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New transfers Doucoure, James Rodriguez and Allan boosted more confidence in the team. When the EPL kicked off Everton showed of their *fine class*. James Rodriguez works amazingly with his team mates and attacking duo DCL (Dominic Calvert Lewin) and Richarlison are able to understand each other and know what to do at the right time. Jordan Pickfords's rapid reactions is needed when defence Is weak or 1 on 1 position. Generally he is an amazing GK! I'm pretty sure Statman Dave will have something pretty different to mine and will be better too ❤
The test will be for him when things get rocky how will he react. At Napoli and Bayern once it went downhill, he never recovered. But he has had amazing turnaround from last season. He is a top class manager.
James is the key to their system. A wide playing number 10 that controls the tempo of the game. DCL will score at least 25 goals this season just because of how many chances he will get
For me Everton need 1) A Keeper (Could try get Emi Martienz although he just joined Villa or they could even go for Romero or something) 2) A box to box midfielder 3) A right winger 4) A left winger
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Loved the bit at the end where you gave areas for improvement and suggested potential transfer targets, you guys should do that in all videos like this
Everton often overload left side attack with Digne and James when they need goal. When opposition press Digne he pass to james to cross the ball into box and vice versa.
It’s like some weird alternate universe midfield counterpart trio to mane, Salah and Firmino and I’m all about it. Doucoure looks like he’s shaping up to be the next big unsung hero.
@@247positivewellbeing7 mate don’t I just know it! I’d loved to have had him with us partnering ceballos and Partey in the centre, no idea why we didn’t go for him.
the only thing holding Everton back is that dinosaur arm. I really hope they're gonna sign a quality GK in January otherwise all their hard work may be undone.
We’ll see how he manages on Sunday we’ve got lot of injuries and Southampton are a good team have great players. Thers no doubt The don has brought a feel good factor so on wards and upwards blues!!
I wasn’t expecting this much from Don Carlo, he tends to take a great team and make them the best rather than extremely average and make them top 4 challengers. Like how his play style is so simple and just suits his players
They have a great side under ancelloti whose a world class manager, but I dont think they have the depth to break into the top 4, especially if a key player like james gets injured.
We have all sorts of cover for James. Whilst James is exceptional, the "difference" in our form from last year is down to the central midfield axis of Allan and Doucoure. Iwobi, Bernard, Gordon, Siggy and even Gomes can all provide cover for the creativity of James should he miss games. Gbamin returning means we'll have 3 strong mids in the centre too....therefore the only player whose injury can derail Everton is DCL - especially if it were to happen now whilst Richarlison is suspended, or to also get an injury. Talk of Everton's lack of squad depth is mostly misplaced. Everton have no European football, a top manager, some top level players, a deep squad (bar striker) and DCL generally rarely gets injured. Make no mistake, we're not Champions League contenders only, we're title contenders - although largely thanks to the effects of the pandemic on fans and fixture list. If we can get to January - where we can strengthen the depth further - still close to the top, we'll take some stopping!
@@numsig come one man you those players are no where near the creative levels of james, with him and digne dcl will get no quality service, and even with those players yoy will likely struggle to make europa league, let alone challenge for the title. While its true you have no european football, If richarlison dcl or james gets injured the drop off is huge. Not to mention the shakiness of pickford and mina at the back who will leak goals all season long.
bit late, and after the inevitable statman dave curse, but would you rather see godfrey come in to replace mina over holgate? I'd argue he's been one of our more important players over the last year or so.
@Johan Sson Liverpool game should have been a loss u idiot and the Spurs game is unconvincing Spurs were playing terrible but clearly u didn’t watch that game
Only DCL cannot be effectively replaced if Richarlison is also unavailable. Everywhere else we have high quality cover.....Bernard, Iwobi, Gordon, Siggy can all provide creative attacking midfield cover without a disastrous drop off in quality....all those players and Gomes, Davies were our only choices to play central midfield last season, which none are suited for...... that is a massive difference. Allan and Doucoure (and the return of Gbamin) effectively adds up to about 5-6 new players rather than 2/3 as it frees all those guys to play where they are supposed to play. Saying Everton lack squad depth is an quick and easy thing to say....just so long as you don't stop to actually think about it!!
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Said this in so many comments but we should of got The Don to replace Fergie. Pretty sure he was at Napoli at the time, one of the best managers in world football, has been there n do it all.
