Shogun

Well done lads

History generally doesn't dictate matches. If we can nick a goal through Lukaku then I'd back us to defend it unlike the Martinez special we offered up to you last season.

I think we might match your three at the back formation with Gana out. Stekelenburg Jagielka Williams Funes Mori Coleman Cleverley Barry Oviedo Barkley Bolasie Lukaku Could see any result, to be honest.

Okay, stop being shit now lads.

It's almost like you guys think it's outrageous that Everton won't sell to Chelsea. How dare they? There's been absolutely nothing to suggest that John Stones is even considering moving away from Everton, let alone handing in a transfer request, He;s still playing every single week to the best of his ability and knowing the type of character he is, he won't be trying to force a move anywhere.

The arrogance of this thread is astounding.

I'll be shocked if he goes though the board may have their hands tied if a silly £45-£50m bid comes in. I don't know why you guys get excited over what the papers say (especially shit like the Sun). The Daily Mail have been adamant all summer that James McCarthy was unhappy at Everton and off to Spurs. He signed a four year contract last week.

I bet you couldn't get enough COC that day.

No chance we're selling him.

So has Mourinho never beaten Pardew or something? I don't think enough people have debunked the myth in the thread Good luck tomorrow, don't think it will be routine at all though.

I just realised you guys lost 4-2 to Bradford, not sure there's any point in you guys turning up for this one Join the club.

Apparently Tim Howard is coming back into the starting XI tomorrow. Congratulations on your 3-0 win.

He's already a cult hero. He's arguably our player of the season.

Never even heard of this Spike bloke by the way.

Oh, I misunderstood then! There's a whole host of reasons for it really but I'd put it mainly down to injuries and Pre-season. Steven Pienaar has been injured for pretty much all of the season along with Leon Osman who are underrated squad players and the only wingers we have with any sort of intelligence and link up play. Aiden McGeady is a bit of a dud, Christian Atsu hasn't settled and that leaves us with Kevin Mirallas who has spent a fair bit of time injured this season as well. We started getting our act together defensively shortly after the debacle against Chelsea when John Stones came in and Sylvain Distin got dropped but then Stones got injured a few weeks later against Man United and we fell apart again. James McCarthy has been injured for a lot of the season which has had a detrimental effect on Gareth Barry who formed a very good partnership with him last season. Tim Howard has been terrible this season as well, David De Gea shows you the difference a good keeper can make to a struggling team and Howard's injury has actually come as a blessing in disguise. Our Pre-season was just a mess, we only organised 3 matches by the time late July came around and then squeezed a few more in late on. Mirallas and Lukaku came back a week before the season started and Lukaku played with injury for the first few weeks of the season. That poor Pre-season showed as we ran out of legs to concede last on against Leicester on the opening day to draw 2-2 and then throw away a 2 goal lead in the last five minutes against Arsenal which killed out confidence and then obviously, you guys hit us for six, so it's been a long recovery. It's been a miserable season and it's all about the Europa League now. The funny thing is, if in the unlikely event that we win the competition, we'll be in the champions league next season and this season will be forgotten.