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Everton at Crystal Palace: Match Preview via Royal Blue Mersey

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A struggling Crystal Palace squad await an Everton team that seems to have given up on this campaign

With the exception of the upcoming FA Cup semi-final, I believe most people just want this season to end. Well, this game puts us one step closer to the end of the season.

Everton seem unable and often unwilling to play to their full potential and defeat teams that are not their equal. Whether it's a lack of chemistry, the team tuning the manager out or a combination of the two, something needs to change with this club.

This week's match at Crystal Palace has left Everton short on rest and they will again face a short week before playing Southampton this weekend.

The Opposition


For the second consecutive week Everton will face a team they could see in the FA Cup Final. Crystal Palace take on Watford for a place at Wembley, just under two weeks from now.

Crystal Palace have found it difficult to match last season's 10th place finish and currently sit precariously close to the relegation zone. However, a win against Everton will see them reach the "magical" 40-point mark to stay in the Premier League.

Despite their disappointing campaign, Palace have a number of very talented players that could give a struggling Everton team a run for their money. Yohan Cabaye, having returned to the Premier League from PSG, has been fantastic for Palace all year and is the key to their central midfield. And we must not forget the trio of Yannick Bolasie, Wilfried Zaha and Jason Puncheon. These three players have the ability to pick apart a struggling Everton defense, and may do just that on Wednesday.

However, Palace have won just one match in their last ten, so it would stand to reason that a more talented Everton team should be able to come out of this match with three points. But with this Everton team, nothing is ever that easy.

Team News


Phil Jagielka and Ross Barkley are considered doubtful for this week's match. With so many games this month, plus the semi-final, Roberto Martinez would do well to have two of his best players get healthy for the latter part of the month. Expect Ramiro Funes Mori and possibly Tom Cleverley to fill in for Jagielka and Barkley respectively.

Palace will likely be without defender Brede Hangeland and midfielder James McArthur who are both sidelined with knocks. Manager Alan Pardew believes that Yohan Cabaye and Connor Wickham will be available for selection. In addition, Emmanuel Adebayor and Marouane Chamakh will not play this week.

The Final Word


Another game that Everton should win awaits this week. However, if the last few weeks are an indication, the Toffees will be lucky to leave with a draw. The entire squad seems to have tuned out Roberto Martinez and because of this the players seem disjointed and out of step with one another.

A win is not out of the realm of possibility, but I'm not feeling optimistic.

Predicted Starting XI: Robles, Baines, Stones, Funes Mori, Coleman, Barry, McCarthy, Mirallas, Cleverley, Lennon, Lukaku


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Everton at Crystal Palace 2016: Live stream, start time, TV schedule and how to watch online via Royal Blue Mersey

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It's the Toffees and the Eagles at Selhurst Park on Wednesday.

It's a mid-week clash of two bottom-half clubs looking to pull anything positive from this season as Everton and Crystal Palace match up at Selhurst Park on Wednesday.

Palace currently sits 16th with 37 points and six games to play. Everton sit in 14th with 39 points and seven games to play. After such a promising start to the season, the Eagles have endured a difficult second half, but they currently sit in one of their better runs of form, having won last time out 1-0 over Norwich City. The week before that they drew 2-2 with talented West Ham United. So, the Toffees may be hitting them at the wrong time.

It is possible these two teams meet one more time after this as they are both semi-finalists in the FA Cup. Palace is set to face off with Watford in a couple of weeks. When the Eagles visited Goodison Park in December, the two sides drew 1-1 with the goals coming from Scott Dann and Romelu Lukaku.

Everton have lost only twice on the road this season with an overall record of 5-8-2. Palace have struggled at home, going 5-2-10. So, it would seem the Toffees have the advantage, but this team never fails to surprise you.

