We can't ever get the team right and we didn't do any better today. Denis and Tim kept their places up front. So Jelly had to start from the bench.
Peanuts started on the left with Gibbo and Felli in the middle and Landon on the right.
Hibbo went to right back with Johnny and Sylvain in the middle with Bainsey on the left. Because of the surprising omission of Captain Neville, it was Tim Cahill who wore the arm band
Not much to talk about in the opening stages. It took Everton 10 minutes to get the first effort on target. Landon played a decent but to Denis but his shot didn't cause the Wigan goalie too much trouble.
Wigan had the great chance to take the lead when a long ball saw Di Santo take it round Sylvain. Tim Howard flew off the line to smoother his goal bound effort. Great save by Everton's goalie.
Steven Pienaar was playing some decent stuff and looked like he had never been away.
The footy being served up by both sides wasn't the best, in fact it was a shite first half if the truth be known. With the half coming to the end Everton had a great chance to go in one goal to the good.
It was great run by Bainsey down the left thta got him to the by-line. He pulled it back for the onrushing Darron Gibson. Go on son just like last week against City. Sorry but not this time. He hit it wide and handsome.
Half Time 0-0
Moyesy made a change at the break that we couldn't work out at first. Tim Cahill went off and Phil Neville came on. Tim was possibly injured. It meant that Felli went alongside Denis.
Like the first half the footy was awful. There wasn't much going on at all. Felli had a half a chance that he delayed and Gibbo had an effort from outside the box that was easily saved.
It was time to make a change and Moyesy after 60 minutes sent on Nikica Jelavic for his Everton debut replacing Denis.
Jelly immediately got involved when he dummied a Hibbo pass but was just cut out.
It was happening for us and a draw looked on the cards.
After 75 minutes Everton went behind to one of the most bizarre goals I have ever seen. Some Wigan fella on the left crossed the ball. It was deflected into Tim Howard's path and there didn't seem any danger whatsoever. But the ball either hit something or took a wicked spin and deceived the Everton goalie squirming through his arms. Unfuckingbelieveable. One nil down.
Everton woke up and started to pile forward. Jelly was fouled on the edge of the box but Bainsey couldn't make the goalie work at the free kick.
Big Vic was sent on with 10 minutes left to get something from the game and he duly obliged four minutes later. It was the third of three consecutive corners that did the damage.
Bainsey's corner was headed back to him. He had time to deliver a pinpoint near post cross on to Victor's noggin. It flew past Al Habsi into Wigan's net.
Both teams went for the winner, but in the end a draw was probably the right result. It was a strange performance from an Everton side that had beat a City side that is top of the league. Maybe it was the effort put in that game that saw a few jaded performances.
We have plenty to look forward to for the rest season. Jelly looks up for it and it was nice to see Peanuts back in an Everton shirt and he was close to the Blue Kipper Star Man but he was edged out by Bainsey who was back to his best
Full Time 1-1
