Match Thread Everton v Southampton 1/3/21 - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Ring master]

Come on Everton, 2 wins this week puts us 4th even for a few hours, easy isnt it, till you know this is Everton

 

[RomanReigns]

need a big performance tomorrow

southampton with loads of injuries and poor form, there won't be a better time to play them

need to take advantage that we play west brom on thursday as well

2 wins out of 2 and we give ourselves a great opportunity to finish in the top 4

 

[Jim Hopper]

Allan, Davies & Doucoure in the middle please Carlo. James drifting in from the right as earlier in the season. Hoping with Davies sitting deep we see a more adventurous Allan, we were seeing a lot more of that side to him prior to his injury against Leicester.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

If you watched Gomes in the derby you will see he followed instructions and did a crucial job for the team
Whenever we broke down and we’re out of shape he committed a foul to stop play and allowed us to get back into shape
He’s Carlos go to man at the top of the 3 to keep the ball moving
I expect to see him start on Monday

He's absolutely garbage mate.

Nearly cost us that Derby game.

 

[Brisan123]

He's absolutely garbage mate.

Nearly cost us that Derby game.

Saved us being caught out of shape a few times

 

[blue to the bone]

Need to win to stay in the mix.
6 points this week and for me we will be in the mix until the end

 

[Ladda]

Lose this and it's curtains for top 4.

 

[Jim Hopper]

Some crackers from years gone by.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Think Mina will be a miss tomorrow - there CB (cant remember his name) is a right unit and could see set pieces being their main weapon tomorrow.

Never confident defending aerial balls with Holgate/Godfrey/Pickford none are big/tall enough to be commanding aerially as Mina and to a lesser extent Keane are.

 

[Jim Hopper]

Loves a goal against these Richy, glad he’s found him form at the right moment.

 

[hallamblue]

The question is will we take advantage of the many results that favored us this weekend?

Confused by this. The rs,Spurs, Villa, Arsenal all won. The only result that went our way was West Ham, and they were away to Man City!

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Confused by this. The rs,Spurs, Villa, Arsenal all won. The only result that went our way was West Ham, and they were away to Man City!

Above us Leicester lost and Man U and Chelsea drew, so if you want to be optimistic and think we can catch them then it was decent results this weekend.

 

[Bullens Rd]

Don't deserve anything this season if we can't get easily take three points against Southampton with our fully fit squad that's had a week off.

 

[hallamblue]

Above us Leicester lost and Man U and Chelsea drew, so if you want to be optimistic and think we can catch them then it was decent results this weekend.

Realistically all 3 of those will finish above us as will City, the rs and Spurs. Winning "our league" should get us into Europe, but that means finishing above Villa, West Ham and Arsenal. 2 big games this week. If we can get 4 or 6 points then the 2 Villa games are going to go a long way to deciding whether we can get into Europe.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Its all about getting a result. Its not going to be an easy game at all and I would bite your hand off for 1 nil right now.