Match Thread Everton vs West Brom 11th March 2017 15:00

[dave abrahams]

Keep writing these Ash. not bad at all, but remember as soon as Chico feels like writing them again, the job is his, OK.

 

[Donald Twain]

Sorry about that mate - I'll ask yer mar not to make such a mess next time x

What do you mean ?

 

[Walken]

Well in ash ya tit

 

[Huyton Layne]

Do you think we will mate?

Going to be interesting to see the reaction of the players and Koeman following the Spurs defeat the bad bottle jobs.

Hoping Spurs away was just a mistake to be learned from. Barry went from a slow player with nous and a high passing percentage to just a slow player and a liability really fast. Koeman doesn't seem too naive but he did fail to pull him quickly but hopefully we're in a better place for losing. You look at their squad and you'd struggle to want any of them at Everton and probably give up football if we had their manager. No way we should lose and no way we should be losing back to back games.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Big game this for Chris Brunt as he'll know Walsh will be really keeping a close eye on him ahead of any potential summer move here.

 

[gonetomorrow]

We have two winnable home games in a row.
United have two aways next, one of them Chelsea.
We must make some ground on them.

 

[GwladysBlue]

We have two winnable home games in a row.
United have two aways next, one of them Chelsea.
We must make some ground on them.

That is in the cup, mate.

They got thrashed at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Back to life, back to reality.

The unbeaten run was good whilst it lasted; really shown that Koeman could turn a bad run around in a big way and rejuvenated our season. We have had a minor setback but let’s be honest; losing away to the second best team in the league is not something to dwell on. We have a great opportunity this weekend to start another unbeaten run and try and close down the teams above us again. 2 months of the season left, let us do something good with the time and not hope the top 4 make the cup final for a good season.

Next up is West Bromwich Albion managed by Mr anti football himself Tony Pulis. To give credit here Pulis has actually done a good job at the Baggies, got them 8th in the league and getting results with some average players. They are only 4 points behind us so they will be viewing this game as a chance to close the gap on us and push for Europe themselves, so no easy task. Worth pointing out their last 5 games mirrors ours as well, although getting beat by palace at the weekend is not quite the same as ours.

West Brom only have one Injury concern ahead of the game, Matty Phillips out at the minute but due back by the weekend so pretty much their strongest 11 can play. They will go into the game with Livermore as their star player at the minute, McCauley has played every minute of the league so far which isn’t bad for a 37 year old, And Rondon their top scorer with 7 goals alongside McCauley himself.

As for Everton, No new injuries again this week. Calvert-Lewen could well be moved back into the squad this weekend after injury but besides from that expect a similar line up as before. Lukaku is now our record premier league goal scorer with 61 goals so far this season, not bad for a player who is lazy and has a poor first touch. Along with this new contract being signed this week, could we be seeing him get to 100 next season with us? I would like to hope so anyway, worth every penny his new contract will pay him.

So an easy three points this weekend or an anti football 90 minutes like last season? West Brom’s form comes from being at home so we can hope they turn up lost and we can outclass them in the middle of the park. I would hope Davies plays with Gueye and Schneiderin and we look to stretch their back 4 with pace rather than look to fight them. A win will move us 7 clear of 8th and hopefully 3 closer to someone above us. It is time to start a new unbeaten run Blue Boys, let’s make it happen this weekend.

And if you know your History!

Keep doing 'em lad.

If someone else steps up and does a better job, then you might end up being the Leon Osman to their Ross Barkley and have to write a slightly bitter book about your experiences, but you can worry about that later.

A nervy 2-1 to the Blue Boys will see us one step closer to the 7th place trophy and ( hopefully ) trips to uncivilised parts of Europe ( such as Scotland ).

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

1-1.

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Enjoyable, but couldn't vote yes or like as I feel that encouraging you to do previews will distract from your career development.
At least I didn't neg or vote no.
Everton win by the only goal of the match.

 

[bicycleheader]

4-0 or 1-1

Or another scoreline not mentioned above

 

[gonetomorrow]

That is in the cup, mate.

They got thrashed at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season.

Not so good then!

We should get six points anyway.

 

[krea]

COYB! Hopefully the lads can turn up for this one to put WBA in their place. 2-0 to the blues with Lookman and Davies scoring.

 

[RomanReigns]

im going to this game

 

[Nymzee]

1-7 to West Brom.

Chris Brunt to score 8.