Topic: Everton v Liverpool: 227th Merseyside Derby Monday 8PM

[capt_methane]

Just imagine how many Christmas' Jurgen and his team are going to ruin in North Wales this year

[So… Howard Philips]

Just imagine how many Christmas' Jurgen and his team are going to ruin in North Wales this year

And ensure very merry Christmas's from Lapland down through the whole of Scandanavia.

[Caston]

Shit playing on a Monday

[goalspaytherent]

I hate the derby at the best of times , our record v the bitters in the 21st century is great but that hasn't stopped me from shitting it before every one . My favourite recent derby is the 'wembely' semi when carroll broke their hearts .....i never tire of watching that . After the results of this weekend , a win would be great, a draw wouldn't be the worst . Chelseas current form shows no sign of abating, a win would just keep thme looking over their shoulders ....just don't lose lads ....not on this occasion ....Please !

[Kop307]

If we have ideas of winning the league, tomorrow is a must win game. I personally don't think we'll win the league this season, the squad isn't strong enough but we're on the right track. Chelsea's next two games are Stoke & Bournemouth at home, they're wining both games, I'd bet my life on it. If we want to win the league you can't give them a 9-12 point headstart. There's no disgrace is not being able to keep pace with a team winning 13 in a row, no team can live with that, but we need to win our winnable games, as stupid as that may sound. Title winning teams beat West Ham at home, and Bournemouth away at 1-3 up.

Everton is a Derby, but they're shit. They're mid-table for a reason. Take the emotion out of it and just play football and we'll win comfortably, as we did midweek. Get caught up in the madness and you'll play into their hands.

[PIPA23]

Everton will be very motivated for this game though for obvious reasons... not just because it will be a derby.. we must win...

[RedSince86]

We'll have to much for them,Baines and Coleman won't be going up the pitch much as we will be pinning them in their own half and won't want to commit,that takes up most of Everton's attacking play.

We'll win 3-0.

[Isaacsways]

very tight game i think, these people predicting 4 and 5 nils though? I'll go us 0-1 or 1-2...

[McSquared]

very tight game i think, these people predicting 4 and 5 nils though? I'll go us 0-1 or 1-2...

Nah 4:0 to the Redmen

[deFacto please, you bastards]

If we have ideas of winning the league, tomorrow is a must win game. I personally don't think we'll win the league this season, the squad isn't strong enough but we're on the right track. Chelsea's next two games are Stoke & Bournemouth at home, they're wining both games, I'd bet my life on it. If we want to win the league you can't give them a 9-12 point headstart. There's no disgrace is not being able to keep pace with a team winning 13 in a row, no team can live with that, but we need to win our winnable games, as stupid as that may sound. Title winning teams beat West Ham at home, and Bournemouth away at 1-3 up.

Everton is a Derby, but they're shit. They're mid-table for a reason. Take the emotion out of it and just play football and we'll win comfortably, as we did midweek. Get caught up in the madness and you'll play into their hands.

We didn't give them a headstart, they've won 11 games in a row. Ok we dropped points in two games but that's bound to happen in a league season, before that we didn't lose in 15 matches.

[ThePeetmix]

If we have ideas of winning the league, tomorrow is a must win game. I personally don't think we'll win the league this season, the squad isn't strong enough but we're on the right track. Chelsea's next two games are Stoke & Bournemouth at home, they're wining both games, I'd bet my life on it. If we want to win the league you can't give them a 9-12 point headstart. There's no disgrace is not being able to keep pace with a team winning 13 in a row, no team can live with that, but we need to win our winnable games, as stupid as that may sound. Title winning teams beat West Ham at home, and Bournemouth away at 1-3 up.

Everton is a Derby, but they're shit. They're mid-table for a reason. Take the emotion out of it and just play football and we'll win comfortably, as we did midweek. Get caught up in the madness and you'll play into their hands.

We haven't given anyone a head start. Chelsea have won 11 on the spin. Anyone who does that is going to end up with a significant league lead.

