Today's Team vs Chelsea
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Howard, Hibbert, Neill, Heitinga, Baines, Rodwell, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov, Jo, Saha, Pienaar. Subs: Nash, Yakubu, Coleman, Duffy, Agard, Akpan, Mustafi.
So much for 'Moyes doesn't do 4-4-2'. It's a pity for Coleman that he's on the bench again but knowing our luck he'll be on after 15 mins because of an injury.
John Pulman,
London (not by choice) Posted 12/12/2009 at 11:44:49
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Matchday Thread...
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:04:06
Subs: Coleman, Duffy, Agard, Akpan, Mustafi
That looks like our U-21 team out there!
David Duignan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:04:58
link :
http://www.ilemi.com/channels/channel15.html
Adrian Lalor
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:09:08
http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch3.html
password: dfg
Keith Glazzard
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:10:42
zulu.mk have it on -usually a good stream.
Victor Johnson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:11:16
confident and composed start
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:11:24
get in!!!
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:10:51
Yes!!!! 1-0
Victor Johnson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:11:51
Yes
King Louis does it again!!!
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:12:22
cech og
Victor Johnson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:12:47
brilliant ball in by billy
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:12:52
what a great ball by bainesy!
Nick Entwistle
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:16:52
Of ocurse my connection screws up and I miss the goal... any good?
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:17:06
oh dear
David Duignan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:17:57
same here Nick I Presume from the freekick on the rit? any links tha work please??
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:19:06
Bloody Drogba.
Just imagine if we had Drogba and they had Jo. That would be great.
Victor Johnson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:19:04
1-1
bad mistake by Saha
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:19:44
At least we led for a short while.
Moyes may never have beaten Chelsea but today we led for 18 minutes.
Nick Entwistle
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:21:44
Any links going guys?
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:20:41
anyone getting a decent stream - mine’s disappeared now!
Rory Slingo
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:21:56
foreign commentary but this link is working well for me http://futbolyayini.com/tamekran.html
click on ch 3
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:23:13
http://atdhe.net/10892/watch-chelsea-vs-everton
Viv Sharma
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:21:05
Neil couldn’t care less! I was delighted when I first read we signed him: how wrong I was! PUT SOME EFFORT IN!
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:23:00
2-1 anelka - I’m beginning to think we should just stop scoring first against Chelsea
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:23:42
comical defending - this could be 6+
Lee Kidd
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:24:10
Business as usual. Well played, Everton. Concentration span of a bowl of goldfish.
Joey Brown
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:24:26
Let the flood gates open... We defend like children
Ashley Woodstock
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:24:02
http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=57958&part=sports
im using the fox sports decent link stream really good....
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:23:51
2-1
Oh well normal service resumed.
Lets hope we don’t concede another hatful. We have already been roasted by Arsenal and Benfica.
Viv Sharma
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:24:05
case and point. FFS!
Phil Rodgers
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:25:17
Absolutely pathetic defending.
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:26:11
Great ball in by Baines (idiot commentating called him warnock ffs) Saha should have beyied that one.
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:28:07
why does howard always stay on his goal line?
Ciarán McGlone
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:28:51
Neil and Heitinga...a very dodgy looking partnership..
in midfield we look good when we pass it...but while we are playing 442..they look to have a couple of extra gears more than us...
Fellaini playing well, Rodwell quiet and Pienaar giving the ball away a lot.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:30:46
Both sides aren’t defending well, but Chelsea looks like they can score on every attack.
Pat Finegan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:35:18
If you have veetle player installed.
http://veetle.com/viewChannel.php?cid=4b23a8fcd5e36
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:38:43
this could be 3!
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:39:09
great link from rory btw
Santosh Benjamin
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:41:24
Are these commentors serious?
Do they know Warnock doesnt play for us? If they are getting paid so much,they should atleast know the bloody players on the pitch. Every challenge by us is a penalty...and every Chelsea challenge is a FAIR one...i agree Chelsea are better than us..but they dont need the commentators to brown-nose for them!
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:41:45
I have reserved any judgement on Jo to this point in his Everton career, but I have made a decision now - HE IS AN ENBARRASSMENT
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:45:35
Dont want to worry anyone but bloody Wolves are beating Spurs. As it stands they go above us.
