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WHY EVERTON DODGED A BULLET WHEN WE MISSED OUT ON THE ABU DHABI GROUP

October 15, 2011
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In a recent interview with Christian Purslow, Bill Kenwright claimed that if we had moved to a new stadium and were a little bit more “in the right place at the right time” then the Abu Dhabi group may have bought us instead of Man City. This is a bullet dodged, partly through our board’s incompetence and inability to move stadium, but we should all be sighing with relief. Some don’t feel that way. Some think that the ones who bleat on about not wanting one of the world’s richest men in control of the Goodison train set are the morons. The argument is simple: money makes the football...

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Defending Wayne Rooney

October 22, 2010
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Defending Wayne Rooney

The reasons that Rooney wanted to leave cannot be crowbarred into a tiny Tweet, they cannot be reduced from a barrage of grievances into a one-inch punch. The worn old adage that form is temporary and class is permanent holds true in another sense for Rooney. No matter how well he does on the pitch, he's always reminded of where he came from.

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Man City: All Fur Coat No Knickers

March 26, 2010
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Man City: All Fur Coat No Knickers

  Our burgeoning feud with Man City has everything with clashes on the pitch, on the touchline, and in the director’s box – and long may it continue. To enrage their local rivals they plastered Carlitos’ face over a billboard. If putting Lescott’s image on the matchday programme was their petty attempt at another “Welcome to Manchester” it didn’t work on us. Neither did Mancini’s gallop over to Moyes’ technical area to fetch the ball, nor did City Chief Exec Garry “Gaffe” Cook’s alleged treatment of an Everton guest who joined in victorious Toffee chants… What we have here are two ideological opposites. The difference between Royal Blue and...

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Oi, Hughes! No Means No!

August 14, 2009
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David Moyes, the man who had the temerity to say no to Mark Hughes, let rip today – and I love him even more for it. According to every news source with a pulse, Moyes has torn “Sparky” a new one for not understanding the word “no”… The Independent’s Paul Walker writes: Moyes, preparing his side for tomorrow’s season opener at home to Arsenal, launched a bitter attack on Hughes and City. He said: “There is no dialogue between us and Manchester City as far as I know. “Maybe City are having dialogue with somebody else, but it is not between me and City. “He (Hughes) said they were...

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The Joleon Question – Three sides to the story

August 13, 2009
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This was originally published on the Times Fanzine Fanzone Page. And it continues…Lescott wants to leave, Moyes doesn’t want to sell, and Hughes is still returning with bids for the player. The harder Moyes rejects the bids the more the Welshman boomerangs back. Hughes’ bids amount to Chinese Water Torture; an incessant drip – intriguing Lescott and annoying Moyes in equal measure. All this is surrounded by hordes of blithering idiots, who munch unquestioningly over the daily tabloids. It’s impossible to know what is happening at the centre of the storm, but here are three views… I. Mark Hughes is a pillock. A dangerous pillock who won’t take no...

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Is Lescott Loyal to the Lucre?

July 6, 2009
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Loyal to the Lucre? Whilst summer rolls into action many Blue websites have been indulging in Evertonians’ favourite warm-weather pastime: Kenwright kvetching. Some anticipate a summer of scraping around for money, missing out on signings, and seeing our Chairman fail – once more – to sell the club. I’m actually glad Kenwright has failed to flog our beloved Toffees, and because of that, in my eyes he is the perfect Chairman… If Kenwright is unqualified to run our club, then why is a rich Sheik more acceptable? Would a moneybags owner shed blue tears when we lost to Chelsea? Would he be able to wax lyrical about Mikel Arteta,...

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Why Man City could be good for nearly men like Everton…

December 17, 2008
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Written for the Times Fanzine Fanzone onSeptember 12, 2008 The Sheikhs may have bowled into Man City’s lives turning them into the richest club in the universe, but this could be good for all the nearly men too. Although Man City’s declared desire is to gatecrash the Big Four this season, not even a Trillionaire can change the transfer window, which slammed shut before they could really get stuck into any orgies of spending. The ensuing worried gulp from the Big Four is to be expected, but I’m not sure if the groans from the cheap seats are warranted. If Manchester city do upset the applecart, the thinking is...

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