Davies returns with Onana second-half plan
Joe Thomas: Neal Maupay wasn’t registered in time for today’s game so, for me, that leaves one option: Salomon Rondon up top. Everton don’t have an effective ‘false nine’ and Brentford will bully anyone without physical presence in the forward line, so I’m starting with him. Pickford and the back five are developing into a good, solid unit, so the question is how do you build in front of them?
Options are still limited in central midfield but Tom Davies looks set to return. If he is fit I would go with him and Alex Iwobi, who has been excellent so far this season, and then have the in-form Demarai Gray and starlet Anthony Gordon playing off Rondon.
