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• Past performance is no guarantee of future gains. Anything can happen and while such articles are statistically interesting to the nerdish the end is still 6 months away. Let's see where we are then before handing out flowers....
  Eric Myles in Everton’s great start to the season in numbers
• Paul, Dibling will come good. He’s a very talented boy, and I hope his confidence hasn’t been dented from being benched so often. Hopefully we get to see what he can do in the next couple of months....
  James Newcombe in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall embracing Everton protagonism before Stamford Bridge visit
• Anjush I thought this was a perfectly good article mate but one word of advice. Interact. If people give you some stick and it’s legit hold your hands up and say “fair kop governor.” If as in this case they’re talking rubbish then come on and defend your corner. I remember Michael getting irritated with one poster, Patrick Connor?? Who’d start great threads then we people replied he disappeared into the ether never to be heard from again. If you just drop and article and go AWOL that’s why people say AI. If you interact back and forth a little bit you build a fan base and credibility as a writer. Ditto Harry Diamond and the rest. Contrary to criticism by some there have been some decent articles on here by the newbies lately but you need to be a bit more visible to win over the patrons. ...
  Kieran Kinsella in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall embracing Everton protagonism before Stamford Bridge visit
• "Boast" and "triumphant"... I'm sorry to see you setting up your exaggerative straw men again, Darren. I thought you'd left that nasty habit behind. Don't you think people should be able respond to your query about number of games attended without being derided as boastful, or compliment the manager's record without being falsely characterized as triumphant? Isn't it OK for us to enjoy the fact that we're not in a relegation battle for the first time in five years? Must we be irate that there's no title challenge yet? The sneering simply isn't fair. ...
  Mike Gaynes in Everton’s great start to the season in numbers
• Love "protagonism"... well in Anjishnu! (Ignore any antagonism about it.) And I love watching KDH operating from a deeper-lying position, with the game spread out in front of him, making passes and seeing openings for scoring opportunities. I harshly criticized him some weeks back for losing the ball too often in vulnerable positions, but in retrospect almost all of those turnovers were committed after receiving the ball with a defender on his back. That's not his thing. He's at his best delivering those passes. Keep him at #6. ...
  Mike Gaynes in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall embracing Everton protagonism before Stamford Bridge visit
• Some might say; 'despite Moyes, not because of him' - but I couldn't possibly comment. Nah, fairplay to him, for a cautious, dour, dithering, KITAP1 merchant he's doing OK - Up to now. Compared to this time last year when we would've given an arm and a leg to be worrying if 7th was sustainable and God forbid we lose the odd game and drop down to 12th. Next step is to prove the Thursday Cup win...somewhat on the back of Rice's excellent form?...was not a fluke. Can Moyes, KDH, NDaiye, Grealish and others win the FA Cup. Let's see how we manage during AFCON. I'm not expecting a January transfer splurge (singular or pural) but might not Armstrong be just like a new signing? Can Barry start knocking them in,1, 2, 3. like his name sake Len - will he be able to 'shoulder' the burden? For the answers to these and other exciting questions tune in to the next thrilling episode of 'The Regents Road Ramblers' - an every day story of Dockside folk. *Cue theme tun...
  Derek Thomas in Everton’s great start to the season in numbers