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". ........... V Goodison Park Sat 2nd March 15:00 GMT VAR Tony Harrington Craig Pawson : (12) - 57 3 Pickford, Godfrey, Branthwaite, Tarkowski ¬©, Mykolenko, Harrison, Onana, Garner, McNeil, Doucour?©, Beto Subs: Virg??nia (GK), Patterson, Keane, Young, Coleman, Gomes, Dobbin, Chermiti, Calvert-Lewin Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Zouma ¬©, Emerson, Souƒçek, ?Ålvarez, Ward-Prowse, Paquet?°, Kudus, Bowen Subs: Fabia?Ñski (GK), Johnson, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Cresswell, Phillips, Mubama, Ings, Antonio Everton 1/1: Draw 5/2: West Ham 13/5 ."

"Jaan Kenbrovin 2:37 Sun Mar 3 I understand that you begrudge the club any success and therefore disregard our only silverware in 43 years. However, in the PL era that you are focusing on, we have only finished high enough to qualify for Europe on 3 occasions prior to the Moyes era (99, 02 and 16). On that basis, qualifying 3 years in row and winning a cup is a comparatively good result in the eyes of West Ham supporters."

"Lucky to stay in the game at 1-0 with Dwight McNeill playing central and exploiting our soft spot in front of the centre backs, Alvarez got the runaround for an hour with and didn’t get anywhere near McNeill,it was a clever move from Dyche to play him there and it would of paid off for him if it hadn’t been for Areola who was excellent .Great technique from Tommy for his goal."

"Sure. However, unless you're new to football, It was a two year old competition that we were second favourites for, and cannot be used comparatively against any other manager in our history."

And none of the previous PL managers have won a cup

", 11:45 Sat Mar 2 If you want to focus purely on results. None of the previous PL managers suffered more defeats in a season than Moyes got away with last season."

"An entertaining game for a change. Paq's not yet back up to speed after his injury. Alvarez and Kudos ran their socks off, and Areola was immense. I liked the look of their defender, Jarrod B."

The rest of us and Wiltell obviously

"I've concluded that something must happen to the TV pictures between Blighty and the US, because Nutsin sees a different game to the rest of us. It explains a lot though"

I agree Nutsin. Unfortunately Paqueta and JWP had one of their poor games but overall we weren’t so bad as we have been at times. I think Moyes is allowing us to attack more but we don’t seem able to keep the ball. I wasn’t at all surprised when Areola saved the penalty nor when Soucek scored. The Alvarez goal showed his determination and stamina topped off with the skill to lift the ball over Pickford. I’m looking forward to the next few games at last….

"Fuck the performance, have a beer and feel nice and warm inside. These are my favourite kind of wins. End to end, riding our luck away in Liverpool, they were given a penalty Zoo could do absolutely fuck all about as his arm was slightly behind him and essential to his balance as he got the ball blasted at him. A heroic goalkeeping effort, a goal RIGHT at the end of the game, then STILL feeling hard done by that West Ham were beating them at home they commit everyone forward and Eddy the beast dinks a lovely clipped ball over the England keeper. The ref even gave them about another ten minutes added on time but with EVERYONE against us, from the officials to the co-commentator on the stream I watched we PREVAILED. LOVELY STUFF."

"1st half moyesball. 2nd showed quality with moments of clinical finishing. Areola saves last 2 games top drawer. Alverez played really well. All goal finishes superb. Still want Moyes gone, we have some good players need to be much better managed. Mavropony in no man's land for theirs"

"I thought Everton closed us down quickly all game, although the game opened up in the second half. I thought Kudus was our best outfield player today, he ran at them and was our main threat going forward. What a team we are when healthy, we have some real quality. Looks like we are not missing Benny, no surprise there….. Room for improvement but some promising progress has been made, overall I’m liking what I’m seeing! A couple of quality additions in the summer and we will be right up there amongst it."

"What a shocking performance. Everton schooled us in terms of possession ( the only thing that counts in the eyes of the WHU cogniscenti ). So where do we go from here? Outdone in possession more than the Brexiters did the remainers, allowed more goal attempt and on target outcomes. It simply beggars belief that the owners are satisfied with consecutive two clear goal victories and are happy overall with Moys"

"What a shocking performance. Everton schooled us in terms of possession ( the only thing that counts in the eyes of the WHU cogniscenti ). So where do we go from here? Outdone in possession more than the Brexiters did the remainers, allowed more goal attempt and on target outcomes. It simply beggars belief that the owners are satisfied with consecutive two clear goal victories and are happy overall with Moys"

We've now got more points than we accumulated last season.

"I think Areola, who really is a very good shot-stopper though still not always the best overall keeper, really saved Moyes’s blushes again. The cunning plan of letting inferior opposition have the ball only worked because of him for most of the game; they really should have been out of sight before we equalised and our attacking superiority got us the winning goals."

"Just got back, what an up and down performance that was, shit place to get a beer, thought Alvarez was outstanding, Kudus looks like he has lost his mojo a tad, a great result a very quiet Goodison Park, they looked resigned"

First half was dreadful by both sides. They were absolutely there for the taking and were as bad as any side I’ve seen this season. Them scoring seemed to wake us up a bit. Also having Antonio’s ‘presence’ made a big difference to our attacking game. Good result in the end but let’s not pretend that Areola hasn’t kept us in it. Fantastic goal by Soucek. I’ve been trying my hardest not to dig him out because I love his attitude and commitment. Alvarez was probably as good as any outfield player today.

"We rode our luck at times but I thought we played okay too, and there were a few stand-out performances. Kudus always looked a danger and was rewarded with the assist for Soucek’s brilliant goal. Soucek played really well himself and is hitting some form. He is valuable at both ends of the pitch. Alvarez had a decent game and that was a glorious finish at the end. Great weighted and timed pass from Bowen too, who had one of his quieter days. Areola obviously had a great game and the penalty save was crucial, along with that point blank stop from McNeil. A brilliant result when all is said and done."

I'm thinking that Areola might have saved Moyes's job as much as Roberto lost Pellegrini's. Great performance from him and Alvarez today.

I enjoyed it. Moyes has opened up our play in answer to criticism obviously. Late goals but they all count…

Just back from the game. What a player Eddie Alvarez is.

Such a cool finish by Alvarez

"""Could and should have been out of sight ny half time"" Not heard that before......"

"I watched the entire 90 minutes, and to be honest for the most part it wasn’t great performance. They could and should have been out of sight by the time we equalized. We have Areola to thank. Yes it’s a win and a great win but it’s another of those confounding results we got away with to some extent and the score line flatters us a bit. We hung in there and a smash and grab at the death. That’s not ungratefulness or fickleness and I’m not unhappy about it, it’s just an honest appraisal of how the game unfolded, we didn’t play particularly well!"