please log in to view this image Sunday 13th September 4.30pm Premier League Tottenham Hotspur Stadium It's the first game of the campaign and we're at home, for once. It's an opportunity to get off to a positive start, though it looks like Everton mean business this season. Ancelotti has signed most of a new midfield and they haven't lost anyone major, barring Baines to retirement. Neither side has had much of a pre-season and a lot of the players will probably look quite rusty. Can Mourinho pick up an early, morale boosting win against his old mate? Our visitors had quite a mixed run last time out. A poor start resulted in the sacking of ex-Watford coach Marco Silva before Christmas. A big loss to Liverpool was too much and Duncan Ferguson came in to steady the ship. He did so successfully, beating Chelsea and drawing with Man Utd and Arsenal, before being replaced. They wanted a big name and they got one. Carlo Ancelotti joined on a four-and-a-half year deal. The Italian coach has spent time at Reggiana, Parma, Juve, Milan, Chelsea, PSG, Real, Bayern and Napoli. He's won the league in five countries, several domestic trophies and the Champions League three times. It was definitely something of a coup for the Merseysiders and expectations are high. His start at the club has been a bit up and down, but his real test starts now. Bringing in an experienced, capable midfield should help him to pass it. We last hosted Everton in July in our second match after the restart and it was not a classic. Both sides looked very rusty and cagey, leaving chances at a premium and little to talk about. Not much was created until Lo Celso's deflected shot beat Pickford, resulting in a Keane own goal. Richarlison's shot just before the break resulted in a row between Son and Lloris, but little else happened. The game largely fizzled out in the second half and neither side looked like adding to the scoreline: Our trip to Goodison last year was more memorable, but largely for the wrong reasons for both sides. A fairly boring start saw both sides call for penalties either side of Alli's opener. A mistake by Iwobi gave up possession in a dangerous position and he took full advantage of the error. The incident that decided the match came after the break, as Son's foul on Gomes saw them both off. Their man was injured badly and ours was dismissed, leaving Tosun to take advantage deep in injury time: No team news yet, but it looks likely that Lo Celso won't feature. Neither side has any suspensions. Lineups for each side's last league game: Spurs: Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier, Davies; Sissoko, Winks; Moura, Lo Celso, Son; Kane. Subs: Gazzaniga, Tanganga, Vertonghen, Skipp, Fernandes, Sessegnon, Lamela, Bergwijn, Alli. Everton: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Branthwaite, Digne; Gomes, Davies; Walcott, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Kean. Subs: Stekelenburg, Virginia, Sidibe, Baines, Baningime, Bernard, Gordon, Calvert-Lewin, Simms. Ref: Martin Atkinson. VAR: Andre Marriner. TV: Sky Sports. How would you like to line up for this one and what would you change from the last season? Would you stick with much of the same lineup, make a few changes or go for a wholesale switch? Which system and tactics would you use and what are you expecting Everton to go with?
I hope we do well in this match. Sorry, I've never been the first to reply before and didn't have anything better to say.
Honestly I'm expecting a bunch of our players to be dead on their feet by the 75th minute considering the amount of players who didn't feature in pre-season, for example Harry Kane only featured on the bench for us for 45 minutes and didn't reappear for the second half, Harry Winks only returned to training this week, and with Lo Celso looking set to miss the game the only creative midfielder we have is Ndombele...who only returned to training last week after self-isolating in France
Don’t think GLC will be ready to start so... Lloris Docherty Toby Dier Davies Højbjerg Winks Lucas Alli Son Kane
Is Jose brave enough to do all PL fixtures up to the Man Utd game with Kane on the bench (I would) ??
What I hope: Hugo Doherty, Toby, Dier, Davies Sissoko, Hojbjerg, Ndombele Bergwijn, Kane, Son What I think: Hugo Doherty, Toby, Dier, Davies Hojbjerg, Winks Lucas, Dele, Son Kane
I don't know who you mean... I assume that explains your Plastic Rat In A Red Shirt status message too, then?
At least he's let you keep your username. Until he comes on here because we're playing them and sees your comments... Oops!
I dont grovel to him or his buttons. maybe that's why I get so much of his attention Dont worry when he sees this disrespect to his authority I'm sure I'll be punished accordingly
