Stan 16,925 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Friday 5th January, 2018 Liverpool vs Everton, 19.55 Man Utd vs Derby, 20.00 Saturday 6th January, 2018 Aston Villa vs Peterborough Birmingham vs Burton Blackburn vs Hull Bolton vs Huddersfield Bournemouth vs Wigan Brentford vs Notts County Cardiff vs Mansfield Carlisle vs Sheff Weds Coventry vs Stoke Doncaster vs Rochdale Exeter vs West Brom Fleetwood vs Leicester, 12.45 Fulham vs Southampton Ipswich vs Sheff Utd Man City vs Burnley Middlesbrough vs Sunderland, 13.00 Millwall vs Barnsley Newcastle vs Luton Norwich vs Chelsea, 17.30 QPR vs MK Dons Stevenage vs Reading Watford vs Bristol City Wolves vs Swansea Wycombe vs Preston Yeovil vs Bradford Sunday 7th January, 2018 Newport vs Leeds, 12.00 Nottm Forest vs Arsenal, 16.00 Shrewsbury vs West Ham, 14.00 Tottenham vs AFC Wimbledon, 15.00 Monday 8th January, 2018 Brighton vs Crystal Palace, 20.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,925 Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 SHOCK https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42569834 Quote Liverpool forward Philippe Coutinho will miss Friday's FA Cup third-round derby with Everton through injury, boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,153 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Batshuayi Musonda Jr.---------------------Pedro Alonso----------Ampadu----Drinkwater----Zappacosta Rudiger----Cahill---Azpilicueta Caballero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNORTHODOX 177 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 As long as we win tomorrow and we give a couple of youngsters a chance I'll be happy, Hopefully Lallana plays too and puts in a good performance to regain a bit of form because we need him back to his best. im predicting this will be one of the most boring games of the season though, Everton will go with the same approach as the last derby game so it's not gonna be pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandoEFC 7,190 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Heard conflicting reports about whether Tosun will be able to feature or not. Sounds like Liverpool will be short of their key players and there's no reason why we couldn't trouble them but I expect nothing from us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,650 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Can see a load of Premier League teams going out here. Three of Liverpool, Everton, Man City, Burnley, Brighton and Palace will go out and I can see a fair few sides playing weaker sides and facing the possibility of a defeat to a defeat. Bournemouth are notorious for resting players in cup ties, I think West Ham will after two games in three days and Swansea, West Brom and Southampton could do as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 2,840 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Luton will beat Newcastle. Book It. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,662 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 7800 Luton fans coming up for the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,650 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 8 hours ago, Kitchen Sales said: 7800 Luton fans coming up for the game 5,000 day trippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue 955 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 15 hours ago, Cicero said: Batshuayi Musonda Jr.---------------------Pedro Alonso----------Ampadu----Drinkwater----Zappacosta Rudiger----Cahill---Azpilicueta Caballero Musonda not cleared as fit yet, i'd go with Kenedy for Alonso the rest is pretty much spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toony 95 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Banana skin. Luton are going really well in the league and they'll come up with nothing to lose, imagine we'll rotate a fair bit too so I wouldn't be surprised if we went out or were taken to a replay. No excuses for not winning though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,925 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Toony said: Banana skin. Luton are going really well in the league and they'll come up with nothing to lose, imagine we'll rotate a fair bit too so I wouldn't be surprised if we went out or were taken to a replay. No excuses for not winning though. no midweek game coming up and so a stronger squad can be played to avoid the banana skin. Benitez takes this competition quite seriously doesn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,662 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, Stan said: no midweek game coming up and so a stronger squad can be played to avoid the banana skin. Benitez takes this competition quite seriously doesn't he? No, our B team got knocked out by Oxford United last season. Rafa won't want a cup run, it will be weakened teams until we are either looking safe or knocked out. We should have enough to beat Luton at home. Away I'd be concerned but it seems like all our fans have this expectation of defeat. Luton players will be taking selfies on the pitch and waving to their families in the crowd, that mentality should give us an advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK85 267 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Best we can hope for tonight is a replay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandoEFC 7,190 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 All the Everton journalists on the Echo reckon we'll have a go tonight because Allardyce wants silverware . We'll probably line up Robles - Pickford - Stekelenburg Kenny - Holgate - Williams - Jagielka - Keane - Martina Schneiderlin Rooney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK85 267 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 9 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: All the Everton journalists on the Echo reckon we'll have a go tonight because Allardyce wants silverware . We'll probably line up Robles - Pickford - Stekelenburg Kenny - Holgate - Williams - Jagielka - Keane - Martina Schneiderlin Rooney Keane's injured... