I hate that term (Xg) but it’s true. Happy days are here again.

I was disappointed with Alcaraz against Leeds and then he goes and scores a goal like that. I am struggling to remember the last Everton player to bend a ball like that.

Things are looking up.

Dibling, McNeil and N’Diaye should be the options on the right (I think we actually need to bring another one in), but never Alcaraz.

I agree with the above about Alcaraz. He looks a totally different player down the middle but Moyes just spent £30m on kdh so he will play in that spot.

Pickford
O'Brien Tarkowski Keane Mykolenko
Garner KDH Gueye
Ndiaye Barry Grealish

Subs: Travers, Aznou, Coleman, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Alcaraz, Dibling, Beto

Looks like a squad is slowly emerging!

Thomas Frank is the one I wanted.

Football is now a squad game for the most successful teams, so when I look at the teams that people pick, I can’t wait for the days when I’m thinking that, we have also got game changers and match winners on the bench🍀

As much as I didn't think I would ever say this, I think we need to give Moyes some time to build a mid table prem team before looking to take the next step.

And how his boots looked red from a distance against Mansfield?

Detail is important.

I don't think Moyes will start Dibbling or Armstrong they will be on the bench.

Seamus loves nothing more than waving his arms about telling the winger in front of him to make a run. He's made a career out of it!

satris paribus.?

Ceteris paribus?

He's also just confirmed that Chermiti is highly likely to go out on loan and that Armstrong might as well, but could also stay at Everton - he mentioned AfCon issues with players leaving when talking about Armstrong, intimating he might keep him to keep numbers up 'if' we don't make more midfield signings.

What I was trying to say was we now have several players that could cover for several positions. Class players should be able to do that ok, putting them into boxes is too restrictive.

Obviously i'm not talking 5'6 forwards as centre halves, but some forwards and midfielders could and do play in both roles.

Chermiti I also like what little we have seen, Moyes doesn't seem to be wild about him but he has not talked about selling him, so he must think he's ok.

Comical.

I can't wait to see Dibling, Ndiaye and Grealish start but it won't be this weekend.

Surely we a have plans to use up our loan options, 3 more available if I'm not mistaken. Squad depth still important, right-back, holding midfield, another forward…

Tuchel is trying players out, that's all. I don't understand why people freak out so easily.

Managers don't just drop players and pick players off the back of one game. It's not a computer game.

Oh and the Soucek rumours are on the 'I run this site from my bedroom and I'm 14' websites. I wouldn't go getting too excited just yet.

Legit transfers get announced as & when they're legit. Anything else is 9 times out of 10 just clickbait.

NewsNow is quite literally a Clickbait website.

For once, I would love us to put some faith in a homegrown player who is not the finished article.

Don't mind Garner but I would happily shift him down the pecking order to give Armstrong minutes.

Depends on where Harrison goes on loan too and how it might help him develop, he does need plenty of game time.

Would be nice to see our tricky trio start, expect Dibling to be on the bench though. I’d start with Jake at RB, Coleman had a decent game but the opposition were vastly inferior and Jake has acquitted himself well (and been part of one of the best defences in the league last season). Seamus might need to be nursed back to match fitness for PL games.

As for Henderson in the England squad, I doubt I’ll be wanting to tune in and watch whatever turgid shite Tuchel might put out if that’s his way of thinking!

Our manager likes to introduce younger players gradually

Wayne made 33 League appearances in his first season when he was only 16/17 years old. 34 in his second season, almost all were starting appearances, too.

Anyway, I'm not too fussed over who plays tomorrow as out squad has improved exponentially since last season. A few weeks ago, Alcaraz and McNeil were nailed on starters and I would have been quite happy with that. I rate them both.

Tomorrow, they'll both almost certainly be on the bench!! Crazy how quickly the mood can change, I'm very confident this season will be our best for many a year. And if it isn't, it'll still be a lot better than the garbage we've all had to sit through for the last 4 seasons.

"Wayne made 33 League appearances in his first season when he was only 16/17 years old."

He only started 13 of those games and came on as substitute 20 times. Sounds a little bit like protecting him to me. And Rooney was on record as being pissed off.

I think Moyes handled him well, and if he'd come through just a few years later we probably would have been able to hold on to him for a while longer than 2 seasons.

Rooney may be on record as complaining but it doesn’t mean he was right.

As for our strikers hindering our progress - I think it’s more that too many mediocre players hinder our progress.

Pickford, Branthwaite, Grealish and probably Ndiaye are Champions League quality. Dibling has the ability. Some of the others may get there but still have much to prove. Too many are nothing special at all in Premier League terms.

Our strikers are good enough to get us into Europe if supported by a good team.

Moyes protected him, he had a terrific game against Bolton where he bullied and terrorised their defence creating chances for himself and others but never scored— as Moyes pointed out when the media were praising him after the game and Bobby Robson and Alan Shearer couldn’t believe how good this 16 kid was, he took the piss out of a big strong WBA centre half— sitting on the ball inviting him to come and tackle him, had the Liverpool crowd frightened and didn’t want him to come on a Sunday Derby game, he relished it putting a terrific goalbound shot which was deflected off the knee of Henchez (?) onto the bar with Rooney ready to whip his shirt off and show T shirt with “ Kopites are Gobshites on it, Rooney was a boy in a man’s body, he was ready for the first team— Dithering bleedin’ Dave wasn’t ready for such an outstanding talent.