It takes two baby! It was Take 2 for the Toffeemen today as we returned to The Boleyn ground for the second time in a week, the boys having stayed in The Smoke after Wednesday night's victory and sampled the delights of Harrod's, yes Harrod's, we are now shopping in Harrod's rather than the Aldi these days. We are on a roll, going into this one it was eleven undefeated, winning nine and clean sheets in the last three Premiership games.

Confidence was high, we'd gone from thinking about which of these two games against West Ham we would prefer to win to thinking we could now win them both. That was clearly in Moyesy's thinking as he named an unchanged team and once again the away end was rammed he support for the Toffeemen away from home just gets better and better, so we were all set for the challenge. The Hammers would be up for this one having been knocked out of the Carling Cup by us in midweek.

This was clear from the off as they got stuck right in. Moyesy nearly blowing a gasket, his neck was bulging as he screamed at the ref pointing out that they had committed three fouls in the first minute. In the first half it was definitely a rear guard action. They had three good chances, Ashton lobbing Tim and missing the easiest whilst Tim pulled off a great save from Freddy. Parker was bossing the midfield and they were looking dangerous, at the same time we were defending well without creating anything at the other end. The Jag was having a good game as was Joey, we always knew the chance would come and sure enough it did, right on the stroke of half time.

Peanuts and Ossy won the ball, Ossy threaded it out to Our Tater who crossed to the far post, Timmy was always going to win his far post header as he nodded on for The Yak, feed The Yak and he will score - sure enough he did. Cue mayhem! What a time to score, right on half-time, the whistle went and we were happy going in at the break. Yak-a-bu bu bu, he can score more than two, Yak-a-bu bu bu, he can score more than two.....

Half Time West Ham 0 EVERTON 1

The second half was a different story. As expected the 'ammers attacked but Cole had gone off and whilst they saw plenty of the ball they could not break through our defence, they did not trouble Tim once in the second half. On the other hand, with them chasing the equaliser it left them open and Ossy should have sealed it midway through the half. Nev launched one and their defence just left it as Ossy raced in with just Green to beat - he blazed it over the bar! Were we going to fall for the late succor punch? The answer was no. The Yak had been booked for trying to slow down the play and having put in another good performance he was subbed with just a few minutes to go and AJ came on.

As we were running the clock down we went two up in injury time. Their goalie had been pushing up into our half, Nev saw the chance to launch one to AJ, AJ outstripped Upson and with the goalie in no-man's land AJ lobbed into an empty net. Game over. So it was two wins at West Ham in four days, scoring two on both occasions, The Yak getting two of them, it takes two baby! The unbeaten run goes on, now twelve, we've won ten of them and we are up to 6th place on the same points as the shite, title contenders my arse! Moyesy reckons the derby debacle started this run off, if we had a decent ref instead of Luxemburg (funny how since then he has fucked up in nearly every game he has reffed), we would be above the vermin by now. Never mind, we'll leave that one until the New Year.

Another good team performance, we knew that there would be a reaction from West Ham as they were looking for revenge, this was always going to be a tough one and the boys stood up to the challenge. We were strong at the back, Nev and Roger played well, Tim pulled off one blinding save and The Jag had his best game to date. The Yak played well again and Peanuts gets better with every game. The Blue Kipper Star Man today goes to de Joey Yobo, chilled to de core, he was a rock and put in a great performance and it is great to have him back.

So it's time to get the passport out again for a trip to the red light district on Thursday, draught Pils, space cake and ladies of the night - be careful out there! The run continues, isn't it great to be a Toffee? COYB FTRS

Full Time West Ham 0 EVERTON 2

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