Bolton too are winning and West Ham are drawing.
This is not good.
Will we be in the bottom 3 for Christmas?
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:47:32
he is down again! Get up you fairy!
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:44:22
In games like these... I wish we still have Duncan Ferguson. Chelsea defence doesn’t look that water tight.
Ashley Woodstock
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:48:07
Jo needs to get off now hes totally awful!
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:48:42
And Jo needs to toughen up!
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:48:25
http://www.vshare.tv/live/10487/azsportz2/1
Decent link in English...you may have to hit reload a couple of times as it overloads with peers and asks for dosh...ignore and reload till plays normally
Santosh Benjamin
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:47:19
Foreign players? GO down too easily?
Have you heard of a guy called Steven Gerrard? These guys should be lined up and shot...pathetic commentator. Actually they arent even that..just cheerleaders for the Opposition!
Paul O'Grady
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:48:54
Jo is a big girls blouse....probably too cold for him out there.
Mike Oates
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:48:36
Sorry Jo your time is up , will never ever have the strength or committment to play in the Premiership
Joey Brown
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:49:28
Maybe we can trade him for Arteta... in the injuries?
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:48:48
thank god I would rather have a fat, lazy, unfit Yak
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:49:50
2-2
Yes. Yakubu.
Thankfully Jo got injured.
Come on Spurs.
Please dont let Wolves overtake us.
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:49:29
yeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:40:53
Feed the Yak and he will score! The big guys back!
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:50:17
FEED THE YAK AND HE WILL SCORE!
Phil Rodgers
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:49:46
YES!!!!!
Joey Brown
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:50:07
YAKUBU!!!!!
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:50:13
Inspired substitution by Moyes
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:51:38
Get in there Yak, Jo go back to Shitty
Ashley Woodstock
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:50:50
get in there yak!!1 thank god for jo going off!!!!
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:50:12
Yes! Feed the Yak and he will score - fat, lazy, ugly or otherwise.
Alejandro Castellano
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:30:47
FEED THE YAK!!!
Phil Rodgers
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:51:59
YAKADOODLEDOO!!!!
Doug Walters
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:54:14
Is it me or is Chelski aweful when they are defending?
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:54:18
Score in the injury of injury time! Thank god for Jo.
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:54:37
I think getting injured is the biggest contibution Jo had made so far this season.
Brian Waring
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:52:36
Hahahaha Jamie, I was just about to post , that I wonder how long it would take for someone to come on and say that it was a masterstroke substitution by Moyes.
By the way, doesn’t Cech look dodgy?
Doug Walters
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:56:27
There whole defence lookd dodgy, if we can keep up the pressure at set peices I can see us getting a point.
Ajay Timothy
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:57:50
Please dont concede within 90 seconds of kick off
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:57:53
To be honest, both sides defence look dodgy. Only problem... Chelsea looks more likely to score :(
Doug Walters
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:59:14
Least the heart is being shown it is good to see that we have that back.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:00:18
I think Pienaar needs to show up - he is having a stinker this half. On the other hand, Felli is looking like a class act playing from a deep midfield position.
Dermot Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:01:08
Bily again seems very quiet to me.
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:59:10
Surely Moyes knows by now that Jo is pants?
Cancel his loan in January and look to bring in someone else.
There must be a decent striker we can get on-loan? I’d even take Ryan Babel from the reds. He’d be better then Jo.
Anyone is better then Jo.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:00:52
Doug, totally agree. I didn’t expect much from todays game. Just a bit of passion and fight. Thats all i ask.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:03:33
Doug & Jamie: totally agreed. It’s good to see that the willingness and fight is back.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:03:40
Isn’t this American bloke we’re supposed to be getting a striker?
Doug Walters
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:06:39
Striker or winger or centre mid
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:06:42
Jamie: yup. And it looks like Landon Donovan is able to play left and right midfield as well (not to mention, he’s pretty fast as well). I rather have him than Jo.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:08:11
Or full-back or Centre-half or Goalie
Kieran Kelly
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:10:24
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tsarena
Dermot Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:05:36
btw what is with Bily clasping his hands behind his back whenever he is in the box. A little extreme in terms of caution, no?
