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Many posters on this site think our season is over and losing Jags will end any hopes of beating Chelsea in the final. This is just not true. We were in this same place after an uninventive performance against Newcastle and a season ending injury to Arteta and our season actually managed to get even better!
The truth is we will go on and beat Sunderland next week and all the teams we have to face (including Chelsea) for the rest of the season and Joe Yobo will re-establish himself as a rock at the back. This is not being over-optimistic ? this is acknowledging the talent we still have in our squad and the fact Tim Cahill is still fit for the final push!
We will finish fifth and win the cup and we will do it for Jags, Mikky and... (maybe not the Yak). Have faith, stay positive and there will be a silver lining at the end of May. Don't let one result get you down. COYB.
Ian Tod, Posted 26/04/2009 at 08:53:37
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I bet if any of the top 4 lost the spine of their team (as mentioned in another thread) before a major game, we wouldn?t hear the end of it. When we lift the cup, will any one else know or care about the teams we?ve had to beat and the adversity in getting there?
When Arteta got injured, I thought "that's it ? our seasons over, we're not gonna win another game"... All credit to the lads, they pulled together and proved me wrong.
I think we will cope without Jags ? have we already forgotten the Chelsea game, Lescott and Yobo were solid that game and we should take heart at that. At the beginning of the season, when they were playing together they were awful, and I never wanted to see them in the same defence again, but last Wednesday's performance changed that.
We'll be alright; we are Everton. COYB
Moyes's head must be wrecked, what does he do with Saha? Wrap him up in cotton wool and save him, or risk him and hope he finds some form before the final. Whatever he does, we cannot afford another injury, and we all know Saha with injuries...
I would like to say that, if we do win the final, then if Moyes is not Manager of the Year then I?ll be shocked. To think he?s got this injury-plagued team this far (and not just any old injuries.... that?s three major season-ending injuries, plus others, plus Saha who?s permanently crocked it seems), this season, especially after such a bad start, is nothing short of frigging amazing. COYB!
"Have faith, stay positive................" you say and then write something like that. Are you one of the lazy Yak brigade? Shame on you!!
If you think we haven?t missed him this season then you really mustn?t go the match. Let?s win the Cup for everyone and stop this berating of our players.
Not sure what you want from your forwards, but I want mine to score goals ? not run around a lot and not score.
I?m sure Yakubu will be most unhappy he doesn?t have your full respect, Ian.
Yakubu has scored more goals in one season than Vaughan or Saha will score in their entire Everton careers.
And yes I?m sure Yakubu will be most unhappy he doesn?t have my full respect. You seem to forget that Saha is a proven 20-plus goal a season striker as well.
Whilst I don’t doubt Saha’s quality when fit and in form, his age and tendency to spend long spells on the treatment table ensure that he is (when not injured) going to be a good quality squad player for us at most, not the goal machine that Yakubu is.
Similarly Vaughan suffers from the same problem as Saha in that he has more time off injured than he does on the pitch. If he can get over that he certainly has the potential to be a great everton centre forward in the future.
Having a striker that works hard is always a good thing but having one which puts the ball in the net is much better. Games are won by scoring goals not giving defenders a hard time. Personally I would rather see Yakubu do nothing all game then pop up in the 87th minute and smash in the winner for a 1-0 win, rather than see Saha or Vaughan work their bollocks off for 90 minutes, hustling and bustling centre-halves in a 0-0 draw.
A striker create chances for other players? What’s the midfield for then? If Yakubu puts them away and the midfielders such as Arteta, Cahill and Fellaini are creating goals for him and bagging close to double figures themselves as well then what’s the problem?
Yakubu comes in for a record fee and seems to get consistantly slated for not doing anything apart from score lots of goals. When the object of the entire sport is to win by scoring lots of goals. Think back, when has Everton last had a player that hit the onion bag as frequently as Yakubu. I think it was Beardsley in the early 90’s. Now if being the clubs best goalscorer for nearly two decades doesn’t earn your full respect I don’t know what will.
I still think we will give Chelsea some problems, and I somehow feel that we will play a 5-man midfield with Tim as the striker to keep things tight, then when all square, he will unleash Vaughan on tired legs to win the game.
With fans like ours at Wembley pushing the team along how can we fail? "I have a dream..." Keep the faith, the future is blue, and it's not Chelsea's, it's Everton's...
Re: this side argument about the strikers, Yakubu is definitely the best. Am I the only Everton fan who is unconvinced by Vaughany? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look like the goalscoring super-hero people think he will become.
So starts for Gosling (fabulous goal btw) and Rodwell, possibly at the back, to come? Andy van der Shandy involved? Baxter? Could be interesting.
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1 Posted 26/04/2009 at 14:46:00
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Anywhere else and we truly are knackered.
Best Striker, Best Midfielder and Best Defender gone ? what price Howard picking up a knock before the final?