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• Proper game that Dave A Love the York fans after they scored - 'on the pitch and you f***ed it up' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVClVvFPjls Massive soft spot for York. Went to York Uni 1984-1987 - and then onto Cambridge - and I was there as we were the best team in Europe, going away, always expecting to win, and the home fans were fecking jealous of us. So happy that I was there. ...
  Paul Griffiths in Premier League — Matchweek 34, & FA Cup Semi-Finals
• Si, that is horse shit and you know it. The lad prior to Liverpool had missed 10 out of the last 14 matches from injury. His last start was in December, it is nearly May. He isn't exactly the fittest without the injuries, so expecting him to start in all likelihood would either seen him blowing after 15-20 minutes or picking up another set of injuries. None of us would want that. So rather than negligence, the coaching set uo have selected the best available players. It is hardly a new concept. Players build up their return from the bench, to a point they are fit enough to start. In all likelihood, Moyes does want to start him. Prior to those 14 games, he had started 5 of those games. But until he is fit, he would still offer something from the bench when the game has opened up. None of this is why we lost yesterday. We lost yesterday because our captain can't deal with aerial balls, our keeper flaps, and Garner was looking on where the right back would h...
  Ian Bennett in West Ham United vs Everton: Player Ratings
• Funny how Kevin - we are chasing Europe - Molloy disappears on days like this.Barry and Tarkowski should be fined for letting a lad on a standing jump score like that.Garner has been crap sInce he played for the German.Sean Kearns 27 - Moyes has got us to top half of the table in sppite [sic] of the new owners, not because of them. LOL...
  Paul Griffiths in Everton chalk up another loss in their rapidly crumbling quest for Europe
• For the 2nd West Ham goal, where was the right back? It was supposed to be Garner, but because he had played the whole game as a midfielder, he had naturally gravitated front and Wilson had the all the time and space in the world to smash the ball where he wanted. I have never seen such poor defending when Patterson is at right back, yet people come on here repeating the lie that he is a poor defender, he doesn’t have positional sense, etc. The second goal was one of the poorest that we have conceded all season. Moyes has his friends in the media led by Leon Osman, etc, but the owners have to make a move and bring in change. Will that move be risky ? Yes, it will be, and we may even flirt with relegation given how tight and the relegation battles usually are and how desperate teams are to stay up, but we need to take that gamble and keep our nerve. Get the right manager in and we will progress. My personal choice - Oliver Glasner. I like that he plays front foot football, but also...
  Ajay Gopal in Everton chalk up another loss in their rapidly crumbling quest for Europe
• Phil, O'Brien is doing a good job at right back where no manager has fancied Patterson and he frees up Garner to play in his natural position. You must be thinking of Keane's twin brother as Michael has neither the nous nor the legs to play in attack which is why he's a centre back. But the point was you criticise Moyes for playing a player out of position and then advocate for him to do exactly that. If that's not a contradiction it must be a paradox....
  Eric Myles in Everton chalk up another loss in their rapidly crumbling quest for Europe
• Eric#130 Not a contradiction as such, in fact two entirely different sets of circumstances. Paterson's proven position is at full back, hes been denied for some reason by Moyse the opportunity to consolidate that role for himself. Instead persisting on numerous occasions with O'Brien, a centre back cruelly exposed, playing out of position. I stated that if Moyes insists on a big target man up front and refuses to consider a false 9 or any other alternative in Beto's absense, then Keane should be experimented with there, ahead of Barry who fails every time. Its common knowledge that Keane started his career up front and allegedly performs well as a striker in training. It is less of a risk than O'Brien in as much as Keane wouldn't leak us goals as Obrien does by playing up front. Different positions, entirely differnt outcomes. Not to be compared....
  Phil Lewis in Everton chalk up another loss in their rapidly crumbling quest for Europe