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Everton 1, Manchester City 0: Match Highlights

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  1. Once again this is not true. I mentioned only that at least someone with more confidence and aggression could replace him. I said nothing about him being replaced with someone better, and even his being benched at all was contingent on his play continuing to decline.

    The point was that his being afraid of making mistakes was causing him to avoid involvement in the game whereas in his first stint with Everton he chased the ball all over the field and wanted the ball.

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  2. You’re stupidity is incredible. You just keep throwing out lies and making idiotic statements that show what you are.

    Where was I when Landon was having his best games with Everton? Read my post you neanderthal. This proves you didn’t even read my post and are just following the crowd and making things up. This was in my very first post:

    “I enjoyed watching Donovan play at Everton last time and I am rooting for him this time too, but that doesn’t mean he is above criticism, and you just know my comments are going to be assaulted by the usual fanboys with comments about how I’m a “hater”.

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  3. You wouldn’t recognize the obvious if it bit you on the a*s. You’re fanboys because you refuse to accept anything negative being said about Donovan. It’s not just this time. These boards have a history of this same thing happening over and over anytime anyone says something negative about Donovan. OK dude?

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  4. Thanks for the intelligent reply. You could be right about being Donovan being tired. I took it as him having a lot of pressure on him because a lot of people are watching his stay at Everton to see how he stacks up, and it seemed to me that he was playing a little afraid, like he was just trying not to make any embarrassing mistakes.

    I question the the four game unbeaten streak you mentioned. I don’t think it means anything but Everton had a four game winning streak going until Donovan arrived and then could not win for several games. So there’s a few different ways to look at that.

    The vast majority of responses to my post have had nothing to do with what I actually said. I even said in my initial post that I like Donovan and also that there would be a flood of attacks because of my saying something negative about an aspect of his game, and sure enough, that’s exactly what happened. I must have made a half dozen positive statements about Donovan in my posts but for saying he seems to be having a problem with part of his game I get a ton of responses telling me I hate Donovan. It’s the same old story.

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  5. Donovan has assisted or helped create every goal Everton has scored since he arrived aside from Tim Howard’s goal.

    lol “Soccer Guy”…

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  6. See this is where your original argument is shite. By saying that donovan will be benched, you kind of are implying that somebody will be better. Namely whoever would replace him.

    Of course you don’t specify who this offensive dynamo is that moyes has waiting in the wings.

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  7. “i love landy…”

    Really soccerguy? Maybe we shoud keep calling for bob bradleys head and claim nepotism on the national team. I think weve beaten that to death enough. We get it…you dont think highly of donovan. That said…maybe youre right. Moyes might be close to benching him. I mean…i would bench someone as well if all he has done is contribute goal scoring opportunities for team struggling to score goals. I suggest you take the landy leverkusen glasses off

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  8. You can’t look at one game and make overlapping analysis of a player. By that standard, Deuce should be benched after disappearing in the Everton game.

    Deuce was not benched b/c:
    A: It was just 1 game.
    B: The team had a bad game as a whole.
    C: Poor distribution all around

    Players have bad games. Teams have off nights. It’s just the way it goes.

    That being said, Man City is one of the best club teams in the world right now. Had LD been aggressive and run at players all game, he would have often lost the ball leading to counters. Everton approached with conservative game plan.

    Let’s not forget who Everton is right now. At best, they are a mid table team, and as such, they don’t play a particularly attractive brand of soccer. While LD thrives on the counter, Everton prefers to send long balls, maintain possession, pack the box, and send in crosses from the outside. They are not a fast strike kind of team.

    My assessment of LD’s contribution so far with Everton is that he is executing his role about as well as anyone could hope for.

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  9. Wow, just went through the string. Gotta give soccer guy props for endurance and persistence, pulling what looks to be an all nighter in defense of his one post.. Perhaps he’s gone to sleep. sweet dreams!

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  10. dude, you seriously suck, quit it with this “fanboy” crap. just because we realize the obvious: that Donovan has done a remarkable job stepping into the middle of the season(during his offseason) for the second consecutive time, we are now all fanboys? for the record, I’m not a “fanboy” as you seem to be so intent on, and I’m sure most of the other people on this post can agree with me. we just realize the obvious

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  11. umm, did you watch the game? yea, Landon lost the ball a lot, but if you know anything about football you would realize that Everton were sitting back and taking their chances sparingly. City had around 65% possession, while Everton packed 10 men behind the ball.

