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I am beginning to think it is futile to suggest or hope for a line up other than what a large percentage of us think David Moyes will pick which would include three centre backs. My point of view is that we should only ever play two (unless he confounds us all and goes 3 5 2). Having said that I think the two picked should depend on the opposition. Against teams like City and Arsenal who play their way out from the back forcing us into our own penalty area it should be Keane and Branthwaite. Against teams like United and Newcastle who are good on the break it should be O’Brien and Branthwaite. We should never have two in the box when we get a corner. Branthwaite should always stay back because I think O’Brien and Keane are better in the opposition box than him and he is the fastest of the three. Having said all that here is my weekly exercise in futility for the Barcodes:- Pickford Patterson, O’Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko Garner, Dewsbury-Hall Ndiaye, Harrison, George Beto.

\'Mark Travers is also nursing a finger complaint.\" Yes. I wonder who he gave that too? Drop G G.hes forgot he\'s a defensive midfielder to protect the back line not expose it. And tell Keane he\'s not Messi.

Gana has been a great player for us throughout his time here. How ever the clock moves relentlessly forward for Gana, for Tarks, for Keanu and for Seamus. The moving hand has written and having written so it moves on. We have done for the most part, brilliantly with these players this season. They have been stellar warriors but time moves on and for athletes the time comes when the body just will not work ever again at the oppositions level. The most important thing for Everton at this moment is that we always look forward. Surely Branthwaite and O’Brien should start to play from now on in their natural positions. Surely Rohl and Harrison should be playing every game in their natural positions. If George and Alcaraz and Dibbling are our future then surely they should be getting significant minutes. I couldn’t give a flying #### where we end in the standings this season but I really hope that rather than claw for a European place this season we spend our time carefully exposing our younger players and all of our world wide supporters to our future.

To expand on my previous post, if the increased amount of turnovers in the oppositions half is due to some of the new players just happening to be much better at niggling the opposition’s defenders into coughing up possession rather than a shift in mindset / tactics, then the rest of the team won’t necessarily be set-up to take full advantage.

Grealish is the best thing to have happened to Everton in years. He is class. The best footballer we have. The only good thing about having Moyes here right now is he will fight tooth and nail to try and keep him and he will sulk like a good un to make sure Kinnear signs him up. If we don’t sign him we will stagnate and have zero creativity once again