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by Ian Doyle, Liverpool Daily Post
ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello has moved to reassure Phil Jagielka he remains part of his future international plans.
Jagielka was once again overlooked for the squad for tonight's showpiece friendly against Germany in Berlin.
There have been many rumours going around this pre season that Moyes will never sign his new contract. I predict Moyes will wait till he's seen the money for players before he signs. He knows he has turned the club around and to continue taking the club forward he needs fresh faces in. I think after a couple of signings, it'd seem Smith most likely being his first, he'll relax and put pen to paper. He simply hasn't had time to be discussing his own deal with the new season looming and players being watched.
Now Alan Smith may not be to everyone's taste, mine included, but for £2million I can't see a better option. He never got going at Newcastle so a fresh start is just what he needs. He'll be eager to prove his worth from the off, lets just hope he watches that fiery temper of his.
This summer has seen a different David Moyes, he just hasn't seemed the same.
He has not had that positive swagger about him, given very few interviews and has been somewhat subdued when speaking to the press and the fans. That all changed today........
Saying he is very hopeful of his new signings arriving soon, that he will sign his new contract and that he expects great things of his team next season has been music to fans' ears - and look what happened last night.
The are suggestions that Mr Wyness and Mr Moyes didn't exactly see eye to eye and it resulted in a 'me or him' ultimatum from Davey to Bill Kenwright. If this is true I am both very relieved and thankful the right choice was made. Despite the belief of some that Wyness leaving is a huge negative, maybe his presence has been the reason for this extremely frustrating summer on the transfer front - speaking from the 'toffee bag being half full' brigade I can see last night's shenanigans being of long term (and summer term) benefit to the blues.
I have well and truly been in a trough this summer - at one point I was even enjoying not having to worry about the blues, the constant worry and anxiety had taken a welcome holiday from my life. I started to really concern myself when I was thinking that life without Everton was much easier and much less of a chore.
The trough lasted about a day before the worry crept back in (It is a typical Evertonian trait when we consider the lack of worry a 'trough').
Why weren't we signing anyone at all? Why hasn't the ground move been sorted? Why has Moyes not signed on again? How are we going to field a team against Blackburn with 12 players in our squad? Why hasn't my season ticket arrived yet? Why is Robbie Keane joining the Spanish B team? Why haven't we welcomed Fernandes for a third and final time?
Whilst many of the concerns are interweaved - specificaly the ground move and money for transfers, despite the official line - I was now praying for at least a bit of blue sky both metaphorically and meteorically.
There have been rumblings of discontent around the Gwladys Street recently about all manner of things be it the over the top size of the giant pies to the over the top style of play, but one area of disgruntlement which has caught my mind's eye is the marathon man himself, Andy Johnson.
There is a rapid race to jump on the bandwagon named 'He is not good enough after all' with an entourage of wagons emblazoned 'He runs around with no end product'. Whilst it is clear he has struggled for form and consistency a la Arteta this season, the simplistic notion he has lost all the ability he posessed when he joined the Moyes revolution is surely preventing a cause for his decreased influence on games being correctly diagnosed.
I can not be the only patron of the Grand Old Lady who cringes at the sight of AJ running his legs into a blur, I saw enough of Beattie trying to compensate his severe lack of footballing brain by running blindly at anything to try and fool the fans into thinking he was good enough. This is where AJ is receiving a poor deal as he has the footballing brain, he just isn't permitted to use it by his boss.
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