Everton vs Aston Villa

Do we have a Slaven Bilic award for most nearly ready alerts in pre-match conferences?

At least DCL didn't go to the World Cup I suppose

Is Onana's physique going to be an issue as with Mina? I hope not.

Worried about Calvert-Lewin. Have we over relied and overplayed him as a youngster?

Michael, the impact of training and playing on a 4G pitch (they might even be up to 5G no) is more punishing on the body even though it's great for keeping players on their feet and passing the ball.

I've always thought we should train on clay as they do in Germany. Then play on grass.

"Training on grass." Sounds like Jose Baxter must be handling his training.

I am absolutelt sick and tired of hearing time and again that they are going to bring in a stiker but fail to do so each time. One or more is a must if we are to have a chance of competing in whatever division we end up in. I just hope that the penny has finally dropped with those well paid ones at the top of the tree. Having said that I will only believe it when I see it, and that signing doesn't mean Maupay Mk2 either (which unfortunately is more likely the way those muppets behave.

PS - a strker means someone who actually scores goals.

For whatever reason or reasons, Calvert-Lewin has struggled to remain match-fit for any length of time over the best part of two years, and the January window provided the board with a vital chance to bring in a new player capable of scoring goals - and instead they just shuffled the pack by bringing Ellis Simms back from his loan and sending Tom Cannon out on his. This was a huge dereliction of duty and could end up costing us the ultimate price. A novice football fan could have seen and sensed that relying on Calvert-Lewin to be fit and firing was a recipe for disappointment... and yet here we are.

If we start next season in the Championship then I suspect it will chiefly be because we lacked the firepower to get the results we needed. And if we start next season in the Premier League then I suspect it will be because we managed to concede less than our rivals. Either way, the board need to be held to account for their contribution to our on-field problems just as much as they need to answer for their off-field lies and betrayals.

He gets wrapped in Cotton Wool and then gets injured running into the Candy Floss Man. Just imagine him in the trenches ! Well I couldn't, now I come to think of it !

Good possible news on Onana though, but I was sort of looking forward to seeing James Garner, who presumably, would have been his replacement. Starting to feel confident against Villa now, but it will be a harder game than Leeds.

I am hoping Garner can take Duke's place.

Having said that I still believe that somebody will come up with the goods enough times to keep us in this league.

Did a previous poster call DCL a " shithouse"?

These points we are picking up are despite the unprecedented negligence of the board to provide the finances to get a striker in as a priority (All through the summer months, then more acutely still the World Cup break until Jan 31st). What are they playing at? they are putting the club at risk with this level of incompetence.

Hopefully Ellis Simms can find some goalscoring form, I'd like to see him given a start on Saturday. It's our defenders who have done the scoring since Sean Dyche arrived. Although our midfield have played encouragingly well I want to see McNeill, Onana, Doucoure and Iwobi get their best shooting boots out and get some goals too.

When they step on that pitch we get behind them as we always do.

I'll probably get in the shit for this, but for this weekend I don't care who Aston Villa are or if people think they are better than us. People told me we would struggle against Leeds.

We are Everton and we are playing at Goodison Park.

Getting in the zone.

The media are feeding this frenzy around DCL by focusing on whether he is fit each and every game. Whereas based on Sean's last two pressers I got the impression he won't be fit for a while. So I didn't really see it as "news" that he won't play versus Villa. But this weekly drip from the media makes it seems as if he's fit Mon-Fri and injured again every Saturday, instead of just accepting it is an ongoing issue

I had questioned Dominic's head, but I also recognise his injuries and how we have overused a young player.

I've questioned whether he has spent too much time in the gym and is too ripped / bulked for a footballer. Muscle tires and injures more readily than a more natural state of the body. A sport science person can advise me on that, but it's always been my understanding.

Anyone who has had a quad or hamstring injury will know how difficult they are to come back from. Especially when you play the way Dominic does.

We have players out there who aren't 100% every week. Players we can actually rely on.
Seamus last week v Arsenal came back out for the 2nd half when clearly struggling. Onana this week available with a knee that isn't 100%
Is this hamstring injury actually real ? Is there other things going on here ?
We may never know...
The comments from the previous and current manager have both been very non committal about him and non specific, all been about getting him right and as fit as possible. What does that even mean.

For me it comes down to mentality and desire.

