Due to a combination of swine flu, tickets for the cricket at Edgbaston and a christening, most of the UCC couldn't make it to the Ricoh to watch Marcus's testimonial. A shame we all couldn't, as he deserves his testimonial season having suffered nearly as many Sky Blue years as some of the fans. Where once he was a raw talent, with slightly dodgy positioning and not quite enough pace, he's matured nicely into an experienced professional with slightly dodgy positioning and not quite enough pace, who can play anywhere across the back four. What you do get with Marcus is commitment to the cause, he rarely gives anything less than his all, and I'd rather see him on the pitch than off it.
Anyway, Everton came to play and took an early lead through an Aussie. Something that the Aussies down the M6 have so far failed to do this series. Mrs Doyle poached an equaliser, before Jose Baxter (sounds like the product of an illict encounter between a Spanish waiter and a lass from Bolton on holiday in Benidorm?) put the Premier League team in front with five minutes to play.
Cometh the hour, cometh the Gunnar, to pop home a late late equaliser in front of just over 8,000 fans. With a week to go before Roy Keane's Ipswich arrive and park their tractors all around the ground, it's nice to go into the season with a little form. The crowd could have been higher though, sign of a Sunday lunchtime kick-off, or a sign of things to come this year, as Everton bought 2,000 with them. Doubt Ipswich will do the same, as it's harvest time, and the tractors and combines will be needed.
Hopefully the Coalman will have brought in some new faces before the Sky cameras arrive, the squad's looking barer than Berni Madoff's savings account at the moment.
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