Neil

If Gareth Barry scores against us, I'll drink my... nah, I'm not that thick.

I hope we break away and Cahill punches it in.

Stupid from Anichebe but a ridiculous decision for the 1st yellow from the ref. This'll be a long 30 minutes.

Pathetic booking, wake up ref.

This is gonna be a long, long half.

I hope Fellaini's got his head screwed on. After a really harsh yellow card, don't let the referee make another decision.

The way the league is this season if you string together a few wins you'll be in the top 7 in no time. Losing Cahill for a month is a big blow though. Any hope of signing someone? Hahahahahaha. Good one. Well in all seriousness, Moyes has said he's looking to bring in a couple, albeit on loan. We need something to spark our season into life which is why these next 45 minutes are now incredibly important. Would love to get Donovan back but whether that's realistic, I'm not sure.

Damn, Johnson's coming on.

It's also baffling how we're so low down when you see us play like that, and with such resilience.

Although Man City were obviously on top for most of that half, they barely got behind us at all. I'd take great pleasure in us beating this lot (yet again) on their own patch. Keep it up lads.

Silly Everton pissing all over Sky's script.

Should be good for the neutral as it's clear what both sides will justifiably do now.

Fellaini does some daft things but that wasn't a foul, never mind a yellow card.

Acceptable 2nd goal.

Boom.

He's young and is vaguely fast, CAN'T YOU SEE THE SIMILARITIES? I wish he was half the player Bale was.

Everton +1 should be where the money goes tonight.

Yeah, over the moon really.

If I read that right, he's playing Osman on the left wing. FML. I can only assume that line-up is designed to confuse Mancini.

Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Osman, Coleman, Rodwell, Fellaini, Cahill, Anichebe 25 Hart 04 Kompany 05 Zabaleta 13 Kolarov 28 Kolo Toure 07 Milner 18 Barry 21 Silva 42 Yaya Toure 32 Tevez 45 Balotelli

Sometimes I'm rather pleased I don't have Sky.

Prediction: - Saha will start, and I'll consider killing myself - If I survive this, we will witness a decent but not great Everton performance - It'll be 0-0 or 1-0 City after 65 minutes, and Moyes will have the stupendously bright idea of making a substitution... in 15 minutes time. - It's still 0-0/1-0 and DM decides to do something. Looking on to his bench, he sees Yakubu taking his mid-match nap, Heitinga with a face like a dropped pie, this weird-looking Russian fella he's never seen before and Jermaine, who's jumping up and down shouting "PICK ME! PICK ME!" - Beckford will come on, do more in 10 minutes than Saha did in 80 but then miss a chance. - We'll be left asking what could have been

If for some reason you're interested, a lad off the GrandOldTeam Everton forum puts together a nice tactical preview and analysis of each game we play; it's always interesting to read: http://theexecutionersbong.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/manchester-city-preview/ Very similar to ZM.

Nailed on to score tonight. Even if he isn't on the pitch, he'll find a way.

Have you lot got a fetish for doing things in 5 and a half year periods?