Everton have confirmed that a technical glitch was responsible for Thursday’s “leaked” team announcement on Twitter.
Several fans had been shocked yesterday to see the club tweet their team sheet for Sunday’s game against Bournemouth a few days too early.
In place of the usual informative text about changes, the caption simply read “5 changes blah”, while fans also took umbrage with the line-up specifically, with Morgan Schneiderlin partnering Fabian Delph in midfield, leaving Andre Gomes on the bench.
When questioned about the tweet, Everton replied saying, “Purely a technical issue while testing our graphics platform. No early team news here!”
Twitter: @MattBaxterEdit Purely a technical issue while testing our graphics platform. No early team news here! (@Everton)
Many Everton fans didn’t believe the club however, while it will now be interesting to see how the club line up on Sunday.
Twitter: @Everton @trevor_p_malco @Dan_EFC1878 https://t.co/o2PaOwaKyo (@CallmeDownsie)
Twitter: @Everton @Dan_EFC1878 https://t.co/FJ3qsiuNqL (@Paul_Parr_1989)
Twitter: @Everton @Dan_EFC1878 nice save (@SteveMuIcahy)
Twitter: @Everton @EvertonNewsFeed @Dan_EFC1878 We’ll know if this ends up being the team. Marco would be mad to bring schneiderlin in for Gomes (@jjisblue)
Read Everton Verdict
I can buy that it was a technical glitch, sure. The club were likely trying out something and accidentally hit tweet, it can happen.
At least I hope so, because even though I’m a bit of a defender when it comes to Morgan Schneiderlin, I don’t see any sense of starting him over Andre Gomes, particularly when playing away. We could do with that creative spark, and Andre definitely brings that while Morgan does not.
