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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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A Tale of Two Roystons: Part II – Drenthe

February 15, 2012
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Royston plays football like kids play videogames, getting so excited he rips the controller out of it's socket, other times hes an irritable button basher, occasionally he's inspired, bamboozling pixels and players alike. Should we keep him?

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How this World Cup could have been a Ghostbusters Tour

July 14, 2010
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How this World Cup could have been a Ghostbusters Tour

Spain: El Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ball When Fabio Capello first left Milan and went to manage Real Madrid well over a decade ago he was derided by many as a dour disciplinarian and the killer of tiki-taka. As the great Sid Lowe once wrote: “No side provokes such distaste in Spain as Italy, whose football is derided as cynical, dirty and boring, somehow illegitimate.” I’m sure Capello, seen as an anti-footballer by many in Iberia, would have loved to have had the chance to play Spain in this tournament. For me this World Cup has been tinged with a little bit of a disappointment, simply because...

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Tough City test for Everton

March 23, 2010
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Most observers have pinpointed the departure of Icelander Gretar Steinsson as the turning point in Saturday’s win over Bolton, though it was the arrival of Leon Osman, as a seventy sixth minute substitute, which finally sealed this one. Osman slotted right into Yakubu’s boots, playing as an out and out striker, and it was he who picked up Bilyaletdinov’s little prodded pass, took on and beat the man mountain that is Zat Knight, before teeing up Pienaar for the goal which killed off Coyle’s hopes. If, instead of Leon Osman, it had been Theo Walcott or Joe Cole, Sky TV would have replayed the goal a few dozen times...

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'New' Everton on steep learning curve

March 15, 2010
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BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 (Jerome 25, Gardner 50) – EVERTON 2 (Anichebe 18, Yakubu 21) That Everton led by two goals to nil after 21 minutes and yet failed to secure all three points will mean that the team coach was very quiet on its way back up the M6 on Saturday evening. Well taken goals by Victor Anichebe and Yakubu, the second set up by man of the match Steven Pienaar, should have provided the platform for a victory, but a soft goal by Jerome got Birmingham back into contention before half-time and then Gardner evened things up shortly after the break. We like this new, attack-minded, team line-up...

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Landon Donovan; goodbye or au revoir?

March 12, 2010
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Everton travel to Birmingham in confident mood buoyed by their five goal romp against Hull. David Moyes surprised a few with his team selection for that game which was attacking and progressive and utilized the strengths of his burgeoning squad to maximum effect. Playing Johnny Heitinga just in front of the back four at a stroke strengthened the defensive spine of the team and improved distribution while also allowing Mikel Arteta to play further forward in a role which uses his skills to maximum effect. With Anichebe and Yakubu providing plenty of muscle up front and goals a plenty this 4-1-3-2 formation was an instant hit. We have, in...

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Saturday: a mere footnote to our history

February 8, 2010
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All Englishmen know of Agincourt, of Crecy and Trafalgar, battles which are engraved on our hearts. These victories, achieved against overwhelming odds, inspire us even today and at the time were the bricks which built our nation to a greatness unsurpassed in the annals of history. Contained within each of these shuddering encounters are vignettes of sadness, piquant tales of valiant toil which ended in death or setback, but which did not detract from the brilliant colour of the eventual victory. That one of King Henry’s closest companions and greatest warriors Edward duke of York died at Agincourt is now a long forgotten footnote, that England lost perhaps its...

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