bluekipper.com - Match Report - Spurs

Everton: Martyn, Hibbert , Yobo, Stubbs, Unsworth, Watson, Carsley, Gravesen, McFadden, Ferguson, Radzinski.

Bench: Turner, Kilbane (The Rad 55 mins), Rooney (for McFadden 55 mins), Campbell, Weir (for Stubbs 33 mins).

Referee: Dermot Monocle Gallagher

Buoyed by the news that the shite had gone down at home to the Arse, the mood was very upbeat, could we make it a second dream weekend on the bounce? Isn't it fuckin' great when we win and the shite lose? You are buzzin' for the whole weekend, pissed as a rat and looking forward to work on Monday as if you really love the job!!
So could we manage it? Not won at Spurs for 18 years, when we won the league, Spurs without a boss so the players are playing for their future and it was in London (we don't win in The Smoke). After last week though we were on a high, ok Leeds were poor but we did more than enough and have had a good week when Moyesy has laid down the deal - who want's it most? Hopefully it would be us.
As expected Moyesy kept faith with the same team, Super came onto the bench for the first time this season and Toby stood down. So with The Duke & Super on the bench it looked like Moyesy wanted the three points - good news. We just got in on time after Jogger insisted on late large snifters for 'good luck', we agreed in hope, on arrival the Blue Boys were in full voice, loud and proud - we were up for shouting a victory - COME ON YOU BLUES!
Within a minute of kick off the Blue Boys were shouting Unsey's christian name, 'Fuck off Unsworth' as he gave away possession. We were up against it for the first 10 mins and were struggling to get to the pace of the game, having said that it was all huff and Spurs puff, there was no real danger. What we need to do these days is start bossing midfield, we were looking to Tommy & Harry Hill to do just that and then get Jamie Mack & Wato into the game.
Our first real chance came from a free-kick after the Rad was brought down & Gardner earned himself a booking. Big Dunc took the kick ala Newcastle style but it took a deflection off the wall and went for a corner, as usual our corner came to nothing! Just after Wato nearly added to his total, McFadden was tormenting & passed to Unsey who whipped it in and Wato's header went just over, now we were getting to grips.
Things started to amiss on 33 mins when Stubbsey went off injured to be replaced by Davy Weir, it was as though this was a catalyst for the change of the game as from here on in we were up against it. Robbie Keane had two great chances to put Spurs in front but Nige was equal to him, then just as we thought we were going to go in all square we suffered another contender for goal of the season. From a lumped goal kick Poyet won a header & Kanoute smashed a blinder in from 30 yards, it was not as though it wasn't coming. I fuckin' hate coming to London.

HALF TIME Spurs 1, Everton 0.

Never mind. Hopefully after a Moyesy bollocking things would perk up. It was not to be, within a minute of the restart we were two down. Anderton got a cross in and Poyet scored with a diving header, the defending was best described as shite.
Now we were really up against it, time to roll our sleeves up and grind out a result. Bollocks, time to hide and concede a third within 3 minutes, what a nightmare! Anderton put Keane through and he scored with ease to make it three.
That was game over. We then huffed & puffed, Moyesy made changes taking of McFadden (what a difference a week makes) & The Rad for Rooney and Kilbane but it made no difference. We were embarrassing and Spurs won with ease, the only incident worthy of note was yet another booking for Rooney for dissent, he obviously isn't listening to the boss!
Wato nearly scored late on but to be honest it was not deserved. The game was there to be won and they wanted it more than us which is VERY disappointing, isn't that journey back fuckin' depressing?
Nobody really stood out for Star Man but someone has to get it & it goes to Joey who was not at fault for any of the goals & he tried throughout, he even had a few pops - he must score soon!
So we still haven't won at Shite Hart Lane for almost 20 years and we have to wait over 2 weeks for the next game - get it sorted Moyesy.

Sausage
Reports from
White Hart Lane

Blue Kipper Star Man

Joey Yobo

Quotes

LARD: "I fuckin' hate coming down here."
SAUSAGE: "Well don't come next time"
LARD: "Fuck Off"
KIPPER: "Now, now you two"

Moyesy says: “We were poor. To be fair to Tottenham they deserved their goal and I couldn’t have any complaints. I thought that Tottenham were better than us and they were brighter than us. We were still in the game at half-time, but when you lose two goals in the opening five minutes of the second half, then the game’s really over. To be fair to the players, they kept trying to get back in it, but it was too far gone by then. I thought that they had better opportunities than we did. I didn’t think that we had played well enough. We tended to be on the back foot, we didn’t pass the ball well. I don’t think we competed well enough.”

Team News Last Season's Game

After the best Everton performance for a while, Moyesy is set to name the same team that stuffed Leeds 4-0 last week. Even with the return to fitness of Super Kev & Franny Jugears, plus the return from suspension of Gary Naysmith. It looks like 'you can't change a wining team' from Moyesy.

**TO ALL FANS TRAVELLING TO THE GAME*** Don't take bottles or glasses outside the pubs, as they are clamping down on it. The Police will arrest anyone carrying a glass or bottle in the area around the ground.

Moyesy says:: "Everybody knows that injuries are part and parcel of football clubs. But at the moment we have got a lot of players fit and that increases competition. When there is that competition nobody wants to be injured because they know their place is in danger and that is what I have been looking for." (15/08/03)

Everton from: Martyn, Hibbert, Stubbs, Yobo, Unsworth, Watson, Gravesen, Carsley, McFadden, Ferguson, Radzinski, Rooney, Weir, Linderoth, Li Tie, Naysmith, Kilbane, Jeffers, Campbell, Turner, Clarke, Simonsen.

Sausage's eleven to start: Martyn, Hibbert, Stubbs, Yobo, Unsworth, Watson, Gravesen, Carsley, McFadden, Ferguson, Radzinski.