Match Thread Fulham 1-2 Everton. Sat Feb 7th. 3pm

[Dario Terracotta]

Bungle is back in at 5.

 

[Clarky cat]

Good luck Davey.

 

[Bluepablo]

Earlier this season Armstrong was viewed as the last choice option behind all our other central midfielders and requiring a loan at Preston.

Now he’s apparently ahead of all our right hand side options including Dibling and George both of whom have played much more PL football than him.

Make it make sense, we were flipping a coin as to whether to send him back on loan to Preston and now he’s our starting right winger.

I suspect he is excellent at following Moyes instructions. The no.1 criteria for selection.

 

[Vaughan]

Everton

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"It's about balancing minutes for Jarrad Branthwaite. He's been out for the best part of eight months, so we've just got to be careful how many games and how many minutes he plays."The boss on today's team selection.

https://x.com/Everton/status/2020139265867288938/photo/1

 

[ValBlue]

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Good luck Davey.

Don’t think he’d have the ambition to take the whole lid off tbh

 

[Lob]

I had a feeling he would do something like this again when there is another game in 3 days. It is again overly defensive for me and we are not in a position where we have to play people in wrong positions. Patterson should be right back. Not because he is great but because he was decent and it is his natural position and it brings better balance. Likewise Branthwaite should be on from the start and Keane should be on the bench. If he wants to preserve his legs then give him 60 or 70 minutes or whatever.

Should always try and start with your strongest team imo and the bench would still be decent if we did.

 

[Saint Domingo]

This PL experience:

Keane: Red card and 3 game ban for pulling someone’s hair

Gueye: 3 game ban for slapping his own team mate

O’Brien: conceded a penalty for jumping with his arms straight up in the air

Glad we’re not trusting any of the young players, imagine what mistakes they might make.

 

[blue to the bone]

 

[James Roberts]

If I was Brantwaite and saw I wasn't playing with that back 4 I'd be questioning why I was at Everton.

 

[MACCA75]

It’s a team that is designed to get a point. Which will inevitably not work until we are forced to change it in the last 20 minutes.

 

[Lanolin]

I don’t mind the branthwaite thing, he’s been out a long time and I’m not sure expecting him to just come back and play 90 minutes every game is realistic. Agree with the other criticisms though, it does look like a pretty uninspiring line up on a couple of levels. We’ve been good away from home though so fingers crossed we can nick another one.

 

[Efcjake]

Just loves a rod for his own back doesn't he

 

[Saint Domingo]

Then why not start O’Brien at CB and play Patterson at right back. IN THEIR ACTUAL POSITIONS

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Fulham team

B. Leno
Iwobi
Anderson
Cuenca
Castagne
Berge
Chukwueze
Rowe
Wilson
Sessegnon
Jiménez

 

[AndyP94]

So it's once again back to shoehorning players in their less natural positions, in order to accommodate other players by the looks of it.

Have Patterson RB, Dibling/George wide just for starters even.