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GOODISON RAW: Might Everton sale be closer than supposed?

March 28, 2013
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If you’re selling something it’s always a good idea to do some prinking first; a lick of paint here, a bit of spit and polish there. Timing is important too; selling a house in December or an Easter bunny in May will be tough. So too in the commercial world; “feed the ducks when they are quacking” is an old stock market saw which still rings true today – timing is everything. We suppose the same applies to selling a football club; there are times when buyers might be interested and times when they might not. For Everton the time has never seemed right. Burdened with debt, a decrepit...

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End Game For Moyes?

March 12, 2013
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End Game For Moyes?

It was the away team that delivered some home truths on Saturday. In a four minute spell they buried our FA Cup hopes. It wasn’t a mugging, rather a machine gunning. And it left everyone angry. Suddenly nothing is certain anymore. Our star player was booed off the field. Our manager seemed half hearted rather than heartbroken after we were dumped out of the cup. Since the final whistle blew, things have become even more chaotic. Our loss lit the Royal Blue touch paper. Phil Neville yesterday belched out a truly rancid sound bite about a top 10 finish being amazing for a club like Everton. Suddenly problems are...

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Moyes Out?

March 6, 2013
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Moyes Out?

I'd happily have Moyes as our manager for another decade, but that was before he couldn't commit to a new contract. Everton may still be married to their manager, but it's troubling that he isn't wearing his wedding ring any more.

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60 Evertonians: #32. Russell Davies

February 12, 2013
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  Name: Russell Davies Bio: A ‘loud-mouthed, opinionated, condescending know-it-all’, according to my missus and she claims to love me! A Jerseyman drawn to the delights of supporting the School of Science, I have managed to indoctrinate both kids and indeed the aforementioned missus in the ways of the Toffee but I have provided very little to the world otherwise. I love trail running and karate (which handily provides two alternative solutions for dealing with over enthusiastic Reds). If I had to sum up my feelings when talking about Everton in one word it would be ‘Pride’. Q1.Why Everton? Now don’t judge me too harshly: 1986-I hadn’t ever really...

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No peacocks jerks or whiners; the Everton that Coleman personifies

January 14, 2013
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No peacocks jerks or whiners; the Everton that Coleman personifies

EVERTON 0  –  SWANSEA CITY 0 I bumped into Seamus Coleman last season before a game at Goodison. When I told him I had put a pound on him to score he laughed in that self-deprecating way of his and replied, in his soft Irish brogue, that I was wasting my money and I should have bought a cup of tea instead. His deft finish last Monday against Cheltenham was his first goal in over a year, a year which has been interrupted by injuries, but a year which has nevertheless seen his game develop and improve until here, against Swansea, fully match fit, we finally saw what has emerged...

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Anichebe growing into a fine player

January 3, 2013
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Anichebe growing into a fine player

NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 (Ameobi 2) – EVERTON 2 (Baines 44, Anichebe 59) While the headlines belonged to Leighton Baines and Victor Anichebe for their stunning, contrasting goals this victory was more than anything else the result of teamwork and resilience by thirteen men who refused to be beaten and demanded the points. Both teams have lengthy injury lists and David Moyes is still having to patch-up his defence by playing his best central defender, Phil Jagielka, at right-back while covering for the debilitating absences of Darron Gibson and Kevin Mirallas with Phil Neville and Steven Naismith respectively. Everton went into this game having failed to keep a clean sheet...

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Unplayable Fellaini hottest of hot properties

December 3, 2012
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Unplayable Fellaini hottest of hot properties

MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Tevez 43, pen) – EVERTON 1 (Fellaini 33) Roberto Mancini has beaten Everton just once in seven attempts since his arrival in Manchester and they were probably the last opponents he wanted before next Sunday’s top-of-the-table derby against United. The Toffees remain the last team to win at the Etihad, back in December 2010, and only a soft penalty equaliser denied them a repeat success after Marouane Fellaini had notched his eighth of the season. City were second best for most of the first half. Everton attacked from the start, channelling the ball to the quick feet of Steven Pienaar and Leon Osman who carved out...

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More than just a draw as Everton make their point

November 30, 2012
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More than just a draw as Everton make their point

EVERTON 1 (Fellaini 28) – ARSENAL 1 (Walcott 1) The boy behind me name-checking each player as he stepped off the coach, “Sagna, Ox, Szczesny, Wilshere, Walcott”, and “there’s Arteta” was the only sound penetrating the cold of Goodison Road. No boos, no shouts, no profanity. This was the Arsenal team bus, not that of Chelsea or City. It is interesting; listen in on any conversation about football in a pub say, or in the changing room at the gym and the comment from one participant will nearly always be “I love watching Arsenal.” A game against Arsenal doesn’t carry the baggage of accumulated grievance and long-term enmity, it’s...

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Win inspired by excellence of Osman and Fellaini

November 12, 2012
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Win inspired by excellence of Osman and Fellaini

EVERTON 2 (Fellaini 76, Jelavic 79) – SUNDERLAND 1 (Johnson 45+1) The dissipation of the promise with which Martin O’Neill began his reign at the Stadium of Light can be dated from their defeat to Everton in last season’s FA Cup quarter final. That 2-0 win on Wearside was one of Everton’s finest performances of recent years and was one of 17 games between these two during the Moyes era – none of which have been won by Sunderland. Indeed such has been the Blues dominance in this fixture that Evertonians must relish the annual arrival of the Black Cats rather like my lunatic Jack Russell anticipates the postman....

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Everton need a watertight Johnny

October 10, 2012
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Everton need a watertight Johnny

WIGAN 2 (Kone 10, Di Santo 23) – EVERTON 2 (Jelavic 11, Baines pen 88) A few weeks ago at Villa Park with about twenty minutes to go Kevin Mirallas made his league debut as a substitute. Everton were comfortably ahead and were pushing for more when Seamus Coleman broke down the right and put in a lovely cross which Mirallas buried with a powerful header, it was correctly ruled offside, by about half-a-yard. On Saturday at Wigan after ten minutes the blonde-bleached head of Kone scored a goal which to our eyes had exactly the same degree of offsidedness, yet it stood, a mistake by the assistant referee....

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