Like a feature length Shane Meadows 80's film though, the whole arrangement sort of leaves you cold and wanting more. Sure, the undoubted quality is there and not to be sniffed, snorted or scoffed at, but any chance of a bit of an explanation Landon/Shane? Love your work and that lads but where does it all end?? Everton will undoubtedly need all the experience, pace and positivity that someone like the Donavan brings for the 9 games he is available. But its a bit like being a homeless over the festive period, somebody walking over to your doorway shelter on Christmas day with a steaming hot Roast Dinner and asking ''are you hungry mate?'', fighting back the salivation in your chops you whimper ''yes'' gratefully. Then, with frost infused tears hardening on your cheeks the purveyor of said dinner slams two red hot gravy coated Sprouts into your mouth and walks off scoffing the rest and asking you to be grateful for their Yuletide charity. Talk about little victories.
Norwich then, the high flying Canaries, annoyingly fluttering just above Everton after two impressive wins versus Newcastle and QPR recently. This would be a handy little victory if the blues can pull it off. Everybody's sure fire relegation candidates alongside Swansea who come to Goodison next Wednesday could give all Evertonians the festive cheer they need going into the congested fixture u-bend that is Christmas and New Year.
Paul Lambert's side will supposedly come and try and play football on Saturday, which is nice. But Everton would do well to take heed of how they got past Newcastle last week with some direct football and smattering of good old fashioned 'aerial fire-power'. It'd also be nice not to have to think about what the mighty Norwich will come and try and do to us and just impose ourselves on them relentlessly for 90 minutes. But such is the stale nature and fragile confidence of Moyes team just now, its needs fucking must.
The club issued a piss poor statement on Drenthe's injury finally, fundamentally saying he hasn't fallen out with anybody at the club, his ankles a little bit goosed, but he needs to work harder to prove he's worth a deal. He should just personally courier a video of Bilyaletdinovs stand in role for the 3 games he's been out to Moyes on Christmas morning, that should do the trick.
Other than that, the likelihood is that we will see much of the same going into this match, with one up front on their own, most likely Saha. Barkley seems to have self combusted, Vellios has come back down to earth after people having him down as a latter day John Charles and Conor McAleeny still hasnt felt a womans bare breast. So will we take advantage of the so called lesser beings that are Nowrich City, then go on and trample Swansea City next week in a similar feat of old fashioned chivalrous ruthlessness? God only knows.
Up the Toffees.
seconded terry la.
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