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Unlikely... but why we could possibly finish 4th
Examining the example set by Borussia Dortmund.
: 27/06/2013
The Question that Must be Asked
Richard Tolman provides some follow-up on the takeover rumours he provided six months ago.
: 24/06/2013
Education, Agitation and Admiration
The Blue Union report from their latest meeting at The Casa on 8th June with Goodison legend Neville Southall and KEIOC's Colin Fitzpatrick.
: 10/06/2013
An afternoon with an Everton Legend
Paul McAllister reports from the Blue Union meeting at The Casa on Saturday afternoon, capturing the irrepressible essence of a unique former player who understands the inside of the club.
: 09/06/2013
A Summer of Opportunity
An in-depth look at the current Everton squad and where Roberto Martinez should look to improve in the summer transfer window.
: 06/06/2013
Men in Tights
Ian Macdonald recounts his cycling odyssey from the Stadium of Light to Goodison Park in support of Everton in the Community
: 01/06/2013
Next Season and the Future...
What will Everton do with the new wealth they are set to see from next season onwards?
: 01/06/2013
Best of Luck and Peace
Calling for cooler heads as the next chapter of Everton's history begins
: 30/05/2013
Bill’s Big Decision
With Bill Kenwright close to making his Herculean decision, who will be Everton's next manager?
: 29/05/2013
Misfortune or Carelessness or Worse?
The current Everton management have recently proved yet again that they have an innate ability to market in anyway positively Everton Football Club. Not only this, all they seem capable of is creating situations which paint EFC in a wholly negative light.
: 28/05/2013
The Five Stages of Grief
"[W]hen I saw the new badge on the official website, something inside me died."
: 27/05/2013
Open Letter to Everton FC
As the backlash over the new Everton badge grows, fans are encouraged to send their disapproval to the Club.
: 27/05/2013
The Kings, The Knights and the Lepers.
Ian seems to be going for angling for Steve Clarke (!) as the new Everton manager, controversially grouping current favourite Martinez in amongst the 'lepers'!?!
: 27/05/2013
Tick Tock went the Clock...
More deliberations over the agonizingly protracted decision on who is to be the next Everton Manager...
: 25/05/2013
A Growing Unease
More thoughts on the deepening morass that is the selection process for the new Everton manager...
: 24/05/2013
Addressing the Criticisms of Moyes's Performance at Everton
In an in-depth look at the Scot's 11-year tenure, specifically addressing the criticisms leveled at him.
: 24/05/2013
One last signing, Mr Moyes
David Moyes's last act as Everton boss should be to consult in the appointment of his successor, argues Stefan Tosev.
: 24/05/2013
Why Bielsa is the man for Everton
Making the case for Bilbao manager as the ideal replacement for David Moyes
: 23/05/2013
Top memories of True Everton Legends
I am lucky enough to be of an age to have seen great Championship-winning sides at Goodison Park and have many memories of my childhood days at the Old Lady (it was state of the art back then) and Bellefield.
: 20/05/2013
From my seat: Chelsea (A)
A trip out to London for the last game of the season, London trips always stretch the wallet but it was the manager's last game in charge and always a chance it might be the game where we at last win at the home of a team where the manager hasn’t won in all his 11 years of residency... and wouldn’t you just know it — he didn’t break that duck.
: 20/05/2013
Crossing The Rubicon
It is perhaps with some irony that David Moyes's final match in charge of Everton could be viewed as a perfect microcosm of his entire reign.
: 20/05/2013
Back to the drawing board
How is Everton going to shape up after the Moyes Era?
: 17/05/2013
Martinez: Can We Afford to Take the Risk?
Some reservations about how Roberto Martinez might try to change Everton's playing style, if he were to become the next manager.
: 16/05/2013
Time to Modernise the ''Manager's'' Role
There has been a lot of talk about who we get in to replace David Moyes and not enough talk about whether all of Moyes’s duties should go to one man.
: 16/05/2013
A Poisoned Chalice Awaits Annointed Lemming
n/a
: 16/05/2013
The Case for Vitor Pereira
"Vitor Pereira has shown that he is a winner. He would attract high quality young players from abroad and would look to push us upward from the day he arrived."