The media are quite right to be all over this, especially as they know we lack depth in this department and I am glad they are highlighting it as it highlights the shortcomings of our inept board.

I applaud the tolerance of those who don't agree with me.

He isn't a "get stuck in" or a "lightning acceleration" footballer, so he's unlikely to get the hammering the likes of Richarlison - or even Rodriguez - used to get from the likes of van Dyck (whose career appears to be over, personally, I'm delighted, that will mean a lot better footballers won't be leaving the pitch after another dirty Achilles rake from behind).

With the current style, his tactic of arriving well after the cross has gone past is not going to result in many goals, and I would hope that Simms may be encouraged to be prepared to look like an idiot by going for balls that don't get past the defender.

Actually, no-one ever criticises players for chasing opportunities that don't materialise, I wish more footballers realised that, in fact crowds love their willingness to put in a failed charge on goal rather than looking a bit silly (in their own minds only). That continues to be why I still like Tom Davies despite his horrible form - he has a go even when his efforts turn out to be very poor.

He has the sort of gravitas that is entirely fitting for an Aston Villa manager, Alan Partridge meets Inspector Clouseau. But, they have 9 points from their last 12 available points away, so there's that.

Of course we don't really have any idea of what is really going on in regards to Domenic's injury and treatment. For all we know he could be training on his own as a punishment.

Dyche might have had a row with him and now could be demanding that he gets properly fit before Dyche will use him again.

I doubt it though, but I do think that the open discussion of the treatment(bed, clothes, food etc) was weird. I think it is most likely that he simply overdid it against Arsenal.

Or was it Snoodgate?

Often wondered about that ? :-)

Anyone. Is it the end of this season Juve have to buy him or what's the story?

On a separate note I was flicking through Farley TV, in the last hour, and he's done a very good sketch off Carlo Ancelotti, talking to Mr Ed, on a phone call after Real put them in their place, the other night.

Friday Eve, and a massive game for Everton, and to secure a victory over Villa.

UTFTs!

Brian, yes, Juve must buy him from us at the end of the season for around 㿈 million. They frantically tried to sell him last summer and pay us off then with the proceeds, but nobody wanted him.

Amazing Monaco-Leverkusen tie, now 5-5 on aggregate.

Getting fired up for Barca vs. Man Utd. Putting on BOTH my Barca shirts.

He's not far away or he won't be long, hopefully sounds like Dyche, is telling us/him that he's just got to have more belief in his body, because he's a lot fitter, stronger and more powerful than he actually realizes, although this is understandable because of how long he hasn't been quite right physically?

I also hope that with Dyche saying he's not far away, that this means Dominic, has been doing a lot of one to one training with a ball, as well as also doing a lot of conditioning work?

I always felt that Brands killed Marco Silva, and after listening to this agent yesterday, then this made a little bit more sense.

However, I have no complaints about Sean Dyche, I think he was probably the only candidate for us, in the situation we found ourselves in through a succession of wrongly appointed Managers and Coaches. Hope he gets another win on Saturday, or it could be 'Dyche Out'! (only joking) :-)

I wouldn't be surprised if an excess of that sort of training, whilst making him stronger physically, has made him more vulnerable to injury.

They say they are leaving no stone (or mattress) unturned so maybe some advice from Tim would not be that ridiculous an idea.

I read an interview with Allegri the other day. Seemingly he had a good handful of games then turned crap. Allegri asked the fans to stop booing him. I know previously he was racially abused by rival fans but partly in reaction to that the Juve fans were previously very supportive of him. But it seems the more he plays the more his footballing inadequacies come to the fore.

Regarding not knowing when we get a bid for Pickford because there's a chance this summer of some interest, let's hope Thelwell buys a good up and coming keeper or two to loan out soon. We need at least two very good young prospective keepers out on loan who are nearly ready for the Premier League as Bergovic might be good for 2 seasons if Pickford leaves and there's a huge gaping hole behind Bergovic.

Hopefully Pickford doesn't go for a long time, but we need to have 2 young back ups minimum that can make it if called upon.

Or if Pickford goes one 1st team goalie and one to go on loan ready to replace Bergovic.

