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Annoyed

Who makes the decision that we have to play the semi on the Sunday. What a f**kin' joke. Is it the TV? Do the Police have a say? I'm well pissed off. First time in ages we get there and you can't stay for a celebration night out and by the time we get back all the boozers will be closed, so we'll have to go to Flares for a last bevvy. What about the kids getting to school on the Monday morning? And them Cockney pricks get the Saturday. Throw shit at yourselves. What a crock of shit. Denis The Blue Menace (11/03/09)

Lump

Just read through that list and honestly it brought a lump to my throat. Symo (11/03/09)

Is This A Wind Up

G'day lads, Zippy here writing to you all the way from sunny oz. Just writing in response to the top 50 everton players of all time. I thought it was a wind up when I saw Anders Limpar in there. I mean, he were ok but surely to god that we've had better players wear the royal blue in the past 131 years. I'm 29 years young and have been an evertonian since 1991 when I went to my first game.............Sheff Utd at bramall lane. nuff said about that the better and the ball defo went out for a throw in.

Anyway, where was I? oh yes. Even in my 18 years as a blue there has been some top players. Goughy, Gazza, Nige Martyn, Beegs, Beardo, Unsy, Mike Newell, to name a few. and if Mikel's in there, what about Tiny? or Joey Yobo? or Tim Howard (twitch to his mates), or Cornflake?, Jags? or even Bainsey? (who i personally think is a class act). and we even had a future world cup winner in our ranks, all be it for the one season in Materazzi. Dacourt was quality. who can forget graham Stuarts...........ahem..........goal against the dons??? and Barry Hornes for that matter. but Limpar?????????? shame on you!!!!!! oh and while i'm on the saddle of my very high horse, why the frig is big Dnc at number forty something? surely he's a top tenner. the world has gone mad. or at least the half witts at the times have gone mad.

LIMPAR FOR CRYING OUT LOUD?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if he's in there then i'm putting Robert Warchykxcxzhtyhga's name forward for the times' top 100 everton players. also in there are Brett Angel, Per Koldrup, Mitch Ward, Preki, Idan Tal, Bakayoko..............and Yakubu (possibly the laziest man ever).

well, rant over fellas. after all these shrimps wont put themselves on the barbie. keep up the good work. top site.COYB ZIPPY (11/03/09)

What About Jack SouthwortH For The Top 50

I know not many will have seen him play, but no place in the 50 for Jack Southworth? Scorer of 27 goals in 22 games in the 1893-94 season including a double hatrick and winning the golden boot as the league's top scorer of the season. Can't remember Cottee doing that. Jon Dixon (11/03/09)

Wear Skins 2

Nice idea, Phil. But I'm not sure it would work against the Red Shite tactic at corners. You know, the one where they they throttle the nearest attacker by the neck, and drag him to the deck. Cheers Blue Gonzo (11/03/09)

Wear Skins

One thing apparent yesterday, especially with Fellaini, was the cheating going on at set pieces.

Then you look at football shirts in general and ask why they don’t adapt a similar style to the skins they wear underneath – or similar to the style used in Rugby Union, much harder to get hold of initially and much more obvious to refs that they are being held.

What do you think? Cheers Phil Redmond (09/03/09)

Moyesy Dig At The Shite

Moyesy quote after the Boro win struck me as quite funny.

"We have earned the right to go to a final, having beaten Liverpool and Aston Villa so far. Now we have to beat a really good side to get to the final." (09/03/09)

Masticating Moosehead

I am still raging about Blackburns current manager.

That “Masticating Moosehead” that is Sam Allardyce. He has the audacity to blame Tim Cahill for jumping unfairly to score goals. He says it is not his job to do anything about this and yet again telling referees how to do their job but surely this is exactly what he has done!

What with the other whinging premiership managers complaining unfairly about referees and in the case of the “Fat Spanish Waiter” anything and everything.

The Manager of Manchester Urinals celebrating his own permanent Red Nose Day by raging about referees or anyone who has the temerity to disagree with him.

This together with the ultra biased verbal nonsense that is spat out by others like Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes and some of the others. I consider a tribute should be made to our own David Moyes, also Gareth Southgate (and maybe a couple of other managers) for their general honesty.

All this nonsense about blaming referees I feel could be the basis of a Blue Kipper feature some thing like -:

“The Premiership Whine Bar” supported with some more of your humouress pictures courtesy of your clever Photoshop wizards.

Examples of the ridiculous penalty claims and excuses that we hear of every week.

Only a suggestion!

I think your web site is excellent, I recently compared it to a few others, for instance Sunderland’s and it is far ahead in quality, content and humour to others.

Regards and thanks,John Hayden.Lifelong Blue of almost 60years !(06/03/09)

Jo No Go

Having watched Jo in a few games he must surely be the worst buy in ages - I have seen much better players on a Sunday morning playing in our local schools teams. Rammy (06/03/09)

We All Agree

To Mickey Blue Eyes
I am writing regarding your comment that the media would have focused only on bad marking when Tim Cahill scored against WBA. You are correct. I was watching the game in an Irish bar in Vienna (where I now live) and that was all that the Sky commentator (Martin Tyler?) and Andy Gray focused on, during incessant replays. Actually there was a comment that 2 other players could have scored, but no credit was given to the goalscorer. Worse still during the half -time break Richard Keys just bombarded Joe Royle with comments about WBA defending, nice passing etc. Nothing about the opposition. He was exasperated that WBA hadn't realised how good Tim Cahil is in these situations. It was as if he just didn't want him to score! Joe did his best to comment on the poor defensive work and I was pleased to hear him say "we" on a few occasions. Prior to the break, and before the second half began, Keys repeated that it was only 1-0 and that anything can happen. Yes it can - but if he had looked at Everton's defensive record of "clean sheets" and WBA's away goals record (6), then it would have been hardly surprising that they ended up with no goals at the end!
This is one of the reasons why I am glad that I am no longer exposed to the banality that is MoTD. Also the Sky/Setenta commentary is often muted over here. I look forward greatly to the FA Cup on sunday, as the game will almost certainly be shown live on a German terrestrial tv channel. Listening to the commentary will help to improve my understanding of German and my health will also benefit from not being exposed once again to passive smoking in an Irish bar!!
Incidentally some time ago now, certainly before we played Villa in League and Cup, you commented that they were a team that you had always disliked. Me, too. You also said that Sunderland were a team that you liked/didn't dislike. Me, too. I have been wondering about this for some time. Was it merely coincidence - or is there another explanation? I feel that it may have something to do with Everton's record against these teams. As you will remember Villa were our "bogey" team for some time. They weren't a good team, but we just couldn't beat them. I also go back to a 1-4 home defeat in the FA Cup many years ago. As for Sunderland, we must be their "bogey" team. We always give them a thrashing at Goodison (5-0 and 7-1 in recent times) and get good results away. The same applies to teams like West Ham and Stoke City (routine 3-0 or 4-0 wins at Goodison in the mid-80's). There are other teams that I dislike and others that I like/don't dislike. I won't bore you by listing them. In some cases it may appear to be irrational but, if I analyse it, there often seems to be a connection to our record against that team.
Finally, lets hope that Everton do not need a result at Fulham in our last game this season, as that has become our "bogey" ground - on which we cannot even score a goal. Similar to Notts Forest's ground some years ago.
Food for thought?
Keep the erudite articles flowing. Regards Robert Workman(02/03/09)

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