Derby Day Opinion: Why Liverpool Frontline Will Prove Too Much For Everton

Liverpool currently sit second in the Premier League after 11 games and are looking as though they are in with a shout for silverware. However, this weekend they are up against their local rivals Everton in what could be the defining fixture in the schedule. Everton are flying high themselves this season, losing just once in their opening 11 games under Roberto Martinez and could climb above Brendan Rodgers' men at the weekend - although they would have to overturn a significant goal difference.

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Moyes' Best Window Shopping

After Everton’s failure to sign transfer targets Leroy Fer and Alvaro Negredo on transfer deadline day, we look at David Moyes’ best signings during his reign at Goodison Park and why Everton chairman Bill Kenwright was wrong not to splash the cash this time round.

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The 3 best defenders in the Premier League this season

With most pundits suggesting that the age of good defending has disappeared, and with this season recording a high of goals scored with 2.86 goals per game thus far, is the art of defending dead? Well, I think it may be dying but not quite dead yet and the defenders below are who I think are the best left in the Premier League.

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Phil Jagielka: A good old-fashioned centre-half (Video)

The news that Phil Jagielka has extended his contract with the club until 2017 will have brought a smile to the face of many Evertonians.

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Are long-term deals the new big money transfers in these times of austerity?

With the news today that Phil Jagielka and Ryan Shawcross have committed themselves to their clubs on long-term contracts, I wonder whether tying players to long deals has replaced buying players for huge fees.

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What is England’s best central-defensive partnership?

With John Terry now consigned to international retirement, the debate rages on as to who should Roy Hodgson turn to at the heart of his side’s defence as he begins to plot England’s route to success at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, should they qualify.

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It’s not Terry’s….It’s?

John Terry had called time on his England career after 78 caps for the national side, deeming his place in the squad as untenable after recent racial allegations were made against him. The former England captain has had a very up and down career for the Three Lions, but who is likely to step up and take his place in Brazil in 2014?

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Well done Roy

Before the European Championships, nobody was optomistic about England's chances. Wayne Rooney was suspended for the first two games and the FA had appointed a manager that many were unsure about.

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Thin squad could draw Everton into relegation battle

After the extremely fortuitous win at Blackburn on Saturday, goalkeeper Tim Howard could not contain his relief in his side picking up their first win of the season after surviving two missed penalties and numerous chances created by the home side which included two denials by the woodwork. The win which the American described as “that bit of luck” was secured by a late Mikel Arteta penalty, awarded harshly by referee Mike Dean, and he went on to say something rather foreboding for what Everton fans can expect this season. "I remember two years ago we were winning games late all the time. It's important for us to keep that going. That's what the Premier League is about, keeping yourself in the game”.

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