Hey, at least this guy isn't going to torment us today.

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Everton
Howard; Neville, Heitinga, Distin, Baines; Donovan, Gibson, Fellaini, Pienaar; Cahill; Stracqualursi.

Nicks' note: This is a guest post. Like Ramires powering through the middle, straight-talking Sahil Dumir holds no prisoners and says it like it is. Small bio? He's a smug-smiling, hard-working, all-round good egg. He's also a Chelsea fan, which offsets all of the above.

A trip to Goodison Park is just the tonic needed following our recent troubles, namely a bizarre, referee-induced three-goal collapse at home against Manchester United.

Wait, what? We rarely win at Everton? Shit.

Mean muggin'

We have actually won at Goodison this season, a 2-1 victory in extra time in the League Cup.

A trip to Goodison Park is just the tonic needed following our recent troubles, namely a bizarre, referee-induced three-goal collapse at home against Manchester United.

Wait, what? We rarely win at Everton? Shit.

Mean muggin'

We have actually won at Goodison this season, a 2-1 victory in extra time in the League Cup.

1. Mario Balotelli should not have been on the pitch to score the winner against Spurs. He should have been answering questions at the local nick after his stamp on Scott Parker. 2. Everyone said Spurs would miss Emmanuel Adebayor's height, but they can hardly have envisaged Jermain Defoe's little legs unable to stretch far [.

By FRANCO PANIZO

It took Clint Dempsey nine years to score the first hat-trick of his career, a feat he accomplished on January 7 in an FA Cup win over Charlton Athletic.

It did not take much longer for him to do it again.

Dempsey became the first American to net a hat-trick in the Premiership on Saturday.

By Alan Duffy

Everton 1-1 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 21 January 2012

Steve Kean's Blackburn produced another impressive performance at Goodison on Saturday, securing a fully deserved point.

Both sides threathened early on, with Rovers' Scott Dann seeing his header come back off the woodwork.

Newcastle's hopes of taking advantage of Chelsea's draw at Norwich were stopped by a five-goal second-half blitz from Fulham as they lost 5-2 at Fulham.

Fulham were poor in the first-hald and it was no surprise that Newcastle scored first thanks to a Danny Guthrie thunderbolt from outside the area.

Former team-mates and current professionals were among the mourners who attended the funeral of former Liverpool and Everton defender Gary Ablett.
The 46-year-old died on New Year's Day after a 16-month battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish and Everton boss David Moyes were present at the city's Anglican Cathedral along with many of Ablett's team-mates – including John Barnes, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Duncan Ferguson, Matt Jackson and David Unsworth – and other contemporaries from the 1980s and early 1990s.

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•More for Moyes

A budding Prem player?

Edson Buddle set for a trial with Everton. Good move all around.

Buddle was going nowhere with Ingolstadt and neither was Ingolstadt. In fact, he was a liability in the compensation department.

The former Galaxy man didn't get secured at West ham and now moves on to Everton looking to go for a ride (either on the pine or the pitch) until the end of the campaign.

Good signing for Everton today as they picked up midfielder Darron Gibson from Manchester United for a reported £1million with a further £1million in appearance-related bonuses.

David Moyes gets a 24-year-old international who made 60 appearances for United, but never was able to grab a regular starting position.

As widely predicted, Jake Livermore settled in to Scott Parker's slot in the centre of midfield last night and coped admirably with the physical presence of Everton's Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini. After filling in at right back against Cheltenham at the weekend, Jake moved into a more comfortable position and his all round performance drew praise from manager Harry Redknapp.

Should Tottenham fail to win their gimme game in hand, that hand will be wiping egg off that puffy face.

For those who don't support Tottenham, the frequently heard refrain of, "we've got such and such points, and when we win our game in hand..." got old a long time ago. At long last the fixture lost to the months-ago unpleasantness in London (August riots) will be resolved on Wednesday, and none too soon.

