Everton (H) - Thu 26th Dec '24, 12:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[CityBrat64]

———————Ortega——————
Lewis—Stones—Akanji—Gvardiol
———————Kovačić——————
——De Bruyne———Grealish——
Foden———-Haaland———Doku

Stones has a recurrence of his foot injury

 

[blue61]

———————Ortega——————
Lewis—Stones—Akanji—Gvardiol
———————Kovačić——————
——De Bruyne———Grealish——
Foden———-Haaland———Doku

Given Stones track record he will be out for another 3 months after the 45 mins yesterday.

The most important thing is to get some legs and energy in the side. For me that excludes Gundo, Bernardo, KDB and Walker.

Gvardiol looks as though his confidence is shot but he has to play as we have little other options at present

I would also ditch the Rico playing in the middle leaving 3 at the back

Midfield for me would be Jack, Phil and Kovacic. Nunes might be an option has he has the legs as long as it doesn’t try and tackle anyone in the penalty area

 

[M23 Citizen]

Stones has a recurrence of his foot injury

Cheers, I was hoping that it was just that he was only fit to play half a game why he went off.

Never mind.

 

[dadnlad]

Given Stones track record he will be out for another 3 months after the 45 mins yesterday.

Rubbish England play again in March ;)

 

[Username Required]

Everton at home. 50% win prediction. EVERTON. lol

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Given Stones track record he will be out for another 3 months after the 45 mins yesterday.

The most important thing is to get some legs and energy in the side. For me that excludes Gundo, Bernardo, KDB and Walker.

Gvardiol looks as though his confidence is shot but he has to play as we have little other options at present

I would also ditch the Rico playing in the middle leaving 3 at the back

Midfield for me would be Jack, Phil and Kovacic. Nunes might be an option has he has the legs as long as it doesn’t try and tackle anyone in the penalty area

He's been the biggest surprise for me. I thought he might really kick on this season, but instead, on the gaffe front at least, he's somehow morphed into prime Stefan Savic. That back pass yesterday, with barely 10 seconds on the clock, was absolutely mind bending

 

[Eds]

He's been the biggest surprise for me. I thought he might really kick on this season, but instead, on the gaffe front at least, he's somehow morphed into prime Stefan Savic. That back pass yesterday, with barely 10 seconds on the clock, was absolutely mind bending

That back pass wasn’t him it was Josko

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

That back pass wasn’t him it was Josko

I know. It was him [Josko] I was talking about, as per the section of the original post that I highlighted

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Just watching the Everton game. It’s not going to be pretty that’s for sure. They are pretty much playing with 9 men behind the ball when Chelsea have it and Chelsea have created virtually nothing in the first 40 mins. Only having some joy when they play with pace breaking which we don’t.

I remember last years game being a real struggle and we were playing well then.

 

[Sid C]

Given Stones track record he will be out for another 3 months after the 45 mins yesterday.

The most important thing is to get some legs and energy in the side. For me that excludes Gundo, Bernardo, KDB and Walker.

Gvardiol looks as though his confidence is shot but he has to play as we have little other options at present

I would also ditch the Rico playing in the middle leaving 3 at the back

Midfield for me would be Jack, Phil and Kovacic. Nunes might be an option has he has the legs as long as it doesn’t try and tackle anyone in the penalty area

I’m fine with that except for Kev, I think at the moment he’s the only player capable of pinging the right ball in the release Haaland.