Match Details


Date and Time: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 @ 20:00 BST, 3 p.m. EST

Stadium: Selhurst Park, South Norwood, London, England

Capacity: 26,255

Weather: 13° C, 55° F, cloudy, winds east 5 MPH

How to Watch/Listen


TV: NBCSN – United States

Radio: TalkSport Radio, Everton's Match Centre

Live Stream: NBC Live Extra – United States

Info from livesoccerTV

Lineups

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Starting XI – TBA

Bench – TBA

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Bench – TBA


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Everton at a crossroads… via GrandOldTeam

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If not right now, but for sure in the coming weeks, Everton are fast approaching if not already at a massive, massive crossroads in the clubs history.

Since 1878, we have been one of the greatest clubs in this country… nine times champions, five times FA Cup winners and a glorious, glorious European Cup Winners Cup champion club.

More seasons and games in the top flight of domestic football than any other and too many other ‘firsts’ to reminisce about, be proud of and want to emulate.

A little under three years ago we appointed a nice man who, allegedly, advised the chairman would get us into the Champions League and on the evidence of his first season, not many would have doubted him?

Sadly and a little under two years later and staring another woefully below acceptable finish in the face, the club is coming under ever increasing and likely to become ever more vocal/visual demands to dismiss Roberto Martinez and replace him with a manager whose cv is not dogged by lower half finishes, relegation battles and failure.

I believe that the overwhelming majority on the fan GOT forum poll who want such a change would very likely to be replicated where a poll taken at Goodison Park next Saturday.

Our club has never been an all-dominating animal in the manner of our neighbours in the 1970’s and 80’s or a Man United of the last ten or fifteen years, but we have had more moments in the spotlight than most. Of the so-called ‘big clubs’ only ManU, Liverpool and Arsenal have won more trophies. Aston Villa have won a fair few in their history, but they’ve also been up and down the divisions a couple times and this lessens any claims they might try to make to be a really ‘big club’ and the most played fixture won’t take place next season as they’re going down again. Chelsea and Man City have only really come to the forefront in recent years with the benefit of filthy rich benefactors.

So, with Everton having acquired a new major shareholder who has the financial wherewithal to ‘buy’ success, the big questions that needs to be asked AND answered are… when, not if, when will the decision be made to release Martinez from his and our misery, and who will the club go all out to secure as the man to really get the club scaling the heights again, chasing trophies and reaching the financial gravy train that is the Champions League?

Lots of names are already being bandied around… Bielsa, Koeman, De Boer and AVB to name just four, while a significant number of Evertonians would like to see a genuine, proven winner in the mould of Jose Mourinho or Joachim Loew approached.

With the current squad of players, widely regarded by most as arguably the best squad Everton have had since the mid 1980’s, surely major surgery is not required?

The biggest problems facing the squad and manager, whether Martinez stays or is replaced, are totally changing the defensive structure and tactics of the squad and addressing the mental fragility that most definitely blights the squad at present.

The wind of change that needs to blow through both Finch Farm during the week and through Goodison Park every two weeks needs to a full blown, force ten hurricane, such is the malaise that currently prevails and that simply has to be eradicated.

Everton are at a crossroads.

The club needs to determine the direction we’re going to take and make the decision decisively.

Be brave Mr.Moshiri, the fan base will support you if you’re brave, decisive and fully prepared to back your judgement with the finances necessary to accomplish what you as the major shareholder and us, the supporters yearn for… Everton back on an even keel, Everton moving forward, Everton winning more games than we lose, Everton playing with flair, panache and style, Everton challenging for trophies, Everton winning trophies and Everton assuming what we believe is our rightful place in the upper echelons of the game.

Crossroads generally have four directions, the one you’ve come from and three new ones to choose from. The direction we’re currently heading on is the wrong one. We look timid, frail, fragile, almost doomed at times.

Of the other three directions at the crossroads, I believe two could/would be middle of the road, slightly better directions under a Bielsa, Koeman, De Boer, AVB type… while the third and final option, under a Mourinho/Loew might be more dangeous but again, in my opinion, would offer the greater chance of success.

Mourinho is a headstrong, controversial maverick, but he’s a winner and he’s currently between positions and therefore available, and his dislike of those across the park is a superb added bonus.
Loew isn’t as demonstrative, but his record with the German national team surely warrants someone picking the phone up and asking him the question.

