retired_calhoun_s

Thursday sees Everton travel to Germany to face last seasons German Cup Winners Nurnberg in the EasyCredit Stadium.
After coming through the opening group game with a 3-1 at home to Larissa, Everton will expect a sterner test from Nurnberg who currently sit third from bottom in the Bundesliga, with 9points from 12 games

After all the tickets allocated to everton were sold, fans started buying directly from the club, only to have them deemed void by uefa who have objected to more everton fans being in the ground despite the fact that the extra tickets sold was in a rea directly next to that already housing the the blues fans. bbc article on tickets

Everton manager David Moyes:
"Nuremberg had a really good season last year. The season might not have started as well as they would have liked. We need to watch out for some individual players and also need to be aware of last season, which was very good.
"The German national team or club sides tend to do very well in the competitions so we have to give any German team the respect it deserves. Nurnberg will be very excited to start their campaign. It will be a hard task."

Nurnberg coach Hans Meyer:
He said: "Everton have a very strong side and they are in great shape. We will not watch them too much on tape because we already have a lot of respect for them. We'll speak about their strengths as they don't have any weaknesses.
"I know for a fact that we would not finish fifth or sixth in the Premier League even if we were injury-free all season long. The financial difference is huge. They have already had a good team and then invested 25 million Euros.
"It's like Bayern Munich and us - there is a huge difference but that does not mean we are unable to beat them on a certain day."

Some Facts:

Everton have not lost in European Competition in Germany.
Nurnberg have not won at home in Europe since 1963.
Upto five Australians could play (Cahill for everton, and Beauchamp, Spiranovic, Vidosic and Kennedy for Nurnberg).
The one previous meeting between the two sides ended in a 2-1 aggregate victory for Everton.
Both sides have won their respective leagues nine times.
Everton have won 4 out of the last 4 in all competitions
Nurnberg have lost 3 from their last 4 league games.

Everton from:
Howard, Wessels, Ruddy, Hibbert, Jagielka, Neville, Lescott, Yobo, Stubbs, Valente, Baines, Vidarsson, Arteta, Cahill, Gravesen, Carsley,
Osman, Pienaar, McFadden, Anichebe, Yakubu, Jutkiewicz.

Nurnberg from:

Stephan, Klewer, Blažek, Beauchamp, Glauber, Wolf, Kristiansen, Schmidt, Spiranovic, Reinhardt, Galásek, Mintál, Vidosic, Engelhardt, Kluge, Benko, Mnari, Szikal, Misimović, Saenko, Adler, Kennedy, Weber, Pagenburg

Everton to play 4-5-1:
(probable xi)
Howard
Hibbert
Stubbs
Yobo
Lescott
Neville
Carsley
Pienaar
Arteta
Cahill
Yakubu

Expect plenty of hoofball.

Nurnberg possibly 4-5-1:
(probable xi)
Blazek
Reinhardt
Wolf
Glauber
Mnari
Kluge
Galasek
Misimovic
Mintal
Sajenko
Kennedy

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

retired_Rosangela carv

Zaitsev's 'wacky' match threads >>> this tbh

retired_calhoun_s

meh probably.
he usually has it up by now, so i guessed he wasnt bothering.

Mindzei

hate channel 5, far too highbrow for me

retired_Rosangela carv

meh probably.
he usually has it up by now, so i guessed he wasnt bothering. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Probably still preparing it.

DebSchiff

Everton to lead for most of the game, a late Nurnberg rally will give them an equaliser.

LOLZ

retired_navy0614

meh probably.
he usually has it up by now, so i guessed he wasnt bothering. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Probably still preparing it. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Postmod ftl No guarantee it'd show up.

WorkoutHHH

Call it Football please

retired_putpo

Another thing Coo, I never got around to posting that Rick Astley browser hijacker, big :thdn: for the warning!

Mindzei

i got some swift justice that night