Everton Banter Archive June 20 2016

20 Jun 2016 21:42:21
Henderson a international footballer. Never in a million years. Might as well draft Lee Cattermole into the team . Couldn't possibly be any worse . Soooo frustrating.

{Ed091's Note - If you watched the game, henderson was MOTM the first 45. Please try not to be so bitter and deluded.

20 Jun 2016 22:40:51
Was I watching the same game?! . He was awful, literally every person I spoke to in the pub at half time wanted him off.

20 Jun 2016 22:44:40
. I thought he was England's best player 2nd half along with Dier. & by the way - why the hell did we get rid of Dier? He's world class!

20 Jun 2016 22:52:31
MOTM HAHA, just proves you can be proper crap for england and still get motm, so what if they had all the possession, their goalie was never troubled. stones and ross have been ripped to bits for less.

20 Jun 2016 23:04:32
Wiltshire was crap.

21 Jun 2016 01:28:27
Barkley did not have a good end to the season, but that was down to the clueless one, if he is not a better option than Alie or wiltshire, I must have been watching the wrong game.
If he gives the ball away in dangerous situation (WILTSHIRE) he get the rant from the london media, if he has crazy long range shots, the same, Alie's efforts would be ok, if he was going for a 3 point rugby convertion. He is head and shoulders above both but does not get a look in, bet he would have scored with that much possetion around the box.

21 Jun 2016 06:59:34
Soli. Dier was deemed not good enough the same as Mustaffi by a certain ex manager of ours. And now look at them both top players at club and international level.

21 Jun 2016 07:06:26
Have to agree to a certain extent. Even Arsenal fans will tell you Wheelchair is over rated and he gave possession away far too much and against better opposition we may have been punished. Henderson done alright, found space in and around the box now and again but not much else. I do feel a game last night would have benefited Ross to come on instead of Alli and play alongside Rooney and have them both driving towards the defence. Has Alli lived up to all this pre-tournament hype? No not at all he has been disapointing in my opinion. If Henderson and Wheelchair are better options for our country than Ross Barkley than I'm afraid Ross might as well retire now. Both between them probably played less last season than Ross.

21 Jun 2016 06:17:40
ed091 must have had a few too many sherbets. Henderson motm first 45 minutes, that has to be a wee wee extraction. The bloke was awful.

{Ed091's Note - I think you had too many bitters during the game lad.

21 Jun 2016 07:31:24
On one hand Slovakia did a job on us last night, on the other they baffled me with their 'bus parking' etc. . . they had nothing to gain from it!

England once again showed their lack of guile and savvy when confronted with a whole team behind the ball, it seemed our corners were wasted, every shot was struck with a white shirt just waiting with easy anticipation to charge it down.

Yawn. . . it bores me to even think about this match .

21 Jun 2016 06:28:18
Don't often agree with Mr Mcnulty but for me Dyer, Clyne for me and I would add Vardy. Not Sturridges fault that he kept coming deep in my opinion, Henderson and Wiltshire were so ineffective that instead of being where he can do most damage the lad had to keep coming to hunt for the ball. I would still play him (Sturridge) every game. Play Rooney in midfield and Sturridge will score.

20 Jun 2016 20:23:27
England v Slovakia Live chat page

20 Jun 2016 15:29:03
Guys, just wondering since the position is open and DM has been hanging around with BK.

Glad to have RK.

20 Jun 2016 15:50:56
He can hang with BK 'no problemo' however if you see him with FM. . . now that would worry me!

Just as an aside to this, would anyone know if he is just starting this 'cozying up ' since his 'I need a bigger challenge than you lot' mode?

20 Jun 2016 14:05:18
Hi again all,

So Rom looked decent, i think we should all forget about his transfer talk saga, i don't like what he did either but personally i don't think we can sign anyone better and so keeping him must be the aim.

We still need a keeper more than anything and there's one i think would be a top class addition and at a pretty good price. Sergio Romero at Man U. I've always liked him, played at the highest level and i think he's being completely wasted as a number 2 choice, he's better than that.

On a side note, anyone know where Xavi is these days? I know he left Barcelona but was it to elsewhere or retirement? Could he be available or is he just a Legend player now (a name you'd love in the team but best days long gone and would add very little)

Thanks for any feedback.

20 Jun 2016 14:19:34
35 now mate, only on a mere 10 million Euros tax free per year playing for Qatari Al Sadd :) , bit out of our price range, great player though.

20 Jun 2016 14:36:10
To be honest Lukaku said all these things last summer when away with Belgium, take it with a pinch of salt, all I have ever heard him say is he wants to play champions league football and to win titles, everyone saying he has burnt his bridges, when all there reading is reports and if you believe the rags then we will have a new team next season.

20 Jun 2016 01:34:49
I would love it if we snagged Mandanda. I believe he is a free agent and valued at €10 mil. free vs £20-£40 mil for the Hart, Forster or Begovic options that have been rumoured. For a good salary, Mandanda would come to the best league in the world.

20 Jun 2016 08:26:58
Chelsea want him but he wants first team football which we could offer.