Everton v City pre-match thread

[york away to this!]

Thank fuck it's Saturday!

 

[urban genie]

He still brought him on for the last 20 minutes!!

with the game won, and him not needing to get imto a boolable situation, minites on pitch before a crucial game.

can see him possibly doing the same, then again everton and rags are on a par in football styles so he may not worry about ferdy missing derby day , as we can twat them without him

 

[Gray]

If the scum loose today and we win...do we still have to win next sat to seal it...I'm crap at working out stuff like this

Yes

yes

No.

A win for us today and a loss for the Scum would put us 19 points in front with 7 games left to play, then a draw with our nearest and dearest would leave us 19 points ahead with 6 games to play.

So to answer your question we would just have to ensure we don't lose.

 

[ohfk]

If the scum loose today and we win...do we still have to win next sat to seal it...I'm crap at working out stuff like this

No, Under those circumstances a draw would do.

8 games left 16pts clear. City win ;United lose (got me singin the blues)

We go in to the derby 19 pts clear with 7 games each to play. If the derby is a draw then we would be 19 points clear with 6 games remaining.

Liverpool can get a maximum of 84 pts. So a win(today) and a draw(in the derby) Would give us 85 pts

 

[hammocity]

I can’t see Pep doing anything that would suggest to the players that this game isn’t the most important game of the season

Never realised ferdy was a yellow away from a 2 match ban, rest him today then and play Ilkay possibly?

Completely correct, the 10 yellow amnesty kicks in on the 9th April so keep Ferdy's powder dry today and fire him up for the Title winning Derby, shouldn't matter if he misses the two games after that.

 

[Rammy Blue]

The guy who posted it on Twitter seems to be pretty reliable.

Hopefully he’s still sick on Weds so the selection dilemma is removed and we can get him right for the rags.

 

[Easy]

The guy who posted it on Twitter seems to be pretty reliable.

What’s his name on Twitter?

 

[leth]

While it's a risk, i would still start Fernandinho today. We play far better with him in the team and for me it's more important to come back from this long break with a positive performance and result ahead of Anfield. He walked a similar suspension tightrope for several games around Christmas time and showed he was smart enough to moderate his frequently rash tackling when necessary. By all means get him off the pitch in the last half hour if it feels like the game is won. We're better off concentrating on the 3 points on offer today rather than what could happen without him for Utd/Spurs.

However, i wouldn't take any risks with Aguero. If he's not quite ready we simply can't afford to lose him for the next two weeks. Delph on the other hand probably needs minutes and to prove his fitness given how little football he's played lately.

-----------------------Ederson-------------------
Walker-----Otamendi-----Laporte-----Delph
-------------------Fernandinho------------------
------------De Bruyne-------D.Silva------------
Sterling--------------Jesus----------------Sane

Bench: Bravo, Danilo, Zinchenko, Kompany, Gundogan, Bernardo, Diaz

Goodison is never an easy place to go but i'm still feeling fairly confident that we'll win this.

 

[Tam]

No, Under those circumstances a draw would do.

8 games left 16pts clear. City win ;United lose (got me singin the blues)

We go in to the derby 19 pts clear with 7 games each to play. If the derby is a draw then we would be 19 points clear with 6 games remaining.

Liverpool can get a maximum of 84 pts. So a win(today) and a draw(in the derby) Would give us 85 pts

Spurs can get 85 points, so mathematically it would not be over

 

[Tam]

No.

A win for us today and a loss for the Scum would put us 19 points in front with 7 games left to play, then a draw with our nearest and dearest would leave us 19 points ahead with 6 games to play.

So to answer your question we would just have to ensure we don't lose.

Spurs can get 85 points