Having watched the match on Football First, here is my verdict..
I didn't think Everton were that much better than us, they deserved to win the game but it was the pounding it was made out to be on here. Both teams were poor. The first half we tried numerous hoofs which didn't come off, STILL we have defenders whacking it up-field when it's not necessary.
Second half was much better. We stopped playing hoofs and thus we kept the ball for longer. That said we still look clueless going forward for the most part, like we lack a blueprint. At least under MON everyone knew what the job was - get the ball to Ash for him to cross it but under Mcleish everyone looks a bit clueless on what to do when we make it into the opponents half. Speculative long shots are just a waste most of the time (Delph, Bannan) Petrov's was a lovely goal but lets be honest his success rate at them is dire.
N'Zogbia and Gabby were too narrow today as well...push them out further put Bannan behind Bent.
It would be great if some of our players could learn the art of the shot-feint too. Man Utd players do it all the time (including Ashley Young of course) but we are shocking at it and never seem to use this simple skill (Gabby I'm looking at you vs Distin).
I love Bannan but he was a little bit too eager today. The best players play with a casual arrogance (Henry, Rooney) Bannan played like this in the week casually stroking it around but today he was running around too much chasing play not helped though by his team mates not passing to him, apart from Albrighton later on.