Royal Blue: Why Everton need a cup run under Marco Silva - and how to cope with Jean-Philippe Gbamin blow

Everton need a morale-boosting win over Lincoln City this week to repair the damage inflicted by Aston Villa last Friday. Marco Silva's side fell to a disappointing defeat at newly-promoted Villa and the Royal Blue podcast returns to stumble through the rubble of the loss and look ahead to what could be a crucial seven days. With Jean-Philippe Gbamin injured for at least the next six weeks, host Phil Kirkbride asks the panel to assess the blow and contemplate potential replacements. Adam Jones, Gavin Buckland and Sam Carroll then put themselves in the shoes of Silva to pick their starting XI for the Carabao Cup tie at Lincoln City before deciding on what personnel the manager is likely to opt for. The visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday is also touched on with the quartet agreeing two victories in the space of several days would be the perfect remedy to a testing week.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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