Jelavic rift could prompt his exit

I have no idea if there is the slightest truth in it. If there is a problem, I would hope it can be overcome for the good of the team. Surely they can be professional?

Jelavić has dipped in form, I'm afraid that happens to all goal scorers. I doubt very much that there is anything in this.

No wonder Arsene Wenger doesn't think Everton can be a big club!

Mirallas often tends to look to shoot even spending up a lot of energy to get into a shooting position rather than look for the killer pass, but FFS. Grow up on this!

Jelly looked pumped up enough with his goal v Sunderland; but v Norwich, he was not even attacking the spaces where he coulda got a goal.

Strikers these days do tend to sulk if things aren't going their way. You only have to look at Fernando Torres. I think the case could be the same with Jelavic. He's going through a sulking stage. A similar thing has happened with Papis Cisse at Newcastle.

I am a firm believer though that if you put the ball in the right areas for Jelavic, he'll score. At the moment, we're not doing that. But the same also applies to him as well, he needs to get in those positions and I think he has become a bit lazy. A typical example was last weekend when Baines was having ago for not moving. Baines is not one to lose his aggro and there did appear to be a bit of tension between both. Maybe his form has dipped due to break down in relationships with certain players, I hope not.

If it is true then i'd be glad to see him go, we don't need such childish crap at everton!! Especially when you consider what they're being paid!!
Can you imagine him putting in his transfer request:

NJ: "... hi boss I'm here to hand in a transfer request"

DM: "Why jelly? whats making you so unhappy?"

NJ: "It's Kevin! He doesn't pass to me and its making me sad"

DM: "Grow the F**k up!!"

But this is just getting ridiculous. So the media has us selling our star left back in January, Heitinga in January, our star striker in January, our star midfielder in January. Sure, I can see that happening. We'll sell off the entire team midseason, that's likely to happen, right? Enough of this shit.

Jelavic's poor form is chiefly down to the fact that he isn't getting any service. Granted, his approach play has been sloppy at times, he has had a tendency to take the wrong option and he's missed a couple of good chances.

But if his half-volley against Reading goes in instead of being blocked by Morrison's arm, or that similar chance against Norwich that deflected over then he's a hero and back to his best.

There have been occasions earlier this season when I have thought players such as Naismith and Mirallas should just give the ball to Jelavic in the last third or in the box, but recently I have been less sure as his form has been poor. If he is criticising those around him then hopefully he is being very hard on himself at the same time. He is not in the Lineker or Shearer league yet and he should realise that at the moment he is a very decent striker with room for improvement.

I think we lack a real leader on the pitch, someone who can credibly tell players when they are screwing up. James Martin is right that happy families does not always produce good results

Like most Evertonians, I'm looking forward to the returns of Mirallas and Gibson and hopefully getting back to winning ways, whether there's arguments between players or not.

If it is true that Jelli's ego is threatened by the impact of Kev Mirallas then this is where the manager really earns his money. The bottom line is that results are what matter, not who grabs the headlines, and all need to be convinced that they are employed to be part of a team. In an industry where personal profile and individual glory is so marketable that may be a tricky thing to do.

Dione Dublin was on the radio the other day saying that SAF was brilliant at integrating strong individual personalities into the overall team, which has to be a key skill if some of the maverick players have personalities to match.

I thought Mirallas was both brilliant and selfish when he finally got playing for us, but he still has a lot of work to do to strike the right balance. Funny how we loved to see Coleman go head down and running at the defence, but if anything Mirallas overeggs it too often, failing to make the pass and running into the brick wall.

And just watching Jelavic's body language and positioning in recent games, it does fit with something not being right. Something more than lack of service.

It's one of those situations whereby it's difficult to comment without inside knowledge...

In saying that, the odd occasion Mirallas and Coleman have teamed up on the right it has worked wonders — Fulham, Southampton — but Moyes does seem to want to put Mirallas out wide left, and Jelavic suffers.

My belief is that if we play well against Arsenal and Jelavic scores then his confidence will soar.

It's just all mind games from various 'sources' who want to unnerve the club, team, fans etc. Remember when we were in good form beating teams with ease at the start of the season? The media were praising us from every corner, now that we are in bad form (but still 5th I might add) they are coming up with Baines to Man Utd, Heitinga out, Jelavic leaving because Mirallas won't pass.

Don't worry; when we start getting results, these things will disappear again. I don't read into it at all, and I only concentrate on the positives.

It's a bit like formula one teams I guess — some go down the route of having a Number 1 driver and the second is clearly, well... second, and the other teams who prefer to have two drivers fighting it out. I prefer the latter myself...

So what.

Jelavic needs to put his dummy back in his mouth and get on with scoring goals.

Mirallas missed the last two fixtures and Jelavic was unlucky not to score in both. He is an out-of-form good player. Confidence will return when he scores. I guess this will happen when the midfield is back to full strength or something approaching it.

Baines to United, Cole to PSG, Lescott to Chelsea and Bale to Barca.

Champions League... We're having a laugh... (refrain until boredom sets in).

Don't you just love footy!

He is prepared to have a dig which has been an Everton failing for years, although getting stuff on target is the new Everton issue.

Jelavic seems to be one those players who needs a hand on his shoulder, other than take a bollocking.

Once again, it is up to the manager to find a way of making it work, and we all know Moyes's record is up there with the best... when it comes to destroying strikers.

Jelavic to bang in a couple tomorrow night then!

1. Play your in-form and best centre-half at centre-half.
2. Play Baines and Pienaar on left. Do not swap Pienaar over.
3. Do not play Neville in midfield.
4. Don't cut your nose to spite your face.
5. When it looks like the opposition are likely to score and you're in the 2nd half and have 3 substitutions left, make changes.

Revolutionary advice.

That said, I've noticed since his debut that Mirallas is greedy. Despite what Nick says, wingers are there to create chances for others and score, and Mirallas will always try to score before he passes.

I remember when we signed him some Rangers fans said he'd be an 18-monther, though they never hinted at any problem with him per se, more that we'd be a stepping stone to a CL club.

Moyes and strikers – it never lasts eh? Maybe Ossie or Hibbo should retrain as a striker – solve that problem.