Match Thread Everton v West Bromwich Albion - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Marius57]

So players looking for a spot on the bench for Saturday will be

Virginia/Tyrer or Lossl
Kenny
Nkounkou
Walcott
Davies
Gylfi
Delph
Bernard
Kean
Gordon
Iwobi

I think it'll be

Virginia
Nkounkou
Davies
Gylfi
Bernard
Kean
Gordon

I expect it will be walcott and not bernard.

 

[zukai12_]

How did WBA look in thier previous?

 

[IRO1977]

How did WBA look in thier previous?

Not great

 

[Ring master]

West Brom / Palace / Brighton

Dont care what the scores are, just want wins.

I expected 2 home wins, and a draw or more at palace, & expected a draw at best v spurs last week though, before we kicked off the season.
so i thought 7/8 points from 1st 4 games,
We could go for the 8th year in a row tomorrow not losing in the 1st 2 games, and dont think i am wrong but if we do win tomorrow then v palace if we won that, it would mean 3 wins in a row at the start which we have not done for over 20 years - seems like 92-93,but no point looking to far ahead just yet

 

[ValBlue]

How did WBA look in thier previous?

They dispatched Harrogate but struggled against Leicester

 

[Yarrgh]

Just fly at them Everton. Make them wish they were back in the championship.

 

[atrottel]

I was surprised he didn't mention Gibson tbh Tim. That makes me think we've got a loan lined up for him, that we aren't too far away from bringing someone in, or that Carlo thinks he's absolutely crap.

There were recent rumours about him having a loan sorted with Huddersfield, which would be a decent move for him and the club.

 

[Zatara]

If we don’t meet the lower/mid table teams it doesn’t matter a lick that we beat Spurs. Taking these three would be a bigger statement than beating Spurs.

I expected 2 home wins, and a draw or more at palace, & expected a draw at best v spurs last week though, before we kicked off the season.
so i thought 7/8 points from 1st 4 games,
We could go for the 8th year in a row tomorrow not losing in the 1st 2 games, and dont think i am wrong but if we do win tomorrow then v palace if we won that, it would mean 3 wins in a row at the start which we have not done for over 20 years - seems like 92-93,but no point looking to far ahead just yet

If we want to be serious this season.

If we want to have an impact on the table.

We have to be looking at 8 wins from our first 11 games.

Even if its 6 wins with 2 draws and 3 defeats were on 2pts a game before a very hairy run of games.

To get to 20pts as fast as possible sets us up for a high performing season.

We need 12 wins minimum in the first half of the season.

One down 3pts 18more to go...

 

[Death]

‘Top of the table Everton (12 points) head into the derby with a slow out the blocks Liverpool sitting in 12th as Carlos men look to make the yet another statement’

Manifest it Ev.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

I'll go

Picky
Coly - Miny - Keaney - Digny
Doucsy - Allsy
Richy - James aka Goat - Berny
Calverty

We do not need two CMs in this one, so Gomes should be benched.

 

[argietoffee]

‘Top of the table Everton (12 points) head into the derby with a slow out the blocks Liverpool sitting in 12th as Carlos men look to make the yet another statement’

Manifest it Ev.

We all know how the ending goes of that particular Stephen King thriller.

 

[TXRick]

3-1 us

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Could see Gordon getting a game ahead of Bernard tomorrow unless he knackered himself on Wednesday. both of them covered a lot of ground in that game much like Nkounkou. I could see the young Neills being on the bench as he provides reasonable cover for Digne but might also get a little cameo at the end in Left wing if needed. Having someone in the starting XI who can do somehting magical to break down the persistent defence seems like a good dea. Not sure that person is Gomes.
Nonetheless all the starters from last Sunday seem fit and healthy so 'in Carlo we trust'!

 

[Death]

It’ll be lively in here one way or the other

 

[blueblue]

It could be that Coleman is asked to move inside if we need someone to play at right centre back, and Digne will cover left centre back tbf. Thankfully both are experienced and hopefully could do a job out of position if worst comes to worst.

Hopefully not though!!

I think that is more likely. Kenny is more experienced than Nkonkou and I think will be picked before him.