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Next game is the most important

By Charlie Percival :  28/11/2010 :  Comments (26) :

The reason I say it's the best game is because we are away to probably the strongest team in the league or who have been in the past few years. Also, they are in a bit of a crisis themselves and they will be wanting to make amends by putting 10 past us, which on current displays, could be coming to us.

David Moyes seems to have lost respect in the dressing room and I can see why. He has done the same thing Walter Smith started doing ? square pegs in round holes (Steve Watson up front comes to mind). Maybe Dan Gosling made the right decision after all. Going to a club who play football, a club who understand the aim is to attack and put the ball in the opponent's net. If you can do it with style... great! If not, then you can can get by... If you can't do either, it's Everton Football Club.

I don't condone the "Moyes Out" brigade after he has done wonders on no money (that's another issue and we know he has had nothing but we should be challenging 4th this season, he's helped build our expectations but also given us good reason to believe even he thinks we're ready).

So, if he was to go, I think Kenwright would choose a someone like that idiot Steve McClaren. I would want someone like Slaven Bilic, Ian Holloway, Steve Coppell, Andy Gray (lol ? he knows his stuff). Anyway, I hope it doesn't come to him leaving... starting v Chelsea.

Okay... so basically the players are pissed off for not getting a game on (1) form; (2) in their preferred position; and (3) with enough support from the players who are meant to be playing next to you. Our midfield and strikers are so far apart from each other, they may as well be on another pitch. Then, even if our midfield has the ball, they don't know how to pass forwards around the corner of the last man, our strikers don't know how to make that type of run, and by the time we work the ball wide, the opponents have packed the box. Only Beckford knows how to make these runs; he doesn't even get a chance.

Saha is unplayable on his day, but he's not a one-man striker and he plays just in the hole cos he's awesome at dropping his shoulder, making half a yard and digging it from 25 yards (with both feet).

Howard I won't slag off because he has been immense for us in the past and really has saved us a lot of points. Even though he has cost us a few this season, he has saved us a few (that incredible reflex save v United comes to mind).

Anichebe is not fit, but can still put in a good 60 mins. So I had no qualms with him starting... BUT HE IS NOT A BLOODY RIGHT WINGER. I remember thinking he was a good striker when he first came on the scene: very strong, held the ball up well, won us quite a few penalties (if I remember correctly) because of this. Now he has got pace I never knew he had at first and he would be a bloody good option upfront. He can finish too; I remember a few nice goals he's scored.

I cringe everytime I see Jonny Heitinga play. He should not even be at the football club. He wants out, is going, and is a gobby donkey who thinks he is a hero. He undermines the philosophy and so-called team spirit which Moyes and we have come to believe in. Anyway, he's a centre-half first and foremost ? why the hell is he always playing further forward than Arteta? He reminds me of a really crap Tommy Gravesen (Gravesen was ace for us and a really good player but what I mean is Heitinga runs around clueless, not knowing where he should be, and basically seeing how many yellow cards he can acquire).

Moyes said West Brom scored two from set plays ? isn't that how we score most of our goals? He said '2 chances, two goals......' Yes, Moyes ? that's what your meant to bloody do. It's called good ratio! Ratio Premier League standard requires! Thank god we have Tim Cahill, he hides a lot of our discrepencies when it comes to creating chances.

The players have no confidence if we are to get anything on Saturday; no-one has mentioned either that we haven't had Europe this season so Moyes and unfortunately our next manager, Phil Neville, can't use that as an excuse: "Too much to focus on...", "We're only on £50k a week and can't run around like headless chickens for 270 minutes in 168 hours..."

Anyway, this must be the team, Moyes. (I will do two teams ? hopefully he will do 4-4-2; I expect he will shut up shop and do his 4-5-1. If he does 4-5-1 with the same players, he has taken this club as far as he can go. If he does 4-5-1 with a more sensible and balanced team, then lets see how we perform and what our mentality is like. If he does 4-4-2... great. Keep it bloody balanced!!!)

4-4-2

Howard

Baines Distin Jagielka Coleman

Pienaar Fellaini Rodwell Anichebe

Cahill Beckford

Okay, with this team, it's Cahill or Saha. The reason is Cahill plays in the hole, just like Saha, Beckford runs behind, so you have to sacrifice one or the other and you've seen my choice; if you drop Cahill, then that's suicidal. I wouldn't mind seeing Anichebe upfront and Coleman right mid. But that means Hibbert right back and I'm trying not to put Tony into an Everton team (sorry, Tony). He was run ragged in the FA Cup Final v Chelsea anyway, as my £500 ticket found out. Rodwell plays further forward and has more license to roam than Fellaini.

4-5-1

Howard

Baines Distin Jagielka Coleman

Pienaar Fellaini Cahill Rodwell Anichebe

Beckford

This team with, Fellaini and Rodwell holding, Pienaar, Cahill and Anichebe giving Beckford ample support.

The team Moyes picks ? which also tell me he should walk:

Howard

Baines Distin Jagielka Hibbert

Pienaar Heitinga Cahill Fellaini Anichebe

Saha/Yakubu

Remember, David Moyes ? "It's better to burn out, than to fade away."

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