Match Thread Everton 1-1 Sunderland 12:15 Saturday 10th January 2026 (FA Cup Third Round)

[MikeH72]

If Moyes is serious when putting our U21s and goalkeepers on the bench, and not just using them to whine at TFG to give him more money for players, then he need to play them.
They are either in the squad on merit, in which case then need game time to be prepared/ready if ever called upon, or they are a political statement to the board/owners, in which case they might as well not be there at all and we start with an empty bench.

What are you going on about? They’re on the bench because we’ve got nobody else.

 

[Mr Happy]

Jesus Christ.

These people seem way better at getting fans to spend a fortune on donuts and needless fourth kits than they are at signing full backs.

Low bar on that front though.

All hail the donut sellers, they'll pull this club back to where it belongs one ring at a time !

 

[DanEFC92]

Playing in our new 4th kit today

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2026/january/10/new-everton-kit-/

Why can't we be normal for 5 minutes

 

[MikeH72]

No excuses today. No reserves - strongest available team, please. This is a big game - and if Moyes does not recognise that as such then he is unfit for the job.

Yeah our “strongest available team” is going to consist of Patterson, McNeil and Armstrong.

 

[bebo86]

Coyb!! give us a win today and let us enjoy our Saturday!

 

[blue to the bone]

Dwight on the right
Rohl in the hole
O brien right back
And Travers in goal

Wow . Brave moves

 

[Drico]

Yeah our “strongest available team” is going to consist of Patterson, McNeil and Armstrong.

I'm a reasonable fella. It is what it is. If the manager puts out the best he can, that's all I can ask. However, if he rests our penalty-saving expert goalkeeper in a match that could feasibly go to penalties...

 

[NeilMorepies]

What are you going on about? They’re on the bench because we’ve got nobody else.

My point is that even though we have nobody else, Moyes will not put them on the pitch, so what is the point of them being there?
If he was serious, he’d be trying to give them bits of game time to acclimatise, or maybe even a start in a cup game we have no chance of winning.

 

[blue to the bone]

 

[MikeH72]

I'm a reasonable fella. It is what it is. If the manager puts out the best he can, that's all I can ask. However, if he rests our penalty-saving expert goalkeeper in a match that could feasibly go to penalties...

Playing Travers would be idiotic.

 

[MikeH72]

My point is that even though we have nobody else, Moyes will not put them on the pitch, so what is the point of them being there?
If he was serious, he’d be trying to give them bits of game time to acclimatise, or maybe even a start in a cup game we have no chance of winning.

You think he’d be more serious if he named nobody on the bench?

 

[Connor mcloud]

Fan plaza full of Sunderland fans

 

[NeilMorepies]

Then all is lost. :-(

 

[Saint Domingo]

We effectively hand back an advantage we have playing in our colours on our pitch to a Sunderland team that will now presumably play in red and white stripes and get confidence from that.

Who on earth concocts this stuff up for such an important match?

Un'kinbelivable to me.

It’s utterly ridiculous. The most important game of our season and we wheel out a novelty kit.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Im filled with rage.

RAVE