Source: Team_Talk
Beckford offers hope to Moyes
Everton manager David Moyes has backed new boy Jermaine Beckford to turn around his side's poor start to the Premier League season.[LNB] Moyes' men largely dominated against Wolves at Goodison Park but a blunt attacking edge stopped them building on Tim Cahill's opener before Sylvan Ebanks-Blake struck an equaliser out of nowhere 15 minutes from time.[LNB]The Toffees boss was full of praise for the efforts of Cahill but he also believes free transfer signing Beckford will quickly adapt to Premier League life after showing flashes of class on his home debut.[LNB]Moyes, who withdrew the former Leeds man to a standing ovation in the 71st minute, said: "I thought Jermaine gave us something else. You can see he looks to be a threat and I'm sure he is going to get us goals.[LNB]"You've got to take your chances when you get them. We had some great chances to make it 2-0 in the second half. Tim Cahill played well but I don't know if we gave their 'keeper enough to do."[LNB]Everton were desperate to get points on the board after their dismal start to the season at Blackburn and they set about their task in businesslike fashion against a Wolves side who failed to get out of first gear.[LNB]Wolves boss Mick McCarthy described his side's first-half display as "hopeless" and "abject" as Everton dominated without really creating any clear chances besides John Heitinga's long-range shot which was tipped over the crossbar by Marcus Hahnemann.[LNB]The home side squeezed in front in the 43rd minute with a goal which had a whiff of controversy about it. First Mikel Arteta was clearly hauled down in the box only for referee Lee Mason to signal a free-kick on the edge of the area instead.[LNB]From Arteta's free-kick the ball struck the Wolves wall and rebounded to Cahill, who shrugged off the attentions of Jody Craddock to ram the ball high into the net.[LNB]McCarthy took the unusual step of apologising to referee Mason afterwards, having initially believed Cahill had fouled Craddock in the build-up to the goal.[LNB]"I've looked at the replays and I'm not so convinced now," admitted McCarthy.[LNB]Wolves showed a little more attacking intent in the second period but still failed to fashion a shot on target, Craddock finding the side-netting with a clever back-heel from a Matt Jarvis corner in the 63rd minute.[LNB]Beckford had a fine chance to score Everton's second minutes later when he swept clear on the counter-attack but instead of seeking out Cahill, he elected to go it alone and was dispossessed by Stephen Ward.[LNB]The home side were made to pay in the 75th minute when Adlene Guedioura's crunching challenge on Heitinga set up a break for Kevin Doyle which ended in a neat cross from which Ebanks-Blake could not miss.[LNB]Delighted McCarthy said: "They should have been out of sight at half-time. They could have been 5-0 up but at the end of the second half I'm not too sure I wanted it to end - I fancied us winning."[LNB]Moyes meanwhile shrugged off queries over Guedioura's challenge as part and parcel of the game, but his clipped "yes" when asked whether he was disappointed over his side's start to the season said it all about the prevailing mood at Goodison.[LNB]"I thought we played fine in the first half and probably then you could only see the victory going one way," said Moyes.[LNB]"But that's football, and that's what the Premier League does to you."
