Key events
It’s January. It’s time to gossip. Plenty of transfer links flying around here, courtesy of Simon Burnton.
Back to Everton’s game last night and the father v son storyline never emerged as Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson refused to bring on Tyler Young to play against Dad Ashley. Keeping it in the family, surely the explanation would have got a nod of approval from Darren’s old man.
“It was very difficult to leave Tyler on the bench but I’ve got to do what I think is best for the team,” the Peterborough boss explained. “As much as I wanted Tyler to get on, if the game had been 2-0 at that point I would’ve put him on, but at 1-0, I had to get a forward on. I’ve got to try and get something out of the game and do what is best for my team. One of their players had a pop at me which was bang out of order. We are not a charity case.”
Jonathan Wilson reflects on Sean Dyche’s Everton exit. The numbers are surprising and perhaps currency for Dyche when he seeks future employment. But the style of football was, let’s be honest, utterly abysmal.
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Everton have lost only four of their past 16 games in all competitions.
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Everton have kept five clean sheets in their past eight games and in the past month held Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City to draws.
So what now for Everton? It looks like David Moyes is coming back. José Mourinho is not under consideration despite rumours. More here from the busy Andy Hunter.
Preamble
Although it’s hard to keep track of when ‘the FA Cup’s not what it was’ mutterings began, there’s still something about third-round weekend that fires the imagination. And as round three draws go, this one is up there: local derbies, minnows v giants, crazy gangs v culture clubs plus a bona fide heavyweight humdinger. Here’s a sample:
Liverpool v Accrington Stanley
Chelsea v Morecambe
Man City v Salford
Newcastle v Bromley
Tamworth v Tottenham
Arsenal v Man Utd
Starting round three last night was a kick in the face for traditionalists but football can’t have a day off so it had to be. News of those games, build-up and nostalgic dips coming your way.
‘IT’S RADFORD AGAIN… WHAT A GOAL, WHAT A GOAL!’
Let’s start with Thursday night’s FA Cup third-round results.
Everton 2-0 Peterborough
Fulham 4-1 Watford
Sheffield United 0-1 Cardiff
Andy Hunter was at Goodison Park where fans had plenty to digest after Sean Dyche was shown the door marked Do One just hours before kick off.
