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Manure: 11 (-)
Portsmouth: 11 (+1)
Arsenal: 9 (-2)
Bolton: 9 (-1)
Villa: 8(-)
Everton: 8 (-)
Chelski: 8 (-)
Reading: 6(-1)
Blackburn: 5 (-1)
Wigan 5 (+1)
Boro: 4 (-)
Pool: 4 (+2)
Fulham: 3 (-1)
Man City: 3(+1)
Newcastle: 1 (-)
West Ham: 1 (-)
Watford: 1 (-)

Everton's list of Top 100 players:-

AJ: 3rd (Highest rated Striker 5th week in a row, 9th week in top 10 since 22 Aug 06)
Timmy: 5th (Highest position: 4th; Best Midfielder; currently second best midfielder; Came in top 10 seven out of nine times)
Arteta: 14th (4th best Midfielder; voted top 5 midfielder twice)
Neville: 28th (4th best Defender twice)
Howard: 38th (Highest position for best goalkeeper: 3rd, Voted top 5 goalkeeper five times)Yobo: 51st
Lescott: 72nd
Cars: 75th

Other stats:-Most goals scored: 4/20 placing
Most goals conceded: 15/20 placing

ARSENAL vs EVERTON - FULL TIME

A draw at Emirates Stadium. It was a point that was taken off Arsenal in any way possible. not an easy point but it goes a long way to reaching the safety zone - 40 points.

A definite good score for the away team which unfortunately, saw Moyes being banished from the touchline for his over-zealous complaints. Good on ya Moyesy!

Score: Arsenal 1 - 1 Everton

Scorer: Timmy

Team Line-up (Rating) Not rated as match was not shown in Singapore

Howard
Lescott, Stubbsy, Yobo, Neville
Arteta, Ossie, Cars, Timmy, Davis
AJ

Subs: Nil

ARSENAL vs EVERTON - Preview

Tough tough match. Love Everton to bits but don't think they can shave off the odds of losing.

Howard
Lescott, Stubbs, Yobo, Neville
Faddie, Cars, Timmy, Ossie, Arteta,
AJ

Substitutes: Turner, Davis, Beats, VdM, Anichebe

Scoreline: Arsenal 2 - 0 Everton

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Manure: 11 (-)
Arsenal: 11 (+3)
Bolton: 10 (+1)
Portsmouth: 10 (-1)
Villa: 8(-1)
Everton: 8 (-)
Reading: 7 (-1)
Chelski: 8 (-)
Blackburn: 6 (-1)
Wigan 4 (New entry)
Fulham: 4 (-1)
Boro: 4 (-)
Pool: 2 (-1)
Man City: 2 (-)
Newcastle: 1 (-)
West Ham: 1 (-)
Watford: 1 (-)

Everton's list of Top 100 players:-

AJ: 2nd (Highest rated Striker 5th week in a row, 7th week in top 10 since 22 Aug 06)
Timmy: 7th (Highest position: 4th; Best Midfielder; currently third best midfielder; Came in top 10 six out of eight times)
Arteta: 19th (5th best Midfielder)
Neville: 22nd (4th best Defender twice)
Howard: 41st (Highest position for best goalkeeper: 3rd, Voted top 5 goalkeeper four times)
Yobo: 42nd
Cars: 69th
Lescott: 76th

Other stats:-Most goals scored: 4/20 placing
Most goals conceded: 15/20 placing

EVERTON vs LUTON - FULL TIME

Moyes was quoted not in verbatim that the players on the field were all the fit players that they had. Some of those who played were walking wounded. Davis, Timmy and Beats were all not feeling well in the final training for the Luton game. But still they played.

Iain Turner was in as the game's goalie, Lescott was playing left back, Davis was used as a right back, Stubbsy and Weir renewed their centre-halfs partnership.

At the end of the day, Everton got their resounding result, thrashing Luton 4-0. All these came at a no better time than an upcoming match against Arsenal this weekend.

Score: Everton 4 - 0 Luton

Scorer: Timmy; own goal; Faddie; Anichebe

Team Line-up (Rating) Not rated as match was not shown in Singapore

Turner
Lescott, Stubbsy, Weir, Davis
Ossie, Timmy, Cars, Arteta
AJ, Faddie

Subs: Hughes, Anichebe, Beats

EVERTON vs LUTON - Preview

C'mon, let's give the other players an opportunity to prove themselves, and that's what I think Moyes will do.

Coming in from a home victory against Sheffield United, Everton will now face Championship club Luton Town on Tuesday. There're a few young players that I'm keen to see in this upcoming match. This is also a good time for some of the first XI players to rest and also to play those who are lacking match fitness.

Turner
Boyle, Weir, Lescott, Neville
VdM, Davis, Timmy, Faddie
Beats, Anichebe

Substitutes:

Howard, Yobo, Cars, Arteta, AJ

EVERTON VS SHEFF UTD - FULL TIME

As predicted in my last posting, it's time for the Toffes to dust themselves off and pick up their game. What raised a couple of eye brows though was the depleted state that Everton was in, especially in the backline. Valente, Sandro, Stubbsy, Hibbo were all out. VdM was not even on the bench. Hopefully, he's not in some pub creating trouble.

