soft spot for Everton ~ blue half of Liverpool ~ always a tough opponent for Chelsea..

there's an existing thread for toffees. y open new one wen can change d title?

best team in merseyside last season

I already annoying see # in facebook, now in football lounge also

Will close the existing thread:
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2086887
In future, kindly edit the thread title instead of creating a new thread unless this thread has reached 2500 posts.
TQ.

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David Moyes revealed he is 'much closer' to bringing Steven Pienaar to Everton on a permanent basis.

Chairman Bill Kenwright has reportedly been locked in talks with Tottenham over a £5million transfer deal for the South Africa playmaker, who spent the second half of last season on loan back at Goodison Park.

After a 1-1 draw with Motherwell in Stevie Hammell's testimonial at Fir Park, where Well midfielder Nicky Law levelled a first-half header from Shane Duffy, Goodison boss Moyes said: 'I think we are much closer to Pienaar and hopefully in time I will have something, but I don't quite have it yet.'

Dailymail.co.uk

Everton have agreed with Major League Soccer (MLS) that Tim Cahill can be transferred to the New York Red Bulls.

Tim, 32, will move to the Red Bulls for a nominal fee, subject to agreeing personal terms and passing a medical. He will travel to the US in the next few days.

He has played 278 times for Everton since his move from Millwall in 2004, scoring 68 goals. An Australian international with 55 caps, Tim has scored 24 times for his country.

EFC

The Sun

Soccernet

Daily Mail

Telegraph

Cahill's arrival was the product of David Moyes' thorough approach to scouting and the Scot's willingness to trawl the lower leagues was justified. Cahill's explosive second appearance set the tone for his stay; he was sent-off for celebrating a winner at the Etihad Stadium. A role as the scourge of Manchester City was a recurring theme; predictably, it was Cahill who scored the opener when Everton triumphed in Manchester during the big freeze of December 2010. In temperatures of minus nine degrees Celsius, the Australian was wearing a short-sleeved shirt. Gloves and snoods were never his style.

Perpetual running kept Cahill warm that night. He was an irrepressible, at times irresistible, underdog who harried the moneyed. Yet it was also the beginning of the end; thereafter, only three corner flags were punched in his final 52 Everton appearances. For six-and-a-half years, however, he was the closest to a guarantee of goals from midfield outside the elite. Five came against Liverpool, making Cahill Everton's record post-war derby scorer.

And yet it is not the statistics, the 278 games and 68 goals, that made Cahill the most significant player of Moyes' reign. He was emblematic of Everton, equipped with a never-say-die attitude and a willingness to battle. Phil Neville was the ultimate professional, Leighton Baines the lifelong Evertonian and Mikel Arteta the artist, but Cahill was the talisman.

Everton can confirm that we will now unfortunately not be participating in the inaugural Java Cup which was due to take place in Indonesia later this week.

Following a number of recently uncovered issues, concerned Club officials asked the tournament organisers for assurances about the competition, especially following the withdrawal of Galatasaray.

Initially, it was indicated that Nacional from Uruguay would replace the Turkish Champions but the identity of the participating clubs and the subsequent structure of the competition remained unconfirmed.

A Club spokesperson explained: "Club officials here in the UK and our forward planning/security team deployed to Jakarta at the weekend have repeatedly asked for clarity and assurances from the organisers on the issues but unfortunately have not received the answers we required in the timeframe necessary to ensure our participation.

"We are grateful for the support today of the Indonesian government in this matter, however the unresolved issues mean that the risk of travelling was too great.

EFC

Daily mail

Liverpool Echo

Everton have re-signed Steven Pienaar, with the playmaker returning to the club from Tottenham in a £4.5 million deal 18 months after moving to North London.

Pienaar, 30, left Goodison Park in January 2011 but after struggling to make an impact at Spurs following the £3 million move he was sent back to the Toffees on loan this January.

The South Africa international impressed during the second half of last season, prompting David Moyes to try to make the move permanent - with the two clubs believed to have been negotiating a deal for a number of weeks.

Everton have now confirmed on their official website that the transfer has been completed after Pienaar passed a medical on Tuesday, with the player signing a four-year contract.

"I am happy to be here. It took a few weeks to sort out but I am delighted to be back and excited to play for Everton," Pienaar told evertontv.

"There was no doubt in my mind that I would be back here. At the end of the season I told the manager how I felt and I am happy now it is all done."

