Unrealistic? Certainly. And, with the current regime in charge, getting more and more unrealistic with every passing season. Indeed, I believe my sons, who I?ve brought up in the Blue tradition, will never see Everton win anything again.
It is in the spirit of these depressing thoughts that I make the following plea to those attending today?s game. Support the team with passion throughout the match, but at the end of the game, when the traditional, end of season, lap of ?honour? takes place ? we should BOO!
We should BOO the Board:
? For failing to put a single penny from their own pockets into the club ? For their complete inability to attract any investment into the club ? For their total incompetence over issues like Kings Dock; NTL; Fortress Sports Fund; Destination Kirkby; Everton Place development
We should BOO David Moyes:
? For his continued negative tactics ? against anybody! ? For continuing with a style of play that doesn?t include passing and movement or any semblance of pace... after 9 years FFS! ? For only managing to win 6 games out of 20 against teams in the bottom half of the league ? For rolling over whenever we play any of the Sky 4 away from home ? 0 wins out of 36 games is a disgrace ? For rarely making substitutions until it?s too late ? For his intransigence in sticking with a game-plan and force-fitting players into that plan regardless of their suitability ? and therefore constantly playing players out of position ? For buying players and not having a clue as to their best position ? Fellaini, Heitinga, Bilyaletdinov ? For not having a clue about how to get the best from many of the forwards he?s bought ? Johnson, Beattie, Beckford ? For being clueless about the best place to play Rodwell, leaving the lad wondering which way to turn. (I believe he will be a great player ? but not for us!) ? For moaning about the lack of striking options and then allowing Yakubu and Vaughan to leave on non-return loans ? For bringing everybody back at corners thereby ensuring that any clearance will come straight back ? For sticking with his favourites and bringing them back immediately regardless of the impact that has on the structure or form of the team ? Cahill, Arteta, Neville, Anichebe.
We should BOO the players:
? Hibbert for continually allowing himself to be sucked in to the middle leaving him vulnerable to diagonal balls behind him ? Jagielka for his aimless and pointless hoofs upfield ? Arteta for never managing to put a free kick or corner past the first man and for not putting a shift in this season despite the amazing contract he?d signed ? Osman for falling over too easily whenever we play one of the ?big? teams ? Anichebe for falling over too easily against anybody! ? Neville for his complete inability to pass the ball without taking at least three touches... and even then not finding a blue shirt... oh! and for constantly talking about ?turning the corner? and ?kick starting our season? ? All of them for not moving into position to receive a pass from a team mate
And last of all we should BOO ourselves, the fans:
? For putting up with this shit year after year ? For constantly putting our hands in our pockets to fund the performance of those ? players and officials, many of whom are not fit to be associated with this great club ? For making excuses for Kenwright because he?s a Blue ? For not letting Moyes know that, although we?re grateful for what he?s achieved, unless he makes some significant changes to his footballing philosophy, we will never win anything.
Anyway. Rant over....... ?Nurse!?
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The players are more pampered than they have ever been, and this stinks when the rest of us are struggling to keep our jobs but ploughing what little money we have left into the club we support's coffers to pay these prima donnas.
As people have pointed out before, it's not Everton you have fallen out of love with... it's probably football in general.COYB.
My only comment is that SKY TV hardly mentioned Everton's game against Chelsea and ? although the concentration should rightly be concerned with the relegation battles ensuing ? it was palpably obvious that there seems to be a conscious strategy to ignore us as much as possible. Personally I think the beating of Chelsea with only ten men merited a lot more attention than it got.
I think that a letter of protest should be sent from Toffeeweb to Sky Sports to highlight the lack of respect given to one of the original 12 pioneers who formulated league football in England. A club that has spent more time in the top flight than any of the supposed top teams. I am a long term supporter of one of the GREATEST clubs and collectively WE should not take lack of respect from any media sports reporters.
Just a personal gripe but this article by a supposed fan touched a nerve.
Kudos to all Evertonians who played the EPL Fantasy League this season. Just got this update from www.premierleague.com
Everton fans topped the table!!!
Here's the log...:
Team Fans Average Everton 53,345 1,609.1 Blackb 17,751 1,595 Fulham 18,678 1,586.9 Villa 50,942 1,581.4 Spurs 124,332 1,578.9 West H 45,759 1,578.5 Magpies 60,633 1,577.8 Bolton 12,604 1,556.8 Sunder 20,642 1,551.6 Stoke 12,674 1,550.5 Birm 13,922 1,543.1 Blackpl 17,963 1,539.5 Wolves 17,843 1,535.3 Wigan 7,252 1,532.9 Man Utd 639,332 1,527.7 Liv'poo 426,389 1,522.9 West Br 9,243 1,521.1 Arsenal 326,267 1,516.9 ManCity 67,504 1,511.4 Chelsea 221,356 1,471.2
We can't win coz we ain't got the money?? Chelsea have; we beat them.... Man City have; we beat them. Redshite have; we beat them... Tottingham have; we beat them. All these teams have the money and the players... But... they all dread playing Everton.
Ok, maybe we took our eye off the ball a little against some of the other teams, and you have to say that some of the games we did not win, we should've. We are a good team and, whilst finishing 7th is disappointing, I agree, how many other teams in the world would love to say that.
This is the Premier League!!! I know your heart's probably in the right place Rob, but this is negative, negative, negative. Chin up, Rob, next season we will be Brill.
