Match Thread Bournemouth 1-0 Everton Sat, 4 Jan 15:00

[gonetomorrow]

Pretend the opposition is Arsenal, Chelsea or City and throw ourselves in front of everything.

 

[Caolam]

I fully expect Bournemouth to beat us, not because I think Bournemouth have better players than we have but because I expect them to play with the freedom of knowing that we can’t hurt them. I think they will go into the game with the belief that we will be content with a 0-0 draw, they can be expansive knowing that we are not looking to punish them. They will be concerned about set pieces but little else about playing Everton will bother them. Sean Dyche has turned Everton into Burnley, we are a team that can’t defeat you but a team who you have to come up with a way of defeating. We are like a dog with no teeth, we can’t bite you but we can give you a nasty suck.

 

[GoldenToffee]

I fully expect Bournemouth to beat us, not because I think Bournemouth have better players than we have but because I expect them to play with the freedom of knowing that we can’t hurt them. I think they will go into the game with the belief that we will be content with a 0-0 draw, they can be expansive knowing that we are not looking to punish them. They will be concerned about set pieces but little else about playing Everton will bother them. Sean Dyche has turned Everton into Burnley, we are a team that can’t defeat you but a team who you have to come up with a way of defeating. We are like a dog with no teeth, we can’t bite you but we can give you a nasty suck.

I think Pickford and Branthwaite get into their starting XI, but nobody else. They do have the better players in general. Faster, hungrier, younger, fitter. We need a heroic team performance to get a point here.

 

[GoodisonRoadSupperBarWool]

Get beat a brave 1-0 but as ever down at Bournemouth in the last minute

 

[Benno]

In the home fixture, we dominated for 89 minutes across all areas—should have been 5-0. Hopefully, this game will be the same, but with proper defending. My side would be: Pickford, Patterson, Keane, Branthwaite, Young. Gueye, Mangala, Ndiaye in the 10. Harrison left, Broja, Lindstrom. COYB!

 

[MrGrumpy]

Feeling a 3-0 thrashing today unfortunately not in Everton’s favour

 

[Librarian]

Up Everton

 

[badloaf]

I fully expect Bournemouth to beat us, not because I think Bournemouth have better players than we have but because I expect them to play with the freedom of knowing that we can’t hurt them. I think they will go into the game with the belief that we will be content with a 0-0 draw, they can be expansive knowing that we are not looking to punish them. They will be concerned about set pieces but little else about playing Everton will bother them. Sean Dyche has turned Everton into Burnley, we are a team that can’t defeat you but a team who you have to come up with a way of defeating. We are like a dog with no teeth, we can’t bite you but we can give you a nasty suck.

You’re spot on. No one is scared of playing us this season. We’re the footy equivalent of the crap sharks from Viz.

 

[kiss the crest]

This is the time of the day on a match day that we have that glimmer of optimism about us, but then reality sets in when the team sheet is out, Harrison Doucoure

then it's same old watching as nothing changes, 2-1 to Bournemouth, then the Dyche out shouts around 4.45pm

rinse and repeat.

it's about time we let this clown know before KO he can take his goaty beard back to Burnley and take his crew with him

 

[Clarky cat]

With Seany telling everyone who would listen that the players ignored him for the first 45 minutes last week it would be a strange call to select the majority of them again wouldn’t it? What message does that send to the rest of the squad he’s deliberately ignoring?
Fully expecting Harrison, Mykolenko and Doucoure to start again in the exact same turgid formation with the exact same moribund tactics. I wonder if Everton might even score a goal today, not much to ask for really is it?

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Going to change my prediction, 1-0 to us, we all know we’ll go with our usual tactics of parking the bus, Bournemouth won’t be able to break our 10 men behind the ball and we will nick one from the only way we can ever score, from a set piece.

 

[Donegal blue]

New Year new start, Come On The TOFFEES. Hope FC.

 

[johnjoeefc]

I'm quite relaxed about this one. In that i believe if we do well then ok that's a bonus for the team. But if Dyche puts in a normal performance where we lose 1 or 2 nil and show very little, then I actually think he will be gone after this.

 

[Mr Happy]

New Year new start, Come On The TOFFEES. Hope FC.

Lay off the Guiness mate. There's no hope here.

 

[Nymzee]

Gonna eat so much cheese & crackers pre-game things get a bit trippy and then I won’t really notice us losing.