Somebody At Last Wants To Stay

Unbelievable, but Stevey Watto is bucking the trend, and is saying that he actually wants to STAY at the Blues. Once news leaked from the training camp, that a player actually wanted to stay at the club, Moyesy stopped training immediately and threw a piss up for the lads. Only one player missed the doo, he smells of shite, and he is Canadian, any guesses.

Watto says: "Ideally I would love to sign a new deal before the season starts if that is possible but obviously I have to wait to be asked, however, this is where I want to be. Even though we have had a lot of ups and downs I have enjoyed my four years very much. Everton is a fantastic club, it is a great place to play and the supporters are top class.

I am settled and my family is very happy down here, it is just down to me to do enough during the pre-season and in the season to prove to the manager I am worthy of another couple of years. It is up to me.

In six months it becomes a time when you can talk to other clubs. I never hoped it would come to that. But I am realistic. I am 30-years old, I have a family to look after and I am desperate to know my future. I don’t like the thought that I could be out of contract but my main focus at the moment is concentrating on pre-season. I am in a situation where I will hopefully be in the starting line-up for the first game of the season and it is up to me to force the manager to give me a new deal.

I am reading a lot of negatives about the club and I think it is time to put all the negatives behind us and let's start getting together. Everybody involved with Everton must pull together and start getting their heads together for next season." (14/07/04)

Down But Not Out

There was no one more disappointed at failing to pick up anything at Newcastle, than Geordie Boy, Steve Watson. Watto who had a goal disallowed, was heartened by the performance if not the result. Apart from the four, shite, stupid, poor and amateurish goals we let in, Watto believed that we did not do much wrong on the day. Fuck me, where shall I start.

Watto says : "It was a massive disappointment to lose the game but that's as well as we have played in a long time. I thought we created as many chances as we had done home or away for a long time. Joseph hit the bar early in the second half, Tomasz had a few offsides against him in the first and I scored a goal, which wasn't offside. We have had a look at it on the computer from every possible angle. I was onside or if not at worst level when Tommy's crossed it. I was inches away from another and then there were a couple of headers from Radz and Kev Kilbane, so we had a load of chances. The difference was that when they got their four chances they put them away.
I don't think the final scoreline reflected our performance though there was one difference between the teams and it will be no surprise to hear it was Shearer. I thought that we could have come away from St James' with the points if it wasn't for Alan and though I don't want to harp on about it, some bad errors from us for their goals. To be fair we got it back to 3-2 and I think the final goal was maybe because we had committed everybody forward, so perhapsit should have ended up like that. But as I say we are massively disappointed after the way we played and I think we can take a lot of heart out of the performance but obviously not the result." (05/04/04)

Be Positive

Despite being 3-1 with 10 minutes to go, Wato says we must look at the positives to come out of the 3-3 draw with Southampton.

Steve says: "It's very hard to look at the positives after that result, but we have to. We were terrible at Birmingham in our last away game and we owed the away fans for that. We played much better this time, we scored three away from home and Wayne was sensational. Before the game I think we would have taken a 3-3 draw at Southampton but the way the game went we should have taken all three points. But we have a lot of winnable games coming up now and if we continue to play like that the results will come." (22/03/04)

Fill Yer Boots Stevey

Steve Watson made a timely return to action last night, ahead of Sunday's crucial Cup encounter with Fulham. Watto scored the equaliser, and set up the winner in the rezzies win away to Manchester United. Steve is surely going to be added to Moyesy squad for Fulham, as he is one of the few with a bit of creativity in his boots, and an eye for goal as well. Watto is still one of the three top scorers this season at the club, despite being sat on his arse recuperating for the last few months. Get him in I say. (23/01/04)

Pissed Off

Bluekipper.com starman for 2002/03 Steve Watson is absolutely pissed off, that he has not been playing. Watto who has bagged five Premiership goals for the Blues this season, despite being injured for most of it, is now not far away from first team action.

