Match Thread Everton v West Ham United - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Zeke]

So....this is how this one goes ladies and germs...

Marco plays 4-2-3-1 again, as we all know the drill by now....including every opposition manager.

He’ll pick Sigurdsson and Schneiderlin no doubt about it.

West Ham who have pretty good team right now and aren’t half bad at counter attacking especially away from home will do this..

They will sit deep, and give us the ball up to around their final third and then they’ll press us into making mistakes and then exploit our lack of pace all through midfield and defence and pick us off on the break.

I’m expecting a 2 nil lose with us showing around 65% possession and 10 shots on goal and 3 shots on target.

West Ham will have 5 shots on goal and score 2 goals.

If Marco actually try’s a different formation maybe a 4-4-2 with Tosun and DCL starting or Kean and DCL starting and drops Sigurdsson and Schneiderlin and brings in Gomes and Davis we may fair a little better.

I’d like to see a 4-3-3 or even a 3-4-3 formation, but let’s be real....Marco doesn’t have the stomach for that.

Another lose and it should be curtains for Silva but knowing this club, we’ll give him till Christmas we’ll be rock bottom of the Prem and then we’ll be scratch around for a rescue manager like BFS.

Sort yourselves out Everton and fast...because I’m hating the weekends more than ever!

 

[DickRitchie214]

So....this is how this one goes ladies and germs...

Marco plays 4-2-3-1 again, as we all know the drill by now....including every opposition manager.

He’ll pick Sigurdsson and Schneiderlin no doubt about it.

West Ham who have pretty good team right now and aren’t half bad at counter attacking especially away from home will do this..

They will sit deep, and give us the ball up to around their final third and then they’ll press us into making mistakes and then exploit our lack of pace all through midfield and defence and pick us off on the break.

I’m expecting a 2 nil lose with us showing around 65% possession and 10 shots on goal and 3 shots on target.

West Ham will have 5 shots on goal and score 2 goals.

If Marco actually try’s a different formation maybe a 4-4-2 with Tosun and DCL starting or Kean and DCL starting and drops Sigurdsson and Schneiderlin and brings in Gomes and Davis we may fair a little better.

I’d like to see a 4-3-3 or even a 3-4-3 formation, but let’s be real....Marco doesn’t have the stomach for that.

Another lose and it should be curtains for Silva but knowing this club, we’ll give him till Christmas we’ll be rock bottom of the Prem and then we’ll be scratch around for a rescue manager like BFS.

Sort yourselves out Everton and fast...because I’m hating the weekends more than ever!

What about a 4-2-2-2 like City sometimes deploy?

Pickford
Sidibe Mina Keane Digne
Delph's (Gbamin placeholder) Gomes
Iwobi Bernard
Kean Richarlison

 

[Zeke]

What about a 4-2-2-2 like City sometimes deploy?

Pickford
Sidibe Mina Keane Digne
Delph's (Gbamin placeholder) Gomes
Iwobi Bernard
Kean Richarlison

I do think 4-2-2-2 could work, I’d just like to see anything other than 2 out and out defensive midfielders at home...now that would be a start.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

You just know DCL, Schneids and Sigurdsson will play again.

 

[DickRitchie214]

I do think 4-2-2-2 could work, I’d just like to see anything other than 2 out and out defensive midfielders at home...now that would be a start.

you and me both mate

 

[DonJulio]

I always enjoy visiting Goodison as an away fan. Not usually because of the result mind, but because it's a proper old school English ground.

Could go either way this one couldn't it?

We'll line up like this: Roberto (he is shocking), Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Lanzini/Fornals, Yarmolenko, Anderson, Haller.

We play some nice stuff but if you lot put us under enough pressure we will crumble.

You guys don't seem to have settled on a first choice XI yet have you? I was looking forward to seeing Gbamin for you this season, I think he'll end up being a decent signing once settled.

 

[LEONARD]

I'm expecting thrills, excitement and goals,

Just not at this game.

 

[Nymzee]

Unfortunately got a ticket for this ffs

 

[Lob]

Silva's Master Plan:

Get big Dunc to put out a rallying cry and then stick to the same tactics and formation in the hope that it might work one day/century and then when it goes pear shaped put as many players up front as possible, preferably players who cannot score which shouldn't be difficult as that is all of them and then sit down with your fingers crossed and hope that lady luck is on your side.

 

[cjshuckEFC]

Going to be a really hard game against a team that score goals can only hope the players are up for,nothing but 3 points or Marco has to go
#COYB

 

[GwladysBlue]

I’ve been rehearsing my boo.

 

[deipnosophist]

The RWC quarterfinals will be occupying my attentions this weekend, so, (not sadly), I shan’t be watching Yarmolenko put two in against our lion hearts.Hopefully Eton Dom can rescue the game for us with a magnificent hat-trick...


...but I doubt that

 

[longers]

I will genuinely be hoping we lose this, not even arsed if that makes me a bad supporter. Silva is not going to be a manager we are successful under, sooner he goes the better. The worst outcome is we go on some little run of form and he keeps the job for a few more weeks before the inevitable bad run of form over chistmas kicks in again.

Part of me thinks 'stop sacking managers ffs' but then I realise that this is pretty much the standard now in football, there isn't even a stigma to it anymore, long term managers are not a thing. Can't deliver in first season and have a poor start to second season ? well that's a perfectly legitimate reason to sack in todays world.

 

[carolinablue232]

I always enjoy visiting Goodison as an away fan. Not usually because of the result mind, but because it's a proper old school English ground.

Could go either way this one couldn't it?

We'll line up like this: Roberto (he is shocking), Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Lanzini/Fornals, Yarmolenko, Anderson, Haller.

We play some nice stuff but if you lot put us under enough pressure we will crumble.

You guys don't seem to have settled on a first choice XI yet have you? I was looking forward to seeing Gbamin for you this season, I think he'll end up being a decent signing once settled.

Marco has settled on his first 11. It’s just crap.
Your front 3 will cause all sorts of problems for us regardless.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I will genuinely be hoping we lose this, not even arsed if that makes me a bad supporter. Silva is not going to be a manager we are successful under, sooner he goes the better. The worst outcome is we go on some little run of form and he keeps the job for a few more weeks before the inevitable bad run of form over chistmas kicks in again.

Part of me thinks 'stop sacking managers ffs' but then I realise that this is pretty much the standard now in football, there isn't even a stigma to it anymore, long term managers are not a thing. Can't deliver in first season and have a poor start to second season ? well that's a perfectly legitimate reason to sack in todays world.

You're not a bad supporter mate you simply care about the long term future of this club not 3 points in isolation.

It warms my heart that there are fans as passionate as you still around during this time of apathy.

Lets hope that the board have the guts to get rid and put an end to this nightmare