MikeO

It's extremely encouraging stuff, could be a long second half though . Think I'd probably take a point.

Current Player of the Year standings.... Osman 50 Jagielka 41 Baines 36 Arteta 31 Cahill 24 Neville 22 Saha 22 Castillo 18 Anichebe 13 Yakubu 9 Fellaini 8 Vaughan 7 Baxter 4 Yobo 4 Baadhi 4 Valente 2 Howard 1 Rodwell 1 MOTM winners.... Blackburn (H)...Mikel Arteta West Brom (A)...Leon Osman Portsmouth (H)...Leighton Baines Stoke City (A)...Tim Cahill Standard Liege (H)...Segundo Castillo Hull City (A)...Leon Osman Blackburn (A)...Louis Saha Liverpool (H)...Phil Jagielka Standard Liege (A)...Phil Jagielka Newcastle (H)...Leighton Baines

Holy shite...1-0 Ossie...everyone back behind the ball lads, see if we can hang on!! Edit..playing with a bit of confidence and style, Arteta even put a couple of corners into the right area . Tim Howard just made a great save from van Persie .

I'm afraid that (in my case) that's complete bollocks. As I said, I wanted him to win last year; when he started I was really excited there was a young Brit on the scene....maybe even more so because he was the first coloured driver in F1 (even forgave him the god bothering crap). I don't want him to fail because I hate success (I don't), I want him to fail because he's an arrogant obnoxious little shite.

24 Howard 02 Hibbert 06 Jagielka 05 Lescott 03 Baines 10 Arteta 21 Osman 26 Rodwell 25 Fellaini 20 Pienaar 22 Yakubu Substitutes 01 Nash, 09 Saha, 14 Vaughan, 18 Neville, 19 Nuno Valente, 32 Gosling, 38 Wallace

He certainly would want to, who wouldn't? I think he deserves to, but I think he'd stand aside if he thought it was the best thing for the club.

Going to Tesco's .

Well put....does his best, he's a nice bloke and an Evertonian, what's to dislike. Mentioned before (apologies to those that have heard this name dropping already ) that I had a couple of work related conversations with him years ago and he was a top bloke to deal with (in a business full of bullshitting arseholes).

I have decided to live forever (or die in the attempt).

Works if you copy and paste it . Looks like a really mature and sensible forum . General football forums never work....always end up with people mindlessly abusing each other (and if you don't agree with me you can fuck right off!).

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Good point, not thought of that. Bad luck...that and being owned by an Icelanic banker . Difficult times possibly.

"I never thought for a minute the contract was in doubt, nor, I don’t think the Club did either. "So I think there was a lot of trust in it. In a day and age where there's talk about managers and chairman or the combination of how they work together – I work very well with my chairman, and we’re both very honest and blunt with each other, and I think that helps the relationship." At Friday's media conference, Moyes was asked about the delay in signing his contract. He replied: "There were many different reasons. We’d had a really good season and we tried to change things around – for different reasons, but in the end, I get on really well with Bill, and I got on really well with the board, and we were only ever trying to do the best for Everton all along. "So, working together, we got there in the end. In truth I still had six or eight months of contract to go so it wasn’t as if I was coming out (of contract). I think it probably started to get a little bit more importance than I thought it actually deserved." Moyes has now been at Everton since 2002, but insists his passion and pride in the job is still as strong now as it was when he first took charge. He said: "Definitely, when I came here six and a half years ago, it was an unbelievable feeling – getting a chance to manage a Premier League club, and one like Everton. "And that hasn’t changed for me. Every day I think how lucky I am, and yes, I want more. "I’m really ambitious, and I want the Club to be that way. But you look what's happened over the six years; as a club which we’ve not had much money. We’ve worked really hard, and that’s the case at the moment. "But I’ll tell you what, we’re working really hard to try and get to the top, and in the last few seasons we’ve made a good go at it, and we’re going to try and do it again." I don't see how anyone can read/hear him talking like that and come to the conclusion that he's bullshitting (not picking particularly on blueblood, he's not alone in his opinions). Some people must just live in a far more cynical and suspicious world than I do .

JJB online are the same price as the club shop. £34.99 for the smallest kids (aginst £19.00 for City) and £44.99 for an adult size. http://www.jjbsports.com/everton-kit/evert...rod_159500.aspx

Does Davey ever look happy!!! You bet your life he does!! ....and why? Consider yourself corrected Jamie .

I agree it looked a bit odd last week....thought Hamilton's was harsh myself..first corner incidents like that happen all the time and no-one ever gets penalised, the Massa on was spot on but the Bourdais one was ridiculous. I always have the live timing open on the laptop so I can follow it during the breaks, also pick up on shit loads of stuff going on during the race that the commentators don't notice or don't feel the need to mention....can see people going very fast toward the mid/back of the field or people in trouble virtually always before they pick up on it...if they do at all.

