14 Aug 2026 17:23:49
So fellow Evertonians, with only a week until the Premier League starts, who do you think will start against Palace at right back?
1) Jake O Brian
2) Merlin Rohl
3) Nathan Patterson
4) A New Signing??
Hopefully it’s number 4, but what are people thinking?
14 Aug 2026 18:26:30
I think it will be Rohl ColEFC. He looked good there in Germany and I can't see a new signing be ready. My last choice would be O'Brien though, he has to play CB.
14 Aug 2026 19:32:10
Rohl, I think. Can't see us getting a rb.
14 Aug 2026 19:40:51
You guys are funny! It'll be JoB, Tarks, JB and Myko at the back.
14 Aug 2026 20:38:31
I hate that you are probably right.
14 Aug 2026 20:47:13
Unless we sign someone, it'll be Rohl until we have a crisis and Moyes moves Rohl into midfield and brings on Keane to CB, then pushes JOB into RB.. 20th minute? Maybe 30th?
14 Aug 2026 20:50:10
I would go with Ruhl but Moyes will pick O'Brien.
14 Aug 2026 21:09:59
Probs be more of the same as last season, I'd think. We are desperate for a RB, yet our signings are all midfielders. A good RB and a quality striker would do for me. Plus use Aznou instead of Mykolenko.
14 Aug 2026 22:06:21
I said weeks ago it would be O'Brien, Tarks, Keane and Mykolenko. Also said he might risk JB instead of Keane, depending on JB's fitness from then until the Palace game.
My choice would be new right-back or if we don't get one in Patterson, Branthwaite, O'Brien and Aznou.
I think Ruhl would be wasted as a right-back. If we are not going to give Patterson a chance, why is he still with us? Let the poor bugger go even on a free, he is wasting his career sitting on the bench.