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Post by rugbytoffee on Dec 15, 2017 15:41:43 GMT
We should win this, confidence must be high , so the players should be less shackled.
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Post by Everton News. on Dec 16, 2017 2:36:10 GMT
Everton v Swansea CityPremier League Goodison Park Monday 18 December 8pm kick-off TEAM NEWSSam Allardyce confirmed Yannick Bolasie will play a role in the Everton Under-23s match on Friday evening following more than a year out. The winger was involved for 30 minutes for the Under-23s against Leicester City on Monday and Allardyce suggested Bolasie may have a chance to be selected for the visit of Swansea. Leighton Baines (calf) and James McCarthy (hamstring) are still out along with Seamus Coleman (broken leg), Maarten Stekelenburg (groin), Ross Barkley (hamstring) and Ramiro Funes Mori (knee). FORMEverton will look to continue their unbeaten start to life under Allardyce following their first away victory of the season on Wednesday night as the Blues defeated Newcastle United 1-0 thanks to Wayne Rooney’s 10th goal of the season at St James’ Park. Swansea have just one win in nine Premier League matches – a 1-0 home success against West Brom on 9 December, as they sit bottom of the Premier League. ONE TO WATCH: WILFRIED BONY Wilfried Bony rejoined Swansea City in the most recent transfer window following a somewhat disappointing period at Manchester City. In his first spell in south Wales, the striker scored 26 goals before making the switch to Manchester, and upon his return to Swansea, he has already netted twice following an injury that had kept him out at the start of the season. The first this time around came against Stoke City, a club he had joined on loan last season. The second was a vital winner against West Brom last weekend as the Ivorian smashed home a loose ball following a corner. LAST TIME: EVERTON 1-1 SWANSEA CITY Seamus Coleman scored a dramatic equaliser the last time the two sides matched up against each other at Goodison to rescue a point for the home side and deny then-Swansea manager, Bob Bradley, his first win. Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a penalty just before half-time for the visitors, but Coleman dropped a looping header into the back of the next to ensure the spoils were shared. The draw meant Everton remained without a win in seven. MAN IN THE MIDDLE: JONATHAN MOSS Jonathan Moss first refereed in the top-flight in 2011, in a match between Blackpool and Birmingham City, going on to take charge of more than 150 games in the Premier League. Moss’ most high-profile match came in May 2015 when he officiated Arsenal's 2015 FA Cup Final victory over Aston Villa. This season, Moss has refereed 15 games in total, handing out just one red card to Liverpool’s Sadio Mane for his challenge on Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson. Moss has been involved in two Everton games this season, both defeats to Chelsea and Burnley. Everton FC
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Post by Everton News. on Dec 18, 2017 16:58:18 GMT
Everton v Swansea: Ashley Williams 'less emotional' about facing former clubAshley Williams says playing against Swansea City for Everton will be less emotional this season. The defender joined the Toffees from the Swans for £12m in August 2016 after playing 346 games in eight seasons at the Liberty Stadium. Bottom-of-the-table Swansea are at Goodison Park in Monday evening's Premier League match. "I don't think it will be emotional this season - it was last season," said the 33-year-old Wales captain. "I think it felt weird on both occasions and a little bit strange because I played in that kit - the white kit - for so long and to be facing them with Gylfi [Sigurdsson, Everton's former Swansea midfielder] and a lot of my friends were still there then. "The team's a little bit different this year. I don't know as many of the guys so I'm sure it won't be such a strange feeling as it was last year. "At the end of the day it's just another game that we want to win and keep a clean sheet at home," he told the official Everton website. Williams was joint captain at Swansea when they were promoted to the Premier League in 2011 and when they won the League Cup two years later. They have not fared well since his departure, struggling to avoid relegation at the end of the 2016-17 season when Sigurdsson's performances were key to their survival. The Iceland international has since joined Williams at Goodison Park, and could line up against the Swans for the first time since his £45m summer transfer. Paul Clement's Swansea have 12 points from 17 games ahead of dates with in-form pair Everton and Crystal Palace before the halfway mark of the season. Sigurdsson's goals and creativity have been badly missed by Swansea, while the protracted transfer saga damaged Clement's ability to act decisively in the summer window. "I would like Gylfi to be here, but I don't think about how much I miss him and Fernando Llorente [Swansea's former striker who joined Tottenham]," Clement said. "They were two good players we had, but I think about the players I have now and trying to improve the team." BBC
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Post by evertontillidie on Dec 18, 2017 18:53:51 GMT
Bottom of the league - can we win? I'll be disappointed if we don't. Beating the teams around us is the quickest way to move up the table. I know they're bottom, but any team in the bottom half is a 6 pointer. Sam Allardyce will be cagey again. It's the only way he plays. At home we should be beating Swansea.
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Post by Everton News. on Dec 18, 2017 18:59:17 GMT
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