AEK Athens 0-1 Everton. Wednesday 3rd December @ 18.00.

[Goat]

Sylvain Distin and Tony Hibbert will form Everton's central defensive pairing in Athens.

Distin is fit enough to start despite a hamstring strain and lines up next to makeshift centre half Hibbert.

Seamus Coleman is drafted in to right-back to cover for Hibbert, with Dan Gosling coming in to replace the ineligible John Heitinga in midfield.

Jo again leads the line with Yakubu and Louis Saha on the bench.

Gosling is joined in midfield by Tim Cahill, Marouane Fellaini, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and Steven Pienaar.

The youthful bench sees Saha and Yakubu joined by Kieran Agard, Shane Duffy, Jose Baxter and Shkodran Mustafi.

 

[Goat]

Howard
Coleman Hibbert Distin Baines
Gosling Cahill Fellaini Billy Pienaar
Jo

WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE

 

[Goat]

Oh wait a God damn minute. Does that look like Pienaar will play in the middle? I reckon it does.

WE ARE GONNA SMASH EM

 

[Welton Toffee]

Hibbert and Distin at centre back. YUM.

 

[ToxtethBlue]

Either Pienaar of Bilyaletdinov, I'm guessing Pienaar.

It'll be interesting to see where he's actually used, behind the striker or as a central midfielder.

He's great there for South Africa, basically gets a free role and runs [Poor language removed].

 

[Goat]

Knowing our Davey it will probably be Gosling in the middle.

Hes natural postion actually is DM on FM.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Either Pienaar of Bilyaletdinov, I'm guessing Pienaar.

It'll be interesting to see where he's actually used, behind the striker or as a central midfielder.

He's great there for South Africa, basically gets a free role and runs [Poor language removed].

For me with those players there is only 1 possible line up.

Defence is obvious, Jo upfront.

Then Gosling on the right, Billy on the left, Fellaini sitting deep, Pienarr central and Cahill attacking mid.

Unless Moyes knows something we dont that is the only logical line up.

 

[fozzy]

just said bily in the centre on the telly!

im going all out here on a 3-0 win !

jo to get two and cahill the other!!

 

[Goat]

It does make sense to go with the left wing aces in Baines and Pienaar.

 

[Goat]

The referee has just give the game the go-ahead after heavy rain in the Greek capital, but any more rain and there could be trouble ahead...

From the BBC webby.

 

[neonleon]

awite me ol' china's.

anyone got a laserbeam?

 

[fozzy]

the pitch is looking very ropey!

 

[Latch]

C'mon ya Blues

 

[fozzy]

goal bily!!!

 

[daza_1973]

Get in !!! billy