retired_hollieo

Solid start for penniless Murphy!

3 games into the new campaign and Everton manager Murphy is celebrating an unbeaten start after three tough games, two away at fellow EPL bosses Andy "Goat" Nilsen and Rob "Long Ball" Chivers. Sandwiched inbetween was a tough fixture against Big Fat Sam's dirty cloggers - a title that will soon be assumed by Mo Ilyas' dirty Blackburn I would guess.

A tough opening fixture then away to Manchester City to play big spending Goat...

Man City 2 - 2 Everton

As always Goat had started clearing the decks at the COM Stadium so having missed the last session I didn't have a clue who would be on the City teamsheet. A quick look revealed that Andy had signed well in Carew and Dagoberto but was also playing some unknown (to me anyway) called Jo up front. The trips to Brazil have started early!

City dominated the early exchanges and deservedly took the lead through a typical Nilsen move. Big hoof into the box, 9 foot 8 inch striker Carew outjumping the Everton midgets in defence to go ahead. With Everton struggling to gain a foothold, we were thrown a lifeline when with our first serious attack Simon Davies struck a beauty into the bottom corner. 1-1 at HT.

Into the second half and Everton were now the dominant force. With Goat clinging on by the seat of his pants the inevitable duly arrived when Yobo met a corner with a stunning header. By now City were all over the place, clueless and hapless as Everton carved out chances at will. But in football, you got to take your chances and 3 sitters missed later, the luck of the Goat came to the fore with his new Norweigan winger Larsen getting in behind Phil Neville to crack home a last gasp 89th minute equaliser. Overall, a fair result on the balance of play over the 90 but we should have won it when 2-1 up and dominating...

Oh and Jo was bollox.

Everton 2 - 2 Bolton

Another 2-2 draw as Bolton's Nolan fires home two from range to bring Bolton back from 1-0 and 2-1 down. First goal in Everton colours for Andy Johnson!


With Phil Neville picking up an injury we were short of right backs for the visit to Rob's Spurs who had won their opening two games. Before the match my scouts informed me that Rob was a long ball merchant and looking at his line-up the man to watch was Berbatov.

Before the game Murphy opened his chequebook for the first time to sign Tomas Sivok from Sparta Prague for £2.1m. The Czech international fitted stright into my 4-5-1 formation as the midfield anchor man with Murphy forced to move Carsley to RB.

Spurs 0 - 1 Everton

A tight game where Everton just had the edge on the day. One goal was enough to condemn Rob to his first defeat of the season, when McFadden outjumped Chimbonda to find Andy Jihnson in the box. AJ turned Deadley Ledley King and fired home. Spurs chances were hit when Berbatov lost the head and lashed out at Yobo, earned a deserved red card. Chuffed with the win at one of the finer squads in the Premiership....

Man of the match: Sivok. Don't you just love it.

Murphy's roving eye:

Pressure is on Mo Ilyas at Blackburn already. A 4-0 duffing by Premiership newcomers Reading and an FA warning already for Premiership bad boy Ilyas. He must be feeling the heat down at Ewood put at least he's got rid of one of his three hooligans in Lucas Neill so hopefully there'll be no more brushes with the law from the Moster!.

retired_eddyloin

Rocky Times Ahead?

Well, it’s been a very busy pre-season here at Watford, with coaches and players coming and going, the Chairman already accepting bids over my head (although admittedly I would’ve accepted them anyway ).

