Everton (H) - Sat 31st Dec, 15:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[MCFC1993]

'Not on TV in the UK'.

We kick off a couple of hours before Arsenal's away trip to Brighton, so it's a chance to apply a bit of pressure.

We play Chelsea on 5th January, so we could stay unchanged but from Chelsea onwards the games really pile up.

Team Prediction:
-----------------Ederson
Walker---Stones---Akanji---Cancelo
-----------------Rodri
--------De Bruyne---Bernardo
Mahrez----------Haaland-------Foden

Slightly harsh on Lewis, Ake, Gundogan and Grealish but I think we'll see some rotation.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Absolute shower of shite these lot. Get this game won before half time.

Ederson; Walker Stones Ake Cancelo; Rodri Bernardo KDB; Foden Haaland Grealish

 

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Ederson
Walker
Stones
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Grealish
Foden
Haaland

 

[richards30]

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Grealish
Foden
Haaland

Lovely! Changes can be made from half time onwards if we can get a decent lead

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Not too bothered about the performance for this one.

Let's just get the gap down to two points and see how Arsenal react.

 

[chesterbells]

I’ll be interested what happens with Bernardo for this match.

 

[PabZabb]

I’ve no doubt Arsenal will crumble when it really matters, hust need to keep applying the pressure. They’re playing some really good stuff this season but imagine once we get our noses in front we won’t look back. 3 points here and let’s see how they cope.

Expect Laporte, Walker, Cancelo, Bernardo and Foden will come straight back in for this.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

No fuckin' about again Everton. An early goal will silence their crowd and we'll hopefully go on to win it at a canter.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Be interesting to see who he picks for this

 

[pride in battle]

No fuckin' about again Everton. An early goal will silence their crowd and we'll hopefully go on to win it at a canter.

We're at home ??

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Lovely! Changes can be made from half time onwards if we can get a decent lead

Yep but leave Grealish on ffs Pep

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

We're at home ??

Oh right. We'll still silence them though; )

 

[FantasyIreland]

Fucking hell,our fixtures over this period have been shite.

Hopefully Bernie is back for this one.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I just hope we don't do this thing again where we go one, two or even three up and then lose concentration, or maybe application, and let the other team back in. The Leeds game could have ended differently if they had taken their 2-3 chance especially with a referee like that.

I am beginning to get this "never safe even when two up" vibe I used to have but got rid off for a while. Bad for my heart.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Don’t drop Grealish Pep. Let’s see what he’s got after getting two assists last night.

 

[richards30]

Yep but leave Grealish on ffs Pep

Jack needs a run of games imo but the second half was a lot better and if he had took his chances in the first half then it would look different peoples prospective on his performances

 

[Sibierskii]

Now these are shite, 4 or 5

 

[shevtheblue]

This is quite a turn around in fixtures, i'd probably be expecting quite a few changes. Maybe the likes of Laporte, Cancelo, Walker and Bernardo could start, but i'd expect Foden as well. A lot of changes but it's not as if they're not used to playing with each other.

 

[PragueBlue]

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Grealish
Foden
Haaland

That would be my team.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Bernardo
Grealish
Foden
Haaland

Knowing how injury prone Johnny Stones is, I think Pep will rotate him out rather than play him twice in just over 48 hours.

I think he will go with Akanji and Laporte.