Everton 0 Chelsea 0

[My Blood Is Blue]

Please use this thread for all posts relating to our Premier League match against Everton at Goodison Park before, during and after the game.

The match is scheduled to kick off at 14:00 hours on Sunday, 22nd December 2024 (Local UK time/date)

[Sciatika]

It's another bogey fixture. We've only won one of the last six games in the prem. We lost all the rest. 

[Miguelito07]

dont know how reliable this is:

 

[Ham]

5 minutes ago, Miguelito07 said:

dont know how reliable this is:

 

Might explain his recent absence from the team due to "illness ".

[CarefreeMuratcan]

If we win this we will go top before Liverpool kick off at Spurs. Huge huge huge. It will be a rare opportunity for us to put the pressure on them, as most of time they play before us. 

[Chelsea_Matt]

8 hours ago, Miguelito07 said:

dont know how reliable this is:

 

Well he plays like he’s wasted so…🤣🤣👀

[asvaberg]

30 minutes ago, CarefreeMuratcan said:

If we win this we will go top before Liverpool kick off at Spurs. Huge huge huge. It will be a rare opportunity for us to put the pressure on them, as most of time they play before us. 

Funnily enough, but the match Liverpool have in hand are at Goodison. It was postponed due to the storm last week. So extra wonderful if we win at Goodison and go top of the table 🙂

[paulw66]

Would take 4 points from this and Palace away. 

[Proud-Blue]

Everton will play extremely deep, and there's no doubt we'll have almost all of the possession.  We're going to have to be patient and be ready for some Dycheball. They're a side most teams have struggled to break down in recent weeks, but they also offer next to nothing going forward. It does mean we need everyone to be focused however, because they'll probably pump it long at some point and then anything can happen.

This kind of game is exactly what Sancho is good at. Hopefully we can use him effectively and get an early goal to eventually force them to come forward. But in general I expect us to be constantly camped around their box, so intelligent movement from Jackson especially is going to be vital. 

I'm expecting a low scoring win, and hopefully a clean sheet. If they score first or equalise, they'll probably move their defensive line into their goal.

[My Blood Is Blue]

12 hours ago, Proud-Blue said:

Everton will play extremely deep, and there's no doubt we'll have almost all of the possession.  We're going to have to be patient and be ready for some Dycheball. They're a side most teams have struggled to break down in recent weeks, but they also offer next to nothing going forward. It does mean we need everyone to be focused however, because they'll probably pump it long at some point and then anything can happen.

This kind of game is exactly what Sancho is good at. Hopefully we can use him effectively and get an early goal to eventually force them to come forward. But in general I expect us to be constantly camped around their box, so intelligent movement from Jackson especially is going to be vital. 

I'm expecting a low scoring win, and hopefully a clean sheet. If they score first or equalise, they'll probably move their defensive line into their goal.

What's been so impressive this season, is how Maresca has managed to tweak the system based on the opposition, whilst largely still using the same players each time. It shows how well drilled the team are and how much they're buying into the system and tactics Maresca is setting out. What was interesting vs Brentford, was how often we were putting crosses into the box, which isn't something we normally do and I was even more surprised as they aren't the smallest team, but Maresca had clearly spotted a weakness we could exploit, which we did for the first goal. So I expect Maresca to find a way to break down a Sean Dyche team, as long as we can avoid them kicking lumps out of all our players.

[My Blood Is Blue]

Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Richard West, Tim Wood. Fourth official: Tom Bramall. VAR: Graham Scott. 

[Bert19]

Going 1-0 up as early as possible would probably be a good idea here. Disrupt their gameplan and force them to come out at us if they want anything.

 

[chara]

31 minutes ago, Bert19 said:

Going 1-0 up as early as possible would probably be a good idea here. Disrupt their gameplan and force them to come out at us if they want anything.

 

For my nerves going 3-0  up 😌early as possible would be a good idea!

Edited December 18, 2024 by chara

[Sciatika]

Come now, that wouldn't be the Chelsea way.

[My Blood Is Blue]

A goal in this one and we'll equal our goal tally for the entire 22/23 season.

[Sciatika]

New owner lift?

[CarefreeMuratcan]

40 minutes ago, Sciatika said:

New owner lift?

Of course not

We've got the MARESCA BOUNCE

Edit: The Maresca Moresca!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moresca

Edited December 19, 2024 by CarefreeMuratcan

[Sciatika]

This:

Not sure it will catch on.

[chara]

@Sciatika..."Come On Baby  LIGHT MY FIRE !"......

[Miguelito07]

42 minutes ago, chara said:

@Sciatika..."Come On Baby  LIGHT MY FIRE !"......

Terrible, please leave and dont let the "Door(s)" hit you on your way out 😉

[chara]

8 minutes ago, Miguelito07 said:

Terrible, please leave and dont let the "Door(s)" hit you on your way out 😉

My work is done here for the day!! 😁🔥❤️‍🔥

[Blue Moon]

2 hours ago, Sciatika said:

This:

Not sure it will catch on.

If you think I'm doing that on my way from parking the car in Vereker Road to the Bridge, I'm afraid you are sadly mistaken!

[chara]

1 minute ago, Blue Moon said:

If you think I'm doing that on my way from parking the car in Vereker Road to the Bridge, I'm afraid you are sadly mistaken!

Always the stick in the mud!,,It's MATCH Day!

[Blue Moon]

OK, @chara - you send me a video of you and Mrs Chara doing that outside of the Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, and I'll think about it!

Edited December 19, 2024 by Blue Moon

[NoblyBobly]

3 hours ago, Sciatika said:

This:

Not sure it will catch on.

Spurs players training?