Top 10 headers of a ball under 6ft tall: Hernandez, Luis Garcia, Tim Cahill, Pele, Messi and more

You don't have to be a giant to be good in the air

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Norwich City grabbed a 1-1 draw in their trip to the northwest to face Everton on Saturday. The home squad lined up in their usual 4-4-1-1 shape, with Louis Saha finding himself up top with Tim Cahill withdrawn in the ...
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Let's get right to it:

Back at it in Candyland...

• Everton welcomes Norwich City to it's Really Goodison

The Premiership world was shocked when Everton announced that American Landon Donovan will come on loan to the Land of Toffee starting January 4th.

Okay, not shocked actually at all except for the fact that Everton actually got a quality player to help them in a battle with Father Relegation, even if only for two months.

The end came swiftly. One minute she was pulling pints, engaging in banter and very occasionally allowing herself a tipple or two while she served the thirsty patrons of the Railway. The next minute, the axe fell. Ladies and gentlemen, Gina has left the building.

The news reached me as I enjoyed the build-up to the 125th birthday celebrations before yesterday's 1-0 hammering of Evertoffee.

The end came swiftly. One minute she was pulling pints, engaging in banter and very occasionally allowing herself a tipple or two while she served the thirsty patrons of the Railway. The next minute, the axe fell. Ladies and gentlemen, Gina has left the building.

The news reached me as I enjoyed the build-up to the 125th birthday celebrations before yesterday's 1-0 hammering of Evertoffee.

Arsenal ensured their 125th birthday celebrations were marked with a victory when defeating Everton 1-0 at Emirates Stadium in the Premier League thanks to a goal of outstanding beauty from Robin van Persie.

Just a day after the club unveiled statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry outside their ground, Van Persie demonstrated why he may one day attain legendary status of his own in Islington with his 15th and best league goal of a wonderful season.

Arsenal ensured their 125th birthday celebrations were marked with a victory when defeating Everton 1-0 at Emirates Stadium in the Premier League thanks to a goal of outstanding beauty from Robin van Persie.

Just a day after the club unveiled statues of Herbert Chapman, Tony Adams and Thierry Henry outside their ground, Van Persie demonstrated why he may one day attain legendary status of his own in Islington with his 15th and best league goal of a wonderful season.

Thomas Vermaelen will play in the left back position

All four centre backs have been deployed against Everton. Thomas Vermaelen at left back, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny form the central pairing, and Johan Djourou at right.

For Arsenal the danger men are Tim Cahill who loves to lose himself in the thicket of tall defenders rising from nowhere for his headers, Leighton Baines who will fancy himself against a relatively static Djourou to bomb forward, and Louis Saha who still packs in an explosive finish.

The present is very important for us. We are in the middle of a season where every point is important now... we are in a position where we just want to collect points because the pace of the Premier League is dictated by the teams in front of us. And it is a tremendous one.

Wenger has hit the nail on the head there.

The present is very important for us. We are in the middle of a season where every point is important now... we are in a position where we just want to collect points because the pace of the Premier League is dictated by the teams in front of us. And it is a tremendous one.

Wenger has hit the nail on the head there.

By Chris Wright

'Tis the season to flog computer games mercilessly, and EA have already dipped their bread releasing a FIFA 12 Christmas viral that sees Gerard Pique, a pre-transplant Wayne Rooney, bonsai fanatic Tim Cahill, a banjo-wielding Kaka and wee Jack Wilshere all acting their respective asses off in the name of the shill.

News of a takeover any takeover will be perceived very well by supporters of Everton.

Owner Bill Kenwright is a Blue through and through, but he simply does not have the funds to keep the club competing at the level it has previously under manager David Moyes, which has seen the Merseyside club not only lag behind their city rivals Liverpool in spending on new players, but also the rest of the Premier League.

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And to think, the people at which this advert is aimed don't even care about how cute Kaka looks with a banjo, Tim Cahill's thoughts on bonsai, or whether you can see up Pique's shorts in the living room scene (you can't).

If it wasn't for us, the whole thing would have been a bit of a waste of money, really.

