Everton vs Fulham

Looking at our remaining fixtures, apart from Bournemouth last game of season, the Fulham game is the one that is certainly winnable, we simply have to win.

We have got to gamble on Calvert-Lewin this Saturday, take the gamble.

Right now Patterson is probably best utilised as an option off the bench in the last 30 minutes if we need a more progressive attacking push.

I'd be delighted to see DCL back in the match-day squad. Starting him would be a big statement, but one that might put too much pressure on him and his body right now. Like Patterson, he's surely one to deploy only if the situation absolutely demands it.

Glad Calvin Lewin is back in the squad.

DCL off the bench should give us all a bit of a lift...hopefully.

*im also a fan of Ben Godfrey and if he was in form I’d play him before Keane but the latter has earned his place recently and Godfrey doesn’t look comfortable nor confident.

Agree with that Dave Abrahams. Presence sometimes is as important as ability. I used to say it about Phil Neville. Not the best player but for that team around that time, when he wasn't on the pitch, his presence and influence on the other players was missed.

I expect it'll be Holgate at RB, which may not be a bad thing at all. He's a decent threat at set pieces as well as a decent defender.

Patterson, as others note, is still a bit raw and has only just recovered from long term injury. Shame but his time will come.

Hopefully it's a 4411 / 451:

Pickford
Holgate / Godfrey
Mykolenko
Keane
Tarkowski
Garner / Davies
Gueye
Onana / Iwobi
McNeil
Gray
DCL / Maupay / Simms

COYB

Off-topic, congrats to our old friend Steven Naismith beginning his top-level managerial career by being named interim gaffer at Hearts. First thing he did was kick old friend Robert Snodgrass out of the club to "spend more time with his family." Did anybody doubt that Nais would be a tough, hard-ass manager? Whoooo.

Pickford
Patterson Keane Tarkowski Mykolenko
Iwobi Davies Gana Garner McNeil
Gray

With Simms/DCL coming on in the 2nd half to run at a tiring Fulham defence.

I do hope it's Patterson as he has pace and physicality going forward, his defensive duties will get better the more he plays. All his injuries have come on International Duty, which is both unfortunate and stopped him having a run of games.

Looking forward to this match and meeting a few of you in the Harlech Castle (County Road, opposite KFC) 13.00 to before kick-off, Andy Crooks is over from Belfast and Peter Moore coming up from Worcester too, so there should be a decent TW contingency there, plus many regulars.

There’s pros and cons with all of them but I think the manager will go for Holgate, who is a tough customer and has a bit of experience playing there. Godfrey a bit more of a risk at right back then left back positioning wise. Patterson would be the natural choice but this is a crunch game, he’s inexperienced and just back from injury. If he’s looking the part in training though he could get the nod. Back 3 option unlikely.

This compounds with the loss of Doucouré, whose absence was very noticeable. We've had less trouble in this area under Dyche so far, hopefully no more injuries.

Nothing means nothing no more.

I’m not convinced yet that Patterson, cuts it with Sean Dyche, player requirements.

But be it, Patterson, Godfrey, Holgate or Mykolenko, who starts, they must do a good job, a very tough job, to eclipse Seamus in his current form, the slip up at United, was one of those mistakes, any player can make in any match.

But focus on Everton, and let’s hope for a fair crack from the referee ( Anthony Taylor) and the line people.

UTFTs!

That Anthony Taylor loves giving out a penalty kicks.

Off topic-ish; 50yrs since Red Rum first won - where did that all go?

He is a favourite son. I would like nothing more than that we achieve safety prior to the Bournemouth game and he plays in that match having announced his retirement.

sometimes players are playing things politically, sometimes they are just natural scumbags. Some are both.

The whole thing stinks and shows that when it suits for the drama, it will be allowed to play out with no real oversight or intervention.

Dyche doesnt seem to have a high opinion of Patterson but he is an international RB and has played some good games for us so for me he must be in there. Godfrey has been a shadow of the player of a couple of years ago and I wouldnt even have him on the bench.

DCL must start if fit and we have to be on the front foot from the off in this game.

But on Saturday, Everton, will atone for the display last week at Old Trafford.

UTFTs!

No consolation at all, nor was winning the Eurovision Song Contest with “Puppet on a string” when we finally got home.

I "met" Red Rum once - and Aldaniti. "Just" horses but I swear, both had an aura for sure.

