Everton vs Sunderland

Hope for the paying fans we give a good performance and a nice 3 points that could be worth millions.

Sunderland also have something to play for, and surely wonÂ’t be gung-ho, so it will be a real test. Can we open up a team that parks the bus, and wants to hit us on the break?

I canÂ’t see the Goodison crowd putting up with the dross served up in the first half at Villa Park. It will be interesting to see if Roberto brings Ossie and Ross back into the starting eleven.

I think itÂ’ll be a 2-0 win.

I can never quite bring myself to bet against us (Sunderland are 17/4) although Eugene recently put up a very cogent argument so to do purely on monetary grounds.

So my score goes onto a draw at 17/4 but having blown just short of 𧷤 on these bets this season, I have no real hope of getting it right.

They have to play away to Arsenal AND Chelsea still so a point at Goodison probably wonÂ’t be enough in reality especially with a potentially positive result for Hull who play Burnley.

Sunderland know that a win takes them above Newcastle and if thatÂ’s not incentive then nothing will be.

You just wonder how arsed we are going to be really with a major lack of incentives ourselves, will our players really go in for those extra tackles tomorrow, will we run as much as Sunderland?

I agree, I think we will get done over 1-0 tomorrow.

I have quickly learned that nothing shocks or surprises me with Martinez anymore.

In his first 6 months here I thought every word he spoke made perfect sense and we had a man with more football knowledge than most but around the turn of last year, January 2014, he seemed to totally have a personality bypass.

It all started with the pursuit of the already crocked Lacina Traore and ever since then, he has made bizarre decisions followed by even more bizarre quotes.

I would love a repeat of the 2007 result with Ossie turning back the clock and scoring another dazzling mazey run goal.

0-1 it is then!!!!!!

IÂ’m not going to bother renewing my Foxtel subscription after 9 years. I’m not prepared to waste money on watching the shite we have been subjected to this season. Based on the last 12 months I canÂ’t see anything changing.

Sorry Roberto has emptied my half glass full mentality.

I thought Sin Miedo disappeared when he talked up Crystal Palace before the game at Goodison last year when we blew our top 4 run. Up to that game, his pre-match talk was focussed on how good his team were and nothing else. What happened? I donÂ’t think we will ever know.

I thought this year he was fooling around with the football system big time and focussing on the Europa League as the back door to the Champions League. The Alcaraz manoeuvre blew that strategy out of the water so what on earth are we left with now?

IÂ’m totally confused and utterly deflated. Never had the experience before of supporting a team who blow hot and cold week by week. ItÂ’s doing my head in, it really is!

I have become so bored with Martinez & the way Everton are playing; it's bollocks. After last season, like all Everton fans, I really thought Everton were slowly heading back towards the good old times of the eighties; we can all carry on dreaming.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3073741/Everton-goalkeeper-Joel-Robles-shoots-impressive-trick-shot-garden.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

What is worrying too, is that they have Â’previousÂ’ in this situation, and have taken some high profile scalps in escaping the drop! We should be on our guard, but I donÂ’t regard this as an easy one.

Everton – by at least two goals.

West Ham and the RS are above us in that respect anyway, right? Although the Shite look like getting in through the league so hopefully West Ham are on best behaviour and take the spot.

Predictions arenÂ’t worth the paper theyÂ’re written on, so IÂ’ll go with a decent display from us, against a team who will fight for everything.