: 15/05/2013
Dark Night at Estádio da Luz, 2009
Not so fond memories of Everton's last European adventure...
: 15/05/2013
Why Not Bag Clarke?
Making the case for Steve Clarke as the new Everton manager
: 14/05/2013
Ending An Era In Style
Match Report: Everton v West Ham Utd
: 13/05/2013
From my seat: West Ham (H)
On the hour mark, a Moyes chant from the Street End was picked up by all four sides of Goodison which set up a Phil Spector like ‘Wall of Sound’. You just had to be in attendance to get the utter emotional outpouring that it brought. As all our anthems were belted out I saw hardened ‘Home and Away’ers’ wiping tears from their eyes. Yes, I included, it was just one of those things that happen at Goodison now and again and you know you will never forget it. There was no doubt Moyes was leaving with the thanks of the vast majority of match goers. Hell he had to turn and return to the bench...
: 12/05/2013
How good was David Moyes?
Another review of the Moyes Era
: 12/05/2013
Make us proud!
I am calling on all Evertonians fortunate enough to attend tomorrow's game to do us proud, and give Moyes a good sending off.
: 11/05/2013
Don’t be so defensive about David Moyes, Everton!
A definitive analysis of Everton managerial predisposition
: 11/05/2013
Duncan Ferguson - This is Our Destiny Calling
Arguing the case, as Howard Kendall has, for appointing Duncan Ferguson as the new Everton manager.
: 10/05/2013
In Moyes We Trust
"Firstly, Moyes must be given the acclaim he has earned. Secondly, we need to think carefully about recruitment and take advice."
: 10/05/2013
The King is Dead....
More reaction to the Departure of David Moyes.
: 10/05/2013
Is Anyone Else Confused?
A personal take on the mixed emotions and confused reactions precipitated by the departure of David Moyes.
: 09/05/2013
The Next Step
Needed
: 09/05/2013
All I’ve Ever Really Known
David Moyes has been there through it all. From my first day at high school, my first kiss, my first pint, to my first away day. Moyes was always in charge.
: 08/05/2013
The Greatest Day
A fond look back 50 years to the day Everton won the 1963 League Championship.
: 01/05/2013
In Defence of a Good Manager
"We need money, yet while we don’t have it Moyes will keep us up there, with a chance."
: 29/04/2013
Wear the Black Kit at Anfield?
First-time poster, Tony, floats a radical idea for changing the dynamic at the derby.
: 29/04/2013
Time to say Goodbye?
David Moyes has demonstrated considerable skills at football management during his 11 years at the club, and every fan should be thankful that we have had him here. But he has reached his own glass ceiling, and instead of pushing our faces against the glass and looking on at the top four with envious but resigned eyes, he should be pushing against the glass with a determination to break through it.
: 28/04/2013
Big Pay Rise for Moyes, Please!
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Moyes tenure.
: 26/04/2013
The Leaving of Goodison
What Goodison Park said to me, as a 4-year-old, approaching the ground on my Dad's shoulders, having ‘driven’ the bus at the front of the top deck and jumped off at the Mons 'cos the exercise kept him going, past the Water Works and through the terraced streets, then St Luke’s and Goodison Road,... What Goodison Park has always said to me, is 'Wow!'; a secular cathedral of epic scale, proportion and beauty.
: 21/04/2013
Candy Crush timeout rambling
I wrote couple of articles a few years ago about how a team play to a manager’s ethos — especially in the critical moments and, regardless of some moments of individual excellence or indeed individual errors, like Baines's howler the other day, the way the team play overall is the Moyes way. It’s as we all know primarily defensive and a wee bit old school: effective-ish but not inspiring.
: 21/04/2013
In Moyes we Trust
n/a
: 19/04/2013
What It Means to Be an Irish Evertonian
"I live in Ireland, a land were Manchester United and Liverpool shirts are everywhere you turn, but the sacred Royal Blue is a much harder sight to come across."
: 17/04/2013
Players Ratings vs Arsenal
I was at The Emirates last night and feel compelled to write up some of my feelings on the performance.
: 17/04/2013
The (distant) Smell of Success?
