Loads of Everton fans have been reacting on social media after Tom Davies suggested that our New Year’s Day defeat to Manchester City was a “setback”.
Davies featured alongside Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fabian Delph in the centre of our midfield at the Etihad Stadium, after Carlo Ancelotti was forced to alter his plans at the last minute following a late injury to Bernard.
The boss had planned to start Bernard on Wednesday evening, but had to draft Davies into the starting line-up after the Brazilian went down clutching his left knee during the warm-up and was in considerable pain.
We went on to lose 2-1 away to Pep Guardiola’s champions, and Davies has suggested the squad were too slow to find their footing but is confident that we are still on the up after two wins in three under Ancelotti.
“We are going in the right direction,” Davies told the club’s official website. “Even today, we weren’t at our best but the lads showed great spirit to keep going towards the end and not let the game get away from us.
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“We were more aggressive and creating chances [in the second half], but overall, we weren’t at our best and are disappointed with how it has gone.
“Carlo has been brilliant, and him and his staff have really helped us in the games. Today is a setback – but we have been in good form. We are all looking forward to the rest of the season and trying to get on a run.”
Bernard limping off before referee Andre Marriner had commenced the action meant the 27-year-old joined long-term absentees Andre Gomes (ankle) and Jean-Philippe Gbamin (quadriceps), plus Alex Iwobi (hamstring), in the physio’s room.
Here are some of the messages shared as fans reacted to Davies’ comments…
Tom Davies was one of our worst players. His passing and decision making was awful. Ancelotti won’t put up with that for long.
— Richard Hughes (@Puckyou1912) January 2, 2020
Injuries killing us, and too many didn’t turn up today! Barring the last 15mins it looked like a training session for City.
— Shaun Davies (@ShaunChiefEFC) January 1, 2020
no no no nothing this was not even close to what u expect from professional footballers,completely dark chapter for this club and very embarassing
— Bjørnen (@Evertoningen) January 1, 2020
Tom Davies deserves a special one on one session with Big Dunc after his performance today. What a load of rubbish both performance and comment.
— Laura (@parkinso14) January 1, 2020
The only direction I could see was backward to Pickford
— Robert (@RobNolan76) January 1, 2020
Shame he thought we were playing in sky blue today…too many misplaced passes. This is professional football, not Sunday league. This issue needs sorting. Him and Gylfi giving up possession way too much. Let’s hope lessons are learnt and we come back stronger for Sunday!
— Ancelotti’s Eyebrow (@ancelottisibrow) January 1, 2020
The most overrated dare I say professional footballer ever He is division 3 at best
— martin walsh (@martinwalsh3257) January 1, 2020
Coming from a player who was absolutely poor in today’s game and failed to complete simple passes. Marking and winning balls as well as creativity hit rock bottom and looked ragged on the pitch. Please do better joor.
— Honorable (@UgochukwuNwane6) January 1, 2020
In other Everton news, fans have been hammering a £70k-p/w man for his performance against Manchester City.