Everton v Valencia - Saturday 4th August - 3:00pm

[KoemansNumberTens]

As daft as it sounds for a preseason game we need a result now. Cant go into the season having lost 5 on the trot only scoring 1 goal. We win this and all the other games are forgotten and we can start the season with some confidence. Another hiding and youve got to start fearing for us

[KoemansNumberTens]

Anyone got a stream?

[KoemansNumberTens]

Yes thanks.

Youre gonna have to do commentary then

[KoemansNumberTens]

Don't undersell how bad this midfield is.

Schneiderlin is a decent but safe passer who doesn't show for the ball enough and no longer offers anything defensively.

Sigurdsson runs a lot and is dangerous on the off chance that the ball falls to him in a great position but he is seriously uninvolved. Tosun does more in the build-up phase than he does.

Gana is good at pressuring the ball wherever he is but do we really want him receiving the ball in attacking situations?

Schneiderlin definitely needs to be dropped, Gana needs to sit deeper, and I'd seriously consider Sigurdsson's role in the team.

I like Gueye but the other 2 dont do close to enough to enable us to get away with playing gueye whos abilities are totally defensive

[KoemansNumberTens]

Keane, Morgan and Sigurdsson are 3 massive mistakes for massive money. If wed made 3 great signings instead of 3 shite 1s we'd have a very very good team

[KoemansNumberTens]

We are gonna be like that Spurs side years ago who played 4-1-5. Looks like we'll see plenty of goals both ends this season

[KoemansNumberTens]

Thats a fantastic turn by Tosan

[KoemansNumberTens]

Still not liking what I see at the back.

Going forward though we’re sound.

This will be a very good team in 18 months time when Silva has been allowed to get two centre halves and two midfielders.

Replacements for Morgan and Sigurdsson and brand new centre backs and we look great.