Stevey Watto says : " Some players can be their own worst enemies by pushing too quickly to come back. That’s definitely what I’ve done with the thigh injury. With the hernia I got back as quickly as I could and I didn’t feel anything, so the biggest frustration was thinking I’d got over it and then injuring something completely different. I got a dead leg in the reserves and I knew I had a chance of playing against Portsmouth so I just played it down and limped round in training for a couple of days. That’s what’s given me a thigh strain so, as I say, it was my eagerness to get back but then again I suppose some would say that’s not a bad thing really. Nobody likes watching their team mates. Nobody likes being out injured and watching the lads play. If everybody’s as bad as me when they’re watching, then people like Duncan Ferguson, who’s been out with terrible injuries for massive amounts of time…well mentally I don’t know how he gets on with it because I’m just at the end of my tether now." (20/01/04)

In Contention

Steve Watson, Everton's top scorer, even though he has missed half the season, knew ten minutes before kick off, that his injured thigh still was not quite right. As the team sheets had already gone in, there was nothing he could do about it, except give it a whirl. Luckily he did go off, and you know who came on to score the winner. Watto reckons though, with a bit of rest he should be in contention for Saturdays home match versus Leicester.

Watto says: "I played in the reserves on Tuesday and just received a dead leg, which was really sore, but it didn’t keep me out of training on Thursday or Friday but I was limping quite heavily on it. On Saturday I woke up feeling absolutely great, obviously I was delighted that I’d be making my first start and in the warm-up I felt my thigh a little bit lower down and it felt a little bit worse, like a pull, and I went to strike a ball right at the end of the warm-up and it went really badly. I told the physio at ten to three. Obviously by then it was too late to change the team round so he said, ‘Just give it a go.’ So I gave it as best a go as I could but I was limping all round the pitch really on Saturday so certainly it wasn’t the first game I wanted. I think that out of all of this season I’ve been on the pitch about twice maximum where I’ve felt fully fit so it’s been a major disappointment. I thought I’d got the worst of it out the way and I’d recovered as quickly as possible from the hernia and touch wood I’ve had no reoccurrence of that. It’s not a lengthy injury but it was enough to keep me out of the game on Saturday. I don’t think I’ll be a million miles away for this weekend but if not then certainly after that." (17/12/03)

Fit Again

The bluekipper.com player of the season for 2002/2003 played a full 90 minutes for the reserves last night, and is hoping for a return to the 1st team squad on Saturday when we travel to Portsmouth. We hope he is, as he is still Everton's leading goalscorer with only 5 goals. We certainly could do with a goal or two from him.

Stevie says: “I think I was top scorer when I got injured. I'd love to add to the five goals I got before I was out, but first I’ve got to get back in the side and I took my first steps towards doing that on Tuesday. I’m pleased to have played. I’ve trained for a couple of weeks but there hasn’t been any reserve games. I was pleased to get 90 minutes although I was feeling it a bit at the end but I felt ok actually. I’m pleased to be back and hopefully that will put me into contention for a place in the squad on Saturday. Physically I felt ok but if you saw the way I played maybe people would think twice about putting me straight back into the first team.It was my first game out and the main thing was getting the fitness and the fitness felt great." (10/12/03)

Hernia Op

Stevie doesn't do things by halves. Hat-Trick one week, then a double the next. This time it's a double hernia. This came as a complete surprise. Some fans said that if they new the leading Goalscorer was not playing, they could have gone on a bender. Wato will be out for about 6 weeks.

Alan Irvine says: “He’s had an operation today – a hernia operation. He’s been having this particular problem for some time, but he’s just played one game too many. We were hoping that Steve would be OK for another couple of weeks, especially with the break coming up, but he’s had the operation." (25/10/03)

Man of The People's Club

Looking forward to the game against his old club, Villa, Stevie says he prefers Merseyside to Brum. Can't say I blame him!

