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Sheedy Fernandes

I?ve never had the inclination to actually contribute to Toffeeweb before now. I?ve always been happy to get my fix sitting on the periphery of the debate. Last night it dawned on me that indeed Toffeeweb picked the team. Two up front, Baines reinstated, Yobo dropped, Lescott finally played in position, and the most relevant Pip in the holding/playmaking role.

It looked good, Everton controlled the game, with so much possession Pip and friend?s, didn?t know what to do with it. No real incision or threat on the Belgians goal however. This was the cue for the horrible no shots on target in the last three affairs with the darkside flashback.

So anyhow the inevitable happened, and I went home consoling myself with the fact we don´t have the squad to compete anyhow and for me it´s all about trying to finish above the enemy and the magical 4´th spot we had thrown away last season. Better off, with no mikey mouse cup distractions, now it's time to turn it around and beat the barcodes.

Upon arriving home I decided to distract myself with the Valencia game in the aforementioned mickey mouse cup. (I'm a football fan first and foremost). This is when even the eternal optimist lost all hope. Whose he running the show, incisive passing, shots on target, assists for goals, some guy in midfield playing like a deity. In fact this guy had all the attributes we were lacking against a pretty average Standard side. His name was Sheedy Fernandes.
Dara Vaughan, Barcelona Posted 03/10/2008 at 10:28:20

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Stuart Mitchell
1 Posted 03/10/2008 at 15:42:43

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Who the hell is Sheedy Fernandes??

Did you mean Manuel Fernandes?

Ciarán McGlone
2 Posted 03/10/2008 at 16:24:58

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No-one in their right mind from the this would have picked neville for midfield....or cahill for a four man either

go wash your mouth out!

Richard Murray
3 Posted 03/10/2008 at 16:49:22

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Haha Stuart Mitchell; what I was thinking..

Dara Vaughan
4 Posted 03/10/2008 at 16:52:36

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Ya Manuel Fernandes..he looked good, not quite Sheedy quality but he was on fire last night...

Stuart Mitchell
5 Posted 03/10/2008 at 17:38:17

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I do agree thought, I would rather have Fernandes than Fellaini and would have been so much cheaper!

A Mystery as to why Moyes did not snap him up when he had the chance!

In fact I think I would rather have Sheedy out of retirement than Fellaini! Is he really that slow?

Alex Spelling
6 Posted 03/10/2008 at 20:11:12

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Fellaini will come good but why o why we let Fernandes go, particularly if we could have got him for £6m, is a big mystery and another question that needs answering following the summer and now autumn of discontent. We sorely missed that kind of quality last night.

Mike Oates
7 Posted 03/10/2008 at 21:13:36

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I suspect we never had the £6m at a time we could have got him - and that £6m was a quess anyway.
We missed so many targets because we didn’t have the readies available when pushed and at the last minute we got a deal with Liege for Felliani which I suspect is £15m over 3 years ... . It wasnt good enough terms for Moutinho , Fernandes clubs.

Al Reddish
8 Posted 03/10/2008 at 21:11:17

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Maybe Fernandes had a poor attitude, though seeing as Moyes signed him twice, maybe not. I have a feeling Moyes would have signed him (he did say he had plans for him), but as the money was released the Friday before the season started, Fernandes had played himself back into Valencia’s plans. I personally feel D.M. has been shafted by an incompetent board, and this includes only giving him £10m plus player sales after finishing 5th, and delaying his contract and making it seem as though it is D.M. stalling. It is probably another money saving exercise.

Anthony Millington
9 Posted 04/10/2008 at 00:39:06

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Moyes needs shooting, the signing of Fernandes would have been a major step forward for the club and instead we lose out and bring in no other creative players to accomodate for his loss to the team. I agree 100% with Stuart Mitchell, Fernandes is a class player who is capable of playing at the highest level unlike some of our first team regulars (most notably Neville and Osman). Absolutely gutted we didn’t sign him- another big mistake by Moyes in my opinion!