Everton FC E-mails 173 - Reaction After Thrashing In Bucharest - 4
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Bucharest For
all the highs and lows that we've had over the last 15 or so years, I've
never once found myself embarrassed to be an Everton fan. So why did Everton
do that to me on Thursday night? No passion, no commitment. The players
have to have a long look at themselves. Loyal Fans I am only 14 years old but I have been supporting the blues for a few years now. I live in New Zealand so I rarely see Everton play, but I catch a live match whenever it is broadcast. It pisses me off that because of our current plight I get laughed at by two of my mates who follow spurs and the redshite, even though we did better than both those sides in the league last season. The players must realise that they cannot rest on the laurels of 2004-05 and that they must continue to repay their hard working manager and their loyal fans who fill Goodison or get up at 3 am to see them play each week. Jack in Auckland. (19/09/05) Underdogs I
was as gutted as much as every blue after thursday's horror show, but
now is the time to get back behind the team, no blaming individuals...on
paper we're better than last season...the players we've got rid of are
ageing and Get Down To Goodison I
am mailing this to ask if you can write an appeal on the site. This appeal
would focus on the fans that have no faith and think were already out
of europe! There needs to be some sort of appeal to get fans into Goodison
on the 29th! This game is not over, and the fact of it is, its only half
time. I know it doesn't look good for us and we haven't scored four either
at home in the league since we beat charlton 4-1, or away since i cant
remember when, but the only chance we have is if we all get together and
support the team! Debacle Having read most of your emails - I don't think I could say much that hasn't been said. I too am a nearly 50 yr old Evertonian and Thursdays nights defeat must rank as one of the lowest points during those all those years. Apart from a spell in the 60s and the glory years of the 80s - lets be honest its been generally tough - so we are used to the bad times. Last year was different though. At the end of the season we all had genuine reasons for optimism. Clearly the Boards and Moyes ambitions did not match those of the fans. The inept dithering of Moyes, Wyness and Kenwright has been a disgrace and they have let us down. Any-one can see that we have missed Gravesen (6 wins since he left) and the urgent need for a striker. Its no use blaming Beattie - he could never be expected to play the lone striker role in the fashion that Bent can. Moyes has proved to be a good coach but does not have the nouse for big dealings in the transfer market - put simply he has 'bottled' it. I don't know where we go from here. Of course we'll all be there for the 2nd leg and beyond - but brace yourselves because the 'good times have gone. As the wag who sat behind me in the Portsmouth game said ' I can deal with the despair - its the hope I cant stand'. Bones - Aigburth. (19/09/05) Reaction after Bucharest OK, it was embarrassing (I had to sit in front of millions in my Everton shirt, risking ridicule, only two days later, on Soccer A.M). OK so I only go to the London games. But I have also been a supporter for over 40 years. I love this club as I love my wife. OK, so she will get old and fat. She will get cantankerous. She will turn nasty on me. She will fart in mixed company. She will do lots, lots more. But I love her now, will always love her and will never leave her. Enough said. Regards Peter Shram. (19/09/05) Bring in the Youngsters Moyes needs to get it sorted out an quick I have been watching shite for too long now. Kilbane fuck him off. Get rid of weir as well and bring that Mark Hughes in defence. If we get beat by Wigan I think Moyes will walk out. We should have bought Robbie Keane. We had the money there i think or are Everton trying to blag the fans again as they often do. Get rid off Kenwright. He's wasting my time. Kev from fazakerley. (19/09/05) £20 or £25 Can anyone please tell me why I should pay £25 notes £5 more than a season a ticket holder to go to the home leg with Bucharest? Bill Riley. (19/09/05) Pain Is Everton Pain
is - Marriage, Pain is - sexual frustration Pain is -watching Everton
play the way they are doing! Nil Satis About the Blues, still cant believe it, but we`ve got to get over it and get a sense of perspective, I honestly would have taken 8th 9th place at the start of the season, and a bit of a run in Europe and/or domestic cups, not lowering my standards just realistic, and I still think we`ll finish around there. I know we finished 4th but lets get it right there's nothing between 4th and 10th quality wise in the premier league NOTHING, and when your just sneaking 1-0`s like we were it`s great, but on occasion it`ll be 1-0 the other way ( still no excuse for 5 fuckin 1 though) it`s
