Everton Banter Archive January 27 2012

27 Jan 2012 22:52:22
thats the best ive seen us play in a long time! coyb! well done lads.donavon! sign him up! {Ed025's Note - his quality shone out tonight.. and well done blue boys...with that level of energy and commitment we will surge up the league..

27 Jan 2012 22:35:21
Well done Gwlydas street end, I was in main stand and you were booming at times, well done guys

Degsybluenose

27 Jan 2012 22:20:58
i work for vip limos somthing goin down loads of important peeps in town tonight

Wat limo company

Celebrations that we have finally won???

27 Jan 2012 22:10:14
Played well tonight and came back well after an unlucky start. Let's hope for an easy draw! Magaye played well tonight and has hopefully done enough to force himself into matchday squads as we need the players to step up if the board will not. Well done lads and keep it going! COYB!! Also to everyone that looks for rumours for glimmers of hope regarding takeovers like myself, I've had my house up for sale for a while now, It hasn't been bought yet but it will.

Gueye great? what game were you watching, he was shocking! His dead balls never beat the first man, his crosses were too short or too long, and his defencive nievity diminishes Baines attacking runs!! he comes off the wing far too much and everytime we play him Baines is very quiet. He is unable to turn with his back to goal, on the wing everytime Baines gave him the ball and ran on Guaye came back against himself and left Baines high and dry 40 yards outta position without the ball.

He has great potential i agree, but needs to be more disiplined in his defencive duties and in his awareness of other players going forward!

Kurajan {Ed025's Note - to be honest...i thought he done well..

His dead balls never beat the first man ? We had 5 corners just after Fulham scored and from 2 of them that Gueye took we nearly scored, he was running at players and trying to make things happen, he ran out of energy in the 2nd half but i thought he done ok !!!

27 Jan 2012 22:06:07
ok guys the blues have been getting slated on this site for a while, time to give credit where its due, in comparison that was an excellent performance and a massive step forward, and i hope all the felli bashers are now eating humble pie as he was comfortably the best player on show COYB - wella

27 Jan 2012 21:59:59
well its about time! croud seemed loud, which is fantastic, and a win... with goals... in open play? im speachless!

27 Jan 2012 21:56:13
Players showed a lot of passion tonight. especially after going one nil down. credit to moyes for dropping saha and giving denis a chance. another home draw and some more money in the coffers will do.

27 Jan 2012 20:59:46
are fox running everton in slow motion or is it a tactic ?..please put royston pace on .....

27 Jan 2012 19:55:30
the guy who posted the google chrome link was spot on for game, works perfectly, nice one matey COYB
wella

Vipbox very good as well! Gutted I couldnt make it tonight though
Toffeeboy

27 Jan 2012 18:13:45
I was in the main stand for the Coventry City 12,000 attendance game....could tonights game "beat" it??

George

George, I was also at that game, new years eve
1983 I seem to remember. The Blackburn game last weekend strongly reminded me of it, terrible game and the players booed off at the final whistle.
However do you remember how our fortunes changed a few weeks later? Again in a cup game. We then went on to dominate English football and would have dominated Europe as well if it hadn't have been for Heysel. Just I fraction of that change of fortune would do me at the moment. COYB.

27 Jan 2012 17:29:24
I can see the line up being this tonight;
Howard
Neville, Hibbert, Heitinga, Baines,
Donovan, Fellaini, Gibson, Anichebe,
Cahill, Saha

I would prefer to see
Howard
Hibbert, Duffy, Heitinga, Baines
Drenthe, Fellaini, Gibson, Gueye,
Donovan, Anichebe or Straqualersui

Cahill could be a great player from the bench, which i think is where he should of been used from for most of this season. Coming off the bench for the last 20 because he is a pest and annoys defender's and in the last 20 when players are tiring Cahill could find extra space in the box and maybe would have a few more goals than the 1 he has this season.
Don't know if anyone agree's but i think Moyes has poorly managed Cahill this season, he was clearly struggling at the begining of the season and needed to be left on the bench to be a impact sub yet Moyes just continued putting him in the firing line week in week out.

Anyway can see a draw tonight 1-1 and a replay at there ground {Ed025's Note - your right...if its 1-1...the replay will definately be at their ground..

