Manchester City vs Everton

Hopefully Everton will take the same mindset and a tough game, but as proven City can be made ordinary, as has been proven this season, more than most in the last 8 years.

I'm optimistic and hopeful to surprise the media tomorrow, with the result.

Don Carlo, knows this is a test and will ensure with Duncan's passion, the Everton players give 100%, for 96 mins tomorrow.

With players like Bernard, DCL and Richarlison and maybe Kean attacking them there is goal or two to be had. Conversely, all four of our defenders will be tested to the max, as will Pickford, but they are up to the challenge.

We are way better than we were 2 months ago and improving. If we dig in and then take our chances a point is realistic and a win is not total fantasy.

I would say Lyndon has the team exactly right this week.

Lets all get behind each player thats picked for any game..

Carlo knows what he is doing its up to the players that cross the line to give all for the blue shirt... its up to us to encourage and inspire them to play their best.

Hippy new year 2020 is the start of us getting back to the top..m

My predicted starting XI:

Pickford
Coleman Keane Mina Digne
Sidibe Schneiderlin Delph Siggy
Kean DCL

Subs: Lossl, Baines, Holgate, Bernard, Davies, Walcott, Richarlison

He's been out for 3 weeks during which we've been really good. Prior to that he was playing and we were awful.

Just like when he was in the side under Allardyce before he got dropped/injured and we turned a corner.

With any luck he'll be sold during the next month.

Sounds harsh. I support the vast majority of Everton players but he's an overpaid, deluded (check the interview about him telling people what an underrated job he does) waste of a jersey.

Walcott and for periods Sigurdsson were weak in the last game. Ancelotti will try to address their weaknesses, as he will with other players. Schniederlin will carry out the instructions that Ancelotti will give him. He has been selected by all previous Managers, because he has done this.

Schniederlin will be a different player in a well coached, tactically astute side. I expect him to come out of his shell. It's a different Everton now, when managed by a Manager who knows how to manage.

Walcott and for periods Sigurdsson where weak in the last game. Ancelotti will try to address their weaknesses, as he will with other players. Schniederlin will carry out the instructions that Ancelotti will give him. He has been selected by all previous Managers, because he has done this. I

Schniederlin will be a different player in a well coached, tactically astute side. I expect him to come out of his shell. It's a different Everton now, when managed by a Manager who knows how to manage.

Just hope we carry on as we've started under Duncan and Carlo, to quote Bobby Brown Shoes " Sin Miedo " just depends which City turn out. They have been a bit inconsistent this year.

Should have said 'last year' regarding City's inconsistency, like us, they are unbeaten this year.

I'm sure that as a godfather you are the GOAT — Greatest of all time.

I have no idea what players Carlo Ancelotti will start the game with but I am sure they will be up for it.

Up the Blues!!!!

From a smokey Australia, All the best for 2020 to everybody on here!

A win would be fantastic, but it will take all the players being on their game and city having an off one. The home game against them was a lesson on how lethal they are. No team has had more chances against them under pep, we looked good nd had them rattled but still lost 3 - 1

David I hope all your young kids prosper along with the community you are living and working in, God bless.

Let's start it with a really positive performance and ideally a win.

Set the tone for the rest of the year.

COYB

Happy new year to all Blues everywhere, here's hoping for a winning start.

I have a feeling Ancellotti will keep his powder dry for the derby game where we will surprise everybody and WIN!

Happy new year to all Evertonians.

Never a great time to play city away but now probably as good as it gets given their recent form, lack of rest and injuries.

I'm not expecting any fireworks but a decent performance and possibly come away with something would be great. Just keep it tight at the back and keep the work rate up.

KDB is a wonderful player and Aguero is just coming back from injury so is relatively fresh so will be interesting to see how we approach the game. Hopefully we'll take it to them and not go there playing for a draw from the off.

I am unfortunately working today fighting crime and the fear of crime!!! (yes... on New Years Day! say awwwww)

I was wondering if some kind sole could let me use their BT login for one game only!

Text me if you can help 07879551102

Was also let down for two tix for Sunday if anyone can possibly help - will happily have just one if that's all there is

COYB

Squad rotation is important so he will get games.

Otamendi is a definite weakness for me and we need to try and get him into a 1on1 with either Dominic-Calvert-Lewin or Richarlison. Again because the games are coming thick and fast not much time for Carlo to work with the players on the training ground for as much as he would like. But he will have them organised and looking to hurt City on the break. City know they cant afford to lose many more games otherwise they might not even finish 2nd. So we will be facing a full strength fully committed side today. I am sure Carlo is looking forward to see how his team perform.

Can't help with the BT Login, have IPTV myself, it may be worth a month's subscription to one of them about $5/month about the price of a pint, and you'll get BT, Sky and possibly Bein Sports. KEMO iptv is a very cheap and good one. If you need more info let me know, Prime Streams about £8 is even better, as is Sportz TV (iptv). Good luck!

A Happy New Blue Year to all!

Today, I feel as we should upon the birth of a New Year, a New Decade, or most correctly A New Blue Era, I feel that anything is possible.

By that, I mean simply todays result. City are truly magnificent to behold and if De Bruyne is in his pomp then we have no longer have Gana Gueye to thwart him.

However.

We have our new found confidence and passion (Thank You Big Dunc for re-igniting the Blue Fire !), our class act Manager Carlo and young Dominic is firing on all FIVE cyclinders.

A proto-partnership of Calvert-Lewin & Kean up top ?

And on that particular issue, I sincerely hope that the error prone stones lines up against our new DC-L. One has flourished and the other still flatters to deceive.