Fun fact: it isn’t Carlo’s tactic. Duncan Ferguson has made all the signings himself to fit this system specifically. Ferguson has decided to take ancelottis role as manager and has done a better job. This would explain evertons second half struggles last year when Carlo was in charge. Duncan has taken the reigns now and the success has fully followed
Both Holgate and Godfrey are viable first team alternatives to Mina and Keane, with Branthwaite still developing but looking promising. Plus, if Jonjoe Kenny can make leaps and bounds this season, and with Andre Gomes in midfield, I really think the only vital spots to fill are goalkeeper and a back-up to James Rodriguez in case he gets injured.
lol 🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 NOTHING like Liverpool! We don't have a high press, and we often drop into a low block and play on the counter. No counter-press and no high line!
@@StatmanDave - You can give examples like this with almost any team, especially when playing against inferior opponents. In the same way you can get clips or footage of a poor player looking like Lionel Messi. The point I speak to is how we play "typically" and that is NOT like Liverpool. Before this season Liverpool had a workaholic 3 man midfield, and bar Thiago that's what it still is. We don't. We tend to play one of the three who is a ball player, be it Gomes or Gylfi. Doucoure is a box to box midfielder, only Allan is anything like a Liverpool type midfielder, even then his role is different at Everton. Also they defend from the front, we don't. They press high because they have the pace of Van Djjk, and Gomez and Trent and Robertson are not slouches, from there the three in midfield are higher up the pitch and they are then narrow with that front three also narrow. They get their width from the fullbacks on the ball, but essentially when they lose the ball in attack with any if the front three they tend to do so narrow and they then have 6 players that are in that final third in the gegenpress. Mane is one of the best pressing attackers in the world and so is Firmino, Salah isn't too bad either. So to escape the counter press is exceptionally difficult, all those players high and narrow. In fact when Liverpool have failed like they did against Aston Villa, it was because Liverpool did nit have an effective counterpress and by that I mean good pressure on the ball. It gave the player on the ball time and space to find runners - hence why the high line got exposed regardless of Van Dijk or the talent/pace in that back four. This shows how key the front three are for Liverpool in the gegenpress and how key Mane is who starts the press (he was missing that night). Liverpool or in fact any team cannot get away with a high line and no pressure on the ball, it is a recipe for disaster. In short Liverpool's best defenders are the front 3 and the midfield in condensing the space. Of course they score a lot if goals from this too by winning the ball back very high up the pitch, where it is often the case that a goal may be scored in one pass, one dribble etc. One of the rare things in this style of play is crossfield passes switching the play. Liverpool do it, just as Pep's Barca did it, but it is relatively rare because it's very unhelpful to the counter-press if you misplace the crossfield pass - harder to get your players around that area high/condensed to win the ball back. Now let's look at Everton: Everton do NOT play this way lol. I have already spoke a little too the character if our midfield. We also have many more ball players - Bernard, Iwobi, Davies, Delph etc. Who do we have who can press? Allan? Not really, he tends to marshall in front of the back four. Doucoure is flexible enough, but he does not press because he is the right sided midfielder who covers for James on the right and he has to cover for him when he drifts inside, covering Coleman on the right. Richarlison has the legs, he often instigates a press, but we do not operate a press in general because he is one player and we don't have the team and the tactics are not assigned this way. A counter-press is a team ethic, it requires all the right players coming together in unison, it is not Everton's philosophy, not Ancelotti's philosophy, he is a different types of manager and tactician. Speaking of the counter-press or gegenpress, it also requires players to be in position, in some ways a little ridgedly and this again speaks to the type of player, the assets they have. James Rodriguez is not a player that can play this way, he does not have the legs, he is not defensive minded, he does not have the instincts for this. Also we play him off the right, but he rarely stays there, rather he drifts into the middle, almost to the number 10 position, or at least that of inside right - you can't have this to play the way Liverpool do and that you speak to. Also one if hus best assets is the crossfield pass/switch of play. James is often either switching play crossfield from right to left to find Digne or Richarlison, if not he is drifting infield - both go against any notion of a counter-press, as does he as a player, as do many of our players. As I said, this is not helpful for the system you claim Everton play. Also Calvert Lewin, he has been given explicit instruction by Ancelotti to play within the width of the box and to make less runs outside the penalty area or via the channels and he has listened. The result of this and hard work has been more goals, but as a result he is much more of a poacher in the box. Ancelotti has given him the example of Inzaghi - nothing like the role occupied by Firmino at Liverpool. Lastly, take a look at Everton after they have gone a goal up this season in almost any if our games. Some say we switch off and let teams back-in. It's actually happening too often for it to be coincidence, it isn't coincidence. When Everton go a goal up, we very often drop back into a deep double block and look to hit on the counter. This is the exact opposite of gegenpress/counter-press. We get our players back into position deep and we say come on, break us down and we have Richarlison and Calvert Lewin looking to break. Unlike last season we have the passers in the side able to find them on the counter to devastating effect, be it James, Doucoure, Gomes, Gylfi, Allan etc - all of them can find a pass. ^ That is how we have played most games this season, never mind clips!!! This is also the way Ancelotti played at Napoli. Go and look at how he beat Liverpool with Napoli, it looks a lot like Everton this season. With all that I am done. If you think we play like Liverpool still, fine. Please excuse the odd letter typos: I have thumbs the size of boats and wrote this from a small virtual keyboard on a phone.
