Everton vs Crystal Palace - Match preview and team news

I expect Rohl at RB and George or Dibling to start.

Same as Jay.

If the Hull manager is to be taken at face value why on earth did Moyes risk Tim considering those funds will have been re-allocated?

It doesn't necessarily mean the deal is dead Conor, possibly more likely that Hull now want it to be a last day of the window job.

It seems to me that it would be quite strange to miss out on a player who could really boost your squad just because the player is out for a matter of weeks (which will include an international break). If it's primed to go ahead then any funds it has freed up could presumably also be committed in this window.

This has to be considered a winnable game especially as it seems Palace will be without Wharton who I think is the heart of their team. They do have goal-scoring ability so the defence will need to work as a unit and that has not been consistently achieved during pre-season.

The manager's disjointed performance in his pre-match interview is a bit unsettling. Hopefully he was just having one of those days, rather than it being an indication of some serious disconnects between a variety of the club's employees.

A good start would be a great way to dispel some of the current disquiet so it's 'Come on you re-invigorated Blues!'.

Re our (for now) Tim, I think our "top-Friedkin" team are playing a canny game in order to get the max as the window closes, for our fringe player, from a fellow club likely to be fighting to avoid relegation.

Sigh.

We seem to be Palace bogey team, have a great record against them.

Let’s hope our run against them continues tomorrow.

Correct Brian, 7 wins (including a very famous one) and 4 draws since they last beat us early 2022. Let's make that 8, Blue boys!!

Match day - UTFT - come on let’s park the gloom until tomorrow.

2-0.

For who Steve mate?

The 6 o clock alarm had rung!

Here we fucking go!!! UTFT

Good lad Mark. Enjoy.

Paul(#9); Send not to ask for whom the bell tolls, the bell rings at 6 for Murphy, no man is an Ireland.

Nice AJT

wake up sleepy jean

Paul, 2-0 for the mighty blues!

Just seeking clarification from you Steve mate. You're in essence a realist who sees the issues, so I'm going for 2-0 as well then. Shite, didn't realise the time, I'm reading a wonderful novel on the dry white and time has slipped, and it's kick off north of six hours. Stay up, read and drink more and bacon sarnies at 8AM/2PM?

Two teams. Three points up for grabs. One side will have fast, athletic players, good on the ball and excellent in finding space. Clinical in front of goal and resolute in defence.

'kin Hell Alan, when you put it like that you fearful Jesuit.

Hey You - out there in the cold getting lonely getting old, can you feel me

Hey You - standing in the aisles with itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me

Hey You - don’t help them to bury the light - Don’t give in without a fight

I’m going to Bramley Moore today with my football head on. I’m not excited, I’m not encouraged and I’m certainly not enamored.

I’m going to take in the occasion, hopefully marvel at the incredible support (🤞things don’t get too ugly - unless this stirs TSF into looking interested) and observe.

Maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised? But if I see Jake O’Brien, starting at fullback, giving in without a fight, won’t be easy, because I simply cannot see any light when I watch our cumbersome, central defender, playing as a right fullback.

Nice one, Tony. You almost sound like Danny (RIP).

Here I go with my first team prediction of the season:

Barry
Ndiaye Dewsbury-Hall Dibling
Hackney Armstrong
Mykolenko Branthwaite Tarkowski Rohl
Pickford

Subs: Travers, Aznou, Keane, O'Brien, Patterson, Alcaraz, George, Johnson, Beto

I'd have a good bet O'Brien starts right back.

Rohl plays right of a 3 in front of 2 holding midfielders.

Why is the picture one of Ndiaye when he has missed a sitter?

We will soon find out John, but how the manager and recruitment team can still be playing a square peg in a round hole after three, maybe even four consecutive transfer windows, does feel like the people from within aren’t even aware that they’re burying the light.

I prefer Leonard Cohan, telling us there is a crack in everything, (that’s how the light gets in) lyrics I genuinely believe could help take David Moyes, to the next level after all those years of being a manager who has never really been prepared to have a proper “crack” at things, imo.

Well now it's a bright light cosmic Saturday morning - -the Sun is shining bright here in Upton - - I can hear the trees whispering. - singing quietly - - the big tree whispered to me "Go on George, it's match day" - - I think it was My Ma - - Anne/Ma Joad whispering through the leaves - - I am going to leave in the next 30 minutes - - take it nice and easy - - stroll for the bus - - under the water through the Old Tunnel:
"And I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first
And I will drink the clear, clean water for to quench my thirst
And I shall watch the ferry-boats, and they'll get high
On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky
And I will never grow so old again
And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
Oh, whoa-oh, sweet thing, this sweet thing
Hey-hey, yeah, sweet thing, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah, my, my, my, my sweet thing
And I shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry
Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite and I don't know why"
- - have a walk around Liverpool for a little while - - and then meet most of our old gang to talk footy - - first game of new season (Moyes press conference still the same old negativity) - - they have taken away Goodison from us - - taken us out of TDH - - moved us to a dull modern concrete and clay overpriced isolated money grabbing prefab - - but - - still cannot but be excited to meet up with Blue Blood/Blue Buddies of Old - -
And If I wanted to
I could never be free
I never believed it was true
But now it's so clear to me
You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire
Magic, and you know
You're the one who can put out the fire
You know darn well
When you cast your spell you will get your way
When you hypnotize with your eyes
A heart of stone can turn to clay
Doo, doo, doo...

