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Two off as Blues earn
draw at JJB
31 Jan - Duncan Ferguson exposed his irresponsible side once again
when he picked up another red card for punching an opponent as Wigan
salvaged a point at the JJB Stadium. Leon Osman pressured David
Thompson into putting the ball past his own 'keeper as early as the ninth
minute and James McFadden was foiled by a point-blank save soon afterwards
as Everton started brightly. The the home side levelled, however, on
the stroke of halk time through Paul Scharner. With both sides pushing for a
winner, Ferguson was caught punching his marker and was dismissed and Jason
Roberts followed him down the tunnel three minutes later for an elbow on
David Weir.
Another deadline-day let-down
31 Jan - True to exectation and David Moyes's repeatedly downbeat
rhetoric, Everton failed to address their chronic lack of firepower as
another transfer window slammed shut. Despite rumours of a deadline-beating
bid for Turkish ace, Fatih Tekke, (the Independent reports that he
requested a move after having his car shot at but was ordered to stay by
Trabsonspor's president after the team's coach threatened to resign if the
striker is allowed to leave) and a move to bring Shaun Wright-Phillips in on
loan, nothing was announced as concluded, leaving the manager's stated
dreams of reaching the FA Cup final or mounting a late charge for Europe
sounding very hollow indeed.
Everton Draw Colchester in Fifth Round
30 Jan - Everton have been drawn at home in the next round of the FA
Cup in an enticing tie against Colchester United. If Everton can beat
Chelsea in the Fourth Round Replay at Stamford Bridge, David Moyes will hope
to ease past the League One side into the Quarter Finals. Colchester are
currently second in League One, two points behind leaders Southend but have
two games in hand. The Fourth Round Replay takes place on February 8th.
Crippled
Everton hold out for replay
28 Jan - Already crippled by the loss of Matteo Ferrari, the Blues
were dealt a hammer blow before kick off with an injury to James Beattie.
Duncan Ferguson started alongside James McFadden but Chelsea took an hour to
get going, a fact exploited when an absolute peach of a cross by Nuno
Valente was met by McFadden and he headed home Ferguson-style to put Everton
into a shock lead on 36 minutes. Chelsea's pressure after the hour mark
told, though, when Lampard danced in and fired past Martyn. The visitors had
other chances but the Toffees, hampered further by the loss of McFadden to a
facial injury, held on to force a replay at Stamford Bridge in 10 days'
time. Match report
Wyness cries FOUL!
27 Jan - It's all about balls! So says Everton CEO Keith Wyness who
castigates Daily Telegraph journalist Jeff Randall after a recent
article questioned the bona fide nature of football as an industry. In this
piece penned by our CEO he paints a truly rosy picture of life down Goodison
Road. "I can only conclude that those who currently choose to castigate
football fall into the trap of believing an urban myth." says Mr. Wyness.
Urban myth or head truly buried in the sand?
School of
Science...
27 Jan - Our feature of an account of the Everton vs Leeds clash in
1964 has prompted Peter Fearon to reminisce about both that tumultuous game
of football which he attended as a boy and how different the beautiful
game was back then compared to today's more sanitised and over-officiated
version.
Branding
26 Jan - In response to the eye-opening account in the
Sunday
Times of Millwall fan Rod Liddle's trip to Goodison Park for the FA
Cup replay last week, Michael Johnson argues that the club could vastly
improve the way it treats home and visiting fans alike. It all comes down to
(re)building the brand and offering supporters a lot more respect.
Little & Larger
23 Jan - On Saturday, James Beattie took another massive stride
towards redeeming himself of past transgressions and proving to the
long-suffering Goodison crowd that he has a bountiful future leading the
Everton forward line. Talking of which, Chris Marks provides this analysis
of some of the more potent strikeforce partners who have featured for
Everton in recent years, and reaches the conclusion that James Beattie needs
a nimpy little bloke to be the perfect partner and foil for him. Guess who
he comes up with...
