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I have been mulling this over for a while now. Why is it that no matter what Moyes never (ok hardly ever) seems to be able to turn over one of the top 4 (5 if you include Villa). Chelsea were down to 10 men for nearly an hour and we just couldn?t do it.
I also wished for once he would make changes to actually win a match, other than forced because of injuries. We never see changes made at half time.
My 3rd moan is our strikers, am I really on my own thinking we need a massive reshuffle and getting rid of Big Vic (never a Prem player) & Vaughan (possibilities but always injured)
The 4th moan, can Osman please just go, I remember he impressed whilst on loan at Carlise, that?s his level.
Macclesfield away anyone? Please Moyes not another Shrewsbury, Oldham? tumbleweed.
Finally Merry Xmas to all the Toffeewebbers (inc Marsh n Dodd)
Joe McMahon, Posted 23/12/2008 at 09:49:12
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Earlier in the season, did he not bring Saha on against Hull, that changed the game... Vaughan against West Brom, that changed the game. Even those options aren?t open to him at present.
Sorry
Consider this:
Leading to the disallowed goal, Leon Osman kicked the ball directly at Cech, 6 inches either way => GOAL.
Hibbert put an excellent cross onto Fellaini?s head which he headed straight at Cech.
Baines put in a fast low cross which Fellaini just couldn?t get enough on.
That was 3 clear chances, without having a single striker on the pitch. Moyes therefore in my opinion had done everything HE could given such limited resources.
You're right about big Vic, truly bad. Though I don?t agree about Ossie; agreed he?s not the greatest player for us but he definitely has an important part to play.
You state that there is no gas....I?m afraid that?s all your post is mate. HOT AIR.
As I?ve always said he?s a great player to have in the squad. He?s a good footballer, he?s works his socks off, he?s versatile and he?ll do a job anywhere for this club. He also doesn?t mind being a squad player, he loves Everton Football Club.
We all know he needs replacing but no we shouldn?t get rid, he gives this team/squad a lot and will continue to offer something to this club.
Anichebe and Vaughan are 20 years old. They are on low wages and they are still learning their trade. I see no reason to get rid to be honest. Especially with our lack of money and small squad. It just doesn?t make sense, it?s not like we?d get any money for two unproven players.
Are you any relation to that RS twat Steve?
Osman was our best player in a lot of the forgettable games as well as turning in good performances in games we’ve won of late (as mentioned by others above). This is really lazy stuff fella.
Either you were half watching it on telly while winning the league for the 20th time on FM, or you fell asleep at the game. Who would you have brought on? urrr...ummm...urrr... yeah that’s right, you can’t bring on players you don’t have. Remember, just in case you were going to come back with names like AVM, we still could have lost the game at 0-0, so no point bringing on a liability.
Come on Joe, try a little harder next time, you get an F from me for this effort.
Jay Wilson - yes we don’t have Tevez on the bench, but we do have players on our bench who never get on the pitch. If they ain’t good enough they shoudn’t be there, you can say money this, money that, but after 7 years in charge 65k a week this should be being addressed.
You didn’t see the game, and you seem to believe that players should get on the pitch if they are on the bench (even if all our forwards are injured).
Jutkiewicz would not have done a better job than Fellaini (or probably Lescott or Jagielka) as a centre forward last night. Think about it.
Also, did you honestly want Moyes to make a change? Fair enough, Baines had to come on and I thought he did a great job, he made some good runs, got into good positions and for someone who hasn't played a lot to come into a big game like that half way through he did brilliantly! Who would you of bought off? And who would you of bought on?
What you have to think of is who we're playing against, it was 0-0, why bring someone like Kissock on, who, yes, I've heard is a good talent, but he has no experience. It's not a game you bring on someone like that; bring him on when we're beating the likes of West Brom 3-0 at home or something!
Moyes got his tactics spot on I thought, Chelsea with 10 men is still as hard as playing an 11-man Chelsea side, we went for it but couldn't have too many up the field at once as you know the players Chelsea have, they can break and punish you badly!
So good on Davey Moyes, good on the everton squad, no strikers, and I'm sure if we did have the Yak or even Anichebe, a goal would've gone in eventually! No other team has a team spirit like ours, we bounced back against Villa brilliantly, the team and Moyes must've been as heartbroken as we are.
You can tell Moyes is because he has bought it a few times this week, saying Villa are the team he has his eye on, he knows and we know they are a good squad, and he's jealous, we're jealous of them. But I am a true believer that we will kick on, Moyes will bring us glory!!!!!!
There, more of a clue than Moyes.
If you take last season's hero, Carsley, when did you EVER see him take anyone on and try to create anything? I loved what Carsley brought to the club and I admire Ossie for at least attempting to create things. He could always play a safe sideways ball and never lose it but we would then create less chances than we do already.
I think he deserves our support and encouragement, after all, we ain't got a lot else.
As yet none of your critics have responded to your quite reasonable challenge re unused bench players ("If they ain?t good enough they shoudn?t be there,..") nor have they addressed the critical issue of why we are in still in this type of position (having such a small squad and running with bench players who apparently aren’t up to it) four years after David Moyes told us this was an area that needed attention and would be sorted as a matter of priority. And before we hear the usual excuses about lack of money and a large and unanticipated injury list, there is still the question about why our younger players (with one well known exception) appear to take longer to mature and why we do not have sufficient match ready numbers coming through.
I am surprised you are blaming the management for the lack of youth players, when it is well documented that home-grown talent is suffering due to foreign imports being at record levels. Have a look around the net, there is plenty of articles relating to that. Although that might mean it's not the fault of the management, which would be hard for some to swallow.
Although the abuse has been pretty harsh, I am afraid you have to take it when you concede you don't even watch the match, and identify one of our best performers as being someone who should leave! You really leave yourself wide open with things like that.
Keith?s post really did make me laugh though! I think that deep down, the reason why we don't beat the top 4, is around £100 million quid. It's like asking why your Rover 75 doesn't perform as well as a BMW 325 M3, and then blaming Rover for making a shit car.
The youngsters coming through don?t have to be local lads, they can be brought in from all points such as the young Icelandic lads we have presently, or have had in the past, on our books.
Rubbish post.
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