Toffee Chatroom - Everton FC

[Acehigh]

Playing the Brums tonite. No telecast ?

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Acehigh

Playing the Brums tonite. No telecast ?

I thought there is?? Anyway, Starhub tend to prioritise the matches for the top 4 teams so just be glad that Everton won another 3 points on sat!

More good news!

High five as AJ sticks with Toffees
Everton striker Andrew Johnson has signed a new five-year contract with the club, to keep him with the Toffees until the summer of 2012.

[JWNY]

Bros Garage1 & tomvoyeur,

we will be enemies briefly on Sunday at the football pitch...good luck

JWNY

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by JWNY

Bros Garage1 & tomvoyeur,

we will be enemies briefly on Sunday at the football pitch...good luck

JWNY

I certainly hope we will be the luckier of the 2 sides at the end of the match and emerge with 3 points LOL.

[tomvoyeur]

Nurnberg 0-2 Everton: Super-sub Anichebe the key

NUREMBERG, November 8 (UEFA Cup) - Late goals from Mikel Arteta and substitute Victor Anichebe gave Everton a well-deserved 2-0 victory at Nurnberg which maintains their control of UEFA Cup Group A.

Anichebe came on in the 75th minute and earned a penalty seven minutes later which was calmly converted by Arteta.

The 19-year-old sub then ended a strong run with the right finish from close range in the 88th minute to give the Toffees their second win in as many group stage matches.

Boss David Moyes made one change from the team that defeated Birmingham 3-1 in the Barclays Premier League last weekend.

Alan Stubbs was missing with a hamstring injury, so Joleon Lescott took his place in central defence and Nuno Valente started at left-back.

• Moyes hails sweet win for Toffees

Andrew Johnson (ankle) and James Vaughan (thigh) had not travelled to Nurnberg, who were forced to replace the injured attacking duo of Angelos Charisteas (ankle) and Robert Vittek (knee).

The visitors almost grabbed a dream start as they hit the post after just 20 seconds.

The inspirational Arteta found himself with space on the right channel, forcing Jaromir Blazek into a spectacular one-handed save with his shot from 18 yards out.

The rebound landed to the feet of Tim Cahill, whose close-range effort was deflected against the left post.

Nurnberg's Ivan Saenko tried his luck from 25 yards, before a blunder from Lescott almost let the striker in again - but Tim Howard rushed out of his goal to avert trouble.

After Marek Mintal and Dominik Reinhardt misfired from long range, Everton launched another promising attack.

Leon Osman was put in the clear inside the right penalty area and delivered a superb pass to the middle - only for the ball to just evade Cahill, sliding in at the far post.

Peer Kluge almost gave the Germans in the lead when he rammed a powerful shot inches wide from 20 yards out.

Seven minutes later, on the half-hour mark, Reinhardt shot goalwards from an almost identical position on the right - but Howard did well to keep his effort out.

Nurnberg4s defence continued to look shaky at times and they were exposed again in the 37th minute when Arteta and Cahill worked a tidy one-two combination with the 25-year-old Spaniard hitting the wrong side of the post with a shot which hit his team-mate's chest.

Only three minutes later, confusion reigned again in Nurnberg4s box, with Ayegbeni Yakubu eventually steering the ball goalwards from six yards out - but Blazek was quick to react and jump on the weak attempt.

Three minutes into the second half, Mintal was denied by Howard, before Yakubu won a free-kick some 30 yards in front of the Nurnberg goal - but Arteta4s deflected shot went narrowly over.

The classy Spaniard almost caught Blazek napping just four minutes later.

After outfoxing two defenders on the right wing, he surprisingly shot left-footed from the edge of the penalty box - and the Nurnberg goalkeeper needed two attempts to control the ball.

Even though the Toffees seemed to hold the upper hand, Nurnberg got closer to scoring as Kluge proved unable to control a right-wing ball which would have sent him clear.

With 15 minutes to go, Moyes took off Yakubu and brought on Anichebe - a move which was to prove crucial.

Less than eight minutes later he had been brought down in the box by Glauber, who was booked, and Arteta held his nerve to calmly beat Blazek with a shot to the top left corner.

Anichebe then crowned a spectacular cameo performance in the 88th minute when he stormed into the box from the right wing, evaded a challenge and beat Blazek with a low shot from a tight angle.

Moyes hails sweet win for Toffees

David Moyes hailed Everton's controlled performance as well as reserving praise for Victor Anichebe after the 19-year old inspired the Toffees to a late 2-0 victory at Nurnberg.

The Nigerian-born striker came on in the 75th minute and used his lightning speed to earn a penalty eight minutes later when Leandro Glauber wrestled him down in the box.

