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• "The Scot said: "I'd love to say it was [a possibility] as I'm trying to be more positive than I would normally be, but for Everton to even be in the mix for Europe is unbelievable, whether it is Conference League or Champions League" Go ed Moysey, you can be more positive. The fans will back you. ...
  John Collins in Champions League — Quarter-finals; 1st Leg
• We could be playing in this competition next season. Go ed Moysey, it's over to you...
  John Collins in Champions League — Quarter-finals; 1st Leg
• Which apparently ensures that the Premier League will definitely have at least five teams qualifying for the by virtue of their finishing position in the table. And there could be more:If Aston Villa, who are currently 4th, win the Europa League and finish outside the Top Four, then England will have six teams in the Champions League next season. There are other scenarios as well. We all know what tends to happen when such juicy carrots are placed before our team... so only time will tell whether or not we can step up to the challenge... with the next step set for Saturday afternoon at Brentford....
  Michael Kenrick in Champions League — Quarter-finals; 1st Leg
• Ian,Do successful, trophy-winning teams play the same system or formation as us?Your post implies we play 4-2-3-1 because we don't have good players? ...
  John Collins in “He can do anything with the ball” - Vitalii Mykolenko praises Iliman Ndiaye
• I didn’t know that Eric. Good point....
  Mark Murphy in A best XI of the Moyes era(s)
• John, per the second sentence. Bar a few, they're just an honest bunch of hard workers.They will never be a group of players that are the Harlem Globetrotters. They find creating and finishing to be more of a challenge. It is why they keep it tight, stay in the game, and try to score a few goals when opportunities arise.Some things come off, but a lot doesn't. I am not going to repeat the Wayne Rooney quote when he joined the first team. But you get the drift.I am always struck by how poor the finishing is before the game. Yesterday reminded me of that. Compare that to a top side coming to town. Watch what they can do. You can see why it is a game of cat and mouse, and why we have to play the more negative part.This isn't player bashing, or Moyes bashing. It is just someone who watched something for an hour or so yesterday and someone who gets in an hour before kick-off to watch the warm-up.They're all top level footballers. The top ...
  Ian Bennett in “He can do anything with the ball” - Vitalii Mykolenko praises Iliman Ndiaye