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Lowest common denominator

I have been reading for the last few months on this site about the decline in our beloved club and the disastrous pre-season and present state of affairs... After lots of sleepless nights and think tank sessions, I have come up with the lowest common denominator: Mr Alan Irvine.

Was he not the glue which held the playing side of Everton together? As previously we where better prepared come this part of most seasons and definitely more organized with on the field ideas. I see his no-budget PNE are off to a flier. Let's also remember last season after he departed, a month later we had a shocker end to the season and never recovered since. Maybe he is our future saviour... who knows???
Gary dos Santos, Cape Town Posted 21/08/2008 at 08:17:55

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Jip Foster
1 Posted 21/08/2008 at 13:25:43

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Ah, but don’t you remember that just after he left we started to play wonderful flowing football...

Nick Entwistle
2 Posted 21/08/2008 at 13:30:32

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Straws. Grasping. At.

Dave Childs
3 Posted 21/08/2008 at 13:32:33

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I think "Lowest common denominator" says it all.

Mark Wynne
4 Posted 21/08/2008 at 13:35:06

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Nice try, but my money’s on the lack of investment/transfers etc etc.

Dave Lynch
5 Posted 21/08/2008 at 13:35:13

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Let’s face it.
Steve Round is no genius either.
Spells at.
Derby.
Newcastle.
And lot’s of time working with Mclaren does not bode well for entertaining football.

Tony Williams
6 Posted 21/08/2008 at 14:54:12

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Wasn’t one of the first games after he left the 7-1 drubbing of Sunderland?

I know we are all upset about the lack of transfer activity but come on now!!

Dave, after his last interview he in now called Steve Van Der McLaren.....Arshhhinal ..are guud, isssh very guud.

Take a schmoke and pancake Steve and do one.

anthony hughes
7 Posted 21/08/2008 at 15:39:12

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Gary,i hope you are only joking! irvine? no thanks!

Chris Cook
8 Posted 21/08/2008 at 17:01:40

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No budget PNE? they’ve just finished a 20mil revamp of the stadium and still got more cash to spend than we do :D

Gavin Ramejkis
9 Posted 21/08/2008 at 18:43:25

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Sunderland just sign another two players and Osman is on Sky sports talking shite about the kids can do it, prepare for fuck all signings - Fuck off Kenshite you lying toerag.

Fran Mitchell
10 Posted 21/08/2008 at 18:55:09

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Were we not 11th when he left? So how did his departure coincide with a drop in form, our best form was nov-feb, when he wasn’t there.

Dave Wilson
11 Posted 21/08/2008 at 19:28:12

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We were playing crash bang wallop football before he came and we’ll be playing it for the foreseeable

Joeynkoo Ludden
12 Posted 21/08/2008 at 23:18:50

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Nope fella, you’ve over thought that one. We did ok with just Moyes for most of last season. I can remember however, a night in Bucharest, 2-1 down and being played off the park. I was screaming for us to make a sub (somet moyes hasnt yet grasped the ability to utilise) and i looked at the touchline and saw Moyes scratching his head Stan Laurel style, whilst leaning in to Irvine asking something, who was standing there perplexed with a similar Laurel scratching moment going on. I turned to the guy behind me and said ’this aint over yet’. He had a go at me for being over optimistic. I explained that I meant for Bucharest..