Everton vs Burnley

It almost feels wrong continuing the match threads after last night, but rules is rules.

Given we're pretty much out of the Europa already, we desperately need to be beating teams like Burnley and concentrating on the league.

Scrappy horrible game ending 2-1 - DCL and Rooney.

Think I speak for everyone with Koemans persistance to play far to many defensive players and to many number 10's,
surely he can see we are poor at the back and slow all over the park.

Aaron Lennon has pace-Mirallas has pace,yet Koeman can't see Wayne Rooney is holding the team back,we are not afraid to go forward, we just don't have a recognised striker or attacker to pass it too.

Biggest problem Koeman got? he doesn't know his best eleven players.

1-1 against Burnley.

Drop Rooney, play two up front, four at the back. 3-0

Sack the Juggler wrote:Drop Rooney, play two up front, four at the back.  3-0

Drop Rooney, just play Sigurdsson- two wingers and two Strikers,don't need two defensive midfielders either, one from Schniderlin or Guye.

2-0 defeat....bag of shite!

Incredible that we pay £45m for Sigu and then play him out of position.

1-2
Niasse

Drop Rooney, pick him up again, put him up on the mantel piece and throw ollies at him to see if you can knock him off, spin round three times, click your ruby blue slippers together and shout "I wish I was in the Winslow", then a fat bloke called Usmanov will steal brain, your courage and your heart and turn Everton into an amusement park for the Russian gentry.

I would stick with the recent line ups we've had. I get dizzy if our players start running around too quickly.

All being well, we could go to 8th with a win

Wow, Koeman must have been reading some online fansites - Rooney is dropped to the bench and we have a rather attacking line-up. Intriguing!

Kenny not even on the bench?

looks pretty good on paper, some good attacking players there

Blue gazza wrote:looks pretty good on paper, some good attacking players there

Strong bench too.

Armchair wrote:

Blue gazza wrote:looks pretty good on paper, some good attacking players there

Strong bench too.

it needs to be, rooney is on it

hairy cataract wrote:Actually just occured to me that the graphic is assuming DCL and Niasse will both be playing up front.  Chances are it'll be Niasse up top, Siggi in the no 10, Vlasic and DCL both out wide....  

Was thinking the same thing, primarily because Siggy is not a winger, DCL as well as Vlasic can play both up front and on the wing.

I love the players tunnel at Goodison. Just awesome.

Phil Neville is one of the commentators for the game here in the US.

And we are underway! COYB!