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Considering a lot of our attack goes down that left side, wouldn't it be better to have Maggy at left back? Dunno what his defence is like but I can see Pienaar trying to do everything himself if its Distin playing behind him and Nev next to him. Fuck me I hope we get something out of this game. Give Barkley a crack.

Can someone explain to me the rules regarding eligibility for cup matches? A few mates of mine said that Pienaar couldn't play because each club has to list x amount of players at the start of the competition and they can only play those specified players. Another one said if they're listed for another club in the cup they can't play. However I realised that Gibson and Jelavic are both eligible, despite Gibbo being with Man U, and both only arriving in January.

Good luck selling it now

*Hibbo gets ball at halfway* Goodison Park: "SHOOOOOOOOOT!!"

If his 2nd half against Swansea didn't convince then I don't think anything will. Head and shoulders above the rest IMO (for the 2nd half at least).

Where abouts in Sydney?

Pienaar is having a field day. Wish he could convert it though

Fuck me we'd be up 4-0 if we could finish.

Wigan up 2-1

Baaiiinnneeessss!!!

Nup, we'll win this. Got that feeling. Tim off for felli..

Now THAT was exciting! Rocket by Gibbo! If only Timmy got to that ball.

Uhh so sick of the "give it to baines" game plan. It's so boring to watch and its dreadful, no wonder we're averaging under a goal a game. There's never anyone who actually looks like trying to get a head to the ball.

Why didn't Felli jump for the ball when they scored? He didn't even attempt to get up there. Aside from that you gotta look at the positives. They were in a brilliant run of form and we kept them to one goal (which Felli should have prevented) and if it weren't for the officials we would have taken a point from them. After flogging spurs and Milan in UCL you would think they would have given us a hiding after giving them that much ball At least Moyes is finally playing a decent team. We were playing attacking football for once. Moyes had 3 strikers on at one point! (regardless of where he had Vic playing)

I suppose it comes down to who is willing to sit on their heels and finish mid table for the next 10 years until someone comes along with a deep pocket and takes over ownership. Sure Moyes isn't doing a bad job with what he's got, but we're going to be playing with the same quality of players in a budget squad, using the same conservative tactics to scrape draws and lucky wins and finishing mid table and not win any trophies until Moyes gives it in and someone else has a crack. Surely you'd rather see someone else step in and at least have some variation? We may slide down to the bottom half, or we might hit Europa and find some investors. But the same mediocrity that's been served for the last ten years is only going to continue until something changes, and the only interchangable factor at this stage between the squad and the management is Moyes.

No Coleman or Rodwell according to Everton Facebook. "TEAM NEWS: Darron Gibson back in training following his knee problem but remains a doubt for Arsenal. Jack Rodwell (hamstring) and Seamus Coleman also likely to miss out."

I been following the sport for 6 months and even I was asking what the fuck DM was thinking yesterday.. Why drop Heitinga who's seen off some of the best attacking players in the league in the last two months without conceding to them (Chelsea, ManC and Spurs) Why drop Jelavic after his goal from the weekend? Would have been beaming with confidence Why drop Osman who carved the Spurs defence in the first 45 mins? Why drop Drenthe? Also playing with confidence Why not play Cahill with his record against Liverpool? Most importantly why did he play a formation we haven't played all season in a match that would have seen us leap frog Liverpool??? Unbeaten in 9 games using 4-5-1 and he chooses this game to try something new? And he didn't even have Jelly starting up front? I just couldn't think of any possible reason to drop in form players (Heitinga, Osman, Drenthe) for ones returning from injury? Resting them for Sunderland is a stupid excuse. We had a two week break prior to QPR, surely the players weren't that fatigued.

Hey fellas, Mike from Sydney here. Been following this forum for about 6 months since I started following Everton after the Goodison derby. I've only been following the sport since then, since it coincided with the Rugby League off season here in Australia. Been meaning to join for a while but after yesterdays disgusting performance I felt I had to voice my rage. Cheers!