Where Have You Been? Everton Earn Their Spurs

It seems like Moyes is part of our destiny, the return of the Mack. Hope to say hello when I get back in April if I can get tickets for any games.

Well, so finally, after reading this, I believe that as Wikipedia says, Ndiaye is 6 feet high. Wow! I always thought he was similar to Pienaar, in style and size. His low socks created a total fake illusion on the TV for me.

The train strike kept us from meeting last year. I hope to make up for that omission this fall.

Came across this on fb its a David Moyes masterclass on false wingers and attacking fullbacks.. I think its exactly what he is trying to do now.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/576598738617187

I don't know how to pull this from fb into a separate link but hopefully is can be seen.

I hope to see you at Brighton, though I know your struggling for a ticket (plus its SUCH a pain to get from dat Lundun to Brighton NOT...). Maybe someone on here can help a devoted blue get to the game?

Re the match, without getting carried away, for 70 minutes we looked top half. I am one of those, like Martin, who feels that we survived despite Dyche, not because of him. I'm also one of those many who would not have had Moyes in my top three choices, BUT the main thing is he is better than Dyche AND was instantly available. IF he can carry on the work of those first 70 minutes he may just get even you singing his song though! Its hard to prove but does any one really think we would have won that under Dyche?

On the players, I agree with your MOTM. N'diaye is a breath of fresh air - Davey Thomas reborn! I was also impressed with O'Brien and especially Lindstrom with or without the umlaut or whatever...I've seen touches in him this season that made me think there's a player in there and I was very happy to see him put in a performance. On a slight negative, but not one for now, I think we will SERIOUSLY miss Gana Guaye when he goes. We need to find a clone!

On another negative, especially after seeing this in the last two games, what the fcuk needs to happen before we get a penalty for wrestling in the box?

And well done DCL on a moment of true class and decent all round game. I hope Moyes can convince him to stay - he's a very good footballer who just needs to rediscover how to be a very good goal scorer.

Hopefully see you at Brighton but if not I'm up for the FA cup game on the 8th. Obviously I'll be hoping for a win in that and cant understand at all why anyone wouldn't!

UTFT

You describe the game very well Danny, I said to the fella next to me halfway through the second half “ We need another goal” he replied “ You’re never happy are you” but I could feel that Spurs were getting more into the game and when Moyes invited them to attack more with his substitutions, to me anyway, I felt anxious and those last few minutes took a lot out of the previous very good game we had played and as Danny said it was a great relief when that final whistle blew and we could really enjoy those precious three points.

I agree Danny that Dniaye deserved MOTM but I gave it to Gana Gueye on the basis of age before beauty!

" Once Everton has touched you you'll never be the same "

All positive so far, under Davie Moyes Mk II, we surely have to think. Well, very much hope with some good reasons to be optimistic, at least.

Not sure I'm liking this just 9 more days to go of the transfer window, though. I hope we're not going to go for just a couple of last-minute panic buys or loans.

Anyway, hopefully someone's on the case, already. Here's hoping (again). Like I say, I just popped in. A great read, this! A great result, that!.. Here we go!!... (Hopefully)... COYBS!!!

I said on a thread the other day that Gana was my MotM. I don't know why but some seem not to realize just how important he is to the team, and his partnership with Mangala gets better each week.

Might be worth reminding that both of these players could be gone at the end of this season, although I think Moyes will make sure that doesn't happen.

Danny, I think most of us left the ground very happy with what we had watched, and yes it was bit squeaky bum time for the last 15 minutes. But when sides are 3 down with so little time left, they can be a bit gung-ho.

For months, some on here have said we can't play any other way than the way Dyche had set us up, but Moyes proved, even though he has had limited time to work with the squad, that you can play a more expansive game with this squad.

That might work Christine.

Thanks all, for kind wishes. Genuinely appreciated and I am humbled

Dave, Mark, Brian, Gueye is so important, or vital as you say.

I forgot to mention Calver-Lewin. It helped with him not being isolated and having support and service. It wasn't just the goal, he worked incredibly hard off the ball.

Mark, I'm still hopeful for Saturday. If not, I'll see you for the Bournemouth match.

It seems to be only a minority of posters who criticise him, but those that do really slate him. I find it baffling. He does his particular job very well. If he could add the things to his game that others expect, he wouldn't be playing for Everton.

Now Mark #6: steady, steady. I know how enthusiastic you are, but N'diaye who is most certainly 'a breath of fresh air' but he is not 'Davey Thomas reborn!'. If he was, DCL would be in double figures.

Have a great day at Brighton Mark and, hopefully, Danny.

There's always a way. Brighton here we come!!

I can still see, like it was yesterday, big Bob bearing down on the Brummies goal at the Street End. We knew he was putting that away!

Davey Thomas, socks rolled down, no shin-pad, turns the defender this way and that on the run and a pinpoint cross (you know what happens next).

Loved those days Mark, probably because of the age I was and getting into clothes, town, punk (and other stuff), girls, the footy, aways…

Mark, was this Davey's best match?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1cQy5oh64

Tragic to think that he depends on a guide dog now.

I've watched that with a single malt and I'm grieving my long-lost youth. Those were the days my friend. I bought my first ever suit that year – an expensive job from Issy Crown. Fucking lovely it was – charcoal grey with rusty specks in the weave. I thought I was your Bry wearing that!

That was indeed Davey's finest 90 – I remember it well. And do we love our Georgie Wood?

That team could play scintillating stuff on its day (Leicester and QPR away as well) and Gordon Lee gets a bum rap from many Blues with short memories.

I have a shocking admission though about that game. I left before that last goal to get an early away to the pub. I've regretted that ever since.