Players In:
<LI>Luis Jimenez, AM RC, FC - £1.8m from Ternana
<LI>Cesar Villaluz, AM R - £1.3m from Cruz Azul
<LI>Tony McMahon, D/WB R – Ashley Young and £1.9m coming my way from Middlesbrough
<LI>Branamir Kosstadinov, ST - £160k from Hearts
<LI>David Clarkson, ST - £120k from Motherwell
<LI>Steven Naismith, AM RL, ST - £250k from Hibs (arriving in January)
<LI>Denilson, DM – on loan for the season from Arsenal
<LI>Vyacheslav Hleb, AM RC, FC - £100k

Players Out:
<LI>Ashley Young – to Middlesbrough for £1.9m + Tony McMahon
<LI>Hameur Bouazza – to Middlesbrough for £1.9m
<LI>Malky Mackay – to Carlisle for £10k
<LI>Lloyd Doyley – to Blackburn for £900k

The fans were delighted with new boy Luis Jimenez, and excited at prospects Kosstadinov, Villaluz and Clarkson, and they no doubt will be with Naismith when that deal goes through. This activity helped to somewhat allay their fears and anger at the board for putting me at the helm of this great club.
Jimenez looks to be a very versatile player, and I’m hoping he can do the business for us either down the right or up front. Villaluz doesn’t look that good physically, but this he more than makes up for with his technical ability. He has good pace and can skip past defenders, and hopefully he will give a good service to our front men. Kosstadinov is young at 17, but already has the mould to be a great striker in a few years time. The same can be said for Clarkson, who is probably our quickest player. Tony McMahon is a well rounded full back, and young at 22. I’m not sure that he will improve much more, but I think he is very suitable for the club and can fill the right back position nicely. Lloyd Doyley, the current left back, is simply too unreliable and panicky, and I will be looking to offload him in the near future. Finally, towards the end of the window we welcomed Vycheslav Hleb to the squad. He arrived injured and will be for a few weeks, but will add some class to the squad.

We say goodbye to two club favourites in Mackay and Young, and thank them for everything they’ve done, but I simply don’t rate them. Young is average at best, and Mackay was over the hill three or four seasons ago, I’m afraid. I wasn’t too keen on losing Bouazza, but the club needed the money more than they needed him, and I’m sure he will go on to become a good asset for ‘Boro. Also we lost Doyley, now third-choice right-back, to Blackburn for a reasonable £900k, and this sale brought the clubs bank balance back into the green .

There are still players for sale left, right and centre here, including the already mentioned Doyley and notably Tommy Smith, Claude Seanla, Damien Francis, and Gavin Mahon, along with most of the rest of the Reserves. Money is a bit on the thin side here; we have the lowest wage budget in the division at £115k/week and I can only offer players a maximum of £11k/week for their services. I still need a left-sided full back and a left winger, with £1m or so left to spend, and this is proving difficult – I am really hoping that we are very lucky in terms of injuries and can keep the small squad we have relatively fit, ‘til January at least.


Saturday 19th August 2006, 15:00
Watford 3-1 Reading

Shaky start and Nicky Shorey gave Reading the lead on 24mins with a sweet left-footed shot. Soon after new Reading striker Landon Donovan was injured after he ran into Jay DeMerit – oh, what a shame – and after an inspirational half time talk the lads came out on fire. Luis Jimenez equalised with a fine free kick from 25 yards, before I brought on another new signing, the young Branamir Kosstadinov, for the tiring but classy Cesar Villaluz. Marlon King gave us a deserved lead, pouncing on a poor defensive header to rifle in on 81 minutes, before Kosstadinov coolly slotted home a debut goal to put the result beyond doubt shortly afterwards. It should’ve been even better as King shot straight at Hahnemann in injury time, but never mind that: a great performance and how about this for a shock – TOP OF THE TABLE!! :d


Saturday 26th August 2006, 15:00
Watford 0-1 Portsmouth

We sat today a gutsy display from the lads that was ruined by a lucky goal on the stroke of half time by Gary O’Neil, as the ball bobbled to him unmarked at the near post for him to sweep it in. We had chances to level, but never quite had the cutting edge that we saw against Reading last week, as King hit the side netting and then headed over from a great Jimenez cross on the break at the death.


Wednesday 30th August 2006, 19:30
Newcastle 2-0 Watford

Today’s match was somewhat farcical, with everything seeming to go wrong already. We were playing some good football, until midway through the first half Newcastle took the lead. We came out up for the second half, only for Bangura to inexplicably yet expertly slot the ball into the bottom left of his own net. Denilson then got a second booking for ruthlessly taking out Emre and was sent off, and from that point it was damage limitation. We succeeded on that front, keeping the scoreline respectable. Improvement is needed.

retired_maggie123

Deadline day deals could be the dealbreaker for David!

