I wonder if Viera’s delivery from the outside will prove useful and while I’m not his biggest fan, he does have great vision. Him and Ode together might be that technical pairing we need to break down a team that will park the bus.

He is wrong. I think Ramsdale deserved the start. I would have saved Raya for the League Cup and the FA Cup. The bigger problem that has risen is the lack of physicality. There isn’t a huge gap between the GKs in terms of what they’d give today. But, the difference between Havertz and Vieira is where Everton could possibly have an exploit. You need a physical midfield with height when you go up against a Dyche team (especially on an away fixture). Onana, Gana, and Doucoure could easily knock Vieira off the ball and become counterattack threats. Dyche set-pieces are also established to expose height mismatches. We’ll need to match on height. We can when we have a person like Havertz. And this is coming from one of his biggest detractors. I’d take 1 or 2 mistakes in attack from him if he can give me 1 or 2 crucial clearance headers.