Arsenal no match
for Everton's game
21 Jan - Everton faced the stern test of keeping at bay a
free-scoring Arsenal without the help of Joseph Yobo (or Per Krldrup for
that matter) and with just one recognised striker on the field.
But Beattie did everything right on 13 mins to give Everton the lead, a lead
they held onto deservedly as Arsenal struggled to mount any kind of
effective response to the in-your-face approach that a newly confident
Everton team put together. Alan Stubbs came on early for his Goodison
return as Ferrari damaged some ligaments, and played his part in a solid
defensive perfomance that produced Everton's fourth consecutive league win.
David Moyes got this one dead right.
Match report
Krldrup departs, Stubbs returns
19 Jan - Per Krldrup, who finally made an appearance in a senior
game at Goodison Park last night after months of incomprehensible
bench-warming has reportedly been sold to Fiorentina, paving the way for
Alan Stubbs to return to Goodison for the final months of the current
season. This brings to an end one of the most dismal Everton careers one
could ever imagine for an experienced and highly-rated international
defender who supposedly cost 5M but played just 147 minutes for the Blues.
Everton have yet to
confirm the transfer but
Krldrup flew to Italy today to undergo a medical and sort out personal
terms.
Cahill sinks his old
club
18 Jan - A single Tim Cahill goal was enough for Everton to edge
their way past Millwall just when it looked as though their dominance in
this third round replay was going to be undermined by an all-too-familiar
lack of bite up front. On the back of impressive displays by the likes of
Leon Osman and Mikel Arteta, the Blues were clearly on top throughout the 90
minutes, but should have had a hatful after half time when Kevin Kilbane
missed an absolute sitter and hit the post, Phil Neville also bounced a
header off the woodwork and Per Krldrup, on since the 33rd minute for the
injured David Weir, headed a corner just over. It was Cahill, though, who
stuck out a leg to meet James Beattie's cut-back to break the deadlock with
20 minutes left and set up a fourth round tie against Chelsea at Goodison a
week on Saturday. Beleated
match thoughts from Richard Williams.
Gotta pick a pocket
or two
17 Jan - Ever since Wayne Rooney's Paul Stretford-engineered transfer
to Manchester United two years ago, ToffeeWeb columnist, Colm Kavanagh, has
been seething at the malignant influence wielded over domestic football
and the Premiership in particular by unscrupulous agents and the clubs
that accommodate them. In the wake of Mike Newell's laudible comments abount
bungs and dodgy dealings in the modern game, Colm takes the top echelon of
English football to task and suggests that this would be a fine opportunity
for the so-called "People's Club" to lead the way in addressing what is a
serious problem.
Moyes cashes in
on Bent
16 Jan - After a report indicating as such was accidentally posted to
the Official site, Everton have confirmed that a fee thought to be 2M,
rising to 2.5M depending on appearances has been agreed with Charlton
Athletic for the services of Marcus Bent. The striker has been given
permission to travel to London to discuss personal terms with a view to
completing the transfer this week. It brings to an end the brief and very
mixed career of yet another Everton striker and a nice 2M profit for
David Moyes.
Osman gives
Everton the edge
14 Jan - A solitary Leon Osman goal by way of a defender's leg after
half an hour gave Everton a crucial victory over free-spending Portsmouth,
their third successive win at Fratton Park. Not surprisingly, this first
run-out for the home side's four new signings was a disjointed affair where
they were concerned and the Blues could, with better finishing, have had
more despite a pretty poor display themselves. Osman header over when
unmarked at the far post inside 30 seconds and Tim Cahill steered a couple
of headers the wrong side of the post and saw another turned over by Jamie
Ashdown when he should have done much better. Pompey threw on strikers in a
desperate effort to salvage a point but Everton held firm.
