Lots of Everton fans have been reacting on social media in response to an official club post, sharing that the Under 23s had lost 4-0 in the Leasing.com Trophy to Fleetwood Town and are out of the competition.
David Unsworth’s squad got off to an appalling start when Danny Andrew gave the visiting Fleetwood side the lead after on six minutes, as he ran in to meet a floating corner with his left-boot and struck past Harry Tyrer’s outstretched left arm.
Anthony Gordon had a few chances to pull us back level against the League One side, but Unsworth was left unhappy on the touchline as the opportunities went begging and basic errors crept into our play.
His evening got worse when Lewis Gibson went down and required treatment before Beni Baningime fell awkwardly when chasing the ball following a late challenge from Ched Evans.
The junior Toffees squad managed to keep the scoreline respectable for most of the game, but goals in the 76th, 80th and 87th-minutes put the tie to bed and knocked us out of the cup.
Board member Sasha Ryanzantsev and first-team coaches Duncan Ferguson, Hugo Oliveira and Luis Boa Morte were in attendance for the fixture, which included a 29-year-old, 2020-free agent Oumar Niasse leading our attack.
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Some fans have been replying to the club’s update announcing the full-time score by reflecting on how the first-team faired at the weekend against Norwich City, with shouts for Marco Silva to be fired.
Reports have suggested that Silva will be given this weekend’s trip to Leicester City, as members of the board are split over what the best course of action is after defeat to the Canaries left us 16th in the table.
Here are some of the messages shared as fans reacted to our U23s losing 4-0 at home to League One side Fleetwood Town in the Leasing.com Trophy…
The good news just keeps on coming . HEAR US BOARD WE WANT #SilvaOut
— Triangle Man vs Person Man (@nil23sadonions) November 26, 2019
Club is a joke from top to bottom
— Scott (@_ScottJonesy) November 26, 2019
Just liquidate
— Joe (@JoeEFC_1878) November 26, 2019
must be that scared of being promoted to the first team for the weekend, they do this..? ????????♂️
— Simon (@SG_EFC) November 26, 2019
Oh I thought this was the score from a league match. Can’t blame me, looks exactly the same.
— Blake (@BlakeEM_) November 26, 2019
Marco out
Unsworth out
Moshiri out
Bill out
Everton out— EvertonHub (@everton_hub) November 26, 2019
We would lose an intra club friendly right now ???????????? Gotta laugh
— Punter (@punter257) November 26, 2019
Our club is toxic atm
— Kieran D.???? (@KieranDams1878) November 26, 2019
Sums this dire club up
— Kieran Ford (@KieranFord99) November 26, 2019
No Disappointment in losing, but the Performance was under par for a Decent Group of Young Players plus Nissse. Would have liked to have seen Kean given a run out.
— Phil Orme (@tracker1878) November 27, 2019
People do understand that this is our U23’s right playing against a league one side? pic.twitter.com/WtoqGn8Y5O
— P (@Paul_M__H) November 26, 2019