David Moyes felt that Everton threw away two points following the 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. Everton went 2-0 up through Victor Anichebe and Yakubu in the first-half only for the home side to fight back. He said: “I was pleased with the performance but not the result. We played very well at times. “We scored two goals and should have been more ahead but...

Tim Cahill starts for Everton for their Premier League clash at Birmingham City. Birmingham: Hart, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner, Ferguson, Bowyer, Fahey, Jerome, Benitez Subs: Taylor, Larsson, Phillips, McFadden, Michel, Queudrue, Tainio Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Anichebe, Heitinga, Arteta, Pienaar, Cahill, Yakubu Subs: Nash, Hibbert,...

BBC footbal pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Everton will draw with Birmingham City. He told BBC Sport Online: “Both teams are on good runs at the moment. They are next to each other in the league, with Birmingham eighth and Everton ninth, which adds extra importance to the game. I think this will be tight. Birmingham’s 2-1 win at Portsmouth on Tuesday...

David Moyes felt that Everton’s poor defending left them with too much of task to come back from after losing 2-1 to Birmingham City in the FA Cup. The away side raced to a 2-0 lead at half-time and could only manage a consolation goal from Leon Osman after the break, despite an improved performance. He said: “We left ourselves a lot to do after being two...

Mikel Arteta is named among the Everton substitutes for the FA Cup tie against Birmingham City. Everton: Howard, Neville, Distin, Heitinga, Baines, Pienaar, Cahill, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov, Donovan, Saha. Subs: Nash, Arteta, Vaughan, Osman, Coleman, Duffy, Baxter. Birmingham: Hart, Carr, Roger Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Bowyer, Ferguson, Fahey, McFadden, Benitez. Subs:...

“Somebody threw their arm up, but nobody batted an eyelid at it”, is what Alex McLeish said when asked about the Stephen Carr incident. Well, let me tell you, you little turd, the SOMEBODY who threw an arm up was your captain, and he did it to flick the ball off Louis Saha’s head with his hand in the penalty box. The reason that nobody “batted an eyelid” is...

Everton v Birmingham Alex McLeish’s side are the form team in the Premier League at the moment whilst Everton are regaining that grittiness which abandoned them at the start of the season. Injuries are still a big issue for David Moyes but hes uncovering some very promising youngsters who look capable of holding things together until the more established stars return....

BBC Football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Everton will beat Birmingham City. Last time out Lawrenson incorrectly predicted that Everton would lose 2-0 to Chelsea, when it ended as a 3-3 draw. He told BBC Sport online: “Birmingham are a form team, like city rivals Aston Villa – they have won five straight games in the Premier League, although Everton...