Match Thread POSTPONED: Everton v Manchester City - Preview only

Frenk · December 28, 2020

I don’t want the 3 dirty points, knowing our luck if it were to happen we’d win the league and then under appeal, from you know who, would lose the 3 points gifting the league to you know who.

PhilM · December 28, 2020

DanB90 said:
A night game in Martinez’s first season as well, high winds causing debris around the goodison area. Think it might have been against palace? We lost the rearranged fixture.

I drove through high winds and falling debris with the radio off - concentration was key - and then battled said high winds and more debris to get to the pub.

It was only then did I discover it was off, so off I trudged battling said winds again to get home. I'm sure Bolaise tore us a new one during the rearranged fixture.

davek · December 28, 2020

kev said:
Think that was a decision by the police on grounds of crowd safety

But the pitch heating was bust too making the playing surface like an ice rink.

It was a decisioin that could have rebounded on us easily enough.

Cool_Blue · December 28, 2020

davek said:
https://twitter.com/liamgallagher

lol lol

Death · December 28, 2020

davek said:
Liam Gallagher tweeting some choice words about the postponement...I couldn't

ToffeeTim · December 28, 2020

PhilM said:
I drove through high winds and falling debris with the radio off - concentration was key - and then battled said high winds and more debris to get to the pub.

It was only then did I discover it was off, so off I trudged battling said winds again to get home. I'm sure Bolaise tore us a new one during the rearranged fixture.

Cost us 4th that game

DanB90 · December 28, 2020

PhilM said:
I drove through high winds and falling debris with the radio off - concentration was key - and then battled said high winds and more debris to get to the pub.

It was only then did I discover it was off, so off I trudged battling said winds again to get home. I'm sure Bolaise tore us a new one during the rearranged fixture.

Sounds about right. We went with a dead attacking lineup, started all of deulofeu, Barkley, lukaku etc, had the chance to move into 4th I think and got absolutely Palace’d.

AndyC · December 28, 2020

roydo said:
Palace a few years back as well. GP was falling apart and that Rik Wee lad had flown over. Happens.

Think it was more roof slates falling off the Winslow and nearby houses than GP falling apart

PhilM · December 28, 2020

ToffeeTim said:
Cost us 4th that game

From recollection, we were defensively rubbish that day: Pulis knew exactly our weakness and they caught us on the counter.

PhilM · December 28, 2020

AndyC said:
Think it was more roof slates falling off the Winslow and nearby houses than GP falling apart

It was exactly that - it was houses just beyond the Winslow in direction of the Park End. It happened just over an hour before kick off.

roydo · December 28, 2020

AndyC said:
Think it was more roof slates falling off the Winslow and nearby houses than GP falling apart

I was being ironic mate.

There were concerns about one stand roof iirc though.

Lee Smith · December 28, 2020

Not sure if this has been discussed, but BeIN sports reporter at Goodison now just said that Premier League initially refused City’s request to postpone the game as it did not meet the criteria of a postponement, but changed their mind after City claimed they were “fearful for the health and safety of the Everton and their own players”....