Almost exactly a year ago, I posted a fan article entitled ‘Cheer Up, Anichebe’. Have just watched his goal and celebrations and the contrast could not be greater – could this knee-slidin’, gun-totin’, SMILING scorer be the same guy who, after going on a mini-scoring spree last spring, looked like he had sentenced his family to death by ruining a shady betting syndicate’s big gamble each time he hit the back of the net?
: 13/04/2013
Three Cheers for Captain Pip
Recognition for the contribution Phil Neville made to Everton during a crucial period for the club.
: 10/04/2013
Blue Union – 2 Years In and Next to Nothing Achieved
"Is the Blue Union actually needed? Are they just making the situation worse? Would we be better off without them? If they’re sticking around, could they do more?"
: 02/04/2013
Spare a thought for the biopsychosocial male
Nick Entwistle digests the contrasting fortunes of Everton's last two games in a broader biological, psychological and social context for both player and fan.
: 29/03/2013
Champions League in Everton's hands
Everton's performances in the reamining games through the final quarter of the season hold the key to their progression into the Champions League, 2013-14.
: 27/03/2013
The Time for Change is Now
"With ten games to go and Everton with pretty much nothing to aim for, I think we should just go gung-ho for the rest of the season."
: 14/03/2013
Under Pressure?
The biggest single problem is that there is ZERO pressure on anyone involved with the club from within its own little bubble.
: 13/03/2013
Anticipating Everton’s Next Move
Preparing for a post-Moyes era?
: 12/03/2013
Tactically inept
A retrospective assessment of where David Moyes went wrong against Wigan in Saturday's FA Cup quarter final disaster
: 12/03/2013
Born, not manufactured
Like all of us, I crave the slightest bit of success again. I get wrapped up in forward thinking on the back of two or three wins. I'll start thinking that we are going to be back to where we belong again because we've beaten Man Utd at home. One thing persists though. We are ALWAYS let down when it matters.
: 11/03/2013
The Duncan Ferguson Affair
There's an ingredient that was starkly absent on Saturday against Wigan: Passion.
: 11/03/2013
The Dream that Died
A rambling discourse on the Wigan game and its aftermath.
: 10/03/2013
Kenwright, Moyes and Our Net Spend
A review of the current Everton situation, which is not down to one man or one single cause, this analysis is broken down into the related key areas of Moyes, Kenwright and our financial situation.
: 10/03/2013
The Tipping Point
Everton are rapidly approaching a Tipping Point were action and changes need to happen at all levels of the club. If not, we will spiral into Decline and it will be painful.
: 10/03/2013
Abandon the Dream?
Should we abandon all thought of a big-money buyout?
: 04/03/2013
A View From Across the Pond
A relatively new fan from New York weighs in on Everton's immediate future
: 04/03/2013
A New Future
Moving the team on next season... after Moyes, Fellaini and Baines have gone.
: 04/03/2013
One Step Closer To Wembley
It’s great to progress, particularly when I was fearing elimination and I feel a home game against Wigan on a Saturday afternoon with a vibrant crowd could be enough to spur Everton on to Wembley once again.
: 27/02/2013
Nothing but the best is good enough
In truth, I believe that Moyes is a good solid manager, arguably one of the better modern-day managers, but I don’t believe he is a great manager, or at least not as yet.
: 26/02/2013
What do we know?
Everton supporters have rightly questioned what the hell is going on... but do we have the answers and are we asking the right questions?
: 24/02/2013
Last Days in the Bunker... again?
An eerie comparison between the last three months of Smith and last two months Moyes...
: 24/02/2013
My take on Moyes's Everton reign
I have read a lot of opinions on David Moyes, both good and bad, and I'd just like to give my views on his time here.
: 21/02/2013
Nil money ... Nisi Optimum
We all look at our translated club motto – “Nothing But the Best” – and should realise that its sentiments are from a bygone age... What a bloody noose it must be around any Everton manager’s neck. We, as fans, hold it like a gun against the club / manager’s head because we long for it to be true.
: 20/02/2013
Thomas… Latchford… Goal!
Dave Thomas in conversation with Rob Sawyer
: 18/02/2013
The Night Before
Heightened expectations, years of a bare trophy cabinet, the dour predictions of our manager have all led us to believe that we should be better off.
: 17/02/2013
The Contract Affair
David Moyes's announcement about delaying his decision on a new contract at Everton means substantial uncertainty going forward...
