- Updates from the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park (8.15pm GMT)
- Benítez stays upbeat while Everton fans fear derby doomsday
- Get in touch! Email Scott with your thoughts on the match
It’s a special bumper edition of PRE-MATCH PESSIMISM: THE EVERTON WAY this evening. “Yes, derbies can’t be judged using normal metrics,” writes Mary Waltz. “At least that is what this Everton fan is hanging onto. But then my rational brain kicks in. On current form this fixture looks like a blowout. Dark pessimism surrounds me. Sigh.”
Fellow Toffee Matt Burtz adds: “Having only supported Everton since about 2012, I haven’t been beaten down by the club’s lack of success since the 1995 FA Cup Final. I wasn’t there to experience the dogged determination of the Moyes era. I didn’t see Duncan Ferguson bang in goals with passion and spirit. I do know the free-flowing attack and lack of basic defending from the Martinez sides, the complete absence of a plan from the Koeman sides, the weak, conservative approach of the Allardyce sides, and the somewhat blunt solidity of the Ancelotti sides.
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