Battling Blues pile more misery on Pardew

That's the team, should be enough but this is Everton!

Naismith has been very poor though.

Big Vic played really well when he came on, no smacking the grass and crying just good, intelligent play... and the Baines free kick — best I've seen from an Everton player in years.

Top team performance and if we can keep seedy little Redshites off the forum that would be a big help too. :)

Unusually, Fellani’s fist touch appeared to be letting him down.
From the starting 11, apart from Bains and Distan, I don’t think anyone really stood out as having particularly strong performance.

Oviedo did well when he came on.

If we could get Ofoe in and Mirallas and coleman back then we could be looking very handy indeed.

After Newcastle's recent beatings I thought "here we go.. do the usual, throw a lifeline to a drowning opponent" - but no!

Sidled up there and whipped their stripey arses.

Very encouraging this new Everton, playing well consistently with a bit of resolve.

We won't be better than 6th but fair play this is just the sort of fixture we'd of lost in the past.

Baines has my MOM, with Anichebe coming 2nd.
Heitinga didn't look composed at all today, he could of cost us the game.
Also Naismith was very lackluster, poor first touch and passing albeit he does work tremendously hard at times.

Well done lads, Mirallas and Coleman should be back for the Swansea game at home, hopefully we can push on now.

Moyes doesn't do hugs for the youngsters, just the cane!

So glad we haven't done our usual faltering and letting them back in in the last 10 mins. Onwards!

Both goals were gems, thought Vic was a true front man when he came on.

I thought Felli put himself about quite well and caused them problems. 3 out of 4 wins is brilliant considering the missing players we've had. Well done lads and Moyes.

Why can't we finish higher than 6th we're only 2 points behind Chelsea albeit they have a game in hand.

Naismith is just awful. 1st touch is crap, tries to put the early ball in too much, opposition get round him far too easily. He's just not cut out for it..regardless of previous injuries.

Howard.....He's just lost it completely. Desperately need Butland.

Still, a superb 3 points away from home. Was anyone else a bit gutted not to see Vic in the starting line up??

Otherwise brilliant. Loved Baines free kick just for the look on his face. How many are going to go into Krul's gloves?.. NOT THIS ONE PAL!!!. It was obvious what he was going to do. Pick that one out.!!!

Anichebe eh? Not everyone's favourite but I'd take him ahead of Jelly to put a chance away at the moment. Great if they were both on song but the Slav seems to have lost the song sheet!! Even so it was a great assist!

Pardew in a different league??? That's so funny it's gone beyond sad!!! And he gets wrong off Sir 'I can say what I want' Fergy 'red nose'. If it wasn't so funny you'd blame the refs. (And that one tonight seemed like his brain was in gear and his eyes were pointing forwards!!!!)

All-in-all... 'HAPPY NEW YEAR THE BLUES'

Naismith has got to be the worse player in the squad slow, poor touch, unfit how he keeps getting a game I will never know lets ship him back up to Scotland and give the other lads a chance.

Didn't think Felli was awful as some have said, but it took him a long time to get into the game and it wasn't one he was imperious in. Thought a lot of our play was strangely sloppy; not as though players weren't trying, just that they were unusually clumsy. A sign of fatigue perhaps?

Was Barkley not even on the bench? Unless he is injured it seems like an over-reaction to his mistakes against Chelsea. A fair few players lost possession too easily in tonight's game.

Surely this is part of being a passionate supporter of Everton FC, I want them to succeed and so, when players are not performing, I find it difficult to manage my feelings and hence I vent my frustrations at the said player who in my opinion is not performing.

Having said this, when my beloved Everton are playing well, then I am only to eager to praise and convey my feelings of well-being onto these players and let them know just how well they are doing.

Swings and roundabouts, the site is a great way of letting off steam or indeed affirming to the players through the medium of the internet how much we value Everton and that we are passionate and feeling fans.

I thought it was a below par performance but it' s great to pull off a victory from such games.

Very shaky at the back and I thought he should have taken Heitinga off for Hitzlesberger and put Neville to RB.