However, when this pathetic so-called Board of Directors eventually lead us down into the Championship in a couple of years (IT WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT INVESTMENT), then I'm sure we will all sing the same tune....
Is he still looking 24/7 by the way? ... Sack the Board!!! COYB
Why didn't we? Moyes. Before I get lambasted by a fair chunk of Evertonians out there who still think Moyes is a genius, I have one thing to say:"Finishing 7th is like winning the Champions League"Great isn't it, I'm so fulfilled and happy having watched the shite football we have produced all season (feeling like we are playing like Barcelona) and then finishing 7th, out of both cups meekly, but feeling like we won the Champions League.Can't wait for next season, when drawing with the crappest Liverpool I have ever seen is an 'unbelievable result' and we get up to 40 games without a win against the big boys away.It feels like I'm supporting the best managed club in the world.
Where did it all go wrong, Moyesey?
I think you'll find that City are now one of the big boys so you may have to re-think your whinge.
So come on, Man Utd, you can lend us Cleverly, Berbatov, one of the twins and we'll try and break our 40-games-with-no-wins streak away to the 'Big 4, or Big 6 as they probably can be thought of now since the final CL place has been doing the rounds over the past few seasons).One thing that should still unite us all is that whoever is 'moaning' is only doing so because of his/her love of Everton. I watched Everton in the 80s as a teenager and lived/loved all the success... we weren't the richest club then but Howard Kendall just managed to put together a great team with some good buys, and we have to believe that those sort of players can still be found and within our budget (Odemwinge only cost a few £100k).
Beckford for free could be a much better striker if he (a) learns to pass in the area and (b) so do his strike partners!! Maybe Vellios and Gueye and possibly Jaoa Silva might all come good and push on next season plus a few of the reserves. One final point, the media make a song and dance about youngsters at Everton getting the chance because of DM... errmm sorry guys, DM would never play a youngster unless absolutely necessary due to injury/suspension etc. Rodwell has had many first team chances and has proved himself to a certain extent, but DM has put him in the middle and expected him to run the midfield which was imho totally wrong!!
Also wrong to play PN and JH in midfield together; no creativity, no passing ability although in fairness PN has had some decent games and put in some good balls and even scored a goal this season!!!COYB, PL winners 2011-12 here we come as Nil Satis Nisi Optimum!!
I've lived in New York the last 20 years, I still watch the blues every saturday, one way or another. Always go to the games when I return home.
I have to agree with most of what you said about the 1980s ? we weren't the richest club. However, in those days, there were not the mega rich clubs that we have today. A pity Arsenal's board seem to have a bit more sense than Chelsea's owner. They seem to have the sense to stick with their manager ? whilst Chelsea chop and change. We could do with another of the Sky 4 or is it 5 making another stupid sacking. Presumably if they win the CL but not the Premier League the next manager will be under fire!!I can't say I agree with all of the actions of Everton's hierarchy and indeed with all of DM's tactics. I think he is obsessed with 4-5-1. But thankfully we seem to have some sort of "long-term" vision. Yes I know it's taking a long long time and we seem to have a very long vision indeed! However, there is a saying that "money easily gained is easily lost". Let's see if these mega rich owners at Chelsea and Siteh are in it for the long haul. As for you, Rob... well, 50 years as an Evertonian ? well done. But to say BOO the players is talking crap in my opinion. I have never BOOED an Everton team in my life ? including teams that had Belfit and Bernie Wright as strikers. Thankfully I don't they often played in the same 11 ? and I certainly do not intend to start booing now. It's not seeing things through "Royal Blue Specs", accepting Kenwright management speak ? It's actually called LOYALTY.
In a poor league this season, we have lowered our points tally, again: 65, 63, 61, now 54.
No, mate, the difference is that they could spend £56m on two forward players. We had to rely on a First Division freebie. And I'm not knocking Beckford here.
A strange statistic for you to miss for someone who (a) obviously likes his stats (b) continually states Moyes sets out team's not to lose (c) claims the number of games we lose is "key".
If you are going to bash DM with stats, it is probably easier to use ones which back up your argument as opposed to one's that you suddenly take a dislike to.
JB's 'strike or cross' against Chelski is a perfect example, was he shooting or was he passing? Ozzie was in a good position to take the ball and bury it in the back of the net, and on other occasions JB has been in the same place when Ozzie has had a crack.
The art of a good partnership surely has to be knowing when to pass and when to shoot, and we probably could have added a lot more goals and points had they solved that particular conundrum!!
I watched the 3 part video of Sharpy talking about his goals and his partners... didn't matter who it was, they adapted to each other... This is what, imho, DM needs to work on with the forward line, so they know where they should be at given plays. Ah well, shame we can't all be the manager as according to most of us we would do a better job from our armchairs!!
Sad to see the miracle worker Dalglish line has been bought by you hook line and sinker. When he took over Liverpool were actually in 12th however why let facts ruin a good Dalglish is great story hey? Also they had above them (with games in hand) such teams as Stoke, Blackburn, Newcastle, Bolton & Sunderland ? who all had shocking 2nd half's to the season.
Oh and that worst group of players you have ever seen playing for Liverpool finished 2nd 2 seasons back.
Your other pearler about football favouring the brave ? where do I start? Well to kick off go and ask that question to Ian Holloway. Could you have had any more holes in your argument?
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