Premier League day one: Blackburn 1 – Everton 0
There really is nothing like losing your first game to leave you completed dejected. Today started full of promise, with all of our players back from injury, no one could stop us, except of course for the hard-hitting Blackburn Rovers. At times, we looked like a team that had never played together before. Which simply isn’t the case, since we didn’t start any of our new signings. Moyes seems to have the “England syndrome,” playing players based solely on what they have done for the club, not what they could do today. In my opinion, if we want to challenge for the top four or even the league we have to drop some of our heart and relegate them to the bench to come on if we need them. Neville is not good enough for a top-flight team anymore. He is too slow and probably hasn’t made a good pass in years. It’s time for him to retire and join the coaching staff. I’d also really like to know what Coleman has to do to make the team. He wasn’t even on the bench! Our substitute for Neville, if he had come off was Hibbert! This is simply unacceptable. Our defense looked terrible at times, our midfield sometimes nonexistent and our attack left by the wayside. The solution to having nothing going down the right was to move Pienaar over. Why would you change a player’s position when the only thing working for the team, was his partnership with Baines.
I won’t even bother talking about possibly the worst goal-keeping error in recent history, because I’d rather just forget about that and focus on what needs to change. Here is the team I would like to see Everton play:
Howard
Coleman Jagielka Heitinga Baines
Fellaini
Bily? Arteta Rodwell Pienaar
Beckford or Saha
I’m still hopeful for the season, but fear next week against Wolves will be a repeat of today. Fingers crossed it won’t.
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