Everton 0-1 West Ham – Your Player Ratings

Tomas Soucek’s late strike condemned Everton to a 1-0 defeat.

That is your alternative to price every Everton participant’s efficiency beneath.

It was actually a horrendous efficiency from Everton on New 12 months’s Day, who regardless of 5 days’ relaxation, the return of Richarlison to the beginning XI, and the return of James off the bench, performed as in the event that they had been nonetheless as drunk as the remainder of us had been at midnight. There was no vitality, the passing was sloppy, and there was no creativity going ahead. It was dreadful. Thank heavens that the Metropolis sport was postponed as a result of even with half their squad self-isolating, they may have rocked as much as Goodison with their U-23’s and overwhelmed us 3-0 if we performed like how we performed immediately. Let’s simply get this over with lets. Listed below are my participant rankings for Everton 0-1 West Ham.

Jordan Pickford – 6

Pickford had nothing to do within the first half and solely needed to make some very routine saves within the second. There was nothing he may do about Soucek’s purpose. Can’t fault him for something immediately.

Ben Godfrey – 5

Everton appeared to simply refuse to go the ball to Ben Godfrey, however I assume that’s due to how restricted he’s going ahead. We already knew that, although, however we hadn’t seen a defensive efficiency from him that was fairly as poor as immediately’s. He bought overwhelmed a number of instances, which we haven’t seen, and he needed to lunge in and commit some cynical fouls to cease West Ham from profiting off his errors. He was a step off the tempo immediately and perhaps that’s a results of enjoying 90 minutes each sport not too long ago, however with 5 days relaxation you’d count on him to do higher.

Yerry Mina – 4

As soon as once more it’s a poor Yerry Mina clearance that results in a purpose. This isn’t the primary time this has occurred. My thoughts instantly wanders to the Derby when Mina’s ill-advised backheel clearance falls straight to Mo Salah within the field. This time, Cresswell’s shot/cross is available in at tempo, however as an alternative of really getting his foot behind the ball (don’t inform me he didn’t have the time to), he determined to attempt to flick it apart with the surface of his foot and it comes proper to Soucek to faucet dwelling. That is “cute” defending can not turn out to be a behavior. On prime of that, Everton had many set-piece alternatives, but the large Colombian was nowhere to be discovered, letting Angelo Ogbonna win fairly actually each single header contained in the West Ham field. Merely not ok from Yerry Mina immediately.

Mason Holgate – 5

I don’t assume Mason Holgate was as unhealthy as Yerry Mina immediately, as he didn’t commit the error that led to the purpose, however he wasn’t good. He made a number of defensive errors that West Ham fortunately didn’t capitalize on. He’s nowhere close to pretty much as good at progressing the ball as Micheal Keane, who I wish to see again within the beginning XI as quickly as doable.

Seamus Coleman – 5.5

Sure, Seamus Coleman wasn’t the very best on the ball immediately, however he was the one particular person making any driving runs into West Ham’s field in any respect. He had one in all Everton’s two complete photographs heading in the right direction when he made a darting run into the field however couldn’t get any buy behind his shot on the swivel. He must be higher on the ball, sure, however he was nowhere close to being one of many worst gamers within the staff immediately.

Abdoulay Doucoure – 6.5

I feel Abdoulay Doucoure was the one Everton participant who had a half-decent sport in any respect. He lined a ton of floor and was a giant presence within the midfield as standard. He tried to drive ahead and make one thing occur, however none of the particular attackers may handle a single high quality interchange within the ultimate third all sport. Thank god Doucoure didn’t choose up his fifth yellow of the season immediately, as a result of we might be completely screwed if he had been suspended in the meanwhile.

Tom Davies – 3

I assumed Tom Davies was completely horrendous immediately. He misplaced basically each 50/50 he was concerned in. He gave away the ball many instances together with the 5 instances that he handed a 10-yard ball straight out of bounds on the left aspect. He was completely surprising. It’s form of loopy how he can go from having one in all his finest video games in years at Bramall Lane to having an absolute stinker like he did immediately. I discovered myself yelling on the TV within the second half fairly a bit, and most of it was directed at Tom Davies if I’m being trustworthy.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (Off 64’) – 4

I used to be beginning to surprise the place 2019/20 Gylfi Sigurdsson went, however he positive got here again immediately. He supplied basically nothing going forwards and broke proper again into his routine of solely passing the ball sq. or backward. He was rightly changed within the second half by Andre Gomes, who regardless of being performed out of his regular place, nonetheless carried out considerably higher on the 10.

Richarlison – 3

Pricey Christ. This was most likely Richarlison’s worst ever sport in a blue shirt for my part. He couldn’t beat a toddler on the dribble with how he was enjoying immediately. He gained a number of fouls, positive, however he was dispossessed greater than I can depend on one hand, and he had no leading edge going ahead. He has one non-penalty Premier League purpose this season, which for a participant of his high quality is completely unacceptable. He doesn’t deserve to maneuver to a Champions League membership with how he’s been enjoying this season. Merely nowhere close to ok.

Bernard (Off 64’) – 5

I didn’t assume Bernard was exceptionally unhealthy, however he wasn’t good. He simply wasn’t concerned very a lot, to be trustworthy, however he appeared to at the very least be attempting to make one thing occur going ahead, not like others *cough* Sigurdsson *cough*. This sport by no means actually suited him, as West Ham are a bodily staff, and Coufal, who he was initially matched up towards, is way too robust and fast for Bernard to get the beating of.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Off 79’) – 5

Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s purpose drought continues, but it surely actually wasn’t his fault. He has completely no service of any high quality in any form or kind. He merely wasn’t concerned, and he needed to drop very deep to even get a contact of the ball due to how unhealthy the link-up play within the ultimate third was. He held the ball up effectively a number of instances however was effectively marshaled and overwhelmed by Ogbonna on most 50/50 balls. Not his finest sport by any stretch.

James Rodriguez (On 64’) – 5

It was good to see James lastly again from the calf harm that has saved him out, however he was not practically as efficient as he wanted to be for Everton to get something from this sport. He was a bit sloppy along with his passing and tried to drive loads of change balls that merely weren’t on. Hopefully, we’ll see him again to full match health quickly and again within the beginning XI as early because the FA Cup assembly with Rotherham United.

Andre Gomes (On 64’) – 6

I truly thought Andre did fairly effectively when he got here on. He was bodily assertive and was far simpler in progressing the ball than the person he changed. Within the final two video games, he has come off the bench and carried out effectively, and so I actually hope we see him begin towards Wolves contemplating the performances of Tom Davies and Gylfi Sigurdsson immediately.

Cenk Tosun (On 79’) – N/A
Can we simply promote him already? I would like Moise Kean again.

Thanks for studying. I made a decision to not award a MOTM immediately as a result of nobody even got here near deserving it. I apologize for the transient learn, however I actually don’t wish to have to consider this sport anymore. Let’s hope for a significantly better efficiency and a significantly better outcome subsequent trip. Up the Toffees.