MikeO Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Six Premier League moments of the season from the Guardian... 4) Phil Neville's tackle, Everton 1-1 Man Utd, 25 October Many a tackle has turned the course of a game, but Phil Neville's on Cristiano Ronaldo turned a whole season. It's easy to forget, so adroitly and unobtrusively did this most admirable of teams regroup after the blessing in disguise of an early European elimination, but Everton were a desperate mess at the start of the season: short on players (look at their foetal bench for the first Premier League game) and haemorrhaging goals. In the eight games before they faced United, they took eight points and conceded 18 goals. That's the same number they have conceded in the 28 games since Neville's tackle, a zesty, calculated, ball-and-man reducer for which he was booked, catalysed a rousing 1-1 draw against the champions that enabled Everton to stop the bleeding. At that stage they were 14th in the table, but within a week they were seventh and have not dropped out of the top half since. The tackle even has its own Facebook group, and enabled Neville to win over a genuinely sceptical home crowd. But it was the effect on the collective rather than the personal that was most important http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/20...near-joy-of-six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cahill4 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Is there a video of that tackle anywhere? Tried looking for it a few times but all I could find was screenshots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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duncanmckenzieismagic Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Im still pissed off that he got booked for it, I thought it was a great tackle and dont even think they should have had a free kick for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) He didn't just make the tackle.........he made the cross for Fellaini. He's going to look well pleased next week, with that Cup on his head Edited May 24, 2009 by Blue 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 made me hate ronaldo more again fuckin rollin around like that it was an awesome tackle. id love to have 90 mins against ronaldo i think i'd last 2 (so would he) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 It was an immense tackle and the stadium was rocking for the rest of the game after it. The worst thing the United players could have done was to react, it got the whole crowd behind the boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest efctaxi Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 I don't really think it was the turning point to be honest . I think the shock loss against Aston Villa was the one that woke the team up , not United . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead1 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Ive got to admit Neville flew up in my estimation that day! I remember goin home gutted we hadnt won! We were by far the better team from the second he lept into that tackle! Its amazing how well this teams done this year with all the injuries! Im well proud and cant wait for next Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest efctaxi Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Fulham 0-2 Everton Everton 3-1 West Ham Everton 0-0 Tottenham Sunderland 0-2 Everton Everton 1-2 Man City Chelsea 0-0 Everton Aston Villa 3-3 Everton Everton 4-0 Wigan Portsmouth 2-1 Everton Everton 3-1 Stoke Blackburn 0-0 Everton Everton 2-0 West Brom Newcastle 0-0 Everton Everton 3-0 Bolton Man Utd 1-0 Everton Everton 1-1 Arsenal Liverpool 1-1 Everton Everton 2-0 Hull Everton 3-0 Sunderland Middlesbrough 0-1 Everton Everton 0-0 Chelsea Man City 0-1 Everton Everton 2-3 Aston Villa Tottenham 0-1 Everton Wigan 1-0 Everton Everton 1-1 Middlesbrough West Ham 1-3 Everton Bolton 0-1 Everton Everton 1-1 Man Utd Arsenal 3-1 Everton Everton 2-2 Newcastle Everton 0-2 Liverpool Blackburn 1-0 Everton Hull 2-2 Everton Stoke 2-3 Everton Everton 0-3 Portsmouth West Brom 1-2 Everton Everton 2-3 Blackburn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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