Things going in Everton's favour are the fact they played in Krakow on Thursday night and arguably got beat as a result of a dubious sending off and may be a bit knackered. Rankles a bit dunnit? Things going against us are the fact that Everton's manager seems at the very pit of one of his big moany, ginger sulks and the fact that on the field we don't look good enough to beat eleven Cotswold Legbars, never mind eleven finely tuned premier league athletes.
People are pointing at the signing a clubless(not a typo) James McFadden as sure fire sign of Moyes's financial frustrations or even more outlandishly a sort of covert bat signal to Everton fans or dare i say it, The Blue Union, that ''this is what ive got to work with these days lads, shit innit?...''. Balls to that. Were just very, very thin on the ground for attacking options, Moyes knows what he's all about, he knows what the clubs all about and it gives us an extra body at a tough time. Not one to get the pulse racing, but thems the breaks. Desperate? Yes. Embaressing? No.
Team selection is going to be big in this game and you have to ask yourself just how long Moyes can carry on sticking to a formula that this season, just hasn't worked. The fans are crying out for a bit of positivity from the beginning of games and a break from the norm. Is Moyes purposely trying to get on peoples tagues or is he just really, really stubborn and genuinely confident that the current tactics and team selection will come good? Fans are far more accepting going under having a go, than they are playing conservatively and getting beat. Its getting to the stage where something has to give. Which is it gonna be? It would be genuinely thrilling to see two up front, with Velios partnering Saha and the likes of Royston Drenthe or even ickle Woss Barkley given the nod from the start. Things feel stale in other areas of the pitch too and maybe some of Moyes's shoe in regulars need their feathers ruffling a bit to stir us out of this slump.
Turning all the negativity on its head, maybe this is exactly the type of game we need just now. It's always a scrappy affair down there and there have been numerous fondly remembered squabbles with their various cast off's, failures and rejects they've employed over the years. Moyes and the team have to look at the perilous fixture situation for what it is and do what they do best, maybe the only thing they can do. Grind out results when their backs are against the wall. Get stuck right into these, mix it up a bit and three points could well be ours, you just dont know until you try.
Do it Dave.
''The gold road's sure a long road, winds on through the hills for fifteen days, the pack on my back is aching, the straps seem to cut me like a knife...''
Up the Toff's.
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