Rafalutionary said:
Glad to hear it is not just me. Got back to winning ways at the expense of Chelski at the Bridge. 2-0 (Fabregas "5, Henry "69) 8 points clear and the trophy is on its way to the Emirates I reckon.
I've recently started a new Master League with Everton on 6*. First season i finished 7th, i was 6th on the last day of the season, 1 point ahead of Man Utd and got beat by Newcastle...United won and took the final Champs League spot. Wasn't all bad though, i won the D1 Cup beating Spurs comfortably in the final 3-0, so UEFA Cup football next season. I brought in Maniche, Pedro Mendes and a swap deal for Nacho Novo with McFadden going to Rangers.
Made alot of changes to the squad when the transfer window was open. Got rid of most of my defence....Weir, Stubbs, Nuno Valente, Naysmith and Pistone where all shown the door with Curtis Davies, Glen Johnson, Leighton Baines, Lugano and Edson Braafheid being brought in. A good, young and solid defence was what was needed and that is what has been acquired. Other players brought in during the transfer window where Carlos Ruiz, Jonathan De Guzman and Freddy Adu. Carlsley and a couple of youngsters also left the club in the off-season.
The new season has been a complete turn around for Everton, locked in a two horse title race with Chelsea and UEFA Cup semi-final against Inter Milan, the season is really shaping up for the Goodison faithful. A big title decider against Chelsea finished up with the Londoners suffering a heavy 6-0 defeat away from home with goals coming from Maniche, Cahill, an own goal by Cech and a magnificent hat-trick from AJ.
9 games to go with a 4 point lead, things looked good but an unexpected goal drought hit as I suffered a humiliating 1-0 defeat to rock bottom Wigan staright after the Chelsea game, followed by a 0-0 draw with PSG in the UEFA Cup and then another bore draw against Spurs in the league. Chelsea capitalised on this and won both their games against Charlton and Fulham, therefore edging their noses 1 point in front of me in the league.
I've now got 5 games left in the season with 3 tricky away trips to Fulham, Arsenal & West Ham, home games against Blackburn & Bolton and in between those theres the semi-final with Inter Milan, the other game is Liverpool vs Real Madrid......i'd love to see Liverpool win this one to potentially set up a Merseyside Derby final, mind you i've got to beat Inter first who are leading their league!
The D1 Cup is to be contested between Liverpool and Chelsea this season, i slumped to a dismal 4-2 hammering from Chelsea over 2 legs in this competition, although i hope they go on to win it now!