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

[Azza]

Let's hope Galloway gets some protection against Pedro!

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Some of these comments have been copied and pasted from the Southampton match thread haven't they...

 

[efc.1878]

There defence has been shocking this season ... bloody get at them!

 

[Still]

Roberto says he has prepared for this with lessons learned from the Man City game.

With that in mind, I'm baffled by an even more cowardly lineup

 

[TomDixie]

Presumably Barkley tacking left and Kone tacking right.

If it's 0-0 in the second half and they start coming on to us more and more, at least we have 3 very fast wingers to bring on..

I should say, if Lennon had been match fit I think he would have started.

 

[uknightbreed]

this is going to be an almost exact carbon copy of the city game.
we play ok for 10 minutes , get the odd sniff , but just get run at for the other 80 minutes.

 

[Whitty]

as long as he doesn't expect Barkley and Kone to play as wide men - that would be horrendous

 

[ArtetaMagic]

Bit negative to me. Hope it works but we're basically relying on lukaku having a stormer if we're to win this

 

[Khalekan]

Another game where we are set up to contain.....only more so than normal with three DM.

The only way we will this today is to go behind realitively early, like against Watford and Barnsley, so's the cavalry charge can begin from the start of the second half and let the momentum have time to build.

As it stands it will probably be a stalemate before Chelsea take the lead after about 70 minutes and we won't have time to get back at them.

Very disappointing considering how gash these have been since the very first game of the season and how raucous the crowd will be.

Watch the hostile atmosphere dissipate as the play gets bogged down in midfield. That will only benefit the visitors.

If ever there was a game to charge to the sound of the bugles this was it.

 

[Prevenger17]

Very disappointing considering how gash these have been since the very first game of the season and how raucous the crowd will be.

Watch the hostile atmosphere dissipate as the play gets bogged down in midfield. That will only benefit the visitors.

If ever there was a game to charge to the sound of the bugles this was it.

Pretty much this.

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

well he's not gonna have to defend at all today mate so yeah can see why thats a decent tip

This is ridiculous. Wouldn't you say with the numbers we have centrally that he will have to at times abandon his usual position to counter our threat and be pulled around the pitch where he doesn't want to go?

 

[quasi modo]

I think we will see McCarthy and Barry sitting back, Besic in front of them. Kone will play on the right and Barkley on the left.

 

[Sunderland afc]

Good luck today. Hope you batter the arrogant gets.

 

[bluestevon]

See when you pretend to know with certainty the reasoning behind his choices it just looks and sounds silly.

As silly as blind faith when the team selection is as odd as this one is today mate, both naismith and Osman see a sub appearance today as well

 

[marty mcfly]

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

Yea. So much for having a go. Last season we lost 6-3 but the performance was good. We went toe to toe with them and they scored with every chance they had and we could have also scored more.

But since then we've just lost the confidence to try and compete with the top teams. Every time we play a top team now it looks like damage limitation, a draw or to nick a win. It's worse than Moyes.

Hopefully we will get the result because if we don't there will be a lot of pressure on Martinez for being so negative.