Alwright result for Everton?
Posted by Ian Marshall's Double in Everton | 9 April 2006
"Tying is like kissing your sister." Bear Bruyant.
He means drawing.
Moyesy sprung a bit of a surprise by bringing Carsley into midfield and moving our Phil to left back in place of the wretched Nays. Neville is certainly not great at left back, but Naysmith is definitely the 4th best of the four left backs currently at the club. This decision makes the choice of giving him a 3 year deal all the more puzzling. Maybe Davie was thinking he’s an OK squad man, and if Rangers or Celtic came in for him to play in their watered down version of football, at least we’d get a fee.
Real Life Blues couldn’t make it to the Valley, but the game looked and sounded like a particularly turgid affair. Our first 0-0 since the post-derby victory Blackburn away in December 2004. This was reasonably predictable, with Everton hardly ‘going nap’ (whatever that means) this season and Cholton making no score draws their speciality. Don’t tell me you didn’t get some money on it at 17-2?
As for the match, well Tommy Myhre’s save from Beattie looked impressive and Dicky Wright, sure as Prince Harry went lap-dancing, looked like he was up to his usual tricks again. Interesting to hear him talking on MOTD, saying he is just happy to play and referring to ‘Richard Wright’ in the 3rd person. Obviously Real Life Blues cannot condone this behaviour.
Another surprise on MOTD was the appearance of our own Davie Moyes next to Alan Handsen on ‘the panel’. Another no nonsense display from the gaffer, he took no shit from Ray ‘Stubbsy’ Stubbs and also reiterated his ‘riot in the city’ quote when talking about Everton being denied a place in the Champos League this season. He also achieved the impossible by saying ‘I think he a really good goalkeeper’ about David James whilst keeping a straight face. That said, next to Dicky Wright, he probably is.
So where exactly does this leave us? 8th place now looks like the limit of our ambitions and to secure this we would probably need to beat Spurs, Birmingham and West Brom at home, maybe grab a point at Boro. This would leave us on 55 points, just 6 less than last season. Those home wins look pretty tricky at the moment, with Everton having the least to play for out of the 4 clubs. The tone will be set next Saturday. We’ll see then whether the lads are ‘already on the beach’.
One criticism of the manager is that our seasons fade out at the end. Real Life Blues professes to be very positive about Moyesy and all he has done for the club. There are couple of perceived weaknesses but one of those appears to be in the transfer market, especially when there’s a few quid to spend. Over the next week we’ll have a look at the mixed bag of players he’s signed, and whether they are Paul Bracewell or a Niclas Alexandersson.
Bye till then.
Comments
I was there fella. And you're spot on. It was dull as dishwater. No real fire anywhere.
I can't see us getting much from the remainder of the season. We should be giving the youngs uns a run out. AND partner Ferrari and Yobo at the back in a vain attempt to keep them on the books.
It only exacerbates my pain to have to eat steak slices! What is wrong with southerners? Do they not understand the enduring beauty of the pie?
Good points Beefy.
I suspect it may have been expedient for Moyesy to bring Yobo back in place of Weir for the Sunderland game anyway. Ferrari was showing signs of looking good before he got injured against Arsenal.
As for the slices, isn't eating steak kind of cannibilism for you. Or, are you plugging your shite ads with Alan 'Lega' Lamb.
IMD
