Jelavic to start at wkd?

News coming out of the club is that our new lad Jelavic has come through training unscathed this week and should hopefully be fit for this weekends match against QPR. This obviously is great news for all - I think all the fans are champing at the bit to see him step out for Everton in the Premier League and see him bang a few goals in against the rest specially Chelsea, Liverpool and the rest of the big boys. I reckon he is a good signing and will do well for us - only question mark is over Moyes and if he can fit him into the team / system effectively without upsetting things

Big Nev has a book out

hot breaking news is that Big Neville Southall is bringing out an autobiography asap on his life & times. A major part of course will be his time with us and all the stories & gossip from his years here under various managers.

Reckon it will be well worth a read - Big Nev is a rare breed in the media world of someone who talks with honesty and candour with no regard for massing ego's or making friends. I'm not saying he is deliberately an arse but he is just straight talking and honest about things if asked. Really looking  forward to what he says about life under Kendall in that mint 80's team and all the things they got up too - bet it was wild specially in the dressing room

Make mine a large one

Louis Saha - Tottenham first game

all i will say is i want my flaming money back Saha - how can you be so lazy and dis-interested for us all season and most of last and then play so well for Tottenham?!!!!

is all v well him saying nice things when he left the club but what about returning some of those mega wages for being MIA before he left? the way he was finishing and everything was unbelievable considering he couldn't hit a barn door for us before he went

another shithouse just like the Yak - turn it on when theres something in it for them!

Luis Suarez - you are a disgrace

the title of this says it all really doesn't it?!!!! i know i will prob get stick for writing about one of their lot on an Everton blog but i think it needs commenting on what a horrible, diving, cheating, cowardly twat Suarez is. We all knew from the last derby anyway from the way he dived around and got Hot Rod sent off but it seems the world has caught on now at last. Am hoping this is the end of him and he is gone from the PL soon as he has no place here and he winds me up so much just looking at him.

Another amusing and beneficial side effect of the whole situation with him is how it shows up the scum for the horrible lot they are as a whole club and specifically Dogleish who still (even now!) refuses to criticise him or show any sort of decency in relation to the affair. Again it just shows the whole world what we always knew!

Everton 2 - Chelsea 0

oh yes and the usual mint second half of the season revival kicks in big time. after the last goodison home game against City we carried on that impressive form in this match.

To be honest I thought we played even better in this one than against the Mancs which is even more impressive - i think the return of Pienaar is a masterstroke as we just play better football with him in the team. And so it proved from the start as Peanuts strode through to make the most of a lucky break and smash the ball past Cech. Great finish and a perfect return to the Old Lady for him. They did carve out a couple of good openings after that but wasted them. Particularly amusing was the way Big Fat Frank put his well wide ha ha!

The second half continued in the same vein with us playing well and dominating the game. Thought Gibbo and Big Felli in midfield were a superb partnership again - they look such a good mix together and Felli has played so much better with Gibbo in there with him. I think that bit of business in the transfer window was v v good from Moyes too. And guess who popped up with the second - the new fans fave 'El Traca'!! He had played well again and put in a right shift so was well pleased for Big Den. Special mention in the build up to our second for Fizzer - what a brilliant crunching tackle on that ponce Cashly Cole to set us off on the attack :-)

All in all a mint day and one the boys can be well proud of :-)

So excited about winning he stubbed his toe

Rodwell back

word from Goodison is that Jacky is gonna be backy! hopefully should be soonish which will be nice as has been a shame for the lad picking up that injury. just when he was getting a good run in the team too. although not sure if there is a place for him anymore in the team with picking up Gibson, Pienaar and Donovan in the transfer window.

nice dilemma for Moyes although it is proven that he doesn't do choice ha ha!

Wigan 1 - Everton 1

i can't really be bothered to say too much about this game as was pretty dire from both teams. after the heroics of the city win this was a real let down in all honesty. we didn't show the same fight or desire although to be fair the pitch & conditions were terrible all match.

which would explain that bizarro own goal by Fizzer - although Tim didn't cover himself in glory either but again the pitch had a big part to play in it all. nice equaliser from Big Vic though - great cross & header to pull us back in it.

i tell you what is a concern - all of our strikers only look like scoring after coming off the bench?!! whats all that about? start them and they're rubbish ffs!!!!

The new Carsley?

IMO we have never really replaced Super Lee Carsley since he left. The man was the dictionary definition of 'unsung' but he was so important for us in protecting our back four and making us solid. He also was vital in giving the other players peace of mind and freedom to play as they knew Super Lee was behind them to mop things up if needed and give it back to them again. In short he was like a football Dirty Harry cos he did all the shit work noone else liked doing but was necessary.

But in Darron Gibson I think we might have found a replacement. He loves a tackle, passes well and is happy to do the dirty work that goes unnoticed while others get forward and enjoy themselves. The best clue to this is how you are already hearing supporters question what he does and how you never notice him in games much. This is because he keeps it simple and does his job that well you never have cause to notice him - it doesn't make him any less vital though

Everton 1 - Man City 0

Oh yes boys - what a win!!! still celebrating now - how quickly the mood can change with victories like this. We seem to be Citys bogey team of late and thankfully that continued here on another famous night at Goodison.

And how we deserved this one - the spirit and fight shown by the lads as well as the skill and drive was first class. It was eptomised by Big Strac up front - this lad is rapidly becoming a fans favourite due to his all action style and the way he puts himself about. I can imagine Big Dunc in the dugout laughing to himself while he watches cos they have a very similar style which is what the fans love. I can see Strac being a big success and evertonians really taking him to our hearts. He wa superb again and gave the City backline hell all night long. Oh Joleon I bet you wish you hadn't gone after tonight!!

Although the whole team were great I really want to point out Big Felli for a mention too - as per my other post he was mint too and ran the show for us in midfield. The lad was everywhere - tackling back, breaking play up, getting us going and then getting to their box to cause havoc there too. On this form he is seriously good.

Great goal to win it too - brilliant tackle from Big Felli to stop their attack and he then fed it to Royston who danced round one of their men and toward their box. Nice cross from Baines and Landon knocked it back to Gibbo who lashed it in. Really great passing , team goal and as Rooney said on twitter 'love u gibbo lad' :-)

how good was Big Felli last night?

the title says it all really - the big man was immense last night and ran the show in midfield. i really feel he has stepped his game up this season especially his tackling and tracking back. was really good to see the number of tackles he put in last night and how he was always there to shield the back four. looks like his engine is coming on too as despite doing all that defensive work in our half , he was always on hand when we got forward too. he is turning into a proper box to box player now i feel - just hope we can hang onto him in the summer!

that was more like it :-)

as the old song goes 'thats the way a ha a ha i like it' :-) that was more like a transfer window should be like - such a nice change to spend some money and get some players in to give us all a lift.

As was widely know the main one was Jelavic from Rangers so no surprises there but is a good one still. I think losing Saha and gaining him is a winner all day long. But the deal of the day for us (and maybe the whole window) was getting Stevie P back in to the fold. Welcome home lad - you know now you should never have gone but you're still mint and will slot straight back in. Just think we'll have the old Baines / Pienaar combo on the left now - how mint is that. Plus, and I don't like to harp on, but we offloaded Saha to Spurs in return ha ha ha ha! Moyes has done a right number on Redkanpp there - proper mugged him off ha ha!