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Norwich 2-1 Everton. 23rd Feb @ 15.00.

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We are getting there. Minute by minute. Play by play. The vein-bursting courage and resilience from our Blue Men guided by the Archbishop of Love, Compassion and Grace St. David Moyes, makes my heart ache with nostalgia for a lost Avalon and hope for a beckoning land of Unicorns and Fairy Queens. And it is coming. Be under no illusions. It is real. It is happening and I thank all that is Holy and beautiful in the world that I will be allowed – nay PRIVILEDGED – to witness the rapture.

At Norwich we delighted the eye and the gut-pounding heroics of the Spartan warriors in blue inflamed the souls of all those who had only heard of such things whispered in shadows in darkened rooms as tomes of legend never to be read by human eyes.

Battling against the blatant and evil corruption of the officials (men with blackened hollow lives and souls bereft of all that is good and decent in this land we optimistically describe as ‘fair’) we strove to the point where blood was oozing though our pores, rendering our majestic blue a regal shade of purple.

Like a fireman climbing up a leviathanesque ladder to enter the top floor of a burning skyscraper to rescue babies, we bravely entered the apocalypse known as Carrow Road. Carrying FOUR babies gingerly down the ladder, the fireman never wavered. The fumes invading the nostrils and dulling the senses of the fireman known as Everton Football Club, the grip became more and more tenuous and all five fell (the fireman and the four babies) like Icarus. The tragedy was too much to bear. But not for us. We witnessed heroism at its absolute zenith.

I am crying and shaking right now. So much I look like a big sprinkler. A sprinkler to quench the fire of the smouldering ashes of a defeat which is more like a victory, because the bursting pride I have in Everton Football Club means that I will always be a conqueror of adversity and evil. I am beloved of Gods because I have been kissed by Everton Football Club.
 
Having just watched MotD and hearing the commentator say that Turner and Fellaini were "having a real wrestling match" as the ball came in, I despair. Doesn't a match mean more than one participant? No mention of the holding afterwards, or the studs on Fellaini, just how plucky Norwich were, how petty DM was at the end and how we have thrown so many points away from winning positions this season.

Oh, and by the way, Holt's goal was pure Jelavicesque, n'est pas?
 
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This is very true, but now we are where we are, people's expectation levels are raised. However, there are some things that don't help us:

*Jelavic losing his finishing touch has proved pivotal; how many would be saying 'Moyes out' if he'd been finishing like last season?

*Referees (especially that knob Mason) letting defenders cuddle our players at corners and free kicks. We should have had a penalty on Fellaini yesterday and an even more blatant one on Jags at Oldham had the defender not been so intent on stopping him jumping he missed the fact that the ball was arrowing right onto his head where he stood!

*The inability to get players in during the January window to give the usual injection for a second-half-of-the-season push.

But the late and negative substitutions, and refusal to play the likes of Oviedo when Pienaar is so out of form can't be overlooked either. I, like everyone else, would hate to see a return to the dark pre-Moyes days but I have a feeling this is his last season here. Either it'll be no top six finish and no trophy (and "I've done as much as I can here.") or sign-off with the FA Cup and leave having won something at last.

Whatever, as long as the finances at the club remain as they are, I fear for our future without Davy, I really do.
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agree with this but would like to add to it.
on jelavic : yes his first touch is off form , but aswell as that i just dont think he is getting the supply from the wings. only baines is putting the ball in. pienaar is constantly cutting inside and balloning the ball into road z rather than getting behind players and cutting a cross. on the other wing theres nothing coming from naismith. miralles or coleman should be our only options here. jelavic is imo also falling foul and the dreade moyes tactics. happens to every striker we get , asked to run the line and do the dirty work alone in the hope support comes from midfield.time for an orthodox 442 with a decent strike partnership.

referees: how many times have we seen defenders grabbing players lke distin jags and fellaini and the ref 2 yards away doing nothing. moyes should ask the fa for an explanation

transfers: im guessing the feeling at the time was ' we have had a few players like coleman gibson and miralles out and we have done well. there coming back from injury so we should kick on and (the dreaded) ' they will be like new signings'. either way time since the window shut has showed we missed the boat and fluffed up big time by not reinforcing at the time.moral form results fitness performance levels - now all on the decline.

i think 2 other points of note are moyes destabilizing of the squad with his lack of commitment with his contract .
lastly the lack of leadership in the team . yes we have good pros but imo that just not enough , we need players who can take games and players by the scruff of the neck . a shouty hardman , you wouldnt want to get on the wrong side of. we have nothing like that in the squad. in fact id say we are too wimpy and meek for our own good.
 
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I can't stand Naismith. I remebered in the 2nd half he got the ball on the edge of the penalty area. Instead of attacking as he was free in the area, he past the ball backward.

He is just crap at everything except jumping (still have 11 league games to prove me wrong).
 

Mirallas for jelavic should have been Mirallas for Naisimith in my opinion. Jelavic can't hit the ocean from the pier right now but he sure as hell can't regain his scoring touch when he's playing out wide.
 
I've had the night to really just think about the result and I still feel the same way. We're gash. I am also sick of hearing Fellaini speak out about leaving, based on his performances since Christmas we would do well to get 30million for him.
 
can't blame Naismith for a **** performance from the team. So lethargic trying to stroke the ball about and seemed content at 1-0, which, knowing how our season has gone, we're not gonna keep as clean sheets are a myth.

On a side note, I think I fell in love with the lass next to me at the game yesterday. Wearing a Pienaar shirt, Brennan, you missed out selling me the ticket lad!
 

Neville will play all the home games agains weak opposition and then claim he is a points machine -
look at which games he sat out this season - almost all against the top sides -
that stat is misleading because his contribution to the Everton effort is a big negative nett -
he is the weakest player in the PL - the fact that Mr Moyes does not see it will become the albatross around his neck
 
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Neville will play all the home games agains weak opposition and then claim he is a points machine -
look at which games he sat out this season - almost all against the top sides -
that stat is misleading because his contribution to the Everton effort is a big negative nett -
he is the weakest player in the PL - the fact that Mr Moyes does not see it will become the albatross around his neck
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so who do we have to play in place of him? At CM we got Hitzlsperger but you guys gripe about him every time he sees the field, then its a steep drop from there starting with barkley and ending with junior. at RB and CB we have options but they're all green and unproven
 

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