Everton Banter Archive October 19 2013

19 Oct 2013 23:09:15
Good win for us again today. A lot has already been said about Lukaku, but for me the signing of Mccarthy looks to be a cracking bit of business, and so does Barry to be fair. Has there been anymore rumours about this Red Bull takeover? {Ed025's Note - no update as yet revs..

Agreed, I think some of the posters here need to give Hull some credit, they made it a hard game.
I thought the move for the second goal was superb, if it was scored by a north london club it would be goal of the month on MotD.

Agree with second poster - Hull are not a bad team. Third favourites for relegation? Not on yesterday's showing.

Thought our two central midfielders had a very good game yesterday.Out of the two Mccarthy just shaded the mom award for me.Imo this kid is going to be a top top player for us.

I always said Macca was made for Everton and he has plenty of years to improve, if he continues his progression as he has then we'll have some player on our hands and will be easily worth £25m by the time he's 25, of that I have no doubt.
If you think of it as a straight swap for Rodwell, (plus £1m) who I thought was way overrated and injury prone then it's great business.

19 Oct 2013 22:26:33
Forgot to mensch. The wig done well also my sources say (manc friend mate) he was crap. HAPPY DAYS BLUES.

20 Oct 2013 00:11:52
Hate man u, 'we are not stoke, sunderland or everton, we are MANCHESTER UNITED', go give your head a wobble mate, arrogant fans, clueless fans and joke club with a team full of average players, would love to wake up tomorrow to find out they were avoiding tax and had their trophies removed let's see how good their remarks are then

Mike-Ox Long

Exactly Mike. 'We're playing like Everton mkII, etc.' according to, I think, Sydney.
They're playing like a moyes team, plain and simple.
Managers dictate the style of play not the clubs.

19 Oct 2013 19:01:33
Not the best of games today this tip tap football from defence is not suiting our central defenders it seems to be panic stations when they are closed down, let's hope they get this sorted. My hero in the 80s was Paul Bracewell and i'm thinking we may have found another PB in McCarthy he covered every piece of grass, his tackling and passing was superb, I criticised his signing but i'm eating my words now. KK.

The greatest thing in life is when a player proves you wrong I admire your honesty tom efc

A few weeks ago I said Pienaar was finished. And that Kone would come good. I post a bit less now.
Hank

Pienaar is really important, Baines is twice the player when pienaar is on the pitch as for players like kone and Naismith its really important we get behind them, confidence is so important to players .they will score important goals for us .

19 Oct 2013 18:02:23
"Are you watching Davey Moyes? Are you watching Davey Moyes"

19 Oct 2013 17:22:54
Howard-6- didn't do anything spectacular and should of come for corners but as usual he didnt

Coleman-7-solid game going forward and looked comfortable defensively

Jagielka-6-better game second half, was shaky all game and kept hoofing the ball to osman for somee reason

Distin-7-looked clueless on the ball but solid defensively as usual

Baines-7-got ripped apart foelr their goal but did well going forward and looked ok defensively as a whole

Mirallas-6.5-difficult this one, good goal and looked lively but didn't do enough as a whole imo

Mccarthy-9-passing was great all game and won possession very well always looked calm on the ball motm imo

Barry-8.5-great game again similar to mccarthy very good passing and very calm on the ball but mccarthy just shades it imo

Osman-3.5-maybe harsh but was poor again showing he is not good enough for a starting place as his passing was awful and the game just passed him by

Barkley-4.5-looked lively but passing was poor, backheel was stupid, too many touches and showing off too much, not at his best today, in fact very far off

Lukaku-5-looked tired but always wanted the ball and at least tried

Pienaar-6.5-a welcome site to get rid of osman and looked lively, passing was good as was his overall play but maybe a little slow to react to some loose balls

Kone-4.5-oh god, looked lively but how on earth did he miss that chance, looked not fully fit and uninterested today

Naismith-6-the albino cheese monkey, didn't do anything wrong and not on long enough to judge

Mike-Ox Long

I thought I was the only one with enough time to make one of these :') great stuff, though, thanks.

I would have given distin a bit lower. He was decent defensively, but his cluelessness overshadowed it for me and I'd give him a 5/6.

Mirallas I'd have said 7. He did nothing in the second half, but first half he worked very hard and was extremely lively.

Completely agree with both McCarthy and Barry being excellent.

3.5 is harsh on osman, but I agree that he isn't good enough anymore. He is just too slow, in every respect. Few years ago, he'd have thrived in this system, but now, he just doesn't give the ball quick enough.

Ross, I don't think he was trying to show off, as such, just didn't really have an option very often. He also got a lot of stick for not shooting, when, to be fair, he was closed down very quickly. That said, he was very poor. His dribbling barely ever worked and his passing was terrible at times. The back heel was a low point.

Agree with all of the others, though. Better post match review than tv and the likes will give

Barry could - and maybe should - have been sent off for one, if not two, very bad tackles.

I have posted on here about osman .he should be no were near the first team anymore.its like playing with 10 men.what legs he had have now gone.

That is the perfect summary