Could Everton's second XI survive the premier league

[Tree13]

Sorry mate, didn't mean it as accusing YOU of being delusional - poorly phrased on my part.

FWIW Naismith proved for me this year that he can play as a centre forward or a 10.

 

[Rook]

They would be more talented than Norwich, Cardiff, Fulham at the worst. The bottom 11 of the prem was terribad. NUFC collectively said F-it for all of 2014 and still finished 10th. I'd pick them anywhere from 12-15th.

 

[Saint Domingo]

They would easily survive, half of that lot have been first team combinations at sone point or other. Gibson and Osman were our starting pairing last season when we came 6th. Oviedo has first team quality as does Stones. McGeady is hardly a slouch either. I think it would come 7th, a long way back from the top 6 but some of those players would walk into the teams below and that includes Newcastle.

 

[TGW89]

Maybe the rectal end of mid-table, but wouldn't go down unless all the other teams were crazy good.

They would certainly have survived in 2013-14 as I don't think I've seen a worse bottom 5 for a long time - how West Brom survived this year is a massive head fecker.

 

[COYB]

they could win the CL

just make sure naisys the lone striker

 

[Southall]

we could save our best 11 for the europa in a bid to get a champions league spot

 

[topbalcony5boy]

theres a lot of gash in the PL like, also i think mcgeady will be a first team starter next season, rotated obviously but i think he will shine

 

[Azzurri]

Ledson? I'd put Browning there. As for Naismith? I'd replace him with Kone.

Why would you put a right back/centre back in centre midfield over a centre midfielder, Kev?

 

[Azzurri]

Oh and yeah, definitely I reckon.

 

[Brennan]

People who slated Naismith now saying Kone shouldn't be chosen and slating him instead, based on even less appearances.

When will you ever learn...

 

[Goat]

People who slated Naismith now saying Kone shouldn't be chosen and slating him instead, based on even less appearances.

When will you ever learn...

Naismith was tosh.

Im not sure why we cant call tosh players tosh.

 

[Azzurri]

People who slated Naismith now saying Kone shouldn't be chosen and slating him instead, based on even less appearances.

When will you ever learn...

He played 33+ games last year. I watched 10 of them, at least. Plus his Everton ones. I don't rate him. I'd seen hardly anything of Naismith, and let's be honest, he's been tosh for us longer than he's been good.

 

[L4Everton]

Howard
(Robles)
Coleman Distin Jagielka Baines
(Hibbert, Alcaraz, Stones, Garbutt)
Mccarthy Barry
(Gibson, Ledson)
Mirallas Barkley Pienaar
(Mcgeady, Osman, Oviedo)
Kone
(Naismith)
all a technicality so don't take to seriously but providing that 11 could remain uninjured for the 38 games would it be good enough to survive relegation in the premier league?

If the idea is just playing 38 league games (and with that no injuries or suspensions) then its actually a pretty decent question that has some traction with recent ideas about clubs allowed to field a side weekly in division 2 or wherever.

So far as the line up up there goes, I get nervy seeing Alcaraz name near any of our teams, Robles aint covered himself in glory, Barry aint signed yet, Gibson isnt back yet, and we'd have been lucky to get top 10 last season if not for Lukaku and his goals.
If our second eleven was duking it out with every other sides second eleven I could see them as being ok for staying up, but our second vs everyone else's first eleven (not 11 vs 201) then we would be looking odds on for a drop in leagues.

 

[ThebanksoftheBramleyMoore]

If the idea is just playing 38 league games (and with that no injuries or suspensions) then its actually a pretty decent question that has some traction with recent ideas about clubs allowed to field a side weekly in division 2 or wherever.

So far as the line up up there goes, I get nervy seeing Alcaraz name near any of our teams, Robles aint covered himself in glory, Barry aint signed yet, Gibson isnt back yet, and we'd have been lucky to get top 10 last season if not for Lukaku and his goals.
If our second eleven was duking it out with every other sides second eleven I could see them as being ok for staying up, but our second vs everyone else's first eleven (not 11 vs 201) then we would be looking odds on for a drop in leagues.

Lucky to finish 10th? we finished 6th last season with jelavic and anichebe up front, 17 points ahead of 10th position, if you think that lukaku kept us from mid table mediocrity then you believe we are currently a mid table side? That's a very negative view of the team, you would be hard pushed to find a liverpool fan that thinks we would of finished lower than 9th without lukaku.

 

[Moomin]

The boo boys would secretly love that 11.