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  • Everton 2 Cardiff City 1

    Results like this one remind you of just how futile all the discussion and analysis of games ultimately is. Because if Seamus Coleman hadn’t shanked home a jammy volley deep into injury time, sending all the Evertonians home elated, then we would have been glumly dissecting the Blues’ tactics and Roberto Martinez’s substitutions while the…

  • Cardiff City and That

    Hey, why the long face? It’s all still to play for. Assuming the Europa League represents ‘all’ of course. The FA Cup was the big one, clearly, and in the recent Everton tradition we blew the big game when the glory, or at least a trip to Wembley and a clear run at the silverware,…

  • Everton 1 West Ham United 0

    If ever a match was crying out for a big lad to just have a dig it was this one. On a couple of occasions it looked as if might be the Irons’ temperamental totem, Andy Carroll, who would settle matters with speculative blammers, but ultimately it was returning Everton icon Romelu Lukaku and not…

  • Chelsea 1 Everton 0

    Neat. Deep. Cave. Defeat. Neat. Deep. Cave. Defeat. Everton went to another much-lauded London club, performed really well in most aspects of the match – indeed embarrassed their hosts at times – but ultimately came away with zip for their efforts. In the words of Morrisey: ‘Stop me’, etc. Lacina Traore was the surprise inclusion…