You're right. Where did the time go?

Everton have adequate players on defense to come in but as we all know the biggest problem is the offense.

Fulham are not doing well of late and have nothing to play for although we all know they will give Everton a hard time unless we can show them who's boss early on.

I am glad Mitrovic will be absent but of course Silva will be looking for something against the club he did nothing for except bring in Richarlison.

This has to be nothing less than three points given the standings and we cannot rely on other clubs slipping up even Leeds against RS.

It's a bleak memory.

Red Rum's never meant much to me for obvious reasons but now that you mention Sandy Shore (for the times, a modest vocalist, who was termed "Pebbly Beach" by my scouse family) her song just may have been the catalyst for Kenwright squandering later decades in search of his "Puppet On A String."

Our young maths teacher, Mr Lawson, had a bet on Foinavon and was kind enough with some of his winnings to buy our school some mesmeric drawing equipment that left the then newly adored "Spirograph" toy in the distant shade.

He gave exhibitions of it in his own time - as a dedicated educator would.

Keane, Coady, Tarkowski. McNeill and Iwobi wing backs. Garner, Gana, Onana as a midfield 3. Grey and DCL up top.

if not that, the I fully expect Godfrey at right back and Myko left back. DCL from the bench - although if fit I'd rather he starts and gets 60 minutes.

I can’t stand Holgate or his fellow Chuckle brother Keane. However, Patterson can’t defend and Holgate has previously done OK at RB versus Godfrey who seems like a tri athlete who’s never played football before. So as long as he isn’t playing in a CB partnership alongside Keane, due to our paucity of options I would reluctantly probably utilize Mason at RB with Coleman absent.

Oh for the prime days of Baines and Coleman!

Think Dyche will probably opt for Mykolenko and Godfrey this weekend. He values consistency and will probably make as few changes as possible. He doesn’t seem to rate Patterson.

Coleman can’t be relied upon next season again surely. If we stay up then I wonder if we’ll buy a new RB. If we go down then Patterson will be more than good enough for Championship you’d think.

The loss of Coleman will be felt because it's another square peg, probably Godfrey, in a round hole.

Patterson is another one who is starting to do my head in with the amount of time out since he's been here, I can't believe he's actually been here for 15 months and I've hardly seen him.

Right back and left back will be added to the summer tranfer list of at least two strikers and a creative, attacking midfielder.

All providing of course that we don't end up with a transfer embargo.

On a seperate note good luck, to Steven Naismith in his caretaker role at Hearts. I rated him for team work and effort and he was the last Everton player to score the perfect hatrick v Chelsea -12.09.2015, the day after my Dad passed.

Tomorrow is a great chance for Everton to shine and progress up the table, and victory is important to get some positive momentum in the last month of this season.

UTFTs!

He should also be credited with his personal charitable work. He has put his name to helping Dyslexia, sponsors a scheme to help injured ex-forces personnel back to work and his work with the homeless in Liverpool and Glasgow is well documented.

And he does that in a humble unassuming manner unlike St Marcus of Manchester.

Doesn't seek limelight, attention or interviews that have BBC breakfast gushing over him. He just goes about using his fortunate situation to help others.

I'm not dismissing what Rashford has done by the way, but look at the difference.

As well as donating tickets throughout job centres in Merseyside for unemployed people to attend the match.

Take note absent charlatan board if you are not using your seats. There are people who would take them in a second.

Pre-match, the Saddle Inn is a gathering point as is George McKane's "Dark House". Depending on how you're travelling, if by train, the North Western at Lime Street is always good for a pitstop before heading to the ground.

Personally I avoid the Spoons on County Road as it attracts away supporters (says me!!). Then I doubt there be many tomorrow.

The Brick and The Winslow are obvious ones, but I prefer them post match, especially after a decent result, as the sing-song gets boisterous bordering on emotional.

For tomorrow, you might want to consider the Harlech Castle on County Road. Derek Knox has rallied a gathering of a few of the regulars on this site. They will look after you.

Post match I often wander across Stanley Park to the Arkles, but I don't recommend that. It's just a personal thing to have a swift one in my late Grandfather’s local. He was an Evertonian, but it is a red pub. Easier to get a cab back to Lime Street even if it makes me feel bitter!

Regarding Williams, that impressed me as well.

Henry Newton had a decent game too - the only decent game I saw the glass kneed bluffer ever have...I'm sure Harry bought him on the strength of that one game - 5yrs too late.

