I think we will win an ugly game despite the injuries. Our record against bottom half sides under ETH is very good even when we play bad. Think we will scrape over the line 1-0 or 2-1
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AWB Maguire Varane Shaw
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Expect this will be the side and it really does raise the question of what the feck was the point in signing Mount with such gaping holes everywhere
Can you just imagine the sheer thickness he’ll be after this long a layoff. Might as well stick the cnut in goalWelcome back fat boy.
Bit harsh on ol Luke. He'll do great i bet. Too soon for the Everton game i reckon.Can you just imagine the sheer thickness he’ll be after this long a layoff. Might as well stick the cnut in goal
Don’t get me wrong, I love him…..me saying he’s a bloated chonker who specialises in destroying breakfast buffets is just a term of endearmentBit harsh on ol Luke. He'll do great i bet. Too soon for the Everton game i reckon.
Warms the heart. You 'ol sweety.Don’t get me wrong, I love him…..me saying he’s a bloated chonker who specialises in destroying breakfast buffets is just a term of endearment
You had me up until winning the pen.Nostradamus: we start surprisingly well despite the atmosphere, keep the ball and calm things down. In the first 20 minutes both Bruno and McTominay have great chances to put us ahead, but squander them with poor finishing. In the 21st minute we get a corner, from which Maguire heads a looper back across goal to no one, and we get caught on the counter and concede to the first shot against us. We then give away an unnecessary corner from the restart, concede again. Keep the ball for the next 70 minutes, create nothing, get a dodgy pen to give us hope but Everton easily see it out.
As the team that played against the most sides with a "new manager bounce" last season, it feels only right that we face the unprecedent "Minus 10 Points Bounce" here.
Can see it being a draw, think we'll take an early(ish) lead but concede late on.
I know what you mean. But we do have more quality than them.I'd be shocked if we actually put in a good performance. Ten Hag will ship out McTominay into the midfield yet again and Antony on the right or something and I'll want to gouge my eyes out.
Maybe we win, maybe not.
Feel the sameI'd be shocked if we actually put in a good performance. Ten Hag will ship out McTominay into the midfield yet again and Antony on the right or something and I'll want to gouge my eyes out.
Maybe we win, maybe not.
This lot crowd are gonna be nuts. Hope our players are up for it
Everton are going to be up for it from the very first kick of the ball. We do very badly against teams that press us with high energy. Our away form is tragic, our performances this season have been woeful, we've clawed out victories when we can but as soon as we face a team in decent form we lose. The Everton fans will smell blood. It's going to be painful.
I predict you will start pressing us high but, if we show enough to suggest we can play through it and get some overloads in your defensive third, you’ll go Plan B and drop back. I don’t see Dyche ignoring alarm bells.I just hope we do press. When we do with Dyche it's when we put in our best performances and control games. For some reason though there are games when we decide not to and sit back and we go from a game that was very winnable to losing 1-0 and being depressed again.
I predict you will start pressing us high but, if we show enough to suggest we can play through it and get some overloads in your defensive third, you’ll go Plan B and drop back. I don’t see Dyche ignoring alarm bells.
I’m predicting the opposite. Think we’ll be loosing and snatch a late draw. The minute they go 1 up, If they go 1 up, they’re most likely to sit back and invite pressure from us.As the team that played against the most sides with a "new manager bounce" last season, it feels only right that we face the unprecedent "Minus 10 Points Bounce" here.
Can see it being a draw, think we'll take an early(ish) lead but concede late on.
Believable till you said we get a dodgy pen!Nostradamus: we start surprisingly well despite the atmosphere, keep the ball and calm things down. In the first 20 minutes both Bruno and McTominay have great chances to put us ahead, but squander them with poor finishing. In the 21st minute we get a corner, from which Maguire heads a looper back across goal to no one, and we get caught on the counter and concede to the first shot against us. We then give away an unnecessary corner from the restart, concede again. Keep the ball for the next 70 minutes, create nothing, get a dodgy pen to give us hope but Everton easily see it out.
I think it might be a game for set pieces. We’re not that great going forward and they’ll be stronger in the air.I have a sneaky feeling that this is the game where one of our attackers will score a goal.
I mean, they simply have to now right?
Probably Ashley Young.I have a sneaky feeling that this is the game where one of our attackers will score a goal.
I mean, they simply have to now right?
Any word on Hojlund fitness?
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