Whether I'm doomed to failure (likely) or destined for glory largely depends on the outcome of 2 transfers, as the transfer window is a-jar ready to be slammed shut... i'm basically praying they go through or it may be a very long and **** season otherwise.

With regards to the state of the club at present, I am really enthused about the wealth of talented YTS players on the club's books and believe this club could have a very healthy future, should I be tactically adept enough and the players progress well under my tenure.

I have bought a few golden oldies to compliment the younger guys already here and hopefully they will aid their development and marshall the troops when times are hard.

I am expecting a safe mid table position and once me and the team have found our footing within the Premiership and the youngsters have that extra season of experience under their belts push on into the european players and cup glory.

With arguably the greatest chairman in Premiership history Steve Gibson behind me, surely I cant fail? He offers bucket loads of cash, never interferes and even answers managerial applications from internet nerds so top bloke. So only my shitness can stop me from suceeding.

COME ON THE BORO!


In

Darijo Srna 5.5m (Shaktar Donesk)
Hameur Bouazza 1.9 + Ashley Young 1.6m/Tony McMahon (Watford)
Lewin Nyatanga 1.9m (Derby)
Paolo Monreo 250k (Penarol)
Teddy Sheringgham 120k (West Ham)
Gary Speed 110k (Bolton)
Nicky Maynard 100k (Crewe)

hopefully add to that..
New Brazilian lb 3.3m
African Striker star of World Cup 3.6m

Out

Yakubu 4m (PSV)
Fabio Rochemback 2.8m (Cruz Azul..who?)
Julio Arca 1.2m (Blackburn)
Ray Parlout 1.2m (Sheff Utd)
Emanuel Pogatetz 2.5m (Portsmouth)
Tony McMahon part exchange Ash Young (Watford)



Squad Assessment

Goalkeepers:

Mark Schwarzer (transfer listed)
errr no body else of note..

This is a squad position I obviously want improved post haste only one goalkeeper of any real pedigree and even he is transfer listed as I really don't believe he is up to scratch.


Central Defenders:

Paolo Montero
Jonathon Woodgate
Robert Huth
Ugo Ehiogu
Lewin Nyatanga

Quite like the contrast of experience and young potential so relatively happy with these centre backs. I believe youngster Nyatanga will flourish into a real star!

Right Back:

Darijo Srna
Stuart Parnaby (transfer listed)
Matthew Bates

New signing Srna is an excellent addition, and in academy yts player Bates we have a very able deputy.

Left back:

Andrew Taylor
Nobody else...

Taylor is another one of Boro's promising young proteges, although i am hoping to sign a certain young Brazilian in the near future to secure the left back berth, while Taylor develops out on loan.

Right Midfield:

Darijo Srna
James Morrison
Ashley Young

Morrison is very much first choice here and has already attracted the attention of Man City boss Goat, he is most certainly one to watch for the future. Although the versatility of Srna and orthodox striker Young make for excellent cover.

Defensive Midfield:

Lee Cattermole
George Boateng

Most probably M'boro's strongest position the excellent ever-dependable Boateng is an excellent player, although unfortunately he is ageing, so if and when it is time to step up Cattermole is one of English football's brightest prospects and should be at the heart of the club for years to come.

Left Midfield:

Stewart Downing
Adam Johnson

Both graduates straight off the M'boro conveyor belt, exceptional talents who are very much the creative force.

Centre Midfield:

Gaikza Mendieta
Gary Speed

Both getting on, but both absolute legends tbf steady, sexy, nice! I'll have to look for a younger alternative in the near future though, maybe just train Downing into a Attacking centre mid or something

Strikers:

Mark Viduka
Teddy Sheringham
Hameur Bouazza
Ashley Young
Nicky Maynard

Alot of variations here, Viduka and Teddy inchangeable as the aerial threats, but it really is a toss up between the rest of the contenders all young, pacy and very inexperienced so anyones guess if they are up to the challenge? I hope to sign another striker just before the transfer window to fill the void left by the departure of tosspot Yakubu.

