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Hibbert wasn't shit at all .

The team as a whole were poor , and uncreative .

I apparently am in the minority, but I thought he was absolutely dreadful.

Was out of position on the first half Macc chance, while he was going forward his crosses seemed to always deflect off the first guy.

Not to mention their first chance in stoppage time that honestly a better player would've buried, he slipped and allowed the lad a crack from 15 yards away.

The only player that outdid him was Anichebe. He was even worse.

Don't take this as a doom and gloom post, I actually thought we played our typical style of game and imposed our will on them. I just think Hibbert and Anichebe didn't cut it today.

For me it's Howard just because of that last save. Our side would've been absolutely gutted to have had a draw in this one.

The placement was top notch

Although more often than not strikes like that tend to go well wide of the target!

After thinking about it, the only way I'd sell is if I knew Moutinho or Veloso was coming in.

If Arteta didn't request a transfer over the summer, I don't think he will now. I don't think you could find a handful of fans at Goodison who dislike Arteta. I also think he likes the Everton way.

Pip or Hibbert on the other hand...

Caps shouldn't be an issue. He frequents their starting XI.

He's more of a forward/winger than a striker, so I'm not positive how he'd fit into the 451. I think he'd be a fish out of water if we left him up top alone, but if he played off of Saha I think it'd be a steal.

Not sure if we will be able to get him in the end, while he's not "class" he has the talent to easily be ahead of Ossie in the lineup.

Just for a second, consider all the stories that have been going on...and where do we once again find ourselves?

In a European Place.

Great job by the boys, if you all can remember to the Big Fella's (my choice for his best nickname ) first game to now, he is really starting to adjust and settle into the squad. Anyone know how his English is coming?

Great effort overall though.

Playing the streak game too, are you?

 

Personally, I'm staying away from that one completely. Too much of an unknown quantity.

Ehh, my streak went down the toilet. I guess I had to get my first loss sooner or later.

All I knew is the Scotland U21's were coming in hot...but oh well

I don't get to see the u21's play on any sort of regular basis, and was wondering what you all would recommend. All I have is stats to go off of (Goals For, Against...where they are in the group..etc.)

Scotland Win or Draw

or

@Denmark Win

Thoughts? Right now, I'm probably going to go with Scotland.

To help raise some of the doom and gloom, I know we've had threads like this in the past.

Any goals that will forever be a special memory or a favorite goal in general?

McFadden's goal: how could you not be excited about that one.

I'll always remember Andy Johnson's goal against Arsenal in the 90th minute. It was the first time I had ever been to Liverpool and the first Everton game I ever attended. The atmosphere, hail just pouring down, the timing of the goal, I can't remember a stadium being so loud.

http://www.livevideo.com/video/aGha/54B9B6...nal-andy-j.aspx

As a side story, my girlfriend and I didn't know anything about the bus schedule, so after waiting 45minutes in the freezing cold with rain coming down, we ended up walking a mile or two before we finally hit a bus stop that was being serviced We accidently ended up at Anfield (dont know how close Goodison and Anfield is in actual distance but, we ended up there after a lengthy walk!). My girl said to me "what does you'll never walk alone mean?" before I even realized where we had ended up. Ahh the memories

Moyesy doesn't see Fellatio (think that should be his name now) as a holding player interestingly.

 

So I wonder how he fits in the dynamic of the team? He doesn't have a massive goal return so I can't see him playing as advanced as TC.

 

Perhaps more of a Hargreaves type character energising the team than a sitting player like Makelele.

 

“I don’t think for one minute that he is another Lee Carsley. I see (Segundo) Castillo as being the one who will play like Cars. What his arrival does, though, is give us the competition we have needed in midfield.

Based on that, I think he'll be right in the middle between Arteta and Pienaar/Osman.

--------------Castillo-----------------

Arteta--------Fellaini--------Peanuts

--------------Cahill-------------------

The French article that circulated last night said per month, but if the article was wrong then who knows. That isn't coming from a "google translation", it's coming from reading it myself.

I guess for the time being, here is our lineup

-----------------------Howard-----------------------

Pip/Jacobsen---Yobo----------Jags--------Lescott

Arteta----------Fellaini--------Castillo------Osman

----------------Yakubu---------Saha----------------

Bench

Nash

Baines

Rodwell

Anichebe

Vaughan

When completely healthy it gets tricky...

--------------------Howard----------------------------

Pip----------Yobo-----------Jags-------------Lescott

------------Castillo--------Fellaini---------------------

Arteta-----------------------------------------Pienaar

--------------------Cahill-------------------------------

--------------------Yakubu------------------------------

Bench

Nash

Baines

Jacobsen

Saha

Vaughan

Osman

Rodwell

For a record (close to record?) signing, I hope he pans out. This smells of a panic price (can't say panic buy ).

does anybody else hate the auto-playing video on the official site?

I've grown quite sick of it

It's my understanding from reading one of the articles that the coach at Liege has confirmed that the papers have been signed...that's just from translating a website though, nothing more.

this is the last time i'll post this but it does appear that the OS has gone down, now getting proxy error which usually means update does it not? If I'm wrong again then I'll hang my head in shame, but I SO want this to happen.

It is loading for me, but just all screwed up. Still Nash at the top.

Have we ever had this many people viewing one thread?

Another confirmation:

 

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/hoofdpunten

 

Very trustworthy source, they don't post rumours...

 

Sorry to see him go, but 16m€ is a lot of money...

 

A Standard Fan

I did a lot better reading the French one :-D

It's official! We've signed Nash!

Err...wrong thread....

My gut says this happens, but we here about it after midnight.

This is the only player left that I am holding out hope for.

COYB!

Well, I hope I'm wrong.

But so far I'm 2 for 2. Obinna didn't get his work permit, and Saha is offical.

I had a gut feeling this lad wouldn't get the work permit. blah.

I think we are done. Saha will join us- Obinna I think is iffy. I could easily see his work visa being denied.

Nope, the 2 loan player ruling is for players from another Premiership club.

I seem to remember you can have 4 or 5 loan players - certainly only allowed to name 4 loan players in the squad for a Premiership match.

Nice.

I mean, he'd get a lot of UEFA cup games with us..don't see how it could be a difficult decision for him...

Liverpool still haven't completed the capture and don't appear to be putting enough money in.

What a coup it'd be to get this lad in. Him, Arteta, and Peanuts would help us play some good looking football.