Stevie says: "Villa are a big club with a lot of history but I never felt appreciated in Birmingham and neither did Alan Thompson or Steve Stone, two other Geordies Everton, on the other hand, is more like Newcastle. The Geordies and the Scousers are alike anyway and we're a family club - more so than Liverpool - the fans are fanatical, and they've taken to me. I'm a man of the people and I'm as happy as I've been." (24/10/03)

Hat-Trick Hero

Wato's 1st ever hat-trick for Everton came on the back of the manager having a go about improving his game, & Steve himself wanting to get rid of the Mr Versatile tag. The goals have certainly helped. Steve is also very happy with there being so many strikers at the club now.

Stevie says: "I know I hadn't played as well over the last couple of games and the gaffer just sort of mentioned it at the right time and I knew I had to perform. At the end of the day, if you don't perform at this club, you're out of the side, so I knew I had to give an improved performance. I felt brilliant in the first half, the best I have felt in a long time, so my injury problems obviously seem to be getting better all the time."

"It's great to see Duncan back to fitness. He's a massive handful for anybody and although Tomasz Radzinski didn't score against Leeds, his running off the ball and work-rate was amazing again. We've got Wayne fully fit on the bench, and we've got Kevin Campbell getting back to full fitness now. Nick Chadwick scored in midweek, Franny Jeffers is back at the club, so the striking department is looking good, and if we can keep chipping in with goals from midfield, it's obviously going to help." (29/09/03)

Mr Versatile, My Arse

Wato wants to be known as a midfield player, who scores goals, instead of a utility player.

Stevie says: "The Mr Versatile tag really annoys me, having such a label is not always a good thing. But I admit that I am enjoying my game much more these days playing in midfield.'' (27/09/03)

2 IN 2

It has been an impressive start to this season for Blue Kipper's Star Man for last season, not only for his goals but his overall performances. His work rate and his never say die attitude has made him into a firm fans favorite. Steve has the midfielder's have got to carry on scoring to take the strain from the strikers. Please carry on Stevie and make it 3 in 3 against the shite.

Wato said: "We have all felt that we relied on the strikers far too much last season.And in these opening games we have tried to spread them around a bit. More of our goals have come from defenders or midfielders.We are scoring from different areas of the pitch and that takes the weight off the strikers."(29/08/03)

Looking Good

Steve Watson is looking forward to the Arsenal game, & believes that despite the lack of signings, Everton will still do well this season.

Wato says: "You just have to look at the quality Arsenal have got in their squad. They have got some unbelievable players. I think Viera is probably in the top three midfielders in the world, Henry probably one of the top three strikers and they have got so much quality around them. They haven't spent a lot this pre-season, they didn't need to when you look at the players they have already got there.

You know you are never happy with what you have. I think if you say that then there is something wrong, but I have got a lot of belief in my players. They are a good bunch of lads to work with, they have done extremely well since I came here and I don't see any reason why they shouldn't do well again this season." (16/08/03)

Play for the Shirt

Stevie Wat has urged the team to start getting their act together and Sundays game against Bologna is the perfect time to start

Stevie said: "Now it is time to really start raising our game. It is our last competitive game before the start of the new season against Bologna on Sunday and there is no question that we are all playing for our shirts now.
No-one is assured of a place against Arsenal that's for sure. We've all got to stand up and be counted and show we deserve a place in that team. We still have the same collection of players that should have taken the club into Europe last season and our realistic aim for the new season is to go one better. We don't believe that this season is all about consolidation, we believe it is about improving and finishing higher than last season's seventh place."(07/08/03)

Get Forward

Stevie Watson is determined to get forward as much as he can. The more chances he gets the more goals he will score. The Dundee game was frustrating but Steve still managed a few efforts even though he was on for the last 30 minutes.

Stevie said: "From my own point of view, I got half an hour or so and I managed to get a few efforts on goal which is pleasing because I've missed a couple of days training this week. I still feel there's a lot more to come from me and there’s a lot more goals to come.
In every game I play in now, I'm trying to get forward a lot more and get more chances which to a certain extent I did tonight and hopefully I'll get the opportunity to do so on Saturday." (31/07/03)