gonna take Time, and patience and Moyes, all these bueats calling for
him to be sacked want to get a grip/life. Have a look on toffeeweb, it
defies belief, the mailbag full of people calling for his head. These
are either sky generation knobhead, or people with the retention of a
fuckin goldfish, do they not remember the state we were (are) in on and
off the field and if they hate it all that much then they should just
fuck off, don't want we`ll
be ok with Moyes and unless an Abrahmovich comes along for us it`ll take
years and years (if ever) for us to challenge for the title, champions
league etc, and like I say if you don't like it/cant understand it then
fuck off to Disappointing I
sat at home watching all full of hope that Everton would win we were unlucky
against villareal and dinamo were no villareal but would be tough Can Everton get anything from the arsenal game? yes if they play hard and perform to the standards the players them self have set and wigan we can beat them and also i do believe if everton attack dinamo they can overturn it i still believe will always believe in the team. Kieron Ackerley. Dundee Scotland. (19/09/05) Performance Related Pay I have supported Everton all my life with passion and desire through the good times which there haven't been many of and the bad times. If I was embarrassed and ashamed what do the players think, they don't give a f*** because they will still get their wages at the end of the game. I don't know about anyone else but I think all footballers should be paid on a performance related pay: if they don't play then no pay! I was embarrassed watching the Portsmouth game also it was bad enough having to pay £32.00 for my 10 year old daughter to watch them due to having no seats left for children!!!! If we can't beat the likes of Portsmouth at home I really fear for the club. We went off to Europe with hopes and dreams and were shattered at the first post by the inept lazy overpaid prima donnas! I find it hard to believe that this is the same group of players who got us into Europe. Devastated Kenny Mercer. (19/09/05) A Question Of Honour We now have a mixture of British and European players. The British players will be aware of the pedigree of Everton football club, the European players - perhaps not. They will all however be acquainted with the concept of honour. So as another Evertonian of 40 years who feels much the same way as Martin O'Collins. (17/09/05) I would like to appeal to the players sense of honour. You see its not just your individual honour that is at stake, its ours (the fans) also and we can´t fight for our honour on the pitch - we are depending on you. Have we got a champion among you players? - I hope so, If we have he will show himself over the next few weeks. Laurie from Oz. (19/09/05) Team for Arsenal After seeing our probable team for the Le Arse game my glimmer of hope for a rebound in fortune was all but extinguished. All the usual suspects were named in the squad and I can only hope the gunners are off target. I am flabbergasted that anyone who knows anything about our game would rate Bent, Osman or Kilbane. If Moyes requirement from a central striker is the ability to run fast he may as well go for an Olympic athlete. We could save a fortune in wages with no reduction in goal scoring and possibly a gain in skill level. A lump of wood could replace Kilbane and even that would give a plus in commitment. Physical strength and tackling is not expected nor got from Osman therefore a local beauty queen could do his job. She might distract opponents from doing to us what they normally do and perhaps raise some player passion that has been missing of late. Despite saying that, I, like all true blues wish the best of luck to whoever wears the Everton shirt. Cheers, Dick. (19/09/05) A Letter From 'Down Under' Bugger me cobbers!!!, Just spent the morning reading all the negative letters re the Dinamo game, Strewth, you'd have though we just got relegated!!. Sure we were shithouse in the second half, really dire, but geez, we've got a long season ahead and two or three WORLD class players to come into the team. It will take time for the lads to get used to how each other plays, Neville has been out a couple, Beatts is still not fit, but WILL be the striker we are all screaming for when he is fit. Kroldrup and Van der Meyde are yet to play and it will all take time to gel. Dinamo was a one off, I will put money on us getting the 4 goals in the second leg, these types of teams are notoriously poor away from home. Davies is still not right, he is reportedly playing with pain killing injections for shin splints?? Timmy the Blue Kangaroo is probably still recovering from jet lag having flown half way round the planet a couple of times and playing plenty of football when his body would have been saying sleeeep.