I've hoped all season that Naismith would improve but I''ve pretty much lost that hope. Santon is a very poor left back and he should have had a much better game.

Victor played well but looks like he has so much more to offer.

I think we'd have taken 9 from 12 at the beginning of the festive period so happy days especially with Rafa's rotation going tits up.

I believe that Baines has become the best left back we have ever had and I am old enough to have seen all Ray Wilsons games.
He has improved out of all proportion and could play with anyone in front of him.
Imagine him behind Bale !!!!!!!!!

Just to be realistic, as you phrase it, it is my opinion, that Naismith is not and never will be good enough, Howard has great strengths but is a liability, Johnny, the hard man, has lost it, the ground at Goodison is poor, dated and needs starting again, and the facilities within it are poor, in Top Balcony it is like in a time warp in terms of customer facilities, no chairs in the area where one is supposed to eat, the toilets, no hot water, and access to those toilets at half time is like a rugby scrum.

The club must be stupid. Allowing clients to take food bought elsewhere in to the stadium, er um, dim. No chips, no curry sauce in the ground, that is where one pays £500 quid a year for a ticket, and please read Ken's contributions about the thriving Blue Dragon and the queues there before that last comment is discounted. They do not even make it easy to spend your hard earned with them.

Forgot to mention

If there is a better left back than Leighton Baines in English football at the moment then wrap me in hessian and dye me purple. He makes that Arsenal poorboy look sad and tired.

Even if you accept that Tim Howard is significantly worse than 99% of the current goalkeepers (which I don't) do people really think we have (at least) £5 million to spend on Butland! Please just shut up about this signing. It is never going to happen as it isn't a priority.

Trevor (#690), are you talking to all the Spurs fans currently on Toffeeweb, 'cause there is no way that Gareth Bale is ever going to play in front of Baines for EFC?

With that in mind, Nick #675, just to be clear, abuse of players is not right is it?

Tonight we have won what I think is our hardest league fixture until Man U on 10th Feb. If we can just get Mirrallas fit, get Jelavic scoring goals and one or two loan deals (preferably attacking ones) I can see us scoring the amount of goals our performances have warranted. A few spankings will then take place that really will make the league sit up and take us seriously. The most impressive thing for me is our consistency. Some of our players were running on empty tonight but the effort and quality was still too much for Newcastle. I genuinely believe 70 points is a realistic target this season but we'll see I suppose. This Everton team are starting make a believer out of me.

Total wankfest.

Best to save the best till last.

My stream was very poor, so I'm not sure if this is true, but didn't Jelavic set Vic's goal up? If he's not scoring, cutting back for another player to tap in is the next best thing, so not a waste of space by any stretch.

Some strange criticism on here (well, I never...), but, as I said, my stream was poor as most people on the forum seemed to concur.

Firstly, Fellaini was pretty good for me. His ability to dispossess the opposition is very exciting, albeit against a very poor Newcastle squad.

Is Jags that bad at RB? I acknowledge that he's playing there because Moyes sees Neville as needed in CM (cough cough) and Coleman and Hibbo out leaves us with noone else, but I think he's doing an okay job.

Naismith is not good enough for us, but I can see why Moyes selects him, as he is back to clear and help the defence out quite a bit.

The jury seems to be in on Vic here, and most people are on his side, but I still think starting him is a mistake. He has proven that he can score an important goal (has he scored in a loss yet?), but coming off the bench around the time he did is his forte. Would like to see him assert his size and (apparent strength) more - he's not a kid anymore.

My only criticism/query of the night was why bring Jelavic off with five (10) to go? Surely five minutes extra isn't going to ruin his fitness, and if he's not on the field, he's not going to break his "drought".

Hopefully Coleman and Mirallas back in time for Swansea to replace him on the right.

Welldone the lads, great performance..

Personally, I think all our defenders (never mind just the centre backs) are capable of a rick or two, so simply replacing Distin will not resolve all our defensive frailties. Of the current available pairings, Jags and Distin seems the most reliable (though that is a relative term).

Jagielka is fucking awful at R.B, but works well at centre half with Distin - time to wave goodbye to Heitinga, a liability every time he plays.