A striker,
please
12 Jan - "We all know that good strikers dont grow on trees but in a
world full of footballers, dont tell me that there arent one or two who
could be signed and then hit the onion bag more often than Marcus Bent and
James McFadden." Nick Armitage hits the nail squarely on the head as he
tries to decipher expectation management from outright spin-doctoring in the
rhetoric emanating from Goodison Park in regard to the current transfer
window, the one we all so fervently hoped would resolve our goalscoring
crisis.
Whatever happened
to the Likely Lads?
11 Jan - The first team is struggling to get it together this season,
new signings failing to even appear, never mind perform, but there is
precious little sign of any new young players coming through from the ranks.
With the exception of Wayne Rooney, Leon Osman and Nick Chadwick are the
only youth players to make their full debuts since David Moyes took over in
March 2002, and the Youth team recently crashed out of the
FA Youth Cup at the first hurdle. Chris Marks
asks some pertinent questions about what is happening at the Everton Youth
Academy.
Bubbles and Slides
10 Jan - Not much gets past our columnist Colm Kavanagh, who is as
amazed as the next fan that David Moyes could blythly dismiss the prospect
of transfer window incoming. How much of this is spin and corporate-speak?
Or Bubbles and slides, in reference to the succession of PowerPoint
presentations that filled the last AGM to convince the gathered throng of
Everton's new-found place among the 20 richest elite. So lack of money can't
be the reason... can it?
''No new arrivals expected''
9 Jan - "I don't think there'll be any movement at all. The people I
would prefer to bring in are not available. I don't think there'll be anyone
coming in." with these words, David Moyes destroyed any last remaning hope
that Everton's continuing woes in front of goal would somehow be averted in
the second half of the season by the purchase of a half-decent striker who
could pop a few in the net.
Relief for Everton
as Osman makes the breakthrough
7 Jan - Leon Osman scored the all-important equaliser to force a
replay at Goodison in 10 days' time as Everton's second-half dominance
finally paid off. David Moyes made a slew of changes but the Blues had the
better chances in the first half Bent, McFadden and Cahill all going close
until Marvin Williams beat the offside trap and slotted past Richard
Wright to make it 1-0 at the break. Everton had a hatful of chances in
the last quarter of the game after Osman had been introduced and headed home
to level the scores. Duncan Ferguson was denied three times, Cahill headed
over, and Kevin Kilbane should have won it in injury time but blazed over
from seven yards.
What's wrong
with Blue Bill?
5 Jan - After venting their spleens at the manager's incompetence in
times of distress, long suffering Evertonians tend to then focus on the
Board of Directors and especially the Chairman as a target of their deeply
felt frustrations. Bill Kenwright was definitely getting a virtual
battering in our mailbag before the last two games, when Tiny Tim suddenly
came good. It gives us a chance to address this question submitted by
a reader who really wonders why certain sections of the Everton fanbase seem
to have it in for Bill Kenwright.
We got it
going on!
4 Jan - Jumping the gun in developing this analysis of the Everton
squad before all the newcomers sign on in January (and some
perhaps leave!), Dutch Schaeffer provides a generally positive and
uncritical assessment of the tools at Moyes's disposal for the rest of the
season.
Hang on... this can't be right: just a week ago, we were being regaled with
the fan-based wisdom that had many of these players as the dogs of the
Prem!!?!
Blues off to a flier
in 2006
2 Jan - Tim Cahill powered two more headed goals and might have had
a hat-trick but referee Uriah Rennie ruled one "goal" out and he hit the
post in injury time with a wonderful volley as Everton secured a
comfortable victory at Goodison against stumbling Charlton. James Beattie
slotted home his own rebound after Thomas Myhre had saved his 8th-minute
spot kick, Matt Holland leveled 9 minutes later, but the Blues went in ahead
at the break when Mikel Arteta found Cahill with a free kick and the
Australian headed in off the bar. The same combination worked to perfection
just before the hour to make it 3-1 and while the visitors probed and hit
the woodwork themselves, it was the Blues who finished with a flourish and
almost notched four. Match report by
Jonathan Martin
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Snippets & Rumours
Wilson out on
loan
31 Jan - Reserves regular Laurence Wilson has been dispatched to
Mansfield Town on a one-month loan.