: 15/02/2013
Anniversary Blues
A little premature anticipation of next month's 11-year anniversary celebrating the Moyes Era at Everton
: 11/02/2013
Listen, Son...
... if it's getting too hard to take me to the match these days, I don't mind giving it a miss.
: 07/02/2013
Who was England's greatest?
Top goalscorers for England
: 06/02/2013
Bottomed Out
Statman alert! It's Points Per Game in Overdrive!!!
: 04/02/2013
Do We Need a Director of Football?
Has David Moyes lost his managerial focus?
: 04/02/2013
Leg it, Heitinga!
Time for Johnny Heitinga to go.... only the transfer window ist geslossen!
: 02/02/2013
My Deadline Day Report
An Everton fan chronicles the distinctly underwhelming denouement of the January Transfer Window.
: 01/02/2013
All or Nothing
Everton need to do everything they can to secure Champions League football this season
: 29/01/2013
The Great 1970 Everton Mystery
Everton should have been the team of the 1970s... Why did it all go wrong? And why so quickly?
: 28/01/2013
January transfer deadline day:
An Everton history
Looking ahead to deadline day by looking back at the Blues' past activity in January
: 28/01/2013
Nai(more)smith
n/a
: 27/01/2013
Everton vs Bolton Wanderers:
The FA Cup History
On the occasion of their seventh FA Cup meeting in January 2013, a look back at the first meeting between two historic northwest clubs in 1887
: 23/01/2013
Moyes, Guardiola, Pochettino
Discussing the merits of tactics versus player quality at three very different clubs
: 18/01/2013
The Death of Football Supporters
Has the Sky Sports era and, specifically, Everton's recent Premier League performance made fans more impatient and unrealistic in their expectations?
: 17/01/2013
A Microcosm of his Tactics
"Saturday was the perfect example of the issue that Moyes has yet to overcome and will, for me , mean he will never take on a so called ‘bigger job’."
: 14/01/2013
Fifty Years Ago...
Reminiscence of a top-of-the-table clash from 50 seasons ago between eventual champions Everton and Tottenham.
: 14/01/2013
Don’t You Love the Smell of Desperation in the Morning?
Barry Jones takes the media to task over their reporting of Everton's latest accounts
: 04/01/2013
From My Seat: Chelsea (H)
Match Report
: 30/12/2012
EFC Ownership — do we care anymore?
An impromptu missive on the realities of the increasingly moribund saga that surrounds the ownership of Everton Football Club.
: 30/12/2012
2013 — A Pivotal Year?
Thirteen years prior to the end of the 20th Century, Everton were Champions of England; now, on the threshold of the thirteenth year into the 21st Century, what is the future for Everton FC and its supporters?
: 30/12/2012
Stoke-on-Bent
From some of the reactions, you would think the Big Fella had committed murder. Marouane is getting it from all sides yet, although his reaction was foolish, its nothing we haven't all seen before.
: 17/12/2012
Play the Game
Players need to know they cannot get away with abusing a referee, cannot get away with fouling in the box, cannot abuse other players racially and finally, they need to realise that football IS a contact sport — not touch rugby.
: 17/12/2012
Another Silly Mistake Costs Everton
Match Report: Stoke City (A)
: 16/12/2012
2013 – A Step Into the Known or Unknown?
The Unknown. If David Moyes moves on, that is exactly where we will be... But strangely, if he stays on, we might also be in the unknown — A brave new world of Champions League and increased income.
: 10/12/2012
2012-13 – The Season the Perceptions Changed?
This season, I have seen a big upturn... After years and years of taking our punishment off the big boys, now we go after them. We fear nobody... but there are four things that are stopping us from going 4th.
: 02/12/2012
Transfer Activity Under Moyes
A ToffeeWeb newcomer thinks we don't remember some of the the less successful players brought to Everton by David Moyes.
: 02/12/2012
We're doomed! Don't panic! We're doomed! ...
Who has the hutzpah to finish top 4 this season?
: 27/11/2012
A Truly Memorable Experience at Goodison Park
Zaid Omar recently visited Goodison Park with his family for the first time to watch the Merseyside derby.