1 storm doesn't make a winter and when all the lads have had time to gel,
I think we will have a team capable of repeating last years feats. Look
at the table, we are not in the worst shape, there have been the usual
array of mixed results to start the year. Hopefully we can take something
off the Arse, we have 7 very good reasons for playing out of our skins
don't we. Remember back to the Villareal game?? we played superb in the
second half, and had that baldy-bastard narcistic piece of shite Collina
not invented some BS reason to rub out the yin's goal, we would have finished
all over the top of them. The Lucky 200 For all those who got left behind, you can count yourself the fortunate few, not that you knew it at the time. The club don't deserve the European chance, although the fans do......The players and the board members should travel with the ordinary fans, and see the what we go through to follow our Peoples Club. The hassle of obtaining a ticket, booking flights, finding accommodation (only to find it double booked), getting time off work, arriving in Bucharest at 0400hrs, taxi drivers trying to rip you off, the currency change, 500,000 Lei or 50 Lei in new money worth the same! about £10, singing in the Jukebox Pub, voucher for tickets at the Ibis, rats everywhere, Nicolae Ceausescu's People's Palace, rabid dogs in packs on the streets and then the match! crammed in by the strazi police, and left standing in the aisle (not very safe UEFA, but do you really care), and that second half performance...Locked in after, Metro closed.....beer in the Ibis, pissed off, back to the doss house, arrive home, laughing stock..... And when we had a team in 85, the club just accepted the European Ban, why?, it would never have worked the other way round, now would it? Mickey Knox. (19/09/05) We Need A Goalscorer The only thing I have to say about Everton is you don't win matches if you don't score goals and who is going to score them for us? Phil Goodall. (19/09/05) Sack Moyes I
have supported Everton over 30 years and the Bucharest game was the most
humiliating result ever. 5-1 against one of the worst teams in Europe,
any decent team would have easily beaten them. Moyes has to go, he has
not got a clue. Lets face it we are deep deep trouble, this is not a knee
jerk reaction, we have been absolutely crap since Christmas! Let me remind
all those who still believe in Moyes, Everton have won 7 Premiership games
since Get Behind The Team We now face a fight to stay in this league, only months after qualifying for the Champions League. All I WANT to say is: Let's just get behind the Blues!! They need our support! They deserve a complete bollocking but how else are we going to get out of this? We are the biggest part of this club. Loyal Blue - for Ever, Everton. Astley. (19/09/05) It's Been Coming For A While This whole mess that we find ourselves in now started in the last 10 minutes away to charlton last season. Charlton had learned how to conquer our tactic of 1 man up front by simply doing the same. We ran out of ideas, Dodgy Dicky comes on for the injured Martyn[at 0-0], final score CAFC 2 EFC 0. Next up Spurs away. A foregone conclusion seeing as we hadn't won there in almost 2 decades. Dodgy Dicky still in for Martyn. Final score THFC 5 EFC 1. Now I don't wasn't to come across a prophet of doom and gloom but once we had reached the 40 point mark it all seemed to go downhill. We were very fortunate in the fact that our closest challengers for 4th were not very good either and were losing to teams beneath them, Liverpool being the guiltiest of this when they could have overtaken us on numerous occasions. As the season drew to an end I was convinced liverpool would overtake us and at even one stage Bolton but after a couple of monumentous win, most notably against Man U and Newcastle we staggered across the line[again with a little help from our Spanish neighbours] and claimed 4th spot. This
should have been the catalyst for a bright future but the very next game
after qualifying for the champions league we suffer our worst EVER defeat.
7- 0 at Arsenal. It was easy to say at the time that this game didn't
matter but you have to look at the bigger picture and go back to Charlton
and cracks were appearing then. We lost Gravesen who had suddenly become
the driving force and only replaced him months later with Arteta. Beattie
came in and the only impact he made was with the back of Gallas head and
that was it. Faith was kept in the players who had brought us this far
but were now looking weary. Now back to May and the last game of the season
and a 3-2 defeat at Bolton means we end up with a minus goal difference
in 4th spot. That tells its own story. Still,we finish 4th which theoretically
means we are the 4th best team in the country and more importantly, to
most, above and better than Liverpool. Then came that infamous night in
Istanbul and we might as well have finished 4th from bottom. If ever their
was a game that had absolutely no baring on our plight yet felt like we
had lost everything then this was it. This was supposed to be OUR season
but again, at the death, we had been upstaged, albeit without kicking
a ball, by ......you know who. That sick feeling still hasn't left me. Uefa Cup To see Davie Moyes sicker than me, should make the players who let us down feel like packing in football and sodding off . Keep the faith? It seems that some players, according to dear old Stubbsy, don't care to be told what to do by Moysie.They are conning the fans, who would have to be shot to stop them playing for Everton for nothing . They all played for their contracts yet I bet none of them were pacing the floor all night like Jacob Marley , wringing their hands and moaning . I was .I love Everton , I love Moysie, at the moment I don't think much of the players. Sadly they pro bably don't care .P.S Bill Kenwright,he is one of us give him a break Once a blue , always a blue .They need us .. John Benson. (19/09/05) Leave Moyes Alone The tossers who cry all the time, for FS we finished higher in the league than we should have the miracle Moyes performed are not done every week, give me a break, We need more time to blood the new players then you moaning K. N. T. S. can jump back on the gravy train. COYRB. (19/09/05) Bucharest Horror Fiasco Lets face it last season we were incredibly lucky to attain fourth place even though it was an incredible achievement but luck cant count against technically gifted teams like (hate to say it )villareal and of course Dinamo whose direct attacking play was to much for our defence to cope with. We need to stop trying to play like were in a fight going out all guns blazing then tiring in the second half only for teams to exploit our weaknesses. WE NEED TO START PLAYING FOOTBALL. MIKE. ST HELENS. (19/09/05) Support While
I, along with every Evertonian in the land are devastated and embarrassed
by the events that unfolded on Thursday night, I am disappointed to hear
lots of "supporters" saying they are not going to bother going
to the home leg! I totally understand why but look at how close Celtic
came to overturning their deficit and what better way to show some of
the players who do not yet have the club in their blood what it means
to us, the real fans!! Call ya self an Evertonian You're all fuckin kopites! David Moyes taken us as far as he is going to - bollox! and boycottin the home games to wigan - idiots! if anything we should be getting behind the blues! "Call ya self an Evertonian" i wouldnt! come on the blue boys! R. Parkinson. (19/09/05) Simple If
we had a player who could finish a wank then we would kill off poor teams
like dynamo. We should have been three nil up by half time, GAME OVER!,
but we have never replaced Gary Lineker, G sharp, etc. For about 15 years
now we have wasted millions on trying to find a goalscorer at a bargain
price like Bakayoko, Radsinski, Beetie,Ferguson we could have got shearer,
a genuine goalscorer, all them years ago for less than what we have wasted
on very average forwards, and he would have been far better value than
the aforementioned. Euro-trash (part deux) Maybe
my first post after the 5-1 slaying by
Dynamo was a reflex, a knee jerk reaction. However I've calmed down and
had a good think about things. I think it is important for David Moyes
and the team to have the full support of the fans, he has got results
and turned our fortunes around. However it doesn't stop me from being
