Match Thread Everton v Southampton Sunday 27th Nov KO 16:30

[dave abrahams]

Some dates you are not allowed to forget.
27th. November is one of those dates.
40 years ago on 27th November 1976 I married my wife. That date we played WBA at the Hawthorns and right through the reception I kept popping out to phone Radio Merseyside reception to ask the score. We got beat that day 3-1.
So forever the crow that I am, there it is. During the special dinner on Sunday that I have booked for myself and my beloved, I again will be checking by phone the score and again it will be 3-1 for the home team

It's not worth checking if you already know the score, tommytowne, order a bottle of champagne with your meal, then
celebrate a surprise victory. Happy anniversary to you and your wife. I wouldn't be surprised if the two of you dance home
on Sunday night.

 

[tommytowne]

It's not worth checking if you already know the score, tommytowne, order a bottle of champagne with your meal, then
celebrate a surprise victory. Happy anniversary to you and your wife. I wouldn't be surprised if the two of you dance home
on Sunday night.

Well what can I say? Thank you for your comments.
I hope you are right about the outcome for the day.

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Reckon we might do a 'reverse Everton' here and really put on a show like last time. Cue loads of optimism for the following week before we go on to get royally bummed in every fixture up to Christmas.

 

[deipnosophist]

0-1 please.

I'd like us to be totally batter for 89 minutes. Then someone, don't even care who, utterly smash one in from 27 yards into the top corner in the 90th. Please.

I suspect we'll get battered for 89 minutes... and concede in the final minute.
Everton that

 

[deipnosophist]

If there's just one week when we see some benefit from not playing in Europe you would think this would be the week. Saints gave it their all tonight trying to keep themselves in Europe and ended up with no reward and facing a tiring journey back from Prague. Koeman should be gearing the team up to play with high energy from the first minute to the last.

I agree but unfortunately this team hasn't got the wherewithal to do 'high energy'. Enervation is what our lads do best.
It's no coincidence that Enervation and Evertonian are anagrams.

 

[AlexEFC92]

I'm heading to this from London, got a good feeling for once. 3-1 Everton.

 

[Stanley Parker]

Not that i'm getting our excuses in early or anything...

But they made 7 changes for the European game. I don't know how much of a difference it's going to make on Sunday.

And nor do I.

Norwich City made 10 changes for our game.

Swansea City made 8 changes.

 

[ijjysmith]

Put a Magic 8 Ball app on my phone:

Deleted it now.

 

[BigBlueConk]

We are not what we once were.

 

[detonatot7]

Also heading there from London. Taking the 12.54 train from Waterloo

 

[Groucho]

We are not what we once were.

But we will be again.

Positivity (but not the blind, Martinez type).

 

[Markydys]

Got to get our season going. Even the games we've won haven't been convincing. Losing to Burnley, Bournemouth and drawing against someone like Swansea is not good enough, even for those who's expectations aren't stupidly high. Nothing but a win tomorrow will do!

 

[lancs blue]

I'm heading to this from London, got a good feeling for once. 3-1 Everton.

dont put a bet on

 

[lancs blue]

koeman will be hiding in the coach barking orders into a margerine tub on string

 

[tommytowne]

But we will be again.

Positivity (but not the blind, Martinez type).

We will be again only by virtue of the fan base. That is the one constant. The players will come and go, their loyalty only to their payslip.