25 Nov 2025 09:49:04
For the first time I'm going to criticise Amorim.

His subs and tactics when they went down to 10 men, baffled me. We didn't need an extra defender when they were playing with one up top. Move Shaw to LB instead of bringing on Dalot who offers nothing, and get an extra body in higher up the pitch.

Plus, playing two defenders as attacking wing backs cost us when they got into attacking positions. They just didn't have the skill or nous to capitalise when we got anywhere near the 18 yard box.

I'd also question starting a guy up top who's not played all season, instead of going with Mbuemo up front. Anyone who's ever played Football Manager knows you never start a player who's not match fit. It never works! ?

Easy with hindsight, I know, and the players lack of intensity was also a big factor, but I think this was a game and a situation where the manager's refusal to stray from his beloved system, has cost us.

1.) 25 Nov 2025
25 Nov 2025 13:17:35
I agree Stevie. Playing at home, against 10 men should have been a slam dunk, but instead we were passive, the Manager did not take the bull by the horns. If ever there was a game to change formation, this was it, but no.

3 good wins, followed by 2 dodgy draws, and then last night, very very disappointing.

2.) 25 Nov 2025
25 Nov 2025 14:08:37
I think he was a little hamstrung by the players available, the bench didn’t look great from the start with only really Mount who could change anything in an attacking sense as he’s too scared to put Lacey on. He should have had Obi on the bench or at least another forward player. We needed a left sided player to come on as Dorgu was terrible, he had Malacia on the bench but chose to bring on Dalot, who weirdly did exactly the same as he always does, absolutely nothing. So why have Malacia and Lacey on the bench if he’s not willing to bring them on? Pointless.

His decisions and the results will be the reason why he fails, his subs are pathetic, I understand his system against 11 men, get the players all learning it, bring in better wing backs and a midfield and we will improve, but against 10 men with Everton playing a striker without a premier league goal to have 3 at the back was pathetic and a sackable offence for me.

Not that it would have made a difference as we could have played all night but Everton spent the whole 2nd half time wasting and the ref totally ignored it. If 14 minutes had been added on I don’t think anyone could have been annoyed or surprised, yet he added on 4. Their subs took that alone, so that's to suggest that Everton didn’t time waste at all in the 2nd half? Absolutely pathetic refereeing as always.