Moyes still
cautious on transfers
30 Jan - The likelihood that Everton will make any more signings
before tomorrow's transfer deadline remains slim after David Moyes admitted
that 'we'll continue trying right up until Tuesday, but I won't be spending
money on someone I am not happy with.'
AvdM targets
February return
29 Jan - Andy van der Meyde, sidelined since the beginning of
December with a thigh injury, is hoping to be fully fit again within 10
days.
Customer
service award?
28 Jan - As someone who has experienced (been the victim of?)
Everton's customer service first-hand, John Bracken is astounded by Keith
Wyness' bold claims in the Telegraph business section earlier this
week.
Beattie injury cripples Blues
28 Jan - Everton fans' worst fears are realised with an inury to
James Beattie ahead of today's cup tie and James McFadden was battered out
of the game with a torrentially bleeding nose. Will that give
Kenwright, Wyness and Moyes the kick up the arse they need this transfer
window?
Yobo
skippers Nigeria to second win
27 Jan - Joseph Yobo lead Nigeria to a second successive African
Nations Cup victory, 2-0 over Zimbabwe. The result all but books the Super
Eagles' place in the next phase of the competition; great for Joey, bad for
Everton.
Defence
27 Jan - It's obviously too late to do anything about it ahead of
tomorrow's cup tie with Chelsea, but Nick Armitage fears the severe lack of
cover in defence could become a pattern for the rest of the season and
beyond.
Prisoners of
Millwall
27 Jan - Rod Liddle's lament in The Times at the Millwall
fans' Goodison experience 10 days ago is met in kind by Evertonian Stephen
McBride's account of his afternoon at The New Den in the previous match.
Sadly, he won't get the exposure of national newspaper...
Fans' views needed for documentary
25 Jan - A TV production house in London is working on a documentary
about football hooliganism and is looking for input from fans who have
witnessed hooliganism first-hand, can talk about their most memorable
experiences from the 1970s to today, hold opinions on how hooligans behave
and their sub-culture, or any innocent by-standers who have sustained
injuries from opposition fans or hooliganism. If you're interested, contact
us through the feedback page with
"Hooliganism Documentary" as the title of your message.
Grooming
Anichebe
24 Jan - Victor Anichebe scored both goals for the Reserves in their
2-2 draw with Newcastle United last night. With money tight at Goodison and
the rumour mill linking Everton with strikers worryingly quiet, the 17
year-old could be fast-tracked to the first team before the season is out.
Another injury
for Li
24 Jan - Forgetten man, Li Tie, is back on the treatment table with
an ankle injury sustained in a Reserves outing against Newcastle United.
Blues sweating
on Ferrari
24 Jan - Update: Matteo Ferrari
underwent a scan on the injury he sustained against Arsenal and while there
is no hamstring damage, the club's medical staff are unsure of the exact
nature of the complaint. He is rated doubtful for Saturday's clash with
Chelsea which could leave the Blues with only David Weir as a recognised
centre back.
Season comparison looks
healthier
24 Jan - Resident TW statistician, Steve Flanagan, has updated his
season comparison table which looks a lot better on the back of four
straight wins. While we're four wins off the pace of last season, we're also
way ahead of the appalling 2003/04 campaign. [link
fixed]
You'd have loved
the 60s, Arsene
24 Jan - TW reader Richard McGowan has forwarded us this link to an
account from the MightyLeeds.co.uk
site of a genuine blood and thunder clash between Everton and Leeds
United at Goodison Park in 1964. It's an eye-opening illustration of what
the game used to be like and Everton's supposed bully tactics against
Arsenal on Saturday pale in comparison! Grab a cuppa and enjoy...
