ToffeeWeb - Season 2007-08

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The little matter of the Derby

Never have I felt such a lack of confidence heading into a Merseyside derby. Having watched the team week-in, week-out, scrape by with dire football and astonishing Moyes tactics, I have been putting to the back of my mind the impending Game of Games. Now, having been a proud Evertonian for almost all of my 30 years, I am well aware that we may raise our game, play the ball on the deck, score through scintillating pass-and-move football and revert to type the next game.

On the whole I cannot see us beating them this year. I am an optimist at heart, an old romantic if you will, but where will the goals come from? How will we not be over run in midfield? Can we repel their onslaught and effectively counter-attack? Our past seasons have all been given a kick-start by a great result in the derby; if Moyes wants to keep those wavering fans onside, he needs to pull off a result that I fear many don't expect.

It has been stated on this site ad finitum that Moyes is tactically niave and cannot get the best out of his players. I do not believe this, as this was exactly what he was capable of doing in his early seasons at Everton. Our team seem to be a confidence team, and a very brittle one at that.

The loss of our first-choice midfield is hampering what should have been our season to show everyone how far we have come, but now we are facing a leaking defence and a goal-shy attack. Moyes and his team must now prove their stock and rally the remaining troops into a galvinised hard-to-beat team. We did it before with lesser players; for the sake of our season and more immediatly our local pride, Moyes must prove he is the man deserving of the leadership of Everton FC. COYB.
Chris Lawlor, Sale Posted 08/10/2007 at 10:00:58

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norman merrill
1 Posted 09/10/2007 at 07:36:22

Carpe Diem.

norman merrill
2 Posted 09/10/2007 at 07:36:22

Carpe Diem.