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2021/22 Rafael Benitez

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davek said:
None of them will start.

Godfrey will start at RB and Holgate will be benched. The back four will be the same as started against Villa. I doubt Gomez will start nor Iwobi or Gordon.

Four of thre starters tonight will start against Norwich: Godfrey, Digne (if fit), Begovic and Townsend.
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Hang on, who's playing at right-back then?

Coleman is out for 2 weeks at least. Who's starting instead of Iwobi? Richarlison - also injured. Gray will start instead of Gordon obviously.

Who's starting instead of Rondon? DCL is out for 2 weeks?
 
Davo 1878 said:
top 4/5? Christ mate anyone can see this lot aren't top 10 material, top 4? pass the crack pipe
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I'll take 17th now.

Not a dig at the manager or anything but the utter shambles that we are. We are a premier league team, how do we have no decent back up full backs? Why did we send the ones we do have out on loan? Why do we always have less subs on the bench then are allowed etc.

Absolute shambles.
 

catcherintherye said:
We got 59 points last season. Worse teams than us have won things. We really cant start from the view we shouldn't expect to win things. That's pathetic management of true.
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Obviously the manager and players should be doing all they can to win every cup competition, but as a fan, looking at this squad and the squads of other teams in the competition, I've not even began to get my hopes up of us doing anything this season.

I've seen much better Everton teams throw away much bigger chances of winning a cup than this team this year. Annoying that we lost tonight, but we were never winning this cup.
 

LeeCarsley said:
we've gone from one of the best defenses in the league to one of the worst. We've kept one clean sheet in his entire tenure, and I honestly cannot see us beating Norwich, particularly if they sack that awful manager they have before then.
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One of the best defenses in the league? Where are you getting that from lid? lol

We conceded more than Brighton last season and had the 10th best goals against......we also finished 10th. Goal difference? 11th. Goals scored? 11th.
 
davek said:
None of them will start.

Godfrey will start at RB and Holgate will be benched. The back four will be the same as started against Villa. I doubt Gomez will start nor Iwobi or Gordon.

Four of thre starters tonight will start against Norwich: Godfrey, Digne (if fit), Begovic and Townsend.
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Do you want to make a bet on that?
 
andy4efc said:
Free pass for everybody involved then?

Curses dont exist. Cup hoodoo's dont exist. The players, manager, staff aren't the ones who have been knocked out consistently for 20 years are they? Those players tonight got given an opponnent and were poor. Doesnt matter what competition it is in. We were equally as bad at 1-0 down against Villa. No hoodoo involved there.

Like the whole head to head bollocks. "Fulham havent beaten Exeter since 1931". It means nothing to players. Only time its ever meant something is when our set of cowards go to Anfield where its instilled that we've lost already through fans, media, all reminding everyone how bad we are, nothing to do with a team who lost there 10 years ago.

Same issue as always, negative manager, no real plan, same players costing, same players with weak mentalities and same players who dont want to take any responsibility. No surprise its hte same names again;

Gomes, Davies, Kenny, Holgate, Iwobi. HALF of the outfield.

Then you've got Begavic who should have won the shootout with that bizarrely weak hand.
Rondon who is half fit, looked dreadful (will reserve full judgement).
A manager who is known for crap football and hasn't got us playing in any particular strong way. We look a threat on the counter. BUt SHOCK we play a team where its expected us to have more of the ball and we loook completely lost.

I'm all for giving Benitez a chance but thats one of two cup competitions already gone this season and he'll do well to get to 5th/6th with this lot combined with his tactics. Nothing to do with it being hte league cup. ALl down on Benitez, the players, Brands.

I've just lowered my expectations now anyway, not surprised in the slightest we've emabrrased ourselves again.
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Not going to argue with any of that.
Its every season.
Everton are exhausting.
 
Tubey said:
I don't think he understands the damage he's just done to himself with that team selection. He's just lost an awful lot of good will.

There was an undeniable arrogance about that teamsheet tonight, where he's thought it's "just the League Cup" - and 99% of the time I'd be on board with that attitude... but this is Rafael Benitez at Everton, and the knives will be out for him now a lot easier if we go through a sustained rough patch.
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Honestly mate apart from Keane, I don't think we can have that many complaints. Allan was injured on Saturday was probably even a risk to be involved. Do we run Doucoure into the ground and risk him getting injured instead of one of the midfielders?

I'll say it again but that's not much different to the team that plays Norwich and United. That's how bad we are.
 

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