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Originally Posted by mlyons
If Everton had had Cahill, Vaughan, and Baines available it might have been different, too.
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Where would you have put Cahill ? Would you have replaced Arteta ? Best player on the field yesterday or Neville their captain ? Or Osman who scored one of their goals ? Or would it have been Carsley who is probably their most dependable midfield player ? Cahill wasn’t a first choice midfield player last season and to be honest the four who played yesterday are better than him.
Onto Vaughan who hasn’t played regular for the, well he’s never played regular because of injuries. Also who would you have dropped for Vaughan ? Anichebe who scored the other Everton goal or Everton’s top striker Johnson ? Next up Baines, he wouldn’t have made Everton better, having watched him over 50 (full and not highlights) games he’s a good defender but hardly a game breaker and wouldn’t have made a difference.
Brown would have made a difference as Wigan had a decent amount of possession but also lacked someone who could have broken up some of the Everton attacks, if he’d been available he'd have taken over from either Scharner who would have dropped into the back four allowing Kilbane to go into midfield and Koumas to move to a central position or he would have been a straight replacement for Landzaat.