Soccernet

BBC Sport

Dailymail

Guardian

HIBBERT SCORE!!! there gonna be a riot in goodison park

Everton have agreed an undisclosed fee with Manchester City for the transfer of Jack Rodwell.
The midfielder is set to undergo a medical with the Premier League champions on Sunday.

EFC

Soccernet

The Sun

bye2 rodwell........ wonder why moyes sell him off...that's 2 midfielders gone ie. Tim Cahill + Jack Rodwell....any reinforcements??

Francisco - or Francisco Santos Da Silva Junior to be exact - joined Everton on a free transfer in February 2012, penning a four-and-a-half year deal.

Born in Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, the young midfielder stepped up his footballing education after joining Benfica's well-renowned academy and has been capped twice by Portugal at Under-21 level.

Equally comfortable going forwards or back, Francisco is an energetic box-to-box midfielder who is happy in possession and can operate with either foot.

He is wearing Everton's number 30 shirt.

Pre season has given us a tantalising glimpse of Francisco Junior; a player who could  play a prominent role in the toffee’s midfield next season. In light of today’s news that Jack Rodwell is departing,  the player will fancy his chances of game time given that the pair play in a similar midfield role. This quick scout report will assess Junior’s playing style.

Going forward

From watching a couple of the pre season fixtures he appears to be competent in both the defensive and offensive phases of play. Offensively, he will look to take the ball of defenders and distribute to the flanks. Unlike Rodwell, he appears a very self confident character who is always looking to get on the ball. The former Benfica graduate is quick in possession and will enhance our moderate attacking tempo. The standard of opposition he has come up against is not really a good indicator but he looks capable of driving forward when required with very decent mobility and playing one two’s with the more advanced players.

With him, Gibson, Osman and Pienaar we have the players capable of a more proactive style next season on the ball, rather than the more reactive defensive game we are accustomed to.His rocket against Morecambe also showed he had a decent ping in his locker from outside the box.

Defensively

His physical frame isn’t as immense as Fellaini for instance, but in reality you could say that about every centre mid in the top flight. He seems very right footed. His high energy game would appear well suited to the Premier League and for the defensive phase of play. He’s well equipped to hassle opponents and can protect himself and shield the ball well.  Unlike the departing Rodwell he appears fairly durable with no history of recurring ailments. Whilst he is more right footed he has been deployed on the left side of centre prior to coming to Everton and would thus provide decent balance in a midfield 5 as shown here.

Conclusion

Junior has bags of potential and could be a useful squad player as the season unfolds.  Whilst I was a fan of Rodwell’s passing game and ability in the air, the deal could turn out to be an inspired bit of trading from Moyes given we will be getting a hefty wedge of cash from City – the same club whose youth squad we plucked Junior from for next to nothing.

SOS

John Guidetti, Dedryck Boyata dan Adam Johnson akan dipinjamkan ke Everton- salah satu syarat perjanjian Jack Rodwell.. Fuh! fuh! fuh!...kalau betul, Gooding-son

Everton are close to signing Kevin Mirallas, a versatile 24-year-old Belgian forward who plays his club football with Olympiakos.

The fee is understood to be in the region of £6m due to a clause in his contract and would represent around half of the fee the Goodison club received from Manchester City for Jack Rodwell only last weekend.

Belgium are playing Holland in a Brussels friendly on Wednesday evening and Mirallas is expected on Merseyside on Thursday for a medical and to complete the transfer.

The forward, who can operate on either wing as well as through the middle, has also played for Lille and St Etienne and was the top scorer in Greece with 20 league goals last season.

He has 27 caps with five goals and would link up again with his international team-mate Marouane Fellaini, who is about to start his fifth season at Goodison.

The Guardian

Toffee Scout Report: Deconstructing Kevin Mirallas

Belgian winger / forward Kevin Mirallas is in talks to become the latest Everton recruit of the transfer window. Let’s analyse what we could be getting….

Position

Deployed mostly as a striker in the Greek Super League, the double footed Belgian is equally effective playing as an inverted winger on either flank cutting inside, rarely going on the outside which is good as his crossing isn’t fantastic. The option of  playing him on the left  could release Pienaar into the number 10 role –  a position Mirallas is also comfortable in. Given our weakness on the right its more likely he will feature there..