All in all a decent squad, a mix of experienced players who have played at the highest level and youngsters eager to prove their worth. I believe this squad can and should be aiming for a Intertoto place at the very least.

retired_ongjesse

Good Business In the Transfer Window

There have not been many movements at Fulham this window but we have been able to sign the necessary player to help us succeed in this year’s campaign.

Players In

Steven Naismith – Kilmarnock – £525k
Steve is a great prospect but if he works hard in training he will find himself in the squad in no time as I feel he might give us that pace that we have been lacking up front for the last few season ever since Saha left for Man Utd.

Fredrik Risp – G. Birligi – £250k
Fred is a centre back and is still young. He will mainly be used as a back up but hopefully in the next few seasons he will mature as a player and find his way into the first team and cement himself a starting line-up place.

Brede Hangeland – FC Kobenhavn – £2.9m
Brede is the centre back that I have been looking for the whole transfer window. We signed him on the 30th August just in time to face Niall and his Everton side in just under two weeks. Brede is going to give us stability and confidence in our back four that we have been lacking ever since we came up to the Premiership.


Players Out

Niclas Jensen – HSV – £600k
If Niclas were to stay at the Cottage he would have found himself missing out as I prefer Franck Quedrue as my left back with Liam as cover. Niclas was also getting on and we needed money to bring in the players we have and Niclas was the only player getting any interest.

Well with the window now closed I think that with the players we have brought in we should do just fine and I now want to turn the Cottage into a fortress like it has been in seasons gone.

retired_sankanyo

HE’S BAAAACCCK

That’s right after a year out due to unknown circumstances the legend known as the goat as returned home, to the club were he began his EPL career MANCHESTER CITY!!! Just as before the squad Is still full of useless old age pensioners but atleast they have some promising youngsters waiting to burst through like Richards, Sturridge, Hart, Miller and so on

First things first….get rid of Pearce’s crazy buys (does he ever buy someone who isn’t coming to the end of there career?) so out went

Samaras - 6.5m (Zlatan is crap and this guy is the poor mans slating which tells the story)

Dunne - 2.2m (the fat Irishman wanted 30k a week even though he makes nearly as many mistakes as bramble)

Distin - 2.2m (again a dodgy defender wanting more than what he’s worth)

Ireland - 2m (very good youngster but I needed the money for other positions in the squad)

Shun Jihai - 2m (a player whose best years are behind him so for that price what a deal)

Dabo - 1.8m (always under performed throughout his career so for those wages not risking it)

Hamann - 1.7m (for those wages all I got to say is ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH …IS HE HAVING A LAUGH)

Vassell - 1m (sum him up in one word = CRAP!)

Corradi - 900k (another one who is coming to the end of his career)

Mills - 650k (same as corradi)

Thatcher - 500k (same as Corradi)

Jordon - 400k (decent player but decent just isn’t good enough for what I have planned for city)



I’ve gone in a different direction than Pearce and bought younger players for bigger money instead of old players on the cheap

Jo - 4.8m + 5m after 30 appearances (scored 14 in 16 for CSKA and will score again tonight against arsenal mark my words Niall )

Carew - 4.7m (one of the most underated footballers in world footballer who can be brilliant with the right guidance)

Lavezzi - 3.9m (a 21 year old striker who will be the future of city along with Jo and Sturridge)

Araujo - 3.2m + 1.1m after 30 apps (an 18 year old centre back who will become one of the worlds best along side Richards)

Taiwo - 3m (another youngster who will fill in at left back for years to come)

Atouba 2m (incase Taiwo doesn’t adapt quickly because of his age here is some experience in the form of ex spurs Atouba)

