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Something for all our keen Everton followers – you know who you are – to consider.
Everton are at home to Manchester City on Saturday – what should Roberto do?
Win and hope for fourth place – but help Liverpool to the title.
Lose and settle for the Europa League – and help Manchester City to the title.I say go for the win!
Arsenal play Newcastle tonight. Arsenal and Chelsea play next Sunday, and Liverpool on Monday.
It’s true – we do have a rather nice tin pot.
And we’ve got 70 points but we want 73.
Birmingham have conceded 24 goals in their past eight home matches. Their captain Paul Robinson will be suspended for the Wigan game.
To be fair, I can only recall Rosler saying on one occasion that tiredness has affected a performance & at the weekend said it wasn’t a factor but was down to players not performing as they should have doneWe know they didn’t perform as they should have done. But what was the reason?
Was it the players’ fault? Was it Rosler’s fault? Was it something they had no control over?
Whatever it was, can they put it right for tomorrow?
It has been a long, hard season.
Boyce has started 49 matches for Wigan so far – he’s entitled to feel tired. McArthur has started 47, Barnett 50 and Perch 45.
How many more will there be?
Under Roberto Martinez, Everton have gained 69 points so far this season, exceeding their Premiership League record of 65 set in 2007/08.
Seamus Coleman has been included in the PFA Team of the Year.
David Moyes has been breaking records at Manchester United too.
For the first time since 1989/90, there are no Manchester United players in the PFA Team of the Year.
Whilst you seem to be reaping my old posts up, look for the one were I predict that Liverpool would not win the league and Everton would not be in the Champions league next season.
jrfatfan wrote;
My prediction;
Liverpool 8th, Everton 14th.
You didn’t even think that they would get close!
Rubbish.For the first goal the forward came up behind him out jumped him and won the ball.
For the second he was out of position up the pitch – although Barnett should have been quicker but I suspect he thought the ball would go out of play and the winger beat him to it.
Thirdly Espinoza wasn’t playing in front of him it was Maloney.
Apart from that what you said was spot on !!! :)
Argus – I would broadly accept your account, but it doesn’t really contradict what I said. I’d say our formation varied between 4-5-1 and 4-3-3.
The first goal came after Beausejour lost a challenge for the ball. But he stayed with his man (Basham) and the chance arose because Osbourne was not marked by any midfield player. He crossed and Keogh got between Barnett and Boyce to score.
The second goal came from a through pass by Perkins. Barnett misjudged the ball, centre forward Keogh pulled the ball back and Dobbie ran in – once again unmarked by a midfield player – to score. Beausejour was on the wing further upfield – close to the midfield contest where the pass came from and not necessarily out of position.
Ali consistently kicked the ball upfield to our three tiny forwards – Waghorn, McManaman and Maloney. They didn’t win many balls.
Was he following instructions or did Blackpool’s pressing game give him no choice?
If we do go up, Uwe has a better chance of keeping the squad together. We would, of course, need additional players, and our survival would depend on them.
The bottom half of the Premier League is not particularly intimidating just now. Let’s go for it and see how things turn out.
A month ago I thought we had a good a good chance of reaching the play-off final and doing well in that. I don’t feel so confident now.
I’d much rather finish 5th and play QPR. But today I’ll be glad to finish 6th and hope that we can recover our form to put on a good show against Derby.
I had planned to go away in the first week of May. I still don’t know what I will be doing. But I know that we’re not going to finish 3rd or 4th.
Both goals came from their right side so they must have suspected where our weak link was today.I sense a search for a new scapegoat now that Gomez is recognised as a hero.
We know Beausejour isn’t a traditional full back. He found his true role under Martinez as a wing back, covering the wing and putting in good crosses. But he has filled a gap at left back this season.
It doesn’t help to play Espinoza in front of him. Roger runs all over the pitch, and can’t be guaranteed to be there in defence when help is needed.
Both goals did come from Blackpool’s right. For the first goal, Beausejour was tracking the man with the ball. The ball was passed back to the unmarked Isaiah Osbourne to cross for Keogh to score.
For the second goal, Keogh beat Barnett on the goal line and pulled the ball back for Dobbie to score.
So Beausejour was not to blame for either goal. Did Beausejour play well? Not particularly. Did the team play well? Not at all.
Beausejour played his part in the defeat of Reading. It would be wrong to blame him for yesterday’s defeat by Blackpool.
Just a bit more tinkering fot tinkerings sake maybe.If Brentford had followed Rosler’s instruction on penalties, they would have been promoted last season.
Marcello Trotta’s spot-kick to leap-frog opponents Doncaster hits bar, Rovers break away and net to make themselves League One champs. Rosler said: “I don’t know what to say. Trotta was not my first choice to take the penalty.”
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Bobby has done to Everton what Moyes has done for 10 years. Got them just nearly to a champions league place. :lol:
PS you boring barsteward for looking back to find my post. :PYour mate Moysie is now on holiday in Florida, I’m told. I’m surprised you’re not with him. It’s a pity he couldn’t get Manchester United near to a Champions League place.
There are lots more pearls on Bottom Four Bob. Here’s another one – your prediction of the top four.
How Long Before “Bottom Four Bob” #121143
jrfatfan wrote;
Chelsea, Man U, Man C and Arsenal, will that do you?
Oh and I hope Everton get relegated.needless rotation caused us the same problems as befell Brentford last season.It depends whether you’re a glass half-empty or a glass half-full man.
You could just as well say that Rosler’s rotation took Brentford to the play offs last season and – in rather less than a season – has brought them within our grasp this year.
