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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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More bad luck for Everton as referees continue to cock-up

October 22, 2012
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More bad luck for Everton as referees continue to cock-up

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1 (Baines og 2) – EVERTON 1 (Cesar og 33) For an academic trying to prove the veracity of that old footballing saw which has it that ‘luck tends to even itself out over the course of a season’ Everton might make an interesting study: A couple of weeks ago at Wigan referee Kevin Friend allowed Kone to register a goal which was clearly offside; against Newcastle errors by officialdom converted what should perhaps have been a 4-2 win into a 2-2 draw; here at Loftus Road a mistaken second yellow and consequent red card for Steven Pienaar, plus a penalty for a foul by Mbia...

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Pienaar fee finally agreed

July 28, 2012
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Pienaar fee finally agreed

Everton have agreed a fee with Tottenham Hotspur for Steven Pienaar. Evertonians had been growing frustrated and concerned at the apparent lack of movement on this transaction; with rumours circulating that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy had been taking a tough stance with regards to the fee. However with the player pushing hard for the move, and having been excluded from the current Spurs pre-season tour of the USA by Andre Villas-Boas, it always seemed likely that the Everton hierarchy would eventually be able to agree terms for the 30 year-old. Pienaar will undergo a medical on Monday with a view to completing negotiations regarding his personal terms and formally signing on Tuesday....

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Donovan departure + crocked Coleman = Barkley return?

February 13, 2012
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Donovan departure + crocked Coleman = Barkley return?

EVERTON 2 (Pienaar 5, Stracqualursi 71) – CHELSEA 0 WITH the twin peaks of Chelsea and Manchester City conquered 3-0 on aggregate the burning question is; can this form be carried forward into the FA Cup, can Championship Blackpool be similarly swept aside and a quarter-final place secured? If Everton approach that encounter with the same hunger and cold-eyed determination shown in their last two home games there can only be one winner. This new-found confidence and momentum must be sustained and channelled into ensuring that meaningful progress is made in the only competition that remains open to the Toffees this season. Up until two weeks ago Leighton Baines was playing...

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Nothing Tastes as Good as Skint Feels

February 12, 2012
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Nothing Tastes as Good as Skint Feels

Everton 2 (Pienaar 5, Stracqualursi 71) Chelsea 0 THE mantra amongst weight obsessed celebs is “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” – ours should be similar. No league victory for either Man City or Chelsea will come close to matching the full blooded joy of our pair of empty wallet wins. It took just five minutes for Everton to take the lead against the King’s Road dilettantes – Pienaar running on to a ball in the box and lashing into the roof of the net. My mind instantly turned to Saha’s goal seconds after the start of the FA Cup final against Chelsea. It came too early, and I...

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Dixie’s 60 Match Report: Aston Villa 1-0 Everton

August 30, 2010
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Dixie’s 60 Match Report: Aston Villa 1-0 Everton

Move over Thom Yorke, stand aside Morrissey, sit down Neil Warnock: for the next few days – at the very least until our next game – Evertonians will assume the mantle of England’s Laureate Moaners. Nothing frustrates like playing a team off the park, and getting nothing – and that’s exactly what happened on Sunday. Our game against Aston Villa was a sight to behold. Slick passing, huge possession figures, but not a single goal. One mis-swiped clearance from Marouane Fellaini was all it took for Villa to take possession and score a classic Sod’s Law Goal, and the rest of the game they sat back. If the half-way...

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Entire Everton Squad To Leave

June 18, 2010
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At least that’s what the press would have us believe. I find it ridiculous that journos on TV and in newspapers are constantly linking Everton players with a move away from the club, it’s as if their shallow paddling pool minds can’t fathom good players playing for Everton. The rote line is similar for every player, and it goes something like this: “Everton are a good club, but for X to really get success he has to move on.” This summer, the transfer tales have reached Pinocchio levels, with a huge slice of our squad as well as our manager being linked away. If all these players are good enough for a...

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Pienaar is a win-win situation.

May 19, 2010
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Pienaar is a win-win situation.

 Why we should’t be too upset about losing Pienaar. Rob Gordon: I will now sell five copies  of “The Three EPs” by The Beta Band. Dick: Go for it. Beta Band Customer: Who is this? … Rob Gordon from High Fidelity reminds me of David Moyes from Goodison Park. Our manager has lovingly assembled a cheap collection of classics. Arteta, Pienaar, Cahill – all bought for around £2million each. Moyes proves again and again that you can find hidden unheralded gems if you nose around small shops, you dont have to shop at Harrods if you know where to look. Steven Pienaar. He’s 28, he has one large...

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Victory that leaves Everton feeling like failures

February 17, 2010
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EVERTON 2 (Pienaar 35, Distin 49) – SPORTING LISBON 1 (Veloso pen 87) In front of a crowd some six or seven thousand short of what would normally be expected, thanks to a potty UEFA ruling which required a tea-time kick-off, Everton gave away a late goal and may thus have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. A tough second-leg encounter now lies ahead; that said, this Sporting Lisbon team are nothing special and were second best all night, were they competing in the Premier League they would currently be battling it out at the wrong end of the table. As expected the only changes from the eleven...

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Everton v Sporting – creativity the key

February 15, 2010
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A better preparation for the knock-out stage of the Europa league and the visit of Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday (kick-off 17:45) than a stirring victory over league leaders Chelsea, is hard to imagine. Just as Everton’s form has been on an upward trajectory of late so Sporting have suffered a reversal of fortune; their last three league games have yielded two defeats and one goalless draw, while they were dumped out of the Cup of Portugal, 5-2 at Porto, and then thrashed 1-4 at home in the League Cup by Benfica. They currently sit in fourth place in the Portuguese Liga, 12 points behind third placed Porto and 21...

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