Chelsea v Everton. 11th Feb at 19.45.

[Garrick]

Eh. How much worse can it get?

 

[Abraders]

Lukaku hat trick please??

 

[TippEverton]

Looking at the fixtures, Chelsea will want to take all 3 points here...City have Stoke away tonight.

What kind of game would City needed to have for Chelsea not to want the 3 points?

Bloody fixture list, always messing with our plans.

 

[davek]

I wouldn't start with Barkley(see my post above) because effectively him 'getting forward more' destroys the security of the midfield three, basically making them just a two again. I'd say that Barry is the 'most holding(!) of the three and replacing him with a player who can't do that job would be a bad idea. As you say, Chelsea can be clinical, they're at home, and will need watching . The one thing about Jose is that he will play a waiting game if it suits him, and thats when we've got to be prepared to take the game to them, particularly late on. Thats why I'd hold Mirallas back until the last 30 mins or so.

Barry has been appalling this season for the most part. I don't think there's anything to be said for the notion Barry can seal up the midfield a lot better than Barkely given how much the former's passing has deteriorated.

 

[Goat]

Robert Urbani @efc_roburbani · 23m 23 minutes ago
Sylvain Distin starts for #EFCU21 tonight against Villarreal at Goodison. Full team news coming up shortly. 7pm kick-off.

LOL

 

[chicoazul]

@everton #efc xi to face #cfc Howard (c), Coleman, Oviedo, Alcaraz, Stones, Barry, Besic, Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku

 

[roydo]

@everton #efc xi to face #cfc Howard (c), Coleman, Oviedo, Alcaraz, Stones, Barry, Besic, Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku

Not bad mate, not bad at all.

 

[Eggs]

@everton #efc xi to face #cfc Howard (c), Coleman, Oviedo, Alcaraz, Stones, Barry, Besic, Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku

......it's Chico so it's blag. erm, I think.

 

[bluemangroup]

@everton #efc xi to face #cfc Howard (c), Coleman, Oviedo, Alcaraz, Stones, Barry, Besic, Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku

#notjarg

 

[savillesu11s]

Barkley is far better than Naismith in tight spaces too. His control and passing is on another level. The only weakness he has over Naismith is he won't run around breaking things up like Naismith does.

But it's a fairly significant weakness. If he'd come on before HT on Saturday as intended then would we have scored? Probably. Would we have conceded? Almost certainly - it was so obvious when he came on eventually that the game just opened up

 

[R.Reddington]

What kind of game would City needed to have for Chelsea not to want the 3 points?

Bloody fixture list, always messing with our plans.

Sorry bad wording, I was typing whilst doing something else. If City don't win tonight and Chelsea do the gap will be 9 points (I think) which will damage City's morale hugely, it is unlikely that Chelsea will give up a lead of that margin with Mourinho in charge.

 

[maccavennie]

@everton #efc xi to face #cfc Howard (c), Coleman, Oviedo, Alcaraz, Stones, Barry, Besic, Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku

Nice touch to make Howard capitan as well, just to squeeze out any extra fume

 

[Steve Wigan]

Barry has been appalling this season for the most part. I don't think there's anything to be said for the notion Barry can seal up the midfield a lot better than Barkely given how much the former's passing has deteriorated.

Barkley just wouldn't cut it in that position....the three did OK in the derby, including Barry. All about opinions!(fortunately !)

 

[Alex Hindmarsh]

How many tickets did we take? Sold out I know but what was the allocation?

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

Barkley just wouldn't cut it in that position....the three did OK in the derby, including Barry. All about opinions!(fortunately !)

He had his shaky moments though, the kind he's been prone to all season.