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:12:17
Defending too deep and inviting them on again
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:13:33
Billy & Pienaar are very quiet and not being effective at all.
Alex Marsh Nikas
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:17:39
Great defending from Heitenga there on Drogba
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:16:45
Felliani neeeds to show some maturity and not commit to those silly and unnecessary challenges.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:18:26
Bily is havin a nightmare. He looks scared to tackle. Needs to grow a pair of bollocks.
Peter Dancer
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:20:09
Kieran...why did your link just start singing at me? lol
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:14:54
shite
Kieran Kelly
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:22:00
I know man. it’s gone mad....now it’s gone completely!
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:22:16
poo
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:22:36
Heitinga should have had that gift to Dogbra
Joey Brown
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:22:57
Lost all feeds... got one?
Dermot Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:20:47
That was coming
Mark Flehmer
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:25
Having any of our center backs would have prevented that goal
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:20:36
Billy is having a nightmare out there.
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:06:51
3-2
Come on Spurs
Come on Spurs
Come on Spurs
I cant handle the embarrasment of being below Wolves.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:22:24
Fuckin Baines and Bily again. How many times are they gonna stand of the man crossing the fuckin ball. Useless cunts.
Adrian Lalor
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:39
http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch3.html
This has been working perfect for 2nd half so far
Rory Slingo
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:31
this one’s still up
http://befooty.blogspot.com/
Gary Mortimer
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:16
When will Baines learn that he has to try and stop these crosses coming in? It’s no good hiding your arms and just dangling a leg out to try and block it. I blame him for that!!! Just like the first goal against the spuds last week - he’s got to get closer!
Dermot Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:48
Who do you bring on to change things? Bily is appalling today.
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:39
http://atdhe.net/10892/watch-chelsea-vs-everton
working nicely for me
Joey Brown
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:24:29
Thanks boys
Paul O'Grady
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:23:41
Sopcast Channel 81774 is quite good. English comm as well.
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:19:38
Yes!!!!!!!
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:25:06
Dermont: we are left with a bunch of u-21. Take your pick. I’ll bring on Akpan - surely he can’t be as bad as Billy is today.
Joey Brown
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:25:19
HAHAHAHAHA! YES!
Gary Mortimer
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:24:42
King Louis II - come on!
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:24:57
King Louis - get them set pieces in Chelski can’t fucking defend them!!!!!!!!
Allan Barratt
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:26:06
Baines!! Stop crosses coming into the box!! Don’t stand off!!!!!!
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:24:04
3-3
What a game.
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:25:37
get in louis
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:26:24
King Louis i’d like your babies! Just some annoying surgery to get out oof the way first. :P
Phil Rodgers
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:25:03
We can fuckin beat these today!
Mark Flehmer
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:26:27
hahahaha beautiful
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:26:53
Both side defences are fucked today. At this rate, we could end up with 5-5.
Dermot Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:24:55
3-3. Yes. Saha is total quality. We would be fucked if we didn’t have him. Totally saved our season
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:26:46
Nice assist from Dogbra ha ha ha
Adrian Lalor
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:27:38
spoke too soon....... iraqgoals gone down
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:27:00
Win, lose or draw the lads deserve credit today.
Just like last week they are showing a fighting spirit.
Lee Kidd
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:28:15
What a difference having two goalscorers up front makes - we look dangerous going forward but as weak as plywood at the back.
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:25:17
Saha brings one down with his face against Pompey, scores with his back against Chelsea - quality! This defending is laughable. By the way also watching Man City - Bolton and Man City’s defending with a certain Mr. Lescott is terrible, at least our centre backs are makeshift and din’t cost 40 mill!
Dermot Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:27:41
No sense we can defend this
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:28:27
sopcast 81774 good for me....cheers Paul
Andrew Oxton
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:31:46
I got nothing, anyone got something?
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:29:13
I can’t cheer for Spurs I am afraid
Rob Skeldon
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:30:14
The Toffeemen are in cracking voice today. I can almost hear them from Southeast London.
