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MAY
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A solid first season back in the big time

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 1-1 Leicester City
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Lewis, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Joyce, King, Bennett, Hudson (Jackson 67), Palanca, McPolin (Dalton 67)
Liam Lewis become's the Premier League's youngest ever player at 15. New Neville Southall

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
West Ham United 2-2 Everton
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Lewis, Usardi, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Joyce, King, Bennett, Hudson (Jackson 78), Palanca, McPolin (Dalton 78)
The kids are alright

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 1-2 Southampton
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Lewis, Usardi, Orr, Peate, MacLean, Harkin, King, Bennett, Hudson, Palanca, McPolin (Dalton 79)
5 academy products in the first XI today

LEAGUE TABLE
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Best team on the Mersey​
 
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HAWKINS BUILDS ON BRITISH CORE
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Everton have kicked off the transfer window with a double purchase, bringing in Aaron Flynn and Shaun Greaves from West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland respectively

Hawkins has earned great respect for his domestic stars and he's continued in that vain, bringing in two of England's brightest young stars

Flynn, 26, came in from West Brom for a fee of £10m after 11 years at the club

The goalkeeper made 108 league appearances for the Baggies, helping his boyhood club to the League Cup in 2034 and winning the Under-21 European Championship with England in 2033

Flynn's star has faded since then however, with the Englishman failing to break into the national team despite his early promise
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Next up is Shaun Greaves, who's joined from Sunderland for a fee of £33m

Greaves, 20, came through the ranks at Sunderland and impressed in the Championship, making 47 appearances for the Black Cats over two seasons in the second tier

Greaves has 20 Under 21 caps and is a potential star of the future
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TWO COME IN FOR NOTHING
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Everton have brought in another duo of players as they continue to strengthen their squad for an assault on the European places, bringing in a duo on free transfers

The first player brought in was considered a bit of a coup as the Toffees brought in Julian Rivas on a free transfer from Atletico Madrid

Rivas came through at Atletico Madrid and made 83 league appearances for the Spanish giants over a course of 4 years from his breakthrough

Rivas, 25, also spent time on loan at Osasuna, Mallorca, Alaves and Leicester, making 96 appearances
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The second signing was that of Warren Kyle from Borussia Mönchengladbach

Kyle, 24, worked under Hawkins at Gladbach and Hibernian, for whom he scored 40 goals in 70 league appearances

The Llanelli born front man also has 5 goals in 30 games for Wales despite coming through at Gladbach
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MADNESS AT GOODISON
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Goodison Park has descended into madness this evening as they've brought in defender Antonio Baldelli from fierce rivals Liverpool for a fee of £15m

The recently relegated Reds have been shedding players in the window. Everton, bolstered y the sales of Joey Cross (Burnley £8m), Benjamin Fradin (Sunderland £4.5m) and Mikaya Shimada (Levante £1m) swooped for the Italian

Bandelli, 23, never appeared for Liverpool after joining from Palermo, spending time on loan at Villarreal, Como, Sevilla, Fenerbahce and Porto
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Joining Baldelli is the less controversial signing of Marian Brandenburg from Red Bull Salzburg for £3.5m

The 19 year old has already appeared for Austria and has a bright future in the game

He made 9 appearances for Salzburg as well as 21 on loan at FC Nürnberg
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TOFFEES OFF TO FLYER
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Everton fans are on cloud nine after a 100% start to the season

The Toffees have won all four of their opening league games as well as their opening League Cup tie to complete a perfect start

Two wins in the North East away to Sunderland and Middlesbrough sandwiched an excellent 2-0 home win against West Ham and another 2-0 win against Port Vale in the League Cup

The ended the month with an incredible match against Watford which ended 5-4 to the Toffees, with the Scousers registering 32 shots with 19 on target
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SEPTEMBER
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100%

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace
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Flynn, Healy (Baldelli 66), Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves (Joyce 82), King, Bennett, Jackson, Rivas, Dalton
A solid win and a solid performance

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Leicester City 1-3 Everton
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves (Joyce 80), King, Bennett, Jackson (Vitolo 80), Rivas, Dalton
A bit nervy at times but we got their in the end

LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND
Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Everton
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Flynn, Brown, Orr, Sanogo, Combe, Joyce (King 58), Greaves, Bennett, Vitolo, Rivas, Dalton
Nice to see Sherlock grab a goal...