    Donovan was constantly an outlet on the flanks to relieve pressure from the defense. and yea, he was dispossessed a good many times, but that’s because he had little to no support nearly the entire game. when he did have some support, he got the game winning assist, YET AGAIN. you really need to pay attention “Soccer Guy” because you don’t deserve that nickname with your lack of soccer knowledge

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  12. I think it is fine to say that LD is not playing as aggressive as he did in the World Cup. However what Soccer guy has tried to argue is that:

    1. This is because of lack of confidence
    2. That Moyes wants him to be more aggressive.
    3. Moye’s is unhappy with LD’s conservative play and will soon bench him

    These are assumptions made by Soccer Guy, not facts. LD being more conservative in an attempt to maintain possession, keep shape, help improve the other players, may be exactly what Moyes asked him to do. While we may want to see LD attacking more, we are not the coach. LD is on only with Everton a short time and Moyes may not have the same plan for LD that Soccer Guy would like.

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  13. my god Soccer Guy has a HUGE axe to grind with Landon. What happened man, did he pick on you in high school? Cut you off on the freeway?

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  14. Well said jb. I agree 100% with what you said. By nature, the Toffees are a counter-attacking team and have been playing without a creative force in the center of the pitch. Obviously, LD is getting less touches this time around … however, he’s done a pretty remarkable job of being efficient and, as you said, his work rate has been stellar. He’s been involved in 5 of the 7 goals Everton has scored since his arrival. As far as being benched, just a ridiculous uninformed comment. Nuff said.

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  15. Sad to see this post hijacked by one idiot with an agenda. The other reasonable posters are only encouraging the troll by responding.

    I’ve seen about three halves of Everton since Donovan arrived, and they are clearly using him as much as they can. He has been their main linkup to jumpstart attacks, and has done quite well. (How sweet was it that Howard started the counter that led to his beauty of a throughball assist) More impressive to me has been his defensive commitment. His 2way play has been beyond anything I’ve ever seen from an American at the highest level.

    Selfishly I would love for him to find a way to transfer permanently to the EPL but he can clearly play at the highest levels despite a career in (the improving) MLS. Hoping he can stay injury free and keep this form thru 2014. My hats off to him.

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  16. Soccer guy is kind of right. In the Spurs game he hid from the game all game.

    He hides at LA too.

    His world cup stint was incredible. He didnt hide at all. He was present and powerful.

    Havent seen it since.

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  17. I specifically referred to the comments section. I have also made that clear in other posts. How could I or anyone else even know how many people are visiting the web site? Imbecile. You are such a pathetic liar.

    This thread is a good example of what’s happened to the posts on this site. If it wasn’t for the bandwagon insult comments there would have only been a small amount of comments on this article. Well over ninety percent of the comments on this article are just attacks on me. That’s what has happened with comments or posts in general on this site. Most of the comments are just attacks so a lot of people have just stopped commenting. I’m guessing they would rather discuss soccer than listen to a bunch of fanboys gang attack them for saying something that isn’t complimentary about one of their heroes.

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  18. Confidence doesn’t mean jack? Wow. I don’t think I have ever heard someone say that before when talking about a player’s ability to perform.

    First, I want to congratulate you and thank you for actually having read my post and understanding the main point of it. Confidence and how it can affect your game. You are one in a hundred apparently. What’s puzzling is that you still have that bandwagon mentality so bad that you claim to be in agreement with everyone on the board when you clearly are not. If everyone had addressed what I actually said instead of creating a thousand straw man arguments and or just lying about what I have said, there might have been a civil discussion instead of a name calling contest. Where in the flood of responses do you see anything about confidence? You are probably the only one who even mentioned it.

    As for just letting it go, I can only assume you are referring to my responding to so many of the attacks- I mean comments, because there is nothing to let go. I’m not trying to persuade anyone to change their mind. Nor do I care if they do. Sadly, it’s just been nothing but responding to people attacking me for saying things that I never said.

    The bottom line is that there is almost zero tolerance for saying anything negative about Landon Donovan. I don’t doubt a lot of the same people have no problem mocking or tearing apart someone’s belief in a God, but Donovan is off limits.

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  19. I took a break from fine tuning my plan to get everyone focused on trying to make everyone think that Donovan is going to be benched to respond to your comment.

    If I wanted everyone to agree with me wouldn’t it make sense to become a drone like you and say everything that I think everyone else wants to hear?

    It’s funny to hear one of the crowd who can’t ever see the other side of the coin when it comes to Landon Donovan say that someone else can’t see the other side of the coin. I can see good, bad, and average. What can you and your fellow fanboys see when you look at Donovan? Great….good…….fantastic…..outstanding….superb. I think you use a one sided coin.

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  20. Soccer Guy you are spot on about Donovan deserving to get benched. You know more than Moyes does and you should be a pro coach.

