Schneiderlin out for two months after knee operation

I'd get Baningime, at least on the bench, but I reckon Tom Davies may be called up, we need a good full match press to get in their faces and rattle their defence.

Definitely winnable, and a must-win game.

Hope he heals well. When he recovers Ancelotti will still be coach. I think it will be the last chance of his career to fulfil his potential.

He started well, and has been okay recently. But in between he's been awful. We need better.

Hopefully Carlo will opt for Tom Davies instead or indeed Baningime, who really impressed me during his brief spell in the team when he first came on the scene. Hoping to see Coleman back in the team also against Man Utd.

Not hardly. Siggy's problem is dwindling pace and quickness, not lack of effort. He still puts in 110%.

My choice for Schneiderlin's spot would also be Beni Baningime, assuming he's healthy. Rhino said a couple weeks ago that he's been struggling with that bad ankle for a full year.

I think Sigurdsson misses Gueye more than any other player. His pace and immense stamina. Gueye effectively allowed Sigurdsson to play to his strengths, and has never been replaced. Arguably he can’t be, like for like. That plus being asked to play from deep more.

Lose lose?

But, who is the man?

I pray that it might be Baningime, back to his best, but time will tell,

Carlo is still learning who can be long-term for him. This latest set-back, if you can call it one, is a chance for the manager to look at other options player-wise and formation-wise...

We have no chance of Europe; we blew that chance last weekend. The Man Utd game will no doubt be the same...

As always, it's going to be next season when everything clicks into place and we get back to being a big club...

It would seem that there is some advocating that Jesse Lingard would be the great utility answer to our squad next season and best man for a number of positions.

Neville, Gibson, Schneiderlin & Delph seemed to have proven the futility of the "not good enough for Manchester play centre of midfield for Everton theory". Gareth Barry was a relative success in his time but I would have hoped our aspirations are now significantly greater.

I don’t believe Tom Davies is up for the job. He’s energetic and keen, but is very weak on the ball. His passing and general distribution are awful, and he lacks pace.

I like the lad, and suggest he plays in goal – he can’t do any worse than that clown Pickford.

Let's get real, the player in question has been a passenger for all, but a handful of games.

I know the Football World has gone crazy in terms of contracts and wages, but who gets that amount of money for being 'sick'?

Get Shut Asap!

If not Holgate as centre-midfielder, maybe the stage could be set for a role for Beni Baningime, I'd certainly like him to get a chance, it's now or never really. I have been a big critic of Sigurdsson this season but let's not forget, he has a formidable scoring record against Man Utd.

He's not been anywhere near the first team for two years plus and hasn't exactly been in a position to further his career anywhere yet.

If needs must, I'd put Holgate in next to Gomes, at least Holgate can use the ball better than Davies.

Hopefully the return of Gomes is just in time for us to step it up a notch.

Sigurdsson was second top scorer to Richarlison last season. This season he can't hit a barn door, only scoring once, and has failed to embrace Carlo's positive forward play philosophy.

”As one door closes, another one opens.”

I think, in Everton's case, as one door closes, another one gets slammed in our face. Schneiderlin's injury means Sigurdsson will almost certainly play, although neither would be missed by me, to be honest.

In that set-up, he scores goals – like he did for us last season. If you push him back into a more orthodox midfield role, then he's very average. If you expect him to be a creative playmaker, then he's average also.

For us to kick on, we need a cross between Bernard (who is creative but doesn't score) and Sigurdsson (who scores – or did – but doesn't offer much else). Hopefully someone will buy him this summer for about £18M.

I think the summer transfer window will be exciting for us with Carlo bringing in his players, and you can bet there will be no dead wood as he will know them first hand and their capabilities.

His replacement will cost a fortune, quality box-to-box midfielders who can score goals are currently the hardest to find on the planet and our track record of buying the right players isn't very encouraging.

Good luck Carlo, you will need a miracle to find new players who have the skill, desire and heart to lift the present squad out of the mediocre shit which we presently preside over.