very pissed off and in need of a moan. Why Us? No one said being an Evertonian was easy, but for once in so many years , we had the long hot summer to puff our chests out with pride and say”I support Everton” without being laughed at. We all new really that Champions League would be a step to far at present and we gave a half decent account of ourselves and other teams supporters almost felt sorry for us,including some kopites,but that display in Romania put us all back on top of the humiliation chart. It worries me firstly that our manager could not see how woeful defensively they were and did not change the system to play 2 up front and that at 2-1 or even 3-1 he did not shut shop and take it back to Goodison with some chance,no , he puts Big Dunc on to try and get another goal back, very nieve. It also worries me greatly that my 10 year old son,born 4 months after our last silverware will never see Everton Football Club lift a major trophy in his lifetime. I don’t know the answers but I hope someone within the hallowed walls of our beloved club does. Ste Walsh. (19/09/05) Waking up to Moyes Well
well, it looks like the "kings new clothes" are wearing thin...very
thin. I am a lifelong blue and always will be. BUT..I will not be going
to Goodison while Mr.Moyes continues as "manager?". I saw the
writing on the wall when we played Blackburn at Ewood when we won !-0
with KC scoring. Second half it was "backs to the wall lads lets
defend this ONE goal!" since then I have noticed that if we ever
go in front....it's always "backs to the wall lads!" Which seems
to be Mr.Moyes only tactic. It happened in Bucharest. We finished 4th
last season..HOW?? WE PLAYED SHITE THE WHOLE SEASON! And you all know
it! Bucharest was a complete embarrassing disgrace...We aren't ready for
Europe. That was obvious all last season. I can take the scorn of the
redshite because I am a proud blue and they will never get to me. What
I cannot take is Mr.Moyes anymore. While he talks a good game he is tactically
inept. I will not be setting foot in Goodison till he goes. To be honest
I wasn't even shocked at our display in Bucharest...but obviously I didn't
expect to be thrashed! All we need is FOUR goals......last time we scored
FOUR....we got beat 5-4!! doesn't look good does it? No I won;t be at
Goodison to see what may prove to be the last euro game for a very very
very long time..what will I be missing? Slump We all sound like a bunch of redshite. All those who say sack Moyes should be shot. Get behind him and the team it's just a slump. KEEP THE FAITH. Tom Russell 16. (19/09/05) Moaning Blues I know we are all pissed off with the current situation,i include myself in that statement,but calling for sackings etc that so many of you seem to be calling for,is not the way forward,yes we are playing crap yes we are not scoring goals etc etc,but get over it the only thing that matters is the next game the next match the next challenge,mountains still to climb,and i for one will be right there cheering the boys on and right now that's what they need,so come on get behind the BLUES,it could be worse,you could be a red shite fan,and i would not wish that on anyone!! Maximus Wirral. (19/09/05) Strikers If another striker had been bought in the trs window, the team selections still would have been one upfront running his arse off - alone - looking for scraps. Hearl. (19/09/05) Here We Go Again (Part 960000000) OH ITS OVER!! WE'RE ALL FUCKING DOOMED!!! MAN THE LIFEBOATS!!!!! CALL THE POLICE!!!! SOME OF YOU LOT MAKE ME FUCKING SICK!! Ok, so we lost, got hammered, left embarrassed and hurt by Everton - so whats new? The calls for Moyes' head (the same man who was a fucking Moyesiah a few short weeks ago) are pointless, stupid and above all reminiscent of the Redshite or the Barcode Morons. GET A GRIP!! Yes, the second half was absolute comedy, total shite and we all had to face the fucking laughing hyena's from across the park the morning after. Call me whatever, but I saw enough in the first half to believe that we CAN beat them at Goodison. We need to fill the ground with 40,000 passionate fans ready to sing, shout and put their vocal chords through hell to drive the players on. The players have been left under NO ILLUSION as to what we expect from them (they couldn't even face the fans through an airplane window - although credit to Weir for having the guts to speak)and they know they have to deliver something akin to pride - even if we don't make it through then 2-0 or 3-0 is the least they should be aiming for. NOW
IS NOT THE TIME FOR HAVING A GO AT MOYES - its not over until its over
and remember what the Redshite did to AC Milan? Unless of course you all
believe they are so far superior to us that we can't pull off the same
ITS NOT ONLY THE PLAYERS THAT NEED TO SHOW PRIDE AND BELIEF IN THE RETURN LEG - BUT THE FANS AS WELL. Good Luck to The Blues for Monday and the rest of the season. Bill Davies. (19/09/05) Ugh ! Look,
for some reason no one is willing to say it and/or admit it. I am going
to bloody say it right now. Thomas Gravesen left Everton in january 2005.
