Match Thread Everton v Chelsea. 12th Sep at 12.45.

[ART]

WINGERS ffs use them.

 

[Prevenger17]

We're giving Ivanovic the day off.

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

We're giving Ivanovic the day off.

A stress related holiday.

 

[TrixyStevens]

In all honesty looks a very negative set up. We should be exploiting ivanovic with pace. Let's see what happens though...

 

[quasi modo]

WTF is that?!

Xmas tree.

 

[Pejic300]

If Stones scores will he celebrate?

 

[meagher94]

Please let today be one of those days where everybody goes WTF at the team and then we absolutely boss it.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Looks like both teams are set up for a counter attacking game...


or a kicking match.

 

[Tramps_mate]

....if it's not blag, I'd presume Besic would play left side to support Galloway. Seems odd, though. I didn't expect Kone to start but there you go.

Kone has been out best player this season so far...

 

[lungo]

Jesus, so ivanovic whose been terrorised by wingers this year gets a free pass, shockingly negative/fearful team selection...

Buying 20 wingers to put them on the bench! What kind of idiot manages Everton?

 

[marty mcfly]

I thought he would play that team. He loves the diamond against the top teams.

I can't see us creating many chances today and I don't fancy Barkley being able to get much joy with both Matic and Mikel playing so if he has a poor one don't blame him.

My prediction is a 2-0 win for Chelsea and a pretty boring game. 1 before around the half time mark and probably another one late on.

I hope I'm wrong.

 

[quasi modo]

Look at the brightside lads we have 3 wingers on the bench!

 

[navidson]

Looks like both teams are set up for a counter attacking game...


or a kicking match.

Counter attack? There's absolute zero pace in our team

 

[Mozza1987]

What a negative team that is! Ivanovic has been awful so far this season against pace and we let him off!

 

[hetion]

Well I don't think anybody predicted that haha. Should be interesting. He's had two weeks to think about this one. Mourinho flooding the midfield also, when was the last time he started Mikel in the prem against a non-title rival?