England might have won in Berlin recently, but rest assured that when the Euros begin in earnest, Germany under Loew will be an entirely different proposition. Loew is a master of tournament football, so why not offer him a chance to excel in the toughest tournament of them all, the English Premiership?

It’s over twenty years since Everton last lifted silverware and whilst there is still a chance of glory this season, it’s the long term future of Everton that is actually more important.

We are at the crossroads, we need to make choice and a wise choice of new direction.

Will we choose staying on the current path of abject mediocrity and despair, will we choose to take a better, but not rip-roaring change of direction or….

Will we be brave and ballsy, will we grasp the nettle, will we make a statement of intent, and hopefully strike fear and panic into our Premiership rivals, will we let the world of football know that Everton are on our way back for real, and this time, it’s for keeps?

Mr.Moshiri, your mission now you’ve chosen to accept is clear and your guiding principle must be the clubs motto… Nil satis nisi optimum.

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Crystal Palace v Everton Preview via GrandOldTeam

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Midweek togger is back for a couple of weeks, not letting us digest the weekly edition of ‘Everton are tripe’ before it lashes presumably some more at you.

Are you ready then? Nah, me neither much.

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Last game out was at Vicarage Road where we scored at a great time and then done the most predictable Everton thing of late of conceding in added on injury time. That’s one nasty habit we got to drop man. Like picking your nose and eating it. Or relying on one of them cash your dated cheque centres by the 16th of the month. Or not opening the window after you’ve been the bog the day after. Or promising your kid to take them to Formby beach on Sunday evening and then not being arsed and breaking his or her’s heart. Or watching Wrestling and admitting it when you’re a fully grown male. Or not standing to one side on the escalators when you’re standing still.

That sort of thing really. Anyway it’s clear pretty much everyone’s bored of this meek Everton, apart from the semi final bit, but even then you’re probably more arsed about the ale you’re about to consume, or the travel you’re about to embark on.

Which doesn’t lead us nicely onto Crystal Palace but that’s who we’re playing at Selhurst Park on this brisk April evening.

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They’re having somewhat of a shitter – a la Everton – this calendar year after a promising start with what looked like a really well balanced and dangerous team. Mad that. There is a lot of that going on though with a traditional new manager bounce – key is finding someone who can make it sustainable. Or one day you’re gonna find yourself paying homage to Tim Sherwood, and no one wants that. Maybe we’ll have that on our plates soon?

Anyway it’s not unfair to say that Alan Pardew deserves Zika and scrambling Powerpoints to apply for lower league jobs, the shrimp lipped shithead.

They’ve a very decent set of fans Palace so get a rare walkover instead of very tired and cheap stereotypes that fall on the more odious of product Premier League followers. If that’s your thing I shouldn’t worry, Southampton and Liverpool are next.

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Onto their players and it’s a list of some notable players which allows me to circumnavigate an realm of tactical talk or useful info for a football preview:

Adebayor – a figurative canary bird who should drop dead the moment your team sign him which then makes you realise you’re gonna get related in the next two seasons.

Wickham – every third hank you see with sleeve tattoo, beard, crap kecks trying to desperately make out with their Friday night Tinder date so he can snapchat gash photos to his mates and stay in their self loathing gang.

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Bolasie – like a game of Everton statues where when we’re looking he’s the one of the best wingers in the Premier League and then when we’re not looking he starts on their bench and no one weirdly blinks an eye

Jedinak – if any backpackers go missing and he’s within 30 miles of their last sighting then he needs to be the first person the good Detectives speak to.

Dann – is he south end? He looks like he should be wearing Air Max and acting dead smug as he bevvies in the Fiveways, even though he’s got to get a taxi back to Speke.

That’s about it for them. I fully expect them to turn it on against us as we have a softer underbelly than a two day old foal.

