Match Thread Everton v Watford. 8th Aug at 15.00.

[marty mcfly]

Haven't watched us at all in pre season. How's Cleverley been?

Good. He'll do well playing on the left. Big improvement on last season when Naismith played there.

 

[Phenom]

Haven't watched us at all in pre season. How's Cleverley been?

I'd say our most consistent player.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Good. He'll do well playing on the left. Big improvement on last season when Naismith played there.

Looks like Cleverley is on the right today.

 

[marty mcfly]

Sending Garbutt out on loan looks a bit silly now really, especially when he looked every bit as good as Baines, who to be fair had a really poor season last term.

He's injured anyway too although if possible I would recall him. I really fear this could be longer than 12 weeks since it's the same ankle.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

I'm not too enamoured with the starting line up, only one winger.

Hopefully Mcelny will come on for Barry at some stage, I imagine Watford will come and be tough to break down.

 

[marty mcfly]

We need 2 DM's to help Galloway out at lb. that's my 2 cents

Barry has been good in pre-season. At the start of last season I thought he looked unfit but this pre-season he's been one of our better players.

We will still be strong if we can get Shakiri in and move Barkley back but for now this is his best team excluding Baines.

 

[Titus Bramble]

We need to be patient today. Watford will be playing on adrenaline and will most likely be set up to be hard to break down. We need to get on the ball and move it around quickly, tire them out and gaps will start appearing.

 

[Jxg]

I'm not too enamoured with the starting line up, only one winger.

Hopefully Mcelny will come on for Barry at some stage, I imagine Watford will come and be tough to break down.

Who's MC Elny? Some up and coming star from the streets, handing out mixtapes?

 

[quasi modo]

I seem to remember Graeme Jones talking about playing with just the one holding midfield player. If that is the case today not sure how the midfield would line up? Seems almost impossible.

Might put Barry on the left wing take advantage of his pace.

 

[wiggum23]

As good an 11 as we could send out and should be good enough to beat these. (Should!)

The bench shows how short we are though, need a few in to take the pressure off our hamstrings!

 

[The Equaliser]

Well at least Lukaku and Mirallas are fit to start. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

Galloway knows he is going to get a few games now so hopefully he impresses.

It will be interesting to see where Cleverley ends up - not sure about him in wide areas but maybe there is no choice.

Bench looks weak though.

 

[marty mcfly]

Looks like Cleverley is on the right today.

How do you know?

 

[Saint Domingo]

One winger, two defensive mids, three centrebacks. Maybe it will be different to last season....

 

[marty mcfly]

Well at least Lukaku and Mirallas are fit to start. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

Galloway knows he is going to get a few games now so hopefully he impresses.

It will be interesting to see where Cleverley ends up - not sure about him in wide areas but maybe there is no choice.

Bench looks weak though.

I'm not really worried about the bench. We know we are in a minor injury crisis so I'm just glad he could field a decent first team.

 

[Azza]

Here's our other left back...