Everton Banter Archive July 12 2014

12 Jul 2014 17:13:29
Of course all this talk about transfers has taken the focus off the new ground issue. Thought we were close to making a decision on that?

EFC stated they had found a site ie Walton Hall Park but never said they were going to start building it. IMHO its not a great site you only have Walton Hall Avenue which is a bottle neck at Queens drive then another bottle neck at the East Lancs Road, Its far worse than around Goodison park There has got to be a better site if they are definitely not going to refurbish Goodison.

13 Jul 2014 02:47:53
Wind your neck in pal, people like yourself moaned about the lack of transfer activity. Now we are making moves you find another stick to beat the club with. Whilst I agree that each fan has the right to their opinion, I find it both tiresome and unnecessary that people feel the need to pick faults. The clue is in the word 'supporters', support your club not run it down. This is going to be another good season boys and girls, positive thoughts.

Spudv, I don't need to wind my neck in, you don't know what people like me are, that post was not a moan, when I do start moaning you'll know what a moan is, I was only stating in my opinion it is not a good site, I want to stay at Goodison. But if we have to move it has to what's best for EFC, not just where the council may want to put us.

13 Jul 2014 10:03:05
Sorry thought this was a banter site. Wouldn't want to upset narrow minded people who can only think of one thing at a time. So sorry Spud.

13 Jul 2014 14:15:28
Kirbo, wasn't directed at you at all, I was commenting on opening post.
Woburn, I pointed out that we are all entitled to our opinions, my concern is that there is too much doom and gloom at times on here. From lack of activity in the market to the ground, why can't people just be happy we are going in the right direction? I'm far from narrow minded and certainly not upset, multitasking is not a problem either. My problem last night was too much stella :)

Fair enough spud, just got a little bored with the usual gossip and fancied talking about something different. Ps Stella will frazzle the brain mate.

13 Jul 2014 15:54:34
No worries mate, I wouldn't have even posted if it wasn't for the drink.it certainly wouldn't have come across as confrontational if I was sober! You're right about the stella though but it was worth it at the time!

12 Jul 2014 14:54:51
After a great season surely its not just a case of adding numbers to the squad we have to improve it, Rodwell, Traore, Cleverley, are not going to improve us, the kids can give us the extra numbers, we've got to get two or three quality players in, I did like the looks of Besic, good control with pace and only 21. I just hope we don't lose out by trying to get him on the drip, My fear is we lose out on the better players while we wait to see what Lukaku is doing.

Agreed kirbo very well said indeed

Thanks bodie37

12 Jul 2014 13:38:01
Apparently this lad we had "signed" is going to Swansea who offered 4 million upfront where as we offered 2.5 plus add ons.
Know nothing of him so not exactly disappointed

All gone quiet on the Besic rumours down here. Apparently the Swans are close to signing Jefferson Montero. The swans chairman has also said during an interview yesterday that the club have not heard from Liverpool regarding Bony

12 Jul 2014 13:11:59
If Lukaku really wanted to sign, you would like to think he would try and force the move and not say he needs two weeks to think about it. The sooner we get the squad assembled and training together the better we will be

12 Jul 2014 10:26:02
As we're financially better set than in previous transfer windows, these look to be exCiting times rather than exiting times at Everton :-)
No more selling our better players just to be able to add to the squad - and no more being unable to afford a decent-sized squad of first-team options.

11 Jul 2014 23:51:55
still rumous that we are trying to sing rodwell. we will not sign him because like in my last post he is not good enough, when he was with us he had half a good season he had potential that is it potential, he has more or less missed 2 seasons through injury ( which he is prone to ) and has not progressed at all.

one reply said I ovs don't go goodison because he is class and for 5 mill is a steal. sry no I know he came through but he is NOT class, he is class at being injured.

someone else said he will be our captain. am sry but he won't for 2 reasons.

1 he will be injured
2 we have and will have more influential players

sick of rodwell rumours

rant over

ps if you think rodwell is the kinda player who will improve efc have a word with your self

hahah

sry to sound blunt

12 Jul 2014 10:21:26
I think that IF, and it's a huge if, Rodwell could stay fit, he still has the potential to be a good defensive midfielder alongside McCarthy, or a good centre back alongside Stones. Aside from the obvious injury problems, there's a problem with him in that nobody knows his best position. He was adamant he was a centre back, but I've hardly ever seen a centre back skip past a couple of Manchester United players and score the way he did a few years ago. Moyes played him as a defensive and attacking midfielder. I would take him for about £3m as a slight risk, although now we have signed Besic I could only see him as a back up centre back. Either way I trust Martinez!

If RM believes that Rodwell could do a job for the team - and I believe it's all speculation at the moment rather than anything said on the record by RM or anyone at the club - then, with all due respect to your right to express an option, I'd rather accept his knowledge and understanding of the game and his assessment of a player's qualities than that of any fan - even the most impassioned.
My own view: I reckon there are other players above Rodwell in RM's wish list and I also reckon there are other clubs who would be prepared to outbid and outpay what most clubs would offer for the player. Besides, if every one of our former "promising" players had actually reached their expected potential, then they would all have been plying their trade at the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, etc.
If they'd reached their potential and we'd managed to keep the best of them, then we'd probably have had a world-beating team of stellar superstars ourselves rather than a team pretty much performing above what the club's financial level (i.e. commercial income, wage bill, transfer funds, etc.) should imho actually be able to deliver.

12 Jul 2014 11:24:51
the figure being bandied around is £10m so no thanks!

11 Jul 2014 23:01:10
Anyone know if Isaac Cuenca is decent? Seen he has been realeased by barca and would thus be available on a free. We like frees at everton!

12 Jul 2014 00:45:59
No, certainly hasn't developed at all and is joining deportivo

He gone to depertivto apparently were after Adama Traoré