Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Sport
Michael Ball

Manchester United clash is perfect for Everton - and Blues can expose a big weakness

We've got a big game against a big club at the weekend so it'll be interesting to see if the players respond to that.

In a lot of ways, welcoming Manchester United to Goodison Park will actually be a good thing for Everton .

A few weeks back after what was a disappointing game against Newcastle we bounced straight back, because it's easier to get yourself up for a game against a so-called 'bigger' team.

Goodison will probably be rocking and the players will be right up for it, which is what we want to see.

Major Everton issue won't be solved until Blues complete huge summer transfer overhaul  

Manchester United aren't having the best season, so there's potentially a chance of three points again this weekend.

In particular their full back positions are pretty weak. Ashley Young is a modified winger playing at right back.

With our forwards in supposedly such good form, we should be targeting that position and you're expecting us to have a lot of joy especially down that flank.

At the end of the day, we should be going into this game full of confidence after what was another win against Fulham.

But now we've got to twist and turn again to get ourselves back to our best.

The curious case of Nikola Vlasic as Everton forward left in dark over future  

These are really the easy games to get up for, it's the matches against the likes of Fulham that have really let us down.

I can see Goodison rocking, the players will put in a fantastic performance and we'll probably win. But it shouldn't have this "bounce back" mentality to it.

Catch up on all of last night's Everton U23s action right HERE

The players should take the Fulham defeat as a lesson to get up for every game - not just for man United, but for Crystal Palace and Burnley after that as well.

The game against Fulham is unacceptable. If the players' minds are elsewhere, they should take the shirt off and go somewhere else because the fans deserve more.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.