: 27/11/2012
Are freebies the way forward?
n/a
: 23/11/2012
Best of the Rest again?
am just enjoying the ride at the moment. It's the best Everton team I have watched since 1995 so I cannot find any reason to be negative...
: 20/11/2012
From My Seat: Reading (A)
A trip to Reading for what should be a routine three points was anything but routine with the Blues ending up losing those routine points, falling to our second defeat of the season and allowing Reading their first win of the season.
: 17/11/2012
Loyal Leon Osman
ggiii
: 08/11/2012
Everton Need Patience
Everton’s players need literal patience on the pitch
: 05/11/2012
Premier League Officials Still Owe Us Three Points, At Least
These things even themselves out in the end, Episode 34.
: 29/10/2012
Looking Ahead
The next four games, and the three that follow it (in the space of ten days) represent two very different sorts of tests that will tell us a lot about where we really stand.
: 29/10/2012
Pushing On
n/a
: 28/10/2012
Paul Bracewell on the derby and a march into Europe
"We've got every chance haven't we," he said. "We're at home and we've got good players. Why shouldn't we go into it with confidence?"
: 27/10/2012
Nothing Changed
n/a
: 26/10/2012
My Everton/Donovan Conspiracy Theory
Donovan's string of comments and interviews, coupled with my belief that there is a gentlemen's agreement for a discount deal in January – both lead me to believe Donovan will be signing a three year contract in January for a fee of around £1.5 million
: 25/10/2012
The Italian 3-5-2
Could Everton play the Italian 3-5-2 Formation? Would it work?
: 22/10/2012
Will it even itself out?
The balance of bad decisions seems to be swinging heavily against us.
: 22/10/2012
Ross Barkley: The Enigma
n/a
: 19/10/2012
Chilean Update
n/a
: 17/10/2012
Pierluigi Collina
The infamous disallowed goal against Villarreal that could have forced extra time for Everton in the Champions League qualifying round, 2005.
: 12/10/2012
Jelavic – The Best Everton Striker For 25 Years?
first look at Jelavic and he appears to be nothing out of the ordinary. He not blessed with blistering pace nor is he likely to dribble around 3 defenders and bend a curling shot into the top corner...
: 09/10/2012
Everton's Somewhat Alarming Lack Of Youth.
Are Everton likely to have a group of English youngsters who can push Shelvey, Stirling, Henderson and Wisdom for an England call-up?
: 08/10/2012
My Apology to Colin Harvey
I was a happy man when Harvey was sacked and I was ecstatic when I heard that Kendall Mk II would be his successor. Hindsight tells me what a fool I was. The more I reflect on my folly, the more do I admire Colin Harvey. This man, in spite of being sacked and humiliated, still consented to being Kendall MkII´s second-in-command. His love for Everton FC must have been truly infinite.
: 06/10/2012
A Pilgrimage: My Weekend Abroad to See an Everton Match
An American Evertonian's Goodison Odessey
: 02/10/2012
Judge us after 10 games
n/a
: 01/10/2012
EFC Manager (for PC & Mac)
A virtual challange to the Football Manager in you...
: 27/09/2012
Time for this Farce to End
Everton players in the Leeds game had a sloppy, half-hearted approach to the game — they seemed clearly aware they were not there to win.
: 25/09/2012
Fan Ownership
Fan ownership: how we took control of our football club, Wycombe Wanderers
: 21/09/2012
Swansea City v Everton, Match Preview
Time to "Man up"? A preview from the Swans camp...
: 20/09/2012
Bad Officiating — Premier League Response
Bad Officiating? Who... us?!?!?
: 19/09/2012
So frustrating...
So frustrating... but also so much to be pleased with:
The Good/Bad/Ugly...
: 18/09/2012
How Many Times Have You Seen That Goal?
Everton 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd
: 18/09/2012
A New Dawn For Blue-Red Relations?
After yesterday’s outpouring of sympathy for the families of the Hillsborough victims, the sincere respect expressed on ToffeeWeb for the campaigners, and the profound sense of Merseyside unity that emerged, I can’t help wondering where this leaves the relationship between fans of Everton and LFC? Will it improve things, or will the bile resurface in a few days time?
: 13/09/2012
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly.. or does it?
