Abdoulaye Doucouré is back in training

What I do not want to see is Palace on the bounce on Monday with a new manager.

Or playing with a team of strikers who never score, as it always seems to be a first against Everton

Hopefully he makes a full recovery and has a period of convalescence. Having one of the coaching staff in charge for Monday's game can only benefit us.

It will be good to have Doucoure back, however, he might be used from the bench rather than given a start on Monday. The only change from the Man City game will be a start for our captain.

We have a great record against Palace and hopefully we will be ahead of them next Tuesday morning.

Hopefully we get all 3 points!

Sadly he has been overtaken by the stresses of the Premier League and deserves retirement. Get well soon.

What happens if he asks for "more" ?

On a more serious note, I too have always liked Roy, even though he has often been the butt of my jokes, re speech impediment. He is one of the few ' gentlemen ' of the (cruel modern) game, and I sincerely wish him a speedy recovery.

Hope also when we batter them on Monday, it doesn't exacerbate his illness. Glad to see the Duke may be back in contention.

Hopefully Olise and Ese are still unavailable.

It won't be an easy game nor pretty but I believe we'll do enough to bag all 3 points on the night... 2-1 Blues.

He attended a match at Anfield and was promised a seat in the executive lounge, Roy was told his seat wasn't available and who was the seat given to? Mr pig eyed, no particular skill set, luckiest man on the planet James pineapple Corden.

Roy sat on a chair in the hall until someone told him they would find a seat for him. "No thanks," Roy said, "I'll just sit here."

Disgraceful from his ex-employers. Mind you. look how they treated Bill Shankly.

That being said, can't disagree with anyone on Roy. He seems like an old-fashioned English gent. Whatever RS fans may think, I had a mate who was high up in Uefa licensing and he reckoned other top-level coaches regarded Roy as a genius.

Obviously it's easy to say “Iceland” to try and discredit the guy but if you look at his overall record of getting more out of less he's kind of the high-end version of Moyes, he isn't so bad himself. I hope he recovers, I wish him well but selfishly I'm glad he won't be in charge of Palace when we play them.

One thing is, for sure, we need 3 points from this one so “somebody” has to score at least one goal.

Doucoure is much missed, he's the only player in midfield we have capable of scoring goals regularly.

Roy is a decent fella who has been used as a fall guy for a Palace team that has lost the best of its talent in the last few years and likely to do so with Eze again this summer.

They won't go down, that's some testament to Roy Hodgson.

Palace have problems with selection and management (sadly) and Everton could have Doucouré and Onana back.

Also, Brentford play Liverpool and Luton have to play both Liverpool and Man Utd over the next few days.

It's becoming a real dogfight and Everton have to take the bull by the horns – starting with the Palace game. Screw that one up plus getting nothing back from the league could signify a bad run in to the end of the season.

Despite both Gana & Young doing reasonably well in the last couple of games, it's a yes from me. As I think he sees the 3 of Doucoure, Garner & Onana as his first choice. Gana, in particular will feel unlucky.

The way Gueye is playing, I would start him before Onana. Maybe bring Onana on if Gueye gets booked.

On Roy Hodgson, he is a humble and respected figure in the game. I wish him well. Quite unique and ahead of his time as he spent a lot of time on the continent building his coaching career. Not many English coaches do that. I can only think of Terry Venables, but that was a very different situation.

Anyway, let's get Doucoure back on the pitch and scoring goals.

The back four almost picks itself. Maybe a question over Seamus or Patterson.

Midfield? Onana, Garner and Idrissa.

Doucoure up alongside the forward.

Either way, just put the shift in just as those supporters will from the stands. Don't let them down. They deserve better.

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