Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton FC fans letters: Will Goodison give Man Utd's Wayne Rooney a hot reception?
Will Goodison give Rooney a hot reception?[LNB]AFTER finally ending our decade-long hoodoo against Chelsea - I wish we'd have done it nine months earlier at Wembley - it's time we got a positive result against Manchester United on Saturday.[LNB]We've collected a few well-earned points at Stamford Bridge while I also recall that James McFadden hit the post with a great chance with the score at 1-1 during the Carling Cup semi-final first leg a couple of seasons ago in a game we lost 2-1 in stoppage time.[LNB]Our victory over the Premier League leaders could have been sealed earlier if Louis Saha hadn't taken such a tame penalty but in the same way the Frenchman responded well to that personal setback with a well-taken winning goal, the result was the perfect response to the derby defeat - another fixture David Moyes has an awful record in.[LNB]While our games at Old Trafford are the most one-sided head-to-head in Premier League history, our record against the Red Devils at Goodison is not much better.[LNB]It seems that we only ever beat United when it really matters with our only successes since the 1995 FA Cup final win being the Premier League game in the run-in to finishing fourth in 2005 and the semi-final at Wembley last season - and that was only on penalties against a Ferguson fringe side.[LNB]The loss of Marouane Fellaini is a huge blow but given some of the form we've shown in recent weeks there's no reason why we can't give United a real stern test this weekend.[LNB]We need to make things as hard as possible for them from the start - remember Phil Neville's 'season-changing' tackle on Cristiano Ronaldo last term?[LNB]A similar kind of attitude from both players and fans alike to the visit of their neighbours last month is needed.[LNB]Winning the title four times on the trot has never been done before by any English side - including our friends across the Park - so it will be a big ask for United to finish as champions again come May but they've been banging in the goals from all angles of late.[LNB]Ken Mahon, Tuebrook
