We dominated possession of the ball in the first half (not the game) while playing at a snail's pace.
Who do you propose he picked today?
Everton could have come out guns blazing and probably outpassed us if they really wanted to. They knew though, that we take ages to get the ball forward, are pretty physically weak/easy to shrug off the ball with the three behind Rooney. So wait for us to lose our shape, and expose Carrick and Fletcher's lack of pace and the fullbacks.
Like I said, my opinion - Add even someone like Aaron Ramsey (who isn't even in the top bracket of midfielders) and his ability to go past a man, cover ground quickly, move forward, try a risky pass would make this side function so much better.