Everton vs West Ham, Premier League: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch

As always, dreading the new manager 'bounce'. We always seem to be so obliging.

Sin Miedo!

Put those White and Yellow Flags away, ye lily livered varmints, Ye Ha!

COYB 💙💙

And Moyes roared through the tunnel as he heads home to his estate on the west coast of the Wirral.

This one is a must-win.

We have an annual event at my (Welsh) Golf Club, called the Wise Cup, where we are invited to play for either England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland. I naturally always play for Scotland. All are encouraged to wear anything associated with the country they are representing and playing for. I usually, weather permitting, wear a kilt, Scotland football top, and a tartan Tam O'Shanter with ginger wig attached. I appreciate this is not Everton related but felt I had to share.

If anyone (Eds) says anything, my plea, by way of mitigation, would be, well Gerry Quinn started it off, take care buddy ! :-)

Nuno has had next to no time of imposing himself on his new players, possibly 2-3 hours at the most today. I reckon his plan will be to pack his defence and hopefully nick a point.

Hopefully it'll be just enough time to confuse his new side! ;-p

I think the problems of Everton are enough for most Everton fans to worry about at the moment, just let the rest of the world roll by for now.

We'll get round to them next week after Everton have beaten West Ham and Crystal Palace through the brilliant tactics of Davie boy — Hopefully!

We still don't have Branthwaite and we are lacking good quality full-backs which can help us have a balanced squad.

Will he bring on the likes of Dibling, Barry, Alcaraz to press home the advantage? In spite of their underwhelming performances so far in the season, will Moyes give a run-out to the likes of Iroegbunam, McNeil, Patterson, etc?

I hope he does because otherwise, it would be a waste of money to have spent so much on squad depth without keeping players ready enough to play when the inevitable injuries and suspensions start creeping up.

To me, all they do is break up the momentum when the team is playing well and it can take a while to get back to the form we were in before the break.

I'm not sure why they would think this given how we've been for the last decade, but there we are. The good news is West Ham don't have much of a defence, and Miserable Arse will have had them for one training session at most.

Let's face it: we are not a very good team, we are pieced up at the back and a bit powder puff up front. Maybe I'm being a tad harsh... but it's a fair description, I think.

The betting is Everton 4/6, West Ham 9/2, Draw 3/1, so the neutral view is we are the likely winners which isn't really a surprise. I also think we are the likely winner but it's our lack of bite up front that is a worry.

We are far too cagey because of his approach.

This is a match that cries out for Ndiaye to be our spearhead in attack; I doubt Moyes would do it though. Bowen is good on the break, so we need to be on his toes throughout.

I would love to see us flying out of the traps early on and getting a goal to settle nerves, but it'll be a scrappy Keane header late on to decide it.

I mean it is ToffeeWeb... so partly to be expected, but still.

It makes you sound a bit simple.

(With apologies to his targets.)

If Dibling had been sensational in the games, fair enough. But he's been more steady than anything else.

On paper that's our best XI with Branthwaite still out.

Pickford

O'Brien
Tarkowski
Keane
Mykolenko

Garner
Gana
Dewsbury-Hall

Grealish
Beto
Ndiaye

I just hope the crowd are up for it and we can make the Hill Dickinson a fortress. Lose tonight and 3 consecutive defeats would put a lot of pressure on Moyes.

I always feel that there are 50% of Moyes advocates and 50% who never thought he should have been brought back. A run of good results or bad results gets the other side taking to ToffeeWeb to air their views. To be fair to Moyes, he used to be good at ending losing streaks and turning it around.

Whoever starts up front needs to at least put themselves about a bit. I thought Beto looked lazy in the derby and Barry was just ambling about against Wolves.

COYB

For fuck sake, if nobody can be confident about beating this shower of shite tonight, then seriously I think you need to take up something else to occupy your mind! Try knitting or basket weaving or something like that!

Seriously, if nobody can be confident about beating these, what hope do you have for the rest of the season?

I wouldn't mind seeing Dibling on the wing and Ndiaye upfront.

We need to develop some confidence without giving Glasner too much to analyze.

The optimist says the glass is half full.
The pessimist says the glass is half empty.
The opportunist just drinks the water.

Let's just drink the water. 2-0 to the blue boys, no probs I tells ye.

I couldn't count how many times a team needed a confidence boost and got it against us. Similarly with misfiring strikers that haven't scored and then they face Everton. Josh King when he played for Watford comes to mind.

I hope you're right. I hope we put on a performance and, we should do with the team we've got but Everton never do things the easy way do they?

We can't keep playing Beto and Barry thinking they are the answer to goals scored, play one, take him off, bring on the other, then what? If Beto and Barry are Plan A and Plan B, we need a Plan C because they ain't working.

A false nine plan is what's needed meaning anyone fills the vacant striker roll, confuses the opposition's defence, as more difficult to pick up. Moyes must try something different, not necessarily tonight, but if things don't go according to plan against the Hammers, then it's back to the drawing board.

To my mind, Barry has had one mediocre game (first half against Wolves) and already the knives are out. The same will happen with Dibling, we just need to calm the fuck down, and let the professionals get on with their job.

What is clear from the new season is that most teams are capable of giving other teams a run for their money, no easy games, so let's just take each one as it comes and try and enjoy it.

What do you guys think?

Plus there's loads of tickets available tonight... me lads got us 2 next to each other about 2 hours ago, just as well we never got a 60k ground built!

Ndiaye and Garner can run the game in midfield tonight and Grealish can continue his assist rate.

Neither of our 2 league wins to date were particularly inspirational.

I would bring back Martin Sheriff from Rotherham, on loan.

It's like playing with 10 men from kick off!

Fast? A learning curve for Moyes but some parts of team quicker.

I wonder what owners want... apart from obvious dosh.

Ndiaye, Grealish and Dewsbury-Hall can create chances with Dibling getting more minutes too hopefully.

Can we beat West Ham, of course. Will we beat West Ham?
Everton, renowned bottlers and fail to shows, particularly on occasions where they are the focus, are not known for taking the bull by the horns. MNF, I tried to find out online what the stats for us are, but Google said No.

From memory we have always been shit on a Monday night.
But with Jack in the side, he may inspire. That is if Moyes doesn't deploy the RNS & Wolves instructions. I am hoping and thinking we will do it but previous is very much against it.

Let's turn a corner, for once, Everton.

That should leave others free to fill their boots, eh?

West Ham have been poor at defending them so perhaps we'll get one from a corner tonight.

1-1 for me.

Except there wasn't even an acknowledgement of it anywhere on the football section. Nada, zilch.. if you didn't know there was a game on, well you would never know.

The best league in the world yet insignificant to the Beeb... rather sums up the Premier League, unless you are a Top 6 or playing a Top 6 team, you're not worth space or a mention.

But tonight is important because it gives us the chance to solidify our movement back up the table, not spectacular I know, but still a base to build on. The Everton yo-yo effect, never the same performance twice, has to be overcome.

Incremental improvements may not be enough to stop the hunger for success but it's the bare minimum of acceptance. I hope the selection by Moyes shows intent and that it's backed up with passion by the players. Come on, you Blues!

This is what AI reckons. Usual terms and conditions apply.

Everton has played 155 Premier League games on a Monday and has a record of 60 wins. This gives them a win percentage of 48.85% on Mondays, which is the fourth best record in the Premier League.

Their next game is tonight, Monday, 29 September 2025, against West Ham United at 7:00 PM UTC in the Premier League.

Hopefully the yo-yo is on the way up again.

I did tell you. I'm not taking up basket weaving or knitting. I'll continue to watch the Blues but recognise when they're about to let us all down. Again.