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,650 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Kitchen Sales said: Luton players will be taking selfies on the pitch and waving to their families in the crowd, that mentality should give us an advantage. Biggest load of shite on here, and we have Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,925 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: All the Everton journalists on the Echo reckon we'll have a go tonight because Allardyce wants silverware . We'll probably line up Robles - Pickford - Stekelenburg Kenny - Holgate - Williams - Jagielka - Keane - Martina Schneiderlin Rooney Rooney in goal? Strong front 3 to be fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,662 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said: Biggest load of shite on here, and we have Brian. If you don't like someone's opinion either ignore it or debate it instead of dishing out nothing but personal insults. Luton will highly likely be doing what I said, seen teams do it before, it is perfectly feasible to argue that it could have a negative effect on a teams approach to the game. Treating something as a big day out when the opposition doesn't risks becoming an overawing factor and a loss of focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,650 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Kitchen Sales said: If you don't like someone's opinion either ignore it or debate it instead of dishing out nothing but personal insults. Luton will highly likely be doing what I said, seen teams do it before, it is perfectly feasible to argue that it could have a negative effect on a teams approach to the game. Treating something as a big day out when the opposition doesn't risks becoming an overawing factor and a loss of focus. Luton are top of the league, they’re a professional side and they’ve got a decent pedigree of upsetting sides. The most likely to be waving to family is the reserves from Newcastle who are actually playing in a proper game instead of an under-23 game in front of two men and a dog at Whitley Bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,662 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Smiley Culture said: Luton are top of the league, they’re a professional side and they’ve got a decent pedigree of upsetting sides. The most likely to be waving to family is the reserves from Newcastle who are actually playing in a proper game instead of an under-23 game in front of two men and a dog at Whitley Bay. It doesn't mean Luton can't overcome it. It is just a factor that exists to be dealt with. No need to get offended on a lower league teams behalf as if it somehow makes them out to be unprofessional. Not being overawed by the stadium and the occasion of getting to play there is an important factor for any manager to tackle, selfies and waving is part of that. Seen it numerous times over the years when teams come to St. James' Park, including European teams. You called their fans day trippers yourself, that is a mentality that is a risk to any team, it is going to exist as something to overcome, no matter how much you want to pretend it won't just because they are professionals. They are human, not robots. Anything drummed up as a massive occasion requires rising to that occasion, if they were just "professionals" there would be no such thing as an occasion, you could just play every game identically, but that just isn't reality. The 1 or 2 reserve players we might put out have the same thing to deal with to a slightly lesser extent. They always would regardless of when they make their debut. That is just a fact of life. I highly doubt the grand total of those two will out number or even come near equalising the degree to which it is a factor for Luton. Our major hurdle isn't the same as theirs for this game. Our major hurdle is just throwing a random group together with the expectation that they will be a fluid enough collective to bring out the individual talent that should be of a higher level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado 1,690 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) Edited January 5, 2018 by Machado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,925 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Van Dijk starts for Liverpool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero 5,153 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Well that was quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,925 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 strong squad for Everton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,131 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Could see us going out tomorrow. We'll likely put out a mixture of first team and reserve but with current injuries, players only just back from injury and the Christmas schedule, it's going to be a tough game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandoEFC 7,190 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 11 minutes ago, Stan said: strong squad for Everton Only four defenders and two defensive midfielders? #kitchensink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,650 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Bristol City 6/1?! Seems huge, I take it their manager must have said he’s playing kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 16,925 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Just now, Smiley Culture said: Bristol City 6/1?! Seems huge, I take it their manager must have said he’s playing kids? presume they may rest players for Man City in midweek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Gold 599 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Cicero said: Well that was quick. It's been about 6 months since he agreed to sign for us Edited January 5, 2018 by Burning Gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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