similar amount of shots as The Foxes. As usual, yellow dots= goals, blue dots saved attempts and black dots were blocked/off target: My ExpG model says Leicester created the best chances in total. There was only an 11% chance Everton would score twice…

  • EPL 2014-15 Season Preview – Everton

    What’s new? At £4m, Muhamed Besic comes in as a low-budget, high-potential signing to ‘bolster’ midfield and defence. Flying wide-forward Gerard Deulofeu returns to Barcelona to be replaced by another loan – Chelsea’s Christian Atsu who played at Vitesse last year. Moves for last year’s loanees Gareth Barry and Romelu Lukaku have been made permanent.…