ToffeeWeb - Season 2008-09

Why are the message boards always very quiet when we are winning but if we are losing it’s like overdosed by negative comments?

Strange. Anyway, COYB!!

Elgin Joshua
29 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:02:07

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Beattie ?... Think he put in ONE good cross.. Other then that, don’t think he touched the ball. Stoke’s been piss poor..

But this is Everton, so let’s have more of the good play please.

Jamie Barlow
30 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:03:04

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footy doctor.tv is working pretty well for me.

Elgin Joshua
31 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:06:23

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Saha on, Cahill’s off. Obvious to rest Cahill.. he’s been playing too many games.

phil mason
32 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:06:47

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Saha on for Cahill

Steve Fletcher
33 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:03:19

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Neil H- great link- the most stable one I’ve had for weeks- cheers....COYB !

Ste Lewis
34 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:06:54

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Jo injured - doesnt look good.

will leaf
35 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:03:35

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For those with no feed:

Beattie has looked pretty decent...strong...but ABSOLUTELY isolated up front.

Fellaini looks very assured on the ball. Looks strong. May be shaking off his back injury. Some good passing and clever interplay, esp with Jo. Still a lack of pace.

Usual ddecent stuff down the left with Baines/Pienaar

Pip doing well. Decent distribution. Tried to put one ball into orbit.

Oh, their goalie is having a shocker.

Elgin Joshua
36 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:10:11

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Pienaar’s playing very very well.

Peter Killey
37 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:15:16

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Well that was a poor effort... Jags not tracking the player gives away a corner... No fooking marking..

will leaf
38 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:15:22

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Not the Goalkeeping School of Science today. Poor marking, But Howard should have had that. 2-1

Peter Killey
39 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:17:27

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We are making this hard for ourselves... they are poor and we are letting them back into it.

Will Leaf
40 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:20:22

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We are still in the changing room.

Ralph Wetzels
41 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:19:03

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Almost 2-2 there. What, have Everton had sleeping pills in their tea at half-time or what?

peter klley
42 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:21:37

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why did we take tim off? we are falling aprt right now...

will leaf
43 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:28:32

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Anyone know how long Hibbert is out for? This Lescott/Yobo experiment is fragile at best.

Kiern Moran
44 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:31:33

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Peter Killey. Why did we take Cahill off? Primarily to give Saha 45 minutes as we build him up to playing 90 minutes... and secondarily to rest him. Oh, we concede a goal and suddenly the manager is a failure again. Stoke are having their twenty minutes. Panic not.

Jamie Barlow
45 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:41:52

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Jags isn’t a full-back, simple. The sooner Hibbert comes back the better. I can’t even understand why Neville can’t play fullback. We’ve looked shaky at best today.

Ralph Wetzels
46 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:39:56

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Well, I remember the game against Hull (where we were also 2-0 up at half-time I think) when Fellaini collected a yellow card just after half-time which got him suspended against the shite . People were moaning he should have taken Fellaini off at half-time. Now he takes Cahill off because he has played a lot of games to give him a rest and give Saha some match-fitness and still people are not happy. Strange.

Jamie Barlow
47 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:47:12

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What the fuck is going on? Holding out for a 2-1 win against Stoke. What's happened at half time?

Ralph Wetzels
48 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:48:32

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Well, Pienaar should have scored there.

Jamie Barlow
49 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:49:54

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All this talk of taking players off to give them a rest is unbelievable. They play football for 90 minutes aweek and they need a rest. BULLSHIT.

Brian Waring
50 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:48:52

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I don’t think anyone could have a go at Moyes for taking Cahill off. As mentioned Saha needs minutes on the pitch, and Cahill deserved a rest.

Will Leaf
51 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:49:49

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The BiG Fella!!!

Ralph Wetzels
52 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:51:47

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3-1. Thank you, Marouane.

Jamie Barlow
53 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:51:52

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Get in!!!!!

John House
54 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:51:35

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Well done lads, 3-1. Is that 8 wins and 1 draw at home in the last 9? Not pretty but more points... fortress Goodison! COYB!!!!!

Ralph Wetzels
55 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:54:52

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Jamie, we haven’t got a lot of players. I can understand Moyes’s subsitution at half-time.

Will Leaf
56 Posted 14/03/2009 at 17:56:23

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Cahill definitely needs the rest. He really wasn?t dictating matters in the 1st half anyway. I don?t think the drop in form was due to Cahill coming off.

