Match Thread Newcastle v Everton - Wed 13th December

[cromofo]

Pickford
Kenny Holgate Williams Martina
Rooney Gana Sigurdsson
Vlašić DCL Lookman
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1:2 away win

 

[Eggs]

with a drop off in quality of oppo, would expect Rooney back in the center, unless he rests him

..I agree. If Rooney starts I expect him to play in the centre. I still think he’ll use the same mix of players he used at the weekend.

 

[granter79]

Lennon in at RB with JJ going to LB. Ideal game for Lookman this, id give him a start and freshen it up. Give Rooney a rest and Bring Siggy into middle with Vlasic in aswell out wide. Id leave Davies in and let him get that derby out of his system and bounce back

 

[blue to the bone]

Start Morgan and lookman over Davies and Niasse for this one

 

[jaycee]

For these reasons alone I hope we score about 6

 

[MickA]

Lennon in at RB with JJ going to LB. Ideal game for Lookman this, id give him a start and freshen it up. Give Rooney a rest and Bring Siggy into middle with Vlasic in aswell out wide. Id leave Davies in and let him get that derby out of his system and bounce back

Nah stick with Martina who was nowhere near as bad as some are saying. Basically always field a team with as few players out of position as possible, leave JJK where he's doing well.

 

[dano195]

Stick to the same back 4 that's served us well so far - no point in splitting Holgate and Williams up just yet.

Yeah did think that however give the guy a rest. We have games coming thick and fast over the festive period....

 

[Nymzee]

Yeah did think that however give the guy a rest. We have games coming thick and fast over the festive period....

We swapped line-ups all the time under Koeman and look where that got us?

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Pickford

Kenny - Holgate - Williams - Martina

Lennon - Davies - Gueye - Sigurdsson​

Rooney
DCL - Rooney
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Game should start like this. Very similar to how we've set up under Allardyce so far. In truth I'd have Rooney & Sigurdsson interchanging with Rooney dropping a bit deeper to work the ball from midfield like he did against West Ham. Chances are we won't have control of the midfield as much as we would if this was at Goodison which is why I've stuck with Lennon & Davies over Schneiderlin. Gueye is an automatic choice at the moment. Should keep the back four unchanged whilst they're doing alright, Martina included.

Lookman & Vlasic 100% need to be introduced from the bench to stretch the game in the second half if needs be, Niasse also being a good option later on.

 

[Eggs]

Lennon in at RB with JJ going to LB. Ideal game for Lookman this, id give him a start and freshen it up. Give Rooney a rest and Bring Siggy into middle with Vlasic in aswell out wide. Id leave Davies in and let him get that derby out of his system and bounce back

..I can’t see Vlasic starting and if he does he looks a defensive liability out wide.

 

[BlueLlama]

Please God someone do a proper match thread so this embarrassing mess isn’t it.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

These are awful, but it would be totally "Everton, that" for us to lose this after our recent relatively decent set of results and their horrible slide in form. Take the game to them, attack and their heads will drop and we will win. Go into it with a mindset similar to Sunday and we lose.

 

[granter79]

..I can’t see Vlasic starting and if he does he looks a defensive liability out wide.

I don't think much of Siggy going back that way either . think u gain from him central

hopefully freshens it up

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Please God someone do a proper match thread so this embarrassing mess isn’t it.

 

[granter79]

Nah stick with Martina who was nowhere near as bad as some are saying. Basically always field a team with as few players out of position as possible, leave JJK where he's doing well.

disagree mate.Rather play with 10 I think hes that bad at LB