Everton (A) - Sun 14th May, 14:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[SebastianBlue]

Reckon we’ll see something like this (in possession):

——————————— Ederson ———————————
————— Akanji ——— Dias —— Laporte ————
————————— Lewis —— Rodri ————————
—————— Bernardo ———— Alvarez ——————
— Mahrez —————— Haaland ———— Foden —

 

[bugsyblue]

People are mad or simply don’t give a shit about the CL if they don’t wish to rest at least some key players this weekend. Grealish, Haaland, Bernardo, gundogan, Kdb and Rodri all looked fucked by the end last night.

 

[Gobshiight]

People are mad or simply don’t give a shit about the CL if they don’t wish to rest at least some key players this weekend. Grealish, Haaland, Bernardo, gundogan, Kdb and Rodri all looked fucked by the end last night.

I do wonder how much the temperature played a part though, the commentators mentioned it being oppressively hot a number of times

The players have 4 free days to recover before Everton, so I think they'll be fine for that. I just hope and think that we can finish them off early even with some changes, and then make sure nobody plays more minutes than necessary

 

[Gorbachev]

I think we will see quite heavy rotation with Pep in a position now where he simply has to trust his squad.

We can't wheel out the majority of yesterdays team in this match against Everton and expect it to perform against Madrid again 3 days later.

A similar team to Leeds will occur I think, maybe even with KDB out.

 

[blueormy]

Reckon we’ll see something like this (in possession):

——————————— Ederson ———————————
————— Akanji ——— Dias —— Laporte ————
————————— Lewis —— Rodri ————————
———————————— Alvarez ——————————
— Mahrez —————— Haaland ———— Foden —

Hope not maybe we could have got away with playing with 9 outfield players 2 or 3 weeks ago but now I'm not to sure.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

.............Eddie......
....Lewis...Dias...Laporte....
Mahrez....Rodri...Bernie..Grealish...
............Foden.....Alvarez...
..............Haaland.....

Tough to call, shame Ake is injured.

 

[ftg89]

Ortega

Lewis Dias Laporte gomez

Bernardo Philips KDB

Foden Alvarez Mahrez

Ederson, walker, stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodri, gundogan, grealish, Haaland all rested.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Reckon we’ll see something like this (in possession):

——————————— Ederson ———————————
————— Akanji ——— Dias —— Laporte ————
————————— Lewis —— Rodri ————————
———————————— Alvarez ——————————
— Mahrez —————— Haaland ———— Foden —

I started to type out a starting 11 and it looks exactly like this with the back three being dependent on fitness levels and if Ake is back.

 

[bugsyblue]

I do wonder how much the temperature played a part though, the commentators mentioned it being oppressively hot a number of times

The players have 4 free days to recover before Everton, so I think they'll be fine for that. I just hope and think that we can finish them off early even with some changes, and then make sure nobody plays more minutes than necessary

They’ll be fine against Everton but I’m not worried about that. I’m worried about them then playing 3 days later in the biggest game of our season against one of the best sides in the world who will absolutely rest players this weekend

 

[zandvoort blue]

Go strong and win. No time to think about Real. Winning this game will make the Real game all the easier. Hopefully Ake will be fit

Ederson
Stones Dias Laporte Ake
KDB Rodri Gundog
Alvarez Haaland Mahrez

 

[Cricket Blue]

I think we will see quite heavy rotation with Pep in a position now where he simply has to trust his squad.

We can't wheel out the majority of yesterdays team in this match against Everton and expect it to perform against Madrid again 3 days later.

A similar team to Leeds will occur I think, maybe even with KDB out.

No chance

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Has Tommy Doyles loan ended? Can we apply to get him in the squad? He'd be a far better option than the Cheshire cat.

I almost got shot on here for suggesting Tommy was a better option than phillips

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Reckon we’ll see something like this (in possession):

——————————— Ederson ———————————
————— Akanji ——— Dias —— Laporte ————
————————— Lewis —— Rodri ————————
———————————— Alvarez ——————————
— Mahrez —————— Haaland ———— Foden —

Stick another in there and we’ll be fine.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Reckon we’ll see something like this (in possession):

——————————— Ederson ———————————
————— Akanji ——— Dias —— Laporte ————
————————— Lewis —— Rodri ————————
———————————— Alvarez ——————————
— Mahrez —————— Haaland ———— Foden —

You're that confident you want to play with 10 men. I'll have what youre having

 

[Oyster28catcher]

Gonna be a tough game and one we can't under-estimate. Hoping Everton gave their all last week to have a free hit at City. Unlikely.

 

[Keeper!]

Has Tommy Doyles loan ended? Can we apply to get him in the squad? He'd be a far better option than the Cheshire cat.

Pep as player manager would be better

 

[Ray bloody Purchase]

Stick another in there and we’ll be fine.

I liked it because I thought SB was joking or being overly confident, I am all for a bit of positivity

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I like the look of that team. I wonder about Gundo, he was absolutely out on his feet in the second half last night and I hope he has enough time to recover.

True. I don’t think Pep will trust Phillips, so I guess Gundogan, Bernardo or De Bruyne will have to play against Everton. Rodri needs a rest too but he’s arguably the player we rely on the most.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Everton will be over confident

First time that phrase has been used in the past decade.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Stick another in there and we’ll be fine.

Oops, hahaha.

Reckon we could still do a job with 10 men. ;-)