Everton F.C. --- The Roberto Martinez era (FIFA 15)

[pfeifere1]

Barclays Premier League
October 19, 2014
Old Trafford

Manchester United 0-0 Everton

Some matches that finish scoreless can be bland and have nothing to offer. This match at Old Trafford was far from that. Manchester United controlled much of the first half with Everton hanging on thanks to Tim Howard's 5 first half saves. The second half showed us what a great manager Roberto Martinez has been for Everton as they gave up three total shots with none on target. Everton had more of an attacking emphasis on the second half as opposed to the counter-attacking first half feel that kept them pinned back for much of the opening 45. In the end it finished all square with both teams picking up one point. Up next for Everton is a trip to Italy to play group leader Fiorentina who has taken all 6 points from their first two games.

October 19, 2014
Manchester United 0-0 Everton

October 20, 2014
Hull City 1-1 Crystal Palace
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton

[pfeifere1]

Matchday 3 Results

October 21, 2014
Ajax 2-1 Besiktas JK
Chelsea 1-3 PSG
Barcelona 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich 3-0 Juventus
Galatasaray SK 2-0 LOSC Lille
Napoli 0-1 AS Monaco
Olypiakos CFP 2-1 RSC Anderlecht
Real Madrid 2-1 FC Basel

October 22, 2014
Arsenal 2-2 FC Shakhtar
Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Zenit
Atletico Madrid 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen
CSKA Moskva 1-0 Feyenoord
FC Porto 1-2 Manchester City
Liverpool 4-0 Standard Liege
SL Benfica 3-0 FC Schalke 04
Sporting CP 1-1 Roma

[Keano16]

Nice going! What's the League table at the moment?

[pfeifere1]

Europa League
Matchday 3
October 23, 2014
Stadio Artemio Franchi

Fiorentina 0-3 Everton

31' Kevin Mirallas - EVE
40' Ross Barkley - EVE
90' +5 Darron Gibson - EVE

An early double yellow ejection changed this game from competitive to a yawner for Everton. Fiorentina were without one of their two star strikers (Mario Gomez), but were able to attack through Giusseppi Rossi at will in the opening stages of the match. Then it all came undone with a second yellow card given out to Stefan Savic in the 28th minute. It didn't take long for Everton to capitalize on the man advantage with 31st minute and 40th minute goals to go into the break up 2-0. More attacking in the second half led to a super goal in the closing seconds off a corner as Darron Gibson jumped and volleyed the ball into the top left corner of the goal to finish the game at 3-0. With the win Everton jump passed Fiorentina into first place in the group.

October 23, 2014
AIK Fotboll 2-1 St. Johnstone
BSC Young Boys 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
Bursaspor 2-1 Sligo Rovers
Club Brugge 1-1 CD Nacional
Esbjerg fB 2-3 FC Krasnodar
Estoril-Praia 3-1 Malmo FF
FC Twente 0-2 1. FSV Mainz 05
Fiorentina 0-3 Everton
Hull City 1-1 Brondby IF
Inter Milan 2-2 Trabzonspor
Lech Poznan 1-0 FC Luzern
Molde FK 2-0 Zawisza
Motherwell 2-1 FC Kobenhavn
Olympique Lyon 1-1 VfL Wolfsburg
PAOK 0-3 Dinamo Moskva
PSV 0-1 Saint-Etienne
Real Sociedad 1-1 EA Guingamp
Rosenborg BK 2-0 Ruch Chorzow
Sevilla FC 4-0 Rapid Wien
Sporting Lokeren 2-1 FC Rostov
Tottenham 2-1 Lokomotiv
Torino 4-0 IF Elfsborg
Villarreal CF 5-1 FC Zurich
Zulte-Waregem 2-2 RB Salzburg

[pfeifere1]

October 25, 2014
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea
QPR 1-2 Aston Villa
Southampton 1-1 Stoke City
Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal
Swansea City 3-2 Leicester City
West Brom 2-0 Crystal Palace
West Ham 1-2 Manchester City
Liverpool 3-0 Hull City
Tottenham 2-0 Newcastle United

[pfeifere1]

Barclays Premier League
TEAM	GP	W	D	L	PTS
Chelsea	9	6	2	1	20
Manchester City	9	6	2	1	20
Manchester United	9	5	3	1	18
Tottenham	9	5	2	2	17
Everton	8	4	3	1	15
Liverpool	9	4	3	2	15
Newcastle United	9	3	5	1	14
Stoke City	9	3	4	2	13
QPR	9	4	1	4	13
West Brom	9	3	3	3	12
Swansea City	9	3	3	3	12
West Ham	9	3	2	4	11
Hull City	9	2	4	3	10
Arsenal	9	3	1	5	10
Aston Villa	9	2	3	4	9
Sunderland	9	1	5	3	8
Crystal Palace	9	2	2	5	8
Leicester City	9	2	0	7	6
Southampton	9	0	5	4	5
Burnley	8	1	1	6	4

Europa League
TEAM	GP	W	D	L	PTS
Everton	3	2	1	0	7
Fiorentina	3	2	0	1	6
Lech Poznan	3	1	1	1	4
FC Luzern	3	0	0	3	0

[Keano16]

Quote: Originally Posted by pfeifere1

Barclays Premier League TEAM GP W D L PTS Chelsea 9 6 2 1 20 Manchester City 9 6 2 1 20 Manchester United 9 5 3 1 18 Tottenham 9 5 2 2 17 Everton 8 4 3 1 15 Liverpool 9 4 3 2 15 Newcastle United 9 3 5 1 14 Stoke City 9 3 4 2 13 QPR 9 4 1 4 13 West Brom 9 3 3 3 12 Swansea City 9 3 3 3 12 West Ham 9 3 2 4 11 Hull City 9 2 4 3 10 Arsenal 9 3 1 5 10 Aston Villa 9 2 3 4 9 Sunderland 9 1 5 3 8 Crystal Palace 9 2 2 5 8 Leicester City 9 2 0 7 6 Southampton 9 0 5 4 5 Burnley 8 1 1 6 4 Europa League TEAM GP W D L PTS Everton 3 2 1 0 7 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 6 Lech Poznan 3 1 1 1 4 FC Luzern 3 0 0 3 0

A contrast to real life with Southampton! I think you'll be well able to finish in the top 6.

[pfeifere1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Keano16

A contrast to real life with Southampton! I think you'll be well able to finish in the top 6.

Did you see where Arsenal sit?!?! All the way down in 14th. They already have 5 losses to their name. No kidding about Southampton...I watched them finish off Everton this afternoon. I'm assuming they'll pick it up at some point. Too good of a squad to go down. I expect the bottom 5 to remain relatively close with Southampton crawling their way out about Aston Villa, comfortably in 15th...leaving Aston Villa, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, and Burnley left to fight for two spots. That's my prediction.

As for my squad...I just adjusted some sliders, so I'm interested to see how I fair against the Swans at home.