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I keep reading about how Everton are 10 players short and how we only have three available midfielders for the game against Blackburn but is that really true? Don't get me wrong Everton clearly need new players and are short if they want to maintain a healthy league campaign and Euro run but are we really as short as we think? Ok we have 3 midfielders available for Blackburn, Arteta, Osman and Neville that sounds really awful but isn't that a little unfair to Jack Rodwell and Dan Gosling? Both Gosling and Rodwell have been involved in nearly all the friendlies and to be fair have their performances been any different to those of the more established midfielders like Osman and Neville? It's a bit of an injustice to list the number of players we have available and to completely ignore the youngsters. It's fair to argue that they lack experience but still they have done fairly decent pre-season and they never will get experience until they start playing.
Maybe Moyes isn't rushing out to replace Carsley because he feels that Rodwell may just be able to do a job there. Carsley was important to the team but was he really that good of a player? Is there a chance that Rodwell could do his job until Moyes finds a suitable replacement? It may be a bit early for Gosling too but can he not do a job for a couple of games while Moyes is looking for that big-money midfielder? Moyes could go out tomorrow and find three or four midfielders to make up the numbers but what's the point if they simply aren't all that special? I would rather Moyes hold-fire, use Gosling and Rodwell for a couple of games while he continues his quest to find that special player (Mountinho?).
Let's have a little faith in players like Gosling and Rodwell, surely they are good enough to get us through a couple of games. Reinforcements must be on the way and surely a midfield of Neville, Rodwell, Osman, Gosling and Arteta has a chance against Blackburn?
John Cottee, Posted 12/08/2008 at 14:43:26
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When I was a kid being an Everton fan was difficult enough but all this shit's just getting too much.
Are we skint? Is the money tied up in the ground move? Will Dave sign anyone? (and stop being so dour when it comes to tactics)? Will Dave sign? What's happened to the CEO? Is the stadium falling down? Are we gonna persue Tesco's annex cowshed? Are the council gonna help us get some new digs? Are the club gonna ever stop feeding us lies?
...isn't the sound of a cork coming out of the top of a bottle of whisky just the most wonderful sound
While we must have new faces, it will be good to see youth get its chance. Rodwell looks exceptional. As the saying goes, if you're good enough, you're young enough. Roll on 3pm on Saturday when I hope we will shout the roof off Goodison.
I am not naive. However what can we change? David Moyes and the board know what needs to be done. For now, what matters the most is ? Come On You Blues!
No matter, when I think back to Reid, Bracewell, Steven and Sheedy, I despair!
"I’m not naive...!
Erm. Really?
Add the fact that we have a manager who is refusing to sign his contract until he has assurances about where the club are going, and it’s clear we are in a mess.
No CEO, no money, no signings, no new contract for Moyes = no hope for the season I’m afraid. I agree with Big Nev - we’ll be lucky to finish in the top half at this rate. Anyone got a bag with a few rabbits in?
He is also known as bullshit Billy or "Mouth in Ho" which can be the only explanation for the crap that comes out of his mouth.
By the way can you name the 6 subs we have to name for Saturday as well as the starting 11.
Another thing that I’ve been thinking about is the morale of the players. How is the Yak feeling for instance? Can anyone honestly say he will be totally motivated after leaving Middlesbrough to join a more ambitious club who were at the top of the league and playing in Europe - and then finding himself in this mess, where we have let 5 players go and lost a further 5 to injury or Olympics?
This isn’t a slight on Yak, but he and the rest of the players must be feeling totally dejected after spending the summer dreaming of another top 6 finish and strengthening the squad, only to find we have done the opposite and are in a mess...
I’m sure they will all do their best come saturday, as let’s not forget we have a good dressing room and players that give their all - but the preparation for this season has been a shambles...
Moyes is forced to play them, not by choice. Fucking hell if they were good why are we going for that portugese bloke?
Whatever you are on Tommy may I have some please ?
You say "How is the Yak feeling?"
Probably the same as everyone else did when he fucked off to the Africa Cup of Nations and forgot the way back.....
I have faith in young Rodwell but you have to be realistic, he isnt ready to replace Carsley. I wasn’t a big Carsley fan but you can’t doubt he was experienced and knew the defensive midfield position very well. He always offered bite and he knew and and where to move.
Rodwell technically is already ahead of Lee but in terms of positioning, phyical strength, tackling ability and the nous to read situations he’s far off. He was a centre half a year ago, hes seriously only been playing centre midfield for a year. In a way it shows he’s a fast developer but it’s clear to see that he isn’t ready.
To be honest I was confident until Pienaar got injured, I thought wed easily be able to supply Yak with Arteta, Osman and Pienaar in the team. Now he’s injured I’m not confident at all. Osman is going to have to be moved to the wing, Jagielka will probably come into midfield and someone like Jutkiewicz or Golsing will come in. That badly weakens us, we have our better players playing out of position and we have untried youngsters coming in, Im very nervous to be honest.
If we do win, it’s going to be back agains the walls stuff similar to a few years ago when Turner got sent off and Beattie scored the header. Anyway, I wish the player luck, theyll definatly need it.
Arteta is going to have to have a superman performance, he really is.
I think the saying goes;
’If you’re good enough, you’re old enough’.
When you say that Liverpool are shit, do you mean you would not give anything to have Keane or Mascherano playing for us right now cos I know I would.
Say after 3 games no new signings come in and we have won all 3... what then?
Moyes is the best man for the job when it comes to getting a lot out of an average and understrength side a la last two or three seasons.
I think Rodwell will be fine. Look how Moyes moulded Carsley who by the way was crap until Moyes deployed him into the player for us he became.
Howard
Neville
Valente
Lescott
Yobo
Rodwell
Jags
Baines
Arteta
Osman
Yakubu
Bench: Lots of kids.
I think the above team should beat Blacburn, however everyone forgets that the of the few midfielders and forwards available none had a full pre season hence are not probably match fit as Arteta and Osman were recoving from injuries and the Yak was late back due to international commitments.
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As to the rest of your post its such rubbish I’ll censor myself & save Michael & Lyndon the job as my response would be REMOVED FOR ABUSIVE CONTENT.
Hmmmmmmmmm............
I think we can win. Blackburn have had players leaving (Bentley) and others wanting to leave (Santa Cruz), so they?re not full strength. Also, someone said Pedderson has a knock. Not sure about that, but it would be great if he was out. Can you imagaine the reaction from the miserable, hugely catastrophising lot on here if we lost?! They will react like the world has ended. Cheer up you lot, life can?t be that bad, can it? There?s more to life than football! Here?s hoping for a win! COYB
Get behind the team for christsake and stop whinging
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