BOF

6pm kick off tonight instead of 7. Make sure it doesn't catch anyone out.

If you think there are better options why would you cling on to what is effectively 0.2 ?

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Surely it can't always be windy.

Gray has 3 goals from 4 shots on target this season. You would hope that's unsustainable.

It'll be interesting. I agree with you in that our best performances are likely to come from choosing 3 from 4 or 2 from 4. I just wonder whether Smith will be able to resist the temptation to go that route often enough. The performance against Chelsea with a back 5 'horses for courses' approach will have been an eye opener. It certainly was for me. If anything it may have increased his headache. I'm looking forward to what we eventually settle down into. I hope he settles on something, because I also wouldn't like a season where we are in constant flux with an ever-changing front 6 just to keep people happy. It's very possible that's what happens. And we haven't even thought about El Goatse and Bertie in all of that.

The elephant in the room is the front 4 of Bailey, Buendia, Watkins & Ings. Smith has a problem

It would clash with the anchovies.

Was there pineapple on the pizza?

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I'm the same. I thought his performances up to now had been largely anonymous, which is fine to an extent for a youngster maturing in full view, and that he was getting an easy ride because he was one of our own; again that's fair enough to a point. But he actually contributed properly as a fully-signed up part of the senior team on Saturday which was really good to see on so many levels. If that's his new level from this point on then brilliant. He has served his time acclimatising. If he can maintain that then he'll become a fan favourite.

I'LL BE BEETHOVEN.

I just had a thunk. We know the 2 sprint races this season have had chaotic Sundays at the front of the grid. I wonder if there's a good reason for that. It's like the Saturday sprint race gives Max & Lewis a sneak preview of how the grand prix is going to go the next day, and the driver who doesn't like this glimpse into the future (Lewis at Silverstone and Max at Monza) then takes the opportunity to "racing incident" the other driver off the road. It is one thing the sprint race does that qualifying doesn't. It gives a representative body of evidence of how the cars will match up in anger. Interlagos should be interesting.

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Everton's position flatters them. I think this is an evenly matched game, and with important players returning from injury we have looked much better. Potentially add in Buendia and Martinez and we should have plenty in the tank to win this one. If we play the way we played against Chelsea (with a better backpass from Mings) then we win.