Kevin Mirallas celebrates his strike against Oldham
Everton FC juror Martin Shaughnessy: Where would Everton FC have been had Kevin Mirallas stayed fit?
THE win over Oldham was followed up by a good result against Reading but yet again in both games we showed our fragility in defence.
In both, the goals seem to be headers whereby the opposing player was left unmarked and unchallenged.
Our players seem to look at each other in confusion as to what’s happened – has something changed on the training pitch?
The big positive was the performances of both flanks – Coleman performed well both going forwards and in defence and Pienaar had his best game for a while.
As for Mirallas, where could we be if he’d stayed fit? His skilful feet and positive running is something we’ve missed dearly and if he can stay fit, he’ll be key to defining how our season ends.
The next two games are huge – a positive result against Wigan and then City and we’re in for a great couple of months!
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IT was good to get the Reading game successfully dispatched, albeit at a cost after Jagielka’s injury, with a strong performance and good win.
Mirallas and Pienaar were definitely more like their usual selves and having both wings as strong as that for the rest of the season would be a significant boost; Coleman continues to grow into the right-back position and may eventually turn out to be the ultimate Moyes bargain buy if he continues to develop as he is.
Next up is the FA Cup and a great chance to get to Wembley again – although most would agree the semi-final should be held away from Wembley it is still great to go there in April and turn it Everton blue.
With Wigan threatening to rotate their team and lower league opposition still in the hat, I am growing increasingly confident that the Moyes reign will finally see a piece of silverware.
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