[Nick110581]

Keep our heads and we will win.

[MinnyRed]

Want to see lots of this,

More of this please

[elsewhere]

it will be a tough one, we haven't won there for 5 years now so let's end it tomorrow.
Lukaku can cause our defense some problems but our attack will manage to get a few, i am guessing a 2-1 for us.

[Caffeine]

Please just win.

[Kop307]

We haven't given anyone a head start. Chelsea have won 11 on the spin. Anyone who does that is going to end up with a significant league lead.

I'm saying the title race tends to properly start after Christmas and Chelsea will have a significant lead unless we stop dropping silly points.

Yes Chelsea have won 11 straight and we've done fantastic this year, better than perhaps anyone expected. But in any season you'd expect us to beat West Ham at home, and being 1-3 away at Bournemouth you'd expect to win. That'd leave us 1 point off them if we win tomorrow. Despite Chelsea winning 11 straight we'd be up their arse had we not been complacent. And I think we have been.

So yes, we have, in sorts given them a headstart, because we've dropped stupid points where they haven't. They've been winning their winnable games. Mainly 1-0.

I think we'll win tomorrow night and keep in touch, but if we don't it has to go down as a bad result.

[timmyonions]

Want to see lots of this,

I wonder does he realise just how famous he is 

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I'm saying the title race tends to properly start after Christmas and Chelsea will have a significant lead unless we stop dropping silly points.

Yes Chelsea have won 11 straight and we've done fantastic this year, better than perhaps anyone expected. But in any season you'd expect us to beat West Ham at home, and being 1-3 away at Bournemouth you'd expect to win. That'd leave us 1 point off them if we win tomorrow. Despite Chelsea winning 11 straight we'd be up their arse had we not been complacent. And I think we have been.

So yes, we have, in sorts given them a headstart, because we've dropped stupid points where they haven't. They've been winning their winnable games. Mainly 1-0.

I think we'll win tomorrow night and keep in touch, but if we don't it has to go down as a bad result.

i think you need to seek the definition of a head start. We didn't give them such a head start, we dropped points, prior to that they had dropped points and we didn't.

[ggcc14]

anyone else go into derbies with literally no worry?

[Eeyore]

I think this will be a tough game for us. Everton's players will go out on the pitch desperate to show Moshiri that they are good enough to wear the shirt and that he should shelve his proposed moves for Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Sanchez.

[Upinsmoke]

anyone else go into derbies with literally no worry?

Opposite

[Nick110581]

anyone else go into derbies with literally no worry?

Nope.

Go into every match worrying

[Fiasco]

We battered them 4-0 at Anfield and to be honest 4-0 flattered them. They've added Gueye to the midfield and Bolasie who is now out for the season. Williams at the back is a slight improvement on John Stones but that isn't saying a great deal.

It's still the same team pretty much. We have fitter players, faster players. We play much better football than them and have scored twice as many goals as them. Yeah, they might have a nasty streak in one or two players that we don't have but that wont be the difference between the sides. Coutinho missing is a blow for us and possibly Matip too but we've got enough in reserve to cope.

Form goes out of the window in these games but it shouldn't need to. Ride the early storm from them (the fumeometer will be at raging point before kick off) and take the sting out of it. Once we do that and start getting our attacking players into the right areas they wont know how to cope.

I sense a big game from Firmino. He's been off the boil for a while but I can see him bouncing back with a goal or two. We're just better than them in almost every department and the table proves that (as it has done for many years).

[So… Howard Philips]

I think this will be a tough game for us. Everton's players will go out on the pitch desperate to show Moshiri that they are good enough to wear the shirt and that he should shelve his proposed moves for Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Sanchez.

That quartet will only cost them about £600m, leaving about the same to sort the defence out so watch out Williams and Jagielka, your days at the Pit are numbered.

[slaphead]

We battered them 4-0 at Anfield and to be honest 4-0 flattered them. They've added Gueye to the midfield and Bolasie who is now out for the season. Williams at the back is a slight improvement on John Stones but that isn't saying a great deal.