Dagoberto - 1.4m (possibly the bargain of the season)

Burdisso 1m (very experienced centre back who as been playing top football for 7 years even though he’s only 25)

Larsen 600k (Norwegian superstar who has got a great career ahead of him)

Barros Schelotto (an south american legend who should help the younger south Americans settle….I just hope his famous temper can be controlled)


Sorry about the quality of this report but the games just about to start so off to watch them, next report will include the legendary clash of 2 EPL giants

NIALL vs. THE GOAT!

retired_espeon

Life After Shearer

The good times are back at Newcastle as their glorious new managerial genius Ben Jackson has guided them to an unbeaten start in the Premiership with 4 wins and 2 draws from their opening 6 games and also taken them into the UEFA Cup group stages with the fans hoping for success at home and abroad.

The media are already speculating to what heights the current manager can take the success starved North East club to but Jackson knows there's still plenty of hard work before they can start thinking of trophies.

PLAYERS IN
Gustavo Varela [Schalke] Loan
Hossam Ghali [Spurs] 1.5m
Jonas Elmer [Chelsea] Loan
Linvoy Primus [Portsmouth] 600k
Luca Neill [Blackburn] 1.8m
Luka Modric [Dinamo] 1.5m
Omar Esparza [Chivas] 1.5m
Paul Dickov [Man City] Free

PLAYERS OUT
Albert Luque [Mallorca] Free
Celestine Babayaro [Rangers] Free
Craig Moore [Rangers] Free
Shay Given [Bayern Munich] 9m

SQUAD OVERVIEW

Steve Harper GK
Tim Krul GK

Jonas Elmer D L
Linvoy Primus D RC
Lucas Neill D/WB R
Olivier Bernand D/WB L
Omar Esparza D L, DM, AM LC
Peter Ramage D RC
Steve Carr D R
Steven Taylor D C
Titus Bramble D C

Belozoglu Emre M LC
Charles N'Zogbia AM LC
Damien Duff AM L
Gustavo Varela AM R
Hossam Ghali DM
James Milner AM RL
Luka Modric AM RLC
Nolberto Solano AM R
Scott Parker M C (c)

Antoine Sibierski AM/FC
Obafemi Martins ST
Paul Dickov ST
Shola Ameobi ST

Having started off with virtually no money to spend and over wage budget, my first priority was raising some cash to spend and offered out Given even though I didn't want to lose him but the money would come in handy.

Bayern Munich offered 9m which I felt was a great price for a keeper who was over 30 so Given was sold to them. I also decided to let Babayaro, Luque and Moore leave on a free transfers to free up nearly 100k in wages per week which would help me bring in some new players.

I spent just over 7m bringing in eight new players to strengthen the squad, with a mix of experience and youth so I'm happy with the money i've spent as a few of the players could be first team regulars in the years to come.

PREMIERSHIP RESULTS

We kicked off the Premiership season away to Dave's Fulham team at Craven Cottage with us getting off to a bad start with a poor first half performance, with Fulham taking the lead in the 25th minute with a opportunistic goal from Boa Morte. After rallying my players at half-time, we started to get into the match and equalised when after a good run and through pass from Ameobi, Sibierski latched onto the ball and slotted it past Niemi to make it 1-1 which was how the match finished up.

A fair result in the end and I was impressed by how solid Dave had made Fulham throughout the team.

The next match saw us away again up against Mo's Blackburn side at Ewood Park which as always was a boring affair with only two shots on target between both teams. We were only seperated in the end by a own goal, after a great free kick swung in from Duff to the backpost and the ball went in off Pedersen to make it 1-0.

A draw would have been a fair result in the end but we came away with all three points but if Mo can score a few goals then he should be fine this season.

The third game of the season saw us play our first home game of the season at St Jame's Park against Steve's Watford team who surely have to be one of the candidates to struggle this year. We got off to a great start when Sibierski got his head to a great Solano cross to head past Foster to put us into the lead going into the second half.

