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Paul (48) I went to York University around that time and a couple of years later I went Cambridge University, wonder I never you. I was working for Otis Elevators at the time putting lifts in as a fitters mate.

Eric (146)Eric I don’t think Phil or me said Keane was a great attacker, just that Everton are in dire straights due to lack of a good or decent striker and Keane has scored a few when in an attacking position. Plenty of players have played both positions defender and attacker, remember Fred Pickering our old centre forward who was a full back until Blackburn tried him as a centre forward and sod him to us for a record fee(?) at the time and Fred wasn’t the fastest person around at the time. Cometh the hour cometh the man — he’s been a long time bleedin ‘ coming to Everton whoever he is!

Haven’t you notice the difference in performance from N’Diaye, when he plays on the left rather than the right Eric?

Football has now become a squad game and David Moyes, for whatever reason, simply doesn’t trust enough players in his squad. I remember when Spain played England in the last European final, the Manchester City player Rodri, who I’d say is easily a 9.5 out of ten player, was saying that he was very tired because of the amount of high level football, he had been playing. This absolutely top drawer footballer, (I’m sure he won the Ballon Dior) was replaced in this game at halftime, by another player who was probably no more than an eight out of ten player, but he was fresh. The eight out of ten player was probably the difference in the second half helping the Spanish win the game and not long later Rodrigo, suffered a very serious injury, possibly because he was still suffering the effects of the previous couple of seasons. I used to think Moyes, never had enough money to make a bigger and better squad but on closer inspection I genuinely don’t believe he’s got the personality to manage a bigger and better squad.

Tony #48, glad I got a smile from you. I agree O\'Brien isn\'t good going forward, but he\'s good at his main job, defending, our new Tony Hibbert. If we want someone going forward put a winger in there, someone to receive the ball from O\'Brien and drive forward with it. Chris #153, so he won nothing then? Same as all our managers bar a handfull. Phil #159, accoding to Brian in the post aboove yours, Barry has scored twice as many goals as Keane this season. Are you, like Dave A, really advocating that a slow defender with no attacking nous be played out of position in favour of a natural striker? If Moyes came up with that idea he\'d be slaughtered on here, and likely fired by the owners.