Tactical Preview – Aston Villa vs Everton

In a preview of the matchup this Friday at Villa Park, we take a look at the newly promoted Aston Villa side that is currently sitting on 0 points after defeats away at Tottenham and at home to Bournemouth. We walk through major transfers, data-based team performance, common tactics in the four major phases of […]

A Case for Change: Adapting Everton’s Shape

Three-Four-Three please, Marco! I made the point last year before that horrid winter period and I think it might be time to propose it once more, albeit it might be a little biased considering the flexible, dynamic 3-4-3 is a personal favourite of mine, that doesn’t mean there aren’t considerable explanations for hyping it up. […]

Match Analysis: Everton 1-0 Watford

That was alright for a first home game of the season wasn’t it? The sun was shining, and Marco Silva’s blues seen off a decent Watford side. The match overall was not the most comfortable for Everton with Pickford being called into action on a few different occasions but glimpses of Everton quality, especially down […]

Tactical Preview – Everton vs Watford

In a preview of the matchup this Saturday at Goodison Park, we take a look at a Watford side that is mostly unchanged from last year and coming off a poor performance in a home loss to Brighton Hove Albion by a score of 3-0. We walk through major transfers, 2018/19 team performance, common tactics in […]

Breaking down Andre Gomes – Player Analysis

I’m not going to lie here, Andre Gomes is a very handsome fella, unfortunately for him that doesn’t make him the footballer most people actually think he is. However, fortunately for him those looks do almost hide the implications & flaws to his game that most people decide to either ignore or just can’t see. […]

Everton: A Tactical Season Review

Do you like rollercoasters? They’re high speed, quite risky if you’re like me and full of ups, downs, sideways turns, flips… all before a steady, reassuring stretch to the finish. In many ways, this has epitomised Everton’s 2018/19 campaign, the first under Marco Silva. The course of the season has certainly been a strange one, […]

Everton vs Arsenal – Tactical Preview

As the ball was bundled home from Mikel Arteta, you could sense Roberto Martinez’s Everton were really back in business. Seamus Coleman juggling the ball down the right channel, three goals up, now a point away with a game to spare from a Champions League spot. Five years (and a day) later, the same fixture […]

West Ham 0-2 Everton: Everton rampant on the counter and used the wide spaces well

West Ham United faced Everton in what was a contest between two top-half of the table sides that have been in rather inconsistent form throughout the season. West Ham started the match with a 4-4-2, playing Marko Arnautovic up front alongside Lucas Perez. The Hammers were however missing Felipe Anderson on the left-wing and captain Mark […]

Everton: Going Nowhere Fast

Well, the title kind of sums it up if I’m honest. I’d love for Silva to come good, but it’s becoming quite clear that Everton are going nowhere fast and come July I’d be immensely surprised (and disappointed) if ‘Head Coach’ and ‘Marco Silva’ are still adjoined together on the managers office at Finch Farm. […]

Match Analysis: Everton 1-3 Wolves

Another immensely poor, disjointed, unorganised Everton performance under Marco Silva to make it 3 home defeats in the last four and just three wins since the end of November. The Toffees have offered nothing different over the past few weeks, the selection of the team today was more than odd with a 34-year-old Leighton Baines […]