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Editor at Read Everton and contributor to Read Motorsport
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Roberto Martinez cut a frustrated figure on the touchline yesterday, as the Blues slumped to a third home defeat of the season at the hands of Leicester City. Had the Blues been outplayed by the surprise league leaders? Hardly. Once again, for what feels like the umpteenth week running, the Toffees’ soft centre cost them […]
The Opposition – Bournemouth The Cherries have found the step up to Premier League football tough. After winning the Championship last season, Eddie Howe’s team sit second from bottom on 9 points. Just the two league victories from 13 games isn’t a return that suggests Premier League survival is on the cards. Perhaps their biggest […]
The Opposition – Aston Villa After Tim Sherwood steered them away from relegation and took them to an FA Cup final last season, things quickly took a nosedive for the Villans. Just the one league victory, away to Bournemouth on the opening day, has left them propping up the table after 12 games, 5 points […]
Leighton Baines has described how the injury to his ankle on the eve on the new season left him feeling “sick”, in an interview with the ECHO. The England international was absent towards the end of the last campaign in order to undergo ankle surgery to put an end to a long term issue. Baines […]
The Opposition – West Ham United It’s been quite a start to life as a Premier League manager for former Blue Slaven Bilic. Three consecutive wins away at Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City, scoring seven and conceding just one, is nothing short of remarkable. In fact, it’s title winning away form. But let’s not carried […]
The Opposition – Sunderland The Black Cats tried and tested philosophy is well underway once again this season. For those that aren’t familiar, the previous three seasons have gone something like; 1) Start poorly, 2)Change the manager, 3)Beat Newcastle in the new man’s second game in charge, 4)stay in the Premier League. Following Sam Allardyce’s […]
The Opposition – Norwich City A club quickly developing a reputation as a yo-yo side, the Canaries returned to the top flight this season after a year’s absence. They find themselves in 16th place in the league, with 9 points from 10 games. They seem pretty handy going forward, albeit lacking a significant goal scoring […]
The Opposition – Arsenal Many peoples tip for the title at the start of the season, the Gunners have responded to the surprise opening day defeat to West Ham with 6 wins from 8 games, leaving them second in the table. In Europe, their form has been quite perplexing. Defeats to Dinamo Zagreb and Olymipiakos […]
The 3-0 defeat to Manchester United at Goodison Park yesterday was not the fitting tribute to Howard Kendall we all hoped for. The news of the sad and sudden passing of the club’s greatest ever manager yesterday morning left everyone involved with the club devastated. It’s easy to look for excuses for the defeat, but […]
Everton could be set to miss out on an Italian centre-back once again, according to the Express. Inter Milan’s Andrea Ranocchia, 27, was on Roberto Martinez’s radar in the summer as a potential replacement for John Stones, and it is thought that the Spaniard may move again for him in January. Ranocchia is keen on […]
Kevin Mirallas has his work cut out to nail down a regular starting place this season. The Belgian has only started one league game so far; the opening day draw against Watford, whilst he played 110 minutes and scored in the League Cup extra time win at Barnsley. The frustration at a lack of game […]
When Craig Dawson headed West Brom into a 2-0 lead last Monday, it looked as though, despite a promising start to the campaign, the blues had reverted to last season’s guise. 2 goals down away to a Tony Pulis team; you’d have given the very best teams in the league little chance of salvaging a […]