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

[Saint Domingo]

I take it nobody is going to bother watching the game then?

Better just to absolutely trash the club manager and players before a single ball has been kicked

 

[Curtis]

The idea that dyche is easing in the new players to acclimate them to the new league when in reality dyche has to ease himself to plating new players as he is such a rigid well respected man of routine

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

He can go in with whatever game plan he wants. Inferior players are inferior regardless.

I'm just commenting on how I expect poor selection to be matched with a timid, safety first gameplan. He could at least try and fire the crowd up with some attacking play - even if direct.

 

[Vintage]

Apparently he is starting

That's today mate. You said Thursday he be starting tomorrow

 

[knowing your history]

they are

Will be exactly like Villa away second game last season.

Hopefully Branthy and a few others are around for Bournemouth.

 

[Curtis]

Better just to absolutely trash the club manager and players before a single ball has been kicked

It's groundhog day we've seen this play out before the same way countless times

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

I'm just commenting on how I expect poor selection to be matched with a timid, safety first gameplan. He could st least try and fire the crowd up with some attacking play - even if direct.

Sorry mate, I did get that, I was just being too much of a cryarse to acknowledge your point. If he was arsed about what the crowd though he wouldn’t have picked that XI.

I wholeheartedly expect dirge.

 

[Victus]

We still lying about Keane and Branthwaite last year then?

 

[chippy1722]

If abdicate comes on before the 65th minute, I will be having a bet on him to score.

 

[BlueStevie35]

so when is he playing the new players?

let’s buy them and not play them

MK is crap

we struggle to score

but let’s not play the new lads

They’ll all be playing at some point today and be regular starters as the season goes on, it’s just cryarsing for cryarsing sake. People are making out like he’s never ever going to play them ffs

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Sorry mate, I did get that, I was just being too much of a cryarse to acknowledge your point. If he was arsed about what the crowd though he wouldn’t have picked that XI.

I wholeheartedly expect dirge.

Likewise mate.

 

[kenada_blue]

What’s preseason for, then?? Michael Keane has shown incompetence at best, and outright liability for goals at worst time and again. JOB might be unknown but so was Branthwaite a couple of years ago (at this level). It’s simply not a good enough reason to leave him out.

Very obviously I hope I’m proven wrong, but it screams of pure cowardice from Dyche and sends a terrible message to all.

His reasoning was to get Branthwaite up to speed as he'd miss some pre-season. Probably thinks the same of JOB.

Not a fan of Kegger and I think he'll drop one today. Which may be the last of him. Hopefully.

 

[knowing your history]

With their attacking pace against our backline it will probably be better if they have the ball as them on the counter attack against our back line will be embarrassing

Yep. Asking for trouble giving Mitoma and the guy the other side yards of space to run into.

Way to beat them is low block and then spring quick counters as they've struggled v Doucs and McNeill in last few seasons.

 

[Vintage]

What was the actual point in signing O'Brien if he's not even going to use him as 3rd choice

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

I’m fine with the new attacking toys on the bench. Fine

But Keane over JOB is nothing short of criminal