It pains me to say it Mark...and I certainly did want him to win it twelve months ago, but he's just such an arrogant obnoxious little shit I'd love him to fall flat on his face again (which almost guarantees in my mind that he'll win it ). ITV don't help, they should rename their coverage "The Lewiss Hamilton Show." Is it next year it's back on the beeb? F'king hope so, be interesting to see who presents it...like to see Damon Hill involved personally, think he did really well in the one race he stood in for Brundell this year (what is it with Brundell's pronounciation recently? Keeps emphasising grand as in grand prix, sounds really odd).

Nobody's saying you can't have an opinion. So you're suggesting that it's not possible to judge a persons character unless you personally know them no matter how many hours, months or years you spend watching and listening to what they say and do. Hmmm...Adolf Hitler or Mother Theresa, who was the nicest person? Can't possibly make a judgement because I never met either of them . Just think your opinion (which you're perfectly entitled to) is (imo) completely absurd and laughable.

Anichebe, Castillo & Yobo (and possibly Jags ) out injured/sick. Everton [from]: Howard, Nash, Turner, Hibbert, Neville, Baines, Lescott, Jagielka, Valente, Osman, Arteta, Pienaar, Fellaini, Yakubu, Vaughan, Saha, Rodwell, Baxter. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/trio...senal-trip.html

John Watson fairly scathing about Hamilton, but spot on imo. Very rare I want a Brit to screw up but this is one of those occasions. ...in recent races Hamilton has given every indication that he is quite capable of throwing it all away. A series of errors - most recently at the start in Japan last weekend - have cemented the impression that he is vulnerable to mistakes under pressure - a reputation that began to form when he lost the title last year. John Watson, runner-up in the world championship in 1982, agrees that Hamilton has to find a way of removing the impetuousness that looks in danger of wrecking his chances again. The Northern Irishman says there is no question about Hamilton's "flair, talent and courage", only his mentality - and describes Hamilton's driving at the start in Fuji on Sunday as "stupid, ill-judged and immature". "Lewis doesn't have to win, he just needs to finish second to Massa, but that is one part of his personality he has to work on," Watson says. "He has yet to fully establish his ability to deal with the greatest level of stress and pressure. Part of that is that he has only ever been in a winning car. "What I'm concerned about is he seemed [in Japan] to delete his brain from its normal programme and put it onto self-destruct." According to Watson, there is another concern for Hamilton - the limited help, or even active hindrance, he can expect from his rivals. Team-mate Heikki Kovalainen has rarely been in a position to take points from the Ferraris this season, whereas Massa can expect much more active help from Raikkonen. At the same time, the Toro Rosso cars, which use Ferrari engines, are competitive enough to be a nuisance - as is Renault's Fernando Alonso, who has no wish to help McLaren after falling out with them while Hamilton's team-mate last year. Finally, Hamilton has made himself unpopular with his rivals by engaging in driving they consider to be over-aggressive on a number of times this season. "It's all very well to drive like [Ayrton] Senna and [Michael] Schumacher," Watson says, "but they were a bit further down the road when they did it. "The thing that's going to beat Lewis is he's not just got to race Massa, he's racing the entire field. "He needs to stop sending those signals out [where he has] to have a field of competitors, 18 of whom are against him. "He must be a target for everyone to make it as difficult as possible for him, and he's brought it all on himself."

Commentary team weren't at all biased were they ? Must have come from Liverpool TV. Even the ref looked to be on their side with that premature kick-off. Blinding free-kick from Molyneux (don't quite know how their first one got in though)....and nice to see Stubbsy on the bench.

Official sites, so in many cases you'll probably get them even cheaper through discounted retailers....though not ours of course due to JJB exclusivity .

Needed investigating...adult medium short-sleeved home shirt... Everton...£44.99 Liverpool...£40.00 Arsenal...£40.00 Fulham...£40.00 Newcastle...£40.00 'Boro...£40.00 (£35 for a small strangely) Hull City...£39.99 Portsmouth...£39.99 ManU...£39.99 West Brom...£39.99 Blackburn...£39.99 Wigan...£39.99 Bolton...£39.99 Chelsea...£39.99 Spurs...£39.99 Aston Villa...£36.00 Stoke...£34.99 Sunderland...£34.99 Man City...£30.00 West Ham...Sold Out . Very poor stock contol. Nice to see we're top of the league in something <_< .

You're not joking Mark....a quick glance around club sites puts us £5 more expensive than Chelsea, ManU and Arsenal and £10 more than Sunderland, which is the same shirt ffs ! Totally unjustifiable surely?

Did Mo do it (or pay someone to )? Would be doing his bit for the cause .