I have started watching Everton matches also just because of James. Such a blessed player after Özil
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New transfers Doucoure, James Rodriguez and Allan boosted more confidence in the team. When the EPL kicked off Everton showed of their *fine class*. James Rodriguez works amazingly with his team mates and attacking duo DCL (Dominic Calvert Lewin) and Richarlison are able to understand each other and know what to do at the right time. Jordan Pickfords's rapid reactions is needed when defence Is weak or 1 on 1 position. Generally he is an amazing GK!
I'm pretty sure Statman Dave will have something pretty different to mine and will be better too ❤
Jaazib Shah but they sill have to replace Pickford. He is so mistake prone
It's a good point confidence is a massive thing in football.
Everything except Pickford. He’s too erratic. They need a better keeper.
Meret?
The test will be for him when things get rocky how will he react. At Napoli and Bayern once it went downhill, he never recovered. But he has had amazing turnaround from last season. He is a top class manager.
You answered your own question there mate already turned it around once
his cup haul is the only measure.and he is possibly the best manager of all time.
@@jamesnaylor3274 He's in the conversation at the very least
The James to Digne partnership = btec Messi to Prime Alba partnership
Not a bad shout 👍👍👍
James is the key to their system. A wide playing number 10 that controls the tempo of the game. DCL will score at least 25 goals this season just because of how many chances he will get
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@Johan Sson I've never seen DCL dribble past and destroy defenders or destroy the keeper with chip shots so 🤫🤫🤫🤫
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, half man, half kangeroo
Lol
I'm still surprised that Barcelona sold Digne.
Weird move.
Barcelona rejects. Still from bartomeu's reign
They didn’t want to sell him, he wanted to leave
For me Everton need
1) A Keeper (Could try get Emi Martienz although he just joined Villa or they could even go for Romero or something)
2) A box to box midfielder
3) A right winger
4) A left winger
they don’t need wingers as they have richarlison and James. Only GK needed
Top 10 prem managers
10. Frank Lampard
9. Solskjaer
8. Jose Mourinho
7. Brendan Rodgers
6. Mikel Arteta
5. Graham Potter
4. Pep Guardiola
3. Jurgen Klopp
2. Carlo Ancelotti
1. Statman Dave
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@@StatmanDave Dave, I'm thinking of starting a channel of my own! Please could u tell me the software u use?
Juan Mata will be amazing in his system
But will he go to Everton. When does his contract end?
@@StatmanDave please make a video on how Bayern smashed Atletico
Imagine everton buy christian eriksen. would be unstoppable in this system.
Loved the bit at the end where you gave areas for improvement and suggested potential transfer targets, you guys should do that in all videos like this
Great suggestion
Everton often overload left side attack with Digne and James when they need goal. When opposition press Digne he pass to james to cross the ball into box and vice versa.
It’s like some weird alternate universe midfield counterpart trio to mane, Salah and Firmino and I’m all about it. Doucoure looks like he’s shaping up to be the next big unsung hero.
Doucoure is amazing he should have been signed by Arsenal. Everton need a better keeper for more confidence
@@247positivewellbeing7 mate don’t I just know it! I’d loved to have had him with us partnering ceballos and Partey in the centre, no idea why we didn’t go for him.
Doucoure is essential as a RCM to let James organise the play and then provide cover for him sometimes very underrated player.
With the way the top 6 have started the season, wouldn’t be surprised if Everton won the league.