Regardless of how this game ends, it's just nice to see us competing once again; I think our season is slowly turning around, all started by the inspired performance against Liverpool. The fact that we were totally robbed that day may have given the team its determination back. Good to see.
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:32:32
atdhe.net, the two links are temperamental but one of the two has been working most of the game
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:31:46
pienaar is getting fuck all protection from nob ed dowd
John Pulman
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:33:15
http://www.iraqgoals.net/4232-chelsea-vs-everton-fc-.html
You need to d/l the veetle player (link on site) and its foreign commentary - but with the quality (or lack thereof) of english commentary im actually finding the foreign stuff makes more sense.
Colin Ryan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:33:31
http://www.hostream.net/menu.html then select channel 9
Andrew Oxton
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:34:06
thanks rich, its up. COYBB
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 15:54:18
WTF. Yakubu stood still and yet it’s a foul?!?!
Santosh Benjamin
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:34:07
Dowd bugger...how is that a foul by Yakubu..and the ever idiotic commentators to back him up
Santosh Benjamin
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:35:40
and again....
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:37:32
this is dnagerous
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:36:56
where does dowd live? £1k to whoever can tell me - how is that a foul on Anelka? IOt’s fucking backing in!
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:37:44
Agreed Santosh...unfathomable
Adrian Lalor
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:37:46
thanks for link colin
Allan Barratt
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:37:50
Tony Gale is a wanker! Every challange by us is a foul, yet chelsea can do wrong!!
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:38:32
When we get our team back from injury I hope we will be challenging Spurs...so Up The Wolves!
Santosh Benjamin
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:40:17
i agree Allan...exactly what ive been saying..i want to know where Dowd lives tooo
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:41:22
Great one handed save from Howard
Steven Sturm
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:40:52
Agree Will. Going ahead of Spurs is the goal by season end.
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:42:14
That twat Dowd is handing them this on a fucking plate
Mike Gaynes
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:43:12
Hi guys... just woke up here in California. So have I missed anything?
Jeez, what a game.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:41:50
We are living really dangerously. Billy and Pienaar needs to help out our fullbacks.
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:41:24
we may be tecnically pants in compatison
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:42:53
Bily blowing out of his backside helooks knackered but hasn’t done anything
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:41:22
I think Bily will be a good signing, he just needs a rest after a long russian season, let him acclimatise slowly.
Getting nervous now.....
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:45:01
We may be technically pants in comparison but I like our spirit
Andrew Oxton
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:45:47
bit of commentary please lads, got nothing here
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:46:52
http://www.ilemi.com/channels/channel15.html still working for me
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:44:37
I’d take the Yak off and put one of the young uns on. He’s doin fuck all for the cause again. He just strolls around. Fuck him off.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:47:23
Moyes need to get Billy out - he’s not giving us anything. I think he needs a bit of rest.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:47:20
sopcast 81774 continues to be flawless
Chelsea pressing...we’re packing the box
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:48:45
Carvalho off...belletti on
Mike Gaynes
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:50:15
Everybody looks knackered. But I like the composure I see... nobody acting desperate.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:50:57
The odd counterattack...basically defending in depth.
They’ve thrown on another striker for Mikel
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:49:39
Getting wasted. Standing far too off the ball. Just letting them cross the ball all day. Panicking now.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:49:56
Billy looks totally knocked out. I think any of our young ones can do any worst.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:52:38
Chelsea to drop their first home points?
Mike Gaynes
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:53:24
Need a sub, just for a little energy up front.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:53:46
4 mins extra time
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:51:07
four mins stoppage time
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:53:56
4 minutes of injury time, they look dangerous
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:54:25
Moysey well into it - he smells a point
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:54:17
We need to make a sub come on DM
Mike Gaynes
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:54:12
And here comes Agard for his debut. Run like crazy, lad.
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:54:47
saha down, akpan getting readied
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:56:03
Agard just needs to run around like a headless chicken. Can’t do any worst.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:56:01
Ballack just wide Bily gave it away disastrously
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:56:14
Bily gives it away badly there, he is knackered! Ballack should have scored
Mike Gaynes
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:56:50
Now that’s a hell of a first career touch for Agard. YESS!!!!
