Toffee Chatroom - Everton FC

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Garage1

Joleon Lescott
Our leading goal scorer continues his on-fire form in front of goal. Played out of position but still managed to be Everton's best defender. Apart from his goal Lescott was the only Everton defender looking comfortable at the back. His runs up the left flank were very impressive if only he could figure out how to cross a ball. Very good performance.
Rating: 8

Joleon is now in the England team!! Hurray!

Originally Posted by Garage1

bro tom, mokermania? how how how??? shall we???? or no?????
what do u guys think?

Why not? But I really dunno where the place is...

[tomvoyeur]

Moyes aims to be 'great leader'

Boss Moyes was talking just hours after bringing his squad back from Kharkiv in Ukraine, where Everton had achieved a remarkable 3-2 second-leg win in their UEFA Cup qualifying tie, 4-3 on aggregate.

Having seen his team lose out in the Champions League and UEFA Cups two years ago, Moyes clearly cherished the moment.

He now attempts to revive tired bodies and minds in time for Sunday's Premier League trip to Newcastle, but with the knowledge that Everton will be in Tuesday's group stages draw in Nyon, Switzerland.

Moyes said: "There is nobody with bigger expectations for this club than me, and yes, they have been raised over recent years which means there is some pride and relief that we have finally made this next step up to European level.

"The supporters, too, have those expectations and it is up to us to meet them. But I expect David Moyes to be managing teams in Europe, I expect to have winning teams and good footballing teams.

"That is my job. If you want to be a great leader then you have to have big expectations and I want to be a great leader of a great football club."

He added: "We have been trying to bring it back to a high level. It is more than six years or so without any real success here.

"We are just trying to get this club back on a proper footing for a club of this size. I believe there will be a bigger and better Everton in the future, this is only the start.

"We got very close to it two years ago. We are a big club and not in Europe. In perspective we have only got through the qualifier, we have not won anything.

"We have not done anything. But this is the beginning of where we want to go. Blackburn, Bolton, Middlesbrough have all been in Europe and reached cup finals. We have had to get over this first hurdle.

"We have not managed that in the Champions League, UEFA Cup and our own cups. We have had three top-seven finishes in five years, so this is the next step.

"My relief was probably because of how the supporters felt after we lost in Bucharest, it hurt them and it hurt me. It took me and the team a long while to get over that disappointment, so I was well aware that getting knocked out of Europe can affect your league form.

"That was why it was important. They gave us as many problems as Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea. That is why it was a great result."

Everton will give a late fitness test to striker Andrew Johnson, who missed the win over Metalist with a groin injury.

And Moyes said: "The mood in the camp is not surprisingly, excellent. Very confident. We had a long trip back from the Ukraine and have not had much sleep but everyone is raring to go again.

"We now have to prepare a side in just a couple of days, for Newcastle on Sunday.

"But the confidence will carry us on. We have won three games now in a week and we want to build on that. Starting at Newcastle.

"The draw is on Tuesday and there are some pretty good teams in there, but we will concentrate on Newcastle and wait to see who we get in our group now.

"The boys are tired, but I am not too bothered about that. The games coming quickly can work in your favour because everyone is still on a high.

"We did not play to our best, but we dug out a result and that showed that we have great courage and determination.

"Metalist are a good side, they gave us as many problems as anyone in the Premier League has done, but we were able to change tactics and that showed a flexibility."

- More good times ahead for Toffees!

[Garage1]

hope we can beat newcastle tonight! good luck boys!!!!!!!

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Garage1

hope we can beat newcastle tonight! good luck boys!!!!!!!

An Everton victory coupled with a win for Tottenham tonight will make up for a splendid evening indeed!

[Garage1]

Originally Posted by tomvoyeur

An Everton victory coupled with a win for Tottenham tonight will make up for a splendid evening indeed!

bro, a very not good evening LAH! spurs fail to beat pool and we lost to newcastle!
if we had won, we will have sneak into 4th plc

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Garage1

bro, a very not good evening LAH! spurs fail to beat pool and we lost to newcastle!
if we had won, we will have sneak into 4th plc

Sadly, we are sitting at 10th place now after a night of disapointment.

[mokermania]

Originally Posted by tomvoyeur

Sadly, we are sitting at 10th place now after a night of disapointment.

ya loh and AJ will be out of actions for a month.....
sian.....jus after he had scored......

[tomvoyeur]

Tykes ace Howard going nowhere

It had been widely speculated over the weekend that the 24-year-old midfielder had handed in a transfer request after hearing of potential interest from David Moyes at Goodison Park, but both club and player have vehemently denied the reports.

Barnsley manager Simon Davey told the club's official website: "Brian has not - in any way - requested a transfer from Barnsley Football Club."

And Howard confirmed: "I signed a two-year contract in the summer and I'm going nowhere.

"My future is here at Barnsley Football Club. You cannot pay any attention to what you read in the papers."

Howard, who arrived at Oakwell from Swindon in June 2005, has been in fine form this season, his six goals helping the Tykes climb to sixth place in the table.

- any feedback on this fellow???