Things got worse for Watford in the second half when Bangura received the ball on the edge of his own area, turned and passed the ball to Foster, only to see it fly into the bottom left hand corner to put us further in the lead at 2-0 in what many pundits are calling 'the comedy moment of the season' :p. Watford had Denilson sent off late in the game for a second bookable offence but the game was over by then to give us our first win of the season.

I reckon Steve's going to struggle this season but might have just enough in the squad to keep his team's head above water.

Our next game was at home against a struggling West Ham side that had lost their first three matches but they gave us a really hard game with nothing seperating the teams as it ended up being a 0-0 bore draw.

The next match was at Villa Park against Sam's Aston Villa side in what was going to be a tough game. Another poor first half performance saw Villa pile the pressure on us but we managed to get through to half-time with the scores still level. After a rallying call to the team, we came out for the second half and started to get into the match.

The key moment of the match came when the ball dropped to Ghali in midfield who played it through to Martins, who turned Mellberg and hit a great shot with his left foot which arrowed straight into the top left hand corner to grab all three points for us as we won 1-0.

Sam was not a happy chap afterwards but there's definitely enough quality in his squad and team so Villa should do fine this season.

A big game was up next as it was a North East derby with Pagi's Dad's Army Middlesbrough team visiting us at St Jame's Park. There was a great atmosphere all around the ground despite a quiet first half.

I decided to go more attacking in the second half and it started to pay dividends as we started creating decent chances. The winner came when Emre played a quick freekick to Bernard, who put in a great cross which was met by Martins who headed it past the despairing dive of Schwarzer to make it 1-0 to give us the win and to leave our fans jumping around in ecstacy .

EUROPE RESULTS

After easily progressing through the Intertoto games against Loko (Plovdiv) and Reid to qualify for the UEFA Cup Qualifiers, we got a tough draw as Frankfurt was pulled out of the hat.

Going into the first match, I was expecting a tough game so was just looking for a clean sheet and maybe the odd goal. I needn't have worried as we put in a tremendous performance for the whole match as goals from Martins, Taylor and a magnificient hat-trick from Sibierski gave us a 5-1 victory which virtually put us into the UEFA Cup group stages .

Was disappointed to have conceded a goal but felt we'd more than done enough to progress as we went over to Germany for the tough second leg which ended up being another 0-0 bore draw to see us into the UEFA Cup.

retired_luluz05

Mo is Back!.........unfortunately!

Out
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Henchoz – 32 defender slower than a tortoise sold for £700k.
<LI>Ooijer - £1.8 Mill for another 32 year old…..i’m not ageist honest!
<LI>Tugay – 36 year old for £230k…..Ok I am ageist :o, but have you seen a 36 year compete in midfield!
<LI>Neill, Lucas – A quality right back but would not sign a new contract, rather than lose him on a free in Jan. Sold to Ben’s Newcastle for £1.8Mill.
<LI>Savage – A quality midfielder, but I still could not justify paying him 48k per week, sold for £2.5Mill, stingy bloody AI!
</UL>


In
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Nugent – £2mill paid for a striker with potential who goes straight into the first team
<LI>Mokoena, Lebohang - £350k for a future star. (Hope he turns out to be as good as FM06!)
<LI>Diego Souza – £1.4 investment for another star. (Another FM06 start)
<LI>Doyley, Lloyd – Replacement for Lucas Neill for £900k, Cheers Steve. :thup:
<LI>Linderoth, Tobias – £3.4 Mill Robbie Savage replacement….on half of Robbie’s Wages!
<LI>Arca, Julio – Would not have signed, but was offered a decent backup player for Morten Gamst Perdersen at a bargain price of £1.2Mill. Thanks Pagi.
<LI>Tudor, Igor – A solid midfielder who will make a good backup for my midfield, signed only for £1.4Mill form Juve.
</UL>

Key results

Blackburn Rovers 0 – Chelsea 2
We had 0 shots on target! Mo glad to escape with just a 2-0 loss!

