Wolves vs Everton: Preview and Predicted Lineups

Well done to our new owners for putting a professional team in place.
Improvement will be slow but will hopefully be consistent.

Finally we can argue about who are starting 11 is!!!

Definitely a good shot at 3 points though Molineux is no easy place to play and Wolves will be desperate for their first points.

First goal will be crucial as ever but if KDH, Grealish and Ndiaye are on form then we should be able to create some chances. Having Mykolenko back will be crucial and should allow Grealish to stay a little further up the pitch hopefully.

I see Jack Grealish has not been picked by Tuchel. I wouldn't worry Jack, he won't pick Branthwaite, when he's fit, either.

DM MF is a shoe in Garner and Gana but the front 4 is where the real question is.

I thought Charlie linked up well against Mansfield and score a class goal but Wolves will be far more physical so we need a battling Number 9 (Hang on we haven't got one) so it's Barry, Beto or a false 9.

Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish and Ndiaye are looking good so if we want to integrate Dibling one of those 3 will have to miss out or move further back at the expense of Ganer or Gana.

It's also a shame for Tim Iroegbunam and Harrison Armstrong but at least it gives us options.

In such a system, I suspect Ndiaye would score a lot more than last season.

His job will be to tire out the defenders for the first 60-70 minutes and then let the fresh legs of Beto batter them (a la Anichebe in the European matches years ago).

I also think that he may now have wingers who can cross the ball and once all on the same wavelength, then he could be bagging a few.

Whoever starts I just hope we play some decent football and create chances, if we win I’ll be over the moon and wouldn’t be upset with a point (unless we batter them and miss a load of sitters!)

Progress on the pitch is important, get that right and the results will follow.

Saying all that, I am cautiously optimistic for the season ahead.

Coleman - Tarks - O’Brien - Myko

Gana - KDH

Ndiaye - Grealish - Dibling

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Keane will get playing on his last game and Dibling has to get himself up the pecking order.Garner most liking, though Tim played well last game.Moyes may want Ndiaye to produce more.He may also rest Grealish at the sstart of the game.

Even if its only a mid table season it will still be a massive improvement on the last 4 seasons. And the actual football will be much better to watch.

I can't think why he would have even played against Mansfield if he was going to rest him today.

Grealish is fit, the only reason he didn't play every week for City is because of Pep's rotation/favourites.

Grealish is the first name on our team sheet every week.

I hope that is the case !

We need to be ready to soak up some early pressure and show patience, like we did against Mansfield. A scrappy/lucky 1-0 will do. It’s all about building momentum, players like Barry and Dibling finding their form, and us maintaining a top-half league position throughout the season.

Options of the bench with Dibling, McNeil, Beto, Armstrong, and Iroegbunam

This is especially so with the Beto or Barry debate. I don’t really care which one starts as the other one will finish, which is just as important (if not more so). We could even leave out Grealish and N’Diaye and I’d be relaxed knowing they’d be coming on fresh to decide the result.

My one reservation is that Moyes still seems to be reticent with substitutions. It should be part of the game plan that on c.60 mins, we’re making 2-3 particular changes because the last half hour of a game is different to the first hour.

Your finishing XI is as important as your starting XI.

Doing that we can bring Beto on later when they push up and leave space in behind. That's exactly what Moyes did against Brighton and it worked. Beto should have scored in that game as there was loads of space behind Brighton's backline.

That likely won't be the case at the start of the game today, but could be later on. I reckon it should almost always be Barry starting, Beto coming on later because we need to learn to play to feet and not lob it up to Beto or play it over the top for him to chase hopeful balls into the channels.

It seems like an option to me, with Armstrong or Iroegbunam partnering Gana, though I’ve no idea whether Keane has been out-performing Jake in training.

Hope we don’t go too cautious because it’s an away fixture. An early goal could silence the home support and heap the pressure on Wolves.

Shame they had a decent performance midweek. No easy fixtures these days and a good result would be laying down a significant marker.

COYB! Let’s have another huge step in the right direction.

So we are favourites, its nice to get some respect from the so called experts.

We have more options in attack now, we have players from a few positions that can pop up and score.

Having said all that, they have home advantage which is always difficult to overcome.

I think it will finish a win for us or a draw.

They only just made it past West Ham in the League Cup who scored 2 against them and the Hammers are shite.

COYB 💙💙

Although we have much better technical players this season it still makes it much harder to counter attack - which in turn means the opposition feels confident in committing players forward against us.

It is made much worse by Keane and Tarkowski as a partnership because we’re also sitting too deep - inviting teams on even more. That’s why it always improves with Branthwaite. It’s not just his ability - it’s his pace.

Lack of pace and width make away games in particular very hard work (or harder than they should be) even against the Premier League’s weakest teams - which include Wolves.

yes I agree the current backline is too slow. I think it will get sorted though, as soon as |Branthwaite is fit. Whilst we don't have lightning pace on the wings I think we have enough up front to stop teams pushing up too high. Beto in particular is becoming quite adept at engineering one on ones and then dispatching them. Dibling as well poses a particular threat if he receives the ball on the turn when we're camped in our own half.

one issue which seemed hypothetical a few weeks ago is now starting to hove into view. Imagine if we had a brilliant season, got fifth spot, Champions league, and then got relegated cos of Roma. this is Everton after all.

A game on the road that, in my opinion, we should win. We must garner road points against teams we are frankly better than if we want to finish up the table.

Followed by a tough home game at Villa. We have to win home games against above average to tough competition.

Do that, we'll be very happy come May. And these next two games are textbook examples of the roadmap to "success".

UTFT

Cup final or MESSI and co who sell more Pepsi, jerseys, crisps etc etc… sponsors are happy. NFL is the same way. The bills got shafted in the play offs last season because Taylor Swift makes the league so much money and attracts new fans (new money)

Your complaint about the Premier League and their implementation of VAR is valid.

The conspiracy theory about the Chiefs and the NFL isn't. It's just some bad calls.

And Taylor Swift being shown every 5 minutes is annoying as fuck, so I do agree with you on that! I wish her and the great, but also highy annoying, Travis Kelsey would just disappear. Or lose to the Packers this year in the Super Bowl.

We should turn these over today. I'm never confident so things must be changing!

8 minutes of injury time and Chelsea score in the 9th minute of injury time... another head scratcher.

Chelsea penalty comes courtesy of a Pedro push and ball to hand and then the ball hitting the Fulham player's arm unintentionally results in a penalty for Chelsea.

You can't get things much more incompetent, funny how all of the decisions went to Chelsea. Little old Fulham should just know their place take the money and keep quiet. After all, decisions will even themselves out over the course of the season.

Back to the Blues. I would have picked this team; I think Alcaraz is unlucky but can hopefully make an impact from the bench.

That is the problem a lack of pace.in those areas.Especially now that midfield is sorting out and creativity is possible.

I actually think the fact that Beto needs a forwarders ball to connect to is a good thing.

That is the problem a lack of pace.in those areas.Especially now that midfield is sorting out and creativity is possible.

I actually think the fact that Beto needs a forwarders ball to connect to is a good thing.

That is the problem a lack of pace.in those areas.Especially now that midfield is sorting out and creativity is possible.

I actually think the fact that Beto needs a forwarders ball to connect to is a good thing.

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