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

[aglee]

6 U-23's and no striker on our bench. Says a lot about squad depth despite a couple of injuries

 

[USABlue]

Would've preferred Davies and Keane in for Gomes and Holgate but Carlo knows more than I do

 

[billybeeru]

Holgate over Keane? Lol ok Carlo.

 

[Tubey]

They could play the bench and throw a couple of others in to make up the 11. 1-0 to the Everton,

I'd fancy the nine on their bench to beat our starting eleven with two fewer players most weeks tbh

 

[messymascot]

How is Holgate playing over Keane and Gomes over Davies.

If we are playing 3 at the back both Keane and Mina are better suited to middle of the 3. That is the only thing I can think. Gomes maybe ahead of Davies due to being slightly better on the ball but I would personally rather have Davies extra energy.

 

[PaulPowersTash]

Michael Olivier is the ref so there is going to be a penalty in the game...

 

[Frenk]

Holgate to get sent off

 

[Blues Harp]

Pretty confident we’ve literally never played well when they’re in midfield together

Lots of pointing and back passing

 

[mill]

Lol at the respective benches.
And people wonder why we are nowhere near competing.

 

[Tubey]

How is Holgate playing over Keane and Gomes over Davies.

Keane is notably slower in a back three than the three options we're starting today. And when he has bad games, he turns like a tugboat.

He's our best option in a two, but not a three.

 

[JMT]

U23 keeper starting, 5 U23 players on the bench for a quarter final.
Just the Everton way of life.

 

[Frenk]

I should have ordered the jigsaw puzzle.

 

[Pejic300]

Another head-scratcher from Ancelotti but he always has a plan. COYB.

 

[Jim Hopper]

I highly doubt any other team in the top division has a worse bench than us and people think we should be doing better than we actually are lol

 

[catcherintherye]

6 U-23's and no striker on our bench. Says a lot about squad depth despite a couple of injuries

To be fair weve got an injury crisis.