21 Jan 2014 13:42:49
I think it's time we went 4-4-2 in our formation now, there has been too many draws & we need to take a leaf out man city's book, they play a similar game to us with dzeko & negrado up front & very rarely draw but take maximum points. My team would be;

Howard
Coleman
Distin
Jagielka
Baines
Barry
McCarthy
Barkley
Mirallas
Lukaku
Traore

I thought RM made his first real mistake last night & took far too long to make a change in that second half, & what on earth has happened to lukaku? Surely not another jelavic situation all over again? On present form I wouldn't pay 10 million let alone 20+ million & there may be better options at the end of the season anyway - how about remy?

1.) 21 Jan 2014
I agree that we need to try something a bit different as we've had a few poor performances recently. Not sure about the comment on Lukaku, he has been poor, but is still a great striker on his day-but as you say, on current form, £20million is too much. Form is temporary.

2.) 21 Jan 2014
21 Jan 2014 15:56:04
barkley on the wing? play hoof the ball? wake up

Mike-Ox Long

3.) 21 Jan 2014
So you want to put Barkley on the wing? IMO we should stick with same formation plus pienaar, oviedo & mgeady are ready made wingers maybe not so much oviedo but never put our best CAM on the wing

4.) 21 Jan 2014
What if one of the strikers is injured? Barkley is not a wide player! 4-2-3-1 suits our squad

5.) 21 Jan 2014
One poor performance and you want us to go back to the Moyes way of hoof and square pegs in round holes? This current system has served us well for the most part, but one bad result and RM should alter things drastically to accommodate certain players. Not sure I agree with you there at all.

6.) 21 Jan 2014
My team selection above guys was selected on players who are only currently fit & playing, if we had a fully fit squad it would look quite different & probably back to 4-5-1 with delefeo in for starters! :-)

7.) 22 Jan 2014
May I just point out an obvious flaw in that logic Zacki - Barkley is currently injured and Traore is not yet an Everton player therefore fielding that side wouldn't be an option at present as you state.