Season › 2012-13 › News Everton can expect more rough stuff at West Ham Michael Kenrick , 20 December, 12comments | Jump to most recent Phil Jagielka says his team-mates are in for more of the same physical bombardment they got at Stoke when they make the trip to Upton Park on Saturday. » Read the full article at Liverpool Daily Post Reader Comments (12) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Lee Preston 1 Posted 20/12/2012 at 15:29:13 We can't really moan about it, as it wasn't all that long ago that we employed such tactics to try and get an advantage over better passing teams.We used to rough teams up, unsettle flair players (Christiano Ronaldo and the likes of), now it's a sign of how much we have improved, that physical teams are singling out our classier players for special treatment (Fellaini, Mirallas etc). It is up to Moyes and the team to work out how to deal with it and our stronger more physical players to give it back, trouble is, when I look at our team, we don't seem to have anyone with that bit of bite or aggression.If I could sign someone in January, it would be a nasty, spiteful type of centre midfielder, physical and not afraid to dish it out. Who? I haven't a clue!! Ciarán McGlone 2 Posted 20/12/2012 at 15:38:03 Shhhhhuuuuuuushhh Lee,That's a well kept secret. Apparently our hoofin' and dirt was sanctified. Guy Hastings 3 Posted 20/12/2012 at 15:47:11 Lee - any more of that wishful thinking and the tabs'll have 'Barton destined for Goodison' splashed on the back pages. Lee Preston 4 Posted 20/12/2012 at 15:51:56 Too far Guy, too far!!haBesides, I doubt any of our team would understand his accent, allo, zis eez Joseph Bartown.I did kind of describe Barton though didn't I. I should have specified, with a bit of talent and not a complete tool! Guy Hastings 5 Posted 20/12/2012 at 15:57:25 Lee, in fact we've already got a 'nasty, spiteful type of centre midfielder, physical and not afraid to dish it out, with a bit of talent and not a complete tool' - only he's doing a three-match ban. Lee Preston 6 Posted 20/12/2012 at 16:02:19 Ah the one who is playing as an attacker? I wouldn't say he's spiteful and I've never seen him go in to a crunching tackle, plus when teams get physical with him, he lashes out, as per Stoke...Hence the ban. Steve King 7 Posted 20/12/2012 at 16:10:38 Unfortunately Olivier Dacourt has retired.......can't think of anyone else who ticks all those boxes without also being a complete tool. Patrick Murphy 8 Posted 20/12/2012 at 16:19:45 Pass properly and quickly and we won't have to worry about rough house tactics, it's the slow pace of movement of the ball that allows the physical types to stop our flowing football. There's no point in Everton having an enforcer because the officials will just single him out and he'll spend lots of time suspended. Pace is what we need. Eugene Ruane 9 Posted 20/12/2012 at 16:42:26 Wish we'd signed Nolan a few years back. Nasty bastard who would run through his own mam to get to a ball. Has improved every side he's played for, hates losing and scores goals. He wellied Anichebe? So would I. Andrew Bulmer 10 Posted 20/12/2012 at 17:55:41 Where do these myths come from? Watchin n listenin to MoTD is my guess ..it isn't from watching the games thats for sure. Lee Preston 11 Posted 20/12/2012 at 18:32:44 What myths? Brian Garside 12 Posted 20/12/2012 at 18:49:13 Steve. Trevor Ross? Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads