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MARK LAWRENSON: No reason to fear Chelsea, with or without Fernando Torres

BEING without Fernando Torres does not mean that Liverpool can’t realistically go to Stamford Bridge on Sunday and get something. Read

MARK LAWRENSON: Investment only way for Everton to go further

THERE has been some murmuring that David Moyes has taken Everton as far as he can – and even if he sees out his new five-year deal he might not take them to the heights of his first few years in charge. Read

Fernando Torres

VIEW FROM THE STANDS: Liverpool's International outcry over Torres

FERNANDO TORRES. Michael Owen. John Barnes. Jamie Redknapp. What do they all have in common? All key players crocked playing for another team while on our payroll, that’s what! Read

Everton FC

The far post: A sideways looks at Arsenal v Everton

CESC FABREGAS has fallen for the oldest trick in the book. Read

No home comfort from our worst display for years

THE performance against Millwall last week was one of the worst we have seen for a few years at Prenton Park, and Ronnie Moore was quick to concede as much – he’d have been stupid to try and dress it up any differently. Read

Speaking with the enemy - Liverpool v Wigan

BERNARD RAMSDALE of Wigan website www.yeoldetreeandcrown.co.uk: How would you assess your season so far? Read

Speaking with the enemy - Arsenal v Everton

STUART PRESTON, Gooner Fanzine: What have you made of your start to the season? Read

Blue watch: Glad to see end of David Moyes contract saga

SO, apparently we’ve got an after dinner speech by Sir Bobby Robson to thank for David Moyes’s decision to stick around at Goodison for a while longer. Read

Talented Hamilton deserves to be cut some slack in Formula One championship battle

LEWIS Hamilton is, like David Moyes, finding out what happens when you raise expectations. It is too easily forgotten that he is a very young driver in just his second season competing against much more experienced drivers. Read

Canny Moyes now paying price of raised expectations

NOW the uncertainty about David Moyes’s future as Everton manager has ended after he signed a five-year contract this week, attention turns to what he can be expected to achieve. Read

Competition hamstrung by low profile

THE answer to the question “when is the next World Cup?” in my unscientific study was given almost universally as 2010. The only other answer I had was “too soon.” Read

Red watch: Liverpool fans would never sink so low as to boo their own players

IT’S fair to say that Ashley Cole has never been my favourite footballer. Read

Mark Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson: Build England team around Gerrard and axe Lampard

STEVEN GERRARD has a huge influence on the outcome of matches when playing in the red of Liverpool. Read

David Moyes on Everton's clash with Newcastle and his own future at Goodison

MARK LAWRENSON: David Moyes realises just how lucky he is

IN AN era when the average Premier League manager is expected to last just 16 months, David Moyes has found inspiration in Bobby Robson’s long reign at Ipswich. Read

Booing Cole was moronic by ‘fans’

THOSE so-called supporters booing Ashley Cole at Wembley were out of order. Read

Liverpool and Everton fans

BLUE WATCH: Cash matters more than 90 minutes

IT SEEMS ridiculous talking about the impact of the global credit crunch on the world of football when the only real issue is just how it affects the average Joe on a day to day basis. Read

Liverpool and Everton fans

RED WATCH: Rivals seek to stop Xabi Alonso to halt Red rhythm

HAS someone painted a target on Xabi Alonso’s shin pads? Read

Istanbul feel of possible title assault

THERE was something of an ‘Istanbul’ in Manchester, where Liverpool proved with this sensational comeback that once and for all they’ve got the character and the inner belief to mount a serious title challenge. Read

Confidence is the key to Everton’s poor display

THIS appeared to be billed as the clash of the Premier League’s crisis clubs, though I’m sure Tottenham would’ve been grossly offended at their exclusion from the league’s crisis elite. Read

RIC TURNER, editor of Manchester City fanzine Blue Moon

What’s it like being a fan of the richest club in the world? Read