Following on from the weekend’s defeat for Everton at the hands of West Ham United, reactions on social media have certainly been interesting to follow.
No one will need reminding about the incredibly poor performance the side put in at Goodison Park on Sunday as we went down 3-1 on the day to pick up our first defeat of the 2018/19 Premier League campaign so far, and the most galling thing really was we were favourites heading into the match given the oppositions poor form this year as they were on the back of four straight losses.
A number of individual errors across the 90 minutes saw us pay the ultimate price and manager Marco Silva was saying the right things at the full-time whistle.
???? | The boss calls for more ruthlessness as he gives his verdict on today's disappointment against @WestHamUtd. #EFCmatchday
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— Everton (@Everton) September 16, 2018
For a number of fans though, issues in our performances from previous games this year came back to haunt us and the problem is we don’t appear to be learning from our mistakes yet – especially on a defensive front.
Really really poor performance again. Need to be much better than this. Between zonal marking and the individual errors at the back we have lost too many points already. If the defensive side of things is not Marcos strong point he needs get in a defensive coach who knows PL
— Paul Jones (@pauly1878) September 17, 2018
Arsenal will put 5 past us next week.
— P (@Paul_M__H) September 16, 2018
He basically said we were last today, not sure anything he said after that would appease. Move on and all that, bad day
— Griff (@bolski91) September 16, 2018
A wake up call, poor in all areas, and lost nearly all 50/50s
— Rich (@Growlerxxx) September 16, 2018
it's in the way we lost the game very poor very disappointing display of football. Next up Arsenal and i can't see us getting any points there. The truth is the whole team needs a dressing down on that performance
— Rab C Nesbitt (@worth1964) September 17, 2018
Silva out
— klaym (@klaym121) September 16, 2018
Please dont tell me youre serious
— Lucas Rhys (@LucasRhys1) September 16, 2018
silva out ,the team is clearly weak physically and tactically.
— amir fathi (@ahmed34090) September 16, 2018
Seriously found out today and West Ham have been poor this season . They were going to win eventually and it came against us. Question marks already over this display. West Ham are not a bottom team but their form, todayvans home should have been 3 points given.
— Torukafka (@RobertQuinn82) September 16, 2018
The challenge is certainly there for the players to prove it was a bad day and show they have learned in the next one but whilst it’s clear there’s some overreaction in the comments, with the draws were taken so far it’s understandable as to why some think we just pushed our luck a bit too far and it was bound to happen sooner or later.
Could be an important week on the training ground as Silva’s honeymoon period is surely over now.