So it's the first time you'd see Lescott in the leftback position, Weir may have started his first game of the season, Davis was i on the left flank. The rest of the guys were your usual suspect.

We weren't really controlling the match for the first 10 minutes or so. But a good overlapping run by Neville, which followed-up with a cross, saw Arteta's head guiding the bal into the back of the net.

AJ was also full of running throughout the match. Once again he didn't score, but he proved to be a nuisance when his dartig run into the penalty box was clumsily halted by a Sheff Utd's Claus David, who received a red card for his efforts.

Up stepped Beats who converted the penalty.

Even against 10-man, it was not easy going with the Toffees taking off their foot on the gas pedal.

It helped that Howard was also alert and that the opponent's strikers were misfiring.


Score: Everton 2 - 0 Shef Utd

Scorer: Arteta; Beats

Team Line-up (Rating)
Howard (8)
Lescott (7), Weir (8), Yobo (7), Neville (8)
Davis (7), Cars (7), Timmy (7), Arteta (9)
AJ (8), Beats (7)

Subs: Faddie (7), Ossie (7), Anichebe (7)

EVERTON VS SHEFF UTD - Preview

We have to bite the bullet and stop the bug from hereon. If Everton can do that, they will help lift the crowd after that blemish of a loss last week. I'd shake up the Defence a bit as they have been letting in goals. But don't think Moyes would do that.

Howard
Valente, Yobo, Stubbsy, Neville
Ossie, Cars, Tim, Arteta
Faddie, AJ

Substitutes:
Turner, Weir,VdM, Davis, Beats

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Portsmouth: 11 (-)
Manure: 11 (+1)
Villa: 9(-)
Bolton: 9 (+2)
Reading: 8 (-1)
Everton: 8 (-)
Chelski: 8 (-)
Arsenal: 8 (+2)
Blackburn: 6 (-1)
Fulham: 5 (+1)
Boro: 4 (+1)
Pool: 3 (-1)
Man City: 2 (-1)
Newcastle: 1 (-3)
West Ham: 1 (-1)
Watford: 1 (-)

Everton's list of Top 100 players:-

AJ: 1st (Maintains as Highest rated Striker 5th week in a row, 6th week in top 10 since 22 Aug 06)
Timmy: 5th (Highest position: 4th; Best Midfielder; Came in top 10 four out of six times)
Neville: 28th (4th best Defender)
Arteta: 31st
Yobo: 49th
Howard: 52nd (Highest position for best goalkeeper: 3rd, Voted top 5 goalkeeper three times)
Lescott: 90th
Cars: 95th

Other stats:-
Most goals scored: 3/20 placing
Most goals conceded: 13/20 placing

MIDDLESBOROUGH VS EVERTON - FULL TIME

So am I sad that Everton lost? On the contrary, I'm elated! Not that I'm going bonkers, but at least I know two things:-

1. Everton can move on from here on. They should not be too concern about keeping the record of not losing. Why do we want to not lose when we could have either won or lost when we played Machster City?

2. Everton has been playing consistently, even when they lose. Boro? They've won Everton, but when will they next lose? Very soon I guess.

Anyway, I got the scoreline correct. Just that I selected the wrong team to win.

Score: Middlesborough 2 - 1 Everton
Scorer: Timmy

Team Line-up (Rating) Not rated as match was not shown in Singapore
Howard
Valente, Lescott, Yobo, Hibbo
Arteta, Cars, Neville, Timmy, Davis
AJ

Subs: Beats, Faddie, VdM

MIDDLESBOROUGH VS EVERTON - Preview

Bitter-Sweet for Toffee players in the international matches. P. Neville was injured even before he kicked the first ball in the England-Croatia match.

Everton will be playing with a big boy but perrenial flop - Boro. BUT I feel that Everton has enough in them to nick this game.

Howard
Valente, Yobo, Lescott, Hibbo
Ossie, Cars, Arteta, Faddie, Davis
AJ

Substitutes: Wright, Beats, Faddie, Weir, Hughes

Scoreline: 2-1

Congrats AJ!

Without kicking a ball over the last two weeks because of the International matches, AJ was voted the September Man-of-the-match.He's not a wuzz, but it only goes to show that even during the Premier League break, he is still remembered. The impact AJ has made in the first two months was just extraordinary.

Scoring six goals in seven Premiership matches, he is currently the top scorer of the league.

All hail Sir AJ!

Getting Ready for Saturday

We did well in the reserve game against Pool and that Dudek guy must entered the wrong sporting arena. What was he trying to do when he threw a punch at Anichebe? Lunatic!

Anyway, Vaughny and Anichebe did uite alright for the game. Hibbo was also involved in this reserve match to keep his fitness up to speed. So some of the walking wounded and the suspended are now back.

Just crossing my fingers and hoping that the other players on International duty will come back in one piece. So far so good for Timmy.

