Everton Banter Archive August 01 2018

01 Aug 2018 21:10:58
Now we’ve signed Digne what’s the thoughts on playing Baines as left wing in front of Digne could work as good covering each other and both overlapping as in the days of Baines and Pienaar ( who we never replaced to get the best out of Baines)

Pickford
Coleman Hollgate Keane/ new Digne
Walcott Gana Sigurdsson Baines
Tosun Richarlison

I know that’s 442 but it could go 433 with Walcott up front
Anyway just a thought.

01 Aug 2018 21:48:16
I get where you’re coming from but the above would basically be a diamond midfield with Gana as DM and Sig as AM. Only having Gana in front of the inexperienced Holgate and Keane who has no concentration or positional sense terrifies me.

01 Aug 2018 23:55:53
Could put Baines at left dm. Bayer had success with lahm going into that position from lb.

02 Aug 2018 01:07:18
I remember Martinez saying Baines could do that role like Lahm
Just wondering if Roberto was saying it was that a good or bad thing 🤔.

01 Aug 2018 19:47:27
Message for Johnny1989. cheers fpr the support mate and no I never thought you were having a dig and yes I am chilled. Re your loss. I am so sorry to hear that and yes blind faith is understandable. I just like to think I have made an informed decision even if it is blind faith! Yes a pint when I am up will be good. I am in Cornwall these days so its only a few games a season now. Will give you a shout when up. In fact anyone on here who wants to meet for a get together. before a game. I am up for it and I can guarantee we will all get on better than with the frustrations of messages and banter on here!

01 Aug 2018 21:02:56
thanks mate, definitely get in touch I dnt miss home games so anytime.

02 Aug 2018 08:00:15
Johhny I would just like to offer my condolences mate for the sad news you shared God bless you and your family.

02 Aug 2018 10:34:19
thank mate, was just using personal experience to show that sometimes blind faith us alls we have mate and sometimes it's alls we need.

01 Aug 2018 18:48:25
So reds utd sniffing round yerry Mina now, that's us out the frame then, go there and sit in the bench then, any truth in the Rojo link, and how about a back up to Cenk, 8 days and counting MS/ MB, blue boys concerned.

01 Aug 2018 19:25:05
Personally, I think we should have walked away from Mina once he hesitated waiting for the likes of utd came in for him. He will walk into their first team I reckon, looks a good player from the bits I've seen. On to the next target it is! I'd like us to test Newcastle's resolve over Lascalles, see if they would sell or not. If Williams is on the way to Stoke, as some press outlets are suggesting, then MB/ MS must have someone lined up to sign, who is it?

{Ed025's Note - lascalles would do nicely for me potato..

01 Aug 2018 19:34:40
Why walk away if he is our no1 target. Let Man u match the fee and the wages and guarantee him he won't be sat on the bench.
Man u is a big pull for a player but he won't want to go and sit on the bench otherwise he'd stay at Barca.

01 Aug 2018 20:50:57
Me too ed025, are the links to him wild rumours or do you know if we are sniffing around him?
Smit, I think we should invest our time in a player that wants to come, not wait to see if he gets a better offer, more so because we have limited time to waste this window. Nothing against the lad, I don't blame him for taking such a stance. I just don't want to have to watch JW on ssn to see if we are actually going to sign a cb!

{Ed025's Note - we were interested early on potato but i have heard no updates on him recently mate..

01 Aug 2018 20:18:37
Lascalles for me too. Strong, quick and great in the air. Cash and player.

01 Aug 2018 20:20:07
I think Barcelona are trying to make room in their non EU quota, unt are being priced out of a move for Alderweireld and Maguire, much may happen yet.

01 Aug 2018 23:17:49
Hopefully they will try their hand then ed025, cheers for the info.

01 Aug 2018 17:44:04
ED 25 with richarlison digne in our left side looks lot more dangerous then last year. also talk about badou ndiaye who was linked couple weeks ago and kevin Campbell saying he better then idrissa which good enough for me. Williams going which hopefully means we get new cb. Williams was decent cb at Swansea but his pace has gone he still do job at stoke. For me out cb we been linked with i would like mee feel he underrated as keane got in England squad playing next to him and so did tarowksi.

{Ed025's Note - it looks like we got the wrong burnley CB bretto both mee and tarowski are better than keane, not a massive fan of rojo either but i feel he would be a massive upgrade on williams mate..

01 Aug 2018 18:15:35
I still think there something in keane ed but think mee brings best out of him and tarowksi. Would not surprise me if unkown cb came in from edervisse or south American.

