Duncan Ferguson: Fighting His Way To The Top

You have a lot of money from those transfers, you should be able to replace them with some good young stars!

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Everton Sign Moussa Sow

Everton have started to spend the money on the departures of Jelavic, Baines, Anichbe and Fellaini on 26 year old striker Moussa Sow. Sow was brought from Fenerbahce for a fee of £19.5 million and is the new starting striker for Everton.

Sow is well known for his raw pace and brute strength and also his great finishing ability. But now he has been given his chance in the Premier League which is well known as the fastest paced league in the world and Sow should fit right in.

Everton fans have expressed a great set of admiration for Ferguson for bringing in such a great player for such a low price in comparison to how much he is actually worth. Ferguson had this to say about Sow.

"Moussa is a player I have admired for many years and I am very happy to be able to bring him to Everton. I honestly believe he is exactly what we want and need to fight for Champions League football. He is unbelievably quick, very strong, an outstanding finisher and has a great work ethic to go with it. He is the sort of striker who can score 25 plus goals a season if not more. I am delighted to get him! As for other transfers there are some coming very soon."

Great signing there! He should give you a proven goalscorer


Also I see a 20 Finishing on his stats

Everton Bring In Five New Faces

Replacing key players can be very tough but Everton have done that and more this transfer window. With the signing of Moussa Sow already confirmed Everton have now confirmed they have signed; Arouca from Santos who is a quality 'deep-lying' playmaker that will be a direct replacement for Fellaini defensively but also others more going forwards. They also bring in pacey left-back Ansaldi from Rubin Kazan as a direct replacement for Leighton Baines.

But Everton have out done themselves this transfer market with the signings of Jonathan Pitroipa a AML from Stade Rennais, Gino Peruzzi from Velez and finally Wellingtom Nem from Brazilian side Fluminense

Overall these transfers added up to a price of £70 million taking Everton's entire spending to just below £90 million. Everton financed these deals of the back of all the wages and transfer money they saved and got from the sales of Fellaini, Baines, Jelavic and Anichbe. Everton fans are reportedly delighted with manager Duncan Ferguson for signing several top quality players as they fight for an unlikely top four place.

Everton fans are also pleased with the ages of all these players since even the oldest player has a good five odd years left to give it his all for Everton and thye think they truly are great replacements.

Some brilliant signings there Beany, good luck. I will be following

Great Pre-Season Followed By Great Opening Month

Duncan Ferguson's pre-season was a great success with new signings and fringe players alike played together to come accustom to the style of play that Ferguson demands of them. A good pre-season saw Everton go unbeaten with four wins and two draws with new signings making impacts in these games.

After a good pre-season Everton were desperate to take their form into the start of the season. This did happen with a three victories out of three, two in the league and one in the Capital One Cup. The first game was a very hard fought victory but new boy Moussa Sow scored two penalties in the second half to claim all three points in a difficult away tie. Then came a 4-0 thumping of Welsh side Swansea who have proven to be a very difficult side to break down. Much to the joy of Everton fans new boy's Moussa Sow scored twice, Nem scored once and Ansaldi also scored once meaning all goal scorers were the new signings on their home debuts.

In the Capital One Cup Everton again thumped Brentford 4-0 with Sow again netting a goal.

This month has been very good for all Everton fans as new manager and new signings a like combine to set Everton off for a great push for top four.

Awards

My player of the month: Well there is only one guy you can give this to! Moussa Sow scored five goals in three games and assisted one goal to prove why Ferguson spent £19.5 million on him despite the complaints of a small minority of fans. Many fans and pundits a like were taken back by how fast Sow was and how he could score any chance he received. Truly a great start and Everton fans and manager will be hoping he keeps up this form!

My young player of the month: I have given this to new signing Arouca who got three assists and was a vital part of protecting the defence in the three games so far this season. Arouca also won young player of the month award give by the Premier League.

WOW Some really nice signings

Stunning Form Continues

Everton entered September after a very successful transfer summer and a strong start to the season. Everton were desperate to get top four this season and this month they have a chance to prove that they are capable of a top four spot with matches against Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea all this month. This month they can truly prove whether they are top four material or just top four drifters.


A simply stunning month for Everton apart from the 2-0 defeat to United in the Capital One cup. Apart from this Everton outplayed and beat City and Chelsea by two goal margins thanks to the sensational form of Moussa Sow who scored seven goals in five games to embarrass some of the best sides in England home and away. Everton fans should also be very pleased with the result against Arsenal which saw them snatch a point after being unfairly reduced to ten men with thirty minutes to go.

My View

There is no way to be disappointed with this month as I managed to collect ten points when at the beginning of the season I would of been happy with four. A win against Norwich and snatching a draw against either Chelsea, City or Arsenal. But to get points is amazing and we have started of better than anyone including myself could of hoped. I am not bothered about the Capital One Cup result what so ever as it is not a priority of mine and would only of got in the way.

Awards

Player Of The Month: Obviously it can only go to one man and everyone knows who this one man will be. That's right Moussa Sow has won back to back player of the month awards in my eyes. He has scored a stunning seven goals this month which helped us upset City, Chelsea and get a draw with Arsenal. It is quite stunning how good he is doing! He also won player of the month by the Premier League which is no surprise!

Young Player Of The Month: And again we have back to back winners... Arouca wins this award again with four assists this month including the two vital goals against Chelsea which secured the victory. He also won the Premier League Young Player of The Month Award.

DUNCAN!!And I won the manager of the month award by a country mile this month!!

Going very well, you have some good form going


One thing though, Arouca is 26, so does he still fit into the Young Player category

October Review

October saw Everton lose for the first time in this Premier League season but still pick up six points out of a possible nine. This month still saw a great eight goals scored by the Everton side and only conceding three in the entire month.

Match Reviews

Everton VS West Ham:A match we dominated in from start to finish but for a moment it seemed that our finishing would let us down with multiple good chances in the first 15 minutes going to waste. But then Pienaar scored a stunner from twenty yards out and the game was ours after that. Heitinga then scored a header from point blank range in first half added time. The game was finished at that point. We won 2-0 after dominating possession for the rest of the second half.

Everton VS West Brom:A match in which we humiliated West Brom by smashing six goals past them. We scored five goals in the first half to make sure the game wad over but credit to West Brom who came back and scored two goals in the second half compared to my one. Sow got us underway with a point blank tap in after a great cross from Wellington Nem. He scored shortly afterwards from close range again after a goal kick from Tim Howard went over the heads of all the West Brom defence allowing to Sow to run clear of them. Nem got in on the act after Arouca played the young winger through and he slotted home. Pitroipa scored a screamer from thirty yards out to heap the misery onto West Brom. Heitinga scored a point blank header from a corner after 45 minutes. West Brom got to back through Shane Long but Sow scored again to increase the gap to four goals.

Sunderland VS Everton:Everton's first defeat of the season in the Premier League. It was in fact a boring game with Sunderland scoring late on in the second half through a header from winger Adam Johnson.

Awards

Player Of The Month: Arouca won the award this time with several very good passes that lead to goals. Arouca has more than replaced Fellaini this season and he is quickly becoming a fan favourite.

Young Player Of The Month:Wellington Nem has stood out as a key player for my side so far and he really deserves young player of the month.

Some great signings and a really great start to the season!