Tommy Jackson excluded, there's a good case to say that Howard Kendall - in March 1967 - was the last decent signing he ever made.

That doesn't mean we turn up an win, we will have to be our best to achieve that, even the Bottom 9 clubs will hurt you if you are not 100% or make a sloppy unforced mistake.

It's a worn out cliche the ‘must win game', but it certainly applies to this one. Both for the big opportunity to get 3 points and also to regain the momentum.

I think the manager will revert to the tried and tested hard to beat 4-5-1 formation and will be happy to restrict Fulham and pick them off with a goal and another from a set piece. It frustrates some fans but it is what works best with the players we have got. A back three formation or a 4-4-2 always leave us exposed , they may sound good in theory, but in practice seldom work for us.

Here's my guess;

Pickford
Holgate Keane Tarkowski Godfrey
Iwobi Garner Gana Onana McNeil
Gray

Calvert-Lewin likely kept in reserve for the last 20-30 minutes to help keep possession if we are winning, or score the winner if we're not.

Can't underestimate the importance of this match. COY BLUES !

I loved him while he was with us, probably the best player I have seen in an Everton shirt IMO. However, something tells me he doesn't have the stomach for a relegation battle and I can't see him being much of an SD player. MLS beckons for our James me thinks.

It’s why smart Clubs buy young up and comers. They buy them cheap, don’t pay them much and then hopefully, if they’ve bought well, sell them at a large profit. Like it or not, given Everton’s revenue level and the FFP considerations meaning we can only lose so much money, we need to be one of these smart clubs (not the dumb one we have been run as for years that now, per our owner, has us facing an existential threat!)

A right Rogues Gallery came up in my head. Ernie Hunt, Joe Harper, Rod Belfitt, Bernie Wright, Newtons x 2 (actually a bit harsh on Keith), Tiger McLoughlin… perhaps you're right.

But that was then. Politics, stadium, board. They can wait until Sunday.

Tomorrow it's about the players that walk on the pitch we all dreamed of walking on with us behind them.

Says something when our best RB is the guy we’ve been trying unsuccessfully to replace for the last five seasons.

I’d go godfrey just because we need to be solid and he has strength and speed. He was let down a little by our tactics at OT. That ball over the top was always going to let a fast winger like Anthony in. BG was exposed with a choice between drop deeper and risk not holding the high line therefore playing Anthony onside or a foot race every five minutes. Turned out to be the latter.

One of the few times Dyche got it wrong tactically for me. We got of conceded five easily.

I’m sure there are more. Very few were a success sending time round.

Why would we want to add a washed-up, released twice since he left us 18 months ago James to the list?

Keep it simple
Strong midfield!

He'd piss all over every player in our squad when it comes to ability - yeah he can't run, but who needs running when you have the ability he has? Let the others run around while he picks them out.

I was gutted he played for us during the pandemic and never got to see him live. I'd have him back in a heartbeat, even just for the last 8 games.

You get 5 subs now, so using James for maybe 20/30 minutes per game, he'd light the place up and create more than our entire squad.

Trevor Steven and Kevin Sheedy were also better over a longer period of time.

We were supposed to be selling him due to S + P rules and the high salary we could not afford.. then we went out and got more players so much for that one..

I suspect the club wanted rid after Ancelotti went.. so the "inside sources let the BS of his salary get worse and fed into it. Don't believe it? All too convenient with this bloody board.

Regarding his age / quality / injury etc.. Even at the end of his era, he possessed more skill than anyone in the first team, so he was slaughtered in the press for his lifestyle..

You see all I saw was quality.. but all others saw was lazy.. he didn't run a million miles an hour like Keane, tackle like Iwobi, or finish like Maupay, so they must have been better.. yeah.. they must be..

Agreed, but to get him in for 8 games? God knows we could do with the help!

The Dele Alli conundrum is such a shame - the kid has ability but appears to have the brains of a rocking horse.

Give me a fit James any day of the week (mainly Saturday's)

I think the lost generation has been sucked into low expectations. Well done Bill & Co, but you won't take my expectation away from me or take the fight out of my heart and Everton soul as long as I breathe. Most Evertonians demonstrated that last season. Sheer refusal to give in. Well, we need it again.

Kanchelskis and Beardsley. Quality. James likewise. Some around me at the time muttered about Sheedy being lazy on occasions. All perception I guess.