Mikel Arteta fired the Toffees into the lead before Anichebe put a clinical finish on another superb run into the box to knock the ball home from close range to double the lead with two minutes remaining.

'It was a great start for us and I hope we can go on and qualify,' Moyes said after the second win in as many group matches. 'I am very pleased with our performance.

'This was a proper European night in a great stadium. I think we have done very well. We came here and controlled most of the game.'

The Merseysiders almost took the lead after 20 seconds but Arteta had his shot saved and Tim Cahill could only hit the post on the rebound.

'We got off to a good start and I could not believe we had almost scored after 30 seconds. Sometimes when you don4t score you just think `It4s one of those nights' but I was waiting for the goal to come,' Moyes added.

Arteta insisted the Toffees were always in control, telling PA Sport: 'We had the best chance of the game in the first minute. After that there was not much happening and we controlled the game well. We had to wait because they are a good passing team so we had to wait for the right moment and we had Victor to change the game.'

Moyes also hailed Anichebe for his late heroics.

'Victor really had a big impact on the game,' Moyes continued. 'He has been suffering from a broken hand. That4s why I kept him on the bench because I was not sure where he was. He has not trained a lot but he is a great talent. He came on and did really well. He has been great for us.'

Moyes also thanked the thousands of Everton fans in the stands who made almost as much noise as the home fans.

'The support has been unbelievable,' he said. 'Our fans have been waiting for this a long time. You can see by the support how much they have been longing for it. There was no motivational speech needed tonight. The support was fantastic. They want us to do well and had a big impact on the game.'

Nurnberg boss Hans Meyer was furious after the final whistle claiming the defeat had been self-inflicted.

'This was a self-made loss,' he raged. 'I can4t believe we put our slowest man, Glauber, against one of the fastest players in England.

'Shall I now beat the hell out of Glauber because he was too slow to keep up with his opponent? No. I think we played very well but we lacked discipline and got confused after their substitutions. That is very annoying.'

[tomvoyeur]

A superb strike by Cahill to tie the match and the unbeaten run for the toffees continue.

[Garage1]

Cahill goal deft goal of the week !!!!!!!!
lucky to stole a point!

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by Garage1

Cahill goal deft goal of the week !!!!!!!!
lucky to stole a point!

The timing of the goal maybe lucky but the overall effort from the team was admirable. There are plenty of cut and thrust throughout the match but it is also apparent that Everton really need some flair cover for Arteta. Yak was disappointing last nite and I believe its time to start Archie in place of Yak. Phil Neville once again show that he is not suited for a midfield role. He should be competing for the right back role with Hibbert.

[WRX_STI]

Originally Posted by tomvoyeur

I certainly hope we will be the luckier of the 2 sides at the end of the match and emerge with 3 points LOL.

hehe - jwny was frozen when cahill score

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by WRX_STI

hehe - jwny was frozen when cahill score

Wish I was there to de-freeze him with another overhead kick of my own!

[mokermania]

Originally Posted by tomvoyeur

The timing of the goal maybe lucky but the overall effort from the team was admirable. There are plenty of cut and thrust throughout the match but it is also apparent that Everton really need some flair cover for Arteta. Yak was disappointing last nite and I believe its time to start Archie in place of Yak. Phil Neville once again show that he is not suited for a midfield role. He should be competing for the right back role with Hibbert.

Howard was good in this game too.

Xmas is ard the corner n alot of games coming for them.
hope all players r 100% fit 2nd half for the season.
hope they can achieve more end of this season

oh jus wanna share this. my bro was at Sim Lim sq yesterday. and he meet this local Everton family(father n son which were featured in the ST n they were wearing EFC jersey).

the Father jus smile at my bro as my bro was wearing Everton jersey too..hehe too bad i was not there or i will take a photo with this family.hehe

jus hope my junior oso turn out to be a Everton fan too...hehe

[tomvoyeur]

Originally Posted by mokermania

jus hope my junior oso turn out to be a Everton fan too...hehe

Train him when he is still young else he maybe consumed by the evil Liverpool spirit.

[Red_Tirak1099]

EVERTON supporters, any thoughts on the Thailand deal? Probably the sponsor Beer Chang pulled the strings behind the scene

[mokermania]

Originally Posted by tomvoyeur

Train him when he is still young else he maybe consumed by the evil Liverpool spirit.

i will...i will!!!! haha

[mokermania]

Originally Posted by Red_Tirak1099

EVERTON supporters, any thoughts on the Thailand deal? Probably the sponsor Beer Chang pulled the strings behind the scene

Hi Red Tirak,

wat do u mean ah?
actually taste Chang Beer b4....okie. very mild (thin)


regards,