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Pienaar's goal
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Nobody seems to be giving any mention of the remarkable and, to my knowledge, unique goal scored by Sten Pienaar against Villa.
All 10 Everton outfield players were involved in the build-up, a feat I have never witnessed before in any match anywhere. No mention of it was made by Setanta or MotD2 and as far as I know, no papers picked up on it either.
This was a dream goal and if any of the Sky 4 had scored it, we'd be subjected to nightly replays and an early end to Goal of the Season/decade.
Arthur Small, Posted 16/04/2009 at 09:46:14
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The football played by us in the 90 seconds,prior to the goal was clever, slick and aesthetic. The end product incredibly uplifting.
Both you and Chris Fisher are absolutely correct, and I am convinced beyond all doubt that there?s a long-standing media disregard of us. Given our recent record, I was amazed at how Villa became the new media darlings and favourites to storm the citadel of the Back-Page Four.
Which made it all the more satisfying to see us play them off the park at times, only for two shocking decisions by the ref, which cheated them into a point...
But you know, in some respects, I couldn?t give a shit. Almost like the Crazy Gang, if nobody likes us, fine. We have a distinctive character, we are respected, and our league performances over the last 5 years tell their own story. We go about our business the right way, and we?re a proper football club.
And that?s enough for me........
The BBC, Sky, Sultana all believe they will get bigger audiences with Sky4 teams on the screens. The BBC would prefer to show Man Ure v Chelski/Arse rather than us. It?s a ratings and therefore financial motive. The MotD2 focus on Fellaini was a disgrace.
In this case, we?ll use Everton as an example. We know that the BBC had for some years had a particular lovefest with all things RS. So, as we were subjected to the views and bias of the usual RS pundits then, before going on air, they have to work out the editing of said game.
Because of the amount of viewers and the almost symphonic and aesthetic moves which culminated in the majestic Peanut goal, it would not serve the purposes of the BBC to show the good people of our country what a fine football team we are and are aspiring to become. So instead, they just select all the negative aspects of the game and so try to belittle us and make Villa look the more positive opponent.
As I say, they do this all the time in the world of poitics and, it even has a term for the said manoeuvre.
CENCORSHIP BY OMMISION.
So to all you at the BBC: GO AWAY IN SHORT JERKY MOVEMENTS!! COYB
1/ Villa ? foreign owned; us ? English with a well known media darling at the helm?
2/ A charismatic, intense home countries manager (them and us)?
3/ Villa, a large English contingent; us the same?
4/ A good history in the game; ours being better?
5/ A poor youth policy; us probably best in the game at the moment (look at how many of our youth players had runs-out this season).
6/ Recent years' record: ours is better.
The great British underdog policy is in our favour as well... for the life of me, I can?t see why Villa are given more plaudits than us! Spurs the same, thinking about it.
Me, I?m proud to be an Evertonian; I?m proud we are where we are without some foreign twat with loads of money saying buy whatever mercenaries you can get; I?m proud that, without the spending power of most of our Prem rivals, we are still the most consistent challengers to the top 4; I?m proud that I?m an Evertonian of 42 years...
So fuck the media and let's twat the Mancs on Sunday while the media say that it must be the midweek trip to Portugal that's to blame ? not the fact that we fucking won! COYB!!!
It all goes back 50 or 60 yrs. After the war, everything was up in the air and the times (as Bob was yet to mention) WERE a'changing. Back to Kitchen Sink, The Angry Youngman, I?m Alright Jack, Billy Liar, Waterhouse, Sillitoe etc etc...
The focus was Youth and if you were good enough, the silver spoon was not required. Enter the Working Class; enter Finney; enter Micklewhite.
By the early 60s, Bill Halley had been and gone, along with Tommy Steele and Donnigan. The King, well manipulated and fed burgers by the Colonel, had sold out; Buddy Holly had crashed out. The music and the impetus had died. The charts were bland... Frank Ifield ffs. Even a TV theme for a North of England cop show could get in the charts (so not all darkness and gloom then...)
Then came the Beatles. Liverpool the City was in, it was THE PLACE.
Our winning the league in '63 was over-shadowed by the worst winter in decades, plus Profumo, Keeler, Wilson... even Kennedy managed to steal the headlines from us.
But the BBC were taking notice, ever so slowly, as is the case with the media. Once they grasp the supposed next big thing, they go in boots 'n all. For a prime example see Villa this year, who now it seems won?t actually do it (unlike us who did in '04 )... but hey, why spoil a perfectly good bandwagon with facts???
Match of the Day, the next big thing, in boots and all. And who is the team of 1964? Who won the league?? Who was the 1st game??? THE FUCKIN RED SHITE!!
But what goes up and is in fashion, can and will come down and out of fashion and a bit of tall poppy / jealousy and plain old-fashioned ENVY will help.
We came in with the cute Liver Birds, and ended up with Bread, helped on the way with the Brookside Scally ethos.
You write about what you know, see... hear ? and in the end even Carla Lane bought into the anti-Scouser, scally borderline dodgey dealer. Harry Enfield and the Scousers; write about what you see, hear, and more importantly PERCEIVE to be true.
The same type, one Mr A Daley, 200 miles south, is an icon and hero. A few high profile bad reports, poor headlines... 'Freddy Starr ate my hampster' and another bandwagon is born, mud sticks.
People and events showing us in a bad light... come on down Derek Hatton, cue riots. At one time it seemed every other suspect on Crimewatch was a Scouser. We really don?t help ourselves sometimes.
Fast forward to Heysel and Hillsborough (God rest ALL their souls)... add in the Sun?s Headlines just to re-enforce it some more... and what do we have??
Well, for a large part of the Country ? especially down South, where the money and infuence is ? we have a deep, institutional, even genetic racial hatred of all things Scouse.
The RS get away with it... just,... why? Because, "in the end, old boy, they are just too big now, think of the money..." "Yes, I know... but not quite US are they?" "No, I suppose not, but what can you do? Johnny Foreinger laps it all up for some reason, we?re stuck with them, but not those other oiks, I mean one is enough, if we have to have them."
Nah, you?re paranoid, too sensitive... lighten up get a life... etc etc.
No, sorry, if you have an accent, as Henry Higgins says, as soon as one man opens his mouth and speaks, another will despise him. It?s about stereotypes... stereotyping, including all because of an aspect you think you see (or hear) in one is supposed to be a big no-no.
That's the reason behind it all. (IMHO)
I?ve been saying all season that what Pienaar lacks is that ability to cut inside and score a few belters every season ? a la Kanchelskis for example. Hopefully this will give him the confidence to do it more often. I like him, but we do need more of a goal-threat from our flanks. Hopefully this is just the beginning...


1 Posted 16/04/2009 at 14:43:41
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Remember how happy Sky, BBC, etc were when we broke in to there beloved ?big four?? I just hope we beat Man Utd with a goal from Fellaini after he has elbowed their keeper straight in the throat! Then go on to win the FA Cup and then we can stick that down their throats. Or let Marouane do it!!