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Feel good at 5 o'clock

It's going to happen today. Last season it was Phil Neville's thundering tackle on Ronaldo, this year it is going to be rousing home win against the Villa. I'm sick to death, as we all are, of poor performances and even poorer excuses in the last few weeks, and worse, the stick that many have dished out so generously to the players and the staff. How fickle we all are. Lest we forget the form and performances of the 2008-2009 season that brought us once again to 5th place and the proud winners of the real Premier League .

Can it not be that we can look forward to one of our most important games of the season with optimism and hope. Can it not be that come 16.55 today we will be thinking "we needed that one" or "we're back". I am a very firm believer in positive thinking and the theory that thoughts do become things. If 38,000 people turn up today with the Old Trafford mentality of being beaten before you even set foot on the pitch, at a home game that we should seriously be thinking about winning, then do not be at all surprised if get beaten at home again. Be truly careful what you wish for.

If we start sighing at every misplaced pass, and groan at every attack that breaks down this will surely only increase the current lack of confidence in the side, and worse, increase villa's belief that they can stroll to three points away from home. Raucous noise and unconditional support is the order of the day, with a firm belief by all that we will put in a spirited, hard fought performance, and that we will look forward to watching match of the day for the first time this season. This is not "Field of Dreams" stuff. However depleted today's line up is there is more than enough quality from one to eleven to beat any side on our day. This is the day. Carpe Diem my fellow Evertonians.

Just for the record, I think super Tim will score twice today. One early on and one late on and the noise will be deafening for both.

COYB.
Peter Laverty, korea Posted 31/10/2009 at 01:26:33

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Mick Gallagher
1 Posted 31/10/2009 at 15:56:34

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Hope your right Peter.I’m offshore waiting for iraqi goals to start and hoping to see some of the game.

Sean McCarthy
2 Posted 31/10/2009 at 19:21:22

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"Just for the record, I think super Tim will score twice today. One early on and one late on and the noise will be deafening for both."

Any idea of this weeks lotto numbers??? No? Thought not.

Why write such tosh??? Oh and look what happened to your prediction.

Ian Tod
3 Posted 30/10/2009 at 13:27:48

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On the OS:"The players in who have missed the games prior to the visit of the seventh-placed Midlanders are defenders Leighton Baines and Joseph Yobo and midfield trio Steven Pienaar, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Leon Osman." Phew!, I was really starting to fear the worst for tomorrow but now I fancy us to get a good result!

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