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title: "Everton 1-1 Stoke – Player Ratings"
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author: "Alex Hives"
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published: "2017-02-01T22:17:44Z"
modified: "2017-02-01T22:17:44Z"
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# Everton 1-1 Stoke – Player Ratings

A frustrating night to look back on right now, but in retrospect, it’s a good point. The Brittania (Or whatever it is now) is a tough ground to go to, disregarding all the jokes. Stoke set up very defensively, and we had the better of both halves. However, having the better of both halves is never a guarantee for success against Stoke, never has been, as many of the top teams have proven down the years.

In the first half, we struggled to find ourselves in the early stages, resulting in an abrupt Crouch goal, knocking the wind out of our yet-to-be-erected sails. The midfield struggled early on, with Barkley looking absent and the forward line nothing less than helpless.

We refused to kick on in the second half after Coleman’s timely equaliser, as the game limped to the finish. On the night, the midfield was slow, the defence was shaky at best and the forward line struggled to find their way.

And we still got a point.

Not *that* bad.

Ratings