Cahill was tough as old boots, brave, elusive, but his greatest gift was his fantastic timing, imo, whereas Dominic is definitely a lot more powerful, and finely tuned. So too much gym and not doing enough of different types of varied running, has hopefully been one of Lewin's biggest problems, whilst trying to come back from a serious injury, and I'm hoping it's something just as simple as this.

We need him badly, and if we can get him fit, bring back Brainthwaith, and hopefully see Onana, begin to develop, then all of a sudden, Everton could have a very big, strong and physical spine, and a manager who knows how to use this to his advantage?

that then takes us back to the role of the club in all this, and the wisdom of getting players with innocuous injuries to play through them. I think the club's fingerprints are on that decision, and that of JP ( to play him before he was fully fit), both times resulting in disastrous and unusual quad injuries. I think Benitez was on the record as calling into question the club's record on this sort of thing. It might also explain DCLs reluctance to press ahead now, if he feels he was given duff advice in the past.

Ancelotti simplied it for him, with the one touch, which negated the technical weaknesses. But Calvert Lewin never recognised the benefits of Ancelotti advice, po poing it after Ancelotti left.

It maybe he was advised to keep up the gym regime, with little running, as Tony says. This has left him open to injury, but the technical weaknesses that where never given enough time to work on,make it difficult to play, because his effectiveness is never going to be good when he he is being rehabited, making him think he needs more recovery time.

Danny is right Calvert Lewin has been pushed to play to early , because inadequate players where brought in.He has missed out on the technical Development he needed and was been trained wrong.All this has come home to roost, as a lack of confidence in his performance and him looking for reasons why he feels he has difficulty performing to the right standard.

His last game, didn't do justice, and he took a Red, after coming on as sub, but Hibbo, scored a cracking own goal header, as how I remember that game, v the Toon., in May 2012, when, they brought loads down that day.

Heitenga scored the 3rd, a plant header, on the Street End,

That header, v the RS, in 2009, at our old ground was typical, fearless..

Lol.

But in modern times, for me, Tim Cahill, was the modern Everton - Corinthian, and Brian Labone, was a good judge too.

So now for Villa, and a very tough game.

This is Evertons, biggest game of the season, in context.

Win, and it eases and feels slightly better?

Miles to go..But hope on the horizon, if the same match day focus at Goodison Park, can stand for the rest of this season.

Evertonians, the greatest Legions, of football supporters the World has Seen.

This Saturday we are all, invited and required across the Universe to support Everton, and to drive for Victory.

It's not safety, but a big step towards building safety this season.

Friday Eve, is almost done.

“Whats OurName?”

UTFTs!

One thing for sure that Dominic will never receive the Alf Tupper Award for Sheer Determination and Competing, However High The Odds Are ! :-)

Alf Tupper, Roy Race and Limp Along Leslie, all my boyhood heroes, don't make 'em like them any more ! :-)

We can't be having a player that just never plays – it's not like we have been able to rely on goals from him – like I say, he's scored two goals in 18 months.

We need to move on from him now, as ruthless as that sounds, he can't be our answer.

Peter@18 Yes. But DCL missed similar chances vs the Arse

Charles@ 25 Classic - really! Ha! Ha!

Ray@ 13 Yes. Arnautavic would have been wrong. If BK's judgement stopped this happening then, wow, for a change, well done BK (sorry, I just need to clear my throat, cough, cough)

But come on Everton. Bring the points home.

That's me sleeping with the dogs or coming home with my tail between my legs.

Playing whilst protecting certain injuries is ridiculous, especially at the highest levels, and we went from looking like a good team, with the potential to get better, to a team that just about stayed in the division, once we lost three of our better players, after the Brighton game.

Players get bad injuries, remembering the mid eighties, then it was two players that had been written off, that really helped to turn Everton's fortunes, so if people want to get rid of DCL, then that's their opinion, with my opinion being, that the way he led the line against Arsenal the other week, proved that he can still be a massive player for Everton in the future, because he still offers a lot of good and different things.

We beat Leeds, because of Coleman's impudent improvisation, but otherwise we were finding it very difficult to open them up, and break them down, and we probably wouldn't have won the game without this brilliant goal?

Looking at Leeds recent record, then it's appalling, so just because we beat them doesn't mean we are anywhere near safe yet. If we continue to struggle going forward then looking to bin our centre forward, who might even be about to come back strong? doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me.

