David Moyes Plays Down Mancini Moment

Have to say but the milk in my morning coffee has curdled after looking at Moyes' face but if I have to suffer then you lot have to as well!! (lol)

Precious, pressssioussss We hates nasty City hobbits and will make them pay.....

Think i need a drink after that

Thanks for the input Rob, now back over to Vital Stoke, oh sorry I mean Vital Everton.

Darthgonzo - personally I'd rather see us play good football. Pumping long balls to a lone striker and feeding off the second ball in my view is horrible to watch.

BlueDub, I know what you mean and I feel the same way but if you want to get into the top four your squad have to play like three of them play...it doesnt have to be ugly all the time. I'd want us to be able to play appropriate to the opposition in front of us. But against Stoke and Everton to some degree you have to take it to them at their own game. Remember how he threw away the Goodison game by bringing Robinho on for Rocky? No other premiership manager would haave made that change. The starting lineup last night looked like it would struggle, I think we should have played 442, and not played Ireland because Tev works in the same space, and harder. The discipline of Everton is the foundation of all premiership title winners. The flair and squad depth comes on top, and Everton cant afford it. Arsenal fell away over the past five years because they lost it/sold it. Man U and Chelsea retain it, and thats why they are always strong. I think Hughes certainly understood that, as does Moyes, he just cant go out and buy it. We've taken two steps back to get a big name manager who is learning on the job. If we make the top 4 I dont think it will be down to him. It will be the personnel Hughes bought pulling it out the bag. For all he 'sorted out the defence' he had no choice cos Toure was away and we had 4 winnable games. We all knew Kompany was mustard. Now Toure is back and we are flapping. What Ned has to do to get a game I just dont know. Its like Mancini has never watched our previous performances. Ive said it before - it was the height of arrogance to immediately change the formation and style. It only needed tweaking and more discipline. Hughes had it right (apart from Toure). We looked amazing for the first half of the season, now if Johnson tires we have nothing. That cant be just down to the players. Its the way they are being coached and prepared for matches. bit of a rant but I still feel we've been robbed, by Cook and Marwood's short termism and ego. Mancini is not the villain for me, I hope I'm wrong about him...

I'll buy into it Bluedub! Like my old man said when Hughes got the push, "You knew it had to be like this. Our club will always do this to us. Get used to Mancini, and support him, until the next one.". For me, our biggest signing this summer (if Mancini stays) will be an assistant manager...

Wouldn't want a plate of that pasta!

fifthcolumnblue, if it guaranteed us fourth would you eat that pasta? Pass me the parmesan....i'm going in!

Everton's style of play is crude, yet effective. On Wednesday it was mostly just crude though.