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Name: Henry Higginbotham
Age (If you want): 23
How long you’ve supported the club: Years and Years

What were your pre-match predictions for the game (honestly)?
Don’t do predictions. Sorry

Did you think the 7-1 score line was a true reflection of the game?
No, we probably should have scored even more

Through out the game we (especially Paul McShane) could not handle your attacks, would you put it down to Cahill’s return to the side?

No, we just played well, keeping the ball on the ground and developing our attacks better than we usually do. And then there were the three Route One (aka “hoofball”) goals… Yes, the first one was down to a mistake by your bloke… and he just got worse

I agree, McShane did have a defensive nightmare, if he wasn’t playing do you think the score would have been so emphatic?
If the moon was made of green cheese, do you think it would still exert the same tidal influence on the earth?

Fair enough. Would you say that Everton played great or that Sunderland played awful?

A bit of both really

Did you feel sorry for the Sunderland fans who made the trip down?

Nope, that's football I'm afraid

A key difference in the side was David Moyes bringing on Andy Johnson, in contrast to us bringing on Andy Cole, how important is squad depth in the Premier League?
To be fair Andy Cole has scored way more goals in the Premier League than Andrew Johnson but obviously age is catching up with him. Of course squad depth is important, but so is making the right substitutions

What are your thoughts on the signing of Yakubu?
He’s a great goalscorer. I felt the fee was a bit spendy, but it looks like he is going to deliver… as long as we play the ball in to his feet. Everton centre-forwards are renowned for their heading ability… which may explain why he picked Number 22!

Anyways are you optimistic for the rest of the season? Whereabouts do you think you’ll finish?
Hopeful that we might actually achieve something by way of a cup run - that would be a first under Moyes, whose league record is that of a yo-yo: we’ll struggle to finish even close to sixth

Who was your best player?

In that game, I think Pienaar edged Arteta

Who was your worst player?
Neville is usually our worst but he got two assists! Go figure!

What did you think of Sunderland’s performance?

Seemed to be some defensive weaknesses in there, I reckon

Who was our best player?
Sorry, I wasn’t really watching your lot

Who was our worst player?
Couldn’t help hearing McShane being sent down the banks, so my guess is it was probably him

Where do you think we’ll finish this season?
Somewhere in the bottom five

Your predictions for:

Premier League:

Man Utd

FA Cup:

Arsenal

Carling Cup:
Chelsea

Relegation:
Derby, Middlesbrough and Wigan

Please rate the following 1 to 10 (10 being the best):

Atmosphere:

7/10

Your fans:

10/10

Our fans:

0/10

Your team:

10/10

Our team:
0/10

Who’d win in a fight? David Moyes or Roy Keane? And why?
I don't really care to be honest, probably Keane though

Henry Higginbotham was chatting to James Henderson.

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