Yobo leads Super Eagles to victory
23 Jan - Joseph Yobo captained Nigeria in their African Nations Cup
opener which the Super Eagles won by a single goal over World Cup
qualifiers, Ghana.
Xavier's Boro contract ends
23 Jan - Abel Xavier, once of this parish, has had his contract at
Middlesbrough terminated as he battles against an 18-month ban, having
tested positive for an anabolic steroid.
Moyes reveals Beattie's rocket
23 Jan - David Moyes has revealed the secret in James Beattie's
improved form. It involves hard work on the training ground and, yes, a
'rocket'.
Enough is
Enough...
23 Jan - Unfortuantely we didn't get to this rabid Rage against the
Machine that is EFC, courtesy of an extremely upset Neil Vaughan, before
Saturday's game. You have to wonder how Neil feels today after watching the
product of the empire he so despises execute a great gameplan to frustrate
one of the best teams in the country with Stubbs looking imperious
alongside Weir in the impenetrable Everton defence. Neil, to his credit, has
responded well, and
sounds a lot more composed today...
Club confirms
Cahill ban
22 Jan - Everton have confirmed that Tim Cahill will miss Saturday's
FA Cup tie with Chelsea after he picked up a booking at the end of
yesterday's triumph over Arsenal.
HK: Go for Larsson
20 Jan - Is the experienced Swede one of the players to which Moyes
refers when he says that he's enquired about most of the strikers you could
care to mention? Or would his rumoured red leanings be a stumbling block?
'Like two
new signings'
20 Jan - Yes, except Gary Naysmith and Lee Carsley are not two
new signings and even if they were, I doubt too many fans would be too
excited about it. It seems as though many fans are tired of the
spin; see
this open letter to the club
from Chuffed to be Blue.
Moyes rules out
Viduka...
20 Jan - ... and spins the same old tired line about "the players we
really want" not being available. The manager has 11 days before the closure
of the transfer window in which to plug the gaping holes in attack.
Ferrari wants to prove himself
20 Jan - Matteo Ferrari has moved to distance himself from comments
attributed to him by what he says was someone masquerading as his agent. The
Italian says that he is happy at Everton at the moment and would like his
current loan spell to be made permanent in the summer.
Stubs returns.... with an apology
20 Jan - Alan Stubbs is an Everton player again as David Moyes
scrambles to reinofrce the squad after deciding to bail on Per Krldrup.
Strikers
20 Jan - John Audsley goes down memory lane, analyzing what our
strikers have brought us over the last 15 years.
A Striker Now,
Please!!
20 Jan - Peter Rea thinks we need a striker... now there's an idea!
Let's end
corrupt transfer system
20 Jan - Picking up on Colm's concerns, Peter Fearon provides a
blueprint for a cleaner, less corrupt transfer system.
Davies doubtful
for Arsenal
18 Jan - He's only just returned from a previous ankle injury but
Simon Davies is rated as doubtful for the visit of Arsenal this weekend
after turning his ankle in the pre-match warm-up before tonight's cup replay
with Millwall. David Weir required stitches to a bad facial injury but will
be fit.
Vaughan out for
2 more months
18 Jan - James Vaughan is facing another two months on the sidelines
after undergoing a second operation on his injured knee. The 17-year-old
striker sustained the injury during a training session with England's
Under-19s in September. He underwent surgery and was expected to return to
fitness by early December.
Cahill called to the fore
18 Jan - Tim Cahill will be expected to provide the goals in
partnership with James Beattie tonight is it really true that Moyesie has
required him to play a more defensive role for most of this season, which
could explain our horrific lack of goals?
The 1878 Club
18 Jan - Formed in 2001 and run by Fred Highcock and Andy Horricks,
out of Crofts on City Road, they organize tickets and travel for EVERY
Everton game. 63 members and growing. Evertonians are welcome to call in to
Crofts for a chat; they also entertain away fans on matchdays.
