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Rooney needs to get wise to cheats

THE ONLY thing Wayne Rooney can do is learn from his latest mistake in an England shirt. Read

Time for McClaren to make some bold decisions - starting with his choice of captain

STEVE McCLAREN needs to make some bold decisions to stamp his mark as the new England manager. Read

Perfect partners will put England back on attack

IT'S not often you hear me saying this, but what a great decision by Sven-Goran Eriksson. If, as expected, he goes with Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen up front against Sweden tonight, it's the right thing to do. Read

Eriksson's gamble has made us laughing stock

MIXING with the Italian media here in Hanover last night wasn't the most pleasant experience. The reason is simple - they're all laughing at us. Read

Self-belief important factor in progressing

IT'S too early to get an overall impression of the World Cup after just a few games but I do know that I'm glad Australia got off to such a great start yesterday. Read

Strike partnership will prove a big success

PREMIERSHIP beware - Andy Johnson and James Beattie can strike up a partnership that can prove a huge success at Everton. Read

Howard move ideal for Moyes given limited budget

DAVID MOYES has moved quickly to tie up a good bit of business for Everton. Read

Moyes has made most of a real roller-coaster ride at Goodison Park

IT HAS been a roller-coaster season for Everton but a finishing position of 11th is no mean achievement - especially considering how low they found themselves heading into 2006. Read

Important summer for Blues

EVERTON'S season has hit a dry run at just the wrong time. The goals have been hard to come by, a reminder of the problems they had earlier in the season. Read

Moyes and Everton still searching for consistency in Premiership's helter skelter

DAVID MOYES faces probably his most important time since arriving at Goodison Park in the transfer market this summer. Read

Everton's Yobo concerns

EVERTON will be frustrated at having failed to beat rock bottom Sunderland. Read

FA must eradicate cheating in football

REFEREE Phil Dowd managed to unite Merseyside's football fans with his card-laden performance at Anfield. He infuriated both sets of fans as he doled out 10 bookings and two sendings-off as Liverpool earned the local bragging rights with a 3-1 success over Everton. Read

Midfield will be the key area in derby day clash

IT IS not often you get both sides heading into derby week in such good form. Read

Fulham demolition was long time coming for in-form Everton

THERE are no such things as easy games in the Premiership, but Everton came as close as you can get with a comfortable stroll against Fulham. Read

Midfield is key to Everton's new year resurgence

THERE is no doubt Everton 2006 are a very different proposition to the pre-Christmas side. Read

Everton shouldn't worry about St James' pain

SOMETIMES the best team loses in a football match as Everton found to their cost at Newcastle. Read

Why Newcastle needn't stop the Goodison juggernaut

EVERTON'S winning momentum at the start of 2006 has been stalled by the absence of a game at the weekend. Read

Victory typified the spirit at Goodison

IF ever a victory typified the spirit at Everton, it was Saturday's battling success over Blackburn Rovers. Read

Harrying the opposition paying dividends for Moyes's men

DAVID MOYES just needs to keep reminding his players of the virtues that have seen them turnaround their fortunes after slumping into the relegation places earlier in the season. Read

Millionaires find little change at Goodison

THE biggest compliment Jose Mourinho paid to Everton was by the number of strikers he ended up fielding in an attempt to wrest back the initiative from the home side in their FA Cup encounter. Read