I was dreaming lue dreams last night of this day and there isn't anything going to stop me living MY DREAM :- -
" How many a year has passed and gone
Many a gamble has been lost and won
And many a road taken by many a first friend
And each one I’ve never seen again
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
That we could sit simply in that room again
Ten-thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
And I’d give it all gladly if our lives could be like that"

I was sitting in a room full of card players - - Me/The Cincinnati Kid - - Edward G Robinson (a great Evertonian) and Moyes who laid out his negative cards believing a pair of "2" was a winner- - I looked around with a slight Nurse Ratchet like smirk and placed my Full (Dark) House down on the table :- -
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"
I got up - - and brushed my self down:-
"Well, it's one for the money two for the show
Three to get ready now go, cat, go
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything but
Lay off of my blue suede shoes
Well, you can knock me down, step in my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
But uh-uh honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
Now let's go cats (oh walk the dogs)"
And off I go - - Today I've gotta make a change
Straight to the top, I'm on my way
And I was meant for so much more
And I found a dream worth fighting for
And nothing can stop me
Nothing can stop me now
Can stop me now - - sending Bluetiful Cosmic Grooves To all My Fellow Blue Blood.Blue Buddies whoi are going to the game. and to those who for whatever reason cannot go ( I've been there) and all those up there in Our Blue Heaven (Danny nand Co):"When whippoorwills call and evening is nigh,
I hurry to my Blue Heaven.
A turn to the right, a little white light,
Will lead me to my Blue Heaven."

When it comes to Everton and stats - the laws of probability are meaningless. Forget the CP bogey team label - and pray!

Tend to follow on the Live Forum these days. As Uncle Mort used to say, " there's too much bloody enthusiasm around these days ".
No danger of that onthe LF. Looking forward to.
.."FFS ", " 0-1", " Tarks that ! " " what was Pickford doing" " Beto ! "
But you never know

Brilliant as usual George@22. Follow that, no chance, save to
say I agree with you on the stadium. We probably couldn’t
have a picked a more winnable fixture for the first game.
Hopefully my knife( nicely sharpened) for Moyes will not
need to come out as soon as 4.50 today.

Magnificent George, simply magnificent.

Great George
Except the stadium is absolutely magnificent.

I want a win so much and I think we will get one and hopefully it will be a victory with plenty of football to admire.

I was thinking of wearing my blue suede shoes today, and if I could see a performance anywhere near as good as the stuff George posts, then I wouldn’t care if everyone stood all over them, even though my feet are full of arthritis!!

Brilliant George, the first day of the season is always a time to reminisce. Like a lot of people, my favourite ever season was 1984/85, so I’d definitely take another 1-4 today, if the season could end with silverware 🤞

Im going out today with my 1985 clobber on, Blue and white Gazelle, Blue and White Fila Tracky top, Blue Lacoste Tee shirt and my trusty Levi's to see if I can inspire our modern team to replicate the spirit of the 85 team, anything to start the season of with a win, weve had a pretty dismal first day over the last few years, so come on Blue lets put Palace to the sword and give Danny and his family an opening day win COYBs UTFT 💙

Just been told there is a gas leak on Derby Road.

Repairs under way will affect match traffic.

Just heard wan bassake to villa season long loan. This club absolutely fucking sucks.

Mick @32..
Impressed they all still fit. The only thing from 85 that would fit me now, would be the trainees !!!

COYBs !

Hull two nil up against utd

One of the 3 supposedly certain to go back down, worrying.

Kevin #38,
United have had a good run in the top league since the 70s. Had to end at some point.

Let's hope another red team follow suit.

Funny Stan

I haven't bought that hat yet but promise to do so and eat it of Jake doesn't start to RB with Tarks at CB.

Old dogs, new tricks and all that.

We looked better offensively in pre season while Palace seem to be in a transition phase, so I'm hoping for a 1-0. But then, we all know the problem with hope..

It springs eternal Mark, this time next year we'll be.

I had a dream it was 4-1 to us.

One can but dream.

I can't find a link to the Live Forum.

Can anyone pop a link here and make this easy?

UTFT

You need that hat Mark 🤣

Ahaa!!
I read those early posts getting poetic (particularly good Alan T) and thought to say "nice try but you are not George", and then, there he is shining the light through the fog at 24.

Fantastic to see you George!!!

UTFT!

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Hull win 2 nil, second in table!

OK, who is in charge of this team?

Armstrong and George both to start.
No Keane
Has Moyes been abducted and someone else named the team?

Well done guys on your 2-0 predictions! I was a nervous wreck at 2 up with 10 minutes ago - then Beto gives away the ball, cross in, and thankfully Strand Larsen heads straight into Pickford's arms!!!