Everton Banter Archive July 18 2014

18 Jul 2014 21:52:23
Is Besic signing soon or has the deal broken down?

{Ed025's Note - still in abeyance TAO..

18 Jul 2014 20:09:46
Hi ed what's the chances of getting lukaku, bobby seems relaxed about situation

{Ed013's Note - Everton have a good chance, but my feeling is that if he can't sort his differences out with Chelsea then he will move abroad}

Thank you for a straight answer ed13 it is appreciated. I also happen to think he'll go abroad. I'd be disappointed if he chose Wolfsburg over us though I must say. Juve or Athletico I could understand but think Wolfsburg would be a step sideways and I'd like to think his time here last season would sway us over them.

18 Jul 2014 17:28:16
eds. I would just like to say on behalf of all evertonians.i would like to express our deepest sympathy to the newcastle united supporters who were tragically killed on the malaysia airline which was shot down yesterday. they were on the way to watch there team in new zealand. HA WAY THE LADS .GOD BLESS. R.I.P.

Seconded RIP

Fair play Richie nice touch there mate.

Nice touch, I would like to add to that by offering my condolences to the families of everybody who was aboard that plane! If frustrates me when the news and papers report tragedies like this and make a point of saying how many Brits were affected! Shouldn't matter about the peoples nationalities they were all human. Very sad time for all involved!

Good post. i'm a north east lad and its a real kick in the teeth up here. The 2 men travelled everywhere to watch the club they loved, home, away, reserve and academy matches R.I.P to all who lost their lives.

Well in.

Well said

18 Jul 2014 20:07:15
R.I.P. Great set of lads the Newcastle fans. From every Blue, Red and White on Merseyside. Really puts things into perspective. It's only footy lads, the fans make it special.

Rest in peace.

Everton Al.

Here here so sad r.i.p

18 Jul 2014 15:21:20
Man Utd not wanting to keep Javier Hernandez and looking to offload. Heard Martinez is keen. Think we should go for him Ed?

{Ed025's Note - im not his biggest fan to be honest stevie, good impact sub, but im looking for a forward who can give us 20+ goals a season, and i dont think thats him mate..

Im with you on that one ed, good impact player at best and never will be a 20 goals a season player.If possible why not have a poll on the subject to see how many blues agree with us.

Not for me neither. Most definitely won't get us 20 a season

I think he would to be honest he has always been mainly used as a sub but never had a fair crack at starting games at the right price I would love him such a threat in the box and his movement is class knows where to be

18 Jul 2014 18:01:03
We need a striker who is big and powerful, hernandez is neither, he also has a woeful first touch and seems to get the ball deflected off his knee or something and he gets the goal, and mate, he hasn't started a lot of games but when he has, he's failed, no tar

18 Jul 2014 13:40:51
Anyone know if the club is showing the pre-season games like they have for the past few years?
It was a great initiative by the Club.

Official site are saying they are mate

18 Jul 2014 16:44:02
EvertonTV have got 4 of the preseason games on livestream

18 Jul 2014 12:13:41
For anyone worried about our lack of transfer activity - Bobby told us not to expect anything soon. I'm normally so frustrated with our lack of movement in the transfer market but this year I'm not because he let us all know.

"The right characters need to come to the club. It is going to take until the last day of the window to finalise the squad. It is a World Cup year and things will get delayed and certain situations will be worth us waiting until the last second to see if they happen or not and that is something we are well in control of" - Roberto Martinez, 19th May.

Deadline day it is then.

Great post Mike. Characteristic is the most important.

Good thinking so wait till 11 on deadline and hope there's 20 goal a season striker poeple are trying to offload if not there's always January, I doubt that's his plan

I don't buy into this world cup year rubbish. There's loads of players all been in the world cup and moved to new clubs. Doesn't wash with me.

18 Jul 2014 16:48:30
perhaps DM's back in charge of transfers . ?

Perhaps it wasn 't Moyes dithering and cocking things up in the first place

18 Jul 2014 11:17:53
Sam Byrne is Evertons second transfer of the summer 18 year old Irish midfielder who was let go by Manchester United, confirmed by Evertons official twitter account

He's a forward rather than a midfielder - surely?

18 Jul 2014 10:15:35
Just been told that Lukaku has turned us down and he won't be coming so we are moving for other targets. How true this is I don't know I'm only passing on what I've been told from someone who SAYS they know someone within the club. I want to make it clear I'm not ITK I'm just passing on the info I've been told. The lad who told me is a staunch blue and has no reason to lie to me nor has ever come out with anything like this before so make of it what you will.

Would take any rumours with a pinch of salt but if true so be it . No player is bigger than our great club and their are plenty of other strikers out there .He is not our player so no loss to us .

My sentiments exactly mAte, if he doesn't want to come sod him. As I said I'm by no means ITK but that's what he said, he has no reason to make it up and he is most definitely not the type of person to do it and he's as gutted as the rest of us so draw your conclusions from that I suppose. Tbh I never really inn my heart thought he would sign, I think we are or were his safety net so to speak and you're absolutely spot on, no one is bigger than the club. Bigger and better than him have come and gone and still will.

Good of lukaku to ring Kevin from the kitchen staff to let him know he wasn't coming

@mikedeblue. There's always one smart arse isn't there. Incase it had escaped your notice this is a rumour site were people post rumours! If no one did there wouldn't be much point reading here would there. If you read the post I was very careful to point out I don't claim to be ITK and explain exactly where it come from, if it's true it's true, if not I've been told duff info, so what! If I'd of put "lukaku deal off taps nose" or something similar pretending to be some insider I could understand your comment but Inever. It's people like you that stop genuine people posting stuff.

Pb2 .Well said mate .

18 Jul 2014 09:31:08
A bit of news from the official site:

The seven players to commit from Kevin Sheedy's side - victors over Manchester City in May's Under-18 championship final - are goalkeeper Russell Griffiths (aged 18), defenders Jonjoe Kenny (17), Curtis Langton and Gethin Jones (both 18), midfielders Joe Williams and Harry Charsley and forward Calum Dyson (all 17).

Kenny, a European Championship winner with England Under-17s earlier this summer, and fellow Liverpudlian Williams have both signed three-year deals, keeping them at Goodison Park until at least the end of the 2016/17 campaign.

Griffiths, Charsley and Dyson have agreed terms for two years, while Jones and Langton have penned one-year deals.

Meanwhile, 18-year-old striker Sam Byrne has arrived at Finch Farm on a free transfer having left Manchester United's academy in May after three years.

A Republic of Ireland Under-19 international with seven goals in 10 outings, the Dublin-born striker also spent 13 games on loan at League One Carlisle United last season, scoring once.