Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
Ah yeah forgot about that. I’m hoping that Gbamin and Godfrey at least don’t have any more strange unavailability.
Match Thread Everton v Burnley - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll
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Ah yeah forgot about that. I’m hoping that Gbamin and Godfrey at least don’t have any more strange unavailability.
James on the right of a 4 ahead of Holgate is the stuff of absolute nightmares. They'd have McNeil out on the left looking like prime Arjen Robben against us again.
I think Holgate is nailed on to be the RB cover while Coleman is out, after his well-timed "I need to improve on last season" interview.
Pickford
Holgate
Keane
Godders
Digne
Allan
Doucs
Gray
Townsend
Richy
DCL
Not necessarily what I want to see, but what I think we will. We'll try to do the "lots of crosses into the box" thing, which Burnley will no doubt cope alright with; hopefully that XI can do a few bits on the break and get us into a comfortable position but if not I think it is primed for James to come in from the cold at the 60-70 mark to open them up. OR, Benitez will double down and send on Rondon alongside DCL instead for a big, giant grock-off.
Pickford
Holgate
Keane
Godders
Digne
Allan
Doucs
Gray
Townsend
Richy
DCL
Not necessarily what I want to see, but what I think we will. We'll try to do the "lots of crosses into the box" thing, which Burnley will no doubt cope alright with; hopefully that XI can do a few bits on the break and get us into a comfortable position but if not I think it is primed for James to come in from the cold at the 60-70 mark to open them up. OR, Benitez will double down and send on Rondon alongside DCL instead for a big, giant grock-off.
Pickford
Holgate Godfrey Mina Digne
Townsend Doucoure Allan Gray
Richarlison
DCL
Holgate Godfrey Mina Digne
Townsend Doucoure Allan Gray
Richarlison
DCL
I'm pretty confident for this one.
COYB
COYB
….nice to see a bloke wearing an Everton shirt having a pint in the Irish bar earlier today in Paphos, Cyprus. That’ll make at least two of us watching from here on Monday.
And my family mate x
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Benitez Burnley Press Conference
Benitez On Coleman
It was not very bad, to be fair. I think he will be available for Monday
Benitez on Rodriguez
Benitez says Rodriguez is training with the team, at the moment he's not at the level of everyone else in terms of match fitness
Obviously the team is doing well, the players understand what we want to do. He has to understand that, he has to adapt to the team. We will try to get the best from everyone.
Benitez On transfers
I'm really happy with the players we brought, the commitment of these players is very clear. They know how hard we have to work to be sure we can be successful. We didn't spend a lot of £ but we made some good signings. Could it have been better? Yes. But FFP rules were killing us in this window. Hopefully in next window it will be better.
Rafael Benitez on Dwight McNeil
He will be in the other team on Monday night and hopefully he has a bad game. But then has a good season.
Benitez On a right back and Van De Beek
Van De Beek was a name at the end of the window and it was not easy for us. A good player for sure, but I don't think we had too many chances. For a right back we were looking for different options, I wanted to be sure we had back-up.
Benitez On start to the season
We're doing well, we're scoring goals. It's a lot of positives. It's too early, we have to expect even more from this group of players. I think they will be better, but at the moment I'm really pleased with them.
Benitez on Everton expectations
In football sometimes the approach, commitment, desire of players is good enough but you cannot get the result you want. I am expecting even better things, better play & more exciting games because the group can do it Normally when you stay a long time in a club, it means you're doing things right. If I stay here a long time, it will be mean we are winning trophies & doing well
Benitez on Everton team news
The majority of the players are fine. We have two or three issues but Yerry Mina is training and Ben Godfrey is [too]. Seamus, I think, will be available.
Delph still has a problem with his shoulder
More on James from Benitez
I have seen what was going on at the end of the season, what was going on this season with some social media comments. It was not easy because he was available in the transfer window. I think he realised he has to improve in a lot of things, show his commitment.
Benitez on Rodriguez's Everton future
It's always up to the player. In the end he has the final decision but some markets are open & we had problems with the FFP rules so have to consider any option and see what happens, If James stays with us, we have to find the right games for us & he has to show his commitment, something the teammates, the fans & the staff are expecting from him. If he can do that, he can make a contribution to the team
Benitez On Rondon
To convince him to come back to the Premier League & to Everton, a club that is growing, was not difficult. He was happy to come here,
He will score goals & is someone who will give everything for the team and hopefully be successful with it
Benitez On Richarlison
We are in a much better position than anyone. When we allowed him to go to the Olympic Games, it was quite complicated for us but we could understand. We have a good relationship with them, so Richarlison was not an issue.
