Everton's Show of Pride Floors City

I don't want to hear anymore about tired legs, it's about having the right mental attitude. They didn't have it last week and they did today. Only downside was the substitution of Mirallas: another Moyes puzzler. Still at least it wasn't Neville.:-)

Aptly composed post as always Lyndon.

I personally thought Gibson was MOTM as he covered every blade of grass on the pitch but any of the starting 11 could have been considered it was that sort of game where the team, the supoorters and the manager came as one.

Tonight the brandy is for enjoyment unlike last week where it was for medicinal purposes.

Exactly.

Whatever our ability, or lack of it, that attitude EVERY week would do me.

Victor for example, he didn't score today but I'd have him every week if I could be sure he'd put that effort in EVERY week.

It is the inconsistency that so often frustrates.

As for today, well, what can you say? I never seen that coming before kick-off. But only 10 mins in, I said to the lads "We'll win this!" Even when we went down to 10 men, I still felt confident and I'm the eternal pessimist — and let's face it, we played 12 men today.

Some of that moron's decisions were scandalous. I don't know how many times that dog Toure went through the back of Anichebe. But he kept letting it go. I'll hold judgement on Pienaar's red until I've seen it on MotD.

As for Milner, what a animal. What possessed them to pay £26 mil for him? He's shite. Anichebe was brilliant today and bullied Toure all game; his all-round game deserved a goal there.

Coleman absolutely brilliant. Mucha magnificent. Tim who? Gibson superb. Pienaar before the red: best game since the turn of the year. Everyone played their part in a great team performance.

City could argue they might have had a penalty... yeah right, but Mirallas had a good goal disallowed according to the texts I got (off Reds by the way) while I was at the game.

A great day made all the better by THEM getting fucked at Soton. My oh my, the wine tastes good tonight. Well down on the 2nd bottle waiting for MotD and starting to feel it looks like the 3rd could get cracked.

It'll be the spare room for me, so fucking what. Sorry for the language but the Vin de Pays is playing havoc. Only disappointment today – my son had a double: Osman 1st goal and 2-1. I told him to do - 0 but he won't listen. Still, what a day.... And night!

As per the twitter quote just about sums us up!

A perfect game, although blatant penalty against Fellaini.

Our record against the champions is outstanding.

Stops an advantage to us with Kev one on one with Joe Hart, to give us a foul, yet later, gives them the advantage, nothing happens, and then gives them the fould as well. Unreal.

Perfectly good goal disallowed, Milner with three bookable fouls, doesnt get a single booking.

Anyway, awesome performance, nine more of them please.

Must be something about Moyes intimidates Mancini. Must be. What else explains a manager who has way more talent available having so poor a record against one Club while kicking the shit out of all others. For years.

Moyes is going. Too bad, but he is. All the speculation on his next job. Me, I think he'l take a year off, having been at it all these years, year-round, trying to make something happen with this pathetic lot owns the Club.

But if a moneybags club comes in for him, it has to be ManCity, no?

Anyway, COYB. 3rd place is up for grabs.

Must add, Coleman this time next season will be in any conversation about best RB in the EPL. 2 years from now, he'll be the measuring stick.

Naismith was a big part of the second goal, great tackle to set things moving!

I'm sorry City fans, but we're a club with huge passion, money can't buy that, and every game means so much to everyone, whether we lose, draw or win.

What a response by the players though, just magnificent, only 4 points off 4th, and 2 points off 5th. We've still got a lot to play for this season.

I am biased, but I doubt you get a more intimidating ground than when Goodison is bouncing. An early goal for city and a wimper then the players would have coped it. A spirited performance, and every tackle would be cheered as if it was a World Cup winner.

Platt was about as gracious in defeat as a spolt brat and Mancini couldn't even bring himself to talk to the media, so no doubt they take their lead from their own management.

But we are more successful than them.
Most of their fans have become very bitter just after they were took over, they think they are the best in the world yet they were pretty average before then, and were as low as the 3rd division in this generation.

It's amazing how a bit of money can make some of the most ardent fans jealous of our passion.

I thought they were always the 'peoples club in Manchester' but now I don't think they even deserve that as their whole attitude stinks of bitterness. And the hilariousness of them swerving their poor performance onto us 'celebrating our cup final with gollum' is just truly pathetic beyond words.

I like Jagielka as a defender, but his distribution infuriates me. As long as Heitinga is on form, he gives us far more composure when starting any forward moves.

You have to put in the hard work before you can play, and we did both yesterday.

The officiating was atrocious; inconsistent decisions for fouls, the offside goal not allowed and, it has to be said, a farcical response to Fellaini's hand ball (although this balances the one he should have got in the first half).