Othwe players to be involved in International matches are P. Neville, Valente, Weir, Faddie, Cars and Davis.

International Matches

Viva La Scotland!!!

What Manifique results - 1-0 to Scotland. The must have felt that they have won the World Cup. French coach, Domenech had no one else to blame, so he goes for the scruffy little necks of the ball-boys, blaming them for their delay tactics. C'mon DoDo, pick on someone your own size!

Nuff of the Frenchie Panies, Faddie and Weir played their part in this outstanding vitory. Faddie was running riot on the field while Weir put in all he was worth to keep the goal air-tight.

Davis played for Wales but they got thrashed. So let's not talk about that game. Or should we expound it further? Nah, I'll let them wimper at the corner.

AJ should be ready for the Boro's match. Thank goodness none of Toffees players were involved in the England match. It wouldn't have been 0-0 if either AJ or P. Neville had played. Tofee players make the difference!

What positions are we weak in?

January transfer window is not too far away. Everton might want to see how we can bring in a couple of good players to compliment the current squad of players. as for those who are not performing, it's time for them to be offloaded.

I suspect that we are quite weak in the full back positions, both left and right back. Sandro is an efficient player, but if he's out injured most of the time, there's no way that the team can use him. So that leaves us with Nayce and Valante, which means the situation is still not too bad. Right back if a little problematic though. Really, there's only Hibbo. The next person we should bring in should be one that can cover the entire backline. Drop Sandro.

As for midfield, if VdM does not start to deliver the goods, we should then show him the door too. So left midfield is currently quite problematic too. At present, Ossie can play on the left, but it's not a natural fit. VdM to go. One additional left midfielder.

Strike is ok, but Beats may have to go if he does not start to score. We still have Anichebe and Vaughny to be tested out. Maybe the latter can play left midfield. Then we would have solve one problem.

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Portsmouth: 11 (-)
Manure: 10 (-)
Villa: 9(-1)
Reading: 9 (-)
Everton: 8 (-)
Chelski: 7 (-1)
Bolton: 7 (+)
Blackburn: 7 (+2)
Arsenal: 6 (New Entry)
Fulham: 4 (New Entry)
Newcastle: 4 (-1)
Pool: 4 (-1)
Boro: 3 (New Entry)
Man City: 3 (-)
West Ham: 2 (-)
Watford: 1 (-1)

Everton's list of Top 100 players:-

AJ: 1st (Maintains as Highest rated Striker 4th week in a row, 5th week in top 10 since 22 Aug 06)
Timmy: 12th (4th best Midfielder, Came in top 10 three times)
Neville: 19th (4th best Defender)
Yobo: 28th
Arteta: 33rd
Howard: 50th (3rd best goalkeeper, Voted top 5 goalkeeper three times)
Cars: 62nd
Lescott: 71st

Other stats:-Most goals scored: 5/20 placingMost goals conceded: 14/20 placing

Players News

I had no inkling that AJ had picked up a hamstring injury during the game against ass-showing Man City.

Fortunately, we are going into a week's break due to the upcoming International matches. I'm a little concerned with Beats onfidence level at the moment. His lumbering style does not warm up well with the Toffee fans. We expect loads of hard work from Beats, and at the same, it'll do him wonders if he'd lose a couple of stones!

Weir and Faddie are both in the Scottish team which will play France, while P. Neville will bring his good club form to the England team.

Today will see a couple of players with first-team experience playing a reserve game against Sheffield United. Players like VdM, Vaughny, Anichebe, Weir and Faddie all need these games to get them back to form.

EVERTON vs MAN CITY - FULL TIME

I wanted to look for someone or something to put the blame on. I looked at the formation, the inclusion of players like Beats and Valante, Howard in goal, the attitude of the players, and even the referee. ut really, there was no one to blame except for the fact the Man City's strike happened at the wrong place, the wrong time.

Everton dominated from the start. Howard, other than a couple of scare where he scuff the ball instead of catching them cleanly, was a passenger for a large part of the game.

Lescott and Yobo dealt with the aerial threats well, while Valante and Neville provide the thrust upfront with their overlapping run. Neville had also provided AJ with the goal assist.

The midfield was full of running with Arteta showing off his deft touches. Ossie, though pushed off the ball a couple of times, was quick to latch on to a couple of balls, before despatching them towards goal. He didn't score though.

AJ scored and Beats was working his socks off but he looked a little rusty. But all looked forgiven when AJ scored with a wicked deflection.

Everything looked to be sealed and delivered, Moyes brought on Davis, Anichebe and Weir to rest some tired legs and also to preserve to one goal advantage.

But I guessed Man City never read the script, scoring in the 94th minute. So we saw another two points going down the drain.

Score: Everton 1- 1 Man City
Scorer: AJ

Team Line-up (Rating)
Howard (5)
Valante (6), Lescott (8), Yobo (7), Neville (7)
Ossie (7), Cars (6), Timmy (8), Arteta (7)
AJ(8), Beats (6)

Subs: Weir (-), Davis (-), Anichebe (-)