Everton’s Demise: Confusing and Disappointing
Posted by Brian on August 24, 2009 | 5 Comments
While I can’t hide my glee at the Premier League being back in action, with all of that joy comes a bit of sadness. As a Manchester United fan I’ve already witnessed the ups and downs that every Premiership season brings, but even outside of my own club I have already experienced some dreadful emotions.
Everton Football Club brings the most sadness for me. While I’m not a diehard Toffees fan by any stretch of the imagination, I have always found a soft spot inside for the hard working people’s club of Liverpool. Couple that with the fact that they’ve got the USA’s number one goalkeeper, and you’ve got a second team of choice for any American.
This season, though, has brought far too much disappointment for David Moyes and his men. Two matches into their season, and two losses later, Everton fans – and football fans in general – are still scratching their heads at Everton’s woes.
I, for one, can’t put a finger on their problems. Look around the pitch and you’ll see some of the most exciting talent in the league. The defense in front of Tim Howard (who is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premiership) is solid: Phil Neville, Leighton Baines, Joseph Yobo, and Phil Jagielka are just some of the talented and experienced heads in the back.
Everton’s midfield is even better. Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini combine to form one of the Premier League’s most balanced midfields. Steven Pienaar and Mikel Arteta are two of the most skilled wingers with the ball at their feet, and goals have never been a problem for this foursome.
Up top Everton enjoys a wealth of riches. Louis Saha, while he missed his penalty against Burnley, has proven that he knows how to score. Combined with Jo and Yakubu, the Toffees front line has goals, pace, and power to spare.
Their manager is no slouch, either. David Moyes is one of the most proven managers in the world, and the man often tipped to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at United has a lot to figure out. The distraction of Joleon Lescott should end soon with his move to City imminent, and injuries to key players such as Yakubu and Mikel Arteta should be resolved soon.
So perhaps it’s that Lescott distraction, or maybe it’s the injuries. Whatever it is, Everton’s disappointing start to the season is a bit confusing for football fans. With so much talent spread around the pitch, Everton could find themselves challenging the top four for a Champions League spot. In order to do that, though, Everton will need to sort themselves out. Fast.
Brian Lofrumento writes at Premiership Talk.
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August 24th, 2009 @ 4:04 PM
Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated. Also to whoever wrote this article, Jagielka is injured so is Arteta and so is Yakubu. Also Fellaini and Cahill is not a balanced midfield Fellaini tries to take all the same positions as Cahill making one of them effectively useless when they are played together. Also Everton are terrible down the right, Osman is not a right sided midfielder and Hibbert is a woeful fullback. Couple this with no new signings and the reason for Everton’s poor start seems pretty obvious.
August 24th, 2009 @ 4:08 PM
arteta is injured, jags is injured, yak is only just back from injury. this article is pointless and clearly written by someone who knows nothing about everton. why did you write it? its fine to have a soft spot for everton and im sure you mean well but dont write a powderpuff piece about why everton have started poorly if you dont know who is actually playing.
August 24th, 2009 @ 5:56 PM
the blame lies well and truly at the door of bill kenwright,year after year we have this same problem.no money to spend and have to sell one player per year to fund moyses transfer fund.
every year moyes performs miracles to keep the side in the top half.
add this to the fact that kenwright is trying to move everton away from the city they play in,most evertonians are in agreement that they want him to sell the club and go away.
August 24th, 2009 @ 9:11 PM
Oh I forgot to say……Typical Man U fan!
August 25th, 2009 @ 3:19 PM
Everton brings the ‘most sadness to you’?
Is this guy for real?
Why is this? Because we got a pasting off Arsenal on the opening day and we under-performed at Burnley? (both can be linked with the Lescott saga; I don’t care what Moyes, Saha, Neville or anyone says – it’s had a massive effect on the team).
“Phil Neville, Leighton Baines, Joseph Yobo, and Phil Jagielka are just some of the talented and experienced heads in the back.”
“Just some”?, what are you talking about? Correct me if I’ve missed something (and no, I haven’t) but are they not the only defenders that we currently have…?
You’ve made this article sound so woeful that it sounds like we’re heading for relegation or something. It’s not on.
The squad doesn’t have enough depth (which hopefully Moyes can sort out come the transfer deadline – and I’m confident he will; we’ve signed Diniyar Bilyaletdinov today), and some of our main men (Jags, Arteta, Anichebe, the Yak – who’s now back in training) are injured, the majority of which were out for a big chunk of last season.
It’s a miracle that Moyes was able to guide us to fifth and get us into the FA final last season on such limited resources for the majority of the campaign. But that was last season, we haven’t added anyone into our squad and some of our key men are still out injured. Simple as that. We were bound to have a struggle starting off this season. Plus, we’re not exactly famous for getting off to a blinding start of the season, are we?
Just leave the “worrying” about Everton to us eh! I think you’ll be having your own issues to worry about this season.