I would say definitely to 3 or 4 they are my 2nd fave team
Blue pigs Pickford the butcher gonna sink evarton, mid table team😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Liverpool and chelsea warming up now so no chance for everton
I am watching Everton because they have my favorite coach ANCELOTTI
Great seeing more teams stand up & be counted. The real reason the Prem is tough
the only thing holding Everton back is that dinosaur arm. I really hope they're gonna sign a quality GK in January otherwise all their hard work may be undone.
Romero could be the guy.
Lol
@@ambrish58 yeah Everton really should've signed him this summer
Thanks for the video Dave
You welcome! 🤝
how well this has aged, unlucky anyway
We’ll see how he manages on Sunday we’ve got lot of injuries and Southampton are a good team have great players. Thers no doubt The don has brought a feel good factor so on wards and upwards blues!!
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Great explanation, Dave! Cheers, mate.
Oil money FC 🤣🤣🔥🤘
you're a jack ass.
@Johan Sson City were beaten 3 times last season and you believe Manchester is Blue. Such a Delusional!
They signed great players and they work hard
Oil money FC -Statman Dave 2020
I wasn’t expecting this much from Don Carlo, he tends to take a great team and make them the best rather than extremely average and make them top 4 challengers. Like how his play style is so simple and just suits his players
How can you say Carlo got this from Klopp.
Shut Up .... Ancelotti is his own man and has won all the business. Have some respect 🤷🏽♂️
What youngster could they bring in to replace james when he starts to decline?
James will never decline 😜😜👍
@@StatmanDave cool answer
Anthony Gordon is our future academy player. You will see him most likely in the Southampton game whether on the bench or starting 11
Ødegaard
@@callofninjafifamafia That's a really good shout actually
They still need a back-up to James
They have a great side under ancelloti whose a world class manager, but I dont think they have the depth to break into the top 4, especially if a key player like james gets injured.
We have all sorts of cover for James. Whilst James is exceptional, the "difference" in our form from last year is down to the central midfield axis of Allan and Doucoure. Iwobi, Bernard, Gordon, Siggy and even Gomes can all provide cover for the creativity of James should he miss games. Gbamin returning means we'll have 3 strong mids in the centre too....therefore the only player whose injury can derail Everton is DCL - especially if it were to happen now whilst Richarlison is suspended, or to also get an injury. Talk of Everton's lack of squad depth is mostly misplaced.
Everton have no European football, a top manager, some top level players, a deep squad (bar striker) and DCL generally rarely gets injured. Make no mistake, we're not Champions League contenders only, we're title contenders - although largely thanks to the effects of the pandemic on fans and fixture list. If we can get to January - where we can strengthen the depth further - still close to the top, we'll take some stopping!
@@numsig come one man you those players are no where near the creative levels of james, with him and digne dcl will get no quality service, and even with those players yoy will likely struggle to make europa league, let alone challenge for the title. While its true you have no european football, If richarlison dcl or james gets injured the drop off is huge. Not to mention the shakiness of pickford and mina at the back who will leak goals all season long.
Hi Dave?
Your videos are very good.
Thanks
Dave could you talk about Pep’s formation and system against arsenal? It seemed very unique and unusual
Class video mate 👍
Don carlo will always be my sweetheart person of football.
when are you gonna make a video about cavani, traore and pellestri dave?
RW leon bailey,Ridle baku RB,Koulibaly CB with Godfrey,castravilla CM or keane deal to juventus for Rabiot and Ronaldo.
Why do they plan to replace Yerry Mina? I've seen Everton matches and he has been a solid CB for the club in this start of the season.
Not good enough for how good everton is right now hes decent but no champions league quality
Great video! Colombia .. yerry 10 goals
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why is mufc coach don't teach rashi this header he will be perfect with teles in that RW position
Still got holgate to come back at CB :)
bit late, and after the inevitable statman dave curse, but would you rather see godfrey come in to replace mina over holgate? I'd argue he's been one of our more important players over the last year or so.
Everton will 100% make Top 4 this season, easy money.
Don Carlo likes this.
It’s a bold statement they haven’t had hard games yet and they had to rely on var to save them from losing against Liverpool without VVD
I doubt it.
@Johan Sson Liverpool game should have been a loss u idiot and the Spurs game is unconvincing Spurs were playing terrible but clearly u didn’t watch that game
@Johan Sson what did I tell u this everton team aren’t getting anywhere near the top 4 if they can’t even beat southampton u spoke to soon
Carlo Ancelotti looks like, he taught the former Dos Equis spokesman how too be interesting.
