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OK, how am I thinking about Evertons season so far ?
The answer is I really don't know!
On one side, I really think that, despite the fact we have been poor, we could have easily got more from every game that we hadn't won! For example, Blackburn on the opening day, Portsmouth, Hull, Arsenal and Man Utd!! Let's say an extra 6 pts and in 4th place ahead of a big 4 team and Villa with a great owner, manager and start to the season who have had a great start!! We are also only 1 point behind where we were at this time last season.
Happy days? Could have been... but I'm only papering cracks!
I went to Cuba for the summer and as sad as I am I checked the internet every day (still on dial up in Cuba so it took ages). Every day thinking "We'll get Moutinho tomorrow" became "We'll get Arshavin tomorrow" became "We'll get someone tomorrow" became "We got Carlo Nash yesterday"!! WTF!! Moutinho to Nash in 3 moves!
We have all been moaning about how we have been playing, we had the lowest attendance for 7 years last Saturday ? it even felt empty!! Anyhow, we have won 7 pts out of 9 and things are looking healthier in the league than they were a fortnight ago. We beat Bolton in injury time after a terrible game and beat Fulham at home (after moyes got the tactics horribly wrong again) only in the 87th minute.
If those game had finished a few moments earlier or we hadn't got lucky we would now be on 11 pts, -6 goal difference and on the cusp of the relegation zone with Spurs and Newcastle improving.
Let's not pretend. We ought not be happy being safe from relegation so don't let your mindsets slip to that level. It is awful to know that I watch MotD knowing full well that I will see Wigan, Hull and Stoke playing better football than us but at least we know were in safe hands???
James Cadwaladr, Posted 07/11/2008 at 01:15:37
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Unfortunately, since midway through last season, our club has become a greek tragedy... and I don?t see it improving any time soon.
Nil satis... nudum pactum.
"If we?d won all our games, we would be top!!!!! "
Maybe not, cause if Chelsea won all their games too and had better goal difference they would be top.
Anyway on another note, I hear Riquelme has been seen at goodison....... La la la la la
Last night the richest club in the world with a brand new stadium playing in the Uefa cup with a team full of football playing Brazilians one of which cost over £30 million scrapped in with 21,000!!! Now thats empty!!!!!!!
But of course we are Everton and it's our right to moan and blame the manager, the chairman, the shite ground and the shite football we are playing. If people spent more time supporting our beloved club than slating it at every opportunity we would be better for it.
The main thing to remember is that there is no point in looking backwards at how many points we could have (for better or for worse); 3 points tomorrow could be enough to put some daylight between the top 7 and the rest.
COYB!
You are right, I have been going to the game since 1879 and it was never like this in my day.
Our recent upturn in results has come against opposition we traditionally do well against (Man United excepted) so I see no reason why we cannot carry on winning against West Ham.
Time for the Yak to end his barren run with the winner...
Yes am season ticket holder... why, what's your point?
I look forward to all your negative comments about another 3 points we have just picked up at West Ham.
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We could ascend into the top four; we could drop into the relegation zone... we could bounce around somewhere in-between in mid-table mediocrity. At this point in the season, with just a quarter gone, anything is possible. But how you figure we are in safe hands, I have no idea.