Creativity

He loves tricks and in this respect is a bit like Ronaldo with step overs aplenty. He has two good feet (although he will invariably go with his right) so defenders are often not sure how to play him. His speed and ability to expedite  the defensive to offensive phases of play is his major asset and in this respect he is ideally suited to a reactive team like us who play counter attacking football.

He has craft as fellow suitor Arsene Wenger will testify after he created 8 chances against the Gunners in Olympiakos’ ecl win this season. He is always looking for the forward pass and in this respect will help our often slow attacking tempo.  ‘End product’ can be an issue though; for someone in a predominantly attacking role a career assist average of 2.75 per season is average.

The following stats are from his six appearances in Olympiakos champions league run last season in comparison to other players in the competition……

Ranked 14th for most shots per game (3.3)
Made 1.7 key passes per game
Joint 8th most fouled player (2.8 per game)
11 th most successful dribbles (2.5 per game)
4th most offsides (1.3 per game)
77.7% pass completion
38% Crossing Accuracy

Finishing

Whilst I’d guess he would be deployed on either flank he is a more than accomplished poacher with 20 goals from just 25 league games last season and he could be pushed further up field should Jelavic be sidelined. As a cautionary tale his time in France wasn’t quite as productive with just 15 goals from 153 starts. His strike rate at International level is 1 in 5 although remember he is often played out wide.

Off the ball

In the ECL he was used to playing in a reactive side with little possession so our strategy wouldn’t be too much of a culture shock. He has ok positional play and understands the principal of shape. In the ecl games he averaged 1.8 possession regains per game so in this respect he doesn’t work as hard off the ball as say Pienaar who registered 3.9 per game last season. His ability to win fouls is also notable as the stats above show; he is capable of drawing fouls with his quick feet and fast movement – he would rival suarez in this respect – however his simulation can be excessive and might not go down well with some of the traditionalists at L4.

Mentality

He has good self confidence with few off field issues, characterised by a decent disciplinary record on the pitch. In football psychology terms he would be classed as a Type B’ player (the best type) who have high ambition and low performance anxiety with limited fear of failure. In comparison with previous wide men, KM doesn’t have issues with authority or temperament problems like a drenthe for example or the high anxiety issues suffered by bilyaledtinov. The only caveat here is that his self confidence can sometimes be a weakness; for example he will often look to take everyone on and get a shot on goal even when its better to pass. Whilst it comes off regularly in a weak greek league it would need to be modified in the prem.

Verdict

This deal would basically solve the striking and wide right berth conundrums in one go,  delivering a  proven goalscorer with champions league and international pedigree. Age wise he is in the 22-27 bracket so also assists in Moyes desire to even out the imbalanced age group of the squad (plus re sale value). In this country £6m would get you half a reo coker, almost a jamie o hara and 2/3 of the championship kid soton signed from burnley. He is by no stretch of the imagination faultless and has areas of his game that need development but he has genuine game changing qualities and proven experience of delivering results in top flight european football. Put simply, It would be a corking transfer if it came off.

Source

Everton have today completed the signing of Belgian international Kevin Mirallas from Olympiakos.

The 24-year old arrives at Goodison Park after agreeing a four-year deal and passing a medical on Saturday evening. He will wear the number 11.

Discussions between the two clubs had been ongoing during the course of the last week and after an undisclosed fee was agreed late on Friday evening, Mirallas headed to Merseyside to complete the formalities.

Speaking exclusively to evertontv ahead of training with his new teammates for the first time at Finch Farm, he said: “I am very happy because Everton is a big club and for me it's a very good opportunity.

“I've known Everton have been following me for a while and after talking with the manager I decided coming to Everton was the best opportunity for me.

“I know this is a great club with great supporters and a club that has the ability to win a lot of games in the Premier League. That's why I came.”

Everton have won the signature of Mirallas ahead of a number of top European clubs who had reportedly been keeping close tabs on the forward player’s progress after he scored 20 goals in 25 appearances for Olympiakos in 2011/12.

"We're really pleased to get Kevin," said manager David Moyes. "He'll hopefully add a bit of quality to the squad, give us some more options and we need him. We've lost one of two players so we're delighted to get Kevin in."

Due to his signing taking place after Friday’s 12pm deadline, he will not be eligible to play in Monday’s Barclays Premier League opener with Manchester United but will be at Goodison Park and unveiled in front of what is hoped to be a capacity crowd.

Prior to his arrival in Greece, Mirallas had spells with St Etienne and Lille in France, having earlier started his career at his hometown club Standard Liege.

