Another season, another fantastic win at Eastlands. City must be sick of the sight of Everton and Tim Cahill in particular.
As brilliant as Everton's 2-1 victory over Manchester City was, it only underlines where our current problems lie. When we can sit back and soak up pressure against a team that is coming at us we can get a result anywhere. Draws away against Chelsea and Spurs, the 3-3 against United, the easy victory over Liverpool and now a win away at City illustrate this.
Strange as it may sound, the issue we have is that the likes of City and Chelsea are in the minority! In order to improve we need to find a way to get three points consistently against the likes of Wigan and West Ham who will sit back and invite us to make the play. We need to refine our tactical approach to succeed in these situations and somehow find the right blend of players to execute it. The Everton that qualified for Europe in 07/08 and 08/09 easily dispensed with lower teams but failed time and again against the 'big 4', last year we evolved our approach and were hit and miss against both and this year we've hit the other extreme. What we need now is two Everton's!
Over to you Davey.....
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