I would add to that list Anders Limpar. I liked watching him for Everton. Always head up, looking for where the ball was going next and a great precision passer of the ball.

It not any supporters fault or an indictment on any Evertonian's judgement, but we've almost collectively become fearful of genuinely creative players after years of being starved of or drip fed them in small doses.

I wonder how many peoples thoughts may have changed had they witnessed Rodriguez in the flesh at Goodison?

I would love to have watched him in Royal Blue.

Quality creative players complemented by workhorses.

Young potential complimented with experienced wise heads.

The problem wasn’t all money, it was the physicality of the Premier League. After the glorious start when he was strutting his stuff and helping us to the European places opposition teams and managers made him a marked man. Not just marked but taken out and taken out early in games. He got no protection from referees and was fouled to the extent of him being partially injured or negated.

No Ajay, I wasn’t being sarcastic, I was merely saying that to have a God given talent like James, only to squander it through lack of application, is a shame and almost criminal.
James was/is hugely talented but chose to spend his latter playing years in sub standard leagues, in my opinion. I doubt if he’ll ever get fit or strong enough to play Premier League again.

We can all see a team screaming out for some creativity but there's fear attached to it because they don't always pull their weight in other ways so they're seen as a liability.

As a result we've scored a paltry 23 goals in 30 league games.

That can be debated, but right now I want to focus on the team I will watch tomorrow.

Ancelotti brought him here but didn’t take any responsibility for his career here, just shrugged his shoulders when asked about his injuries and let him skive as much as he wanted before he did one himself with him and Rodriguez both minted after their very brief stays here.

James (81), Maybe, it all depends on which Rodriguez turns up and he is older now and every game is a ninety minutes or more battle for survival, he will make sure he survives but doubt, very much, he would be much use to Everton now, he took the urine out of the club, manager and players not to mention the fans the last couple of months he was here. Thanks but no thank you very much.

There's a reason we are in trouble, and it's not bad luck. The people at the top are guilty of gross incompetence.

Setting all that aside though, we HAVE to win tomorrow.

If you are walking to the ground from your home in Walton or Everton. If you are getting a Merseyrail to Kirkdale. The 81D from Speke or train from Hunts Cross, Kirkby or Southport.

If you are on a train or coach from far flung parts of the UK. If you are travelling from abroad. If you are up at a ridiculous hour watching from afar.

We are all there tomorrow. Descending on Goodison. Every single one of us. In person or in spirit.

;-)

I know you meant Stanley Mills, maybe some of our friends on TW who follow the U21s can give us some insight.

But his injury problems began in the Goodison derby when the thug Van Dijk deliberately clobbered him. He was never the same after that.

Ironically, LFC and their cronies in the media went all drama queen about St Virgil's subsequent ACL, when in fact if he hadn't deliberately taken out Rodriguez, then the course of the game would have been different and, in all likelihood, St Virgil wouldn't have been injured that way.

It's this kind of thing, this cheating, thuggishness, and bias, that makes the modern game repulsive.

Yes we have that. Ancelotti walked away more than well rewarded for his time here; his successor had to try and clean up the financial mess that others had made, given nothing to spend until he transferred Digne to Villa.

Then the players throwing their hand in during his management and the take over by the incompetent Lampard. On to Dyche taking over a thankless job of trying to restore the club and team into something like a proper club. I'm sure he'd have been delighted in having a player like Rodriguez in his squad!!

Christine. I didn't know Real Madrid subsidised his first year's salary, I knew when he signed he was on £90k and couldn't understand the sudden jump to £250k widely reported in the press which turned many fans against him.

Hopefully Patterson for Seamus.

Still not forgot him on his private jet, while we were getting battered at City.

Now Peter Beardsley different class, what a player he was.

Quite how it took 2 years to come to this conclusion is simply scandalous.

If there was something blocking the progress of Calvert-Lewin and over time, Sean Dyche and his staff have managed to get him back on track, they may be able to do the same with Dele Alli and we will have a good player on hand.

As for the team tomorrow, as I have never got it right before, to give Patterson a chance, I will go for Godfrey at right-back.

Sadly, I am pretty sure Alli is a completely lost cause. My hope of a decent outcome is that he does enough for us to sack him.

It is not a coincidence that we are fighting relegation again. We simply do not have enough quality especially in the final third of the pitch.