Sign that 5 year deal Dominic, you've bloody well earned the opportunity mate. For Me DC-L has improved so much these last 18 months that, frankly, I could not see this irrepressable, intelligent young professional not starting to score goals.

What I've loved in his recent spree has been the scruffy goals. Worldies are breathtaking, but scruffies are the oxygen of a striker.

Now, I'll admit that as a True Blue, I'm far too overfamiliar with the concept of false dawn. Therefore, DC-L is on the brink. (I was about to use the word "teetering", but, honestly, nothing about Dominic's ebullient style of play is "teetering". Is it ? Unless that is, the opposition CH).

Back to 10th.
Duncan The Magnificent restores passion at The Grand Old Lady.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin our freescoring number nine.
Carlo Ancellotti, raising a royal blue eyebrow.

Santa really is an Evertonian.

COYBB !

I was trying to get the log in So I could watch on my phone or my lad iPad if I can sneak it off him!!

I've considered the iptv and would like some more info if you can point me in the right direction!! Feel free to message me on 07879551102 or neilanthonywood@hotmail.com

Thank you

David #19 " this morning! I'm godfather to 16 baby goats in the last 3 days". Only on ToffeeWeb!!!

Bob #24 "What I really like in all of this thread is the fabulous positivity. Long may it last. How few of us would have honestly thought early December that we would be in our current league position. Wow! Wow! Wow! From a smokey Australia, All the best for 2020 to everybody on here!"

Bob, amen to the positivity! Re the fires, we lived for a year or so in Mernda, near Bundoora, just north of Melbourne. Affected by the latest fires, I believe?

Happy New Year, Blues, let's hope for a win.

Get in their faces, close them down quickly and target the liability Otemendi.

The Boss reckons Schniederlin will be fit for the RS game (oh dear).

Happy New Year everyone!

Players should be quietly confident, City are extremely vulnerable to the counterattack, can we be clinical?

Or will Carlo rest everyone for the the cup game? 😂

Sorry TWebbers for being off subject of the thread. But I am sure you will be forgiving.

It'll be interesting to see whether there is any indication of Ancelotti prioritising League over Cup, or vice versa. I'm hoping, of course, that he's even smarter than that & has a cunning plan to win both matches.

Deplh will be eager to make an impression against his old team, him and Siggy, Sibide on the right and maybe Bernard on the left.

Another option would be 3-5-2 all the time, with Davies Siggy and Delph playing together. That would be an energetic midfield, and we focus our attacks on through balls and crosses their defence is susceptible on the counter.

Clog the the midfield, use the wing backs to play direct balls either up to Calvert-Lewin or down the flanks for him and Richarlison.

They must be sharp, and if there's not an opportunity, get a set piece. City are weak and we should have an edge here.

Just defending won't cut it. Sitting deep with 3-5-2 becomes 5-3-2 very quickly.

If it's tight I do expect Carlo to go for it. He's out-foxed Pep before 🤞🏼

That bicycle kick goal from Brighton is definitely the way for every football fan to start off 2020. Life is good.

And I love the nickname Don Carlo.

It is always better to hear it from someone who is actually there and not through the Media, who generally put a slant on things. Derek Thomas in Brisbane was saying some time ago that a lot of these fires have been set deliberately, in addition to the naturally occurring ones. Unbelievable!

Hope it all works out for everyone with no more losses of life.

Like you say he'll go into the U23's probably, but good to know anyway.

My mum told me 3pm kick off.
I left on a bus to Be'er Sheva at 5.40am.
Bought a few beers and a falafel.
Got the 10.30 bus towards Nitzana.
Walked along the desert towards Ezuz for 2 1/2 hours
Got picked up for the final 20 minutes.
Had a quick shower and arrived in a cafe with WiFi to watch the game... at 2:55.
Perfect timing!!
Anyway... had a few shots bought for me (I'm 50 today).
I won't forget it...

Oh we've now had 40 baby goats. Lots more on the way.
And as they say in Israel... coyb

A 2½-hour walk in the Negev is how you celebrate? Oy vey.

Well, enjoy the game.

Former Premier League referee Bobby Madley has admitted he was sacked because a tasteless video he described as a "dark-humoured joke" between friends was sent to his employers.

Madley has not officiated in the Premier League since August 2018, with the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) originally stating that he was relocating to Norway.

However, he has now revealed that the video, where he mocked a parent with a walking impairment, was forwarded to the PGMOL which resulted in a formal disciplinary hearing and his subsequent dismissal.

Madley said the video was made in response to being "fat shamed" in a newspaper article titled 'Blobby Bobby' written by former referee Mark Halsey, who claimed he made mistakes because he was overweight.

"As I sat in my car with my phone in hand, a person walked past my car in front of me who had a walking impairment. The next part I am ashamed of," Madley explained in a blog post.

"I took a six-second film, I said nothing. I did this in Snapchat, which is where I take all of my films that I intend to save to my phone. On the video I wrote: 'I have a chance of winning the parents' race this year.' Out of context I accept this reads shamefully... However, my intention was that the joke was aimed at myself."

Madley said the video, sent as a private text to somebody he trusted, was meant to be nothing more than a joke and was not intended to be seen by anyone else, claiming his "world fell apart" after the video came to light.

"I regret taking the video, I regret sending that video and, whilst it was a dark-humoured joke, it was just that. A joke. It was not intended to shame anyone. Whilst I absolutely understand the importance of an employer taking discrimination seriously, as they did, the decision to this day still stuns me.

"I will never be able to accept that the decision taken was either necessary nor was it proportionate to the act... The last 18 months have been mental torture for me."