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• Martin #5... "We have a RB you wont play. Its clearly a left over personal issue from your mate Dyche's time here." Right, because Moyes has obviously followed Dyche's renowned managerial and personal guidance through all these years. Or maybe it's just that Patterson doesn't play because Moyes has reached the same conclusion reached by Dyche and Lampard (plus the medical staff after missing 60 games from five injuries over the past four seasons) -- that Patterson can't play. ...
  Mike Gaynes in “We’re missing goals in the last few games” - David Moyes after loss to Arsenal
• Jim #1, my years-old complaint exactly. We're still the slowest team in the PL (likely due to being also the joint-oldest) and the need for pace is desperate. I would love to see us try to borrow Brennan Johnson and Nathan Ake in January for starters. Re Barry, of course he's too lightweight -- at the moment. I still want to see what he can do after a summer in the weight room with the club conditioning staff. At 175 pounds he hasn't a chance. At 190 we could see something very different. ...
  Mike Gaynes in “We’re missing goals in the last few games” - David Moyes after loss to Arsenal
• Worth pointing out that just a minute before his brain fart, Jake was beaten for position on the back post and made a challenge that could very well have been whistled for a pen. And early on he completely forgot to cover an overlapping run. His head just wasn't in the game. Worth noting also that a couple of Tim's brilliant tackles were remediation for his own mis-positioning. He got caught on the wrong side of his man and had to put in sensational but high-risk challenges. Fortunately they worked out. He's tremendously talented but until he gets the knack of proper positioning, the yellow cards will keep coming. There's a reason he's got five in less than 700 minutes this season. I thought Rohl was simply awful. Probably just not enough training time because of the injury, but he wasn't even close to standard. John #13, amen, mostly. Moyes is often worthy of criticism but that particular example of it looks very silly under the circumstances. I look forward to Joe'...
  Mike Gaynes in Everton vs Arsenal Player Ratings: Jake O’Brien handball and inconsistent VAR costs the game
• Jim if you recall we played Arsenal and both clubs had their new managers sitting in the stands that day: Ancelotti and Arteta. Do you really think after leaving us in the lurch to join Arsenal on transfer deadline, then having played there for years and won trophies that Arteta would have snubbed Arsenal for Everton? I doubt it but as Tony says even if he had would he have survived? Lampard is getting all these plaudits suddenly at Coventry, Silva seems to be linked with every big job that opens up and neither of them handled Everton’s mess. Even Dyche got fed up and he’d managed years on a shoestring budget at Burnley!...
  Kieran Kinsella in Mikel Arteta congratulates Everton on their new stadium
• Poor old Dibling looks to me as though he wants to be anywhere but on the pitch. ...
  Les Callan in O'Brien's crazy handball an early Christmas present for Arsenal
• Honestly Jim, do you think the young experienced Arteta, would have survived at Everton, during that absolutely horrendous period? ...
  Tony Abrahams in Mikel Arteta congratulates Everton on their new stadium