Four from eight - bring it on S6 E30

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Sean and Daz. We will review the Derby victory in some detail. Then we'll look at the Fulham game and briefly the last 7 games before the 20th title.

Part One - Everton at home xG 1.47 to 0.67 (.53 to .03 in the second half)

First half - not perfect, Curtis was great

• Jota blocked shot at 10 minutes - felt like a small sign

• Virgil, Ibou, the pitch and the weather and the Beto chance

• 30 to 45 - Everton looked there for the taking

Second half - we controlled this:

• Much more urgency and by 57 the goal was coming

• Offside rule is bad but Luis Diaz does well 

• Diogo - magic feet. Sean Rogers talked about the seriousness of the punctured lung

• Didn’t like us deciding the game was done - 1-0 is a tenuous lead

• More refereeing shite:

• Tarkowski and Tierney combine to produce one of the worst decisions you’ll see. PGMOL (eye roll)

• The offside goal (20) - CSI arrives.

• Barrott blows his whistle for the foul on Szobozlai when the ball is in the air. Maybe he thought the defender had the ball. VAR could still tell on Pickford.

• At the end, we could have had a breakaway.

• Sam Barrott - maybe too big a game for him at this point.

Overall - some narratives:

• VVD - they play a certain way and we managed to cope with their tactics said Slot.

• Slot was passive aggressive about Everton - the rule helps teams with a high press, not that Everton do that…in the Fulham press conference he mentions the low block again

Part Two - Fulham away:

• Team selection

• Fulham - lost 2 in a row. Didn’t look great against Arsenal.

• Outcome?

Part three - bigger picture:

• The 5 games in 15 days - obliterating our 2 weeks off that we’d earned in the UCL

• 2 week int’l break - the dust settling after March’s disappointments. Maybe bring up how Virg dressed down the turkey burger that is Michael Owen and his “just the Premier League” barb.

• Elsewhere in the league and the Champions League

• Sequence of Sunday games might help us get in a rhythm with the pod as well!!

We will be back after the Fulham game. Thanks to Daz and Sean for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us. 

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