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:57:54
What a point!!!!! Well done lads
Rich Williams
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:57:35
great point!
Gavin Ramejkis
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:57:03
Will take that, well done lads
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:57:15
YES! Have never been so pleased with a draw! LOL.
Stewart Littler
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:52:57
decent performance against one of the top sides, we didn’t show any fear, and I think we deserved the point. Now Moyes has got to start Yak & Saha next week
Phil Rodgers
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:32:51
Fantastic! Magnificent result against one of the best teams in europe. Top lads!
Adrian Lalor
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:51:53
Well done lads...... great point today :-)
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:51:05
I am so fuckin proud. I don’t give a shit about the opinion of the wingers who will try in a few mins to give some kind of view that will make everything we did look crap and useless.
You’re very wrong.
Just so proud.
Well done lads. Well done.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:00:07
So....when do we sign King Louis to a contract. He has saved us this year
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:59:22
Stewart: doubt so, I think it will be back to 4-5-1. Everyone looks knackered and Billy needs a rest proper. Thank god there’s no major injury concern - and Jo’s best contribution was getting himself injured.
Santosh Benjamin
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:01:03
Another point that feels like a win....it wasnt pretty but it was effective. Heitinga did well today. Saha held the line well. Bily was pathetic...
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:02:55
For all our injuries, our terrible start to the season, we are still in with a shout for a top 8 finish.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:00:36
Great result. Great scrambling defence again. Thought Felli played well again. Hope this is the start things to come from the big man. If only we could get the Yak back up to speed. He’s so fuckin annoying.
Ciarán McGlone
Posted 12/12/2009 at 16:59:10
Strange game..great result..
Billy looking completely ovewhelmed, Pienaar being very wasteful, Rodwell anonymous and the centre halves looking cumbersome ..
But whenever we passed it about in midfield..we actually looked comfortable at times..with some eat football...
Great result
Michael Kenrick
Editorial Team
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:03:14
Bily was the poorest I think I’ve seen him. Good point but pity we didn’t go for the win. At least three opportunities to break with pace (who am I kidding?) and score the winner — something that is simply anathema to David Moyes.
Jamie Barlow
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:05:15
I forgot Rodwell was playing Ciaran.
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:03:07
Ok the dust has settled. It seems to me a disgrace that a club that once won something should be so pleased with a draw.
BK and DM are at fault.
Surely Kirkby has taken away our class and made us happy with a point.
None of you who are celebrating this draw are real fans.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:05:42
I think Landon Donovan would be a good move for us. We need the pace up front. Billy is going to be an ace player, but not when he’s totally knackered. I think he needs a short rest. Unfortunately, we can’t afford the luxury to give him that break.
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:09:15
I agree Wilson. I trhink Billy will be a really good player for us.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:08:45
Ged: We have a bunch of kids on the bench and almost a full team in the medical room. While we should be winning every game, we have to be pragmatic sometimes, especially against a team yet to drop points at hime.
Gerry Quinn
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:10:28
Ged, grow up - we have just drawn away with more than half our side injured and come away with a very, very creditable draw against a team who had won 7 out of 7 at home and we quadrupled their goals against!!! What in heavens name more do you want?
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:12:45
I’m sorry....I was being poorly ironic and taking the piss out of what the moaners will say in due course.
I am so made up with this result.
Gerry Quinn
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:12:21
You are out of order stating we are not real fans.......I can go back over 50 years and more of supporting the blues. THAT was a great performance given the circumstances.
Gerry Quinn
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:14:38
Point taken Ged
Ged Simpson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:15:48
Gerry... for fuck's sake. It was a joke man.
Gerry Quinn
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:16:09
Maybe ironic comments should be in italics!
Matt Lavery
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:12:13
We should have battered Chelsea today, with that team we’ve got there are NO excuses. Chelsea would have been shittin’ themselves when Agard came on - lucky for them he only had 2 minutes of injury time to do anything. Lucky barstuards!
When will Moyes learn that the only way we’ll continue to win and challenge for the league is when we buy someone of the class of Ronaldo!? MOYES OUT!!
I’m not a real fan of Everton by the way - GREAT result...
