I have to confess a horrible, dark secret ...

[njligernj]

I have a confession to make ... and no it's not that I'd totally go for a three-way with Arteta and Rodwell ... after all that wouldn't be a horrible, dark secret; why that's more of a glorious dream.

No, my confession is this: I really enjoy watching Everton football club play football.

I even enjoyed the bloody Stoke game -- it was only afterward, when people told me we were [Poor language removed], that I realized I'd made a horrible mistake.

Granted it wasn't a masterclass, I know we can play better, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed that I never felt like we were going to lose. I enjoyed that they played us like we were an elite team (and it's not the first time we've seen that -- even when we're away from home some teams have approached us very cautiously). Chelsea and company don't win 5-0 every week -- teams park buses and they grind out victories. I enjoyed how it felt like we were that kind of team.

I don't think enjoying how we play now and wanting us to get better are mutually exclusive. I can appreciate and enjoy watching how we play now and want us to improve in the future.

Unless I'm repressing some memories, I think I've enjoyed most of the games this year (Newcastle game was hideous). I obviously didn't enjoy the ones we lost -- but most of the time in those games I felt like we were playing well and were going to score soon. It was as if, once the game was finished I thought, "well that was good, we played really well .......... oh bugger it all we only went and forgot to score!"

I enjoy how we pass the ball around. Yeah it doesn't always lead to something but it looks pretty and it's progress in the right direction. (Many of the "elite" teams often have similar days.)

We've even played some great football (some would argue among our best) when losing this year. That's what happens to great teams too (not saying we're great yet but the similarities are mounting up).

I love watching us playing away from home and dominating possession. Am I alone in noticing this and just loving the feeling? People who moan about '85 and before don't think it's good enough but I wonder how they don't recognize that feeling coming back? Is it because it's happened slowly? There aren't a lot of teams left in the league who can stop us from controlling the game. We may not have a degree from the school of science these days but we're at least taking night classes. We have a foot in the door.

During our losing streak I posted a thread about how I didn't think we were playing badly. Obviously I don't enjoy watching us lose but the football wasn't bad. Remember how we all got carried away with ourselves pre-season? I don't think we should give up on that quite yet. I'm going to enjoy our watching our team try anyway.

 

[ToxtethBlue]

I enjoyed lots of aspects of the Stoke game, our ball retention is getting much, much better, we can hold onto the ball for ages now. Teams are going to sit back and frustrate us, that's only natural, and some games are going to be very difficult in terms of breaking teams down. But if we keep playing the way we are, we'll win more than we lose, that's for sure.

I go into games knowing that we have a midfield that can dominate and compete with the best team's this League has to offer, that's refreshing to see.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

so long a member yet so few posts.

could you add this option to the voting please.......

I am really ChicoAzul, I forgot about this account as it was so long ago, and hey with so many i.d.'s it's so hard to keep track, in fact i'm not certain if I am supposed to have tits or balls.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

I always enjoy watching Everton no matter what.

Yet despite our excellent defensive record lately i still watch games with the fear in the back of my mind that we are gonna somehow **** things up and concede a silly goal to cost us points.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

5 options is a dead giveaway.

 

[pornpimol]

i love watching the blues,you have to.you wouldnt support them if you didnt

 

[njligernj]

i'm not certain if I am supposed to have tits or balls.

If you have both then I'm interested.

 

[Jib in lad]

Perplexed

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Bang on you lid, just plain bang on!!!

 

[wolf277]

I find watching us is more addictive than crack/ smack/ cigarettes / beer when its free / sex when its free, in fact if I was addicted to all these I'd give them up to watch us play no matter the out come, I'm a vile monster when I miss out its my drug of choice and I need a fix. If I lived closer or had more dosh I'd be a season ticket holder, but I'm skint with a crap car over a hundred miles away, and must rely on streaming cos sky costs too much and according to the misses feeding the kids is more important,

and winning is more important than the style in which we won, stoke are a hard team to beat because of the way they play so its good that we could grind out a victory now we must keep grinding , play when we can but keep grind out results when we can't this season is too tight to try and play beautiful football all the time.

 

[njligernj]

must rely on streaming cos sky costs too much and according to the misses feeding the kids is more important

Sounds like she needs to reconsider her priorities. Women eh? Typical!