[WRX_STI]

Clubs await UEFA Cup draw

Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers will be among the second seeds in Tuesday's draw (12.00 CET) for the group stage of the UEFA Cup but Everton are in the group of third seeds.

The draw will see the 40 clubs seeded in one of five pots according to their UEFA co-efficient.

Tottenham just missed out on being one of the leading eight clubs - they are in ninth spot.

Scotland's representatives Aberdeen are among the bottom eight clubs.

It means all the British clubs face the prospect of being in a group with one of the top seeds including Villarreal from Spain and German giants Bayern Munich.

The 40 clubs will be drawn into eight groups of five, with each team playing two home and two away matches. Clubs from the same national association cannot be drawn in the same group.

The top three in each group will join the sides finishing third in the Champions League groups for the knock-out rounds, starting with 32 teams.

Pot one: Villarreal (Spa) UEFA coefficent 78.374, Bayern Munich (Ger) 73.640, AZ Alkmaar (Hol) 63.995, Panathinaikos (Gre) 55.415, Basle (Swi) 54.869, Bordeaux (Fra) 49.706, Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) 45.640, Anderlecht (Bel) 41.594.

Pot two: Tottenham (Eng) 40.618, Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus) 38.920, Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) 38.920, Sparta Prague (Cze) 37.851, AEK Athens (Gre) 36.415, Hamburg (Ger) 34.640, Bolton (Eng) 32.618, Austria Vienna (Aut) 30.104.

Pot three: Spartak Moscow (Rus) 27.920, Braga (Por) 27.107, Galatasaray (Tur) 26.791, Getafe (Spa) 25.374, Atletico Madrid (Spa) 25.374, Everton (Eng) 24.618, Fiorentina (Ita) 21.808, Stade Rennais (Fra) 20.706.

Pot four: Hapoel Tel Aviv (Isr) 19.338, Red Star Belgrade(Ser) 19.256, Copenhagen (Den) 19.129, Toulouse (Fra) 17.706, Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) 17.533, Panionios (Gre) 16.415, Nuremberg (Ger) 14.640, Mlada Boleslav (Cze) 13.851.

Pot five: Aris Thessaloniki (Gre) 13.415, Aberdeen (Sco) 11.064, FC Zurich (Swi) 9.869, Larissa (Gre) 8.415, Aalborg (Den) 7.129, Brann (Nor) 6.509, Elfsborg (Swe) 4.478, Helsingborgs (Swe) 3.478.

[Garage1]

Group A
Team P W D L F A Pts
AZ Alkmaar (Ned) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Everton (Eng) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuremberg (Ger) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larissa (Gre) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Garage1

Group A
Team P W D L F A Pts
AZ Alkmaar (Ned) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Everton (Eng) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuremberg (Ger) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larissa (Gre) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Doesnt look too difficult on paper. Lets hope that Toffees can make it past this round!

[tomvoyeur]

Everton are planning a £3million bid for Barnsley pair Dennis Souza and Heinz Muller.

Can they turn out to be another Tim Cahill?

PS: Hows the gathering on 20th? I am more keen on SOD's being our venue rather than SSC.

[Garage1]

latest update from the gathering on the 20th.. for all whom are interested


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Can we avoid a "split" again please? Tony is working on someone from TNP coming along to SOD's, it's an early kick off, plus Sunday is "Everton Day" in TNP, so an opportunity to really establish SESC.

Please let's take this - if all goes well this will be featured on the usual fan sites, and I'll send to the PR people at Everton to see if they want to mention it on the Official Site - as long as the result is favourable!!!

Matt
Tony Koe - can you call me on 9297 XXXX please? Ta.

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Looks like they are trying to get TNP reporter to cover this match from the everton corner! wahahhah

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Garage1

latest update from the gathering on the 20th.. for all whom are interested


below are excerpts---------------------------------

Can we avoid a "split" again please? Tony is working on someone from TNP coming along to SOD's, it's an early kick off, plus Sunday is "Everton Day" in TNP, so an opportunity to really establish SESC.

Please let's take this - if all goes well this will be featured on the usual fan sites, and I'll send to the PR people at Everton to see if they want to mention it on the Official Site - as long as the result is favourable!!!

Matt
Tony Koe - can you call me on 9297 XXXX please? Ta.

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Looks like they are trying to get TNP reporter to cover this match from the everton corner! wahahhah

What we are missing is an Everton win to make the evening perfect! Haa.

[Garage1]

fresh update from the everton sg email databse ---------


WEAR YOUR COLOURS!!!

You have been warned: There will be a photographer present, plus The New Paper will feature it, but as they haven't got any journo's spare, they've asked me to write it and submit immediately after the game. I'll allso be interviewing some Liverpool Fans over at the Cavern earlier in the day...

Also, ESPN are going to get back to me later, but they may send a cameraman and reporter down to do a quick video grab to feature on Nokia Football Crazy - I've told them to do it before the game, as in the unlikely event we lose, we won't be in the mood to talk!!!

Let's raise the roof on Saturday and cheer the Blues on to victory over our nearest and dearest!!!!

Then, for me, it's the Rugby World Cup Final at 3am. Reckon I'll be pretty tired come Sunday!

M
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