Match Thread Manchester City v Everton (Mon 21 Aug 2017, 20:00)

[Papa Shango]

We'll smash these manc mutants.

39-1 to the blue boys; Rooney with every one of them

Including the one against?

 

[Rossisboss]

Cuco Martina hat trick

Stick a tenner on that.

 

[Mosh Pit]

Just remembered we signed Gylfi!

 

[Jeff Jones]

I'm not saying we can't get a result, but I'd be more confident if we had a proven number 9.

Ramirez, or even DCL if he was put there might be able to hold it down, but we just don't know.

 

[nsno-chris]

Including the one against?

Indeed

 

[Adam-GOTTV]

Manchester City 0-1 Everton
Rooney 93'

 

[Mashtray]

Klassen to get off the mark tonight

 

[ad4amt]

we'll get beat defo, just hope its not a drubbing

 

[smithens]

Fancy you lot to beat the chav lottery winners tonight. I hope I am right. You feel that a knock to their confidence could send them spiralling for a while which would be music to our ears - Rooney knows where the net is against the liars so hopefully a brace.

 

[Stuartisitc1878]

This will be an interesting test and probably the best time to play them. New players, a lot new the league are still settling in. They have blistering pace on the counter so it might be in our interest to sit deep, defend and try to hit them on the counter instead but to do that we need pace ourselves. When City have to break down a defensive side they can get frustrated and Stones always has a mistake in him. No-one expected the 4 nil thrashing last year so anything can happen. Can't help having one eye on Thursday which at this moment in time is a much more important game.

 

[bluekangaroo]

Thursday shouldn't be on our minds. All we need to do is score one goal, but even without that our second string should be able to defend and get through with a 2-0 lead and no away goals conceded. Stekelenberg, Holgate, Jagielka, Mirallas, Lookman, Besic can all play vs Split and ought to be able to get us comfortably over the line.
We need to get at City, if we sit back we get bummed, simple as.

 

[brieverton]

I can take losing and lord knows we have enough experience of it vs. teams and at grounds like this, but I long for the day when we go out and really try to win the game for the 90 minutes.

Not this turgid, horrid, keep-your-fingers-crossed and everybody behind the ball, hiding behind the couch and surrendering upwards of 65-70% possession. It is brutal.

Nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Just go for it Everton. The world won't stop spinning if we got a win.

 

[mawders]

I see no reason why we can't get a result there, as long as we don't sit back and invite them onto us

 

[KaiserEFC]

Not afraid of this lot at all.

 

[voodoobloo]

Think he'd be better off saving him until both he and Sigurdsson are on the pitch together, though I don't disagree with you.

That is a good point and not one I had thought of - DCL (and Rooney) would thrive with some decent crosses in to the box.