We have been crap ever since. We were brilliant against Man Ure and Aston
Villa after he left but that was it. We have been poor ever since he left.
I love Arteta and have no idea why he played no part in the Romanian debacle.
Point being, Kevin Kilbane was brought on to save the game, and Arteta
is the only player in our squad who has natural skill and ability. Phil
Neville? Every time I see his name I see 52 caps! Reduce Prices Start
the campaign now - talk is cheap, get the players and the club to put
their money where their mouths are - reduce the ticket price for the return
leg at Goodison to £5 - with the shortfall made up from the players
own Disgraceful When the first half started, i thought we were going to absolutely destroy them. Even when the 2nd goal came in the second half, i still had hope. But suddenly, goals were flying in. The defence were unsure, the midfield didn't support and considering the forwards, we need to buy asap! In school, all blue fans got an unbelievable amount of stick. And next match is against a much better team than Dinamo, Arsenal!!! Moyesy plz do something fast!!! Btw is that Chris Fisher from Dubai? Omar. (19/09/05) Bucharest I've
had enough. I feel angry and ashamed. How could my beloved Everton do
this to me and its other fans? It is gonna be a f*****g long time before
i can put the shirt on. My wristbands have come off and are now lying
in my drawer. And now comes the feeling of dejection. Christ, Arsenal
on Monday and another hiding. I seriously give up. Last Thursday I
have read all of the reactions to last night's game and am struggling
to come up with an answer also. I live in the USA in a fairly well represented
English community. We have fans of most premiership teams in our area.
This season it was my turn to do the shouting as there are only two of
us blues. The other blue played for them for ten years. We get to see
most of the league games but suffer the Euro games. I managed to see the
Villareal games on the internet and we seemed as though we had a purpose
and wanted to win. We lost through a bad referee decision. Surely that
decision did not rip the hearts out of our superstars. The fans still
believed. We were still in Europe, just not the real Europe. I saw nothing
negative from the fans on the message boards. They are the most positive
fans on the planet. Sadly their dedication is wasted. I don't want to
single out managers or directors and point fingers saying that they are
useless. They too are Evertonians. But something is missing that other
big clubs have. Is it the scouting system? I don't know. How are Wigan
ahead of us in the league. No knock to Wigan.Just want to know. What is
going through the players minds ahead of Mondays game against Arsenal.