We plainly need to invest in more / better forward options. DCL should be part of that but without us being so over-reliant

Playing him with the formation he played in the derby, with the midfield so far behind him, is pointless.

Completely agree, Dom did play well (As did the team) against Arsenal.

His commitment when on the field not in question, but rather his mentality off it.

Now, when I say that, it has nothing to do with his interests away from football, he can borrow my fishnets and G-string as long as he out there giving all for the Blue shirt. Just get out there !!!

We have thrown our eggs in this basket for too long now, I am not quite yet saying ship him out, just sign someone to replace him/add competition in the first 11.

Remarkable failings over a period of time. I can't help but think the prospect of relegation was a cloud hanging over the last transfer window and shaping the thoughts of the regime

Or perhaps , adding any kind of rationale to our gang of inept muppets in the boardroom is folly

I'd start with Maupay tomorrow and let him soften up the Villa defence before introducing Simms after an hour, or half time if things are going badly. Keep it tight and be prepared to gamble in the box – we created a few very good chances against Leeds and a natural goal scorer would have put a couple away. Simms is a natural goal scorer and we just need to see if he can do it at this level. There's only one way to find out!

Carragher was apparently slagging off Liverpool's defenders, saying that they have been protected by the most hardworking front six in world football for years, and sometimes when I look at Everton, I think that it's been rare for our midfielders, to have much to hit in front of them, and this makes their job very difficult?

It looks like there's going to be changes off the pitch🤞So hopefully Everton can stay up, and finally begin to move forward.

It is fantastic too that we now look like we can score from some corner kicks, all teams big or small need this type of goal. Another hard fought narrow win tomorrow would do very nicely.

COYBLUES!

We still have the same problem, thats scoring goals so you cant be confident of beating anyone however poor they are.

Any news on Ben Godfrey? I don't really want to contemplate Watkins in a series of foot races with any of Seamus, Mykolenko, Tarks or Coady. If he is 100% fit I'd stick him anywhere in our back four but give him specific responsibility for shadowing Watkins in circumstances where they might counter.

With Tony A in his response to Jim B. Even if we only get him on the pitch for half the remaining fixtures I still see DCL as our best chance of winning those games and that may be the significant difference this season. Not giving up on anyone pitching in at the moment.

Only slight worry is that Villa have always seemed to do well against us in the last few years. Watkins seems to like playing against us too and he is in good form. Keep him quite though and we should be ok.

Would like to see Garner in for Gana or Doucoure if he is fit. Some extra pace in the backline might be good too as mentioned previously - maybe Godfrey at LB and Holgate in at CB for Coady?

You're thinking of 'Bouncing Bernard Briggs '.

That is bad news: if there's one ref who has a proven record against Everton, it's that man.

I'll never forget Roberto's first season when he disallowed the most obvious penalty claim possible when Baines (the most honest of players) was hacked down in the Cardiff penalty area, yet over the course of that season, gave at least two debatable penalties against us, one of which Howard dramatically saved against Villa.

He has never been objective in our games, and I can't understand why the club haven't taken action against him for his obvious bias.

Personally, I'd like to see Moshiri turn up and get a good reception from the crowd. While he's been terrible as a selector of managers, I think he's kept up his end of the bargain by providing vast amounts of money and getting the new ground properly under way.

I strongly suspect there are contractual reasons why he hasn't been able to get rid of the rest of the absolute dross on the board; while he may have been stupid to sign such an agreement, the choice of players and the style of play and management certainly was not his.

If we had had the organisation of Leicester, Arsenal, even Brighton or Brentford, we'd now be in the Top 4 every year.

Fuck Off, Kenwright!

Come tomorrow, I'll get behind the next / lost generation leading the march down Goodison Road and right behind the team on the pitch.

Actually they are not lost. They deserve more credit than me and my generation. Loyalty and dedication that knows no bounds despite having to grow up never witnessing success and being goaded by the shameless cousins. Their dedication is unbelievable. I keep saying, it was easy for me.

Let's go and do this, Blue Boys.

Aparently you are not allowed to complain about refereeing; if a manager does it, generally a fine follows. We have (allegedly) the best league in the world, with the worst officials! It is ruining and has ruined many a season, possibly resulting in relegation for some through incorrect decisions.