Mirallas, who can play behind the striker or on either wing, featured for his national team in last Wednesday's 4-2 win over Holland, a game watched by Blues boss David Moyes.

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Congrats Everton. U've done well against the English FA team of referees MAnu

Congrats Everton. U've done well against the English FA team of referees MAnu

Great to see Tony Hibbert career rejuvenate. I could almost swear his career with Everton nearly came to an end few season ago when the club signed plenty of defensive options, and Sheamus Coleman took his place few years ago.

What a week and what a match, congrats! 

now everton will be my second team....
bwahaha

great week for belgians .. With hazard,lukaku n felaini..

best left winger -
best england striker
best midfielder
best defender
best young keeper
best right winger
best moaning and complaining manager
best supported team by referee
best butthurt supporters

now they bising becoz ref dont help them.. ref aready give 4 minutes fergie time ..

Rodwell is a great business transaction
Perhaps we can do more.
AJ plus more money for Fellaini?

great game last night
you beat manchster united with the help of the ref
must be from rodwell transfer (under the table money)

now they bising becoz ref dont help them.. ref aready give 4 minutes fergie time ..

They always bising one la, born with big mouths.

Everton 1-0 Man United – Tactical Deconstruction

Teams & Formations

Everton lined up in the usual 4-4-1-1 with the same forward 6 players that played in the 4-4 draw at Old Trafford in May. Further back, Distin’s superior pace gave him the nod ahead of the unfortunate Heitinga. United went in with a 4-2-3-1 with Welbeck and Nani on the flanks with new signing Kagawa in ‘the hole’ behind Rooney. Rio Ferdinand’s injury meant that Carrick was deployed at centre half with Valencia at right back.  The game played out in a familiar manner, with 2 distinctive phases of play.

Phase 1 – Aggressive Attacking

Our main strategy was to maximise the colossal threat of Fellaini, playing a more direct game perhaps in response to United’s central defensive injury crisis. The Belgian was immense; as we noted last season our goals output goes up 50% in the games he plays in an advanced role to those he plays as a defensive midfielder. The Belgian received the ball 28 times in the final third last night with 49 touches in the final third which was more than any player from either side.

His aerial prowess was crucial and in a more than deliberate tactic we looked to bypass Vidic and get the ball forward to Fellaini who was looking to pull onto the back of United’s fullbacks to win diagonal balls from Howard and Baines. This perhaps doesn’t do Fellaini justice – his chest control for example is better than anyone in the Premier League by a distance. He made plenty of gains and United couldn’t handle his physical prowess as the game developed. Firstly he outmuscled Valencia and rolled Carrick to hit the post, and then he provided a knock down for Osman to strike the bar.

It was third time unlucky for United though; Fellaini again dominated Carrick (the hapless stand-in centre back won just 28% of his aerial duels) as the curly haired dynamo shrugged off his attention to arrow home a great Darron Gibson centre to send Goodison into raptures.

Phase 2 – Containment

With the goal in the bag ‘Operation Goodison’ shutdown commenced. United dominated possession, moving from 64% control in the first half to 69% in the second. This is nothing new for us though. For example, the wins against Man City, Chelsea, Spurs & Swansea last season were achieved with an average possession of just 35% with Moyes happy to retreat 10 yards, concede possession and get as many men behind the ball as possible.

Whilst United dominated possession (692 v 308 passes), they were less incisive getting the ball into the box and creating threatening chances. The Blues had significantly less touches (571 v 933) but crucially we had more touches in United ‘s penalty box than they did ours (42 v 27) with us having 22% of our chances in their 6 yard box compared to United’s 0% in ours. The below image shows this nicely with United’s passing meeting a brick wall around our penalty box…..

With the centre of the pitch congested United were attacking down the flanks rather than utilise Kagawa through the middle with an emphasis on crossing which we were happy with given our organisation and prowess in defending such situations. United’s crossing accuracy was poor with just 17% accuracy, half the figure we chalked up. Van Persie’s introduction on the right side had limited rewards and he cut something of a peripheral figure as United continued to chase the game with minimal gains.

Jagielka’s display in the defensive phase was crucial; he won a crucial one on one with Welbeck following a great through ball from Kagawa and then foiled United’s best chance of the game, sensing the danger to clear Cleverleys shot of the line. Distin also performed heroically with some crucial headers at the death.

In Summary….

