The loanee comes into the Blues side for the visit of the Cherries, with Harrison Armstrong dropping out
Tyrique George makes his first start for Everton
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Tyrique George will make his first start for Everton with David Moyes naming a positive line-up for the visit of Bournemouth.
Gone are the four centre backs across the defence and the central midfielder out wide - tactics he deployed at points in the back-to-back away games at Brighton and Fulham.
And in comes deadline day signing George - one of two changes to the starting XI at Craven Cottage. The Chelsea loanee, a catalyst for the second half comeback in London, comes in at the expense of teen midfield starlet Harrison Armstrong.
The other change sees Jarrad Branthwaite - rested on Saturday as Moyes managed his minutes after his lengthy hamstring lay-off - start in place of Michael Keane. It will be Branthwaite’s first start in his favoured centre back position in what will be his fourth consecutive appearance having previously been out since his devastating setback on the eve of the campaign.
That means Jake O’Brien will start at right back and Vitalii Mykolenko at left back. Ahead of them, the midfield will consist of Idrissa Gueye, James Garner and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with George and Iliman Ndiaye out wide and Thierno Barry up front.
Dwight McNeil is once again absent from the matchday squad, eight days on from his collapsed move to Crystal Palace while Seamus Coleman - who assisted Moyes through his touchline ban at the weekend - also misses out.
Starting XI: Pickford; Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, O’Brien; Garner, Gueye; George, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye; Barry
Bench: Travers, Patterson, Keane, Beto, Dibling, Alcaraz, Rohl, Iroegbunam, Armstrong
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