Bolton Vs Everton 25th Oct 1:30pm KO

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Muggins said:
I would honestly be happy with a top 10 finish.

Its a tough league.:)
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I predicted another 5th place finish before the start of the season. Seeing our start to the season and the current injury crisis, I don't think that's realistic anymore. All is not lost though, there's only six points that separate us from the likes of Villa, so a 6th-8th place finish is still achievable imo.
 
daz4matty said:
Thing is lads we cannot beat burnley,stoke or wolves we have hardly played anyone good yet only arsenal and look at that score.
This season will be a relegation scrap i tell you.
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well you're right, we haven't beaten the teams we should have but our weak schedule in the last three months of the season should allow us to pick up alot of points, given that we're fully healthy, which is no guarantee of course.

I can't tell you how sick i'll be if we're sitting here in april talking about how 15th will be a good finish. such high hopes for this year.
 
GhostOfDixie said:
Its always a tough league, but unfortunately top 10 is not enough, we need top 6 minimum.
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I agree, thats what we need to progress. But last year Tottenham were not as good as they are playing so far this season, City have started drilling oil fields in Manchester, Villa don't seem to have many injuries so have started well also, and Fulham are our friggin bogey team.

none are unbeatable, but not likely the way we are playing.

add in to that mix Manure, RS, Chelski and Arsenal, and we are 9th already.

Top 6 would be amazing. but I'm a realist, not an optimist. I will openly admit that.

Earlier on my old man said its 2-2, I said Bolton to win 3-2 then. its arunning joke we have....
 
Everton manager David Moyes:
"We worked very hard to get back in the game, but we should never have got ourselves in that position in the first place.
"We seemed to run out of steam in the last 20 minutes, but we were poor at the back today and it cost us.
"It's not like us, we're normally tougher, but we're a bit soft-centred at the moment."

From BBC match report
 
parkendmaster said:
Everton manager David Moyes:
"We worked very hard to get back in the game, but we should never have got ourselves in that position in the first place.
"We seemed to run out of steam in the last 20 minutes, but we were poor at the back today and it cost us.
"It's not like us, we're normally tougher, but we're a bit soft-centred at the moment."

From BBC match report
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Where has he been all season?
 
BlueYank967 said:
well you're right, we haven't beaten the teams we should have but our weak schedule in the last three months of the season should allow us to pick up alot of points, given that we're fully healthy, which is no guarantee of course.

I can't tell you how sick i'll be if we're sitting here in april talking about how 15th will be a good finish. such high hopes for this year.
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Don't mean to worry anyone. But we have 8 games in December....:unsure:

If we don't have anyone back by then we are definitely screwed. seriously.
 
GhostOfDixie said:
For Kenada Blue

Moyes Wants More – News Archive – News – evertonfc.com – The Official Website of Everton Football Club

Angered apparently,

he's also not using it as an excuse.

Anyone who disagrees with me, are disagreeing with Moyes. And if you do that, then Kipper is your only hope.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

:)
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He's not saying we need to show heart and passion and fist pumping as you suggest to win games. He's saying they should start getting the basics right, concentrate more, stop giving silly mistakes away, play from the 1st minute to the last....

"So it is up to them (the players) to sort it out now. I will help them and coach them and work with them - but at the end of the day they are the ones who cross the white line and they need to roll their sleeves up. I'll protect them, I'll protect their performances. But if they don't do basic things like head the ball and defend set-pieces, which they practice and work on - then it is themselves they need to look at."
He added: "We didn't start brightly enough. I thought at times we played quite well as the game went on. It was pretty and nice to watch. But Bolton won the game with a more simple style of football so maybe we should think about getting the ball in the box and doing something similar."


Which is what I've said. We're trying to play like we've got a 1st team and fit players, passing it around, fannying about. We should knock it on the head, take a note out of stokes book, get organised, be solid and simple, battle for points. Id rather us play ugly and solid to get the points than "okay" fall asleep and get sucker punched.

Towards the end of the game we were looking to go a snatch a win. We didnt, we looked to try and get em on the break. Long ball later, caught the defence out AGAIN, goal, lost the match.

Simple football.
 
kenada_blue said:
He's not saying we need to show heart and passion and fist pumping as you suggest to win games. He's saying they should start getting the basics right, concentrate more, stop giving silly mistakes away, play from the 1st minute to the last....

"So it is up to them (the players) to sort it out now. I will help them and coach them and work with them - but at the end of the day they are the ones who cross the white line and they need to roll their sleeves up. I'll protect them, I'll protect their performances. But if they don't do basic things like head the ball and defend set-pieces, which they practice and work on - then it is themselves they need to look at."
He added: "We didn't start brightly enough. I thought at times we played quite well as the game went on. It was pretty and nice to watch. But Bolton won the game with a more simple style of football so maybe we should think about getting the ball in the box and doing something similar."


Which is what I've said. We're trying to play like we've got a 1st team and fit players, passing it around, fannying about. We should knock it on the head, take a note out of stokes book, get organised, be solid and simple, battle for points. Id rather us play ugly and solid to get the points than "okay" fall asleep and get sucker punched.

Towards the end of the game we were looking to go a snatch a win. We didnt, we looked to try and get em on the break. Long ball later, caught the defence out AGAIN, goal, lost the match.

Simple football.
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That's what I've been saying all day mate.

Schoolboy errors. Fight is something that they should be doing as well, more so if they are not as good as what we have, because they can't rely on flair.
 
grim grim grim........

lids proper shabite... fabuckin love them but cant fabuckin stand them... get a grip an soon as lads........ :@
 
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