We got the result that we deserved. Platt's post match interview is quality, the man’s face has never looked more like a smacked arse. You'd think nothing went their way all afternoon!

I just wished to god we'd have beat Wigan, walloped Millwall in the semi, then played them in the final, the pretentious pricks would have been shitting themselves. As it is, I hope Man Utd beat Chelsea then go on to give them a good hiding in the semi.

The league is already won and let me tell them now: We're not arsed about Lescott. He was never that good. I've seen pantomine horses turn quicker. They're rapidly turning into another Chelsea because, once this season, is over, Mankini (yes, Mankini) will be gone. Then the next one the season after, and so on. Shabby little bastards. Give me the proper Manchester club any day.

Despair a week ago, elation yesterday. "... those who know ..."

Just a few points.

1] "Big Vic", try as I might I could NEVER explain just how much "The Full Shift On Overdrive" which you put in yesterday vindicated the feeling that I've always had that there is a TERRIFIC footballer bearing your name. (I have previously seen this powerful young lad with the same name, stand sulking on the half-way line with a "they won't let me play" expression on his face.) Mr Anichebe, thanks.

2] Seamus Coleman, ya dun good. Ya dun REAL good. The Toffs want MORE! LOTS MORE!

And You, YOU have it! So dish it up Sea! EVERY WEEK!
"Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!"

3] "The Old Lady" — The first foundations of ALL Football Grounds are here. William Ralph Dean departed "Gods Acre" for "The Heavenly Gates". Harry Catterick followed suit almost 5 years to the day. No other Football Ground was purpose built before Goodison Park. EVERTONIANS do not need a new ground, we NEED to remember just why Goodison is "God's Acre", when "The Grand Old Lady" rocks like yesterday that's very easy.

Doing it "the easy way" isn't the EVERTON way, but, doing it "The Right Way" is: "... those who understand ..."

What a fantastic all round team performance. Up there with the very best.

Felli would have been even better without a very very harsh early booking. It was a proper talismanic tackle, ball first then anything else in the way. Just lovely and just what we all needed to see

Ridiculous that he misses two games as a result but hey ho onwards and upwards we go!

Coleman came of age yesterday, he's clearly worked incredibly hard on his dribbling and crossing.

Gibson was an architect, best I've seen from him.

Don't know if anyone noticed but Felli had a momentary strop and threw his hands in the air, but just as quick he snapped out of it straightaway and got his head down and back into the game.

And a big well done to Mucha, 3 years on the sidelines yet he comes in and shows real class.

When Beckham used to make the ball move about this was hailed as genius (which in its way it was), Osman's strike was with the middle to outside of his foot, just where you hit it if you want it to swerve. It moved at a perfect moment near enough to the keeper to beat his reactions, neither too far out, which would have caused it to miss, not too close in which case an instinctive "make yourself big" would have stopped it.

Had it been Bale, Torres or Rooney, it would have been hailed as the technical goal of the season. But it's Ossie, he plays for Everton so it must be a fluke, mustn't it?

Me? I'll put that one along side Beckham vs Greece, except the ball was moving, so it was more difficult.

Because it's Osman he won't get the same acclaim (not even on Toffeeweb!) as other more 'accepted' technical strikers of the ball.

I must admit it was great to see all the team celebrating and the reaction by Moyes was priceless!

Man City have a small, quick-footed, skillful set of forwards who don't really support their defence. We are much more comfortable against them and Chelsea for that matter. BUT... we do not play well against the Kone's, Kamara, Lukaku types who have bullied Heitinga in the past.

We need a fit Jags and Distin against those teams in central defence. I was optimistic against City but the test will come with the absence of Fellaini, Pienaar, Jags and Hibbert against Stoke and Spurs.

Great midfielders can control any game, Osman controls games if he has enough time to do so, hasn’t got the pace or power to impose himself.

He is well worth his place in the England squad/team, the PL is just too fast for him at times. Had he been born and bred Italian we would see him in a very different light I think.

I think, though, that some have been poisoned by the money spent. When we got thumped by Wigan there was nothing on here that attacked the people and city of Wigan the way a few City supporters did with us. The editors her wouldn't allow it.

Money can by trophies but it can't buy class.

He spoke about how he's always welcomed at Goodison Park by players, management, staff and the board and how they always have time for him and his men. This coming 2 weeks after he bemoaned the lack of such civilities at the tin mine and expressed his dismay how they had lost their character and sense of history.

I'd rather we had dubbed them but it made me proud of our club.

Dave Whelan is a chairman who invests in his club with his own money and he is their Sir John Moores. Unfortunately he has blotted his copybook by publicly defending one of his players over a horrendous tackle against Newcastle. He should have remained quiet as the tackle was disgraceful.