Match Thread Everton 4-0 Leicester. Sat Feb 1st. 3pm

[chicoazul]

I never rated him.

Wonderful to be proven correct.

@chicoazul & @davek.

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[MaximusEvertonius]

Feeling okay about this one but not great. Thinking it might be an ugly 1-0 victory. And leaving the game frustrated on how many shots and narrow misses Leicester had at us.

 

[T Bone]

Feeling okay about this one but not great. Thinking it might be an ugly 1-0 victory. And leaving the game frustrated on how many shots and narrow misses Leicester had at us.

If liecster come close to scoring when we beat them on Saturday I think I'll be so angry I'll bust a testicle.

I'd be ashamed to accept the 3 points even.

 

[Mistertonblue]

Don't we have a poor recent home record against these?

 

[canuckblue]

First, lets agree that we all despise Leicester. From their 500.1 title win, to Vardy, to Helicopter crashes, to getting relegated and suing us for abusing PSR, to avoiding PSR by getting relegated, to the dreary part of the country they hail from.
We are all hoping for a resounding win and an end to our realistic fears of relegation. We are Everton, we know what happens next. My heart sayas this is a 3-0 win for us but that little squeeky voice in the small of my back says we lose 0-1.
Our morale seems high but realistically we are going into this with one fit striker available and having lost Mangala for the rest of the season, and with McNeil still out.-this will not be routine.

Moist likely XI:
Pickford
O'Brien - Tarkowski - Branthwaite - Mykolenko
Garner - Gana
Lindstrom - Doucoure - N'Diaye
Beto

Options from the Bench: Patterson, Armstrong, Harrison, Dixon
Bench fillers in case of ruckus: Virginia, Begovic, Keane, Sherif, Benjamin

Bit harsh with the helicopter jibe, really.

 

[billybadger]

Going by the lack of activity in the transfer market I don’t think people realise how important this game really is

 

[GoldenToffee]

Going by the lack of activity in the transfer market I don’t think people realise how important this game really is

It's kin krucial. A defeat would be hugely psychologically damaging for Leicestershire as they'd be 9 points behind us and basically out of reach on goal difference which makes it 10 points needed over us in 14 games - with a game extra played and we can definitely stifle Liverpool and get a point.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Bit harsh with the helicopter jibe, really.

I think he was just pointing out that it was one of their (if you'll excuse the pun) low points in recent times, alongside other stuff.

 

[Marius57]

I think he was just pointing out that it was one of their (if you'll excuse the pun) low points in recent times, alongside other stuff.

The way it reads is that it’s one of the reasons they should be despised, along with their title win. Whereas actually, most people appreciated their title win and had a lot of sympathy for them for the helicopter crash.

And if i have read it in the way he meant, then he is a bigger bell than them.

 

[TrixyStevens]

I hate Leicester. club.

 

[Nymzee]

First game in forever we should be winning. So it’s probably gonna be a real struggle.

 

[Thomasc]

Maybe grind out a 1-0 if the defence are on form.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I’m incredibly stressed about this one

Need the Goodison crowd to really turn up the heat

 

[hallamblue]

Don't we have a poor recent home record against these?

We have a poor recent home record full stop. There are very few teams we beat consistently, maybe Palace.

 

[Gilbert..]

Don't we have a poor recent home record against these?

Its not great. Lampard lost a few home games against them so im not sure how that rates.
Last time we beat them at home was Carlo.