Premier League: Everton v Crystal Palace | OneFootball

Everton kick off the new Premier League season at Hill Dickinson Stadium this afternoon against Crystal Palace,  still without a new right-back and Christian Norgaard out injured.

Optimism for the new season has to be tempered by some of the continuing realities that drag us down, the biggest being that David Moyes is in denial over last season being a failure -- no one told him we were supposed to try and get into Europe!

So can he be expected to turn over a new leaf, play forward attacking football, give decent playing time to the prodigious young talent he has on the books, try and actually win football games??? Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

Branthwaite, Rohl, Armstrong, Hackney and George will hopefully all prove to be good starting choices for this opening fixture, although Hackney is the only new signing. Brennabn Johnson is on the bench where James Garner is fit enough to be named also after recovering from his hernia operation, but Christian Norgaard's 'minor' muscle injury continues to prevent him from starting his Everton playing career.

Everton: Pickford; Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, Rohl; Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Hackney; George, Barry, Ndiaye.

Subs: Travers, Patterson, Keane, O'Brien, Garner, Alcaraz,  Dibling, Johnson, Beto.