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  21. I don’t doubt LD is not at his best. And I suspect Moyes will try to rest him soon

    However, I don’t think it is because he is playing badly.

    Moyes himself has recently stated that he should be resting LD more but he has had a hard time finding places to do that. LD’s assist was his fifth in just seven games for Everton, which he joined on loan about three weeks ago.

    LD has played every minute since and helped the Everton to a four-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.

    That is a lot of high pressure games in a short span, especially for a guy in his off season, even one as fit as Donovan. Rather than “spooked” I would say he is probably quite exhausted.

    I did not see the City game but I’ve watched a few of the other games and LD is clearly picking his spots. And given the results he is clearly using good judgement.

    At the beginning of the loan Moyes made a point of saying Donovan was NOT a goalscorer and that he thought he could help them a lot. Clearly, Moyes, an excellent manager, is orchestrating how LD is playing to get the most out of the loan. If LD was as aggressive as you would like to see, he wouldn’t last out the loan.

    The biggest thing I see in his play is he is very good about helping the team maintain it’s shape and defensive discipline. He is letting others do the heavy lifting for him.

    It is not that pretty to watch but the proof is in the pudding. Moyes has taken a very good player, mixed him in with his depleted squad and gotten a whole lot of points out of him.

    Amazing manager.

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  22. He wont get it, he is so focused on trying to make everyone think that Donovan is going to get benched.

    I know people like soccer guy and they cant see the other side of the coin. They just want everyone to say that they are correct.

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  23. Thanks for being my number 1 fan and caring for my well being.

    I will do everything in my power to be a better man, so soccer guy my number 1 fan can be happy.

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  24. Just let it go man. I think we all agree that Donovan had an ok game yesterday, but without that ok game, Everton prevailed! I don’t believe at all that he is on the verge of getting benched, if that’s the case, I could see 9 starting players for Everton going to the reserves if Donovan is going to the bench. I think you are leaving out Moyes game plan and Donovan’s defensive duties and only concentrating on the micro aspect of Donovan’s game. I think if you saw it as a whole you would see what kind of player Donovan really is even when he isn’t at his best.

    I believe everyone on the board is trying to make you understand that confidence doesn’t mean jack when all your good attributes over write the bad ones.

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  25. Hhmmm… If Donovan is on the verge of getting benched, than all of the starting lineup for Everton is probably on their way to the reserves.

    You are over thinking Futbol. I guess forgetting Donovan’s defensive duties for Everton is not ringing a bell, huh? You keep talking about Donovan not getting involved more on offense and what not, but you are leaving out the rest of the Futbol duties that go along with his position. I think you believe Futbol is Tennis… Dios mio. SMH

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  26. Still waiting for you to backup your comment. Can’t defend yourself without trying to enlist others?

    One day you’ll be running with the crowd and you will suddenly stop and look around only to find they have deserted you. What will you do then? Perhaps you will comfort yourself by realizing that you still have mommy’s basement to live in and that she loves you? L

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  27. Thanks for showing that you are immature and get angry when someone doesnt agree with you. I am still happy and you wont bring me down to your level.

    Happy trolling.

    By the way where were you when Landon was having his best games with Everton? Yeah you were waiting for an average game from him to start posting about his recent loan form.

    You are implying that Landon has been playing like crap for Everton. If you dont realize that, then there is not much we can argue about.

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  28. Liar. Everything is in writing. Refer me to where I said Donovan is playing badly. I commented on one important facet of his game where he is struggling and it predictably causes a mass hissy fit by a thousand fanboys.

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  29. Yet another liar. Why do you all hate Soccer Guy so much? Soccer Guy knows all. Soccer Guy is amazing. If only Landon would listen to Soccer Guy he would have 5 World Cup trophies by now.

    Come on, Soccer Guy, please share your wisdom with us little people even though the website is clearly not good enough for someone as brilliant as you.

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  30. You’re absolutely cluless and I didn’t discredit everything else he has done. They should do a poll of people who comment on SBI. I think they would discover that a large percentage have little or no reading comprehension. Regardless of what is said the responses are always the same based on what other people are saying.

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  31. Man you’re an idiot. You didn’t mention Pele? How does it feel moron? That was the whole point. I didn’t say the things you were saying either. I guess only you can make things up. You’re right about not having argued with my comments, you argued with comments you made up.

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  32. Fox soccer should hire soccer guy he has so much knowledge. Its like Pep, Mou, Sir Alex all rolled into one guy.

    He is so competent at life that he says a player is playing badly because he had 1 average game vs the league leaders.

    Go on keep thinking that you are way smarter.

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  33. Yes, please. Everton should just buy him and then loan him back to the Galaxy over the summer during the off-seasons. Everybody wins!

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