Match Thread Everton vs Manchester City - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Martin Alvito]

At least its at goodison....

Hasn't gone well for us all season, I'm afraid.

Best plan is to go all out attack. We aren't going to grind out a 1-0, and City has been unexpectedly leaky of late. Our best hope is to try to rope them into a slugfest like the 3-3 United draw or the 5-4 Tottenham win.

In many ways Pep is the best manager to face in that scenario, because I don't think he can help trying to win by outscoring the opponent if you dare him to do so.

 

[Thomasc]

We’ve as much chance of beating them as Cheltenham did in the earlier rounds.
See what side they put out, which will simply determine what we can keep the score down to.

 

[Jamesblue90]

Damage limitation, just really hope we don't get drubbed by 4 or 5.

 

[Brownie]

With Pep it's all about creating numerical superiority on the pitch, so let's send out the entire US state of Virginia wearing keeper shirts and see how he deals with a low block of 8.5 million.

 

[Mrtallywacker]

Virginia
Keown Mina Keane Godfrey
Labone Mountfield Ratcliffe T G Jones
D Watson Jagielka

Carlo defensive masterclass incoming.

God bless.

 

[Mark barnett]

Every game we play hinges on us scoring first especially this game because we're going to concede hopefully no more than 1 so we have a chance of extra time and pens

 

[R.Reddington]

Honestly think we have to just go for it - 3-4-3/5-2-2-1

We need a response from Burnley and we'll have a very good side to play against. Use the gaps in left and right back positions to hold the ball and get James drifting through the middle to find Richarlison/DCL.

Make that midfield busy and get themmoff their pace.

Hopefully Pickford is back otherwise Olsen going back in.

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I like your thinking, time to let the shackles off and go for it. Man United at home in the carabao cup quarter was so bad and I don’t want to see another repeat of that. However, I don’t think James will be fit to play again.

 

[tonka1878]

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I agree wholeheartedly.

 

[hktoffee]

Godfrey to DM we need legs there.

Olsen

Holgate Mina Keane

Coleman Allan Godfrey Sigurðsson Digne

Calvert-Lewin Richarlison

Subs: King, Iwobi, Nkounkou, Bernard, Gomes, Davies, Virgínia, Tyrer, Onyango.

Unavailable: Pickford, Delph, Doucouré, James, Gbamin (all injured).

 

[hallamblue]

Virginia
Nkounkou Digne Mina Keane Godfrey Coleman
Allan Holgate Davies



DCL.

 

[Drumblue]

Hasn't gone well for us all season, I'm afraid.

Best plan is to go all out attack. We aren't going to grind out a 1-0, and City has been unexpectedly leaky of late. Our best hope is to try to rope them into a slugfest like the 3-3 United draw or the 5-4 Tottenham win.

In many ways Pep is the best manager to face in that scenario, because I don't think he can help trying to win by outscoring the opponent if you dare him to do so.

Carlo will park the bus and hope for the best.

 

[Death]

The positive i have coming onto thos is we lost two on the bounce going into it. Never winning g thos type of game going into ot on a good run.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

why isnt this pinned already

 

[Caolam]

Don’t think it matters who is selected to play, don’t care who is selected to play. We don’t have 11 players willing to give their all for the shirt so we will have a few passengers going through the motions and a few who will be passing the ball backwards for an easy life.
We could really be embarrassed here, that is us the supporters, not the players as I haven’t seen an ounce of professional pride in them.
Can see City putting 4 past us and then the usual message from a player or two “must learn lessons” “must stick together” “not good enough” “let ourselves down” etc. etc.
For the first time in nearly 60 years I am considering not watching them.

 

[deipnosophist]

No reason whatsoever
I normally fear playing lower teams for sake of embarrassment and enjoy playing the top teams and heyo that's how we seem to perform
So what the hell
If they don't give it all on Saturday....

...they won't