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First XI Great to see that we can again turnout our best first eleven. Even though I am slightly concerned that a couple of the stalwarts looked a little leg-weary against the barcodes ....namely Tiny and Zinedine.....having said that I wasn't surprised because they ran their plums off!! Great site and keep up the good work. COYBB. Tony Rutherford. (07/12/04) Tommy Grav We can't afford to lose him but the latest fills me with gloom; he'll go. Regards Toff Toffee. (07/12/04) Although I agree that Big Dunc should be given a place in the side, I thought Leon Osman should keep his place. He has been a revelation, in what is his first real season. I would have thought that Killa should have been the one to make way for the big man. Cookie. (07/12/04) Snow Patrol The Snowflakes on the home page are very pretty but EXTREEMLY irritating. Yours David Kenrick. (07/12/04) A case for taking a chance with younger players Before I get into the meat of this letter, I need to establish that a) I believe that David Moyes is the best manager we could wish for at this point in our history, and b) I am writing when the team is doing incredibly well. I establish these things because I am going on to do the unspeakable in some people’s eyes and offer what is in my view some constructive criticism of David Moyes. I have been really interested over the last few months to read Evertonians’ opinions about our best ever XI. It takes me back to conversations I had with my late Dad about 20 years ago. My Dad always talked about the need for a strong “spine” in a team, that is top quality players in the goalkeeper, centre half and centre forward positions, and he said that he had been privileged to see some of the finest players the world has ever seen playing in these positions for Everton. In fact he claimed that between the late 1920’s and the late 80’s Everton could boast not just the best but also the second best players he has witnessed in these positions. In goal he put Neville Southall, and if he needed a rest there was Ted Sagar. At the centre of defence my Dad reckoned T.G.Jones was the best of the lot as a footballing but no-nonsense defender. He backed T.G. up with Kevin Ratcliffe because he could see that the modern defender’s game was about the ability to be a rock, but a rock with pace! Up front there was no doubt that it had to be the great William Ralph Dean, but not far behind him is the man whose career unfortunately coincided with the second world war, Tommy Lawton. So what’s this got to do with David Moyes? Well I would just point out that all of these all-time greats either came through the ranks or arrived at the club at very early ages. All were playing in their early 20’s and all went on to become legends. If you count North Wales as Everton’s back yard, most were local lads, too. If DM has a weakness it is in not trusting quite enough to youth. As someone who watches reserve games, I thought Leon Osman was ready for the big stage last season. It puzzles me why Nick Chadwick was (and I do mean past tense, because it’s too late now) was never given a decent run, but the biggest issue I have is over Joseph Yobo. This young player has everything it takes to join the illustrious list above. He came on against Bolton for 3 or 4 minutes and he was immense. David Moyes must recognise that Joseph Yobo is the future of EFC. As well as Alan Stubbs and David Weir have played this season, the system we are using (and all credit to DM for that) requires us to play compactly and to press as a unit and we’ve been caught out badly by counter attacking pace at Chelsea and Newcastle. Yobo gives us the speed at the back that we are lacking. To move to the next level of improvement, DM has to find a place for Yobo. What I find frustrating about the idea of “nobody loses their place until they play badly” is that it is too subjective. Let’s take Zinedine. Is he playing badly? Well I’m sure that everyone watching could make a case out for him to retain his place for his workrate, for his strength in the air and for his courage. But is he taking defenders on and beating them as he was earlier in the season, which is actually what the team needs from him? So what does young McFadden need to do to get a run like KK has been given? Again, like Stubbs and Weir, this is not an attack on Kilbane, just a gentle prod that young players like Yobo and McFadden need an injection of confidence and we’ll all be rewarded in terms of the bar being raised. So to finish off, let’s use my Dad’s first choice “spine” of Big Nev, T.G and Dixie. Now I’ll add to it players that we both agreed were the best in the world in that position in their time at Everton: Ray Wilson, Tony Kay and Alan Ball. Now a player who on his day was sublime: Colin Harvey. If I only use the first choice players in the spine, which is very tough on Lawton and Ratcliffe, then I would go for players who individually may not be world class but who would make a world class contribution because the way they play complements the rest of the team, and again this is very tough on the likes of Alex Young. So you would have in 4-3-3 formation: Neville Southall: Alex Parker/T.G. Jones/Joseph Yobo/Ramon Wilson: Alan Ball/Tony Kay/Colin Harvey: Bob Latchford/W.R. Dean/ Dave Thomas Joe 90. (07/12/04) Coca Cola 'Cant beat the feeling' Remember, those advertising jocks don't miss a trick. Cheers for the site, it's a home from home and much appreciated by all. Edward Hardman. (17/12/04) Keep it up Mickey, the masses need educating. Did you know that I already knew Coca-Cola once included cocaine in its recipe? No? Oh well. In fact, I know a little bit more than that. I assume, Mickey, that you dropped this in to your recent monologue as a deft swipe at the Coca-Cola Corporation and, perhaps innocently but no less irritatingly, at your less intelligent fellow Blues. You should bear in mind that in the early 20th Century Coca-Cola was nothing like the ubiquitous corporate beast that we all know and loathe now, and there is no basis for any kind of conspiracy theory similar to that involving cigarette manufacturers, for example. The drink was originally marketed as a patent medicine, and using cocaine in such products was nothing unusual at the time, other supposed medicines also used small extracts of the coca leaf, for the simple reason that it was believed to be medically beneficial in that day and age. Once it became known and accepted that cocaine could in fact be harmful to health, Coca-Cola acted pretty quickly by today's standards, reducing the amount of cocaine in the product to a mere trace (admittedly to protect their brand name) before removing it completely in the late 1920's. Can I just say that I have absolutely no connection, personal or professional, with the Coca-Cola corporation, I hate the stuff actually, and I am no fan of multinational greed merchants in general. But I have a particular dislike of condescending smugness. Neil, Milton Keynes. (07/12/04) We shall not be impatient Turn your mind back to last year. We were fuckin awful. Now we are among the top half of the table. In a short span of time the team has made so much improvement, We should remember it's Moyes who persevered with the players who were left to him and a small investments made in the transfer market. The expectations now are very unrealistic. We have loads of money? A couple more signings and we will win more games, maybe go to Europe? Get real! The teams last year who had big hopes of Europe, crashed in flames after big signings. So lets not get carried away, slowly does it lads, COYB. John Lea. (01/12/04) Chang Beer - Anywhere? With
regards to Chang beer .It seems unavailable in every supermarket I have
visited in the Liverpool area. Whoever is trying to promote this product
either (a)doesn't give a toss whether its sold or not or(b)has left the
job and nobody has noticed. Friends of mine who have sampled this brew
reckon its "top notch".You have got a better chance of finding"
powdered unicorns horn"at your local supermarket than Chang beer!
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