FairWooney

I'm sure once the sale is completed we will get a statement from 777 saying that Bill will be staying on to assist with his vast knowledge and experience of Everton football club.
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It's like having your granddad living with you, selling the house the he says behind in the basement popping up to pass on his advise to the new owners every now and then.

I'm sure once the sale is completed we will get a statement from 777 saying that Bill will be staying on to assist with his vast knowledge and experience of Everton football club.
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It's like having your granddad living with you, selling the house the he says behind in the basement popping up to pass on his advise to the new owners every now and then.

Overall I'd say there were a lot of positives from the performance here.  The main negative would be we give away too many chances.
A lot of the improvement was down to having a hard working strong forward leading the line who can receive the ball but while Danjuma got a lot of criticism for errors you could see he will thrive on a player like Beto, he was always looking to make runs for him which is just what Beto needs.  We looked to move it forward quickly, got players in the box and you could see what they were trying to do.
Still a bit of a lack of end product or final ball at times but there were some real positives.
Unfortunately, we've squandered chances to win 3 of the easier fixtures in the league whilst trying to get to this position and will have to produce another surprise win against Arsenal if we are to pick up our first 3 points next game.  (4 wins in our last 6 says we have a chance!)

Overall I'd say there were a lot of positives from the performance here.  The main negative would be we give away too many chances.
A lot of the improvement was down to having a hard working strong forward leading the line who can receive the ball but while Danjuma got a lot of criticism for errors you could see he will thrive on a player like Beto, he was always looking to make runs for him which is just what Beto needs.  We looked to move it forward quickly, got players in the box and you could see what they were trying to do.
Still a bit of a lack of end product or final ball at times but there were some real positives.
Unfortunately, we've squandered chances to win 3 of the easier fixtures in the league whilst trying to get to this position and will have to produce another surprise win against Arsenal if we are to pick up our first 3 points next game.  (4 wins in our last 6 says we have a chance!)

I think he is our highest potential youngster & don’t want to see him go any where unless it’s on loan 

I wouldn't be celebrating his leaving but it's a sensible move if he's not going to sign a new contract.
I'd really like to have seen him given more time in the middle as more of a 10.  I think we would have seen more output from him in that position but no one has really fancied him there for any length of time.
 

No one has deemed it worthy of a post so far so i'll put one up!
These are bottom of league 2 so if we can't find the net in this game we really are doomed!  These lower league teams can prove tough though so it would be good to see us really go at them and look to dominate the game.  I'd make a few changes but play a "strong" team.
                     Virginia
Patterson    Branthwaite   Godfrey     Mykolenko
                  Garner  Doucoure   Onana
Danjuma        Chermiti           Dobbin
 
Some don't like changing keeper but with our solid vetran Begovic now gone I think we should be giving Virginia game time here, he quitted himself well in the pre-season also.
I'd happily see Tarkowski playing with Branthwaite but happy for Godfrey to get a run out.
Mykolenko needs some game time and old man Young should get a break.  If Coleman is fit i'd get him on the right but I don't think he is.
If we had any other fit wingers i'd consider a 4-4-2 leaving Doucoure out but as we don't I'd play it this way with Danjuma on the right and Dobbin on the left, plenty of pace between them with Doucoure running through the middle and Garner given a chance to play in his more natural position in the centre.
Hoping for a solid 4-0 win with at least 2 of the front 3 getting their first goals for us!
Really it'll probably be a scrappy 1-0 or 2-1 win!
 

No one has deemed it worthy of a post so far so i'll put one up!
These are bottom of league 2 so if we can't find the net in this game we really are doomed!  These lower league teams can prove tough though so it would be good to see us really go at them and look to dominate the game.  I'd make a few changes but play a "strong" team.
                     Virginia
Patterson    Branthwaite   Godfrey     Mykolenko
                  Garner  Doucoure   Onana
Danjuma        Chermiti           Dobbin
 
Some don't like changing keeper but with our solid vetran Begovic now gone I think we should be giving Virginia game time here, he quitted himself well in the pre-season also.
I'd happily see Tarkowski playing with Branthwaite but happy for Godfrey to get a run out.
Mykolenko needs some game time and old man Young should get a break.  If Coleman is fit i'd get him on the right but I don't think he is.
If we had any other fit wingers i'd consider a 4-4-2 leaving Doucoure out but as we don't I'd play it this way with Danjuma on the right and Dobbin on the left, plenty of pace between them with Doucoure running through the middle and Garner given a chance to play in his more natural position in the centre.
Hoping for a solid 4-0 win with at least 2 of the front 3 getting their first goals for us!
Really it'll probably be a scrappy 1-0 or 2-1 win!
 