The continual battle between loyalty and ambition
: 10/09/2012
The shield of 'ambition'
Is 'ambition' one of the most misused words in football?
: 09/09/2012
What a difference 8 months makes...
8 months ago, Everton were in a bit of a mess and Moyes had gone stale...
: 04/09/2012
Time To Honour a Goalkeeping Great
n/a
: 04/09/2012
A letter from Bill to the fans...
What Bill Kenwright might say if he could talk honestly to the fans of Everton FC
: 03/09/2012
League Cup 3rd round 1987
The draw for this competition at this stage 25 years ago was to set up a night to remember.
: 03/09/2012
Do we still need the Blue Union?
A good start to the season... but do we???
: 01/09/2012
Football Manager Stole My Life
Evertonians who come under the ‘not quite’ bracket in terms of their overblown promise in the Manger database
: 30/08/2012
Third Team Lucky?
David Moyes to have assembled two 'teams' during his reign. The second imploded last season, and now we are seeing the emergence of his Third Team...
: 28/08/2012
Everton and Referees
Any qualified referees who want to participate in the independent assessment of decisions made during Premier League games?
: 26/08/2012
The Last Game: Life, Death, Family and Football
James Corbett pens this fine tribute to his grandfather, Charles Mills, a devoted family man and Evertonian who passed away this week.
: 24/08/2012
More of the same, Moyes
Everton have made a great start to the season and Tony Marsh is looking for it to continue...
: 23/08/2012
Enough
In the away section of Goodison Park last night, Man Utd fans, frustrated by their team’s performance, started chanting at Everton supporters making reference to the Hillsborough Disaster.
: 21/08/2012
Everton Box Office Email FAIL!
Shocking error on email confirmation of a season-ticket transfer...
: 19/08/2012
The Scene of the Crime of the (Last) Century
USA take some lustre off Mexico's Olympic Gold Medal, Tim Howard denying two goals with a couple of brilliant saves that allowed the USA to win in Mexico for the first time ever.
: 17/08/2012
Summer sucked; now back to the football
Like an addict who just can't stay away, Nick is back to ponder the summer gone and the season still to come.
: 15/08/2012
How do you measure a Manager?
Silver-spoon managers
: 15/08/2012
Hibbert Scores, Goodison Riots
Five goals, a pitch invasion, and Everton finishing with ten men; who said pre-season is meaningless? On reflection, the details count for little as fans came to pay tribute to Tony Hibbert.
: 09/08/2012
Olympics underlines fundamental problems with English football
Where on one hand you have disciplined, professional athletes, on the other you have footballers that appear to need to be constantly coddled by clubs in order to keep fitness and avoid disgracing themselves in nightclubs.
: 05/08/2012
The Real White Elephant?
Are we too hung up on the stadium issue? Should we be equally or even more focused on turning round EFC as a business?
: 31/07/2012
Time to Cash in on Johnny?
With the recent talk of Baines and Fellaini having to go to fund future moves, the question must be asked: What is the current value of John Heitinga in the Transfer Market?
: 27/07/2012
Here We Go
Heading into the new season...
: 22/07/2012
Motherwell 1 Everton 1
Stevie Hammell Testimonial.
: 21/07/2012
Moyes Likes Them Flexible
n/a
: 17/07/2012
Summer Dreaming
Ramblings on the summer pastime of Squad Analysis
: 17/07/2012
Holiday Blues
The story of a Swedish wedding and a chance encounter with Iain the Blue Barman at Winstrom's Pub, Stockholm
: 16/07/2012
50 shades of Blue
The things that mean 'Everton' to you...
: 14/07/2012
Marketing Everton
Outsourcing of Everton's merchandising operations restricts distribution and take-up to the continuing detriment of Everton Football Club.
: 12/07/2012
Accelerators, Padded Rockers, and Jess
A story
: 11/07/2012
Yearning for Peanuts
A review of what Steven Pienaar means to Everton
: 09/07/2012
Everton to Finish 4th Shock (Reprise)
This is the season...
: 08/07/2012
An Assessment of the Competition
As the new season approaches, it would be an opportune time to assess what we will be up against in the coming season.
: 04/07/2012
Farewell, 'Twiggy'
"I found it cathartic to write a little reflection of my favourite memories of Westy"
: 04/07/2012
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