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Truth is a modern day equaliser has to be very skilled, leg breaking lunges are a thing of the past, you have to live within but take the rules to their very limit - part of it is letting people know you are about and wont be intimadated or wont allow others intimadate any of your players. You also have to be able to play as well. Keane was fantastic - seasoned pros used to wilt in front of him, he had the psychological edge in every game. He beat Arsenal in a title decider on his own in the tunnel.

We need this IMO.
 

We have a good mix of physicality and technique. It's just our more physical players are injured

It's about balance. Look at Arsenal, too lightweight, and won't win anything because of it.

Look at Stoke, Blackburn etc. Bunch of thugs. Horrible to watch. Live for the point.
 
Neiler said:
Truth is a modern day equaliser has to be very skilled, leg breaking lunges are a thing of the past, you have to live within but take the rules to their very limited - part of it is letting people know you are about and wont be intimadated or wont allow others intimadate any of your players, Keane was fantastic - seasoned pros used to wilt in front of him he had the psychological edge in every game. He beat Arsenal in a title decider on his own in the tunnel.

We need this IMO.
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Bang on, it was a war in the tunnel, Vieira staring down Gary Neville. Did Vieira fancy the fight when Keane stepped up? No, and he was sold a season after. Bottle. It was bottle that won us the cup final, and it was bottle that kept us up when we faced relegation. Everton have always been associated with good and solid football, science and grit. As we are now, we take more hits than we give out. Is our best being able to absorb more that the opposition? If so we are an excuse.
 
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Bang on, it was a war in the tunnel, Vieira staring down Gary Neville. Did Vieira fancy the fight when Keane stepped up? No, and he was sold a season after. Bottle. It was bottle that won us the cup final, and it was bottle that kept us up when we faced relegation. Everton have always been associated with good and solid football, science and grit. As we are now, we take more hits than we give out. Is our best being able to absorb more that the opposition? If so we are an excuse.
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Do Arsenal or Barcelona need to kick people to get results? No, they do it by playing football so good the kickers dont have a chance to kick them.
 
As I've proven, it balances out. We've made and taken dangerous/physical tackles over the past few years, the examples are there for everyone to see, both for and against your argument. Heitinga did kick Ireland, Fellaini has elbowed half the League, Arteta did try and poke Pedersen's eye out, Pienaar was lucky not to break Mascherano's leg, Cahill did karate kick Ashley Young, The Big Greek did need stiches..........
 

ToxtethBlue said:
As I've proven, it balances out. We've made and taken dangerous/physical tackles over the past few years, the examples are there for everyone to see, both for and against your argument. Heitinga did kick Ireland, Fellaini has elbowed half the League, Arteta did try and poke Pedersen's eye out, Pienaar was lucky not to break Mascherano's leg, Cahill did karate kick Ashley Young, The Big Greek did need stiches..........
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Victor, how long out? more than the cumulative amount?
 
Look, i'd say there's two teams in the whole of Europe who mix good football with physicality, Chelsea and Inter. You don't get many players who are physical and technical.

Luckily, we have one of them. He's called Marouane Fellaini, and can tear team's a new arsehole all by himself.
 

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