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With Moyes we'd have put some crosses in at least or tried to be more direct. Don't get me wrong, I want Martinez over Moyes every time and I have enjoyed the way we've been playing this season, but there has been an obvious lack of a plan B at times. I think we should try to play our game and control proceedings, but sometimes you need to adapt to the opponent and to the circumstances, or we run the risk of becoming too easy to counter as evidenced last night unfortunately.

This will teach me to be optimistic ever again.

You call that having a go? Seriously? Yeah we had lots of the ball but we did fuck all with it. We weren't sharp in attack, we were slow and lethargic (unless Mirallas had it) so all the shite had to do was sit in. They barely had to do a thing.

Kept having a go at them at 4-0 down, don't think I seen us have a go at them at 0-0 under Moyes.
 
I've said before I would sooner get battered having a go at playing football and attacking than playing the shite Moyes had us doing and losing 1-0.

Our 4-3 win tonight will go down in history.

Extremely nervous now. Been drinking beer and listening to Everton songs on youtube for the past couple of hours but it's not helping. Come on you blues!!!!!

Liverpool 0 - 8 Everton
 
Lukaku

Liverpool 0 - 8 Everton
 
Lukaku

Liverpool 0 - 8 Everton
 
Lukaku

Hi mate,
 
Well, I can't speak for the science faculty as I have never studied sciences with the OU, but I can only say good things about the social science faculty. I'm still in email contact with one of the main guys in the faculty, and the OU was generally always very prompt at answering any questions students had. The online forums were also very enjoyable for the most part. Therefore, I would most certainly recommend studying with the OU. In fact I plan to go back and study there again in future (either a Masters in social science or a fresh degree in a new subject area).
 
I'm not working in those fields right now, no. However, I really want to in future so we will see where life takes me. Without 'bragging', I attained a first-class degree so I would say that you could do pretty well there if you take it seriously. If you're thinking of signing up you should take the plunge - the OU has come a long way and its degrees are now treated with far more respect by employers than they once were. If you decide to sign up don't hesitate to ask me any questions if you need help.

Pulled a beautiful Dutch girl the other night wearing blow up shoes.......
 
....went to pick her up for our second date and she's popped her clogs.

Mourinho, Martinez, Wenger, Rodgers and Moyes were in the pub. Mourinho got the first round, five Portuguese beers. Martinez got the second round, five San Miguels. Wenger got the third round, five red wines. Rodgers got the fouth round, four pints of bitter. Moyes said 'where's mine' Martinez said 'this is the fourth round and you're not in it'.

ManU once the Goliath of English football, then David came along.

Pat found a pen. He said to Mick 'is this yours'. Mick took the pen and wrote on a piece of paper, then said 'yes its mine'. Pat said 'how do you know its yours?' Mick said 'its my handwriting'.

John you old romantic! Love it. You need to write your own blog with these stories.

I was brought up during the war. There was no organised football during the war as all leagues were suspended for the duration. I was still football daft though, through playing in the street with an old tennis ball and the occasional game at school. We lived on Walton Hall Avenue in a cul-de-sac, almost opposite where Littlewoods Pools were, by the big girder bridge. Our cul-de-sac was our Wembley Stadium and we could always get enough lads to make two teams of five or six a side. One lad, Bernard Hogan, was a bit older than the rest and had seen some league games before the war. He was an Everton supporter and is the reason that my brother and I are Everton supporters to this day. Bernie Hogan had a photographic memory and he used to keep us spellbound with his commentary on the games he had seen. Almost kick for kick. He knew all the Everton greats and my hero became Dixie Dean, even though I had never seen him play, or even seen a photo of him.
One day, my dad took me and my brother to see an elderly gentleman. I have no idea to this day who he was. But he told us that he had been to the party which was held to celebrate Everton winning the FA Cup in 1933. He went to a drawer and got out an old stiff collar, the sort that was attached to a shirt with a collar stud. On the stiff collar were the autographs of all the Everton Cup winning team, including Dixie Dean. I remember holding the collar and touching Dixie Dean's autograph and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck.
A few years ago, I keyed in 'Dixie Dean' to Wikipedia and the information provided included the fact that when he retired, Dixie Dean worked as a Porter at Littlewoods Pools on Walton Hall Avenue. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck again. Just to think, all the time I was kicking a tennis ball around our cul-de-sac, the great Dixie Dean was no more than a couple of hundred yards away!
Finally saw my first live football match, aged 10 in 1946.
 

When asked about £50m for Barkley, Martinez has just replied, "£50m? We won't be letting him go out on loan in January!"
 
Brilliant!!!

Why would Ross want to be managed by Moyes again?
 
And I honestly wouldn't take 50 million at the moment. It's a lot of money if true but with the WC coming up there's the potential for his market value to go above that. But that's besides the point as I don't want us to sell him at all regardless of the price. If we want to build something special under Martinez, as we seem to be doing, keeping Barkely is surely one of the most important things. Would be a kick in the balls if we went and sold him over the next couple of years.

Why would Ross want to be managed by Moyes again?
 
And I honestly wouldn't take 50 million at the moment. It's a lot of money if true but with the WC coming up there's the potential for his market value to go above that. But that's besides the point as I don't want us to sell him at all regardless of the price. If we want to build something special under Martinez, as we seem to be doing, keeping Barkely is surely one of the most important things. Would be a kick in the balls if we went and sold him over the next couple of years.

Why would Ross want to be managed by Moyes again?
 
And I honestly wouldn't take 50 million at the moment. It's a lot of money if true but with the WC coming up there's the potential for his market value to go above that. But that's besides the point as I don't want us to sell him at all regardless of the price. If we want to build something special under Martinez, as we seem to be doing, keeping Barkely is surely one of the most important things. Would be a kick in the balls if we went and sold him over the next couple of years.

Why would Ross want to be managed by Moyes again?
 
And I honestly wouldn't take 50 million at the moment. It's a lot of money if true but with the WC coming up there's the potential for his market value to go above that. But that's besides the point as I don't want us to sell him at all regardless of the price. If we want to build something special under Martinez, as we seem to be doing, keeping Barkely is surely one of the most important things. Would be a kick in the balls if we went and sold him over the next couple of years.

Why would Ross want to be managed by Moyes again?
 
And I honestly wouldn't take 50 million at the moment. It's a lot of money if true but with the WC coming up there's the potential for his market value to go above that. But that's besides the point as I don't want us to sell him at all regardless of the price. If we want to build something special under Martinez, as we seem to be doing, keeping Barkely is surely one of the most important things. Would be a kick in the balls if we went and sold him over the next couple of years.

Why would Ross want to be managed by Moyes again?
 
And I honestly wouldn't take 50 million at the moment. It's a lot of money if true but with the WC coming up there's the potential for his market value to go above that. But that's besides the point as I don't want us to sell him at all regardless of the price. If we want to build something special under Martinez, as we seem to be doing, keeping Barkely is surely one of the most important things. Would be a kick in the balls if we went and sold him over the next couple of years.

And Gibson and Kone are missing. This holiday period is a real test of the depth of our squad.
 
I'm not at all surprised by the positive remarks about Alcaraz. I've always rated him highly and have been eagerly awaiting his appearance in the first team.

Yes please. If Jelavic leaves in January I would be happy with it - would give us time to think about a replacement until the summer, not to mention that Morata would be quite good as a short term solution until the end of the season.