{Ed025's Note - our CH should not need a babysitter bretto..

01 Aug 2018 20:33:26
Think mee brings best out of him.

01 Aug 2018 20:59:25
Neither Mee or Tarowski were considered better than Keane whilst he was with Burnley. Maybe they are all good defenders but they are better suited too the way Burnley play. I don't think Burnley won an away game when Keane was their centre back. Anyways I am over Burnley way all weekend, I'll do some sniffing and see if we are interested in stealing another defender off them lol, I'll keep you all posted.

01 Aug 2018 22:02:45
Bretto to mee too 😂😂.

01 Aug 2018 17:30:45
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new player profile about, Jack Charlton

01 Aug 2018 14:14:17
See Rodwell being allowed to train at finch farm, what a waste of a career, I remember seeing him play for England's u19s in Bristol once was working there all week and went along to a friendly he was only 17 but completely ran the game played just in front of back 4, was immense after match I truly believed this was not only a top player but one that would go on to be captain of England, prime example for any top young pro, play as much football as you can or end up like him, maybe he could pop down to Chelsea and tell Barkley your on the road to nowhere.

01 Aug 2018 14:58:04
I thought he was going to be a top player too when he first broke through. Goes to show that to reach the top you need more than just talent. To be fair to JR, injuries have stalled his career rather than greed. I wish the lad well wherever he ends up.

01 Aug 2018 15:42:36
Always thought ne would make a good centre half myself.

01 Aug 2018 17:01:51
That's what DM always said. "He will end up as a CB at some point but he wants to play midfield"

01 Aug 2018 14:01:04
Jack Rodwell is training with the u23,s after being released by Watford, Everton have no plans to sign the player, however for me regardless of jumping ship, he is still only 27 years old, hardly on the end of his playing career.

Personally for free, I would add him to the squad, if we manage to offload other players.

Thing with Rodwell, he has looked after himself and for a freebie, could do a lot worse, what's not to like.

01 Aug 2018 14:39:42
We are trying to reduce the wage bill and squad size so that's not the best idea I've heard.

01 Aug 2018 16:26:15
Ye not the best idea mate. We need to move forward, move on.

01 Aug 2018 17:09:02
He has thrown away his most crucial years for a pay cheque and a seat on a world famous bench. He then failed big time at one of the worst Prem sides of all time.

If we went down last year, maybe jist maybe I'd suggest he'd be worth a pay as you play contract.

He's had the riches and the girls, that was his dream. Shame as he was highly highly rated and seemed to be backing it up. i'm sure he will pass his name on for the use of doing a "rodwell" next!

01 Aug 2018 13:18:54
There a sale on at Everton
Buy schneiderlin get Martina an Williams free
Limited time.

01 Aug 2018 11:15:07
If we get a new LB I wonder if MS would take a look at Baines in the holding midfield area if we couldn't get a new face in. Not sure if he has the full skill set required but would be interesting to see if he could fill the role of Schniederlin and rotate with Beni until MS gets the man he wants.

01 Aug 2018 14:19:30
Think we tried too many square pegs in round holes last season and look what happened.

01 Aug 2018 09:53:28
on a much lighter note:

pickford

coleman rojo gibson digne

gana drinkwater siggy

Walcott tosun richarlison

would be very very happy going into season with that 11, let's hope it can be achieved.

01 Aug 2018 10:47:09
Rojo, Gibson, Drinkwater? Meh. Rojo is not much better than Mori was (very similar type of player) , Gibson isn't much better than Keane and Drinkwater is slow. I'd rather have Lascelles, Mina and Loftus-Cheek (even on loan) .

01 Aug 2018 11:10:44
Gibson more realistic option, rojo is a similar type of player to mori who I wouldn't have sold to be honest, we need a rough player a player strikers are gunna be afraid off, and drink water can be slow next to gana as long as his passes go forward, dnt want lofts cheek on loan at all ad have him permanent but why take Chelsea prospects make them better then give them back, it's ok doing it with foreign teams like Barcelona but why do it for a rival.

01 Aug 2018 11:17:50
Coleman Holgate Jags/ Keane Digne

looks more likely.

01 Aug 2018 11:33:24
Johny we did loan lukaku and then buy him so might not be the worst thing.

01 Aug 2018 11:36:46
i no smit but that was when we couldn't afford our own players mate we better off now, not mega rich but no longer need to be a place for other teams kids to mature.

01 Aug 2018 16:31:56
Not sure we’re in a position to call chelsea a rival at the moment.

01 Aug 2018 17:05:29
there in the same leagie mate therefore a rival.