Match Thread Fulham 1-2 Everton. Sat Feb 7th. 3pm

[miami]

Looks like another overly cautious line up again, but let's see if they've learned anything different from last weeks dreadful 1st half showing.

We’ll probably start the first 5 or 10 mins well, and then revert to the inevitable pattern of wasteful punts up the pitch with the ball coming straight back at us. With a team selection like that we’re not getting more than 1 goal.

We’re always starting with a negative mindset. Why not make the opposition worry about how we can hurt them?

 

[Zatara]

The KDH I get kind of because I actually don’t think he plays as a ten, I think we play with a flat 3 in midfield… but Gana just imbalances that to the point where KDH effectively has to play more like a ten.

With KDH & Garner they look fantastic.

Throw in Gana and KDH more advanced and I think we look worse than with the 2. I dont know what Gana is meant to be doing and KDH is invisible apart from the odd shot.

 

[preposterousvelios]

It’s the cycle I’m done with now:

Starts crap team
Plays crap
Brings on better players/players in natural positions
Plays better/gets a result
Learns nothing
Starts crap team

That's the real issue for me, we've been forced into so many different line ups this year and you learn stuff along the way about how to best balance these players.

This 11 is where moyes ends up every time when everyone is available. Armstrong in for grealish is the only change, and that's a negative change when you have two wide players on the bench. It's piss poor imo.

 

[Rehnman]

So we’re after another bail out draw, wonderful

Oh, just coz I like the idea of us finishing strongly doesn’t mean I don’t like the idea of us actually trying to start strongly too! That might be too much to ask for tho!

 

[nsno_traditionally]

So from the matchday squad we could have had this:

Pickford
Patterson
JOB
Branthwaite
Mykolenko
Armstrong
Garner
KDH
George
Barry
Ndiaye

And we went with... not that.

Exactly the team I'd have picked, with the options available there's no reason to be playing anybody out of position, madness.

 

[Dharma]

Playing Keane over Branthwaite is insane.

 

[Vagner Love]

Disagree, Armstrong should !!

if it’s at cm maybe but the way moyes plays him he’s very ineffective

 

[Saint Domingo]

We’ll only start playing this season when every chance of Europe has completely gone.

Why are we playing Keane and Gueye two players who won’t be here long term over players we’ve bought to take over from them.

Armstrong out wide over Dibling and George.

Just stupid

 

[MACCA75]

Disagree, Armstrong should !!

I’d play Tim ahead of him at the minute personally.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I think balance of a squad is massive and there's just too many square peg round holes.

Still confident of a good result here though. COYB

 

[Zatara]

Iraola would line up with a far different attacking team.

 

[Drumblue]

Dithering Dave's balls have dropped off.

 

[blue to the bone]

That argument only stands up if JB starts on Tuesday.

If he does it’ll be at LB.

Lets not loose heads over it until Tuesday then i guess

 

[MikeH72]

I think is clear that he has a set best XI in his head and isn’t going to budge from it. Bizarrely this seems to include Michael Keane come hell or high water, 36 year old Gana who is going to beground into dust by the seasons end, and Harrison Armstrong as apparently our best available right winger. O’Brien at right back is an absolute lock in because he seems intent on getting as much height on the pitch as possible, and to be quite honest it wouldn’t at all surprise me if we went into next season with O’Brien as our first choice right back again as the chances of us finding a 6’2”+ natural right back with Premier League experience seem slim.

I’m puzzled, I’ve got to be honest with you.

 

[Marc bolan]

Strongest bench for many a year good options in all positions