Yup. That's my guess too. Hopefully, it's Akanji in a 3 man CB system with Lewis playing the John Stones role next to Phillips. I also kept Grealish over Palmer. But I think it's more likely you are right. And more likely that my view of Palmer is why I kept Grealish on.Short time lurker, first time poster.
Just a gut feeling that we may see Palmer get a start. We saw with lewis that Pep isn't afraid of chucking an academy lad out there even if they haven't played.
Ederson
Lewis
Dias
Laporte
Gomez(Maybe Akanji?)
Phillips
Bernardo
Foden
Mahrez
Alvarez
Palmer
Dyche will absolutely have his players up for this and try to play on our worry of injury to key players. I expect some big challenges in the first 15 that we will need to ride out.
I can’t see us rotating as many as people think, Pep had one eye on this game in midweek when he didn’t make subs.
Ref today will be a big factor but he has booked the most players for time wasting by some margin which we all know is one of Everton’s tactics.
I sort of knew we'd beat Fulham. For some reason I'm shit scared of this one.
Alti Fan reffed us a Klanfield this season.Quite should Everton will try to intimidate us with some robust challenges early doors , it will depend a lot on the referee and how how he handles the tackles that will fly-in , i have no worries in our players standing up to rough house tactics , but i am bothered about picking up injuries if the referee allows Everton to kick f*ck out of us.
If we get a strong ref who doesnt play to the crowd then our possession game will win the day , anyway Haaland is due a hat-trick :)
If you assume City will crush every opposition. Then punditry will be pointless and boring. It's normal to talk up the underdog.I see Neville’s bigging up Everton again. Been doing it since last week when he was predicting our downfall. Going on about how they’re fighting for their lives while ignoring our title ambitions.
It's weird because I feel the same. I think we'll reverse their goal tally from last week.I was out last night and every non city fan I spoke to says we'll smash them
I don't think any of us see any evidence, as we don't get to see him train and he doesn't get any game time.I think we'll know next season. Personally, I see no evidence one way or the other. Yes, he hasn't played much coz he is behind the best DM for a Pep team. But we'll see how he is next season. I'll accept he isn't trusted for the business end. Which is normal.