FFS I hope he is not out for a month, this is bad news.
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feck, feck, feck.
It won't stop, it's just the beginning. Another season.
Three fit defenders and eighty-seven fit wingers and strikers. Great.
It won't stop, it's just the beginning. Another season.
Three fit defenders and eighty-seven fit wingers and strikers. Great.
Evans should be available.
Not match fit.. but better than Carrick.
Not match fit.. but better than Carrick.
Rooney - Van Persie
Kagawa
Nani - Carrick - Cleverley - Valencia
Evra - Vidic - Rafael
De Gea
On a serious note though I fecking hope Rio is available. Having 4 CBs injured for the first game of the season would be simply ridiculous.
We'd lose 6-1 with that line-up.
fecking hell. This nightmare never stop. 4 of our 5 CB are injured. Let's start playing Berba there, probably he will do a better job than in attack.
Seriously this mean that Carrick will play there for some games, and we will play without a DMF for those games.
Seriously this mean that Carrick will play there for some games, and we will play without a DMF for those games.
Has he tweeted today?
disaster if Ferdinand isn't fit
If Evams doesnt make it I would consider playing Scott Wootton there - he has looked decent when he played there in preseason
If Evams doesnt make it I would consider playing Scott Wootton there - he has looked decent when he played there in preseason
You know injured doesn't mean dead, right?
And so it begins.Well that's made an already tough fixture that much harder.
if he was injured he wouldnt tweet about it anyway
if he did Alex would give him a swift kick in the danglies
It seems, apart from Evra, all of our defenders are injury prone..
Yeah I think at some point we should give one of the young players a chance in one of these situations. That Thorpe, looks good to. Though everton are one of the worst we could have to lack experienced defenders and defensive strength in the middle. If rio is out we'll have to play our cards right on fellani's fitness who may be a doubt. If he is fit we'll have to put carrick there as he can cause way to many problems and we can't even get away with evra moving inside which he has done before.
Bit harsh to call Vida injury prone.
And from reading the caf I've learned he can't defend.
ha ha, if aliens were to read the caf over the past 16 months, they'd think Evra is worst footballer on the planet.
thorpe has looked good but wootton is a bit further on in his development
Wootton played early on Saturday morning but he's a young lad and the adrenaline would see him through it - we need someone to pick up Fellaini - I reckon Vidic will on set pieces but he could be very very dangerous coming from midfield
we'll need rafael to be disciplined - Pienaar could have a field day if he is out of position
we did look solid in the friendly with Barca with Carrick in there but you hate to lose him in midfield
Think this match could be a high scoring game - we might need to score 2/3 to win it
lets hope Everton make their usual slow start
Ok.
How far off is Evans from playing? If he is not too far off then is it worth a gamble playing him?
We know Everton like to play the long ball and will take every opportunity to expose our weaknesses.
We know Everton like to play the long ball and will take every opportunity to expose our weaknesses.
------------De Gea------------
Rafael----Carrick----Vidic------Evra
Valencia---Ando-----Clev-------Kagawa
----------------Rooney--------------------
----------------RVP--------------------------
Kagawa and Valencia are preferred to Nani/Young cause they offer more defensive cover.
Rafael----Carrick----Vidic------Evra
Valencia---Ando-----Clev-------Kagawa
----------------Rooney--------------------
----------------RVP--------------------------
Kagawa and Valencia are preferred to Nani/Young cause they offer more defensive cover.
We deffo need a LB, i bet they will be discussions with the Everton board after the match around Baines availability and transfer fee.
We would've heard something by now if he was out for a month, surely?
It the usual ploy from Fergie....anyhow wasn't it just reported in the Daily Star (nuff said)?
Na. We would have got an update if it happened before the press conference. Will have to wait for the pre-match chat tomorrow for an update from Fergie now.
One good thing is that Carrick has some experience of playing as a CB.
Not all good ones though.
The last time SAF commented he said he would likely just miss Everton, so it sounds like he'll be ready for Fulham 5 days after. But it sounded like he had a small change to be ready early.
Bad thing though is we have no cover for Carrick in midfield.
Evans has been training for a while now.. I'm sure I read about him returning to training when the squad were going to Norway or some time around that.
Ideally, he wouldve been eased in... If the injury reports are true.. he might be rushed..
He should be back soon.
Injuries are fecking annoying.
Ideally, he wouldve been eased in... If the injury reports are true.. he might be rushed..
He should be back soon.
Injuries are fecking annoying.
Rumour has it that Ferdinand trained fully yesterday!!!
Storm in a teacup if you ask me
Storm in a teacup if you ask me
We have Ando, Scholes, Kawaga, Powell-plenty of cover and worst case we can play Rooney there too.
Evans has been training for at least four days now. Could be a classic Fergie moment and he's fit anyway!
Also, Rio tweeted yesterday: "Soccer Saturday is such a good watch on a lazy day after training!"
Make of that what you will.
Also, Rio tweeted yesterday: "Soccer Saturday is such a good watch on a lazy day after training!"
Make of that what you will.
It's a ready made rumor, Rio has recent injury problems and we don't have any fit first team reserves, the guy probably wrote it a week ago.
Isn't it possible he picked up the injury after/during training yesterday?
EDIT: Guess not based on the post above. How random a journo must you be to make up an injury story out of thin air though. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
EDIT: Guess not based on the post above. How random a journo must you be to make up an injury story out of thin air though. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
We can always draft in Blackmore....heard he is still playing!
That would be a complete waste of his crossing ability!
Seriously though, his crossing in that Aberdeen testimonial was amazing for a guy his age. Laid one on a plate for Powell when he blew that open header.
Unfortunately, it's not so thin air anymore for some time now.
Well the injury story says that he got injured on friday.
but he tweeted on saturday that he was having a lazy day after training.
would a player with a groin injury that is serious enough to keep him out for a month, train the day after he got the injury? does anyone know enough to comment on this.
plus he said, feet up, can he put his feet up with a groin strain :-p
but he tweeted on saturday that he was having a lazy day after training.
would a player with a groin injury that is serious enough to keep him out for a month, train the day after he got the injury? does anyone know enough to comment on this.
plus he said, feet up, can he put his feet up with a groin strain :-p
no...just terrible in defense.