The debate over manager Frank Lampard’s team selection will no doubt be fierce after Everton were knocked out of the Carabao Cup in humiliating fashion with a 4-1 thrashing at Bournemouth after the Blues boss named an entirely different starting 11 to the side that lost 2-0 at home to Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday.
On the one hand, some Evertonians claimed that top flight survival now takes priority after their side slumped to 16 th ahead of their final fixture before the World Cup break – back at the Vitality Stadium again on Saturday – but others pointed out that a round trip of over 500 miles from Merseyside to the Dorset coast is a hell of a long way for long-suffering Evertonians to come for a ‘reserve game.’
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