![]() This sort of thing never happens to me.Īnd the good news just keeps on coming. We probably didn’t deserve to win, but we’ve won. Leeds pile on the pressure, but as the clock runs down Thomas Gravesen smashes home a free-kick. And then on the stroke of half-time, we win a dodgy penalty and my new favourite Canadian scores again. But midway through the half and very much against the run of play, we equalise through Tomas Radzinski. ![]() The only way to truly take him out of the game is with a tranquilliser dart. I told Alan Stubbs to mark him, but Viduka has a strength of 20, a jumping of 18 and a heading of 16. We start brightly, but it’s not long before Mark Viduka opens the scoring with a powerful header. It’s a defensive 4-5-1 formation and we’ll just try to hit them on the break. Even with home advantage, I’m not taking any chances. They don’t have weak spots, just quality on top of quality. Up next are Leeds United, cash-rich, packed with stars and managed by Terry Venables. Elsewhere, Howard Wilkinson’s Sunderland lead the way with a 100% record at the top while Glenn Roeder’s West Ham sit at the bottom with a rather less cheerful 0% record.īut let’s not get over-excited. Two wins from four games is as good a start as we could have hoped for. The only negative is an injury to Alessandro Pistone, but it’s just a knock and he’ll be fine soon. 4-3-3 becomes 4-5-1 and the second half is slammed shut. Niclas Alexandersson opens the scoring from one flank, Kevin McLeod responds quickly to Andrei Kanchelskis’ equaliser by scoring from the other flank and as half time approaches, Tobias Linderoth adds a third. It seems unwise to change a winning side and so I hold my nerve.Īnd with good reason. Like Keegan’s Manchester City, they’re 4-4-2 and they like to come out and push Matt Oakley or Jo Tessem up, so it’s a toss up between maintaining the same structure that beat City or shifting to the 4-4-2 that Fulham and WBA used to beat them. They’ve only played two teams so far, Fulham and West Bromwich Albion, and they lost to both of them. Our first challenge of the month is Gordon Strachan’s Southampton and they might just be more rubbish than us. ![]() We’ve got hardly any pace and a squad thinner than Peter Crouch’s legs, but we’ve got a bit of fight. Kevin Keegan’s Manchester City were no match for our dogged defending and tendency to fall back into our own half as soon as we take the lead. But when you, erm, I forget my original point.Īh, yes. And yes, fine, we lost the first two games of the season, including a galling defeat at home to our neighbours from the other side of Stanley Park. And yes, we’re technically bankrupt, unable to resist bids for our players, unable to replace them if they leave. There’s an air of calm around Goodison Park as we enter September. MORE EPISODES: Pre-season pt.1 Pre-season pt.2 August September October November December January February March April May THE CATCH: Everton are in financial trouble. THE MISSION: Return to Championship Manager 01/02 and win silverware with Everton
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