I bumped into the man himself a few years ago and he recognised me from being a regular at his shop in Mallaby Street in Birkenhead. An old mate of mine was manager there.

I know what you mean, Mark. Those days were special because they were those days at that time but we lived them, and no one can take that away and there's nothing wrong with a single malt, nostalgia, and a wet eye.

I always thought that it was because I was young that Gordon Lee's teams bring back happy memories. But I was wrong and right at the same time. His teams did play proper flash footy at times and sometimes they didn't, especially in his last couple of years. But Jaysus, I cannot think of a single EFC team this century that could play like that team in that 6-0.

Your comments on any thread always fill me with positivity and hope. You also accept that fans are entitled to their opinion and the diversity of our support makes us what we are. I am one of those fans (from India) who often watches at weird hours. I appreciate that you recognize that each of us has a role in supporting our beloved club.

I have to confess that, unlike you, I have always been fond of Moyes. I was upset with him when he left and the things that he did when he was at Man Utd. I have followed him after he left them and always checked the scores when he was at Sociedad, Sunderland and West Ham.

Is he my long term hope for the club – No! Is he someone that I can be proud to have as the manager of my beloved club – Yes! He is not the young and fiery person that we hired 20+ years ago but he still has some good qualities that he can bring to us in the short term as we rebuild.

My wife and kids have been worried about how stressed I have been with work (without a proper break in years!) and how the recent club fortunes have left me dejected on matchdays. It's often left me very low after a bad week and a game to top it off. I have felt a certain sense of calmness since we made the managerial change. I don't expect miracles but I do feel a lot happier.

Coming to your article – I was reading it while having my lunch and was laughing out loud at some of the parts about the Spurs fans on your trip home after the game. People around me were giving me strange looks as I kept laughing to myself while gulping down my sandwich and getting back to work.

Thank you for being such a positive influence on TW. Your effort in getting to games despite all the obstacles that you are facing is nothing short of legendary. Thank you for keeping so many of us afloat! God Bless you and your dog!

Seems their away support has a sense of humour.

I hope it's not a dumb question, but I assume a fellow blue was blasting out "Spirit" on his phone, but am I right in thinking Spurs fans were singing our song?

I ask this because when it was first revived several seasons back, opposition supporters would scratch their heads and ridicule a song which had even arl men like me singing whoooo. They would often respond with "what the fuckinell is that?"

Now, every time I speak to a fan of another club, they tell me how fantastic it is to hear fans of another club sing a song with such joy. I cringed when I heard it 40 years ago and I cringed when it was revived by the youngsters. Now ?It just fills me with joy.

Santosh,

Another lovely post. It takes me seconds as opposed to minutes to get from our house to my seat. So I'm a little in awe of fans like you who follow and love a club based thousands of miles away. Some advice if I may; Listen to your Mrs and kids. Take that break. I know it sometimes feels like you can't afford to (been there many times) but trust some one who knows. You can't afford not to.

Brian @15,

I think it's possibly a little premature to suggest Moyes has changed, or will be changing our approach. If there was ever a team set up to invite the opposition to go for them, it's Ange's Spurs team.

If however, Moyes has changed his philosophy and wants to attack everyone, I think you'll see a very long queue of cynics ready to let bygones be bygones... and I'll be in it.

Issy Crown!! There's a blast from the past — I also remember Tony Harris and Harold Ian clothes shops!!

Thanks for the link Paul, happy memories. Had to smile at the commentary when King scored, camera pans to the bench, “You won't see a happier bench than that” and amidst the smiles, Trevor Ross looking like his house has just been repossessed.

A few months later, there was another 2am alarm call to see us get slaughtered 3-0 away at Villa, with Alec Cleland picking up 2 yellow cards inside the first 11 minutes!!

The Blues really do spoil us.

I was reading TW on the train one evening from work, and a young fellow was peering over my shoulder. He said, ‘Wow, you support Everton! Why??’. He said he supports Arsenal. I just smiled and shrugged. He wouldn’t understand :-)

Ajay, I always declare it a birthright when asked!!

Santosh, that was a great post and why I always recognise and call out those thousands of miles away. Respect.

Colin, genuine. No audio assistance!! Quite funny hearing it in a North London accent. They were either singing along in the ground or in one of the pubs!!

Some great trips down memory lane and clothing attire. I was half expecting some tales of the Grafton to surface. It's heyday was before my time and I never went, but I'm sure there are many fond memories out there!!

The next retro-day should be “Dress like you did when you were 21”. Mark the Murph's glittery suit will take some beating though!!!

I miss that whippet un all.

Very rarely you hear footy fans sing another clubs song without changing the words.
I do remember Evertonian's sing the Arsenal song for weeks after they had beaten Liverpool in a cup final. If somebody lay on their back after scoring a goal you always knew it was a blue re-enacting Charlie George's goal celebration after hitting an unstoppable winner. Even the kids in the street did it.

Fuck me did they hate it

UTFT

As ever you have the knack of making me feel like I was there on match day.

It was great to see Moyes harness Goodison as he knows what a weapon it can be when the fans are in the mood. Our away fans are awesome too but when we play well at home and entertain, the fans singing the old classics is fun.

Spurs fans are an odd lot. Being a southerner and former resident of North London, I know them well and they seem to be the most despised set among all the other London clubs. The ones I worked with were getting very cocky the season Leicester won the league and we were fading away prior to the end of Martinez. Despite having an absolutely wonderful set of players, eight years have passed and they've managed not to win a trophy and their Champions League qualifications have dried up.

Plus that stuff they sing about Scousers is despicable and completely ridiculous if you've ever been to Tottenham or Seven Sisters.

Wishing you well after your difficult few months and glad you are out galavanting again.

Thanks as always and looking forward to yesterday's one. COYB!