Match Thread Everton 0-0 Newcastle - Saturday 5th October - 17:30

[DualityNSNO]

Hopefully someone else craps their pants in this game, like in the 3:0 from last season where Trippier played his best game for us.

 

[Little Boy Blue]

My granny is after lighting a candle for Everton and she told me its going to be 3-1 on the day. Dwight McNeill to score a brace and Ndiaye to put the nail in the coffin.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Sky Sports throwing out the stats around teams giving the ball away near their own goal and it resulting in a shot on goal. Newcastle are top of this list. Not sure this is conclusive proof that playing it out from the back is a terrible tactic. We are middle of the list and dont play out from the back

Build-up tactics: Is the high-risk strategy worth the reward?

From the Premier League down to League Two, teams are taking risks to build up from the back; Chelsea and Brighton made high-profile errors and Wolves received criticism for their approach on Saturday - but this trend is set to be a key theme of the season

www.skysports.com

Maybe if we press them slightly they will give us a goal or two, we can only hope.

 

[everton1953]

Very good teams with top players play it out from the back, mostly successfully. I wish we could but our players are not good enough which presumably is why Dyche prefers the big boot up the pitch from Pickford.

 

[blueboy72]

Sky Sports throwing out the stats around teams giving the ball away near their own goal and it resulting in a shot on goal. Newcastle are top of this list. Not sure this is conclusive proof that playing it out from the back is a terrible tactic. We are middle of the list and dont play out from the back

Build-up tactics: Is the high-risk strategy worth the reward?

From the Premier League down to League Two, teams are taking risks to build up from the back; Chelsea and Brighton made high-profile errors and Wolves received criticism for their approach on Saturday - but this trend is set to be a key theme of the season

www.skysports.com

Maybe if we press them slightly they will give us a goal or two, we can only hope.

We’ve won 6 in 27,
Not sure our tactics are working

 

[witchdoc187]

We’ve won 6 in 27,
Not sure our tactics are working

That's a lot more wins than if feels.

 

[Cels]

Is that the women's team ?

The men are at home mate

Oh ffs
Cheers mate, that's shoddy work by me and I have no excuses; not good enough at this level, Championship standard posting at best. New prediction incoming...

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[knowing your history]

Despite being up near the top, Newcastle have been pretty poor this season so far.

With Isak likely still out and is coming off the back of a win at home, this is a good time to play them and a good chance for us to get a win.

Id be worried about the midfield battle in this game and Doucoure and think Harrison should come in for Lindy.

Isak been ruled out already which is great news as he's a nightmare forward for this backline to contain (even with Branthwaite in).

Their performances haven't been great but they're a very hard to beat team home and away. Were awful at Bournemouth and Wolves for 70 minutes and 1-0 down in both yet secured four points from those two games. Also were outplayed by Spurs at home but still won that and also won v Southampton despite playing pretty much all the game with 10 men.

Only Fulham they were comprehensively defeated but not sure a Dyche team can press like Silva's got Fulham going.

Midfield will be the key battle here so vital Dyche brings back Gana imo, I think him and Mangala will be a good battle against Guimaraes and Joelinthon.

 

[knowing your history]

Gordon and barnes vs young scares me a lot. That being said we have a decent record against these 1 -1

Gordon will play central with Isak out so he won't move into Young's area that much.

Barnes isn't that quick but need to watch him coming inside as he scored a cracker at Wolves.

 

[gorgeousgeorgeEFC]

Goodison will be rocking after that win.

We were the 12th man against Palace and we will be so again against the barcodes.

 

[Eggs]

 

[Delargeinho]

We’ve won 6 in 27,
Not sure our tactics are working

It's bad, in the 2024 table, Wolves, Forest and West Ham won fewer points than Everton. Brentford and Brighton just 1 more. Teams that got promoted or relegated excluded.

We have 6/8/10 in 24 games.

 

[knowing your history]

Only scraped past Wimbledon 1-0 at home in the cup.

This is a decent time in the season to be playing Newcastle, let's not dress it up any other way.

A few injuries aswell last night, Schar was taken off at the end and rated a doubt so that would be a boost if he's not there as he's their ball playing CB.

 

[witchdoc187]

Exactly the game we need to be getting points from to ensure we avoid a relegation scrap. They're an average team and we're at home on a Saturday evening. Plus we've started to pick up points. No reason at all at can't win this. Granted we could also quite easily lose but these are far from being city/arsenal

 

[MisterJ]

Sky Sports throwing out the stats around teams giving the ball away near their own goal and it resulting in a shot on goal. Newcastle are top of this list. Not sure this is conclusive proof that playing it out from the back is a terrible tactic. We are middle of the list and dont play out from the back

Build-up tactics: Is the high-risk strategy worth the reward?

From the Premier League down to League Two, teams are taking risks to build up from the back; Chelsea and Brighton made high-profile errors and Wolves received criticism for their approach on Saturday - but this trend is set to be a key theme of the season

www.skysports.com

Maybe if we press them slightly they will give us a goal or two, we can only hope.

We are so good, we can give the ball away anywhere on the pitch. And do, frequently