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

[Groucho]

Iwobi must start centrally with Siggurdsson dropped.

Also Coleman looks like he needs a break.

Play your in form players.

 

[PaulPowersTash]

Coming to your place is always a tricky fixture for us.
City fans always approach this fixture with apprehension.
It will be a tough game - it always is. Our defence is there to
be attacked so this one could go either way.

 

[hktoffee]

Guess this’s the team.

Pickford

Sidibe Keane Mina Digne

Gomes Delph

Richarlison Iwobi Bernard

Calvert-Lewin

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Uck it.
2-0 the effin toffees.

 

[Lelouch]

much as I want big boy Kean to start every game, It's fair DCL gets a start tbh.
3 goals in 2 matches you can't really ignore that.

 

[T LEAFE]

We are on a run now
Another DCL goal
Another clean sheet
1-0

 

[sageyefc]

Would take a nil nil with no injuries to any city players. And keep gylfi dropped

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Got a feeling this will be closer than people think.

Head says City 3-2
Heart says 2-1 Kean & Rich scorers

 

[jimineybillybob]

Our defence is still way too shaky. Sterling/Bernardo/Mahrez/Aguero/Silva etc. Whoever plays, they could run rings around our defence. Being realistic, I think we can score, but for every goal we could score, they could score 3. I think we just need to play disciplined football and hope we can frustrate them and grab a goal on the break. Iwobi/Bernard/Rich all need to play - pace on the counter.

 

[GwladysPhil]

We will lose 1 or 2 nil, but put up a fight, the players will get clapped off and we will forget about the awful start to the season.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

We will lose 1 or 2 nil, but put up a fight, the players will get clapped off and we will forget about the awful start to the season.

That was last season lad lol

 

[yakublue]

Actually think this is a game that will suit gylfi. Hes good when he needs to be economical with touches. He's useless when we need him to carry the ball

 

[PaulPowersTash]

Our defence is still way too shaky. Sterling/Bernardo/Mahrez/Aguero/Silva etc. Whoever plays, they could run rings around our defence. Being realistic, I think we can score, but for every goal we could score, they could score 3. I think we just need to play disciplined football and hope we can frustrate them and grab a goal on the break. Iwobi/Bernard/Rich all need to play - pace on the counter.

Pace on the counter is the key to possibly beat us. That and corners / set pieces which we are absolutely atrocious at! You will score - its how your defence holds up as you say.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Part of me genuinely thinks 0-0

I have absolutely no idea why and I'm almost certainly going to be wrong, but I just can't shake the thought

 

[evertonarntwe]

think we'll put a shift in and arguably our best performance of the season

said before though, it depends what city turn up, because if they play even close to there best they will absolutely bum us