What can we say about David Moyes? Although he has never been provided with adequate funds by the Toffees board, he has led Everton to stay in the top 5th to 8th place in the ever fiercing premier league for many seasons. Moyes is another great Scottish manager like Ferguson and McLeish, a great motivator and always make Everton very hard to beat. Everton never play fascinating football, but they has been very consistent and never give the league Big 4 any easy game. The team is built from solid defense over the years. The departure of Lescott and the injury of Jagielka has undermine the team defense, but Moyes had been able to replace them with French CB Distin and Dutch CB Heitinga. The midfield has a nice mix of all-around midfielder (Belgium CMF Fellaini and Auiss AMF Tim Cahill) and flair (South Africa winger Pienaar and Spanish AMF Arteta). Yet, the key weakness of the team is they never have a reliable scorer who can give them 10+ goals on consistent basis. Nigeria FW Yakubu has experience but is too injury proned. French veteran FW Saha had a rejuvenated season, but has past his prime. Instead of given millions to spend to improve on their major weakness, Moyes again needs to make his magical bargain purchase on Leeds United Division 2 top scorer, rising Englishman Beckford. His performance will be vital in Everton's fate this season. Compared to the top 6 teams, Everton has a thinner squad, meaning that an injury to any of their key player could have a severe negative impact on the team. If they can stay injury-free, Everton could reach as high as 6th place.
Strongest line-up: (4-2-3-1)
Strongest line-up: (4-2-3-1)
Howard
P.Neville Heitinga Jagielka Banies
Bilyaletdinov Fellaini
Arteta Cahill Pineaar
Beckford
Prediction: 7th over Aston Villa
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