Everton Banter Archive December 16 2015

16 Dec 2015 22:42:08
Nolito anyone? Hope we go in for him 10 maybe 12 mill would probably seal it. Hope this rumour is true.

16 Dec 2015 20:40:18
RM has had the benefit of seeing Leicester in action against Chelsea, so should have identified the strengths and threats posed. As a team their work rate is extremely high for the full game, therefore every Everton player will need to put a shift in to match. The three players who could cause serious problems are Vardy, Mahreez and Fuchs. Vardy has pace and his runs across and beyond the back four will require both Stones and Funes Mori to be totally switched on from first to last minute, Mahreez is not fast across the ground but has very fast feet and needs to be marked tightly and in this respect I would prefer Galloway to be his 'second skin' because he is a better defender and fitter than Baines and would not be caught out of position, Fuchs, is a very good full back, strong and fast but his real threat lies in his ability to launch throw ins from as far away as the half way line into the heart of the oppositions penalty area. As we are poor at defending corners and set pieces every throw in on our right will need total concentration and to lessen the pressure on the back four I would play Robles to help deal with this threat rather than Howard for obvious reasons.

16 Dec 2015 22:49:12
Fuchs? Is it the one from Schalke? One of the slowest attacking Full Backs I've ever seen, if its not him then apologies. Agreed on the Defence, in an ideal world Galloway and Joel would start, of course they won't.

16 Dec 2015 23:31:39
Fancy from what I saw there work rate lasted about 70 mins, a decent team would have then spanked them. I think if we keep it tight for the first half then we can spank them in the second. 3-1 and only because we always concede.

17 Dec 2015 20:19:58
Hope you're right Woburn but the number of games they have won or equalised in the last few minutes speaks volumes for their work rate to the final whistle.

17 Dec 2015 21:39:59
Also we only ever play in the first half and then let our opposition show us what they can do in the second half. So your plan's not going to work.