Closed Everton v Chelsea

[Last Sicarius 610]

No way Djilobodji will start this one, Mourinho didn't even know who this guy was when we've signed him.

If I was manager I would play this:

I would rather take Oscar for William if he all right.

[Last Sicarius 610]

Now i just want to see good defence play and many passes/crosses to our attackers. One confident victory will bring back our mentaly from last season...i just hope that.

[The Skipper 20,593]

This blind faith people have in Falcao... I just don't see it personally. Yeah, he scored, but that shouldn't mean he starts over Diego.

[Fulham Broadway 17,037]

The International break for once I think has come at the right time for the club. Could do with Jose staying out of the papers and the players that are left (ok very few) have some time to work on stuff.

Those that are away come back fresh with any luck and we can start the season again at Everton

[Starman60 1,343]

The team as it is at present looks bereft of ideas, and, dare I say it (so early in the season) TIRED. Ivanovich needs to be benched forthe rest of the season. fabregas needs to get his head out of his arse. Hazard really needs to discover his true form as he is a shadow of the player we had last season. Costa needs to drop the boxing gloves and concentrate on scoring goals again.Willian, try and find your shooting boots son, because you couldn't even hit the back of the Shed End lately. Have to say Kenedy looked impressive, but then we only saw a flash of him.

Everton will be a very tough test for us as usual. A positive result here should kick start our season, so a little more attacking inovation and perhaps a change to 4-4-2 could do the trick

[Duppy Conqueror 1,495]

what I think it will be,not what I`d do. we win 2-1 JT and Costa, for them Barklay

4-3-3

Courtois

Azpi

Zouma

Terry

Baba

Ramires

Matic

Oscar

Pedro

Costa

Hazard

Subs

Begovic

Willian

Fabregas

Cahill

Falcao

Kenedy

Ivanovic

[MihaiM24 156]

what I think it will be,not what I`d do. we win 2-1 JT and Costa, for them Barklay

4-3-3

Courtois

Azpi

Zouma

Terry

Baba

Ramires

Matic

Oscar

Pedro

Costa

Hazard

Subs

Begovic

Willian

Fabregas

Cahill

Falcao

Kenedy

Ivanovic

Mourinho playing 4 3 3 ?

[Jase 43,479]

Mourinho playing 4 3 3 ?

Mourinho has, more often than not, gone with 4-3-3 whenever we play one of the top 7 sides away from home and one suspects he will do so again at Everton. He did it last season and the season before IIRC.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,495]

Mourinho playing 4 3 3 ?

He won back to back league titles with it in the past for us so it's not foreign to him and not much different than the 4-2-3-1. The 10/ false 10 comes from a deeper position,spends more time on build up play than coming back from a higher position,good for counter attacking..Pedro and Hazard play more or less the same as now. Matic DM. Ramires tracking Barkley and peeling off for counter attacks. Oscar setting the pace and feeding the front 3,fullbacks won't need so much secondary help with athletic ability and Everton not having much width.4-3-3 suits more of our players named in that team.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry C Baba

Matic

Oscar/RLC Willian

Kenedy Costa Remy

Cesc and Hazard do not deserve to start unless they improve drastically in training, imo. Jose will never play this though, of course.

[lionsden 4,689]

This blind faith people have in Falcao... I just don't see it personally. Yeah, he scored, but that shouldn't mean he starts over Diego.

Or remy

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Why all of a sudden are people not including Terry in their lineup? Imo he is still an outstanding defender and obviously an unmatchable Captain. I think he was having a solid game against West Brom until that dive by Rondon. Against City it was Cahill who was being tore By Aguero not him.

Don't let the media decieve you by all their talk of him being past it. Let's not forget he was the best defender in the league last season and one of the best in the world. Not only he was great in the games we played a low line, he was great in the games we pressed high up the pitch. It was Cahill and Ivanovic who struggled against a high line not him. Starting papy instead of him would be madness.

[Blue Armour 4,355]

Or remy

I also hate that Falcao has just taken Remy's spot with no contest,..but I doubt Remy would've scored the goal Falcao did against Palace. After Palace took the lead, and elected to pack their box with players, it was going to take something special to score from that point. That goal came almost out of nowhere, considering how poor our attack was that day.

[Vytis33 1,186]

I normally can't stand international breaks. Timing on this one is probably for the best though.

[lionsden 4,689]

I also hate that Falcao has just taken Remy's spot with no contest,..but I doubt Remy would've scored the goal Falcao did against Palace. After Palace took the lead, and elected to pack their box with players, it was going to take something special to score from that point. That goal came almost out of nowhere, considering how poor our attack was that day.

Based on what? When Remy has actually scored plenty of crucial goals for us last season. You couldn't be more wrong. Even if that was true, that's no justification for freezing out Remy. Every player should have to earn their place in the team.

[Reddish-Blue 2,419]

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry C Baba

Matic

Oscar/RLC Willian

Kenedy Costa Remy

Cesc and Hazard do not deserve to start unless they improve drastically in training, imo. Jose will never play this though, of course.

You can't create a lineup without Branislav Ivanovic, he's undroppable regardless of how many times he gets caught out of position by the opposition

[BlueLion. 21,491]

BREAKING NEWS: Martinez mulling to change his name to start with "P".

Any suggestions?

"Prick" suits him tbh.

[WNDS 502]

I'd play Courtois; Azpi, Cahill, Terry, Baba; Matic; Oscar, Willian; Pedro, Hazard; Costa as the starting 11 in this one.

This line-up probably won't end up improving our on-the-ball performance levels by all that much (if at all), but it SHOULD increase our team's 'nuisance factor' quite considerably by allowing us to control space on the pitch more easily.

One of the biggest issues with the team at the start of this season has been the ease with which the opposition has been able to play through our CM/DM and RB areas. We NEED to have more athletic and dynamic players occupying these areas of the pitch until such a time as the team's form has improved; if/when this improvement has been made, we can then begin to play with more confidence when in possession. Playing Oscar and Willian together in the centre of the pitch should make us considerably more dynamic and tactically flexible, particularly if we play Azpilicueta and Baba as the full-backs.