I’m off to drown my sorrows - getting a draw against the league leaders... the kids, 3 right backs and 2 crocked forwards ought to be ashamed!
Iain Love
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:04:59
Didn’t see that coming, I would have settled for an honourable loss. Howard was superb, Heitinga decent, Fellai good, Saha class, Rodwell... "was he playing"?
Great result, ok performance; I can see us ripping up the league now and maybe top 6 isn’t beyond us. Draw away at Chelski, draw at home to Spurs, better team against the R/S, players coming back, one loan sorted for Jan, at last something going for us.
Seminal moment: King Louis's fantastic back header.
Gerry Quinn
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:17:02
Alright, I’ve calmed down now.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:17:58
Guys, give Ged a break would you?
By the way, the refs in the league are a really bad long running joke.
Gerry Quinn
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:20:17
Did anyone see Twattenberg sending off Bellamy for diving - both twats - made for each other!
Dick Anderson
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:19:33
Ok great fighting spirit and a decent result but two things worth thinking about:
1. David Moyes has still never beaten Chelsea.
2. Hull are now level on points with us and Wolves (who just beat Spurs) are now only a single point away.
Lee Kidd
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:20:21
Absolutely delighted with that result; I expected a thrashing. This is a Chelsea side that can blow away most teams in the world more often than not.
Sorry Ged, but your comment is plain ridiculous. I would suggest you aren’t a realist, especially given our situation currently.
On a sidenote, fair play to Jo. No quality whatsoever, of course, but he put a shift in whilst on the pitch. Louis Saha is a different class altogether.
Will Leaf
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:21:19
Didn’t Bellamy try to remove Twattenberg’s fake hair a season or so ago? I guess Twatty can really hold a grudge.
Richard Murray
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:22:50
Don’t say it too loudly, but if we can pick up 7-9 points in the next three games against Birmingham, Sunderland and Burnley... and then get the cavalry back in, we could be back in the mix by the new year!
Fingers crossed. We look a lot more like ’Everton’ the last few games, and that’s despite the beleaguered squad.
Wilson Tan
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:26:08
Richard: In the last few games, we definitely looked like the Everton we loved. The turning point seems to be the defeat in the derby. Now, we need to hang in there and pick up points in the next few games. If the bench today is any indication, we are running out of bodies.
Bob Turner
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:27:30
Dick
1. A result we get against Chelsea doesn’t define our season so far - I’d rather have lost today and beaten Fulham, Wolves, Stoke, Burnley, Bolton, Hull and Bolton (and of course Liverpool!). Winning that little lot would have us in the top 3.
2. Hull were already level with us before today’s game (though point taken on the Wolves result)
As Richard says above, the next 3 games are winnable, and will go some way to getting us back on track (or leaving us in the shit if we lose).
Michael Upton
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:32:28
Well played Ged Simpson — comedy gold, but your timing might not have been perfect?
Well we really scrapped for that, it’s a great point and coming off the back of the Hull second half, the unlucky derby, the hard-earned Athens win and the second half spirit against Spurs, it almost feels like a win.
The defence is still shot to pieces and Drogba and Anelka are a menace but there was much more attacking intent from Everton than we were seeing a few games ago.
It’s good to have Pienaar back and Rodwell/Fellaini is not a bad centre midfield. Bily’s not quite there yet — might be one of those who doesn’t cut it that well away from home in the PL... or might just be in a run of poor form.
Either way, with Distin back we’ll look a bit better again and if DM can have, and take advantage of, the luxury of being able to play players in their right position, we CAN start to climb the league. Starting against a very in-form Brum next weekend.
Keith Glazzard
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:42:08
Any result is a good result.
The forecast away at Multibillionsofroubles was null points. Possibly six goals against.
One point, three goals, that’ll do me tonight.
Keith Glazzard
Posted 12/12/2009 at 17:51:15
Rodwell -
the main thing about Rodwell is that you aren’t supposed to know he’s playing. If he’d been our defensive hero today - which Heitinga was - we would have been in very deep shit - 6-0 against at least.
Ian Smitham
Posted 12/12/2009 at 21:14:45
Matt
Hilarious, good man
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