When people talk about Baines for £15m, they must be on LSD, he is one the best left backs in the world, easily worth £25-30m.

Apart from too much hoofing from Jagielka, we could have easily killed this game off on the counter and got a third, instead of looking to hold a lead for the last 10 mins plus 6 mins added time. You will never see a genuine top 4 side trying to see out a 2-1 with all that time left on the clock. How many times was a break on but we fucked about ? That could have easily bitten us on the arse.

A great result and it leaves the door open for us to really go for it, I just wish we had a board our support deserve.

We beat Newcastle where they are always hard to beat and the fact that they are missing loads of players gets mentioned time and again. Of course we had all our first choice available..... not!!!!

Worst of all, they run an info-mercial obviously designed to convince one of the super-rich clubs that they just can't live without signing our left back.

I know we're short on numbers but Pip at right back, and Jags and Buzz at centre back must be a more solid set up than tonight's, with a suspect middle and a right back who can't pass or cross a ball.

Pending the return of KM or Seamus I'd be inclined to find a place for Victor on the right, he's done it before and finally looks like he is realising his potential (and the fact that he's a good player)

Sorry guys to rant on I watched the whole Everton game and I thought we deserved to win and played the vast majority of attractive football on show. Find Moyes some money Kenwright and lets finish above these RS arseholes again.

I think tonight's result was one of our most important for a long time, problem is, every result between now and the end of season may have something riding on it...let's hope so anyway.

That being the same RB who crossed for the goal against Chelsea then Derek?

A right back he is not!

Naismith however is just not good enough. The sooner Mirallas gets off the treatment table the better as we just have zero threat down that right hand side at present. Would love to see a partnership develop between Kev and Seamus.

Still, 3 more points in the bag and hopefully Moyes can convince Kenwright to take out one more shonky loan to get some squad depth!

What a goal by Baines, goal of the season contender for sure.

I'm not a massive fan of Anichebe but cant fault the lad for coming on and doing that, he seems to have taken a step up since last season.

Looking at the next few fixtures (famous last words!), we should be able to pick up some point, although hasnt someone said that before ?

Great win just when we needed it.

Oviedo again looked good for the 10 mins he got to play

Howard; Jagielka, Duffy, Distin, Oviedo; Naismith, Neville, Barkley, Pienaar; Fellaini, Anichebe

That's based on what we've currently got because the right side is struggling, the need to rest certain players (Ossie, Baines and Jelly) and, given that Barkley looked very decent in the Championship, perhaps he should get a game here? Neville would also protect Barkley in the middle of the park. I also think Duffy needs game time. He played ok this time last season and has barely got a look in since.

Was it just me or were they lucky to finish with 11? I thought at least cisse and Tiote committed bootable offences when on yellows already. Tiote's lunge on Jags was a real leg breaker and almost a straight red. Seriously, poor Fellaini, 3 of them hacked and stamped him on the edge of their box and he sat there ruefully, not a card for anyone.

Something like 20 fouls to 10. Nice work to keep focused and playing the ball.

As for their goal, Distin put a nice body check on but I think he thought it was to make it easier for Heitinga to win the aerial ball... Heitinga I think assumed Distin was going for the ball. Rubbish communication and under 9 standard goal :(

Would have thought it was obvious to any manager who may be interested in taking it on; if Baines is bombing forward someone has to be prepared to back him up.

Rest him if he wants it and see if Vellios is looking good enough over the 90 minutes.

Now we are all on Naismith's back yet the boy works his socks off and does the defensive stuff obviously to Moyes's satisfaction. If he continues to improve game by game, then we should give him a chance to come good and maybe win us over. I've seen things in his game that are very good and yes some absolute crap. Remind me how many millions of pounds we paid for him?

To be clear I'm not talking about 'hoofball', the long ball has its place, I mean the ball played by a defender in to the opposition half, giving away possession to alleviate perceived pressure.

In my opinion our defenders take this option too willingly when we have players in our midfield (Pienaar, Fellaini and to a lesser extent the others too) who are very capable of receiving and 'screening' the ball, drawing a foul, passing back or even hoofing themselves if absolutely necessary.

