Lyon v Everton

[gwells]

           PICKFORD
KENNY HOLGATE JAGS BAINES
           SCHNEIDERLIN
  DAVIES  GYLFI  VLASIC
       SANDRO DCL/MIRALLAS

[BlueForYou]

Connolly was/is named in the squad, yet out on loan for a year - just as well have given a spot to Dowell

More likely to have been drafted back than Connolly, I would have thought?

[brap2]

Guys for the last time young players who’ve been at the club x years don’t need to be named, Connolly was probably named before he went on loan it’s really not that big a deal.

[BlueForYou]

True

[Lxxx]

Yeah when we got him I had real high hopes. Then I forgot he was evcen here for a while. Hopefully he's coming along nicely and ready to challenge the first team squad. Let's be honest - the opportunity is there right now if you're a striker!

Henen and DCL up front as a pair? Youth, pace, height, workrate. How would that look?

Fuckin awful if they came up against some proper men who'd boot them into the top tier of the stands.

[Bluedylan]

I'm not particularly sensing physical tiredness from a lot of our players, and there has been a fair bit of rotation throughout the season so far. So personally, I'd go with the strongest team available and try to pull off a highly unlikely win. It probably won't happen but any sort of positive result would be a help now, and from Unsworth's point of view, he's probably only got 2 more games to audition for the job, so he won't want to just throw this game away.

Really not into watching our kids get licked 5-0. That won't help anyone.

[Toddacelli]

Fuckin awful if they came up against some proper men who'd boot them into the top tier of the stands.

Yeah but it's practically a non-contact sport in Europe...

[Lxxx]

Yeah but it's practically a non-contact sport in Europe...

Looked pretty tasty in the home leg. I actually prefer European referees, they let a lot more go than in the Premier League now, things have changed around.

[Toddacelli]

Looked pretty tasty in the home leg. I actually prefer European referees, they let a lot more go than in the Premier League now, things have changed around.

Really?

That must have passed me by. I guess I must just have taken that as 'normal'.

[School of Science]

What stands out to me is, even with two defensive mid's to protect our back four and make us look more robust, we are still being bullied all over the park. In the PL most of the teams rely on their fullbacks to give them width an more attacking options, our fullbacks are so weak going forward and defending. Koeman has a lot to answer for, after spending so much mney, we are still totally unbalanced, with so many weaknesses. Goes without saying we need a win any win just to give our confidence and self belief a boost.

[Thornton_19]

Reckon we should play something like this

              Pickford
Kenny Holgate Jagielka Baines

Klaassen  Sigurdson  Gueye

Vlasic                          Lookman
               Sandro


Let's rest a few whilst still fielding a strongish side.
The league game against Watford is more important than this.

[sam of the south]

In the light of Keane not being ready until Sunday, and Rooney and Baines not travelling, this might happen

                        Pickford
         Kenny Williams Jagielka Holgate
               Baningime Schneiderlin
                       Sigurdsson
             Lookman Sandro Vlasic

Robles, Martina, Davies, Klaassen, Calvert-Lewin, Mirallas, Lennon

Win 2-0

[Paddockoldie]

Probably better we go out really so we can focus on the prem. Even if a miracle happens and we got through could we go up against the better sides? I always want us to win but there's bigger fish to fry right now.

[Cereal Killer]

No Baines, so Kenny (R) and Lennon (L) as wingbacks with 3 CBs??

[Jimmywhack]

No Baines, so Kenny (R) and Lennon (L) as wingbacks with 3 CBs??

Only three cbs travelled I think and unsworth has said feeney won't start