Everton had to settle for a point after another missed opportunity, drawing 1-1 with a struggling West Ham side at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen became the first opposition player to score at the new ground and he cancelled out Michael Keane’s brilliant first-half header.

Despite the single point picked up here, the Toffees are probably going to feel disappointed after failing to capitalise on another unsettled opponent following similar missed opportunities against Aston Villa and Wolves recently.

The Blues haven’t picked up all three points in a month but still maintain their place in the top half of the league table after the draw against Nuno Espirito Santo’s side. 

Both Jack Grealish and Iliman Ndiaye were kept rather quiet tonight by the Hammers and the lack of threat from the hosts’ number nine became evident once again. Both Beto and Thierno Barry often stick out like a sore thumb and bring little to the table offensively once the Blues’ wingers are sufficiently dealt with.

Here are the player ratings from Everton’s 1-1 draw with West Ham:

Jordan Pickford: 7

The scoreline could’ve been worse had it not been for Jordan Pickford being decisive during a couple of moments. He saved Jake O’Brien’s blushes after the defender miscued his header back to the goalkeeper, which was intercepted by Cryscencio Summerville just inches away from Pickford.

He also came rushing out of his line to clear the ball from Summerville’s feet inside the box on another occasion. Had little to do with the Jarrod Bowen goal, given that it took a massive deflection of Michael Keane before going in.

Jake O’Brien: 4

One of the poorest players on the pitch for Everton, O’Brien had very little going for him in this game. He gave the ball away just a few feet away from Pickford’s goal and was saved by his goalkeeper. 

O’Brien also had a torrid time keeping track of Summerville and Malick Diouf on his flank and lost his man on a number of occasions. West Ham’s goal came from a buildup through his flank.

However, O’Brien did make a couple of vital interceptions towards the end of the game.

James Tarkowski: 6

Could’ve gotten an assist after delivering a fantastic cross to Beto from the half-space in the first half of the game. Tarkowski, however, was completely outpaced by Diouf, which led to Bowen’s goal and failed to prevent the cross into the box. Had a rash moment that saw him testing the referee’s patience after going into the book, but was otherwise solid defensively.

Michael Keane: 8

Michael Keane had a brilliant game tonight. It was his powerful dipping header that put Everton in front in the first half. Keane also headed away the cross from Diouf, which unfortunately fell to Bowen and despite getting his body in the way, he couldn’t deflect the shot away from Pickford’s goal. Led the backline well and prevented the visitors from creating too many chances.

Vitalii Mykolenko: 6

It was a pretty solid display from Mykolenko, although he could’ve probably done better to prevent Bowen from taking the shot that led to the West Ham equaliser. Mykolenko also got forward on a few occasions in this game and played a lovely ball in the first half.

James Garner: 8

Garner delivered the delicious cross in the first half that led to Keane’s goal. He was everywhere once again and it is his industry combined with Idrissa Gueye’s niftiness that led to the hosts’ best phases of the game.

He also produced a good save off Areola late in the game as his ball-striking continues to be a constant threat for Everton.

Idrissa Gueye: 5

Played an awful pass back to Tarkowski which led to the central defender’s booking in the first half. Gueye recovered the ball on a few occasions but failed to kick on in the second half.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: 7

It was a positive showing from Dewsbury-Hall, who was involved in some of the Blues’ best attempts, especially in the second half. He was unfortunate to go into the referee’s book despite a clean tackle late in the game and will now miss the match against Crystal Palace.

Iliman Ndiaye: 5 (replaced by Tyler Dibling at 81’)

It was a poor game from Iliman Ndiaye who looked boxed in tonight and failed to create danger from the right flank. He was kept quiet by the opposition defenders.

Moyes should’ve made the Dibling change a lot earlier just to shake things up on the flank.

Beto: 4 (replaced by Thierno Barry at 69’)

Beto could’ve done a lot better with the excellent Tarkowski cross in the first half that led to Everton’s first shot on target. The Everton number nine failed to get enough power behind his header. 

He had another anonymous night in front of goal and it’s concerning how much of a headache the striker slot is becoming. Neither Beto nor Barry seem up to the mark.

Jack Grealish: 6

Grealish had a quiet game by his usual standards. Although his talent shone through on a couple of occasions, meaningful forays into the opposition box were few and far between. 

Probably didn’t help that Kyle Walker-Peters and Soungoutou Magassa were very physical in dealing with him, especially early on in the game, forcing Grealish to drop deeper and deeper.

Substitutions
Thierno Barry: 5

Much like the man he replaced, Barry also had little impact on the game. He didn’t get a lot of service either.

Tyler Dibling: 6

Came on for the last 10 minutes and made a couple of intelligent moves with the ball, cutting in from the right flank.

 

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Jim Bennings

1 Posted
29/09/2025 at
22:48:14

Keane and Garner 7; the rest a 4 at best.

Poor showing by most involved, defence-wise shocking tonight, better sides than West Ham would have toasted us tonight.

Attack-wise, inept, slow, ponderous, frustrating, weak.

Take your pick really.