Jamie Barlow
57 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:05:59

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I need a rest. 81/2 hours a day 7 days a week 48 weeks a year. Thats what i work. Not 90 mins.

Ste Lewis
58 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:04:09

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Of Pienaar and Osman, who Moyes has asked to step up, Pienaar looks like he could. Brilliant berkamp esque touch from Fellaini to clinch it.

Varun Rajwade
59 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:12:28

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Are you guys insane.. All year you moan about Moyes not being aggressive and not going for the kill.. He does, puts in Saha, we make a couple of defensive mistakes and now all of a sudden its why the hell did he change the formation / take of Cahill.. Are you nuts.. Isnt this what we have been waiting for, Moyes being more positive and trying to put games to bed.. Further shouldnt we have a working partnership up-front.. Saha and Jo have hardly played up front together, so its logical that Moyes gave them a run together..

Moyes is dammed if he does and even if he doesnt!! Ridiculous..

Paul Lally
60 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:10:05

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Cahill had a slight knock so taken off as a precaution.
Also gave Fellaini a chance to drop deeper where he says is his best position plus Saha more game time.
Stoke can out with nothing to lose and we were adapting to new midfield.
We gave it a chance, obviously wasn’t working, so Moyes made the change and pushed the Big Fella back into arguably his best position, off the front man and Rodders took over in midfield.
We then started to play again and got the third goal.
I did notice Jags and Yobo having a ’chat’ a couple of times but as per usual Jags gets on with his job and is getting better at right back every game.Still like to have Jags/Lescott together. Is it a coincidence that Howard looks shaky again now Joe and Lescott are back together ?
3 more points. Hopefully no major injuries and we move on. Good result.
COYB.

Jay Harris
61 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:27:59

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I thought there were a lot of positives today. Jo looked tremendous and linked well with Fellaini. Ossie looks back to form, Neville was solid, and Pienaar was all-action albeit with some poor final balls. Baines and Lescott looked pretty good and Tiny won all the headers defending their corners.

Jags lost concentration for the throw-in that led to the corner for their goal and Yobo really ripped into him. After that, Jags seemed to lose his confidence a bit.

On that note, the sooner we get a proper right back (Hibbo or Neville) back in there, the sooner normal service will resume.

Roger Osborne
62 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:37:15

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I don’t know all the details, but on this day Goodison Park was witness to an Everton win over Stoke City. Tony Pulis has a team of no frills players but who work hard at you, and when Shawcross got one back I thought it could go against us here, but the team dug in and put a cushion between themselves and the opposition and I hope we were worthy winnners.

Still producing results despite the players out, and Moyes deserves recognition for this. Only downside of today was the Shite antics at Old Trafford earlier today. Never saw that coming.

But why did the rotund one have to open his trap?

Roger Osborne
63 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:37:15

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I don’t know all the details, but on this day Goodison Park was witness to an Everton win over Stoke City. Tony Pulis has a team of no frills players but who work hard at you, and when Shawcross got one back I thought it could go against us here, but the team dug in and put a cushion between themselves and the opposition and I hope we were worthy winnners.

Still producing results despite the players out, and Moyes deserves recognition for this. Only downside of today was the Shite antics at Old Trafford earlier today. Never saw that coming.

But why did the rotund one have to open his trap?

Sorry if this appears twice but the posting process seems a bit dormant this afternoon.

Mike Gaynes
64 Posted 14/03/2009 at 18:42:55

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We just saw why we paid all that money for Fellaini. That touch before the goal was absolutely elegant. And his passing was faultless most of the day.

Jo looks like he’s blending in, Osman looked like himself (finally) and I thought Yobo was very solid. But Baines had a poor day... plenty of room, especially in the first half, but every final pass was off target.

Moyes really made me scratch my head... I have no problem with subbing off Cahill, but why in the world did we not have a defender on the post for corners? I said at the start of the game that would cost us a goal, and it did. Almost two.

And here?s to Beattie. In the first minute he falls over, gets the hoo-raw from the crowd, and comes up grinning ear-to-ear and waving to them. He didn?t score for us, but he sure is a classy guy.

Tim Laynge
65 Posted 14/03/2009 at 19:12:10

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Thanks Mike Gayne. Exactly what I thought.Those who despicably had a go at Maro despite playing with a broken bone in his back should own up or hang there heads in shame after his last two or three displays. And kudos for Jo.

Tim Laynge
66 Posted 14/03/2009 at 19:36:06

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Mike Gaynes sorry missing the s in your name.