What a
difference 11 years make
17 Jan - We are still in the FA Cup and Mark Langley makes some
interesting comparisons with 11 years ago.
Bent completes move to Charlton
17 Jan - Marcus Bent has completed his move to Charlton for an
astounding 2M, rising potentially to 2.5M, after a strange 18-month career
at Everton.
Ferguson: I
don't want to leave
16 Jan - Duncan Ferguson has confirmed that he is aware of
Portsmouth's interest but has reiterated his desire to see out his career
with Everton.
Pompey in Fergie furore
16 Jan - Portsmouth apparently upset Everton by talking to Duncan
Ferguson about a possible move to the South Coast and an improved 18-month
contract before the game on Saturday, with the Big Yin then
withdrawing "due to illness"...
The Rise
and Fall of Richard Wright
15 Jan - "In the summer of 2001, it seemed as if the young Richard
Wright had a bright future ahead of him."
All lost in the
supermarket
15 Jan - Kevin Sparke devises two categories of player to explain the
vagaries of the transfer market.
''When I
get older, losing my hair..."
14 Jan - 'When I'm 94 I'll take over Everton and sort them out' Ken
Bates
Bradley curious of stadium plans
13 Jan - Newly elected Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley,
a Goodison season-ticket holder, wants to meet Everton club officials to
find out more about their new stadium plans.
Jan not good
month for signings
13 Jan - The latest series of lame excuses from David Moyes for a
total lack of activity in the transfer window have a distinctly hollow
sound: "January ... is not a particularly good month for signings to be
made." Tell that to 'Appy 'Arry on Satdee.
The media mess
we're in
13 Jan - Dominc Buckley follows up with further concerned feedback
over the issues raised by Steve Guy's article on Everton's media image.
Steve McBride confirms here
that it's our failures on the pitch which are the primary reason for a low
media profile.
Alan Green is
our friend
12 Jan - Don't be put off by the title. Steve Guy has written an
excellent article dealing with the galling subject of Everton's low profile
in the media something that is not new, but is also not getting any
better. And a lot of what Steve says was confirmed in an illuminating
response from someone in the media who calling himself Howard Kendall's Love
Child but the club have rejected his claims outright and requested that we
remove his comments.
Cambridge youths in for training
11 Jan - David Moyes has invited Cambridge United youngsters Michael
Morrison and Adam Davies to train with the club.
Better than
last year
11 Jan - Daniel Mckeown, in his second article for us, sees some
signs of progress in the squad now vying for first-team places.
Millwall replay is all-ticket
11 Jan - Everton's FA Cup Third Round replay against Millwall next
Wednesday is all-ticket. No tickets will be available after 6pm on the night
of the game. Season-ticket holders get priority and can even claim
thier current seats by phone!
Naysmith's
scoring return
10 Jan - Gary Naysmith and Lee Carsley whose rehabilitation is
apparently David Moyes's "top priority" at the moment both played the full
90 minutes in the Reserves 1-1 draw with Bolton, with the Scot heading home
the Blues' goal.
Practice
what you preach, Everton
10 Jan - We know something that desperately needs some bloody "va va
voom."
Krldrup back in
training
10 Jan - Per Krldrup is expected to return to full training this
week after spraining his ankle at Aston Villa on Boxing Day.
Yobo & Martyn fit for Pompey
10 Jan - Both Joeseph Yobo and Nigel Martyn are expected to return to
the Everton line-up at Portsmouth, but Yobo will then leave for Egypt and
the African Cup of Nations after that game.
Van der Meyde: one more month
10 Jan - Andy van der Meyde is still some way off in his recovery
from a bad thigh strain, and it will be at least another month before we see
him, says Mick "Basil" Rathbone, the Everton Physio.
Once more unto the
breach
10 Jan - Nick Armitage pays tribute to the ultimate battler himself,
Duncan Ferguson.
