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Why Everton's Potential New Signing Could Bring A Spain Call-up For Arteta.

December 24, 2007
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Why Everton's Potential New Signing Could Bring A Spain Call-up For Arteta.

Over the past week Everton have been linked with Valencia’s David Albelda; the Spanish star, 29, formerly captain of Valencia, has fallen out with Ronald Koeman since the Dutchman took over at the club. Albelda is a defensive midfielder who was converted from a central defender, and took over the captaincy of Valencia after Gaizka Mendieta was sold. According to Spanish football guru Sid Lowe, such is the nosedive in Valencia’s La Liga form that players are queuing up to leave the club, and Albelda and goalkeeper Canizares have even stronger reasons than other players to want to leave. Both players are Spanish internationals and both realise that their...

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Manchester United 2-1 Everton – Why I forgive Steven Pienaar

December 23, 2007
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So a game which looked to be going totally according to plan, bellyflopped at the last minute when Steven Pienaar inexplicably felled Ryan Giggs with mere minutes remaining. Ronaldo despatched the penalty with aplomb, naturally; and what looked like the blueprint for how to take on Man Utd at their place dissolved into heartbreak. Steven Pienaar’s tackle was idiotic, and it took away from a good performance – but I forgave him in a heartbeat. It is exactly the same with my beloved Jack-Russel; what can you say to him when he shits on the carpet?

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Everton’s Tim Cahill Returns To Give Chelsea EXACTLY What They Deserve.

November 14, 2007
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Everton’s Tim Cahill Returns To Give Chelsea EXACTLY What They Deserve.

Mystical types call it the Saturn Return – and most football fans will call it utter tripe. It takes Saturn about 29 years to complete one full orbit of the Sun and return to the exact position it was in when you were born. And when Saturn returns, a cosmic food blender of positives and negatives falls upon your shoulders. The aforementioned mystic types, therefore, reckon that between the ages of 27 and 30 some funky bizarre stuff happens to us. The Saturn Return is most famously associated with musicians, and in particular The 27 Club, an unsettlingly large group of musicians who died at the age of 27....

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Chelsea 1-1 Everton — Toffees Snatch A Draw Against Chelsea Thanks To Cahill.

November 11, 2007
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Chelsea 1-1 Everton – Acrobatic ‘Roo saves Everton! Everton approached this game having recorded victories in each of their last five calendar entries. With Arteta out injured, Moyes moved Phil Neville up to midfield and brought in Hibbert at right back, a move that always provokes queasy unease. Perhaps Gravesen should have started in Arteta’s place – to put Phil Neville in Our tater’s place is surely switching silk with sandpaper. As it was, a cavalcade of Chelsea chances came in the first half and they were all scuffed, missed, or saved. Everton started the second half with a much more positive shape, bringing on McFadden and Anichebe for...

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Everton 3-1 Birmingham – Keep On Scoring Yakubu You Idiot Savant!

November 5, 2007
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Everton’s seemingly comfortable 3-1 victory over Birmingham belies the fact that Kapo pulled Steve Bruce’s men level only ten minutes from time. A draw would have been a disappointment for the Toffees, but late goals from Lee Carsley and James Vaughan pushed them towards the three points. It is now four wins in a row for Everton in all competitions and all of a sudden the heartburn of losing to Liverpool seems to have eased. Everton now have the triumvirate of Tim Cahill, Thomas Gravesen, and Carsley fully fit – the potent combination that drove them to fourth place and into Europe. The fact that the squad has since...

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Yakubu In Danger Of Being Irrelevant At Everton.

October 26, 2007
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Yakubu In Danger Of Being Irrelevant At Everton.

Soon Yakubu, like Bentley will become a word synonymous with filthy rich excess. The Nigerian didn’t feature in Yesterday’s 3-1 victory over Larissa, and the day before he was stopped by the police for driving his Bentley without a valid UK license, yesterday it was Anichebe who delivered the final coup de grace whilst Yak remained on the bench.For some players, an £11m price tag could be a heavy burden, but for Yakubu it is swiftly becoming the only reason he is still being picked. And with James Vaughan returning from his long term injury, and AJ on the road to fitness, Yakubu can thank his lucky stars that...

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Everton 3-1 Larissa – Toffees Welcome Cahill Home.

October 26, 2007
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Everton 3-1 Larissa – Toffees Welcome Cahill Home.

David Moyes’ disgust with derby referee Mark Clattenberg is so all consuming that you wouldn’t put it past the Scot to take out television adverts warning against the biased ref. Before yesterday’s game Moyes used his team’s UEFA cup press conference to slate Clattenberg, and then even added some extra bile into his programme notes about the referee. Everton’s 3-1 win against Larissa then, couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. This game had everything you would expect from the unpredictable and unsettled mix that is the Everton squad. Arteta was as always fabulous, playing football in a similar manner to Napoleon playing Risk, and Lescott (although caught...

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Everton 1-2 Liverpool – Finally Time For Hibbert To Go?

October 20, 2007
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The only thing that today’s referre Mark Clattenberg and I can agree about is that Tony Hibbert, so poor this season, doesn’t deserve to be on the Goodison Park pitch. Clattenberg sent off Hibbert for his foul on Gerrard, the subsequent penalty being despatched by Kuyt, who got another in the last minute, from yet another penalty – this time conceded by Phil Neville – caught with his hands in the biscuit tin – diving to save a certain Liverpool goal. And the game started off so well, Hyppia scoring a wonder own-goal which we all thought would exorcise the ghost of Sandy Brown – alas , it wasn’t...

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Everton's Yakubu – Should we have just kept Beattie?

October 18, 2007
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Yakubu, so far, in my mind at least, a royal waste of money, two flat track bully goals, and the general contribution of a slug on ketamine, coupled with better, harder working youngsters breathing down his very large neck like Anichebe and Vaughan. And why oh why did we spend so much on him – we should have just doubled our bid for Lucho Gonzales rather than buying this mope from Middlesbrough. The consensus amongst most of the ‘Boro fans I spoke to during our usual Scrooge-esque dealings with them was that they should take the money and run, and good for them. What rankles even more is the...

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Cahill Is One Of Many Reasons Why Everton Can Beat Liverpool

October 18, 2007
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Whilst bearded goon Rafa Benitez is weeping to all and sundry about his team’s lack of form, Everton are calmly preparing for Saturday’s game at Goodison and have been given a timely boost by the return of Tim Cahill. Whilst Rafa and his entourage are followed by a swirl of rotation controversy wherever they go, Everton have never even had the luxury of rotation, up until now that is.Boxing ‘Roo Cahill’s return has given David Moyes an unusual treat, a selection dilemma in midfield! Moyes chirped: “Tim started training on Monday and we are pleased to have him back..There is no doubt we have missed him since he’s been...

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