Match Thread Everton vs Liverpool, Goodison Park, Oct 4th, 2015

EFC David · October 4, 2015

I think this game will either be a draw, a loss or a win.

Hope it's a win.

Who's_up_for_cumpkins? · October 4, 2015

no stones ...

USABlue · October 4, 2015

toffees1878 · October 4, 2015

Kone doesn't deserve to be on the bench.

Whitty · October 4, 2015

same side - confirmed

TheAlmightyFloater · October 4, 2015

Kopites must be crying with joy that Stones is out

toffees1878 · October 4, 2015

Also this is a sign that Stones and Colemans injuries are much worse than first mentioned in my opinion. If they were close for WBA, but don't even make the bench today.. that's bad.

monty · October 4, 2015

howard, browning, jags, mori, gall
jm rb gb
gd rl sn

Eggs · October 4, 2015

.......you have to think the key match up will be Mori against Sturridge. Sturridge has a great touch and Mori will have to be clever, watch the ball and not the feet. Presume they are 3 at the back, we can cause them problems.

dholliday · October 4, 2015

trebilcock66 said:
This fixture does fill me with dread. As some posters have pointed out if you're over a certain age the majority of memories are painful ones.

evertoniano said:
Can't believe how dismal our derby stats are. It's crazy and unexplainable

When I started following us in '89 I remember our historical head-to-stats being very close, they were ahead but just by 3 wins or so.

Now without caring to look it up they've opened up a massive gap...we'd need at least 25 years ourselves to bring it back to '89 levels. That plus incidents like Don Hutchison's backgoal which never stood, Rodwell being sent off early on for a great tackle, and the cameras constantly shoving an obscene wide-screen slow-motion Stephen Gerrard in our faces, nottomention the cult infesting all corners of the media, I've even seen derbies on the telly where both main pundits where ex-RS...surreal is the nicest thing I can say about it.

But this is the first RS side which don't have any local lads playing in a derby game...this should count in our favour today, and if we can pull of an emphatic win of the kind we should've done vs the Roy Hodgson side (I'm thinking a 4/5-goal hammering) then the next 25 years might look a whole lot better.