Season › 2024-25 › News Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur Lyndon Lloyd 18/01/2025 56comments | Jump to last David Moyes takes charge of his second match since re-joining Everton as manager, this time with the benefit of a full week with his new charges as he plots to end a three-game losing streak when Tottenham come to town. The Blues, who haven't tasted victory since the first week of December and who have only scored in two of their last 11 games, lost narrowly to Aston Villa on Wednesday evening so Moyes will be under no illusions as to the size of the job he has on his hands. He will have to work with the same group of players against Spurs with the Club still assessing potential transfer targets and none of the players who have been out injured recently available for selection, although James Garner is close to making his return. The midfielder is back in full training after recovering from a back problem but he will be given a run-out for the Under-21s before being considered for first-team action. Article continues below video content Tim Iroegbunam and Youssef Chermiti remain sidelined while Seamus Coleman has a calf issue that means he is ruled out again alongside longer-term absentee, Armando Broja. Spurs travel at a low ebb themselves, having won just once in the Premier League since late November and slipped out of the top half to 14th place. Ange Postecoglou is under increasing pressure to turn the Londoners' form around but the Australian is insistent he won't change his preference for open, attacking football and that might give Everton hope of seeing more opportunities after managing to fashion a couple of good chances against Villa in midweek. The Londoners, who haven't lost at Goodison since the end of Moyes's first spell in charge of Everton, will be without Dominic Solanke which makes former Blues favourite Richarlison a likley starter up front now that he is fit again. Kick-off: 2pm, Sunday 19 January, 2025Referee: Darren EnglandVAR: John BrooksLast Time: Everton 2 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur Reader Comments (56) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Jim Bennings 1 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:07:51 Surprised it hasn't been mentioned in the preview that we haven't beaten Tottenham at Goodison since David Moyes was last here in December 2012, which is an absolute abomination.Taking our horrifically bad record against Spurs out of the equation and this game into isolation, I'm just hopeful that we can finally see some bloody goals.Spurs will undoubtedly be very low on confidence at the moment, they look like a shadow of the side they have been in recent seasons and for me they are there for the taking.But this is Everton, the team that can't score goals.At some stage we need to start winning football matches, because as bad as the bottom three are, all it will take is one of them to take 4 points from 2 matches and we will start feeling the jitters.It's Brighton away after this, another fixture which looks very daunting, and then we come to a 9 pointer against Leicester. Jack Convery 2 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:08:53 We need 3 points. End of.4, 3, 2, 1. with overlapping full backs.Pickford, Patterson, Tarks, Branthwaite, Mykolenko.Armstrong, Gueye, Mangala.Lindstrom, Harrison ( or Garner if fit).N'Diaye. Colin Crooks 3 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:18:42 I thought we beat Spurs 5-4.When Carlo was panicking so much he very nearly had to put his coffee down Dale Rose 4 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:24:06 I thought we had beaten them in one of the cups a couple of years ago... Stuart Sharp 5 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:25:14 That was a cup game Colin, so I assume Jim's stat refers to the league. That cup game was amazing... in every sense of the word. Wee Bernard had one of his better games, if I remember rightly. Paul Birmingham 6 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:27:31 We beat them 5- 4 in the FAC under Carlo.Bernard's volley towards the end was one of the best goals in a long time at Goodison.It would be nice to get a couple and win tomorrow.UTFTs! Colin Crooks 7 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:29:42 Ah selective stats. Jim Bennings 9 Posted 18/01/2025 at 15:52:00 A Cup game lads, which wasn't actually won in 90 minutes so you can't really class it the same.We have won 5 league games against Spurs at Goodison since 1992 to cut a long story short.Dismal. Frank Sheppard 10 Posted 18/01/2025 at 16:01:29 Pickford O’Brien Tarks BranthwaitePatterson Mykolenko Lindstrom Gueye Mangala N’Diaye DCL Hopefully this selection may pose a threat, create and put away chances. Alan J Thompson 11 Posted 18/01/2025 at 16:01:53 Should somebody be having a halftime chat with Richarlison? David West 12 Posted 18/01/2025 at 16:13:22 Like to see a back 3 tried. Not much can be done with personnel so the shape has to change. 