Match Thread Everton v Southampton

blulouie · August 12, 2018

Er Mina has had no pre season lads....only came back to Barca on monday.
Dont see him starting this game.
Probably bench at best.
Same goes for Bernard btw.

Kantareller · August 12, 2018

TheBigIguana said:
The mindset should be to win every match but these are the ones where good seasons are made. Teams you are better than at home need to be 3 pointers

Definitely, but being Everton the task is made more difficult. Should be routine but lately it hasn't always been.

TheBigIguana · August 12, 2018

Kantareller said:
Definitely, but being Everton the task is made more difficult. Should be routine but lately it hasn't always been.

Hopefully Marco's tactics can take care of it

Goat · August 12, 2018

3 or 4 nil to the boys in blue.

Exhibition stuff.

Hickson9 · August 12, 2018

Leeboy1974 said:
No digne in the squad??

Good point mate. There's so much strength in depth now!

Maybe we could actually start Digne as well but Baines did do well and considering Richarlison's performance maybe we don't rock the boat on the left side yet? Good decisions to have to make.

Nymzee · August 12, 2018

Same as yesterday but Holgate in.

Lob · August 12, 2018

I can see us beating quite a few teams by a few goals this season once we shore up our defence. Might be too soon next Saturday but if we could get one of our new CB's in it would make a big difference. We are going to get stronger as the season goes on with all of the new talent that is going to become available.

T LEAFE · August 12, 2018

0-4
Brace for Ron Davies and Mick Channon

mightymoyes · August 12, 2018

I'd guess we wont see mina until the league Cup match

barneygumble · August 12, 2018

Southampton were woeful today.

I wouldn't be changing too much to be honest. Who will be fitter, Holgate, Mina or Zouma? they can start for me.

Do we need Schneiderlin AND Gana at home? I don't think so.

I'd be going

Pickford

Baines
Keane
Holgate
Coleman

Gana

Walcott
Sigurdsson
Richarlison

Niasse
Tosun

Mina, Bernard, Zouma, Gomes have barely had a pre-season. If they're fit enough in his eyes, i'd play them.

But there's no rush, and based on how we played at the weekend, I'd be confident with that team to be honest.

Bebeto · August 13, 2018

blulouie said:
Er Mina has had no pre season lads....only came back to Barca on monday.
Dont see him starting this game.
Probably bench at best.
Same goes for Bernard btw.

He has been training with a team in South America somewhere before he reported back at Barca...I am sure that he is not that far off especially having played the World Cup

Sinski · August 13, 2018

Thought I read somewhere that Silva has said that the deadline day signings will be doing a pre-season themselves to get them up to fitness so I doubt any of them will start in the next couple of weeks. Might be the the first league cup game until they start. Zouma might be closer though as he probably did a full preseason with Chelsea.

MikeH72 · August 13, 2018

At what point are the new signings actually going to get games considering they haven’t had a pre-season? Are we going to have to wait til next pre-season?

blulouie · August 13, 2018

Bebeto said:
He has been training with a team in South America somewhere before he reported back at Barca...I am sure that he is not that far off especially having played the World Cup

He may have been training but he will need time to get up to speed , so dont think he will start the Southampton game.
I'm sure i read Silva will have a pre season program for the new (late) players.