Match Thread West Bromwich Albion vs Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Zezti]

Its pretty well balanced I think? Bernard/Iwobi will give better protection for the flanks than the diamond did against Southampton

 

[Efcjake]

Is JRod actually made of straw?

Great, another player on exorbitant wages who hardly plays.

Sort your head out fella

 

[Marius57]

Tbf we’ve got about 9 out injured and the 9 on the bench makes it look worse than normal seasons

8 on the bench. Cant even fill it.

 

[messymascot]

People panicking on Monday and panicking again. That team has 8 internationals in it. I personally think it might me 3-4-1-2 with Iwobi at RWB and Bernard behind DCL and Richarlison. We can bring King, Sigurdsson maybe even Broadhead on if we need to change something up front.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Such a random time for a league game.

 

[Jim Hopper]

Giving James the week off so he can come back and do naughty things against Chelsea.

If we're starting Bernard and Iwobi then I would have liked to see what King could do with 90 minutes as well.

That’s what we want to believe. He could just be genuinely injured and it’s worse than we are letting on.

I trust Carlo to get it right he put faith in the team on Monday and they prevailed. We definitely have enough quality out there tonight.

 

[aazak]

Why is everyone saying 442? It could be, but it also looks 352 with Digne and Iwobi as wing backs...

 

[JLW]

It winds me up tbh - wish he would just say they are out and not blag us.

Some of us stake good money on Everton to win based on encouraging press conference injury news lol

Cash out lad

 

[Jim Hopper]

Such a random time for a league game.

Coukd be a regular thing this next season. Thursday afternoon/evening football.

 

[blue to the bone]

It's not ideal. But we still have enough to win the game. Keep a clean sheet and that will be enough

 

[Zatara]

Very attacking line up here...

I wanted Iwobi and Bernard to play but a bit surprised Gomes is in there...not sure this works with only Doucoure in the centre who can tackle.

Looks like were trying to score bucketloads.

 

[bcblue1878]

He plays his cards close to his chest every week! No one has a clue what team or formation we will play game by game.

Which is no bad thing tbh!

 

[TheBigIguana]

Why is everyone saying 442? It could be, but it also looks 352 with Digne and Iwobi as wing backs...

It could be any number of things really. Iwobi has been asked to do a lot of different things this year and we've seen so little Bernard that who knows what they have in mind for him. It could be 4-4-2 either flat or a diamond, 3-5-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3. It is all in play.

 

[Jim Hopper]

Why is everyone saying 442? It could be, but it also looks 352 with Digne and Iwobi as wing backs...

I doubt Carlo is going for 3 centre halves against West Brom. It looks more like a 4-4-2 as there’s only two central midfielders in the side. I think it looks more balanced with Iwobi and Bernard on wings. Just don’t the like the idea of Gomes in a midfield 2 as we know he doesn’t deal with that very well.

 

[little elfin]