Match Thread Leicester City 1-1 Everton - Saturday 21st September - 15:00

[Sharpattack]

2 absolutely cack teams mate, so it will be one of those games, whoever scores first, and we all know if Leicester score first it's game over.

It’s simpler than that. If they score first they win. If we score first we lose.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

This is meant to be easy bit for Everton​

In mid-August, the boffins at Opta did some sums and deduced that of all the 20 Premier League teams, Everton had the easiest 10 fixtures to start the season (Wolves had the hardest, if you were wondering). Yet after four matches, Everton sit bottom of the table having lost all four matches, to Brighton, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Villa. After making their worst start to a season since 1958-59, Saturday’s trip to Leicester already feels like a crucial match in the fight against relegation, which remains a disastrous financial prospect and the worst way to say goodbye to Goodison Park. Everton face all three promoted sides in their next six matches and must start to pick up points, before the tougher fixtures arrive. Michael Butler

 

[Dharma]

Likely we'll ship another 3 goals here. Possession around the 15% mark.

Can see DCL being a Leicester player next season.

 

[windymiller]

Supposedly injured

Precautionary scan

 

[windymiller]

This is meant to be easy bit for Everton​

In mid-August, the boffins at Opta did some sums and deduced that of all the 20 Premier League teams, Everton had the easiest 10 fixtures to start the season (Wolves had the hardest, if you were wondering). Yet after four matches, Everton sit bottom of the table having lost all four matches, to Brighton, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Villa. After making their worst start to a season since 1958-59, Saturday’s trip to Leicester already feels like a crucial match in the fight against relegation, which remains a disastrous financial prospect and the worst way to say goodbye to Goodison Park. Everton face all three promoted sides in their next six matches and must start to pick up points, before the tougher fixtures arrive. Michael Butler

I read that earlier, too. It's weird because according to some very vocal posters we've had a really difficult set of fixtures.

 

[kev]

0-2 based on nothing but gut instinct

 

[GambianToffee]

I read that earlier, too. It's weird because according to some very vocal posters we've had a really difficult set of fixtures.

The Bournemouth disaster aside, Brighton at home, Villa and Spurs away are tough fixtures.

I suspect the "easiest run of fixtures" is yet to come as we now have Leicester, Palace, Newcastle, Ipswich, Fulham and Southampton in the next 6.

So 6 of our first 10 games are teams in the bottom half of the table

Hopefully Saturday is when we start to turn it around.

 

[Mashtray]

Nervous about this one.

Just purely based on the fact it will turn ugly if we don't pick up points

But if we play as well as played against Villa we should win. But we tend to be poor against poorer opposition

 

[JammyP]

Great feeling about tomorrow's game. Son's second xv rugby kicks off at 3 - first time for adult team. Looking forward to it.

 

[Mashtray]

Great feeling about tomorrow's game. Son's second xv rugby kicks off at 3 - first time for adult team. Looking forward to it.

What's second 15 mean. From a south african. High school 2nd team?

 

[GH_1982]

This is meant to be easy bit for Everton​

In mid-August, the boffins at Opta did some sums and deduced that of all the 20 Premier League teams, Everton had the easiest 10 fixtures to start the season (Wolves had the hardest, if you were wondering). Yet after four matches, Everton sit bottom of the table having lost all four matches, to Brighton, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Villa. After making their worst start to a season since 1958-59, Saturday’s trip to Leicester already feels like a crucial match in the fight against relegation, which remains a disastrous financial prospect and the worst way to say goodbye to Goodison Park. Everton face all three promoted sides in their next six matches and must start to pick up points, before the tougher fixtures arrive. Michael Butler

Surely whoever had to play us must have had some of the easiest runs??

If only we could play ourselves

 

[Goodisongang]

just got no confidence whatsoever, don't even think it'll be close, the players have given up just as much as the fans have with this dino in charge.

 

[dutchblue54]

If Keane or Tarkowski won't make it we have no senior centre back on the bench, but Branthwaite will get minutes for the U21 this weekend. Everton that

 

[neil999]

I read that earlier, too. It's weird because according to some very vocal posters we've had a really difficult set of fixtures.

How many of the 10 have we played , goodness me

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Dyche will likely go

Pickford
Young - Tarkowski - Keane - Mykolenko
N'Diaye - Mangala - Iroegbunam - McNeil
Doucoure
DCL

Thats his tried and trusted way - don't get beat by too many away from home.
However I think that line up will leak goals as neither fullback is that good and the centre of the park is protected by Doucoure plus 2 very inexperienced EPL players.

And then there's Keane.