Mick O’Malley

2 Posted
29/09/2025 at
22:59:24

Sorry, I can’t agree with the Gana write-up. Every pass he hit was underhit or off target he was dreadful tonight.

Ndiaye is wasted on the right wing, doesn’t get involved enough, then tries to do too much when he does get it and loses it.

And Tarkowski has stunk all season, a really disappointing performance tonight under the lights.

Paul Hughes

3 Posted
29/09/2025 at
23:05:39

Play like that on Sunday and Palace will overwhelm us. Jack needs to be more fearless. Jake gives his best, but he was out of his depth tonight. I say give Ndiaye a shot at playing the No 9 role and play to his feet and Dibling out wide right.

Colin Glassar

4 Posted
29/09/2025 at
23:06:41

Agreed Mick, if we had a RB I’d rest Tarkowski and play O’Brien there with Branthwaite.

I’d play Keane up front with Ndiaye behind him

Dibling looked good so he can replace KDH for the Palace game.

Charles Brewer

5 Posted
29/09/2025 at
23:45:15

Beto was poor, his early header was weak and he fell over his own feet on several occasions. That said, at least he got to the ball a few times while I don’t remember anything Barry did at all. One was crap but tried quite hard, the other was worse and looked like he was entirely uninterested.

I felt very sorry for O’Brien who was given the worst of all jobs. He’s a bit hefty lad who is good in physical duels and at jumping and heading. Putting him up against a speedy little winger was the worst possible assignment.

It was clear by 50 minutes that the “give it to Grealish and hope something happens” tactic had been rumbled. Barry should have gone off and the entire attack been rejigged.

Awful match management

Jay Harris

6 Posted
29/09/2025 at
00:00:17

Pity there isn’t a rating for the officials Roy because it could have been the first minus rating this season.

How the hell he could book Tarks for his first foul in the game then let a dreadful challenge by Weat Ham go unpunished.

No penalty for a clear arm out offence. Grealish gets brought down 4 times before Kyle walker Peters gets a yellow and as for the booking that puts kdh out of our next game well that was beyond belief.

Keane had a good game and scored a beaut but he still deflects own goals and we concede a lot more when he is playing. Not my favorite player.

Ndiaye was poor tonight and didn’t help O’Brien who was pushing up when he kept losing possession and allowed them to get a run on Jake.

I normally defend Beto but he was literally like Bambi tonight. I would have taken him off at Half time to spare his blushes.

No matter how good our build up play is we need that clinical finisher with proper movement off the ball.

Average day at the office Davie. Must improve against Palace.

Jerome Shields

7 Posted
30/09/2025 at
00:06:22

Keane and Garner correctly a 8 for that move.Puckfords save prevented total embarrassment.Grealish pushed out on the left was always going to be a 6.

Mike Kennedy

8 Posted
30/09/2025 at
00:52:01

We are so capable of a performance like this, I wasn’t shocked. Thankfully, we didn’t lose against a team in the bottom 3 at home. It was just a collective fuck up, not the first and certainly not the last.

Bill Gienapp

9 Posted
30/09/2025 at
00:57:03

O’Brien’s been an able deputy at RB since Moyes returned, but if tonight was the best he can offer, there’s zero reason not to give Patterson a go (or Coleman even, though it feels like he can barely make it through a match unscathed at this point).

Anthony Dwyer

10 Posted
30/09/2025 at
01:24:15

Shite, no goal threat at all, something has to change or its another long season.

Ndiaye is probably our only player who will get to double figures, so even when he’s quiet I’d leave him on, maybe just put him back over to the left, or into the 10, possibly the 9.

Obrien was lucky that Summerville was taken off, he had him on toast all game, Tark another poor performance, you know your bad when Keanes continually pulling you out the shit.

Far too slow in the build up, Grealish becomes so obvious when it’s not going his way, in order for him to get assists he needs someone to bury a shit fro outside the box, will he ever consider shooting ffs, Bowen showed him how it’s done.

All in all a poor performance against a bang average team who could easily have folded had we been able to put the to bed first half.

Mike Gaynes

11 Posted
30/09/2025 at
01:53:34

Bill #9, if Jake’s been an “able deputy” then this was clearly not “the best he can offer” — he had turned in lots of solid performances before tonight, and the team’s record with him at right back has been no less than outstanding. He’s a good player who just had a bad game. He certainly wasn’t the only one.

As for Patterson, every manager he has played for has seen a reason not to give him a go.

Bob Kerr

12 Posted
30/09/2025 at
02:10:47

Michael Keane: The best centre forward that Everton never had.

Bill Gienapp

13 Posted
30/09/2025 at
03:07:01

Mike (11) – I was quite impressed with O’Brien at RB last season and thought it proved a surprisingly astute move on Moyes’s part. However, I feel like it’s been trending the wrong direction all season – for whatever reason, O’Brien is looking more and more like what he is. A centre-back awkwardly playing out of position.

To be fair, it could be as simple as Branthwaite’s absence. As decent as Keane has been, Branthwaite’s presence just seems to knit everything together at the back.

As for Patterson, everyone seems to forget how promising he looked under Lampard at the start of the 2022-23 season, to the point that many on here were freaking out when he got hurt on international duty. He clearly doesn’t appeal to the dour, safety first types like Dyche and Moyes, which frankly doesn’t count for a whole lot in my book.

Mike Gaynes

14 Posted
30/09/2025 at
04:54:46

Bill #13, yep, I do remember that good stretch under Lampard, and I also remember that when he came back from that injury, he couldn’t get his job back.

But you’re mistaken about Dyche. He started Patterson the first four games of the 2023 season, and gave him five more starts in a row over the holidays. Both times Patto was returned to the bench.

Another way of saying “safety first” is defending, which apparently Patto cannot do to the satisfaction of any of his managers. Including Steve Clarke of Scotland, who hasn’t given him a start in a year and a half.

I have no idea what the problem is, but it’s obvious that there is one.

Christine Foster

15 Posted
30/09/2025 at
05:05:18

There are too many bits missing on this team for it to be consistent and frankly many of the points made are valid. I thought West ham had virtually run of the middle of the park tonight, Gana was nowhere to be seen, at all, must be one of his worst games in an Everton shirt. They knocked it around like a training match and Christ almighty, the sooner Jake O’Brien is relieved of full back duties the beeter, he was laced all night but it was his overall games as well, just bad. A real nightmare. Why was he left with no cover against pacy wingers?
Beto? a couple of nice layoffs but the truth is neither he nor Barry had any input, effectively left us with 10 men the whole game. That cannot go on. Good goal from Keane, have to say it but he has come up with a few gems over the last few seasons, I think I would rather try him up front that Barry or Beto, but I think that might be politically frowned upon because of their cost to the owners? Alas he is not brilliant defensively, too often caught in the headlights twix coming or going.. or it just hits him and goes in..
Grealish the most fouled player, no protection, yet Tarkowski or Dewsberry Hall, straight in the book..
Last but not least.. our manager. Why wasn’t Jake dragged of before the scored and a full back put on? Why didn’t we pull Gana off at half time because he clearly wasn’t doing a job, ah sod it.. left tired midfielders on the pitch whilst we had Tim and Charly on the bench.. Tactically Moyes persists even when its clear to all its not working.
All in all a very sub par performance and left with the feeling that we are not getting the best out of what we have, anywhere on the pitch.

Mick O’Malley

16 Posted
30/09/2025 at
06:14:19

Bill agree about Obrien, he keeps getting caught up the pitch and can’t get back, he’s commiting stupid fouls like the one last night when he got roasted again, If that was Patterson he would be getting dogs abuse. I’m also starting to think that Tarkowski is a problem, he’s all blood and thunder and gives it the big hard man routine but fuck me he does some stupid things, Keane has been the better out of the 2 of them so far this season, this is beginning to look like the last few seasons, struggling to score and struggling to keep a clean sheet, dreadful

Jim Bennings

17 Posted
30/09/2025 at
06:14:23

O’Brien at right back has run it’s course, no good going on about last season, that’s past now, it’s here and now that matters.

Unfortunately we don’t have any reliable replacement to dislodge him out of the position, as we all know Coleman runs these days like Albert Steptoe and I love Seamus but come on, no way is he putting a run of games together.

Patterson has regressed and for an abundance of managers to overlook him, something isn’t right, and we are overlooking too, he’s been made of glass since he’s been here so unlikely he’d be reliable to play often anyway.

Jerome Shields

18 Posted
30/09/2025 at
07:09:12

Christine#15

7 of those players experienced Moyes ‘s negative tactics against Liverpool who were exposed by the tactics in their next game that Moyes should have been playing all game, not in the final minutes.They then had to listen to Moyes all week and sit and watch him make a complete Horlicks of it against Wolves. Tonight Moyes got it wrong again and the players know it.Team confidence is at a low ebb and Moyes has left himself with limited options off the bench.At the of the day football is the players trade and they know about what they see.

All we are going to hear from Moyes is that we need players in and we are still in the month of September.He contributed to not getting in the players needed and not developing the young players that were brought in.Most of them probably are thinking Everton was not a good career choice having been put into a team formation that they never played in before in their previous Clubs.

Sam Hoare

19 Posted
30/09/2025 at
07:16:19

Sadly the wheels have rather come off our good start and with a tricky run of games coming up I have an ominous suspicion that it may not be too long before we are ensconced back around the 13th-16th mark where we were last season.

I worried this summer that we did not spend out money smartly and have not seen a lot (even when we were winning) to suggest otherwise. The team is poorly balanced with issues at full back especially evident. We could have got El Hadji-Diouf who looked a threat all night from left back for the same money we spent on Alcaraz who has barely featured all season.

Grealish is a great player but he is not a great scorer of goals having only scored more than 6 league goals once in his career, meanwhile our top scorer from last season has been moved out of position to a spot that he is less effective from. And it’s all very well saying that O’Brien at RB has run its course but there are no encouraging alternatives. Meanwhile Beto seems to have regressed and Barry, whilst its early days, is struggling to get at all involved.

A disappointing September, lets hope October fares better. Moyes has issues to solve.

Paul Hewitt

20 Posted
30/09/2025 at
07:22:15

We’ve simply been sussed out. Moyes has no other way of playing.

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