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Holding nerve
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I must admit that I never watched the Metatarsals game. I was late driving back home and put the radio on just as the Metalheads went one up. I just thought 'Oh No - here we go again'. I got home and watched some tripe on TV and then at 10pm I switched to teletext expecting to see the same old story.
Well, Ye of little faith, take note - there has been improvement under Moyes. There is a better squad and there is a greater expectation. I lost faith for a few hours but after the last twenty years who wouldn't?
This squad expects to finish in a top six position. Most likely the bottom end of the top six but relegation battles are a thing of the past. It's time to hold the nerve and believe that last minute winners are coming our way not to the opposition.
I've been lucky enough to see 3 great Everton teams - early sixties with Young, Vernon, Labone etc - 5 years later with Ball, Kendall, Harvey - then in the 80's. The one thing they all had in common was a fight to the end spirit because they always knew they could get a winner. That's been lost since the start of the Premiership - once an Everton team goes a goal down they don't expct to come back and we don't expect it either.
This is a squad good enough to get wins in a long sequence - the true sign of challenging for honours.
My only reservation is that we don't punish teams. How long is it since we saw an Everton team pour all over the opposition and pull them apart? That's the ingredient the Manager has failed to find. If he can get it going we may yet have a manager who can get the silver polish out.
The fans need to hold their nerve and the manager needs to let the midfield cut loose a bit more.
Pat Mustard, Posted 05/10/2007 at 17:13:06
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