Everton v West Ham. 1st March at 15.00.

[Duncan Disordely]

Howard; Coleman, Stones, Distin, Baines; McCarthy, Barry; Osman, Deulofeu, Pienaar; Naismith

 

[TomDixie]

 

[AaronTheBlue]

EFC VI to face West Ham: Howard, Baines, Deulofeu, Naismith, Distin, McCarthy, Barry, Osman, Pienaar, Coleman, Stones

 

[AaronTheBlue]

No ferguson on the coaching staff bench either?

 

[Duncan Disordely]

Deulofeu aside, pretty uninspiring XI

 

[dannyboy]

A lot of importance on Deulofeu having a good game with that starting XI.

 

[ijjysmith]

That is not the team I'd have picked.

And I'll leave it at that.

 

[TomDixie]

Howard​

Coleman Stones Distin Baines

McCarthy Barry​

Deulofeu Osman Pienaar

Naismith​

Robles, Hibbert, Browning, Barkley, McGeady, Mirallas, Lukaku

 

[Titus Bramble]

Lots of options off the bench if needed.

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Good bench though.

 

[blue to the bone]

No Alcatraz on the bench. Injured again?Mirallas needed a rest. Big game for Gerard

 

[Foles75]

If the goal is to shake things up, sorta like they do in the NHL if a team has gone flat...shuffle the lines.. I guess thats the way I see it..

 

[Sideliner]

Osman and Naismith - ooooh - how the West Ham defence will shiver at the sight of that -
play Pienaar CM - Mirallas on the left and Lukaku up front -
or Deulofeu up front and McGeady on the right -
but Naismith + Osman = NO

 

[dannyboy]

Real worrying lack of height and strength in that team, I don't think Allardyce's team talk will be too far off "Get stuck into them".

 

[MartSlinger]

Real worrying lack of height and strength in that team, I don't think Allardyce's team talk will be too far off "Get stuck into them".

They wont hit over 200 passes all afternoon. They'll come for a point, wont trouble us at all. They'll play once we score, and then we'll counter attack and score even more.