Like it or not, fellow blues, if we survive this season, you can expect more of the same next season: we will be surviving in the bottom half of the Premier League quite simply because we lack quality and, with the current financial mess, not a lot is going to change in terms of players.

I don't see the logic of favoring Godfrey, who was so bad over the weekend, he had to be hooked at halftime, and is traditionally weaker at right-back anyway – or Holgate, who's a better option, but has basically played 45 minutes since October.

The mystery surrounding the charges and his disappearance only serve to stoke the rumours.

This is where footballers' contracts should have disrepute clauses in. Where the club can terminate contracts and seek compensation from the players for damages if found guilty of criminal offences seen to bring the club in to disrepute. Or are clubs insured against this type of thing?

Yes, he's not Gana, not Iwobi but you could lose Iwobi, Gray and McNeil and still have more creativity with James in the team.

He had a left-foot wand that Harry Potter has wet dreams about…

I don't believe in it being a lost cause, and I don't think the club do; otherwise, they would have already got rid of him. He is listed as injured and until he is fit he will be under contract.

Calvert-Lewin has been unfit for most of the season with the opinion of a number of supporters believing that his problem was more in his mind than an actual physical injury. Nobody really knows but it seems Sean Dyche and his staff are slowly solving whatever the problem was, whether it be physical or something else, and that is why I wonder if Dele Alli's problems are solvable also.

I don't know what is in his contract but I doubt if the club can just sack him.

Dele Alli is a lost cause as far as someone like Dyche is concerned. Dyche knows you get one chance at a top-flight career and you make the most of it; he won't pander to an ego who has pissed his career up a wall.

Don't waste your time on Dele All… Dyche won't.

A real shame. Someone I thought was really a world class player in the making. The lad was frightening in his prime, shame that prime was as a 21- to 23-year-old.

Cut our losses, get what we can, or least worst deal possible.

If Nathan Patterson steps in at right back, there will be the needed energy, and hopefully a cool head, too.

Imo Everton should have Ellis Simms/DCL (one starting and the other coming off the bench, if needed) as our main striker and target man. Would also suggest moving Alex Iwobi in central midfield (or starting James Garner alternatively) and Demarai Gray on the wing.

Sean Dyche said in the press conference that, apart from demanding his players to show the needed desire, commitment, energy and concentration, he would also like to see that the Everton players could adopt a kind of relaxed state of mind which allows them to perform to their utmost. The Goodison crowd will push our players onwards, and so it should, but the mentality of the players will always be decisive.

I'd be screaming my innocence on every TV channel, on every social media platform providing my own evidence countering the allegations.

Okay, the Premier League is another step up, but how is he going to gain confidence, hence goals, if not played regularly?

And to be able to choose between those two would be a luxury we haven´t had for ages, or months. With Simms being quite inexperienced and Calvert-Lewin lacking match fitness, could be a win-win situation for both.

Do you think Sigurdsson would want to play for a club that (he may perceive) didn't support him in his hour of need?

Do you think Sigurdsson will be match fit and ready to go?

Personally, I think the answer to both questions is ‘no'.

The manager who sold James and Digne, signed Rondon, unravelled the football operations team, led the DoF to quit, collapsed team morale, and brought us to the brink of relegation before being sacked is now the victim.

I think that is some weird alternative universe in play.

Lampard may have been a poor manager, but he got out of the massive hole that Benitez had dug for us with his catastrophic period in charge.

Dyche's system when working well depends a lot upon a collective pressing of the ball and blocking of passing lanes. This starts from the front. Doucouré was a big part of this as he can run all day.

Simms does not work hard enough from the front and so the midfield ends up getting bypassed more easily, we've conceded more chances in the two games he started than any others I believe.

Simms has his uses as a super sub when we need a goal but I'm not sure he can start regularly till he improves his work rate and defensive work. This may sound crazy to say about a striker but success under Dyche will depend upon efficiency of his system and that's why he needs a team of hard workers who understand their roles.

Simms is 22 years old. He's played less than 10 games for Everton's first team but lifted the roof at Stamford Bridge.

He is an output of the standard of what our academy has been in recent years. But he is what we have, so we use him.

I hope he shows for the ball today and gets a goal in front of the Gwladys Street.

Matchday mode now. Bring the points home blues. Forget the rest. They don't matter.

Everton matters.

