Everton V Wolverhampton Wanderers | Carabao Cup | Starting XI Show

Welcome to Toffee TV. This is starting 11 show. Everton versus Wolves in the Carabal Cup. Interesting on this because obviously three games in a week and obviously we want to go through in the cup and obviously we want to beat Ipsswitch after drawing with Spurs. But then there's a break and it's quite a long break. In fact, it's such a long break that I've seen some teams have been arranging friendlies. So, I don't think it's a break necessarily that teams want because they want to try and get their players up to speed. So, it does leave an interesting dilemma for David Moyes. He's already mentioned that it's almost like well winning a cup or staying up, which is what he basically said. But now knowing what we know about the size of our squad, it does it does make it interesting on who he's going to pick. But anyway, I'm going to talk about the team I'm going to pick. So, in goal, I'm going to go with Jordan Pigford. Just come off a clean sheet. Um, you know, I can see the temptation to maybe give him a rest. Um, you know, but for me, I think you need to start your you know, your goalkeeper, your best goalkeeper, unless there's an issue. Some of his kicking might suggest there might have been an issue. I don't know. But, uh, I'm I'm going to go for Jordan Pigford at right back. Angley Maitlin Niles start. He needs the game time. Um, we haven't got another right back, of course. We don't know if mail and rolls fit. He could play there. Um I'm just obviously without having a without there being a press conference or anything. I'm just going to have to think that he meant role isn't fit. It's the way I'm looking at this team. Um so Miles needs the minutes. If you know again he played what 70 minutes at the 75 minutes at the weekend. Could he push that to 90? Could he, you know, is 7 another 75 okay with the likes of players we've got who could go in there? But good opportunity again for him to get another game under his belt. Uh first start at Hill Dickensson. So he starts at right back at left back. Maleno coming off the man of the match performance. Um yeah doesn't know what the left back is there. So he's playing left back. two center backs I'm going to go for James Takowski and Jake O'Brien as my center backs. I think it's important that again Brantoe is 100% for Saturday and I think Jake can come in. I know the left hand side's not not maybe his favorite side but I don't think Taki needs a rest. I'm not going to go oh bring Michael Keane in as well. I don't think Taki does need a rest and I think he might he might need a rest but he doesn't look like he needs a rest. So I'm going to go for the So I think Jake good opportunity Jake come back off the naughty step at the weekend didn't he by coming on and playing right back. So good opportunity for him for Jake to come in play alongside Taki um and show what he's all about really. And I think, listen, it's not the same class as Brandweight, but it's still a really good center back. So, I'm going to go for them in midfield. Um, I suppose the big decision is James Garner and whether his fitness allows him to play or is he is it actually an advantage that he does play and maybe play 70 minutes or ahead of the Premier League game? I'm not I don't know because I don't know exactly what he needs. He needs I I imagine he just needs fitness, but is it overloading him the same way we'd leave Brandweight out? I'm not really sure, but I am picking him. Um, so let's get that out the way. I am picking him cuz I do think it's I do think it's important that he plays to the team. So for me, he has to start. And alongside them, I'm going for Hayden Hackne. uh leaving Harrison Armstrong out of this game just just to bring Hackne and give him some minutes. Now it might be a case that the manager looks at him and leaves Harrison in there alongside Hayden Hackne or listen Harrison Armstrong whatever happens if he starts on the bench he'll come on and he'll play some parts. It's not this is why you have a squad to move people around to give people opportunities to get as many minutes as you can without unsettling the team. And I think I think that's what we're doing there. And I think Hayden Hack he's played enough minutes this season. So he's not coming in cold like we saw with plays last season. Um so for me and if Men roll was was fit then maybe I'd have a little look at him but maybe he might be fit enough to to play come off the bench and then he could come in at right back or into center midfield. So I think I think we're fine in there. And ahead of them I'm going to go for Juju Hall. I think you do need your best players to play in these games. You can make changes for but for me I think you need a spine. Um and I think with having Pigford and Taki and Garner and Dooby Hall I think that's the spine that you need for these games and you can move people around to uh to suit in other positions at right wing. I'm gonna go for Tyler Dibble. I think he needs a game. He needs some minutes and I think this is an opportunity for him to get those. If he's not having a great game, there are other players that can come on and take the place. But I do think it's important that he gets an hour under his belt just for the sake of the whole squad as well. I don't think we can afford players sitting on the bench who are not getting minutes because there will be a time when they they'll be called upon. Um the rest of the team so far basically apart from Jake O'Brien have had of starter games this season. So it's not like we're really throwing a you know a change team in. I'm just making a few subtle changes, but Tara's one that comes in from the cold, and I think you can afford to bring one in from the cold. Um, and then it's up to him to get some minutes. He played in the last round, so it's up to him to get, you know, to to to really show people what he's all about. On the other side, I'm going to go for Jack Leish. Again, I think it's about minutes. I think it's about getting game time. I think this gives him a great opportunity ahead of the game on Saturday against Ipsswitch and then we have that break. I think he needs to start a game and I think this will be perfect for him. Um, again, I want to this is one where I want to see Evan go out there and try and win the game in the first hour. I think that's really important and these two games are really important for for everyone's confidence, fans and players. It'd be a great start to the season if we can win these two games. It will we you know we can have we can have a little break then and go actually that's not that's not a that's not a bad start at all and give everyone you know everyone will rest then there's not there won't be loads of players going on international duty but it will give everyone a good rest after that and up front I'm going to go for Brennan Johnson. Um, I do think that the opportunity to maybe to rest Barry in this game is there. I think it gives us an opportunity to play a slightly different way as well. And I think Bren Johnson just taking just just giving Barry just a just a break. Barry can come on for the last half an hour or whatever, but I do think that it will be an opportunity to just move the pieces round a little bit. Um Barry will be back on Saturday to play up front, but I do think this gives us an opportunity because I do think you can't play Barry every single game for 90 minutes up front. You just can't. Um, so I do think this is an opportunity to just give him a rest and give allow another player to play up front and see see what he's all about. And we'll have to play different ways. We'll have to play the ball down the sides of the center backs and and into the spaces behind uh rather than going, you know, long ball to head. That'll have to be binned out the window. So, we're going to have to play a different way. But I I do think you have to I do think it's really important for this squad to give the players, the senior players chances to get minutes in, you know, in in the legs and give some players an opportunity to just get a break cuz they're not going to get too many more breaks. Um cuz the more you push them, the more they're likely to snap. So anyway, that's my Stan 11. Anyway, um let me know your thoughts. You agree? Do you disagree? Make sure to check out the match preview as well. And uh yeah, we'll be back with all of the latest after this game, all of the reaction. 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