We too often gift possession to the opposition which was particularly disappointing against Chelsea because you know we are going to have to endure wave after wave of attack.

If by some miracle we do achieve Champions League football next year, we cannot squander the chance to rest and 'manage' the game.

Naismith excels in work ethic and attitude but last night to me it looked as though his ability was insufficient. Of course thats just one game but it continues a trend. He did win the ball back a few times but he also gave it away lots and was beaten very easily by the winger, as a result we looked shaky on the right whilst simultaneously offering little or no threat from that side.

He seems a good lad and i'm sure he does have more ability in him but at the moment he's not showing it and does not deserve a starting place in my mind when Oviedo, who looked very bright and useful, is sat on the bench. Hopefully Mirallas comes back soon as he is clearly first choice for that spot.

However I don't think we should underestimate how encouraging it is that we keep coming back from losing positions.

Agreed with comments on Naismith, he really does look out of his depth and without a real strength to hang your hat on as to why he's in the team. If I was big Vic I'd consider I'd earned a start.

Jella is struggling but he was integral in that wonderful move for the second. He was also a whisker away from an equalising header against Chelski. I think he just needs to get through this lean patch.

And several important saves from Howard again (despite his detractors), GK is not our priority to strengthen the team.

3 points = Something must have gone right, so why do we need to consistently change the formation. The same team, pretty much, have just taken 3 wins out of 4 and the 1 game where we played the better football we lost.

Cheltenham next, I hope that Moyes rests a couple, but not too many, just look at what happened with Leeds.

Man U - W
Arsenal - D (Blues should have won)
Man C - D (Blues should have won)
Chelsea - L (Blues should have won)
Tottenham - W

The only team that have really beaten us is WBA.

This is the best squad we have had in the PL era, I don't think its unreasonable to be expecting at least 4th place finish. One tenth of the man c/chelski type investment and we will win the league. New Years Optimism?

Man U - W
Arsenal - D (Blues should have won)
Man C - D (Blues should have won)
Chelsea - L (Blues should have won)
Tottenham - W

The only team that have really beaten us is WBA.

This is the best squad we have had in the PL era, I don't think its unreasonable to be expecting at least 4th place finish. One tenth of the man c/chelski type investment and we will win the league. New Years Optimism?

How do we continue to make such big losses despite such a low net spend on transfers?!! Grrrr. Does not make for a bright future.

Don Goodman and Niall Quinn would out-cliche anybody. Some team (can't remember who) were conceding goals for fun the other night.

Gary Neville is a welcome addition but they're largely hilarious.

Newcastle had 6 decent chances to score.

1. Their goal. Ball over the head of Heitinga, possibly Distin and Baines might have done better but Heitinga was the one under it initially.

2.Perch header onto the post. He easily outjumps Heitinga who seems to just fall over.

3. Ameobi chance, just past the post. A simple ball over Heitinga who is caught ball watching in no-mans land. In the words of the commentator 'Heitinga's absolutely nowhere'
4. Obertan gets in and runs at Heitinga who back pedals before allowing obertan a clear shot from an angle which Howard saves well.
5. Jagielka misjudges a header which cisse then hits at goal, it hits Heitinga who is in the right place to make a block.
6. A through ball between Heitinga and Jagielka allows in Santon who forces another good save from Howard.

Anyway, a laborious way of saying that Heitinga is not very solid at the moment and is involved in alot of the chances that we are giving up. Never been totally convinced by him and given the high wages he is on I really hope Moyes does a Bilyatedinov and shifts him for some some fresh blood.

I turned the sound off in the end.

Point accepted but listening to lineker and lawrenson et al is actually embarrassing. I know its trivial but fuck me its annoying! Sky Sports is way better, everyone seems to agree on Gary Neville too, a bloke who knows his stuff and is to the point which is what we all want.

Someone I know has subscribed to Fox Sports from USA. Theres some software you can download to change your IP address to US and then you can subscribe, hook your computer up to your tv and watch that.

The pick of any 3pm kick off, full coverage. Probably half the price too. Maybe thats the way to go to avoid the twats.