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Last chance saloon for Saha

January 27, 2012
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Last chance saloon for Saha

It’s a tough life being the owner of a Premier League club, so spare a thought for Mohamed Al Fayed on today his seventy-ninth birthday. His club is categorized as ‘small’, it is frequently used by “buggers” like Mark Hughes as a stepping-stone to supposedly bigger and better things, he has the oligarch funded Chelsea next door and his historic stadium is bounded by the River Thames on one side and highly desirable, expensive housing, much of it owned by bonused-up City workers who wish nothing more than for Craven Cottage to just go away. He has fed the club with enough funding to keep it  mid-table and then,...

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Desert Island Kicks: Michael Wade

January 25, 2012
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“Desert Island Kicks” is a pale imitation of the legendary “Desert Island Discs”. I’m looking to nab answers from footie fans from all corners of the globe and all walks of life. You’re stranded on a desert island, what footballing memories would you take...

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Failure To Launch: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and his Russian Roulette foot

January 23, 2012
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Bily has a Russian Roulette foot. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. BANG! Yesterday word spread that Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was leaving Everton and heading back to mother Russia; Spartak Moscow had apparently agreed a fee though to be around £5m. If Moyes can get his hands...

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Piers Morgan: Not Football’s Antichrist

January 22, 2012
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Piers Morgan: Not Football’s Antichrist

Yesterday Piers Morgan appeared on Fox as part of the studio panel talking about the Arsenal – Man Utd game, this was the first time a Premier League match had appeared live on Fox. Despite moaning to the contrary, Piers Morgan is not the...

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Catatonic Everton escape with draw.

January 21, 2012
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Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers Everton started this game poorly. Blackburn looked assured, imaginative, and driven. It came as a surprise then that it was the home side that opened the scoring on 26 minutes. Marouane Fellaini’s close range header was palmed away by Paul...

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My Love Affair With The Slide Tackle

January 19, 2012
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My football skills have always been of the lowbrow variety. I eschew skill and control for pace and – my ultimate get out of jail free card – the slide tackle. This weekend, blessed with a new pair of football boots, I skipped over...

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Goodison Raw: The elephant in the room

January 17, 2012
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Goodison Raw: The elephant in the room

In the absence of a takeover by an Indian industrialist, baseball-franchise-owning American or a Gulf state, or indeed investment of any kind, Everton better get used to being self-sufficient. In crude terms this means selling in order to buy. Being less emotional, more ruthless,...

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Next Game – FA Cup 4th round, Friday 27 January, kick-off 20:00, Fulham @ Goodison Park

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