Tzolis is out with a hamstring injury John. One less thing to worry about. Only 43 things now.

I don’t think that the reason that ‘decent posters have quit this site’ has anything at all to do with what you call ‘moaning’ Ian.But what the heck don’t let that stop you from popping that one in as a flimsy crap brick to build your erm ‘point’ on, if it makes you feel better.

Is Joanne fussy Mark?

Very, very good, Mark. I needed that. That was post of the Arena era in my book.

I watched them against Bayern. There is no way we will play our way through their defence – our only chance of scoring a goal is to get behind them on the break. When it comes to Everton I have this mental condition called optimism that rears its head just before a game. I have decided its better than feeling glum – I can do that after the game if necessary. Having said that watching Moyes’ presser I have a feeling Branthwaite is injured. Back to the optimism: Pickford Garner, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Mykolenko Dibling, Armstrong, Grealish, KDH, George Barry. Up the Blues

It will be the same team, same tactics, same subs (too late),same result as it nearly always is followed by the same excuses. Why think it will be any different?

Well done, Harry! Some fine red meat thrown to the crowd. Now, watch Moyes go and get a respectable percormance from his selection

Michael it was the two links on the bottom of the “Site Introduction” Page. Go to Main Page > Top Menu Bar > Site > Site Introduction https://www.toffeeweb.com/site/about.php This was on my PC. Hope this helps. On another matter there is an issue with malicious adverts. Here is a link to an ABC news (Aus) article on youtube. https://youtu.be/a8tbmcrCz_4?si=PK0-NIwGyXkQgbgg

Good article Patric. Ca’t figure out what’s going on in Moyse’s head. Totally stupid to bring on Norgarrd who he’s not match fit. Started the game with a loser mentality, too.

I’d rather have Dowman than any of our ‘youngsters’ Tom.

Meanwhile at Arsenal. Arteta has said his 16yo is getting a game tomorrow. Shows what he thinks of us as opponents.

Does he think we’re fucking idiots! We went through this first time round you useless bastard, and so has every other team you’ve managed and fired you. You haven’t got The Bullshitter to protect you this time and the only thing saving you is the just as useless Yanks are bailing out. Cannot wait to see the back of him!

https://youtube.com/shorts/pPY7_G6pvEw?si=WE-uKZiGpJa6t7Iw Mr Stability

I won’t be staying up into the wee dark hours to watch this one

What do you expect the The Surrender Monkey in Chief picking the team

I can forgive that one Derek, but I’m not having One day at a time by Lena Martell mate.

Moyes is an Idiot and what’s worse we’re stuck with him for the foreseeable future…and boy, doesn’t he know it…I’ll do it myyyy way.

A bit harsh on Andy Stewart there mate, that song of his ‘Donald where’s your Trousers’ was a catchy little comedy record…it’s better record than Moyes Comedy Record Vs The Arse

We won’t lay a glove on them because Moyes will go all in on defence, as usual. There will be no attempt to have a go. I don’t see how anyone can defend his completely negative tactics, no matter who we are playing

Just read that Moyes record against Arsenal, Man City and liverpool, (including his time at West Ham) is played 22, lost 21. Given we know how he will approach our next game, we can reasonably assume that will be 22 defeats out of 23. So if the players he is selecting aren’t doing the job, what chance are the younger players ever going to get? Seize their opportunities my arse, he doesn’t like giving younger players game time when he can play his favourites in front of them.

What do they have to wait for. Why not make changes. tomorrow. Barry and Johnson are crap. Moyes has no balls . Can he not see what all the fans can see. Dowman aged 16 scored against us last season and I am sure he will score again tomorrow. I think you would call him a youngster Moyes.

The balls in your court mate …

No thanks. He’s gone as a player.

Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka, Joleon Lescott, Tim Cahill were not youngsters knobhead. It’s your erm ‘knowledgeable’ choices that stink the house out. I always have a little smile when I read ‘But Moyes sees them in training and knows what he’s doing’. 😄 We don’t trust him on the pitch and we certainly shouldn’t trust him at the Farm. It’s called favourites and yes his Desert Island Discs choices would be shite too.

Experience?

What opportunities?

I just dont understand how they don’t know where his fitness was. This is elite sport, where everything is measured & monitored by an army of support cast. He was so off the pace, that i just dont believe that wouldn’t have been noticed at finch farm. He ran like he was carrying a bag of spuds on his back. If it wasnt noticed, then id suggest the training intensity needs to be upped significantly.

I was very surprised that he never went to either Turkey, or back to Brazil, with both of those transfer windows closing later than the EPL window, which probably means there was another big issue behind the scenes, Mike?

