Everton: Howard, Heitinga, Yobo, Distin, Baines, Osman, Rodwell, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill, Saha.

Bench: Nash, Bilyaletdinov (Pienaar), Jo (Saha), Gosling, Hibbert (Osman), Neill, Yakubu

Referee: Alans Willy

It looks good for the Toffeemen when you have a bench with players on it like Yak, Jo, Dan and Billy These are players who can make a serious contribution if thing are not going the right way. There was talk of Moyesy starting with King Louis and Yak up front but it wasn't going to be today. Instead we had The King up front with support from Fella and Timmy Cahill. Jonny was preferred at right back ahead of Hibbo and Lucas. It was a strong looking line up with Joey Yobo coming back to skipper the side.

It was a pretty even opening with a couple of chances for both sides. But a bit of a worry was how easy Jonny was beaten for pace a couple of times. I know it is early days and let’s just hope he is getting used to the pace of the Premiership. The best chance for Pompey was when the funny looking Aruna Dindane was put through after a good one two. He got his shot away but thankfully Tim Howard made a brilliant save.

The Blues should have scored not long after that save when Fella had his header saved by the clown from a point blank header. The chance was created by a great cross from Ossie.

King Louis showed his class in putting Everton 1 up. A long searching ball from Jonny went over the gay looking Kaboul, Louis chested it in front of him and smashed it into the roof of the net. Pure class. The King is on fire.

Half Time 0-1

We got off to a very slow start after the break and it needed a great save from Tim Howard to keep us in the lead. It was an instinctive point blank shoulder stop from he horrible Ben Haim header.

Peanuts looks to have a bad injury when he was clattered into by dickhead Mokoena. It looked like he flew into Steven with his head. He tried to carry on but eventually had to be carried off. He wasn't his usual influencing self but I hope this isn't’t a serious one because we will miss him.

Tim Cahill had a header cleared off the line from a corner on 66 minutes. That seemed to be the last time we were in the Pompey half.

The last half hour we were under cosh big time. During this time there were bookings for Jack, Fella and Joey. They hit the bar and had a header cleared off the line. We were really hanging on. Hibbo came on for Ossie. Jonny went into the middle and Tim dropped back on the right. It was all hands to the pump.

Tim made another great save deep into stoppage time and we just about hung on to take all three points. It was one of them games when you couldn't wait for the whistle to go and for our victoy we had to thank an overworked defense and a great goalkeeping display from Tim Howard who gets the Blue Kipper Star Man award.

Full Time 0-1

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Andy's Rankin

Marks Out Of 10
Player	Marks	Player	Marks
Howard	9	Jo	n/a
Baines	7	Hibbert	7
Yobo	7	Bilyaletdinov	7
Heitinga	6
Distin	7
Rodwell	7
Pienaar	7
Osman	6
Cahill	7
Fellaini	7
Saha	8

Match Report From Fratton Park

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Just like the Blues we have three straight wins, and now a healthy looking Charity pot of £109 big ones. Pompey away is our next challenge, and they are a team devoid of confidence. They have lost their opening six Premiership matches (a new record), although they did taste victory at Carlisle in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night. This reflects in their odds as they are 7/2 to win at home, while the on fire Blues with three straight wins, eleven scored and none conceded ar 4/5 on. The draw is 11/4.

Moyesy's boys are flying averaging 3.3 goals scored per match in the last three games. You can get 11/10 on over 2.5 goals, and 4/5 for under that mark. An interesting stat is that Pompey have let in more goals in the first half of matches than any other club this season. You can get a tasty 4/1 for the Blues to win both halves which may be worth a punt.

Now King Louis won us a few bob last weekend, and he is 6/1 to open the scoring at Fratton Park. The Yak to do so on his old stomping ground is the same mark, but it is doubtful he will start. Tiny comes in at 8/1, and new boy Billy is 12's. Good luck and lets hope our run continues.

Lavo's Charity Bet: £10 on a Blues Win (4/5)

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Season Total: £109

Over a Ton For Fat Boy Now, Get in There !!

Pompey Boss Paul Hart