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-2 Arsenal
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves (Vitolo 65), King, Bennett, Jackson, Rivas (Palanca 79), Dalton
Frustrating

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Everton
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Flynn, Healy, Orr (Baldelli 71), Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves, King (Usardi 67), Bennett, Jackson, Rivas, Dalton
That's better

LEAGUE TABLE
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100% no more​
 
Just read all of the story so far, big Stockport fan failing miserably, any tips on how you do your tactics etc?
 
Stockportfan86 said:
Just read all of the story so far, big Stockport fan failing miserably, any tips on how you do your tactics etc?
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Hope you enjoyed the read!

On tactics I do whatever I tend to go with what's worked for me before but if the team suits a certain style I'll go with that, take a look at the players you have and decide what's best from there. I don't normally use wingers but when I took over Everton had a few very good ones so I went with a 4-2-3-1. The "Control" mentality tends to work well on this year's game but it obviously varies dependent on what level you're at
 
OCTOBER
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Just keep it up

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 0-2 Chelsea
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves (Vitolo 70), Usardi, Bennett, Jackson (Kyle 70), Rivas, Dalton
Our first loss comes in our first real test. Worrying.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 Everton
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves, King, Bennett, Jackson, Rivas, Dalton (Kyle 66)
Also worrying

LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND
York City 0-1 Everton
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves (Joyce 64), King, Bennett, Jackson (Vitolo 76), Rivas, Dalton (Kyle 76)
Hopefully this gives the lads some much needed confidence

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-0 Newcastle United
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Flynn, Healy (Brown 83), Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves, King (Joyce 65), Bennett, Jackson, Rivas, Dalton (Kyle 73)
I do enjoy beating Newcastle

LEAGUE TABLE
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Taken a bit of a hit​
 
NOVEMBER
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Not the greatest month last time out, need improvement

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 1-1 Stoke City
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, Combe, Greaves, King, Bennett, Jackson, Rivas (Palanca 69), Dalton
Left-back Marc Combe's first ever Everton goal snatches us a point

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
West Bromwich Albion 2-4 Everton
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Flynn, Brown, Orr, Sanogo (Jeacock 66), MacLean, Greaves, King, Bennett, Jackson (Vitolo 66), Rivas, Dalton
That's more like it

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Norwich City 1-4 Everton
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Greaves, King, Bennett (Kyle 6), Jackson, Rivas (Palanca 62), Dalton
WARREN KYLE FINALLY DOES A GOAL

LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL
Everton 1-2 Manchester City
After Extra-Time
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Flynn, Healy, Orr, Sanogo, MacLean, Joyce, King (Usardi 74), Taylor (Nicholas 87), Jackson (Vitolo 74), Palanca, Kyle
A starless Everton side are unlucky against Man City

LEAGUE TABLE
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We're refusing to fall behind​
 
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TOFFEES POWER THROUGH TOUGH DECEMBER
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An incredibly tough 6 game run would have daunted Toffees fans upon reading the fixture list as they faced Tottenham, Manchester United, Manchester City and West Ham United back-to-back

The tough month got off to a poor start as Everton lost 2-1 at home to Derby and it appeared to be the beginning of a slide

The opposite was the reality as the Toffees smashed Brentford 5-1 before dominating Spurs in a 2-1 victory at New White Hart Lane

This was followed up by a comprehensive 2-0 win over United at Goodison Park before a 4-0 demolishing of Manchester City

The Toffees ended the month with a hard fought 1-1 draw against West Ham at the Olympic Stadium
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Big game players or what... can't beat Derby or West Ham but you shaft both Manchester sides and beat Spurs away. Hmm.
 
Sammuthegreat said:
Big game players or what... can't beat Derby or West Ham but you shaft both Manchester sides and beat Spurs away. Hmm.
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Injuries and suspensions are the bane of my life, we have basically no depth outside a group of maybe 15/16 players so a few players unavailable and we're screwed
 
Now doing a same kind of journeyman save you're doing right now. I've got this Icelandic team retained a cup in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League, I'll do that later ☺
 
Stockportfan86 said:
Now doing a same kind of journeyman save you're doing right now. I've got this Icelandic team retained a cup in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League, I'll do that later ☺
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Good luck mate, Iceland's a tough league to manage in
 
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