Maybe he’s pencilled them in for the Newcastle game? Shite if we go out and back to the bench if we win. Why am I so cynical when it comes to David Moyes, and how he uses his squad?

Not that I pay much attention to Ferguson’s opinions, but I tend to believe that if Richi had really, really wanted to come back to us, he could have made it happen. He must have known the Spurs bridge was truly burned. De Zerbi certainly waved him off earlier this week, per Yahoo Sports: “Speaking ahead of Monday Night’s Premier League meeting with Coventry City, De Zerbi made his position clear. “It’s not my problem anymore,” the Italian told reporters. He said questions about Richarlison should be directed to chief executive Vinai Venkatesham and sporting director Johan Lange.”

When 1 or 2 can no longer stand after starting every game, it won’t be a case of giving them a chance, it will be a case of having no choice!! There’s a difference Dave !

Hi Mark, hope you’re well mate. Check out Toffee TV with Peds starting 11.. I would definitely go for that line up. Looking at it it’s so refreshing

i’ve just taken my ‘be careful what you wish for tablets’ and now i think we will win 4- nil…saka is injured ,arsenal will be knackered after the munich game. barry will get a hat trick (future ballon dor winner surely ! ) jimmy garner will ping one of his great free kicks into the top corner .our davie will play a blinder too making positive proactive substitutions at just the correct times (deffo not on 86 minutes) all of the other results will go our way too putting us into the champions league places – get your passports ready lads ! oh and gee wizz folks the friedkins are great too .. or maybe not and the above is a load of bollocks ?

Brilliant Mark 😂

He’d have Lamine Yamal on the bench – tit

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

Match preview ? COYB

The crux of the matter is surely not whether the player can be blamed for his torrid debut, it is whether there is any pace left to recover because otherwise he is just too slow to ever be effective for us.

“Take their opportunities”….what opportunities is he on about?

What’s your bet tomorrow Ray?

Once in 23 years, I’ll give you that one.😁 What was the result? My memory is puddled with the Jamesons

Good price Ian. If you put a tenner on you get fuck all back😁 “A working mans” price. Lovely phrase dreamt up by a bookie to tempt the mug punters.

We’re playing the league champions at their own place, we’ll probably get duffed, and I’ve been offered a last minute ticket. Also it clashes with a romantic weekend in Bath that my missus has booked for us. So if anyone wants to go in my place it’s the Bath Plaza hotel, room 426 and her name is Joanne. UTFT

I see the surrender monkey`s are out in force

It still took a season for Baines, the most expensive buy to became a regular starter. I think he watched Lescott for a year before he decided to buy him, played him out of position for a year until he trusted Baines. I often wonder if his own playing career influences his decisions, started young, but never reached his full potential.

‘Be patient and seize there chance’, he keeps playing Johnson ahead of the two wingers, and he’s been so poor, he brought on Norgaard ahead of Hackney against Chelsea, when we needed a goal, and he was completely off the pace, and Moyes said the player apologised for his performance, even though it should have been Moyes taking the blame, which never happens so what chance have our younger players got, with a stubborn and conservative manager.

Because most PL clubs are happy to survive in the league and never go down. We’re one of them – literally all bar about 4 clubs are now also-rans, and happy with it. The days of actually pushing to win the league are over in my view. Some mid-table clubs might win a cup now & then, but the main goal is PL survival for most, with the occasional dalliance in Europe via league position. That’s it though, ambition stops there.

John – this new format won’t let me reply to you post (it’s stupid). But on the question of Dyche vs Moyes. I’ve watched every game under Moyes this time round bar a couple, and I would say that at times we play some decent stuff (at times). Overall it’s still not brilliant viewing, and some of our games have been painful to watch I agree. That said, it is, in my view, better football than under Dyche (and Allardyce). In my original post I’m not defending Moyes as such, just trying to paint a picture of where we re in terms of management and as a club. Of course this has all fallen over a bit since we’re now for sale again, but I don’t think Moyes will be here after this season.

Dinosaur davey. Been serving up the same dour football for years. This squad could play so much better but we never play with handbrake off. Away at Arsenal this weekend will be another negative team selection and a game of hoping to hang on to a point. Asking for youngsters to be patient, behave davey if they good enough age doesn’t matter. Soon as we move on from him in charge the better

Wolves last year at home definitely. Possibly forest away, but could be wrong on that one. Rohl played perhaps as a 10, but he ended up pretty flat if I remember rightly. Dibling and Mcneil on the wings.