352. Pickford Tarks Branthwaite O'brien Myko Harrison Lindstrom Gana MangalaNdiaye Beto Raymond Fox 13 Posted 18/01/2025 at 16:18:20 Our defence is easily the best part of our team but they score for fun so I don't know how that will work out.We all know what our trouble is, a couple of penalties might be the answer. Having said that we very very seldom get one. Mihir Ambardekar 14 Posted 18/01/2025 at 16:27:06 Not very upbeat. We don't have quality on bench and most of the players we have on pitch are very poor and out of form. We have injury issues. Winter transfer window is already on and there are not many players linked. Nothing concrete so far. God help us and hope to survive this season. Stu Darlington 15 Posted 18/01/2025 at 16:48:05 Moyes's demeanour at the presser wasn't particularly inspiring.So it looks like their attack versus our defence. The best outcome I can see for us is a goalless draw unless we get lucky at a set piece.I don't know how it has got to this. With the possible exception of Richarlison, everyone knows we've needed a goalscorer since Lukaku left and yet here we are! Jim Bennings 16 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:03:22 With Palace winning, the hopes of getting any higher now than we are have all but gone out the window.So yet another season of just hoping we can stay up. Brian Williams 17 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:05:32 Just realised that Jim? Derek Knox 18 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:19:58 With no new faces yet through the door (disappointingly) all we can hope for is two old faces (Doucoure and Harrison) are nowhere near the starting line-up. A hard fought scrappy win will do!Patterson at right-wingback and play a back 3? George Cumiskey 19 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:37:13 Jack @2, Harrison?????? Stuart Sharp 20 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:41:52 Doucoure not playing would be like a new signing. George Cumiskey 21 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:42:40 I can't believe a couple of people on ToffeeWeb have included Harrison in the starting eleven, OMG 😱 Christy Ring 22 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:43:26 Can Moyes leave Doucoure and Harrison on the bench at best please. Mark Andersson 23 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:51:30 Pathetic! Moyes… Dyche… matters not, the team is shite. Moyes looks defeated knowing this. Mr Ego has realized it after one game. Billy Shears 24 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:55:21 Unless Moyes is braver and bolder with his starting XI, then I predict more gloom at Goodison.Spurs, comfy 0-2 win, I'm afraid! Derek Knox 25 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:57:49 Strange isn't it? We can all see where the problem lies, yet those who are picking the team can't! Jeff Armstrong 26 Posted 18/01/2025 at 17:58:46 Jim #16, we've been in a league of 5 for about a month. Mal van Schaick 27 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:00:36 Try O'Brien in midfield, to give us a more combative edge. Bring Keane in to play a back five and play Ndaiye behind Calvert-Lewin, because the wingers are not working. Nigel Scowen 28 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:02:55 George @21Me too, George, unbelievable!PickfordPatterson Tarkowski Branthwaite MykolenkoMangala Gueye ArmstrongLindstrom NdiayeBeto Liam Mogan 29 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:03:38 Derek 25, Strictly winner Chris McCausland and musical polymath Steveland Morris could see where our problems are. It's fixing them that everyone has trouble with. Jeff Armstrong 30 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:04:07 Derek, I gave Moyes a free hit against Villa, but if he picks Harrison and Doucoure tomorrow, then he learned nothing from that game.Surely it must be known around the club that those two have been gash for months… there's reasons we're Bottom 5. Billy Shears 31 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:08:39 A fair few of the Blues have plumped for Gana in their starting eleven... Why???He is one major problem... way too slow, negative and should be moved on pronto. We only need one defensive midfielder – Mangala.Play a 5-3-2 system and just fucking attack them from the off... if not, then it'll be another grim day at Goodison! Robert Tressell 32 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:09:20 Might go for a back 3 but probably 4-5-1 / 4-2-3-1 again. I'd like to see Beto, Lindstrom and Patterson – but this is complicated by the fact we might be trying to sell Beto and Patterson. I wouldn't be surprised if O'Brien lines up at right-back. Billy Shears 33 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:14:57 I'd go 5-3-2...PickfordPatterson O'BrienKeane BranthawaiteMykolenkoArmstrong Mangala Lindstrom BetoNdiaye Mike Connolly 34 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:24:05 Billy @33,Your team is half-decent. Sean Kearns 35 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:25:11 If Dom starts, I'll have an aneurysm!! He is the root of all our problems… he doesn't link play, come deep, run channels, put crosses in, play 1-2's, take free kicks, get assists, take people on, or lead the lads (not captain material in any way), or score goals!! I could forgive the fact that he does fuck all if he scored a load — but he doesn't!! We have never finished in the top half of the table with Dom as our number 9… we play with 10 men every single game and this is why we lose so many!!! It's clear to see!!! He doesn't come deep and play football with the lads… ever, like ever!! Has anyone ever seen Dom knock it around and play triangles with any of our team? Ever, even once? He never comes back and helps midfield pass it around and make space for Ndiaye or the wingers or Doucoure to run in behind. And does anyone ever remember him getting an assist or playing someone in? What the actual fuck does he do? Bill Fairfield 36 