Everton 1 Man City 0 (Gibson)

dunno why we were worried, we normally stuff these......

Moyes' looks like the weight of the world is off his shoulders

GET IN!!!

Did us proud out there. Hibbo and Heitinga were amazing at the back, gave nothing away. Fellaini excellent once again and the Stracq gave everything.

Donovan's workrate was superb. Both CBs superb. Stracq immense.

What a great performance. City fans already having a moan.

And we're in the top half

bit of a let down for the BU as well .....

its all good ....

I think that's the first game I've enjoyed this season. Dogs of War stuff. Hindsight I know - but I fancied us to win this from the kick off. Goodison was rocking tonight - hope its given the new boy an idea of what the club's about. Mind you, he's going to be unpopular if he takes Straq's place, the fans love him

hairy cataract wrote:I think that's the first game I've enjoyed this season. Dogs of War stuff. Hindsight I know - but I fancied us to win this from the kick off. Goodison was rocking tonight - hope its given the new boy an idea of what the club's about. Mind you, he's going to be unpopular if he takes Straq's place, the fans love him

Bollocks you did mate

Up to a ninth a point behind Stoke!!

I think Cahill has been coaching Strak on attitude.....

2158: David Moyes embraces his players and pumps his fists to the fans as he descends down the Goodison tunnel. It has been a big day for the Toffees with a win and a brand-new striker to show off.

Just back from the meeting - and I get to see that we won! Need to read this thread when I get home.

Armchair Evertonian wrote:

hairy cataract wrote:I think that's the first game I've enjoyed this season. Dogs of War stuff. Hindsight I know - but I fancied us to win this from the kick off. Goodison was rocking tonight - hope its given the new boy an idea of what the club's about. Mind you, he's going to be unpopular if he takes Straq's place, the fans love him

Bollocks you did mate

fuck off, I did! I said to myself, we're going to win this. Then I said, hold on, Drenthe, Gibson, Neville and Baxter are all fucking shit, we're going to get stuffed. And then I said, stop talking to yourself you cunt.

Apart from Nasri's long-ranger, City had no decent chances. They had plenty of the ball in the final third but we defended superbly.

MOTD tonight: 1.Eve/M.City, 2.Man U/Stoke, 3.Wolves/L'pool, 4.Swans/Chel, 5.Spurs/Wigan

First on MOTD!

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Apart from Nasri's long-ranger, City had no decent chances. They had plenty of the ball in the final third but we defended superbly.

Any stand out players? I see the Straq being mentioned above.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Apart from Nasri's long-ranger, City had no decent chances. They had plenty of the ball in the final third but we defended superbly.

Any stand out players? I see the Straq being mentioned above.

Hard to pick one Thor. Hibbo and J5 solid at CB. Felli great in midfield. Straq ran his socks off. Donovan provided a great outlet and tracked back really well. Royston was...well, Royston.

Armchair Evertonian wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Apart from Nasri's long-ranger, City had no decent chances. They had plenty of the ball in the final third but we defended superbly.

Any stand out players? I see the Straq being mentioned above.

Hard to pick one Thor. Hibbo and J5 solid at CB. Felli great in midfield. Straq ran his socks off. Donovan provided a great outlet and tracked back really well. Royston was...well, Royston.

Heitinga Sky MOTM. Thought he kept his shape really well. We never got stretched at the back and a lot of credit goes to him and Hibbo. Felly really playing well lately and if Gibson can step up like he did in second half then we might have a decent finish.

Hibbo for England!

And because of the result, no-one will remember fatty handcuffing himself to the post.

BBC Radio 5 live pundit Danny Mills: "Manchester City just started the game very poorly, very lacklustre. They lacked drive and authority in the middle of the park. They have talented footballers but they seemed to have no direction. Everton were very well organised and caught them on the break on more than one occasion. There really wasn't anything between the two sides."

Bluejags wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Apart from Nasri's long-ranger, City had no decent chances. They had plenty of the ball in the final third but we defended superbly.

Any stand out players? I see the Straq being mentioned above.

Hard to pick one Thor. Hibbo and J5 solid at CB. Felli great in midfield. Straq ran his socks off. Donovan provided a great outlet and tracked back really well. Royston was...well, Royston.

Heitinga Sky MOTM. Thought he kept his shape really well. We never got stretched at the back and a lot of credit goes to him and Hibbo. Felly really playing well lately and if Gibson can step up like he did in second half then we might have a decent finish.

Gibson only came to life after he'd scored. My gut feeling is he's not going to be very good for us. Still, he did win the game for us today so

Moyes saying on SSN that he needs to get away from the interview if he's to have a chance of signing anyone else. Intriguing.