By Alan Duffy

Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Everton Premier League 26th November 2011

Any hopes Owen Coyle's Bolton side had of securing a vital victory against Everton on Saturday were extinguished after just 10 minutes when David Wheater saw red for a dangerous tackle on Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.

It's that time of the week. Take a player who is underrated, out of form, or unpopular (from a fantasy footie perspective) and place him on a pedestal. Rejoice if he delivers. Criticize the worthiness of the blog if he ... Continue reading →

Tim, let's call a spade a spade mate!
Seems having seen this stuff promoted across Australia on every media set going I'd thought I'd ask the question.
Is this Tim Cahill program really giving back to grassroots football?
Now we all know Tim is a great bloke, has great compassion for Australia causes and has been a great role model for many both on the sporting and family field, and far be it for me to criticise Tim, but does anyone else feel the, "I really want to give back to the grassroots" line is a great big Scouse mickey-take.

Tim, let's call a spade a spade mate!
Seems having seen this stuff promoted across Australia on every media set going I'd thought I'd ask the question.
Is this Tim Cahill program really giving back to grassroots football?
Now we all know Tim is a great bloke, has great compassion for Australia causes and has been a great role model for many both on the sporting and family field, and far be it for me to criticise Tim, but does anyone else feel the, "I really want to give back to the grassroots" line is a great big Scouse mickey-take.

By Alan Duffy

Everton 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 19th November 2011

Both sides benefited from penalty kicks in this rather dour encounter at Goodison Park.

Wolves' Stephen Hunt opened the scoring from the penalty spot on 37 minutes after Marouane Fellaini fouled David Edwards in the Toffees' box.

It was once the home of one of Australia's finest teams based in Sydney's southern suburbs, St. George Budapest (who later became St. George Saints), playing in Australia's then-leading professional division, the National Soccer League (they won the league in 1983). The club had a rich history, having supplied almost half of Australia's 1974 World Cup team.

Mais um amistoso, foi disputado no dia 10/08/2011, na cidade de Cardiff-WAL, onde jogaram as seleções do País de Gales (112º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Austrália (22º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Kristo Thover-EST
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Tim Cahill, aos 44 minutos do primeiro tempo, sendo seu 24º gol pela seleção nacional.

Everton boss David Moyes has admitted he made a costly error in fielding a strong starting IX in their extra-time Carling Cup defeat to Chelsea in midweek.

The Toffees will be without captain and former Manchester United fledgling Phil Neville, Tim Cahill and Real Madrid's for their Noon showdown with Premier League Champions Manchester United tomorrow at Goodison Park.

What another great result for Chelsea tonight. Everton away is a hard place to go and get a result, especially having to make the long trip up north in midweek!. This was a game that had everything, three goals, two players sent off and two missed penalties. There was plenty of goal mouth action too and once again frustratingly we failed to keep a clean sheet!

Stars line up behind Hillsborough families

Dalglish, Carragher, Barton and Tim Cahill send messages of support

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This afternoon, Chelsea take on Everton at the Bridge and with all the constant focus of late being on the situation with the ground, it's nice to get back to playing football and focusing on the game.
Everton come here unbeaten in their last five league appearances at the Bridge and will be looking to continue their run.

The return of European club football is indeed glorious. The return of David Moyes' Everton to Stamford Bridge is not so much glorious as it is shitty.

Will we finally shatter this recent Toffees hex?

Damn this man.

The Barclays Premier League returns this weekend following a two-week break for international qualifiers and the like.

The return of European club football is indeed glorious. The return of David Moyes' Everton to Stamford Bridge is not so much glorious as it is shitty.

Will we finally shatter this recent Toffees hex?

Damn this man.

The Barclays Premier League returns this weekend following a two-week break for international qualifiers and the like.

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We made it, Kickettes. We all survived the week without getting sacked, arrested, or falling over in public.

Pats on everyone's backs.

GOOD WEEK

G'day mate: Australian personalities including Hugh Jackman, Elle McPherson and Everton's Tim Cahill pressed the flesh with the Queen at a special Buckingham Palace reception on Thursday.