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:31:30 I am expecting a slight improvement on the usual dross.Hopefully we'll get something. Les Callan 37 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:34:42 It's about time someone gave a real honest opinion of him, Sean. Edward Rogers 38 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:35:34 You don't rate him then, Sean?Wasn't sure for a minute. Brian Hennessy 39 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:40:12 PickfordO'Brien Tarkowski BranthwaitePatterson MykolenkoLindstrøm Gueye MangalaNdiayeKeane Sean Kearns 40 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:49:36 Oh, and he's always offside!!!!!!!!!!Forgot to get that in... David West 41 Posted 18/01/2025 at 18:57:47 I think Harrison would be better suited to wing back myself. He's no good one-on-one and rarely beats a man. He does run though!But if he was the over lapping wingback, maybe he could produce a few crosses. I'm trying to think of ways to change the shape with the people available. Patterson, Beto, Lindstrom & Harrison are the realistic changes possible. I can't see him changing all 4. I'd like to see 3-5-2 but I'm expecting the same formation, probably with Lindstrøm for Harrison, possibly Beto. He needs to be bold and try to change something, break the cycle, tell them it's not good enough. Losing trying to have a go is better, in my opinion. Derek Knox 42 Posted 18/01/2025 at 19:06:23 David @41, "He does run though!"So does diarrhoea, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it! :-) Dennis Stevens 43 Posted 18/01/2025 at 19:14:51 I see former Spurs midfielder Garry Brooke has died - only 64. Frank McGregor 44 Posted 18/01/2025 at 19:38:06 Would it be possible for someone to get Kluivert the Bournemouth player's phone number for Calvert-Lewin so he could call him and find out how to score goals?We need to find a goal from somewhere tomorrow. Jim Wilson 45 Posted 18/01/2025 at 19:44:05 Jack @ 2 – I like your team apart from Harrison. I'm Going with 4-5-1:PickfordDixon Tarkowski Branthwaite MykolenkoPatterson Gueye Mangala Garner (or Armstrong) NdiayeCalvert-Lewin or Beto or Doucoure up top.I don't want to see Young and Harrison. Or Doucoure anywhere in midfield but he could cause problems as a forward with his effort and hit-or-miss play. Liam Mogan 46 Posted 18/01/2025 at 19:49:45 Having watched U21s last night, selecting Dixon would be a massive risk. Ray Said 47 Posted 18/01/2025 at 19:56:15 Ndiaye needs to be behind the striker for me. He is wasted acting as Mykolenko's auxiliary. He battles for the ball, presses well, holds the ball up, can dribble and pass and is the one player in the team that has the ability to do something with the ball when he has it. That one small change would make us more threatening in my view. Rob Dolby 48 Posted 18/01/2025 at 20:07:09 I can't see many changes in the line up given the weakness of the squad.I would go with 4 hard workers in the middle and play Ndiaye behind Beto.PickfordPatterson Tarkowski Branthwaite MykolemkoDoucoure Mangala Gana Armstrong Ndiaye BetoI reckon there will be goals in this game, Spurs play wide open and attack a lot. I just hope it's us that scores.I didn't want to pick Harrison, Lindstrom or Doucoure but we haven't got anyone else who can play in the midfield so I went with Doucoure for his athleticism. Splitting hairs I know, let's face it, we are pretty shite. Jim Wilson 49 Posted 18/01/2025 at 20:09:54 Rob @ 48 - I would be happy with that team. It looks solid. Denver Daniels 50 Posted 18/01/2025 at 20:42:34 Addition by subtraction is a real thing. Take Doucoure and Harrison out of this team and it's instantly better. Lindstrom in the middle and Patterson wide right. Everyone else as before. Robert Williams 51 Posted 18/01/2025 at 20:51:22 Sean 40. Did you say he wasn't a dribbler? I would contest that, as the front of his shirt is covered in it – always. Jerome Shields 52 Posted 18/01/2025 at 21:05:51 It will be interesting to see what changes Moyes makes. Dave Lynch 53 Posted 18/01/2025 at 21:15:36 I've said it before – Calvert-Lewin is stealing a living.Sean summed him up perfectly. Problem is... he thinks he's worth more than he is. Danny O'Neill 54 Posted 18/01/2025 at 21:27:20 Still a lot to play for and points to be won.I don't care who is playing as long as they fight for Everton. This is not the time to feel sorry for themselves. Show spirit and go for it. Do not fear anyone.The supporters will respect that.There is no reason we can't win. Winston Williamson 55 Posted 18/01/2025 at 21:32:11 I’d go with Frank’s team at 10…Lindstrom needs to play deeper and we need to look to break fast. Spurs play a very high line and are short on pace at the back… Matt Byrne 56 Posted 18/01/2025 at 21:42:58 We all need a lift. If Broja is sent back, we have a freed up domestic loan. Surely, there is mileage in bringing Richarlison in. Spurs look to move him on, save wages and put him in the shop window. If he scores a few, his value goes back up. We get a huge lift, some goals and passion. He coukd do what super Kev did in 99. The crowd is flat, this would really ignite the atmosphere. I know he's not done the business at Spurs and he's been injured but some players just click at certain clubs. Seems a no brainer to me! COYB! Rob Halligan 57 Posted 18/01/2025 at 21:45:23 Matt, I’ve read reports that Richarlison wants to quit Spurs, but unfortunately move to Saudi Arabia. Surely he’s better than that? 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