Everton V Bournemouth Saturday 3pm

[Audrey Horne]

Ill be v pissed off if its 5 at the back and 2 DMs against fucking Bournemouth.

[BlueForYou]

And we score 5 goals

[SANA_DR0]

And we score 5 goals

dont even think we've had 5 shots on target in a single match (including the Europa qualifiers..)

[BlueForYou]

Times they are a changing

[Sir Stealth]

It's gonna be one of those where they announce the team and you can't for the life of you think how the hell we are gonna set up!

I wonder with Koeman saying about Sandro saying he needs time to adjust whether he will be left out. Felt with DCL's early substitution after his fantastic showing on Wednesday that it was confirmation that he will be starting

It's pretty much acknowledged by most fans and pundits now that we have too many players for the number 10 role. Klaassen is unfortunately miles off the pace so you would think it's a straight up battle between Sigurdsson and Rooney to be behind DCL, unless he is planning on playing Sigurdsson as part of a midfield 3 with Schneiderlin and Gana, which I think he is

If Baines is to play as one of 3 centre backs then you need 2 recognised central defenders in there alongside him - surely Williams and Holgate

Finally with Baines in the centre, who plays left?got to be the most versatile member of the squad in Tom Davies

Therefore your team today by my reckoning is

                 Pickford

     Holgate Williams Baines

Martina.                      Davies

    Gana Schneiderlin Sigurdsson

         Rooney Calvert-Lewin

Davies left wing back?Am I insane?is Koeman?well we're going to find out in a few short hours, maybe him and Martina will be on the opposite sides

[SANA_DR0]

Times they are a changing

not if we play 5 at the back and 2 holding players, thats the same issue that has gotten us into this mess. (no attacking presence, thus allowing the other team to attack us over and over, just waiting for them to score)

[BlueForYou]

Confidence and belief

Keep the faith

[ally2]

Baines as a centre back?? Hahahaha

[Evertonian in NC]

It's gonna be one of those where they announce the team and you can't for the life of you think how the hell we are gonna set up!

I wonder with Koeman saying about Sandro saying he needs time to adjust whether he will be left out. Felt with DCL's early substitution after his fantastic showing on Wednesday that it was confirmation that he will be starting

It's pretty much acknowledged by most fans and pundits now that we have too many players for the number 10 role. Klaassen is unfortunately miles off the pace so you would think it's a straight up battle between Sigurdsson and Rooney to be behind DCL, unless he is planning on playing Sigurdsson as part of a midfield 3 with Schneiderlin and Gana, which I think he is

If Baines is to play as one of 3 centre backs then you need 2 recognised central defenders in there alongside him - surely Williams and Holgate

Finally with Baines in the centre, who plays left?got to be the most versatile member of the squad in Tom Davies

Therefore your team today by my reckoning is

                 Pickford

     Holgate Williams Baines

Martina.                      Davies

    Gana Schneiderlin Sigurdsson

         Rooney Calvert-Lewin

Davies left wing back?Am I insane?is Koeman?well we're going to find out in a few short hours, maybe him and Martina will be on the opposite sides

Fuck it man, it's different!

[Evertonian in NC]

Baines as a centre back?? Hahahaha

For the record, I don't see that either.

[ally2]

For the record, I don't see that either.

To be fair I was intrigued with idea of him playing central midfield. But that went out the window when

1. Martinez was sacked
2. Oviedo got sold last year and we didn't replace him
3. We still didn't replace him this summer for some reason

[Ross]

Would there have ever been a smaller player to play centreback in the history of English football?

Could be another first for Everton!

[Evertonian in NC]

I can understand why we weren't able to buy a striker,  Small market once Giroud/Arsenal fucked us, and a lot of what was maybe available was dross.

But for the life of me, I don't get why we didn't plunk down at least 20-25m on a solid left-sided CB/LB hybrid to replace Funes Mori.  That's just criminally negligent.

[Evertonian in NC]

Would there have ever been a smaller player to play centreback in the history of English football?

Could be another first for Everton!

How many Holgates do you reckon Bainesy is?  SHOW YOUR MATHS!

[Ross]

How many Holgates do you reckon Bainesy is?  SHOW YOUR MATHS!

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