Match Thread Everton 0-3 Brighton - Sat 17 Aug 2024 - Kick Off: 15:00

[SLAVEN BILIC]

Right into these, new manager for them and I think their bubble has burst anyway.

Do not set a bad trend of losing at home in the ‘arl girl’s final year!!

McNeil and Harrison will start with Lindstrom and Ndiaye replacing them on the hour mark. I think we’ll see this quite a lot this season. Also have a horrible feeling that Keane will start over O’Brien today.

DCL with a brace.

UTFT!!!!

 

[bluestevon]

You've been waiting all summer to post that punchline as Brighton are our opponents haven't you?

 

[GoldenToffee]

Surely that worst case scenario would be:

Holgate (RB)
O'Brien (CB)
Tarks (CB)
Young (LB)

Depending on whether he starts with Keane or O'Brien today, we're potentially just two injuries away from:

Young LB
Keane CB
Holgate CB
Coleman RB

 

[God Benfrey]

Christ if Young and Keane are in there I think their front three of Mitoma, Minteh and Pero will be too much and don't see how we don't ship a couple

 

[Lob]

Craving the return of 20% possession, no goals and no match of the day.

COYB's

 

[yakublue]

Yeah. That front 4 was so prolific last year we wouldn’t want to disrupt it would we? Both Ndiaye and Lindsteom should start but I’d be shocked if either got a chance. Such is life with Sean Dyche as your manager

McNeil and Harrison are good at protecting our aging full backs. Don't forget that system would gotten us around 12th last season without the points, not sure why we'd need to make radical changes.

And Lindstrom is pony.

 

[Kurt.]

Mrs has just signed this

 

[Gerard_Francis]

Nail-biting 1-0 win for Everton

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Mrs has just signed this

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The age of equality is upon on us...

 

[Leylo]

Looking forward to today first game of the season last time at goodison had season ticket for forty years feel sad and happy at same time... many memories for all of us at the old lady COYB

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

2 nil to us. Duke and one of the new lads, just to confuse all.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Need to give them a real good dose of Dycheball and get stuck into them from the word go imo, the longer we sit back and let them play the more their wingers will cause us trouble. We can do this, I just hope he doesn't start Keane.

 

[Fralahna]

No thread yet?

There's no good ignoring it, blues.

Get ready for Everton to piss on most of your weekends from this one, until May.

UTFT.

Which thread creator had the greatest win rate?

 

[CielosGrises]

Expect he'll start Keane - I don't think that is the worst decision either, depending on how settled Jake is in training.

That right hand side is a bit worrying defensively, Harrison to help out Young ?

Tim and Gana in the middle.

McNeil, DCL.

Doucoure ?

I guess that's about as conservative as he can get but you'd hope Ndiaye gets a run out at some point, Lindstrom if we are chasing the game.

0-2 loss, DCL injury to put us into an early season panic and make transfer dealings even harder - sorry.

Ok, I'll stretch to a 2-1 win and allow myself a moment of pre-season optimism.

 

[nsno-chris]

Pickford
Young
Keane
Tarky
Myko
Tim
Gana
Donkey
McNeil
Harrison
Dom

Don’t concede, don’t lose.