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• Can anyone remember the name of that black box - Leela James song ?...
  Darren Hind in Time to give Patterson a chance
• Some would call it a back four and drag up the week old debate just to cause a nark. Have a hair of the dog me owld mate...
  John Collins in Time to give Patterson a chance
• Ajsy 33 - I'll pick up on this, as its a popular myth trotted out on these pages as fact. There is never any context of why Moyes played Lescott over Baines, just that he is defensive luddite. The Patterson situation and Baines is totally different. One inherited, one signed, different team strength, different injuries, different team difficinencie. Here are is some context. 1. Baines at the time was the second highest transfer fee paid in our history at the time. He may well have been pushed by Irvine, but he was still our 2nd highest transfer fee. The manager had more faith in him, than the hierarchy that had released him 6 odd years earlier. 2. Lescott actually played very well that season. If I remember rightly, we had a decent league cup run to the semi finals, narrowly losing to a chelsea side that was strong. 3. Leighton Bsines played 29 games that season. Now for a 22 year old coming from a relegation threatened Wigan, thats not top bad. Its act...
  Ian Bennett in Time to give Patterson a chance
• I wonder how many different answers you would get if you asked 20 Evertonians which back four they would go with...Or even back three ? I do know some would name a back four then pretend the left back wasn't there and call it a back three...
  Darren Hind in Time to give Patterson a chance
• Wish the edit button would get sorted, regarding Martin's it worked the season after as well when we reached 2 semi finals, give me that any day of the week rather than our going out at the first attempt every season...
  Mick O\'Malley in “I was happy to be back in my natural position” - Jake O’Brien on playing centrally in recent games
• Totally agree Tony. You know better than me. Was being a tad tongue in cheek but what matters is Fulham away where I think that he will start mate. HOPEFULLY garner - KDH - NO GANA PLEASE BUT ERM KDH is more than capable of sweeping up in the middle and looking up the pitch and, like HA, making runs. ndiaye - armstrong - george - barry...
  Paul Griffiths in What will Tyrique George bring to Everton?