paying the price?

after the defeat to Arsenal last night (which i can't be @rsed to post about) does everyone think Moyes fucked it up bigtime with his decision to rest players in the derby game and break up the rhythm of a winning team? to be honest i am fearing he has and the effect could derail what could have been a storming run in to the end of the season. Think of the optimism after the Tottenham game and how it would have surged through us all if he had just stuck with the same team and beat Liverpool next game?!! God only knows what Jelavic thought - probably same as Velios, 'i've just scored and played well but the boss has dropped me like a hot potato?!'

sometimes the game is made overly complicated by managers & coaches - if the team is winning and people are playing well don't bloody meddle with it!!

I would never have made those changes either - i bet King Kenny was pissing himself

perspective

one funny thing i've noticed over the last few days is the amount of fans moaning about Davey Moyes when we didn't win on Saturday in the cup. hes getting all sorts of stick for being negative and not thrashing them 8  - nil or something. even funnier is the amount of fans comparing him to Martin O'Neill unfavourably and wishing we had O'Neill as he is some sort of tactical genius?!!

just to remind everyone who is moaning like this - O'Neill is far far more negative than Moyes , how many shots on goal did they have on Sat for example or how many chances did they create?!! not one apart from the goal off a dodgy free kick - we penned them in all game after that and we're the negative ones?!

so to the point of the post - its all about perspective , some ppl just have it in for moyes i think!

Everton 1 - Sunderland 1

This was a well fought , pretty even game but i think we dominated enough (particularly in the second half) to feel we deserved to edge it. Apart from the goal they never threatened Tim H's goal and the only thing he had to do all afternoon was pick the ball out of the net. We on the other hand created a few chances - no golden clear cut ones but the Jelavic header didn't miss by much and the double save at the end was unlucky on us.

I don't like to moan about refs but that twat Marriner had a shocker today i thought. what has this guy got against us as he never gives us a fair crack of the whip when hes in charge of our games. Every time one of their lot dived over without any touch from one of the boys he was giving free kicks and yellow cards but never gave us a thing even when we had been genuinely fouled! I have to say as well that I though that McLean for them was a right diver all afternoon - reminded of Ronaldo in that he runs at ppl but when they have the audacity to tackle him he goes over as though noone should be allowed too!

so back to the SOL and lets see what we do there!!

come on boys!!!

just a quick message to say come on boys for tonight - lets give the red shite a stuffing and show them whos best. how good would it be to be above them in the table this time tomorrow!!!

Everton 1 - Tottenham 0

Oh yeah baby - what a win this was!! pretty unexpected if i'm honest but that seems to sum up our season this year - win against the big boys but then slip up against the smaller teams?! is always good to win against Redknapp too - theres something about him i can't take too so is good to put one over on him.

As for the match it was a game of two halves - we bossed the first and scored through the new lad Jelavic. What a finish it was too - with a touch like that we have got a good player there i think. was beautiful how he let it come across him and then just guided it in. Special mention for Leon Osman too in the build up - great turn away from his man and a lovely cut back to Jelly to set him up. Ossie actually played very well all match specially in the first half and showed the craft & guile he brings to the team we have been missing recently.

You have to say they did dominate the second half and we did well to defend the lead and hang on. V funny that Saha hit the post - thats payback for being such a waste of space for the last year he was with us! But please Redknapp stop moaning like a little bitch about being the better team in the second half. Yeah you were and prob deserved a goal but we were better all first half but you don't seem to want to mention that?!

Is Howard any good?

A hot topic of debate of late amongst the fans I knock around with relates to our Yankee goalie, Tim Howard. A lot of the boys aren't too happy with the goals he's conceding and think he could do a lot better with them. Of special concern seems to be any crosses or balls into the box and the way he seems rooted to his line and won't come out for them unless he has too.

I agree he is maybe not top class but i think he is very good and there aren't many better around who we could afford to replace him with. Yeah he may make the odd clanger but show me a keeper that doesn't

QPR 1 - Everton 1

bit gutted with this result cos was fully expecting a win given our recent form. we started like we would too - tiger tim crashing one off the bar and us generally on the front foot. all the good work was rewarded after the half hour mark with a great move and finish from Royston - it was a really mint shot from about 25 yards that went hard & low into the corner. great goal!!

but from then on we went downhill and let them back into it far too easily. Royston turned hero to villain by giving away the free kick that led to their equaliser - Zamora netting for them with Howard stranded. although some of the boys thought he could have made more of an effort to get off his line and close the chance down a bit.

the game petered out a bit from then on specially in the second half and we were a bit lucky not too lose in truth with them missing one golden chance when they had an open goal but managed to not score?!!

so a point away from home in London ain't bad all in all considering we didn't play very well - onto the next one when we can hopefully drop bombs on it