This was a classic Everton display of recent times and was very much an extension of what happened from January onwards last season at Goodison. On this form Fellaini is unplayable and his aggression combined with our ability to win the second balls around him were crucial in the attacking phase of play. Defensively we are resolute – Goodison is a real fortress with 7 clean sheets in our last 10 games at home – and in truth we never looked like conceding with United creating little from their large share of possession. In summary, this was a well deserved victory and a great start to the campaign.

Good business for the Toffees too! selling an injury-prone player for 15mil.. Then can use the money to buy 2~3 players.. Nice!
After saw the MU match, do u think Moyes is willing to sell fellaini?? hehehe..
i saw the whole match.. i think the ref did a quite good job.. Nothing controversial can be mentioned..
& even the commentator do said Everton deserved the win.. but of coz, every1 will b biased on the team they support..
Just move on & play well for the next match.. Can't carry away cuz the season is just begin!

Rodwell will get his 3R's (recuperation, recovery & rest) if he is injured which he will not at Goodison Park because of limited resources. It's a  a career enhancing move. See already he is a starter displacing a WC Dutch player to the bench.  

City can afford Fellaini, can Moyes afford to let his marquee player go? Already Fellaini fellained and stuffed the daylights out of MU team. 

All football cognoscenti can attest that Everton was the superior team over MU. Only plastics (blinded by smokes and mirrors) or retards (by dint of sheer arrogance) can't accept it. 

Marriner did a decent job. He should have sent Scholes off for his bad tackling and fouls from behind.

All Hail Toffee's New Dunc


At 1.94m; Fellaini is big; + his hairdo is bigger than big mama...

All Hail Toffee's New Dunc
At 1.94m; Fellaini is big; + his hairdo is bigger than big mama...

actually 2 meter height.. if you include the hair..   

"Best way to stop Marouane Fellaini is to pull his hair" says Everton FC team-mate Phil Jagielka

LOL   

n im waiting for the day his hair grow to this level

3-0 first half...
pienaar,fellaini and jelavic...

 
yalo.. watching now.. played very well.. villa def v bad...
hopefully mirallas will sub in later n score a late goal.. hehe!!

next game vs WBA... both side strong start...
our neighbor redhalf will play arsenal...do or die for both..
bluemerseyside is leading by 5 pts....

---------------------Mucha---------------------

----Coleman--Heitinga--Duffy--Garbutt----

-----Naismith--Barkley--Junior--Gueye-----

-----------Anichebe-------Mirallas-----------

Tonight Carling Cup vs Leyton Orient.. line up & score prediction?

i predict 4-0 win, with following line up:-
 

tonite my frens..dont forget

hopefully got live.. last nite, salah tgk schedule.end up watching Nott Forest vs Wigan.. damn!!!

eh.. try forward the Astro schedule.. macam tak ada la bang! golf US Open ada la... LOL!!

EVERTON 5-0 Leyton Orient
Summer signing Kevin Mirallas marked his home debut with the opening goal following a clever Steven Naismith pass, before setting up Leon Osman to make it 2-0.
Mirallas added his second, with Victor Anichebe rifling in a fourth from distance to utterly crush the Londoners. Magaye Gueye's fifth in the second half completed the rout and booked Everton's place in the next round.
The Blues handed Belgian summer signing Mirallas a start and he operated in a free role just off Anichebe.

everton, swansea, and westbrom as well as fulham has impressed me so far.. look out for these teams! EVERTONNNN

whos watching chelski vs atletico?? tonite mangg....

tonite i predict a 3-0 win..

funnily enuf no club come & kacau fellaini during transfer windows.     

funnily enuf no club come & kacau fellaini during transfer windows.     

WBA will be tough game.. one of the bogey team..

How is Fellaini playing today?

How is Fellaini playing today?

Fellani played quite well.. few chances.. Everton lost because of defending error.. gap was too wide..
Everton dominated the possesion at beginning.. game changed after Gibson injured..
& Pienaar played below-par.. referee was also part of cause... haizzz~~

Let's see how RVP play tomolo ya..   

RVP hat trick tomorrow...

As promised yesterday, RVP scored a hat trick today     
I am really good at prediction

RVP hat trick tomorrow...

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Added on September 3, 2012, 12:57 am

As promised yesterday, RVP scored a hat trick today     

I am really good at prediction

huh!! rugi tak letak kapten..

LOL~~~ fantasy?? which 1??