Cahill should be rested

davek · January 30, 2009

DAVID PRENTICE: Everton's Tim Cahill need not face Man Utd - Liverpool Echo.co.uk

Prentice is right too. We'll finish no higher than 6th, and who really wants to give Liverpool a leg up the League and put Cahill in harms way before he faces them in the Cup?

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · January 30, 2009

probably right, although they have all been playing so well as a team that fear and dread hits us as soon as we think of one of them missing.

davek · January 30, 2009

I'd be amazed if Moyes was to make the decision to play him. He has scarce resources and he must recognise this game has three points for United written all over it - regardless of Cahill's presence.

BadWool76 · January 30, 2009

Frankly I am disgusted in you Dave . Why should this game have three points written all over it

If thats the way we see it we should just phone up Man Utd and tell them we are not coming as we cannot really see the point . I would rather beat Man Utd than beat Liverpool . Am I the only one who hasnt given up on catching Villa ? Its only 10 points and there are 15 games left ! FFS .

Finishing fourth should be like our holy ******* grail if that means playing Cahill against Utd for at the very least a draw with a view to leaving him on the bench for the RS then so be it .

Beating Liverpool would be very very sweet but NOT AT THE EXPENSE of our league position .

sarath · January 30, 2009

I hate this attitude of people thinking that man u are going to do us over. I honestly believe that we have a chance to take some points 2mrw. I wish people would stop wanting us to roll over and take a loss. If Cahill is fit he should play, he's a professional and we can't encase him in a bubble.

BadWool76 · January 30, 2009

sarath said:
I hate this attitude of people thinking that man u are going to do us over. I honestly believe that we have a chance to take some points 2mrw. I wish people would stop wanting us to roll over and take a loss. If Cahill is fit he should play, he's a professional and we can't encase him in a bubble.

Well said girl (y)

Really winds me up when I hear fellow Evertonians condoning us getting beaten before anyone has kicked a ball in anger . Absolutely fuming here

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · January 30, 2009

i agree with resting him if he's carrying a knock from the arsenal game, but i also agree that we should fear nobody, our form was kickstarted against ushited and i dont myself think that they will walk over us.

coyney · January 30, 2009

I think we will score,as for Tim Iroegbunam would sooner he played against the [Poor language removed] than united if there is a doubt about him being fit for both.

BadWool76 · January 30, 2009

I hate Man Utd . I know that might sound abit like a modern day premier league thing to say but it doesnt come from that . It comes from going there in the eighties and having to run the gauntlet of tooled up mancs looking to severely **** you up . Horrible b*****ds they are .

coyney · January 30, 2009

BadWool76 said:
I hate Man Utd . I know that might sound abit like a modern day premier league thing to say but it doesnt come from that . It comes from going there in the eighties and having to run the gauntlet of tooled up mancs looking to severely **** you up . Horrible b*****ds they are .

Remember them days well.I got jumped in the station toilets

lucky for me this big guy came in and sorted them :lol:

bobbyrob · January 30, 2009

Subs bench

BadWool76 · January 30, 2009

Remember one year myself getting off at Oxford Rd and coming out to be met by a massive mob of the horrible goons . I know we were just as bad in the eighties and our own hooligans made me cringe just as much but I THANK GOD that we had our own loonies that day because if we hadnt a good few people would have been cut by them as a few had blades . I [Poor language removed] myself :unsure:

The Dude · January 30, 2009

I don't agree with resting players in matches like this.

Always field your strongest side, imo.

If we field a weakened side, we have excuses and can say "that's why we lost" - if we field our strongest side and still lose, then we know that we must work harder, win more 50/50's, or whatever.

GrandOldTeam · January 30, 2009

I would be very surprised if he played, why risk him? The seasons a marathon, not a sprint.

Tim Cahill has received a fitness boost after x-rays on his injured foot revealed the Australian international has not suffered a break.
Cahill hobbled off five minutes from the end of Wednesday night's 1-1 draw with Arsenal after taking a knock to his right foot.
He underwent a precautionary x-ray on Thursday but the results have revealed no major damage, although severe bruising means the makeshift striker is now a major doubt for the trip to Old Trafford on Saturday evening.