Match Thread Everton v Cardiff City - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[JelavicBrate2]

It will be harder than people think, I think if we get get a goal earlier on, we'll comfortably win. However I think if we can't score before half time, we'll probably draw. I tend to find that, if you can't get to half time away from home without conceding you have a good chance of getting a draw. Cardiff aren't as bad as people think they are, they were unlucky to lose to the RS a few weeks ago. Obviously most of us are focusing on the derby next week, so this game will be very important going in to the derby.

 

[bol-uk]

I like the lad Murphy who plays down the flank. Josh is it?

Yes, joh murphy looks good

 

[bol-uk]

josh

 

[liamefc91]

Has the @Iceman11 spoken?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Looking forward to this today. We look a far better team now than the last time I was over in September, so hopefully we can show it today. I'd still take a one nil all day mind you.

 

[liamefc91]

Only 2 selection headaches for silva. Mina or zouma. Lookman or walcott/bernard. If everyone is fit. Start the best team hopefully get a comfortable lead and take off richalison, gylfi and gomes.

 

[Ring master]

Has the @Iceman11 spoken?

Wont be long till he gives us the team news hopefully-been spot on as ever.

 

[evertonarntwe]

It will be harder than people think, I think if we get get a goal earlier on, we'll comfortably win. However I think if we can't score before half time, we'll probably draw. I tend to find that, if you can't get to half time away from home without conceding you have a good chance of getting a draw. Cardiff aren't as bad as people think they are, they were unlucky to lose to the RS a few weeks ago. Obviously most of us are focusing on the derby next week, so this game will be very important going in to the derby.

Early goals are always a bonus it settles us and means Cardiff or whoever need to play a little more

However disagree with if we get to ht without scoring we'll draw. We got to ht with no goals against palace and Fulham and found a way to beat both

Cardiff are worse than them both

 

[Eggs]

Only 2 selection headaches for silva. Mina or zouma. Lookman or walcott/bernard. If everyone is fit. Start the best team hopefully get a comfortable lead and take off richalison, gylfi and gomes.

...I imagine it’s any 2 from Mina/Zouma and Keane as opposed to a straight choice between Mina and Zouma. Who knows what Silva is thinking, but Mina might now be a fixture in the team so he is probably mulling over Keane or Zouma.

 

[Buckers]

I'm sure I'm slow to pick up on this but see that we could end up 6th today if results go our way. That would make me very happy.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Yes, joh murphy looks good

Garbage mate, Glenn Murray has scored more than him

 

[croatian blues]

These day looking far better team then it was at the start of the October. Don't have fear for these kind of games any more.

 

[PhilM]

Early goals are always a bonus it settles us and means Cardiff or whoever need to play a little more

However disagree with if we get to ht without scoring we'll draw. We got to ht with no goals against palace and Fulham and found a way to beat both

Cardiff are worse than them both

My concern is that Cardiff will come and sit deep and then we've got to work through their defence, which will slow the tempo. This is where we often struggle.

Also, they're very physical, especially at set-pieces, which is once again a weakness of us. We should beat these but it may not be as easy as people think.

 

[aglee]

I’m still in Tennessee. It’s 6.40pm here and I can’t wait to go to bed and then wake for the 10am KO

Where in Tennessee? I used to live in Knoxville (went to UT.for a year)

 

[Frang]

My concern is that Cardiff will come and sit deep and then we've got to work through their defence, which will slow the tempo. This is where we often struggle.

Also, they're very physical, especially at set-pieces, which is once again a weakness of us. We should beat these but it may not be as easy as people think.

Gylfi, richy, Bernie and looky have plenty of keyeys