Dyche will probably change things as little as possible but will have big decisions about who replaces Coleman and Doucouré, my guess would be Garner and Mykolenko (swapping sides with Godfrey).

Fulham will rely a lot on William and Pereira. Limiting those 2 will be hard and we could use Onana stepping us his efforts from last few games. Can't imagine Calvert-Lewin will start but 30 minutes from him (if he's fit) could make a big difference.

Hope Goodison is a bear pit as we really need 3 points today!!

Pickford
Godfrey Keane Tarkowski Mykolenko
Onana Gana
Iwobi Garner McNeil
Gray

I don't think starting Simms is the best way to do that. I'm not convinced Dyche will either for the reasons I stated. But we will see. Obviously if he does get the nod, he will receive my full backing!!

I'll agree with you on bringing him on as an impact player.

Today is purely about selecting the best unit to get the win. Personally I don't think Simms starts according to that rationale.

I think we might see a few surprises in the midfield starters for this one.

Whatever happens we "must win" this game – full stop. I have lost count of the times that we have had the chance to change the course of our season by winning one crucial game and failed to do so.

The only time I can recall of us doing so in recent times was against Crystal Palace last season. We need a repeat – but please can we do it from the front this time.

Up the Blues!!!!

I hope SD picks Patterson who I like alot, the only real spell of games of us looking effective under Frank was when Patterson was marauding forwards. Garner deserves his chance in the centre today, I'd keep Iwobi out wide covering for Patterson. Gray to start up front, DCL to come on after an hour to get minutes. COYB!

Holgate might get the nod but Patterson will still probably be earmarked for the RB slot for many years to come.

It can come down to fitness, maturity, the tricky circumstances.

The good thing is that players like Godfrey, Patterson, Garner and Holgate do have qualities and they are the sorts of players Dyche has worked hard to improve in the past. They might all make a contribution in the run in.

Right?

See some of you before. See some of you after. See some of you there. Share the journey with those watching.

We can do this blues.

Desperately need a win here, don’t care how it happens as long as we get 3 points. Would be lovely to see Calvert-Lewin get a stress free run out for the last 20 mins where we are 3-0 up!!!

You don't need to sign broken ex stars like him and Alli to have creativity. Look at Mitoma and MacAllister at Brighton.

Look at how Arsenal have come on since getting rid of similarly talented lazybones Ozil.

And the reason we've scored so few is because Lampard is a bad manager and we've tied up so much money in disastrous vanity signings that would couldn't afford the likes of Kudus and Ouattara, who could easily be stars in their own right soon.

We need 3 points today and the role of our full backs will be crucial in providing the necessary attacking intent, therefore, Patterson and Myko to start and Everton to win!

Fulham are safe and are on a free shot, while our players are bound to be nervy.
How that plays out, who knows.

We are at Goodison so that might swing it in our favour, I sure hope so.

For this reason I want us to invest in Patterson's development who does cause problems moving forwards and I think eventually will add goals to his game.

Christopher (169) I was made up Everton signed Ben Godfrey but he hasn’t developed like I thought he would, he’s had his injury problems but he’s more of an athlete than a footballer while Patterson, who has also had his injury problems, is a much better footballer with a brain to match, he, I think, will be a good investment for the Blues while there is still time for Ben to improve under Dyche and add football knowledge to his athleticism and become a more reliable player than he is now.

We have seen little of Simms, he looked out of his depth in the derby but that goal against Chelsea is one that I do not think could be scored by any other fit member of our squad and on that alone, he deserves a chance. If by some miracle we are several goals up, bring DCL on for some match time- he usually takes several games before he's sharp, so he is an unlikely saviour for now.

It's somewhat depressing to find the loss of Seamus causes a minor crisis. That is partly because of his perhaps unexpected continued quality, despite his years, mainly because we still haven't replaced him. Godfrey is out of form, Holgate is risky and while I worry about Patterson's defensive nous, he is a proper RB unlike the others and he was the bloke we bought to replace Seamus, so if fit, he should start. Maybe make sure one of the DM's makes a point of leaning a bit more to the right because of course Gray is not going to provide all that much cover.

What will actually happen is the predicted line up in the article probably with Onana playing the Doucoure role between Iwobi and McNeil. DCL will play twenty mins and hopefully not with us chasing the game.

Today is far more important than looking backward.. I hope DCL plays but if he doesn't I hope the boys put the effort in that was lacking so badly last week.. its a must win..