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There's no 'I' in Team.
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After another truly woeful display in the 2nd half against Fulham and the subsequent postings by equally irate and disappointed Evertonians I felt compelled to write in. I personally feel that there is no "I" in team, the "I" in this case.... invention.
I believe that the constant singling out of players is often overlooking the most startling problem which is the lack of threat we cause to the opposition because of our one dimensional approach to nearly every game and the square pegs in round holes syndrome clearly affecting the managers team selection and the players themselves. The lack of an alternative style of play is what holds us back from being a great team rather than a good one (I say nearly every game because I did witness Fiorentina at Goodison where we absolutely battered them!).
My main gripe is that we do not have a style suited to the majority of players in the squad (jo or Saha as lone striker, Osman right winger, Hibbert attacking full back, Pienaar left winger, Neville and Rodwell together as centre mid, Arteta right midfielder, Anichebe right midfield, Felliani attacking mid, Jagielka def mid/right back I think that is sufficient but I do have more!!), or if we succumb to an injury to an influential player (Arteta) there is nobody who can fill in adequately and we plod along with "what we've got".
I would not be surprised if almost all Evertonian's could pick the team and tactics that our manager would deploy each game, which begs the question how many football managers would also guess this and counteract them? Mr Moyes will say that the problem is a lack of numbers in the squad, I would argue that it is a lack of invention in tactics which addresses this lack of numbers which he has known about for over 5 years!
Don't even get me started on throw ins! back to basics David, an overhaul in thinking is needed and players have to be dropped from the squad all together until they improve dramatically.
Andrew Laird, Posted 13/09/2009 at 16:28:28
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And don’t get me going on substitutions. He only brings on a striker if we go a goal behind in the 2nd half!! I watched the game at a mate's, and we predicted that he would only bring on a striker if Fulham took the lead!!! Moyes’s tactics are like a film you’ve watched several times — utterly predictable.
He has mentioned several times in the past that we have limited options, a small squad etc. When he makes signings and has more options he doesn’t use them. Not good enough, Mr Moyes, not good enough. He needs to accept that his poor and predictable tactics were at fault.
We would be better off buying two fast, pacey forwards from the lower divisions than what we have now. If we had players who could keep possession maybe this would off-set the need for pace... but, at this moment in time, we have neither!
Are you THE Paul Homes...?
Because if so, you were rubbish lad!
:o)
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