Benitez On FFP
I was not expecting at the beginning, we thought we could maybe sell some players. We adapted quickly. When I say 'next window', hopefully it will be January if necessary. You never know, we have to start thinking now about how to improve the squad.
Benitez On Coleman
It was not very bad, to be fair. I think he will be available for Monday
Benitez on Rodriguez
Benitez says Rodriguez is training with the team, at the moment he's not at the level of everyone else in terms of match fitness
Obviously the team is doing well, the players understand what we want to do. He has to understand that, he has to adapt to the team. We will try to get the best from everyone.
Benitez On transfers
I'm really happy with the players we brought, the commitment of these players is very clear. They know how hard we have to work to be sure we can be successful. We didn't spend a lot of £ but we made some good signings. Could it have been better? Yes. But FFP rules were killing us in this window. Hopefully in next window it will be better.
Rafael Benitez on Dwight McNeil
He will be in the other team on Monday night and hopefully he has a bad game. But then has a good season.
Benitez On a right back and Van De Beek
Van De Beek was a name at the end of the window and it was not easy for us. A good player for sure, but I don't think we had too many chances. For a right back we were looking for different options, I wanted to be sure we had back-up.
Benitez On start to the season
We're doing well, we're scoring goals. It's a lot of positives. It's too early, we have to expect even more from this group of players. I think they will be better, but at the moment I'm really pleased with them.
Benitez on Everton expectations
In football sometimes the approach, commitment, desire of players is good enough but you cannot get the result you want. I am expecting even better things, better play & more exciting games because the group can do it Normally when you stay a long time in a club, it means you're doing things right. If I stay here a long time, it will be mean we are winning trophies & doing well
Benitez on Everton team news
The majority of the players are fine. We have two or three issues but Yerry Mina is training and Ben Godfrey is [too]. Seamus, I think, will be available.
Delph still has a problem with his shoulder
More on James from Benitez
I have seen what was going on at the end of the season, what was going on this season with some social media comments. It was not easy because he was available in the transfer window. I think he realised he has to improve in a lot of things, show his commitment.
Benitez on Rodriguez's Everton future
It's always up to the player. In the end he has the final decision but some markets are open & we had problems with the FFP rules so have to consider any option and see what happens, If James stays with us, we have to find the right games for us & he has to show his commitment, something the teammates, the fans & the staff are expecting from him. If he can do that, he can make a contribution to the team
Benitez On Rondon
To convince him to come back to the Premier League & to Everton, a club that is growing, was not difficult. He was happy to come here,
He will score goals & is someone who will give everything for the team and hopefully be successful with it
Benitez On Richarlison
We are in a much better position than anyone. When we allowed him to go to the Olympic Games, it was quite complicated for us but we could understand. We have a good relationship with them, so Richarlison was not an issue.
Benitez On FFP
I was not expecting at the beginning, we thought we could maybe sell some players. We adapted quickly. When I say 'next window', hopefully it will be January if necessary. You never know, we have to start thinking now about how to improve the squad.
BrendanGOT
Player Valuation: £25m
Think it'll be a tough game but we have the ability to win it. Players heads just need to be screwed on and give it 100% from the get go
Watching us beat them with a few cold Keos..."oh the good life". Enjoy it
Hickson9
Player Valuation: £30m
Going from the press conference, it'll be Coleman and Iwobi down the right, James on the bench.
I'm really looking forward to it. I'm expecting a great performance and result (I'm travelling back to Liverpool on the Sunday, "working from home" on the Monday, and I'm on a train first thing Tuesday morning to get back to London for a meeting - so fingers crossed).
Pickford
Coleman Mina Godfrey Digne
Iwobi Allan Doucoure Gray
DCL Richarlison
Begovic, Holgate, Keane, Gbamin, Gomes, Davies, James, Townsend, Rondon
Coleman Mina Godfrey Digne
Iwobi Allan Doucoure Gray
DCL Richarlison
Begovic, Holgate, Keane, Gbamin, Gomes, Davies, James, Townsend, Rondon
…I feel certain Keane will start. He seems to be Benitez’s first choice CB.
Very hard line on James, doesn’t sound like he wants to use him. He sounds pissed off we couldn’t get his wages of the books
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