They need squad players
Because if one of their starting players get injured, that could cost them a lot of points.
Very true. James our this weekend.
Only DCL cannot be effectively replaced if Richarlison is also unavailable. Everywhere else we have high quality cover.....Bernard, Iwobi, Gordon, Siggy can all provide creative attacking midfield cover without a disastrous drop off in quality....all those players and Gomes, Davies were our only choices to play central midfield last season, which none are suited for...... that is a massive difference. Allan and Doucoure (and the return of Gbamin) effectively adds up to about 5-6 new players rather than 2/3 as it frees all those guys to play where they are supposed to play. Saying Everton lack squad depth is an quick and easy thing to say....just so long as you don't stop to actually think about it!!
Wish someone could make this explanation a Football manager 2020/2021 tactis
Can you do a Europa League prediction?👀 there is a lot of competition in this season 🔥
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the season is long !
Do you really think a manager of Ancelotti's pedigree and experience "JUST COPIED KLOPP" ?
Not copied but I think Dave was highlighting the parallels
1:16 The fans are fuming
*Oh wait they don’t have fans*
Can you do spurs next please??
what time is the stream on twitch @stateman Dave
18:00 BST
This Everton team is arguably the best Everton team of all time imo
promising team yes, but not even close to the 1984-87 team yet, or even the 1969/70 side.
Not even close.
And now we are in a relegation battle..
Said this in so many comments but we should of got The Don to replace Fergie. Pretty sure he was at Napoli at the time, one of the best managers in world football, has been there n do it all.
He went to Madrid that year as they were actively courting him during the summer
@@ashishnehra5481 yeah you're right my dates were way out 🙈
Fun fact: it isn’t Carlo’s tactic. Duncan Ferguson has made all the signings himself to fit this system specifically. Ferguson has decided to take ancelottis role as manager and has done a better job. This would explain evertons second half struggles last year when Carlo was in charge. Duncan has taken the reigns now and the success has fully followed
Everton will succeed under ancelotti
They won the derby today :) 2-0
Think we can finish top 5 this season...
the score of Liverpool vs Ajax is gonna be 3-1 to Ajax
2-2 ;)
@@StatmanDave nah 4-0
4:48 you made a mistake?
I miss those how x can beat y videos
They will return. ;)
Are you forgetting we have Holgate to replace Mina?
Both Holgate and Godfrey are viable first team alternatives to Mina and Keane, with Branthwaite still developing but looking promising. Plus, if Jonjoe Kenny can make leaps and bounds this season, and with Andre Gomes in midfield, I really think the only vital spots to fill are goalkeeper and a back-up to James Rodriguez in case he gets injured.
No matter what Liverpool shouldn't win the pl again that'd be a horrible feeling
James, Richarlison, Coleman and Holgate will miss the next game. Could be a loss sadly
BIG LOSSES
Gylfi, Iwobi, Godfrey and Kenny are all quality backups. Call me crazy, but I think their squad depth is really good.
@@defunct9481 I am an Everton fan and while we have much better depth then other non top-six sides those backups aren’t close to the starters
atlético next?
They got smashed by Southampton 😂
Hasenhüttl destroyed that OAP has been Ancelotti
@@esseffsee 9-0 lol
The dirty play isn't similar though....
I feel like other teams are just gonna watch this video and exploit their tactics
NOOOO DON CARLO I AM SORRY
@@StatmanDave Statman Dave sleeps with the fishes
Apparently not
Everton will finish top 4
Am waiting for Ajax to smash Liverpool😅!
I think it'll be 3-2 ajax tonight what's your prediction
@@shivutd am going for a 3-1 win for Ajax💯
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Can't wait for that game!
@@StatmanDave what's your score prediction?
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NOTHING like Liverpool!
We don't have a high press, and we often drop into a low block and play on the counter. No counter-press and no high line!
Go and watch the Brighton game back. 3 mins in...
@@StatmanDave - You can give examples like this with almost any team, especially when playing against inferior opponents. In the same way you can get clips or footage of a poor player looking like Lionel Messi.
The point I speak to is how we play "typically" and that is NOT like Liverpool.
