Match Thread Everton v West Ham United - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Tommy.]

Glad to see Bernard starting, was our best player early on in the season.

 

[RomanReigns]

I'm all for the change, and I'm glad to see Gomes starting with Davies, but here's a little reminder of the last time they played as a two in midfield together:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46582473

Yowie wowie

 

[Joey66]

I do like that marco has committed to trolling us with theo and davies

As long as they lean to the left when they go past West Ham player we have no problems

 

[DickRitchie214]

Got to love the people moaning here, if he'd of stuck with Sig and Morgs you'd of been fuming, he's ripped the rule book up by his standards and still the moans are incoming. Literally no scenario in which some of you would've been happy.

Walcott the only questionable inclusion there, love the rest of it.

Wish there was a ‘love’ reaction

COYB

 

[blueblue]

Brave team,brave from the manager.
Let's hope we can win.

 

[DickRitchie214]

Precisely, tbf.

Can anyone profess to truly see the logic behind these changes beyond “it's different to before”?

Change for the sake of it isn’t a tactic, it’s blind panic.

Pretty sure you missed the intent of Goat‘a post

 

[tremont]

Walcott will score today. He always plays better when he is fresh.

 

[Albro]

I'm just happy Bernard is playing. Digne/Bernard combo is magical.

 

[Frang]

@matty1878 just what apped me

 

[DickRitchie214]

And in their place he’s shoehorned players in to fill unfamiliar roles. Players, might I add, who have been largely garbo when given previous chances.

Once again - We might get a result today and make me look a fool, certainly not for the first time. Overall, though, I just have flashbacks to the last few months of RK when he was just changing the lineup every game in the sheer hope something stuck.

I just don’t look at that lineup and formation and see any changes made for obvious tactical reasons, rather just “let’s give this a go and see what happens”.

Who’s in an unfamiliar role?

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

Good team should have made some of these changes weeks ago

 

[DickRitchie214]

if we lose today , you can end the gylfi is costing us point malarkey

no you can’t

 

[Tramps_mate]

Glad he's finally dropped Siggy and Dcl...

 

[DickRitchie214]

he's changed the correct players but don't see how still playing in this formation it's just going to magically work, This formation just leads to Digne sending in 50 crosses.

Not really how the Digne-Bernard partnership works

 

[Toffeelover]

Good team should have made some of these changes weeks ago

Except for Walcott.