Thought Everton were slightly the better side so was feeling slightly fortunate to get a draw but then in the final seconds we were so unlucky not to score.
Could have easily won it but overall thought a draw was a fair result...no complaints really.
Thought Everton were decent, kept thinking if that's poor team at this level...then there's a massive gap between the Championship and the Premier League.
Apart from when we played Boro, Everton were better than any team we faced in the Championship least season at Bramall Lane.
Positives
Archer- hardly touched the ball but he scores one and assists the other off Pickford, both quality finishes.
McBurnie - doesnt look good and lacks quality but he's an absolute nuisance for PL defences, works so hard too.
Man City struggled against him and Everton were the same todays. McBurnie is also good defensively.
It's funny really, McBurnie seems a better player in the PL than he is the Championship, been really impressed, keep it up.
Impressed with some of the new players - Impressed with Souza, looks a beast in midfield and we've really lacked that type of player for years.
Hamer looks quality and with McAtee to join them in midfield, that's a nice 3 who I think will be up to the level of the PL.
Also think McBurnie and Archer could be a threat. So if we stay injury free, we have the makings of a decent first 11...that has a realistic chance of staying up.
Luke Thomas- Looked decent at left full back, as you would expect since he has so many PL games behind him.
Larouchy- thought he was threat going forward, bit of a loose cannon, so you don't know what to expect, could be a liability but does look threatening getting forward.
Negatives
Our style of play- we still have long spells of passing it to Norwood who just keeps punting it long, 1 in 7 are great passes where as 6 in 7 passes just return the ball back to the opposition, this might be OK in the Championship but in the PL you need to treasure possession a bit more.
Thought it was a disgrace that we had Cameron Archer in our side and he hardly touched the ball. We kept punting it long asking his to chase balls.
I kept thinking surely it's not much to ask "why can't we just once in a while, play it to his feet"?
Norwood- Looks for the Hollywood ball too much. Beginning of the 2nd half, we take the kick-off pass it back to Norwood who just pumped it long straight to their keeper. What was that all about? and you would expect Hecky agrees with the tactics of Norwood pumping it long all the time, cheaply loosing possession.
Traore - looks incredibly light weight, almost like a little kid. Our threat seem to diminish when Archer was replaced by Traore.
He tries hard so will never criticise him too much and he's not ready yet, which isn't his fault....one for the future but he needs a few months in the gym pumping iron.
Let's not forge in the early days N'Diaye was light weight, easily knocked off the ball....then after one Summer he came back full of muscle and strong on the ball.