Before this season Liverpool had a workaholic 3 man midfield, and bar Thiago that's what it still is. We don't. We tend to play one of the three who is a ball player, be it Gomes or Gylfi. Doucoure is a box to box midfielder, only Allan is anything like a Liverpool type midfielder, even then his role is different at Everton. Also they defend from the front, we don't. They press high because they have the pace of Van Djjk, and Gomez and Trent and Robertson are not slouches, from there the three in midfield are higher up the pitch and they are then narrow with that front three also narrow. They get their width from the fullbacks on the ball, but essentially when they lose the ball in attack with any if the front three they tend to do so narrow and they then have 6 players that are in that final third in the gegenpress. Mane is one of the best pressing attackers in the world and so is Firmino, Salah isn't too bad either. So to escape the counter press is exceptionally difficult, all those players high and narrow. In fact when Liverpool have failed like they did against Aston Villa, it was because Liverpool did nit have an effective counterpress and by that I mean good pressure on the ball. It gave the player on the ball time and space to find runners - hence why the high line got exposed regardless of Van Dijk or the talent/pace in that back four. This shows how key the front three are for Liverpool in the gegenpress and how key Mane is who starts the press (he was missing that night). Liverpool or in fact any team cannot get away with a high line and no pressure on the ball, it is a recipe for disaster. In short Liverpool's best defenders are the front 3 and the midfield in condensing the space. Of course they score a lot if goals from this too by winning the ball back very high up the pitch, where it is often the case that a goal may be scored in one pass, one dribble etc. One of the rare things in this style of play is crossfield passes switching the play. Liverpool do it, just as Pep's Barca did it, but it is relatively rare because it's very unhelpful to the counter-press if you misplace the crossfield pass - harder to get your players around that area high/condensed to win the ball back.
Now let's look at Everton:
Everton do NOT play this way lol.
I have already spoke a little too the character if our midfield. We also have many more ball players - Bernard, Iwobi, Davies, Delph etc.
Who do we have who can press? Allan? Not really, he tends to marshall in front of the back four. Doucoure is flexible enough, but he does not press because he is the right sided midfielder who covers for James on the right and he has to cover for him when he drifts inside, covering Coleman on the right. Richarlison has the legs, he often instigates a press, but we do not operate a press in general because he is one player and we don't have the team and the tactics are not assigned this way. A counter-press is a team ethic, it requires all the right players coming together in unison, it is not Everton's philosophy, not Ancelotti's philosophy, he is a different types of manager and tactician.
Speaking of the counter-press or gegenpress, it also requires players to be in position, in some ways a little ridgedly and this again speaks to the type of player, the assets they have.
James Rodriguez is not a player that can play this way, he does not have the legs, he is not defensive minded, he does not have the instincts for this. Also we play him off the right, but he rarely stays there, rather he drifts into the middle, almost to the number 10 position, or at least that of inside right - you can't have this to play the way Liverpool do and that you speak to. Also one if hus best assets is the crossfield pass/switch of play. James is often either switching play crossfield from right to left to find Digne or Richarlison, if not he is drifting infield - both go against any notion of a counter-press, as does he as a player, as do many of our players.
As I said, this is not helpful for the system you claim Everton play. Also Calvert Lewin, he has been given explicit instruction by Ancelotti to play within the width of the box and to make less runs outside the penalty area or via the channels and he has listened. The result of this and hard work has been more goals, but as a result he is much more of a poacher in the box. Ancelotti has given him the example of Inzaghi - nothing like the role occupied by Firmino at Liverpool.
Lastly, take a look at Everton after they have gone a goal up this season in almost any if our games. Some say we switch off and let teams back-in. It's actually happening too often for it to be coincidence, it isn't coincidence. When Everton go a goal up, we very often drop back into a deep double block and look to hit on the counter. This is the exact opposite of gegenpress/counter-press. We get our players back into position deep and we say come on, break us down and we have Richarlison and Calvert Lewin looking to break. Unlike last season we have the passers in the side able to find them on the counter to devastating effect, be it James, Doucoure, Gomes, Gylfi, Allan etc - all of them can find a pass.
^ That is how we have played most games this season, never mind clips!!!
This is also the way Ancelotti played at Napoli. Go and look at how he beat Liverpool with Napoli, it looks a lot like Everton this season.
With all that I am done. If you think we play like Liverpool still, fine.
Please excuse the odd letter typos: I have thumbs the size of boats and wrote this from a small virtual keyboard on a phone.
Well then 2 - 0 huh
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I want to know who the 20 or so people who 👎 every one of your videos are. is it all the same doofs?
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