I'm going to this game, my first away game in a long long time.
Looking forward to visting an older stadium than Goodison!
However the downside is I'm going in with the Sheffield United crowd going with a couple of season ticket holders who had a spare seat!  Everton haven't done much to make me celebrate so far this season but hopefully they do this time!
Surely Calvert-Lewin should be available for this game now and if so I'd expect him to start with Beto and Chermiti on the bench.
It would be good to have Danjuma and Dobbin start but I don't think he'll drop Garner so will drop Dobbin.

if the 3 go before 3 come in we'll have fun trying to make 2 teams on Saturday!  I'm available if needed but am older than our only signing

if the 3 go before 3 come in we'll have fun trying to make 2 teams on Saturday!  I'm available if needed but am older than our only signing

Means we've just heard his name and looked him up on Wikipedia!

Means we've just heard his name and looked him up on Wikipedia!

Means we've just heard his name and looked him up on Wikipedia!

Means we've just heard his name and looked him up on Wikipedia!

Means we've just heard his name and looked him up on Wikipedia!

watching this video and he appears to have played plenty on both right and left wings.  A majority like to have games on the opposite side to their stronger foot just as because it makes it more likely for them to get goals.
Looks fast and tricky and can score goals.  Definitely something we're lacking.  A different kind of winger to McNeil
Seems fairly similar to Gnotto and both young fast players who have international caps already and can score goals.  Elanga at half the price is probably our preference! 
 
 

He’s been too strong for too long.  At risk of sounding like a hypocrite I’m well aware that in nearly every thread where players have “poor mentality” nearly all of us can fall foul of painting a player to have a bad attitude/weak mentality.  That won’t end.  It also won’t stop some people using mental health as a means of deflecting something that was in their control. 
 
there has been something obviously wrong with him. Never have I seen a player look like he’s there but not there, so much as dele Alli. 

I remember my first child. Brings tears to my eyes thinking about it.
Its the day all my dreams and aspirations ended.

Different game on Spain though, not as quick and a bit more technical, I think he’d get on fine.
hopefully he goes as I don’t see a place for him at Everton.

I wouldn't agree on that.
Onana isn't particularly attacking, not that I've really seen.  He put in a tackle, is ok a distributing the ball but isn't particularly creative or isn't really getting between lines or into spaces in attack to make things happen very often.
Gana doesn't particularly show he wants to be an ACM.  He gets into a position to launch one over the bar every now and then but generally sits back.
Garner is also someone who isn't particularly attacking, he can pop up around the box and take a shot, he can pick a decent pass but he's not looking to push forward with the ball
Doucoure is fairly attacking and at the moment is best placed to be the attacking one of those 3 but not exactly creating a lot, unlocking a defense to play others in or running at defenses. 
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I wouldn't agree on that.
Onana isn't particularly attacking, not that I've really seen.  He put in a tackle, is ok a distributing the ball but isn't particularly creative or isn't really getting between lines or into spaces in attack to make things happen very often.
Gana doesn't particularly show he wants to be an ACM.  He gets into a position to launch one over the bar every now and then but generally sits back.
Garner is also someone who isn't particularly attacking, he can pop up around the box and take a shot, he can pick a decent pass but he's not looking to push forward with the ball
Doucoure is fairly attacking and at the moment is best placed to be the attacking one of those 3 but not exactly creating a lot, unlocking a defense to play others in or running at defenses. 
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Man City soaking up pressure?  Having to hit us on the counter attack?
I think the game will be the opposite of that!  We won't have more than 40% possession if we're lucky and I'd expect us to set up like we did against Brighton, keeping narrow and tight where possible and not allowing them any space to stroll through us.  Quick counter attacking in numbers.
It doesn't matter what team City put out they will dominate the game.
I think we can get something out of this game if we play like we did against Brighton though maybe that's a big ask!

Jesus Christ, we got a good point at home to City last season when they were going for the title and we only didn't have the opportunity to win that game when we were denied a blatant penalty by VAR.
They are not unfuckingbeatable.
Edit - we lost 1-0 actually, but the rest of what I said is still valid , but rather than being denied the opportunity to win, we should've been taking 2 points away from them.