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Everton 3-1 Reading – Tactical Deconstruction
Passing / Territory Stats The Toffee’s comfortably had more of the ball (60% v 40% ) and kept it better (80% v 70%) with better final third completion (82% v 74%) leading to us creating 18 chances to...
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What’s up with Jelavic?
By @Footballfactman The Croatian striker has gone 12 Premier League games without scoring now and even his greatest admirers must be worrying about his form. I’ve heard numerous theories – he’s been...
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Time to go, Marouane
Firstly, this isn’t a knee jerk reaction to the truly dire events which un-folded at Goodison Park at the weekend. I drafted this a month or so ago but have been too bone idle to get it into some kind...
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Man City Scout Report: Strengths & Weaknesses
General Trends in Games between the clubs; It’s a low scoring fixture; Only 1.6 goals per game in the last 3 matches between the clubs. City have scored just once in the last four and a half hours of...
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Everton 2-0 Man City – Tactical Deconstruction
Teams and Tactics The Toffee’s made two changes from the limp FA Cup exit with Jelavic and Neville carrying the can and replaced by Anichebe and Gibson. City looked to combat our aerial assault by...
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Tactical Analysis: The Everton Back 3 Experiment
The Stoke Problem Our recent record against Stoke has been poor with no wins in our last 4 matches against Pulis side and no clean sheets. Often we have failed to win the territory / aerial battles...
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Scout Report: Moyes 4 options to stop Bale
This week’s preview will take a look at Gareth Bale; Spurs key man and driving force in taking them to third place in the table. Moyes has often shuffled his pack to accommodate significant threats...
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Spurs 2-2 Everton – Tactical Deconstruction
Teams and Tactics Spurs lined up in a 4-3-3 of sorts with Holtby, Parker and Dembele in central midfield with width coming from Sigurdsson on the left and Dempsey on the right with Adebayor up front....
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Arsenal 0-0 Everton – Tactical Deconstruction
Teams and Line-ups We made one change from the weekend, with Ross Barkley coming in for the injured Leon Osman meaning that Fellaini dropped back into midfield with Anichebe as the lone forward....
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Everton v Fulham – Tactical Preview
Saturday sees us take on Martin Jol’s Fulham at Goodison in a fixture the Toffees routinely triumph. In the most recent match at Craven Cottage one of the key tactical points of interest was how we...
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Final Third Blues
Everton’s final third domination has been mentioned several times on the site over the last 12 months. No other team has spent as much time in the opposition’s final third as Everton over the last...
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Who next for Everton? Analysis of the likely managerial candidates
The Current Situation Like anyone I was surprised with the timing of this week’s events and we now find ourselves at a crossroads in terms of how the club moves forwards. The club is amidst the change...
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Everton A-Z Season Deconstruction 12/13
So, the last ball has been kicked in the 2012/13 season. It’s been a long slog with ace goals, great games and plenty of missed chances with the occasional defensive calamity. Pour yourself a large...
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Everton A-Z Season Deconstruction 12/13
Reblogged from : So, the last ball has been kicked in the 2012/13 season. It's been a long slog with ace goals, great games and plenty of missed chances with the occasional defensive calamity. Pour...
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Roberto Martinez – Strengths and Weaknesses
In our recent post we had a look at the credentials required for the vacant toffees hot seat, and proposed the question as to whether Everton would look to a pragmatic UK based, Moyes-lite type...
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Physio Room Blog: Everton Pre-Season Uncovered
Everton’s players return to pre season training this week to be put through their paces by Dave Billows and his sports science team as the infamously gruelling pre season programme commences. To gauge...
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Is Kone the right man for Everton?
Everton are supposedly ‘closing in’ on the capture of the well travelled Ivory Coast forward Arouna Kone in what would be Roberto Martinez first ‘swoop’ into the transfer market since taking up the...
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Introducing Everton’s new signings Antolin Alcaraz & Joel Robles
Everton have recruited such a lengthy ex Wigan contingent in the last week or so that Finch Farm’s locker room will soon resemble a ’Swindon lot’ Brent style scenario. Presumably Alan Stubbs role this...
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Deconstructing Deulofeu
The latest transfer story to hit L4 sees Rockefeller Roberto Martinez ’swooping’ down over La Masia like a dangerous Phillipine Eagle to take their young winger / forward Gerard Deulofeu to...
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Inside the mind of Jelavic: A Psychological Profile
By Natalie Bargery The term ‘Second Season Syndrome’ is a condition most commonly associated (but not exclusively) with foreign strikers experiencing a challenging second season in the Premier...
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