Liverpool vs Everton; 8pm K.O. on BT Sport

[Fredo]

[little dave hedgehog]

[Reece]

Dear lord what did I start

So, Liverpool vs Everton, yeah?

[Chazza]

Probably the best thread in the football section this

[Fredo]

Dear lord what did I start

So, Liverpool vs Everton, yeah?

[Muddled]

Dear lord what did I start

So, Liverpool vs Everton, yeah?

I had a whole web page full of them, ready to go.

[G]

I had a whole web page full of them, ready to go.

To the Batcave!

[Rigadon]

[Muddled]

To the Batcave!

[chadrtc]

Some papers are running with the story that Barkley is fit for the game tomorrow, he'll be playing with a pain killing injection... Perhaps if someone was to put a challenge in on him early, maybe stand on that foot?

[Chazza]

Ross Barkley is ready to lift the injury gloom that has descended on Everton with a dramatic return in tonight’s Anfield derby.

The shocking double leg break suffered by Bryan Oviedo at Stevenage on Saturday was the latest in a long line of problems that sees the Blues face perhaps their most important game of the season without SIX first team stars.

And most crucially for boss Roberto Martinez, he may be forced to enter a game billed as a top four shoot out with a completely makeshift backline.

Phil Jagileka was also injured in the weekend’s FA Cup tie, and with Sylvain Distin, Seamus Coleman and Antolin Alcaraz also major doubts, it means he will be forced into a complete reshuffle, with John Heitinga set for once last appearance before he leaves Goodison.

While that offers a major headache, at least the Blues boss has some good news over young star Barkley, who has not played since fracturing his toe in the FA Cup third round win over QPR.

And Martinez will give him until the last minute to prove he is fit - even if it means playing with an injection.

“He might have an injection because the injury will allow that, but what we can’t afford is to lose him for a longer period,” he explained.

“So it is a possibility he could have an injection but it’s a blessing not losing him for a longer period. It is a possibility.

“I could take a measured gamble knowing some players will be back in a few days, like Gerard Delofeu, who will be back on February 1.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ross-barkley-return-lifts-everton-3067816#.UubhERDFLIW

[Fosterbloke]

Perhaps if someone was to put a challenge in on him early, maybe stand on that foot?

That's a cunt's strategy that is, something Mourinho would come up with.

[Vermilion]

Surprised at the Bitters tbh, (if it's true ) i know it's a Derby, but playing a youngster that obviously isn't ready and fit, and giving him a pain killing injection in order for him to be able to play, it's stupid and desperate imo.


You sort of hope it comes back to bite them, but that would be hard on the young lad, but it's what could happen, when one part of your body isn't fit, then other parts compensate, especially in a high energy sport, it being a derby will mean he'll by hyped too, and any masking of pain could lead him to play on when he should come off.

[chadrtc]

That's a cunt's strategy that is, something Mourinho would come up with.

I was joking dude.

[Fosterbloke]

I was joking dude.

Fair enough