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• Conor @ 177, I think what Jimmy means is that posters should not criticise the manager if a) His first name is David b) his second name is Moyes.As for the “Jimmy agrees with Eric, Eric agrees with John, John agrees with Kevin, Kevin agrees with Jimmy” carousel…. endless....
  Steve Brown in Better attacking sees Everton beat the offside flag
• Dave #39, congratulations. I believe you are the first one on TW to have successfully deduced that. Jeff #34 and Colin #36, a number of the longest-tenured TW posters have recently retired from the site because they've been worn down by what they view as the relentless negativity. I don't believe it had anything to do with TW's ownership change (although we certainly all miss Lyndon). I personally stay around because I have a drab, wretched existence with nothing else to live for and would otherwise drink myself into oblivion....
  Mike Gaynes in Everton vs Fulham Player Ratings: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall inspires Toffees’ win on home soil
• I'm going to disagree with Anjishnu that Garner is a good right back, that "the defensive fundamentals are there" and that continuing to play him there is a "no brainer." Garner is an outstanding player and there's no question that his skills add something to our attack when he's playing right back. But he is a raw beginner in terms of positioning there. Five games with the U21s two years ago and four subsequent Prem starts do not remotely make him a professional defender who knows where to be. We've seen him searching the sky for the ball as it goes over his head, and searching in vain for runners going off his back shoulder. IMO he struggles with decisions on whether to close down on crosses or hang back. His tackling and ferocity make him able to defend one-on-one, but unlike Jake he wins nothing in the air, and I expect he may well cost us goals at the back that Jake wouldn't -- both with his inexperience and with his crucial absence from midfield. I'm ...
  Mike Gaynes in The James Garner right-back experiment was successful
• Every win is explained by whatever you want it to be. Every loss the same. You would think there was only one team impacting the result. The bigger picture is that we're generally playing better football but lack a cutting edge. We've invested in some young players after years of selling more than we bought. We're probably a midtable team which means we'll have as much good as bad during the season. And being a midtable team that has invested in young players does represent progress. Progress that is marginal and not immediately exciting but steady progress nonetheless. It's hard to see that progress after a loss. Just as a win against Fulham doesn't suddenly represent a huge leap forward. Stay the course, blues. It appears that there is actually a plan....
  Ernie Baywood in Better attacking sees Everton beat the offside flag
• Nice one Paul, maybe you could re-form Traffic and make it a #1 hit....
  Eric Myles in Everton vs Fulham Player Ratings: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall inspires Toffees’ win on home soil
• Fully agree Jimmy #172 (and Ryan #171) and it's not just this manager, it's been all the managers we've had, in the TW age anyway....
  Eric Myles in Better attacking sees Everton beat the offside flag