Of course we get back to the old argument: refs should be chosen for the Premier League and Championship from retired professionals. Between them and the VARs, they have certainly depleted the enjoyment of the game, amongst players and fans alike. You think your team has scored and it is ruled out for a shoelace over the line, whereas other totally obvious infringements go unpunished and allowed to stand. So inconsistent… don't get me started! 🤷‍♂️🤔

Koeman's second season, he was in the starting lineup from Game 1 and stayed there the next 4 years regardless of who the manager was.

In that period, and despite his battling physical style, he only missed 16 of 152 league games.

Since he could out-battle even tough veteran defenders right from the off, forget sometimes that he was still only 20 when Koeman pushed him out there.

His progression over those 4 years is what you always hope to see in a hard-working, dedicated young professional. Then his quadriceps blew up.

I was thinking just the same: although maybe Karl Masters would say it is advance marketing for when Gordon re-signs (a la Rooney) aged 45….

Could have been one of my dogs. The girl is called Bella (Francesca Bella – a reference to Totti). Her best friend is called Bertie. They sit with me a lot and I leave my laptop unlocked!!

The boy is called Rorke after Rorke's Drift. A beast of a Rhodesian Ridgeback but a big softy despite his loud bark and deep voice. I'd play him tomorrow.

Random but takes my mind off it even though I'll be up thinking about it all night. I'll just do what I always do and just wish the team on.

See you there, Blues.

Sure, he'll be injured, but he can score a goal or two.

We have not beaten Villa since they returned to the Premier League. I would be very wary about opening up against them because Emery is an expert at setting his teams up to deal with pressure and play on the counter-attack. We should take nothing for granted.

The Anfield shambles apart, we have largely held our own (despite defeats) when faced with big favourites. That is because unconfident teams, if well organised, feel more relaxed and can surprise opponents who are expected to win.

The result last week, added to a win tomorrow, would show significant progress: winning when the pressure to win is at least equal to, or greater than, the pressure on the other side.

That's the equation I expect Dyche to solve. A huge amount of it is in the mind; happily, judging from his comments on Calvert-Lewin, our manager knows it very well.

Yes, sometimes the hardest games in prospect prove to be the easiest. In the last 12 months, we have recorded 1-0 wins against Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Expect Gray to be used to mix it up at some stage and Simms on earlier. How the midfield is marshalled at the beginning of the second half is critical, since Aston Villa will try a push-up spurt and try a high press. They have done this every game they played against Everton.

I am a bit more confident with Dyche in charge and hoping any free-flowing Villa attacks are prevented after Everton got caught for pace at Anfield.

Villa will be happy with a point and I'm not sure we have enough to open them up and keep it sufficiently tight defensively.

However, I also expect Sean Dyche to prove me wrong.

I would play Gray on the right and put Iwobi in midfield instead of Doucouré. Iwobi would not have cocked up the one-on-one chance that Doucoure did v Leeds.

Whatever happens, don't lose to a team that has Mings in defence!!

Iwobi doesn't get himself into those positions, though, does he?

Tarkowski winner.

UTFT

Yes, I agree there on Rockford Files, who has been unlucky with injury since signing for us, where have I heard that before? In fact, I would rather see him replace Doucouré who has, for me, been very disappointing since joining from Watford, and on exorbitant wages. He has had a few decent games but too few and far between.

Joe @ 102,

I have done a little wager that we win 2-1 and Ellis Simms and Dwight McNeil are the scorers for us; however, if it is 1-0 (Tarkowski), I will gladly take that too, and lose my bet, if it means 3 points. Could be another one I have taken for the team. :-)

Managed to get a ticket after all so will be able to add my cheers, and hope I don't hear any jeers.

COYB 💙💙

I agree with all that you've said there. Especially the last 3 words!

I'm not sure I could forecast a win. When we played Arsenal, we played well and against Leeds we did the same, but we still missed chances we should have buried (Doucouré against Arsenal and Leeds, and Calvert-Lewin against Arsenal) But the Old Everton turned up against the other lot. So it depends which EFC turns up.

If we play well today, that will be a good start, but our inability to take easy chances is going to cost us if we don't put them away... Mr Doucouré!

Hopefully, Sean Dyche's long talk with Demarai Gray can bring out better results for the talent he has, and he can get him to be more effective, as a sub, or from the start. Ellis Simms is on a steep learning curve but that pass he put over to Doucouré, against Leeds was top class. Hopefully he can get on the end of a chance today.

But in the end, we have to put the chances away to win, and who's going to do it! I thought Maupay did well against Leeds and perhaps if we create one or two chances for him, he'll hit the target. We've got Ellis Simms and Demarai Gray, who are decent goalscorers; and maybe Neal Maupay as well, so it would help if we start creating more chances for them.

They will be desperate to stop the rot and, although we beat Leeds last week, we need to acknowledge how poor Leeds were and how we only just got the win via an unusual route.

I'd be happy with a draw today – I'd be pleasantly surprised with a win.

Behind the sofa!

Hypochondria, otherwise know as Louis Sahaitis or maybe just weak as pissitis.

I've said it in a previous thread, where you ridiculously tried to goad me into making comments about his lifestyle choices.
If there is a small problem (small problems niggles at most players regularly), then show some resilience and make yourself available. Better playing at 80% than turning ethereal.

I am speaking from experience, I was a professional footballer and shared changing rooms with people who exhibited similar 'mentalities'. Some were called out and some weren't to not upset the dynamics. A manager even instructed me as captain to speak to teammates to try to ensure this chatter was kept to a minimum.

Did you ever play at a high level?

Would Calvert-Lewin be available more often if he was on a pay-as-you-play deal? Now there is a thought…

Pickford
Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko
Gray, Doucoure, Gueye, Onana, McNeil
Maupay.

Up the Blues!!!

Villa will be smarting and have pace.

I expect a full-blooded battle, and hopefully Everton can take their chances.

There's been some great matches with Villa down the decades, but let's hope today Everton can set a hat trick of back-to-back wins at Goodison.

UTFTs!

Hopefully Maupay will be more effective, offering himself in the right position. Doucouré is box-to-box and a passer rather than a shooter. Onano hopefully has put in some shooting practise during the week and will be the subject of a lot of attempted play spoiling. Iowbi is Iowbi and hopefully will turn up in the right place.

The defence needs to be aware and error-free. Tarkowski seems to know what he is doing and it has made a big difference overall in the defence. Pickford will be good today. Seamus will be charged up.

If I had anything to do with it, which unfortunately I don't, they would all be on a basic wage coupled with a pay-as-you-play and win bonus throughout the team.

Sorry for sounding like an owld arse, but basically I am one now, and feel these players are too cossetted these days, with almost film-star money – whether they play or not!

With a decent finisher or two, we could have been out of sight against Arsenal and Leeds. Unfortunately we haven't got a decent finisher. Simms looks a bit raw and seems to lack half a yard and Maupay is just Maupay, ie, not very good.

Time for the midfielders to come to the party. Narrow win for us.

I do think contracts like this would certainly be appropriate for those who have evidenced regular minor injuries, availability to less than a certain percentage of matches, or their pre-signing medical raises an issue.

Where it would become contentious at contract renewal/inception is for injuries like Andre Gomes for example v Spurs. Out for a long time with a singular serious issue.

And You would always have clubs willing to gazump the offer and take the chance, unless it became legislation akin to recent certain publicised white papers or simply within the league rules itself.

We'd probably benefit from a West Ham v Forest draw as well.

Bournemouth play City and Palace play the shite too, so a win today for us could make a decent dent in those around us in the league - at least on paper!

Just had a chat with two very young blues on the train who told me it was hard and that they go to school with many Liverpool fans.

I went into a war time like speech. Their Dad smiled and let me go. I hope I influenced rather than caused fear with my fanatical rantings.

They are in the Park End today. I hope they have a great trip.

The world and his dog knows we have little strike power, we are now the lowest scoring club in the league.
With a fit DCL or another player of the same quality we would be well up the table.

Thats old news I know, we would be better playing for corners and free kicks and see if we can score from those, at least its a plan of some sort.

I get that you've been in dressing rooms - but you've not been in the same dressing room as any of our squad so how do you know?

Brian 125, Goals goals goals again, I agree with Lukaku up front and Dyche as manager we would be a top half team no question. Hopefully we can stay up and get a quality player in the summer. You ask where the goals are going to come from. I'd bet on scoring somehow from a corner or free kick.

We need to keep an eye on Watkins but I am sure Dyche has this sorted. Another three points today cheers

COYB

Hopefully another 1 - 0 today but if we fail to score lets come away with a point.