markjazzbassist Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 This match is the start of a 2 month run of winnable games for us. They will be home so they need to do something but i still expect them to be compact and more than willing to accept a draw seeing as they are not having a good campaign and will want to just stay up. Take off Gana and go for the jugular, bernard and lookman on to use their skill to break them down, won't need walcott's pace as i expect them to sit back when we attack. Pickford Colemand Keane Zouma Digne Gomes Bernard Gylfi Lookman Richie DCL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Mark, we've already had a run of winnable games this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Gwlad all over said: Mark, we've already had a run of winnable games this season. Correction, “another run of winnable games here”. Burnley, Brighton, Leicester, Bournemouth, soton, Huddersfield, wolves, Watford. After that we play the top sides but this would be a great time to recover some form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 I know what you're saying but that hasn't worked out in the first half of the season. I think this season has been pretty good in terms of games being spread out in that we haven't had the 'top' sides too much on the bounce and we just haven't been able to take advantage of it to really build up a haul of points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 I’m still recovering from the last time we played them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted December 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 we are low on confidence this will be a big test. both of us really need a win badly, we will see who wants it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Expect nothing less than a massive reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbanyNYToffee Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Pickford Zouma Keane Mina Digne Gana Gylfi Beni Walcott Richarlison Lookman It's Burnley so not worried about Zouma being exposed out wide. He will add a third aerial presence to Dyche's controlled long ball strategy. Who knows who's fit in midfield? Gomes, Gana, Davies, McCarthy, Beni, Schneiderlin. Pick 2. If Lookman out injured throw Bernard in there. Think Richarlison can cause problems more problems than DCL/Tosun as the striker in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 What’s the story with lookman? I’d go 4-4-2 and have a battle with them DCL and Tosun up front and Bernard on the right. Hopefully Gomes will be ok if not then Gilfi and I suppose Davies but I’d rather throw benni in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Hopeful of a 1-2 win but I expect at the minute a draw will happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 2 hours ago, AlbanyNYToffee said: Pickford Zouma Keane Mina Digne Gana Gylfi Beni Walcott Richarlison Lookman It's Burnley so not worried about Zouma being exposed out wide. He will add a third aerial presence to Dyche's controlled long ball strategy. Who knows who's fit in midfield? Gomes, Gana, Davies, McCarthy, Beni, Schneiderlin. Pick 2. If Lookman out injured throw Bernard in there. Think Richarlison can cause problems more problems than DCL/Tosun as the striker in this game. Im not normally for it but the Zouma shout might not be a bad one, he did alright there against City and I think we could do with a bit more beef in the side given the short turnaround and the team we are playing. Midfield is going to be a problem though, maybe its time for Baines . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, Bailey said: Im not normally for it but the Zouma shout might not be a bad one, he did alright there against City and I think we could do with a bit more beef in the side given the short turnaround and the team we are playing. Midfield is going to be a problem though, maybe its time for Baines . Do you know what? I wouldn’t mind putting Baines at RB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Finn balor said: Hopeful of a 1-2 win but I expect at the minute a draw will happen I fear our confidence could be knocked after the Derby and that heavy defeat so fearing the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Aidan said: I fear our confidence could be knocked after the Derby and that heavy defeat so fearing the worst. Time for Marco to earn his money. I hope he is brave here. RB is a problem at the moment, Zouma could do it or Kenny/Baines. I think they will sit deep, so we need good hold up play, DCL or Tosun uptop. Not sure if Charlie needs a rest or a bollocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Btay said: Time for Marco to earn his money. I hope he is brave here. RB is a problem at the moment, Zouma could do it or Kenny/Baines. I think they will sit deep, so we need good hold up play, DCL or Tosun uptop. Not sure if Charlie needs a rest or a bollocking. Possibly just needs a bit on consistency in being chosen at LW. He's been rotating beetween being upfront and on the left all season and it's not as easy for him to find consistency in his game being moved around all the time. I'm not defending him, that display against spurs was shocking, but as was every other Everton player that game. I think it just add's to the list of reasons why we desperatly need a striker in January. But you're right Marco certainly needs to step up his game here. Pressure is on and if we dont find a win in the next couple of games heads are going to start dropping in that dressing room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heath Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Never thought I'd be saying this about facing a club in the bottom three this season because it should be a given, but this is a winnable game for us. We're looking at a team going through a bit of a bad patch and showing a bit of poor form, confidence is a little low and they are easily rattled... anyway that's enough about Everton. I see this either being a boring nil nil draw or a hectic three four win for us. I am hoping for the latter, of course. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Heath said: Never thought I'd be saying this about facing a club in the bottom three this season because it should be a given, but this is a winnable game for us. We're looking at a team going through a bit of a bad patch and showing a bit of poor form, confidence is a little low and they are easily rattled... anyway that's enough about Everton. I see this either being a boring nil nil draw or a hectic three four win for us. I am hoping for the latter, of course. It's a scary thought to think we could lose this game but for me it looks very possible, they maybe languishing at the bottom of the table but they will have looked at our last 5 games and believe they can do a number on us. The players need to be fully up and committed for this any hangover from Sunday and I fear we are done, this game could prove a big turning point in our season. Heath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Seen a headline saying that we will be missing Gana and Gomes. Worried about this one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoblue Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 If we're missing those two then need to skip the midfield and go to up top. A central duo of Davies and the surrender monkey is a disaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogs Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Not got a good feeling about this. The squad looks threadbare, very few options in terms of what Silva can bring in to freshen things up. We know what Burnley will do, regimented 4-4-2 and physical. If Silva can't fire the players up to react to Sunday then we could easily get rolled over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggytop Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Anyone got a live UK stream for this please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 21 minutes ago, Wiggytop said: Anyone got a live UK stream for this please ? Won't be anything yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbanyNYToffee Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 McCarthy’s first appearance should not be against the burnley bullies. Completely unfair to him if in the lineup today. Davies and Beni if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Please not Morgan and Tom please not Morgan and Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Fucking 5 at the back again !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Charly benched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DownUnderToff Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 What's wrong with Lookman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted December 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 burnley the whitest team this side of trumps fantasy team. 5 at the back against 5 at the back. I trust marco, COYB nyblue23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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