Everton v Sunderland. Sat 9th Nov @ 15.00.

[Baines' left foot]

He's started seven games this year hasn't he? Leeds, Orient, Fulham, Sunderland, Wigan, Southampton and Swansea.

It's not like he's had no chances at all.

I suppose not, but usually his best performances have come after a run of starting games consecutively, he hasn't really had that yet.

 

[chicoazul]

Great win today. Upset to see Mirallas go down, looks like he'll be out until Decemberish, which is fine, we clearly need to rest him. I think we can compete with Arsenal w/o him, but I hope he can make it back for at least one of the games against City or Tottenham games. With three tough matchups in a 12 day span, I think those three games could very well be what determines whether we fight for Champions League or Europa.

Great win though, once again, it was looking like another draw but the boys proved the doubters (me) wrong.

Hey man.

 

[bluejock]

Who won the passing lads?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Great win today. Upset to see Mirallas go down, looks like he'll be out until Decemberish, which is fine, we clearly need to rest him. I think we can compete with Arsenal w/o him, but I hope he can make it back for at least one of the games against City or Tottenham games. With three tough matchups in a 12 day span, I think those three games could very well be what determines whether we fight for Champions League or Europa.

Great win though, once again, it was looking like another draw but the boys proved the doubters (me) wrong.

*snot rockets all over the show*

WOT!?!?!

 

[snyder42088]

Hey man.

Hey chicoazul. I need to post more on the board. I run a message board for a living (college football over here in America), so after moderating that and other work, I never can find myself going to other message boards. I have a bunch of crazies on my board.

Im going to try to post more often over here. For everyone in America, I left some good, solid info on what NBC plans to do with the EPL over here in the states. Check it out if you're interested, my buddy that works for NBC is telling me that this is going to be a great thing for us. We're going to be able to watch every Everton game live, for free, here in the states. Either on TV on the internet, but everything will be free, no more paying like fox soccer 2 go.

 

[paulbefc]

We won ugly (by our high standards). Hallelujah. So good to see our team can do it. If we want to be a top 4 team, we'll have to. Great goals as well, both at the Gwladys and both late, doesn't get much better on a chilly day under the lights. 3 points, job done. Jelavic on the score-sheet is just what we needed. Thought he was very good today. I was made up with him before he scored the goal, just for the effort he put in. There was never a reason to worry. Bossest of boss slotters. Textbook lone striker performance from the lid today, I thought.

Gutted about Mirallas though. Will we ever have both Gibson and Mirallas on the pitch at the same time? Hope it's just 2 or 3 weeks. Looks like he'll miss Arsenal which is a huge blow.

 

[Ring master]

A few highlights of the game today - [Have not gone back to see if already here]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuzxhn_e2-1s-www-fasthighlights-com_sport?start=0

 

[snyder42088]

*snot rockets all over the show*

WOT!?!?!

He just needs to get back to 100%, that's what Im saying. We need him, can't risk rushing him back.

 

[nigelcoyb]

I'm not a fan.

His teams are always predictable long ball, winger, anti football snides.

And he looks like he reeks of TCP.

Remember Tony Cottee saying he was the best motivator bar none and he did well at Leicester but looked lost at villa and now at Sunderland.

I wonder if managing "old firm" clubs kills ya brain?

 

[noharmdone]

Remember Tony Cottee saying he was the best motivator bar none and he did well at Leicester but looked lost at villa and now at Sunderland.

I wonder if managing "old firm" clubs kills ya brain?

John Barnes has done well since managing Celtic though ?

 

[Columbia6]

Johnny will come good. He was great for us last season, I doubt he's suddenly become a poor player over the summer break.

 

[MartSlinger]

I'm not a fan.

His teams are always predictable long ball, winger, anti football snides.

And he looks like he reeks of TCP.

Correct.
Defend deep, hoof it to the big striker, striker flicks it to pacey winger, pacey winger squares it across the box, goal.

 

[paulbefc]

Might actually go and have a read of the Sland forum. The popcorn produced by our two goals will have been tremendous They seem to really hate us for always doing them. I remember the fume after the 4-0 last year. I don't blame them tbh. Their record at Goodison is worse than ours at Anfield.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Didn't play well and we got three points. Ferguson's perfected this with ManU.

Well in Moyes. Osman was the best player on the pitch btw.

 

[slimspek]

Sunderland's defence was fantastic and they had some good breaks however they weren't too exciting. They remind me of how we were playing this time last season.

Felli is sex. He has been so consistent this season at being boss. I've noticed that his passing ability has really improved. He's not afraid to hit a some long balls or go a for a through ball. While he has been great at ACM I think he would be so much better now at CM beside Ossie. Nice to see Jeli score again but there were a few times were I felt like he was going down way too easy. You see Pienaar breaking his back trying to shield the ball and then Jeli just sort of hits the ground asap. However I loved how he never gave up on that one play and took 3 of the defenders for a spin.

Vellios was very impressive. Great heel flick and he opened up a few opportunities, can't wait for him to get more game time. I think the added pressure of having two up top and then the ACM rushing in is what changed the game for us, great move by Moyes. Hitz also looked good. He was playing higher up than Ossie and Felli, I thought he was a DCM? Naismith was absolute turnover machine, granted he had one cool flick. Hopefully he'll start to kick into gear with more time otherwise it won't be long till Oviedo or Kennedy is taking his place.

Tough call for motm, afro man edges it for me. Felli was superb but I swear Baines is the hardest working player in the league. He never stopped in defence or offense. Coleman and Osman both had good games as well.