Are they hoping to even avenge last years score or else keep it below
five this year. This really saddens me to be writing this crap as even
my American friends now look for the blues scores on the web just to have
a conversation with me about the "beautiful " game. 60 Years Support I have supported Everton, man and boy, for sixty years. In the past 38 years I have only been able to manage an average of six live games a season, usually the games against London clubs with only a couple of home games thrown in. This is due to the fact that I live near Toronto, Canada. I travelled to Bucharest to watch my beloved Toffees get a well deserved trashing at the hands of Dynamo. The last time I supported Everton in Europe I watched them lift the Cup-Winners Cup in Rotterdam. I will not be spending anymore of my pension money watching Everton. I will be enjoying the rest of my retirement sans Everton and will no longer take any interest in the misfortunes of what was once a great club. Good night Everton. Patrick Taylor Brampton, Ontario, Canada. (19/09/05) The Rise and Fall of Everton
You all probably feel like I do and things at Goodison are not good. Looking
back things have not been good since our humiliation at Highbury last
season and was a sign of how far we had not come. Looking through various
message boards this last week, there seems to be a huge feeling of discontent
amongst the Blue Born - with a lot of this aimed at the clubs lack of
ambition within the transfer market and the subsequent KO from the CL
and then the humiliation on Thursday evening. Moyesy says he is looking
forward to Carsley coming back - what honestly is he going to do? The
weakness of the team is getting exposed week in week out and to be honest
last weeks performance against Pompey was simply embarrassing. We won't
mention Bucharest! Dinamo What an absolute disgrace. Just arrived home after our visit to Bucharest. In over 25 years of following this (once) great Club that we all love, I can honestly say that last night was comfortably the worst night ever. Following everton all the way to Romania eas supposed to be a real special occasion for me and my mate (Andy Haler) but the violence, police and our team made the whole experience a sorry one. Obviously it’s only my opinion but I say . . . . Moyes OUT. He’s no tactical awareness his signings are not good enough and his decision making (or lack of it) is making us a laughing stock!!!!! Christian Watson. (19/09/05) European Hangover I
couldn't write anything last night or most of today because i had to go
out to try and forget what had happened! Didn't quite work but not sure
how i got home. Well, the last two games have just proven that we cant
play attacking football. Last season, 4-5-1 worked because we needed defensive
players behind the ball, because probably most teams came to us thinking
they could get a result. Apologies and Dreams If
it wasn't bad enough having to watch the slow motion car crash that passes
for our european escapade I was sent this Email from one of my five sons
all of whoom support the Blues. What the fuck is going on? As
most letters are saying during these dark Everton times I must start by
saying long after all this is faded (but not forgotten) I'll still be
a Blue and so will my family. I just wonder how many of this squad, management
and piss poor commercial dept when they have eventually fucked off will
give us a second thought. Wigan Game Still numb after the the Dynamo Bucharest game, a massive disappointment, but read on........ After our failure in Europe, some of which was down to poor refereeing decisions against Villareal, it's time we regrouped and kick started our Premiership season at home against Wigan. The away game against the Arse on Monday probably won't yield too much in the way of points (surprise me Blues!) Moyesy and the lads need all the support they can get at the moment and if every true Everton supporter is honest with themselves they will admit they love the Club and will support it 'til they stop breathin'. Yes, we're all absolutely gutted that things didn't work out in Europe as we'd anticipated, but we're probably out so we have to get over it and try harder still to gain a European position this season. So fill the place and let's hear it for the lads. So let's prove everybody wrong again!!. Eddieparkend. (19/09/05) Pissed off with gobshite "fans" Just got back from Bucharest after us being shite yesterday. Ok we were shite and Everton broke our hearts once more but all this shite from fans saying they're not going to watch the Arsenal match!!!! Well fuck off then!!! Get behind the blues or piss off, because I'll be behind them when I go down to Highbury while the wankers not watching the match shout their mouth off about how shite we've played. These are probably the same fans who hardly go the game then all of a sudden they're in Villarreal getting tickets with fans who have gone home and away for years while we have been shite. Pissed off with gobshite "fans". Tim. Wavertree. (19/09/05) Fans Views - Euro Embarrassment The last time i sat somewhere public and was embarrassed about the way Everton play was at goodison back in 1998/99 when we got stuffed 4-1 at home to sheffield wednesday under howard's 3rd spell! but the performance in bucharest topped the lot. i really feel for the guys who made the trip to romania and i think billy liar should delve deep to compensate. on another matter am i the only one who's heard davey moyes has been contacted and has one eye on the celtic job?? if so get gordon strachan back to the prem at goodison! improvement is needed lads or were gonna struggle in the prem let alone the you-wafer cup. Chris Wilson, telford exile - 21 yrs old 21yrs a blue. (19/09/05) What the fuckin hell was that? I