Player of the Month: December
10 Jan - A new face tops of the Potm poll for December after finally
putting together a run of form worthy of the accolade.
Bring on the
Pensioners!
9 Jan - Should we overcome Millwall in our FA Cup 3rd Round replay
we'll then host Jose Mourinho's millionaire's club in a 4th Round clash, at
Goodison Park. Date to be announced...
''We were really
in the mire''
9 Jan - Phil Neville, a seasoned exponent in stating the obvious with
immeasurable blandness, reckons we can now finish in the top ten. "Everybody
was down but with two massive wins under our belt in the league we now look
at the table and start thinking about climbing and putting a run together."
Which is nice...
Moyes defends
resting players
8 Jan - David Moyes defended his decision to rest key players for the
FA Cup tie at Millwall, despite evidence that the team he put out simply
wasn't up to the job of defending Everton's great tradition in this
competition. "I wasn't taking Millwall lightly, all the players in our squad
are good enough to play."
Final call for
December PotM
7 Jan - If you haven't yet voted for your Player of the Month for
December, the poll will be open for another day or so.
Click here to vote.
Hopkins in loan
move
6 Jan - Reserve striker, Paul Hopkins, has joined Darlington on a
month's loan. The 19-year-old signed professional papers at Goodison last
year and is now looking for league experience.
Davies may be sidelined again
6 Jan - Simon Davies looks set to miss the Millwall encounter. He
injured his ankle against Liverpool but played against Sunderland because
Neville and Arteta were suspended and, you guessed it, aggravated his injury
further, missing the Charlton game.
Yobo flies out on Monday
5 Jan - On the insistence of the Nigerian FA, Joseph Yobo is expected
to fly out to Egypt on Monday to join the Nigeria squad for the African Cup
of Nations. The final is on 10 February but he might be back before that if
Nigeria get knocked out.
Sutton goes to Birmingham
5 Jan - Birmingham City have signed Everton target Chris Sutton from
Celtic on an incredible 38k/wk contract until the end of the season.
Carsley back in training
4 Jan - Lee Carsley resumes full training this week but it will be a
month or so before he is fit enough for the Premiership.
Beattie wants Dunc to stay
4 Jan - James Beattie has some positive words about Duncan Ferguson,
who he hopes will stay for the rest of the season.
Crisis Management
4 Jan - This article by Norman Hubbard at soccernet.com provides a
reasonably balanced assessment of the Moyes Management conundrum.
Vote for your
player of the month
4 Jan - Pick the player you thought was a cut above the rest during a
busy December.
Big Dunc not done yet
3 Jan - David Moyes wants to keep Duncan Ferguson as an intrinisic
part of his squad, even if it means choosing which games he plays and how he
is used.
Cahill hat-trick denied
3 Jan - Referee Uriah Rennie denied Tim Cahill a hat-trick because he
penalized Duncan Ferguson for pushing a dubious decision, says Tiny Tim.
Why get rid of
Moyes?
2 Jan - It's relatively safe once again for the supporters of David
Moyes to stick their heads up above the parapet...
More frustration for
Krldrup
2 Jan - The Dane will have an X-ray on his injured ankle to determine
the severity of the knock he picked up at Villa and that is keeping him on
the sidelines once more.
The Missing Money
2 Jan - Jez Clein believes that the lack of money for David Moyes in
this transfer window does not jive with 10M or 12M bids supposedly made
for Kuyt and Owen last August. The ToffeeWeb Editor disagrees...
Blues err on
side of continuity
1 Jan - Whether it's because their faith in Moyes remains unshaken or
they are fearful that the pattern of managerial changes of the past decade
has been counter-productive, the majority of those who voted in our most
recent poll say that the boss should not be sacked before next season, even
if we finish as low as 17th.
Law of
Moving Averages
1 Jan - This analysis of Everton's all-time league record, presented
graphically as moving averages shows the full rollercoaster in all its
glory.
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