Reading 4 – Blackburn Rovers 1
We played well! had twice as many shots (10 to be exact) on target as Reading. Our defence let us down badly. Rovers defence decided not to play today.

Blackburn Rovers 0 – Newcastle 1
Rovers leading scorer Morten Gamst Perdersen before this match played well until he doubled his goal tally by scoring the only goal of the game :p! A very tight game with each side only having 1 shot on target. Newcastle Keeper Harper gets MOM award!
Can see Newcastle finishing in the top 6 with Ben at the helm and performing with such solidity.

Blackburn Rovers 1 – Charlton 0
A deceptively one sided match. Charlton played better but could not find the rovers net with 6 shots on target. Rovers had two shots on target with Benni McCarthy getting scoring from 1. New right back signing gets MOM award Lloyd Doyley!

Everton 2 - Blackburn Rovers 0
Everton keeper Tim Howard gets MOM award, I guess he did stop Rovers single shot on target from becoming a goal! Niall’s defensively solid 4-1-4-1 formation with wingers attacking down the flanks to target man Johnson, who scored each goal from 2 McFadden assists……right back Lloyd Doyley was still in the dressing room polishing his MOM award from the last match! Everton playing well with Niall packing out the midfield to keep teams out, Niall unfortunately should do well but I am worried that my rival could burst an artery with his head size now at size 10 going onto size 16! Is there a doctor in the house?! :p

Positives
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Blackburn are through to the group stage of the Uefa cup and hopefully should qualify into the knockout stages.

<LI>Blackburn are still one of the few humans clubs in the league club to get to the third round…….probably because Blackburn have yet to play a league cup game and have been given a by into the third round!

<LI>Blackburn have not had the best of starts but after signing some players before the transfer deadline, Mo should be able to achieve safely a mid table position!
</UL>


Negatives
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Lying in 18th position after 5 games!

<LI>Still tinkering with tactics and not getting any consistency!

<LI>Mokoena, Lebohang and Diego Souza who Rovers have signed need a work permit to play in England. So when told that they will be loan out to Blackburn feeder club , Cercle Brugge to obtain a work permit. The pair have turned around and said that they don’t want to go to the Belgium club! So currently the future stars of Rovers are getting fat in the rovers reserves!
</UL>

retired_hollieo

After getting over the shock of a Pagi, Goat and Mo report in the space of two days, wtf!!!, a drunken Murphy on his hollidays feels duty bound to update on recent Everton progress. Note to Mo, Pagi, Steve, Sam and Goat. That is progress not, well, whatever you guys call sliding towards the relegation zone.

Anyway, Mo has obviously pre-empted me here cos the highlight of my report was going to be crowing over my 2-0 win over Blackburn. Thanks Mo.http://community.sigames.com/groupee_common/platform_images/blank.gif
Instant Graemlins You git.

Anyway 6 games played, 3 wins, 3 draws and o defeats. yes thats no defeats. let me sat that again, no defeats

The toughest game of the last session was surprisingly a home fixture vs Dave's Fulham. Well ,when I say tough I mean Daves keeper Lastuvka kept his mediocre side in the game for 64 minutes until he was stretchered off, but needless to say Daqve escaped from Goodison with a point in a 0-0 draw. Next up it was a visit to Vicarage Road to meet fellow Gooner Steve Diprose. An amazing game saw Everton 4-0 up by HT, only for Steve to get kicked out of the ground. In his absense his team scored 3 goals. Though not enough to win him a point, the message was clear. With Steve, Watford are uselsss. Without him, they are Barcelona...

After that it was a 6-1 hammering of Swansea in the League Cup Rnd 2 before the 2-0 win over Mo. It's always nice to beat Mo. Especially when your team kicks his ass so convincingly that to Mo, 2-0 was a great result.

Everton in 5th

Maybe some day Ben will update the thread with the table?

retired_espeon

Niall, posting whilst drunk never works for you .

Can't understand half of that :p.

retired_espeon

Here you go, drunken irishman .



Who's that in 2nd? oh, it's me! .