Ronald Koeman admits he wanted to sub every one of Everton's outfield players at half-time against West Ham after a pitiful performance.

And the Blues boss says he feels sorry for Tom Davies and Idrissa Gueye after they were the ones to e hauled off at the break because all 10 players deserved to be replaced.

Koeman says he made the drastic change at the break, bringing on Gareth Barry and Ademola Lookman, to send a “signal” to his players but it failed to register as they barely improved after the break, labouring to a 0-0 draw at the London Stadium.

“I made a signal to the team to change but....” Koeman said of the half-time switch.

“I feel sorry for Tom, I feel sorry for Gana because if it was allowed to change 10, then I would've changed 10 players after the first-half.”

Asked for his assessment of Everton's performance, he replied: “I think we can do a really short press conference.

“Disappointed. Disappointed about the performance of this afternoon, this was not the team what we can be, far away from the level in every aspect of football.

“The only positive thing: a clean sheet. And we go home.”

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Everton finished the game having had nearly 60% of the ball but Koeman bemoaned their lack of tempo and aggression.

“We didn't bring intensity in the game, it was too slow, we had a lot of ball possession but there were too many players in the central position in the midfield,” he said.

“We took too much time, in my opinion, and if you start a game like this it is difficult to change.

“It is a nice stadium, a nice pitch to play football – maybe the temperature was a little bit different than it was in the last few weeks.

“You try to find some reasons as to why the team wasn't at the level we expect but its difficult.”