Moyesy says: "You can say as many words as you like but for me it was Everton. It is what I expect from the players. They never gave in and they are turning a lot of things round now from the start of the season. The performance today epitomised what we are about and the effort they put in was nothing short of incredible. I thought that after the miss (from James McFadden) I turned round to Alan and said I can see this might not be our day. Then within 30 seconds we had our goalkeeper sent off, but the thing about goalkeepers is the decision making. They can be as good as you like and the decision making is the big thing, and that is why young goalkeepers need the games to make their decisions. When the ball is coming over the back four should you come should you stay? As I said it is only with experience that you get better at these things.

I think the referees have got a really tough job, and I certainly wouldn't criticise the referee, I though the referee gave everything as honeslty as he saw it, I can think of a game against Newcastle where the referee didn't give something as honestly as he saw it, but today I thought the referee gave what he saw. Obviously we were all incensed by the amount of offsides, the amount of decisions that we didn't get, but I believe the referee gave what he saw today. The fans were the eleventh man today, they played as big a part as anybody today. They were intimidating, they shouted for everything, like the players fought for everything and the manager shouted for everything, we were determined to see it through. It was a fantastic morale boosting performance and result for us and it has got us into the top half of the league tonight, we might not be there tomorrow but what a change it is to say that after the start we had." (11/02/06)

* Match of The Day Presenter, Gary Lineker says: “Under Law 12, Fouls and Misconduct, it states that ‘A player is sent off and shown the red card if he denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball.’ Does Iain Turner prevent Blackburn from taking a clear goalscoring opportunity?”
His sidekick, Hansen says: "The referee got it wrong. If you look at the incident again, even if the ball had traveled past Turner, Alan Stubbs would clearly have got to it before Craig Bellamy, Therefore I believe it wasn’t an obvious goalscoring opportunity and that a yellow-card would have sufficed.”

* Biffa whacking the ball off the pitch in the kick in, and blasting Basil Rathbone on the bonce.

* The ball boys going into slow motion retrieving the balls as they went out of play. If they can have the ref on their side, we can have the ball boys on ours, well played lads. (11/02/06)

Howard Kendall has no selection headaches ahead of the Barclays League clash at home to Blackburn. Big Nev returns in goal, as does Peter Reid in the middle after serving his one match ban. The squad will be used to the full over the coming weeks, with a FA Cup Semi Final clash against Luton on the horizon, along with the mammoth task of over turning Bayern Munich in the Cup Winners Cup Semi. The title is in the Blues hands, but with a squad of only sixteen, all the players will play their part..................... Ahh what am I saying, wake up, wake up.

Sorry about that, I have these periods were I regress back to the eighties, when Blackburn had never heard of Jack Walker, man ure were a struggling top flight outfit, and Roman Abromavich was skint. Anyhow, as we now know the first name on the team sheet will be that of young Iain Turner, with Dickie, and Nige both weeks away from fitness. Moyesy's other selection problem will be does he stay with Matteo, or bring back Stubbsey. Me thinks Matteo will bet the nod, with Blackburn's pacy forward line in the shape of Craig Bellamy sure to test us.

Only injury worry seems to be Biffa, who was took off at half time on Wednesday as a precaution, but the vibes are he will be fit. Not many whole sale changes then, and Moyesy should not shuffle his pack too much, as the Chelsea defeat aside, the Blues are on a unbeaten run in 2006.

Moyesy on Throwing Iain Turner Into The Mix: "Iain did really well against Chelsea in the FA Cup on Wednesday and we have a lot of faith in him. I hope Iain gains a lot of confidence from what happened in that game. Although Richard Wright's injury leaves us a little short, young boys get their chances so hopefully he can take it." (10/02/06)

Everton from: Turner, Hibbert, Weir, Stubbs, Ferrari, Nuno Valente, Osman, Davies, Cahill, Arteta, Kilbane, Beattie, McFadden, Ruddy, Naysmith, Carsley, Anichebe, Hughes.

Lavo's Everton XI To Start: Turner, Hibbert, Weir, Ferrari, Valente, Neville, Osman, Arteta, Cahill, Kilbane, Beattie,

Lavo's Bet: £10 First Goal on Biffa (6/1)

Blackburn hope to keep up their excellent run at Goodison, a ground were they have lost only one of the last five outings here. Like the Blues, they are chasing a coveted UEFA Cup spot, and they welcome back one time Everton target Craig Bellamy to bolster their attack. Sparky Hughes added shit 'ed Pongo to his troops in the January transfer window, and he could start if their only injury worry Morten Gamst Pedersen fails a fitness test.

Ex Blue Sparky says: "Chelsea are an exceptional side and sometimes you have to take your medicine. I am sure that is how Everton will view, they will re-group and it will be a test for us. Everton are in a great run of form in the league, as we are, and are back on track after a hard start. They are a solid side." (10/02/06)

Blackburn from: Friedel, Neill, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Matteo, Bentley, Tugay, Savage, Pedersen, Kuqi, Enckelman, Emerton, Mokoena, Bellamy, Gray, Peter, Todd, Reid, Johnson, Sinama Pongolle.

Last Season Blackburn at Goodison Park