CVByrne Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Only 2 players are undropable from this team. Martinez and Buendia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, Pablo_2531 said: you could do with a decent start to calm the place down. Won’t take long for them to direct their bitterness an anger at their players if villa take the lead. We’re not very good at this bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Wont be easy. Big dunc will have them fired up for this one. I think without konsa too we are in trouble as you know mings is just going to do a mings and make some kind of mistake. Then you wont have konsa clearing it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Probably the single worst fixture slot for us to be facing them this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 There's a lot of optimism around us right now because of the signings of Coutinho and Digne and I can see why. Whilst at Everton they're very gloomy. However, in terms of results our form isn't any better than theirs. Last 5 games we have 4 points, last 5 games they have 4 points. Our games maybe slightly harder than theirs (Liverpool, Norwich, Chelsea, Brentford and Man U v Arsenal, Palace, Chelsea, Brighton and Norwich) but not a lot in it. It's not an ideal time to play them with the manager situation, but we need a win just as much if not more than them. We're 13th which is crap. We certainly can't be losing this game. Ideally I'd be hoping for the following in the next 6 to get us up the table: Everton (a) - D or W, Leed (h) - W, Newcastle (a) - D or W, Watford (h) - W, Brighton (a) - D, Southampton (h) - W. Think minimum of 12 points has to be the aim. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Coutinho, Chukwuemeka, Buendia and Ramsey look frightening together i would love to see a sequel to that link up display against United last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, CVByrne said: Only 2 players are undropable from this team. Martinez and Buendia No player is undroppable, that would send a bad message to the rest of the squad. Every player has to fight for their place or squad and earn it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 A little worried now as Duncan Ferguson will motivate them. I guess if we can keep it tight then we have a chance of snatching a win bringing on Coutinho later on in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 48 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: A little worried now as Duncan Ferguson will motivate them. I guess if we can keep it tight then we have a chance of snatching a win bringing on Coutinho later on in the game. Big Dunc had two draws and a 3-1 win against Chelsea in his last stint. I've re-watched the main highlights from that game against Chelsea, the Everton goals were extremely fortunate and definitely not the result of flowing football or outplaying the opponent. He will however have the players right up for the game so we can expect a midfield battle. It will be interesting to see if he plays 4-4-2 as he did before with two in midfield. If we can win that battle, we should be OK. He also did it with a superior squad than he has now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I wish another factoid was mentioned when we play this lot instead of the most played game in top flight english football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I’ve mentioned before that I work with a premier league referee, anyway I’ve had a call with him this morning and he’s reffing this one on Saturday. I pointed out that we’ve just played Manure twice in a week so we’re due some decisions to go our way. He laughed and said he’ll see what he can do. I’ve been more than helpful from a work perspective… time for him to reciprocate… Hopefully we don’t need any help from the referees. I’d rather we just go out and swamp Everton with our pressing and quick passing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 god it feels like it's been bloody ages since the united game. Really looking forward to this one, even against a possibly fired up Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 4 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: No player is undroppable, that would send a bad message to the rest of the squad. Every player has to fight for their place or squad and earn it To be fair, Martinez is undroppable even if he makes a Man Utd size mistake in each of the next 3 games in row. He's got enough credit in the bank that Steer or Olsen isn't going to become the no1 keeper, even for a few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The Everton fans are starting to feel confident for this one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted January 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2022 They were doing quite well in August and September until we beat them 3-0! I think we’ll win this, but there is a chance they come out fighting. Maybe it’ll be a draw… 1-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Big dunk has been part of the failure on the pitch for the last 4/5 managers, don't know why people think he's the answer now. On paper we should have too much for them, a very winnable game against a team in free fall looking at a relegation battle having just lost their best player and their manager. Reality is that we will no doubt make it difficult for ourselves and probably lose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, ender4 said: To be fair, Martinez is undroppable even if he makes a Man Utd size mistake in each of the next 3 games in row. He's got enough credit in the bank that Steer or Olsen isn't going to become the no1 keeper, even for a few games. Past performances count for nothing, last season he was outstanding but that was last season. In my opinion, this season he has been poor. If Olsen isn’t going to come here to challenge for the no.1 spot, I would question his motivation. Don’t get me wrong, I still think Martinez is a great keeper but he isn’t undroppable, no-one is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, CVByrne said: Only 2 players are undropable from this team. Martinez and Buendia Mings is undroppable as well, it showed earlier this season when he was dropped how much the team needs him. I would also say our midfield looks it's strongest when McGinn is present. The four of them are essentially the spine of the team right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted January 20, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2022 I think Everton will be improved and will make it tough, but right now I think we're on the verge of being something very, very good. I can't wait to see us play, and I haven't felt that way about us in a long time, we have style, swagger and ability and we look organised and prepared - I'm genuinely excited about this team and I think if we click on Saturday we'll be too much for Everton. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think Everton will be improved and will make it tough, but right now I think we're on the verge of being something very, very good. I can't wait to see us play, and I haven't felt that way about us in a long time, we have style, swagger and ability and we look organised and prepared - I'm genuinely excited about this team and I think if we click on Saturday we'll be too much for Everton. Im with you here. There were time at the beginning of last season I couldnt wait to actually watch us play. Im starting to feel the same now. The big difference is this feels a bit less fragile now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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