It's still the same team pretty much. We have fitter players, faster players. We play much better football than them and have scored twice as many goals as them. Yeah, they might have a nasty streak in one or two players that we don't have but that wont be the difference between the sides. Coutinho missing is a blow for us and possibly Matip too but we've got enough in reserve to cope.

Form goes out of the window in these games but it shouldn't need to. Ride the early storm from them (the fumeometer will be at raging point before kick off) and take the sting out of it. Once we do that and start getting our attacking players into the right areas they wont know how to cope.

I sense a big game from Firmino. He's been off the boil for a while but I can see him bouncing back with a goal or two. We're just better than them in almost every department and the table proves that (as it has done for many years).

All of that is very true mate, but until we learn how to manage games the way we need to, we can't take no game for granted.
Have to win though and keep pace with Chelsea.
What's the story with Matip is he fi again ?  Hope so, but if not Klavan wont let anyone down

[Ycuzz]

I'm with Chops on this one.

There will be an ungodly number of nervous poos before kickoff..

[ThePeetmix]

anyone else go into derbies with literally no worry?

At Anfield? I'm always supremely confident. At Goodison i am never sure which Liverpool side will turn up.

[Red_Irishman]

Have to win tomorrow night really. Nervous as fuck about it. Hate playing on a Monday night.

The Ev will be well up for it. Just hope the c*nts stick to playing football and don't injure our players.

Mig
Clyne Matip Lovren Milner
Henderson Wijnaldum Lallana
Mane Firmino Origi

[Marty 85]

We're maturing as a side. To win isn't enough now, I wouldn't be surprised if we scored early then sit on the lead and defend for the duration. Or....you know....we could bang in 5 

We've got this!

[jooneyisdagod]

Have to win. Just win. Don't care how, just win. Anyone thinking this isn't a must win or that we can catch up later is talking shit.

[dudleyred]

sleepless night ahead - hate playing last on a Monday with other results known

extra bit of pressure but we need any kind of win

just win please!

[Magz50]

Let's batter these c*nts

[Redcap]

Honest to blog expecting a pretty comfortable win - particularly if Matip comes back.

Something like a 2-0 would be nice.

[Caligula?]

Have to win. Just win. Don't care how, just win. Anyone thinking this isn't a must win or that we can catch up later is talking shit.

We can catch up though, it just depends on how far behind we are. I said that if we go into the new year more than 6 points behind Chelsea then we probably won't catch up, but if we keep it to 6 points or even 7 at a stretch, there's still a chance. Chelsea have Spurs (a), Leicester (a) and us at Anfield all in January. And right after they play us, their first game of February is Arsenal. It's a must win but even if we fail to win then I still wouldn't crown Chelsea as champions just yet.

[scalatore]

Feels like an eternity since Chelsea played. No work on Monday though, so I can watch with the LFC Boston boys. Definitely a game where I'll appreciate the atmosphere.

Can't say I'm certain we'll win, but I am certain that we're the better team by far.

[KopThat]

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/6uSL8jAd5-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/6uSL8jAd5-8</a>

Lucas is a legend

I think we should set up crowd funding to get Lallana a new pair of jeans

I have a good feeling about this one 3 - 0  --  Origi, Firmino, Lallana

[mc_red22]

Have to win. Just win. Don't care how, just win. Anyone thinking this isn't a must win or that we can catch up later is talking shit.

You're obviously not very good at math then if you think 9 points is an insurmountable points difference with 63 still available. It isn't a MUST win but obviously it's a game the entire fanbase desperately wants to win for obvious reasons. Anyone thinking this is a must win (excluding the fact that it's a derby) or that we can't catch up to 1st place should we drop points is using crazy hyperbole and needs to chill the fuck out. 

[Red_Irishman]

4-0

[Caligula?]

4-0

As the saying goes, they were lucky to get nil

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I'll take a one nil win, anywin just win and make them boo their tits off.