Everton call the Eastenders tune
Posted by Ian Marshall's Double in Chelsea | 5 March 2006
It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things. Charles de Montesquieu
Selection-wise, Moyesy took the bold and correct decision to play Faddy and go 4-4-2, with our best 4 fit midfield players, Neville, Arteta, Cahill and Osman, in the side. This probably affected Everton at both ends, looking exposed at the back at times and much more potent going forward. Westerveld carried on in nets and a slight strain for Yobo meant that Stubbs and Weir (combined age 70) maintained their timeless (yet paceless) partnership - which they may have done anyway. Here’s a few reflections on an enjoyable game down the old East End.
- Many blues we’re delayed outside the ground so missed the opening exchanges, but did have the added bonus of being serenaded by a flautist (think that’s what you call a bloke with a flute), coming up with a passable rendition of Z Cars. Quite a surreal moment on a bright, sunny winter’s day.
- Westerveld did OK again but looked a bit slow going down for West Ham’s first.
- Mike Riley , a dead ringer for Monty Burns only not as likeable, proving once again that he’s just a bad ref. Not necessarily biased, just poor.
- ‘Phil Neville superstar, got more medals than Steve Gerrard’ a song which should be consigned to the scrapheap with many other lame Everton chants.
- Everton’s all Iberian left side was strong throughout, except for one slip by Nuno, and cruelly exposed West Ham’s apparently hapless right back Scaloni.
- Internecine squabbling amongst the blues fans over a small group singing some racist crap at the West Ham fans.
- Having bemoaned the lack of quality Everton goals recently, it was refreshing to see 2 excellent goals, the move for Leon’s was sublime. Then came Beattie’s deft finish, not a word you’ve normally associate with the big man who seems to want to smash everything as hard as he can.
- West Ham's comedy response to the double negative riddled ‘You’ve never won fuck all’ with the even more spurious, ‘we wan the facking world cap’.
A good display by Everton though, one of the most positive of the season and hopefully an encouraging pointer for the remaining 10 games. With this in mind, Real Life Blues will next take a look at the remaining games and see just how many points we might get and where we could expect to finish.
Comments
Don't want to seem pernickity, BUT, it was a recorder the fella was playing.
I'm still a bit gutted we didn't win.
Full steam ahead!!!!
Beefy
I agree about Westerveld - think he should have got something on their first goal. His hand.
A positive performance that can, hopefully, carry us through to the end of the season.
Those 'Appy 'Ammers will be claiming this World Cup if England win...Rio, Frankie L, Joe Cole, Jermaine D (could he do a Geoff Hurst?), Carrick.
Looking forward to next week - think I might try 'It's a Grand Old Team' on my penny whistle.
Cheers Gents,
Beef - was really hopin you'd spelt pernickity wrong, but you didn't. Recorder ay, you seem to know a lot about these things
Cat - yes, his hand would have been the most helpful. Unlike obscene Pards hand gestures, god bless.
Excellent, gotcha.
I know what a recorder is cos I got one last christmas. It very soon found itself in a charity shop (I don't like to talk aboot it though).
Having seen Black & Decker on the highlights, it looked worse where I was sat. I did think that he was culpable at the time though.