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So Everton then. Starting up front with Lukaku who has been off form for a few games and is surely only a matter of games away from “his head’s been turned” mutterings. That thirteen million lashed on a striker has been downgraded very quickly from “competition” to “replacement if he goes” to “standby”. And crueller things which I reckon is jumping the gun a little but occasionally amusing nonetheless.

Deulofeu has a game to quickly forget and it seems a long time ago he was spreading all sorts of aceness on a plate for Lukaku to dispatch. Lennon is struggling for some of that verve he had at the turn of the year, presumably haunted by being appointed to play a free role at Old Trafford for a lamentable Everton team. Mirallas is only ever a few minutes away from an injury, red card or chatting bubbles in the Belgian press, and Cleverley is not the answer at left midfield, or it remains to be seen where else at present.

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When Ross Barkley has a shitter it’s a real drag-him-off-before-the-fiftieth-minute shitter.

In fact we could keep going on but it’s a squad that’s really struggling for any sort of form of late and that doesn’t bode well for a couple of important games ahead. What’s happening then? It’s hard to tell unless you’ve FBIed the changies or the very bowels of Finch Farm.

It’s not like a crisis of the nineties but it’s all gone very flat. I was half expecting Moshiri to be exposed by the Panama Papers with tax swerving slush funds all over the show and Everton to be impeached by the FBI, however that could happen.

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So it’s lead to testing times with angst all over the show off the pitch and in the stands of the U21s. So, what’s been your phrase of the week?

It’s just not good enough?

For God sake he has to go now?

The clown has lost the dressing room?

I’m gonna swerve social media?

It’s a bit BBC Points Of View or a hastily wrote complaint letter to Virgin Trains. But a tip of the cap to the lads who done an Everton protest in the time served manner of a simple blue and white banner with their message and no drama. You kept up a long tradition of Evertonian angst portrayal in the right way.

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There’s a double header just on the horizon of an Anfield derby and a semi final at Wembley, with a not too nasty final opposition on offer. Our opponents for this game could be one of them. I hope the toxic air around the club is eased up for that, our players have shown they’re none too good at handling pressure without lashing heaps more on them. The poor lambs.

Summer is coming, everyone knows the fanbase is unhappy, let’s see what happens. I even seen a serious call for white handkerchiefs – as though we’re some rabid Basque ultras. I mean come on. Stop and think of that for a moment, and let it sink in. Go and get another sleeve tattoo if you’re thinking of something a little out there like planes, ringing Talksport to fume or waving a white handkerchief at Goodison. The needle pain will take your mind off it for a second sufficiently to calm down and instead rightfully choose to get a can of graffiti and spray your message on someone’s wall. Or even Goodison itself if fancy a streetlight lit adventure and your work being retweeted to death the following day. Grab the moment man, it’s yours for keeps.

Or boo at the final whistle and let those in the main stand be under no impression that the football team of your heart is on a horrendous run of results and another season of it would not be enticing. That’s worked sufficiently before pretty much every time. Apart from that one time with Walter Smith where, well, you know, it dragged on a bit.

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Don’t reckon this one will unless something drastic happens.

Anyway, there’s a point in there somewhere.

Until next time – or Saturday at home to Southampton – hope things fare better for you, for me, for Everton.

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The ‘Moytinez’ Conundrum via GrandOldTeam

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Daniel Carter submitted the following article. Want to write an article for GrandOldTeam? Just give us a shout here.

Unless you are an Everton fan living under a rock at the moment, you must be fully aware that the ‘Martinez Out’ movement has been gathering pace as the team lurches from one week to the next, with seemingly no improvement and even less desire shown than in the previous week. A natural consequence of this is speculation regarding who should replace Martinez should the board decide to act, and subsequently David Moyes is a name that keeps on appearing.

Now before I delve further into this suggestion I must make it clear that I don’t support a return for Moyes. He was a great manager for us, but the club has moved on and it would be remiss of us to return to Moyes just because we know what we are getting. It’s like having your favourite blanket as a child removed from you; the only reason you want it back is because you feel safe with it.

