Alan Stubbs
Former Everton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

The best one who's available is David Moyes.

I can see Moyes being employed by Everton in the next day or two.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at Goodison Park

The matchday programmes were published and are being sold outside the ground with Sean Dyche's note still contained on the opening page, where he writes about looking to start "building some positive momentum after a couple of disappointing results".

He won't be given that opportunity.

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It has been all Cardiff so far and they should be 1-0 up.

The ball is squared to Kion Etete by Cian Ashford but the striker steers his shot wide from inside the area.

A strong start from the Championship strugglers.

It has been a decent start from Cardiff on a bitterly cold night in Sheffield.

Chris Wilder is barking out instructions in a woolly hat.

Alan Stubbs
Former Everton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I don't think Sean Dyche is the right man for Everton football club.

The Friedkin Group, from a financial point of view probably wanted to keep him in until the end of the season.

The football that was getting served up was awful. The last three performances have alarmed the the Friedkin Group and they've made a decision.

This decision I think was made on Sunday.

The only surprise about this decision is its come on the day of a game.

The FA Cup third round is under way...

Managerless Everton make seven changes from the side that began the 1-0 loss to Bournemouth. Seventeen-year-old forward Harrison Armstrong makes only his second senior start for the club.

Everton XI: Virginia, Patterson, O'Brien, Keane, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Mangala, Ndiaye, Armstrong, Beto.

Subs: Begovic, Leban, Harrison, Doucoure, Young, Broja, Lindstrom, Butterfield.

Peterborough are 19th in League One and their squad includes substitute Tyler Young, who is the son of Everton's Ashley Young, with the former England midfielder / defender among the Toffees subs.

Peterborough United XI: Bilokapic, Katongo, Fernandez, Nevett, Hayes, Collins, Kyprianou, O'Brien-Brady, Conn-Clarke, Jones, Dornelly.

Subs: Blackmore, Mothersille, De Havilland, Odoh, Lindgren, Sparkes, Wallin, Young, Ihionvien.

Emile Smith Rowe and Adama Traore return to the Fulham starting line-up this evening as Marco Silva makes eight changes from the side who drew 2-2 with Ipswich in their previous game.

Bernd Leno, Issa Diop, Calvin Bassey, Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez drop to the bench. Antonee Robinson is absent.

Steven Benda, Jorge Cuenca, Ryan Sessegnon, Andreas Pereira and Rodrigo Muniz also come in.

Fulham XI: Benda, Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Sessegnon, Lukic, Pereira, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Muniz.

Subs: Leno, Diop, Bassey, Reed, Cairney, King, Godo, Wilson, Jimenez.

There are also seven changes for Watford, who lost 1-2 to Sheffield United in the Championship last weekend.

Goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann is out with an ankle ligament injury. Mattie Pollock, Francisco Sierralta, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Imran Louza and Kwadwo Baah are benched, while Jeremy Ngakia is absent.

They are replaced by Jonathan Bond, Ryan Porteous, Antonio Tikvic, Yasser Larouci, Tom Ince, Pierre Dwomoh and Mamadou Doumbia.

Watford XI: Bond, Porteous, Tikvic, Ogbonna, Larouci, Andrews, Ince, Dwomoh, Vata, Doumbia, Kayembe.

Subs: Roberts, Sierralta, Chakvetadze, Louza, Sissoko, Bayo, Morris, Baah, Nabizada.

The teams are out at Bramall Lane.

These two teams both have their eyes on both things this season, namely promotion and avoiding relegation.

Both managers have made seven changes.

Ian Hunt
BBC Sport Wales

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Omer Riza's side will be looking to do something no Cardiff team has done in 52 years when they travel to Sheffield United.

Cardiff's 3-1 win at Bramall Lane in January 1972 is the only time they have beaten the Blades in the competition, having lost more recent cup ties against them in 1999 and 2004.

The class of '72 was full of legendary players who had shocked the mighty Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup at Ninian Park the previous year, with the likes of Brian Clark, Bobby Woodruff and Gary Bell in the team.

One of the goal scorers in that Sheffield win was club legend Don Murray, a Scottish defender who made more than 400 appearances for the Bluebirds between 1962 and 1975.

"It was a game where I scored one of my few goals for Cardiff - I only scored about three in all my hundreds of games," said Murray, now 78.

"It was a real magic moment for me, but the lads took the mickey out of me - 'what are you doing there? Centre halves are not supposed to do that!'"

Read more on Don Murray's goal and time at Cardiff City here.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales

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When you ask most managers about the FA Cup, you tend to get a lot of nostalgic answers about the competition's old magic - but also a stark reminder of its faded current standing in the game.

It was no different for Cardiff manager Omer Riza when I spoke to him earlier this week.

With Cardiff battling to avoid relegation in the Championship and the Blades fighting for promotion, both are expected to make wholesale changes as they concentrate on their league efforts after a busy festive schedule.

"The history of the FA Cup is massive and I don't think that will ever change," said Riza.

"But with so many more games involved now, teams have to take a different stance on it, especially those teams struggling to survive and looking to put their best team out in the league.

"We will approach the game hoping to put on a good show and trying to win."

It has become common for Premier League and Championship teams to field weakened teams in the FA Cup.

Fixture congestion is one of the main reasons, while other competitions are now often considered to be more prestigious.

Riza has personal experience of the FA Cup, having been a youth player at Arsenal when the first team lifted the trophy in 1998, while he has played for and coached non-league teams in the early rounds of the competition.

"The FA Cup is important, although I think it has become less important because of a number of factors," Riza added.

"I don't know if you stipulate that teams have to put out their strongest teams. It is difficult because there are so many games. You have to look at it that players get given an opportunity. It gives our youngsters, those who are ready, a chance to play.

"We've just about got enough to put out another competitive side who hopefully will go into the Sheffield United game to win it.

"But we do have to consider we have another game very quickly on Tuesday [at home to Watford in the Championship] and the players will need to be ready for that."

Bad news... the Youngs are both on their respective substitutes' benches.

Full team news from the two later games tonight coming up.

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At the top of the Championship only one point separates Sheffield United and Leeds United, who sit at the top of the league.

This will be the fifth FA Cup meeting between Sheffield United and Cardiff City, with the Blades winning three of the prior four clashes between the pair including a 1-0 victory during the 1925 final.

Chris Wilder's men come into tonight's game on the back of a victory against Watford. The south Yorkshire side also beat Cardiff City 2-0 in December.

Wilder said tonight will be a "great challenge for the young players".

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• Only in three seasons in Everton's history have they scored fewer goals after playing this number of league games.
• They currently have the division's lowest expected goals (xG) rate at 18.33.
• The Merseysiders have had 63 shots on target this season. The Saints are the only side to fare worse with a lowly 58.
• They had zero shots on target in Saturday's 1-0 loss at Bournemouth and the goalless draw at Arsenal last month.
• Everton's goals per game rate of 0.79 is the lowest number for the team in the past 13 seasons.

Here's an interesting update...

We can tell you sources close to Jose Mourinho have ruled him out of the running for the Everton job.

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Team news will be coming from Goodison shortly.

Don't forget we could see Peterborough's Tyler Young playing against his dad, Ashley.

One to keep an eye on...

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Everton have ambitious wealthy owners.

The future does look a little brighter off the pitch, but the performances have been a grim watch season.

Some fans hoped they would kick on, but unfortunately it has gone the other way.