Man City v Everton. 15th Oct at 1500.

Nil Satis Niasse Optimum · October 15, 2016

No Aguero though, and I guess that's all we could ask for. Huge boost to see him on the bench. Take advantage Everton ffs.

artetas sock · October 15, 2016

I fear

ArtetaMagic · October 15, 2016

I know barkley hasn't been great but what has cleverly shown to deserve a start ?

blue to the bone · October 15, 2016

No aguero helps a bit though

ToffeeTim · October 15, 2016

I do not like our side.

Why oh why did we not sign a top midfielder??????? :rant:

Connor · October 15, 2016

Koeman out.

Tony Hibbert's 3rd leg · October 15, 2016

Over the moon Deulofeu gets a start. Now time for the lad to show us what we know he can do. I expect the midfield will sit and allow the front 3 to do their thing.

And I can understand why Barkley doesn't get into the team today. Played better vs Palace but arguably it's the right choice to drop him. Shame McCarthy was overused during internationals or I probably would have him over Cleverley and free Gana more

ianefc · October 15, 2016

Baines is biggest miss. Them having Sterling and KDB back is a massive massive blow to our chances. Being realistic.

royalbalou · October 15, 2016

ArtetaMagic said:
I know barkley hasn't been great but what has cleverly shown to deserve a start ?

Tracking back...Ross simply isn't good enough at that and we're gonna need it big time today

Ring master · October 15, 2016

tim cahill said:
Surprised Baines isn't in the squad. Thought Koeman said he was fit? Benching Ross makes sense.

think he was using mind games on baines,dont think he was ever playing today,thought barkley should have been dropped,but a touch surprised he used this game to do it

MikeH72 · October 15, 2016

Oh no, golden balls has been dropped. Watch out Ron.

blue to the bone · October 15, 2016

Toughest game of the season this. Been realistic if we get anything it will be a bonus. But lets play well and see where it gets us

Goat · October 15, 2016

That moment when The Clev gets picked ahead of Barks.

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Ring master · October 15, 2016

Nil Satis Niasse Optimum said:
No Aguero though, and I guess that's all we could ask for. Huge boost to see him on the bench. Take advantage Everton ffs.

blue to the bone said:
No aguero helps a bit though

Iheanacho has been doing pretty well,so hes the big watch,well one of them anyway

KaiserEFC · October 15, 2016

Seriously why would you play Cleverley?

Nil Satis Niasse Optimum · October 15, 2016

artetas sock said:
I fear

I'm no Cleverley fan, but nobody whatsoever can argue with Ross Barkley being benched. He's become a liability in our starting line up and deserves to be taken out of the side. Needs time to realise he's not as good as he thinks he is and needs to put in some more hard work and realise his career will go down the pan if he doesn't buck his ideas up quickly. He's lost his place in the England squad, that didn't motivate him to perform better for us, and now he's lost his place in our XI. Cleverley will put in a shift and cannot possibly be as bad as Ross has so far this season.