However, that doesn’t detract from the fact that the club should be looking to hire someone of a similar type to Moyes. What Moyes brought was a hard-working, committed and consistent team, something that is clearly lacking in this current crop of players. Whilst Martinez clearly has a team of better individuals, what he has been unable to extract from them is their best performances week in, week out.

We used to be well-drilled, players used to know their positions, we used to be hard to beat. What we have now is lots of attacking flair, but a brittle team that looks distinctly lost under what is clearly a managers failing tactics that he will just never change or adapt; he’s just not that type of manager. Whilst he remains, it is clear that the inconsistency will also remain.

Under Moyes we got 110% every game from every player, he demanded nothing less. Martinez, however, seems to only be able to get the best out of players on the big occasions and even then it must now be questioned as to whether it’s really him who gets the players up for these games or if the players are just doing it for themselves. But for all of Moyes’ qualities, the football under him was often dull, with the illusion that results were often being grounded out rather than convincingly won.

So where does that leave us on the managerial front? Well for starters there is absolutely no guarantee that Martinez will go and an FA Cup win will more than likely provide a stay of execution. But what do we need? Well the answer probably lies in needing a manager who can combine both the desire, commitment and consistency of a Moyes’ team, with the attacking qualities under Martinez; a combination that pronounced ‘the school of science was back’ in Martinez’s first season. What we need now is a manager with ‘Moyteniz’ qualities, but who that will be? Well only time will tell.

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Everton at Crystal Palace: Premier League Matchday 32 via Royal Blue Mersey

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Can Everton do anything positive for the remainder of the season in the Premier League?

With the exception of the upcoming FA Cup semi-final, I believe most people just want this season to end. Well, this game puts us one step closer to the end of the season.

Everton seem unable and often unwilling to play to their full potential and defeat teams that are not their equal. Whether it's a lack of chemistry, the team tuning the manager out or a combination of the two, something needs to change with this club.

This week's match at Crystal Palace has left Everton short on rest and they will again face a short week before playing Southampton this weekend.

The Opposition


For the second consecutive week Everton will face a team they could see in the FA Cup Final. Crystal Palace take on Watford for a place at Wembley, just under two weeks from now.

Crystal Palace have found it difficult to match last season's 10th place finish and currently sit precariously close to the relegation zone. However, a win against Everton will see them reach the "magical" 40-point mark to stay in the Premier League.

Despite their disappointing campaign, Palace have a number of very talented players that could give a struggling Everton team a run for their money. Yohan Cabaye, having returned to the Premier League from PSG, has been fantastic for Palace all year and is the key to their central midfield. And we must not forget the trio of Yannick Bolasie, Wilfried Zaha and Jason Puncheon. These three players have the ability to pick apart a struggling Everton defense, and may do just that on Wednesday.

However, Palace have won just one match in their last ten, so it would stand to reason that a more talented Everton team should be able to come out of this match with three points. But with this Everton team, nothing is ever that easy.

Team News


Phil Jagielka and Ross Barkley are considered doubtful for this week's match. With so many games this month, plus the semi-final, Roberto Martinez would do well to have two of his best players get healthy for the latter part of the month. Expect Ramiro Funes Mori and possibly Tom Cleverley to fill in for Jagielka and Barkley respectively.

Palace will likely be without defender Brede Hangeland and midfielder James McArthur who are both sidelined with knocks. Manager Alan Pardew believes that Yohan Cabaye and Connor Wickham will be available for selection. In addition, Emmanuel Adebayor and Marouane Chamakh will not play this week.

The Final Word


Another game that Everton should win awaits this week. However, if the last few weeks are an indication, the Toffees will be lucky to leave with a draw. The entire squad seems to have tuned out Roberto Martinez and because of this the players seem disjointed and out of step with one another.

A win is not out of the realm of possibility, but I'm not feeling optimistic.

Predicted Starting XI: Robles, Baines, Stones, Funes Mori, Coleman, Barry, McCarthy, Mirallas, Cleverley, Lennon, Lukaku


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