
Everton: 7 managers in 7 years…a new stadium being built…quite some investment…and yet 19th in the league…
Lampard tried, Lampard failed to deliver…Dyche is a solid coach known for his defensive mindset and uncomplicated direct attacking styles…
Everton has quality players in:
- Pickford and Begovic are decent goalkeepers
- Mina, Coady and Tarkowsky are also decent defenders, no non-sense
- Coleman and Mykolenko have their up and downs but they have outstanding crossing ability
- Doucoure, Onana, Gueye are solid in midfield
- Iwobi, Gordon, Grey and Davies can drive and dribble the ball nicely
- Calvert-Lewin, Maupay are good forwards as well
Ultimately, Dyche’s job and despite his defensive mindset is to find a formula for Everton to be more solid and yet score more as well…I can see him go for a 4231 with the following set up:
Pickford – Mina, Coady, Tarkowsky, Mykolenko – Gueye, Onana – Iwobi, Maupay, Grey – Calvert-Lewin with Iwobi playing closer to Gueye, Maupay closer to CL and Grey drifting on and off his wing.
For our coach, it will be a return to the team that welcomed him to the EPL and I think that he is preparing for a nice welcome by the club but a tough encounter on the pitch. New coach at Everton means everyone is going to be on their best behaviour and performance, especially against league leaders. Pickford, Iwobi, Gray, Maupay and CL like to play against us so we better be wary of them…
Ramsdale – White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko – Jorginho, Xhaka – Odegaard – Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli
I am not feeling the game today at all so I will go for the unlikely Everton win against us…like a 2-1 with two defensive errors from our side (White and then one of our CBs) and a goal by Nketiah. I hope to be wrong again…
COYG!