have never ever felt the need to write about Everton fc especially to
slag the club I love off, but after last night an the pre-season i feel
i have to get it off my chest. Last night for me was disgusting after
such a superb season last year once again Everton manage to fuck everything
up, How many other teams who finished 4th in the premiership would then
go into pre-season by no strikers when even stevie wonder could see that
we needed 1, we are to scared to go that little bit more and pay that
little bit extra money for genuine good players an im not sayin go and
spend £75-80,000 on money grabbing players but we need to start
competing if we are to go anywhere but down. We don't even buy any players
of genuine class so how do we expect to build on last season? 2nd
half i thought we would do them but how wrong can i be! In all my life
i have never ever seen an Everton team play like that..we lacked everything
that i think Everton should be about.. pride.. passion... commitment..fight
and determination but those players last night were a disgrace to where
the royal blue shirt. We have had players in the past who may not have
been technically brilliant but they gave 100% in every game and they new
how important it was to the Bucharest Debacle What
a disaster! I have had some lows with our lot but this just takes the
biscuit! Some of these players (to use the term loosely) do not deserve
to wear the blue shirt. Every single fan (and i know 2 from Belfast who
made the trip) should be compensated in full with deductions made from
the whole team's salary. They were a disgrace! I thought the days of embarrassment
at work had finally gone. It says it all when my 13 year old son asks
not to go to school and is dreading the abuse he will get at his club's
football training (All this after enduring many long soul destroying pre
Easy jet trips under the Smith regime). Ashamed I'm trying to keep my anger and frustration in check whilst writing this, I'm afraid mr moyes has been found out this season. What's going on with this 4 5 1 shite? It's okay if you have a couple of decent attacking midfielder's and a goal scoring machine in front of them, but we haven't. We could throw all our strikers on at once against half a team and still not score. Why? because there all crap. We have been crying out for a decent striker for two seasons and what do we get big time beattie a goalie, 4 defenders and and two midfielder's? The transfer kitty has been squandered yet again on injured panic buys and players no better than whats at the club already. I think mr moyes should leave the buying to someone else. Thank fuck my lad signed for Tranmere, ashamed to be an evertonian. Joe. (19/09/05) Reality Bites Here is astrange one! I am responsible for sorting out and organizing about 12 -14 Canterbury Blues. we come to about six home matches and as many away matches as possible per season. It occurs to me that the second Villareal game ripped the confidence out of the side. They are struggling with self-belief and we are facing possibly the worst first half season for a long while. We are missing 9 players from a thin squad and whilst we would love to turn the EUFA tie around, we know that it is not going to happen. I also think that there is a danger that we won't recover until November. Please get off Kilbane's back-he is not as shit as everyone claims-aren't we falling into the sunderland boo-boys trap? The team that did so well last year is not dead and buried. We have been incredibly unlucky-would an Everton side with PK have conceded five last night? Also, Biffer and Carsley are a presence. Arteta-possibly our best player to date this season, was a massive loss last night. We have done it before and we will do it again. BELIEF and HOPE. We don't want a season in which beating the shite is the highlight. A shocking start, but let's live in hope. Does anyone think that we could have a better manager? For all who live near and can get to the games-support the lads. Never say cry! Martin. (19/09/05) Bucharest Nightmare Like many other Evertonians I watched in disbelief as our team capitulated disgracefully last night. There will be many post mortem's by people in and out of the game far more qualified to do so than me but from my observations last night - and I have watched the blues since the year 1958 - the following were obvious: The defence had as much movement in it as one of Lewises. The midfield was lightweight and lacked commitment - with the exception of Neville. Bent could still be playing now and he wouldn't have scored - he couldn't hit a barn door at 10 paces. He's very good at chasing lost causes but that's about it. In truth the whole thing was an embarrassing shambles. AJS. (19/09/05) What Do You Think? Have your say! e-mail info@bluekipper.com |