THE YAK'S BACK FOR EVERTON F.C.

By Greg O Keeffe on Jul 29, 09 10:24 AM

LIKE A BOLT from the Royal Blue, old Jazz Hands has returned from injury just in time to save us.
Yes, that's right, The Yak's back.

The 'laid-back' striker who makes Emmanuel Adebayor look like a work-horse, is training again over in the US, and even dreaming of facing Arsenal at Goodison next month.

Jokes about his portly stature and disinclination to sprint aside, we know Ayegbini
Yakubu is all about one thing. Goals. Loads of them.

Our relaxed number 22 scored them with his right, his left, his head - I even recall him glancing in one effort off his back last season.

And when you consider he is truly one of the last of the 20-goal a season men, it's a warm, fuzzy feeling knowing he is nearly fit again.

Not least the debatable bonus about his apparent youth. But we'll leave jokes about the age-claims of Nigerians to others.

We need to grasp good news when we get it at present, with the prospect of new signings (not promoted by a Lescott sale) looking about as likely as Steven Gerrard getting convicted by a Liverpool jury ("Sorry mum I did a bad verdict").

It was nice to see Freddie Ljungberg acknowledging that we're not the same bruisers he used to wince about when he played for the Untouchable gunners too.

Onwards to the MLS Allstars game, which I've now accepted I have no chance of watching, wouldn't it be cool if we became the first British side in five attempts to beat them?