Everton vs metalist Kharkiv
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Bloody, that was a match and a half! Not sure why the ref retook the penalty, when the other 2 were exactly the same. Fussy beggar. Well, should make it an interesting game in the Ukraine. There was some dubious decisions though. Anchovy getting pulled down in the box.. no peno, Johnson getting utterly manhandled, no peno. Mind you, they played pretty good. Very nice passing from them. The last 10 minutes were frantic. Why, oh why Neville was booting it up the field though, I have no idea! Hibbert needs to be dropped. He can't pass to save his life!
ZR1cliff]Picked up Warren Aspinall[ex Everton] in my cab tonight[i pick him up now and then said:
,he hinted to put the radio on for the Everton game but they only swiched over to it from the Spurs game now and then,i caught the penalty and thought they scored??
So did the rest of the world. He got us to retake it as someone moved when the ball was kicked. Johnson missed the next 2 peno kicks. That one was saved, and he skyed the other! Shame, it was a cracking penalty for his first! Was a funny ref performance. Not saying he was biased, as he sent off a Metal player for a bit of abuse, he was an arse with our penalty, and was generally a bit odd. Oh well, will make for a good game in Ukraine. Metalist were lucky to come away with a draw to be honest, but Everton played pretty badly, and were still on top through most of it.
nothing much changed there then everton .europe . mental block. missed two pens playing nine men , boot it down field and hope, they have one attack and score. it was like watching the amitiyvile horror, shades of dynamo bucharest, the times newspaper said we have the best everton team for 20yrs, after the united game .oh! please 
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alfa phil said:
i will stick my neck out and say we will go through to the next round get tommy gravesen back he will be up for the fight , bit of physical bunch were the not
You lot have the same problems as the mighty Spurs, youve got no physical threat, to lightweight. Still at least you give us a footballing lesson at the Lane. 
I've seen some inept toffeework over the years but going orf that risible display, had Neville Jnr & Co had been faced with the solitary abuse of the limbless Black Knight from The Holy Grail I genuinely worry they'd have struggled to mount an effective attack.
Compare and contrast with the 'school of science' that was the Bracewell, Reid, Sheedy & Stevens powerhouse back when they really were the best team in Europe for at least two seasons.
Then again, in 1985, the opening game in the glorious ECWC campaign ended in an ignominious 1-1 draw with UCD so I suppose, you never really know...
Compare and contrast with the 'school of science' that was the Bracewell, Reid, Sheedy & Stevens powerhouse back when they really were the best team in Europe for at least two seasons.
Then again, in 1985, the opening game in the glorious ECWC campaign ended in an ignominious 1-1 draw with UCD so I suppose, you never really know...
All I can say is do not play Hibbert, do not play Nevill in Midfiled. Play Jags and Anichebe from the start, instead of Carsley, and Yakubu, and hope Arteta is back, instead of that Muppet McFadden. Attack wise, it wasn't THAT bad. We looked very attacking, however it got to he point where we started hoofing the ball, and it doesn't work.
alfa phil said:
well you say macca is a muppet but lescot apart no one else in that team is scoreing goals im sorry id drop johnson before faddie
No, no, no.... Johnson does a great deal of work, running around, chasing lost causes, and harrying the opposition defence. McFadden doesn't do that. He tries to dribble, and fails, Tries to cross, and fails, the only thing he CAN do well is blast a ball from 30 yards. I'd take Johnson over Faddy any day of the week. Anchovy over Yak I would prefer to swap. And yes, Lescott is proving to be another superb buy. 1st Cahill, for $3.40, Our-tata for $1.70 and Lescott for thrupence. alfa phil said:
who would your money be on to score against villa tomorrow faddie johnson or yakubu .i know mine would not be on johnson
Yakubu, as I think AJ has more chance of setting up another, than the Yak setting him up. Faddy will be sub, although Anchovy will come on, rather than Faddy. Faddy MAY start, if Arteta doesn't play.alfa phil said:
it took us 3months to get over the last debacle in europe lets hope we can get a result tomorrow, one concilation a couple of wheels have fell of the red craps title challange
Well, to be fair the Villareal matches were good. Lost cos of slight iffyness on baldies part. The Bucharest match? What Bucharest match...Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff