Match Thread Burnley 0-0 Everton. Sat December 27th. 3pm

[DanB90]

Gonna be one of those days where some 35 year old journeyman stand in centre back turns into Maldini, isn’t it?

 

[davek]

Considering that, Id like to see Dibling start today.

Moyes will always play a senior player.

 

[MikeH72]

That embarrassment might score or provide an assist.
You’ve seen Dibling— up to now— that’s why he could be worse!

This doesn’t mean anything. Dibling “might” score or provide an assist, he’s looked about as likely as McNeil has to do that.

McNeil has no future at this club and Dibling is a player we invested £35m into so he should be playing.

 

[blue to the bone]

We are down some key players ..
So are they.
Think people are putting a little too much into the Arsenal result.
Up to that we had been playing well and our away form is solid.
We should be winning this although it wont be pretty. 1/2 nil for me

 

[Cameron Manning]

Reckon Moyes will conspire to do something like this...

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I’d rather Moyes did something to Inspire the team rather than conspire!

 

[davek]

Vicar's and omens.

Let's hope this doesn't come back to haunt us.

 

[Cameron Manning]

This doesn’t mean anything. Dibling “might” score or provide an assist, he’s looked about as likely as McNeil has to do that.

McNeil has no future at this club and Dibling is a player we invested £35m into so he should be playing.

I liked your first line.
McNeil might have no future with Everton but I’m still waiting, but haven’t given up, to see why we invested so much in a player that no other club seemed interested in.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Let’s hope that particular referee doesn’t seek to hog the headlines as he often does when he covers a game with Everton.

 

[Curtis]

We are down some key players ..
So are they.
Think people are putting a little too much into the Arsenal result.
Up to that we had been playing well and our away form is solid.
We should be winning this although it wont be pretty. 1/2 nil for me

I don't even think we were that bad against arsenal other than the lack of a attacking threat, people just expected us to give a game to a title contending side when our two best attacking options are out? I concur, playing against Burnley is a completely different scenario, this is a game we should win

 

[MikeH72]

I liked your first line.
McNeil might have no future with Everton but I’m still waiting, but haven’t given up, to see why we invested so much in a player that no other club seemed interested in.

Well we’ll need to put him on the football pitch if we’re ever going to find that out.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Let’s hope that particular referee doesn’t seek to hog the headlines as he often does when he covers a game with Everton.

I'm sure he will find something to F us with.

 

[Timbucktoo]

Reckon Moyes will conspire to do something like this...

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I`d say you`re spot on with the formation, as its the exact same way we`ve set up for every game this season. The only thing that changes are a few of the faces in the front 3, and that wouldn`t change if KDH and Ilman were available, the the only thought would be which of our two rubbish CF would start.

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

We are down some key players ..
So are they.
Think people are putting a little too much into the Arsenal result.
Up to that we had been playing well and our away form is solid.
We should be winning this although it wont be pretty. 1/2 nil for me

We lost to Arsenal from a stupid penalty and could have had one ourselves. They had about 4 more gears if they’d needed, but for me it was a case of being beaten and totally controlled by a much better team.

If happy to say beaten by a better team, we should also be willing to say we should batter these today as we are substantially better than them, with more than double their points per game. No excuses at all. Clean sheet, score, control the game. They have to at least try to open up as they are as good as relegated. Score again.

A professional, committed and aggressive performance should be a given for team no longer looking downwards, and will beat them.

 

[Vaughan]

i think we'll scrspe a win. no kdh or ndiaye is a huge blow to the creativity

1-0 from as set play

 

[Dario Terracotta]

I just for the life of me can't understand Moyes not referencing this absolute abomination of a ref being in charge yet again and the ridiculous number of controversial decisions we have had go against us over many years now