markjazzbassist

are you saying 4231 with the second holding mid being more box to box, or you saying it should be 4132 with just mccarthy sitting, barkley in the ACM, and eto'o/naisy behind lukaku in the 10?

he wasn't signed, he was loaned.

you know MC you've been banging on this for a while now and you're right. Barkley looked good staying back and bringing the ball from defense to attack. I would love to see him and mccarthy as the pairing once he's fit. maybe sell mccarthy and buy some more youth and have besic and barkley next year.

can someone explain to me, WHY WE DONT USE ALL 3 SUBS? pisses me off. atsu, mcgeady, jimmy the fucking kit man, anyone just put someone on the field and hope something happens. put the U-21 team 3 subs on i don't give a shit, just don't use 2 subs, worthless. city had all 3 used before 80'.

Besic. Didn't care if it was the former champs or sister marys U-8 women's team. he had a go, and i loved the tackle on toure. half his size and weight and brings the big oaf down without even blinking. toure was outraged and "injured", well done lad. Barkley runner up. had a go when he came on, moved the ball well and passed well. for all those "barkley ball hog" people well he's stop hogging the ball, but now we don't see those dangerous runs into the box anymore. grass is always greener...

Why are we not using our 3rd substitute? This match and last. Ridiculous

Barry off mcgeady on please. Throw ossie on there too, at least he can shoot

Love besic giving it to toure. Well done lad show them you are the one with the brass balls.

That's more like it boys, nice shot mirallas. Corner. Come on blues!

yes other thought is 3-5-2. doubt that's it though. come on hibbo, victory lap year!

i thought the same thing when i saw the formation. strong lineup. coleman mirallas eto and lukaku? hot damn let's attack all day

yeah just read it on the OS, made up for him. I really hope he comes out swinging and bags a brace.

LOL

in true everton fashion after playing horribly against the worst teams in the league we will win this match convincingly just to confuse supporters even more. Howard Coleman Jags Distin Baines Besic Barry Mirallas Naismith Osman Lukaku Subs - Eto'o, Barkley, Atsu

Man City 2 - 3 Everton Naismith

We're 14 games in to year 2, way way too early to tell. Some might say we need to win now, we just won our group in Europa, we're playing our best football there. We did well in the league last year so we know we can, this year is more about Europe. Next year or year 4 can be about winning the treble, let's be realistic for now. I think it's more the personnel than the tactics. Arsenal plays the same way, they do fine each year, but they have tons of creative midfielders and quality. We have pienaar, mcgeady, and Osman. We have the framework of a great team, stones, browning, garbutt, Coleman, Oviedo, McCarthy, besic, barkley, mirallas, lukaku, naisy. We just need to fill the gaps with better personnel and replace the aging Moyes personnel. I think as the team grows and new parts are added old ones subtracted and RM gets the team he wants playing and buying fully in to the system he coaches we will see more consistency. Till then there will be hiccups and disasters. I'm backing the man. Give the gaffer some time to see his vision through, Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither was barca or arsenal or other tiki taka sides. Look at Dortmund, they have tons and tons of quality, sometimes good sides just have a bad year.

I've backed Howard, but he's had quite a few blunders this year, might be a good time while we have a large amount of games in short time, to play Robles. Just let him know the job ain't on lockdown, and see how Joel does.

Lukaku. Mirallas and Besic close second. Lukaku in the first half was fantastic. Great Touch, great goal, winning headers, passing well. He gave a shit today, unlike the other guys.

2nd time in on thread I'm agreeing with you, is the world ending?

pienaar hasn't done a single positive thing since he came on. terrible touches, giving the ball away and awful passes. sell him bobby, and play someone else.

what happened to coleman? world beater last year, this year he's anonymous.

we are losing and we replace a great player with a slow past it player in pienaar. my o my

the shadow of his former self

distin, FFS. stones please come back quickly

I agree. He's getting a lot of headers tonight, dropping deep and passing well and his touch has been nice. You can't ask for more.