27 Jan 2012 17:10:42
I love the comment: lets thrash Fulham tonight 1 nil. I would add that this should be with a deflected own goal that included a clear handball by Felli whilst we had 12 players on the pitch and three of theirs down injured and the referee being blinded by a piece of mud that flew off Tim Howards boot a few weeks ago and is just re-entering the atmosphere. Gotta laugh or we would all be crying!! Keep smiling Blues......Remember no matter how bad it gets......it's still better than RED!

27 Jan 2012 17:05:04
Hey fellow Blues.....remember our position when Davey Moyes took over. I think we were bottom 3 with like 5 games to go. Since then we have been in Europe 3 times (is it 3?) have been in a cup final and close to winning it. Ok this season is crap in comparison but remember Walters days and Mike Walkers if you want to get depressed. However, I do wonder how the sums add up when we can't afford fees or wages to sign players when you think of all the cash that has come into the club in recent years. Profits made from sales plus gates plus league money.

27 Jan 2012 16:28:20
Ed would Kranjcar be a good idea on loan for rest of season with view to a permanent deal? {Ed025's Note - yes..

27 Jan 2012 15:34:40
Reading a report earlier saying that Peanuts is peed off with Spurs for pricing him out of a move to QPR. My heart bleeds for you, you money grabbing little ****.

I am just surprised that he actually thought he would ever get a game at Spurs, with Bale as his main competition on the left. Should of stayed at Everton! Let him rot on the bench.

Lets thrash Fulham tonight 1-0!

Alastair

27 Jan 2012 14:37:26
cant help but fear the worst for tonight, just cant see us winning. {Ed025's Note - have faith mate..2-0 to the blues..

Come on the blue men!!!! (Wavertree Blue)

27 Jan 2012 12:18:29
were getting linked with some decent players but knowing everton we will end up with sol campbell an heskey an ami the only 1 who thought gibson was awful last game

Give the guy a break he's just joined

27 Jan 2012 11:56:54
Blue Union agree on strategy moving forward
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The Casa, as predicted, was crammed with disenchanted Evertonians.
On a cold wet Wednesday winter evening, Blue Union supporters, concerned by the all too apparent crisis enveloping our great club, packed into a Liverpool city centre venue to take part in a strategy meeting.

The purpose of the strategy meeting was for The Blue Union Officers to listen and gauge the mood of the fans, demonstrate to them that they�re an inclusive part of The Blue Union and allow them to participate in a democratic vote which will direct The Blue Union officers as they develop a strategy for the first few months of 2012.

Blue Union chair, Dave Kelly, after paying a tribute to recently deceased former player Gary Ablett and Spirit of Shankly Vice President, Paul Rice, who were both separately and warmly applauded by all present, delivered a rousing opening speech attacking the club�s policies which have been the breeding grounds for deceit, mismanagement and underachievement which has ultimately, and all too predictably, led to the club�s stagnation.

Following Dave�s rousing opening speech; Simon Magner delivered a brief presentation on the Blue Union�s own �Everton prospectus�. Simon, secretary of The Blue Union, explained that having looked at the attempt the club had made in producing a sale prospectus The Blue Union believed that they could deliver a much more professional version and highlights of this were displayed for the audience.

John Harrison, The Blue Union�s fans liaison officer, also gave a brief presentation on the club�s all too apparent lack of a genuine and cohesive communication policy with the fans, which is a constituent part of UEFA�s licensing platform.

John heavily criticised the cosmetic attempts that have been made by Everton to comply with this regulation; attempts such as the clearly artificial fan�s forum that is, despite numerous suggestions by The Blue Union, largely anonymous, unapproachable and essentially impotent as a medium for addressing the major problems that fans, and ordinary shareholders, are experiencing; namely the increasing unaccountability of the present board which initiated the fight back from The Blue Union who endeavour to expose the truth over the actions of this board that we are having to endure; a board that has decimated the business and whose actions are now being made apparent on the field of play.

The meeting was then thrown open to the fans. Whilst some expressed their frustration at the board many spoke passionately and offered a variety of suggestions for The Blue Union to consider and following a lengthy meeting, the following evening, we have now agreed upon our strategy for the coming weeks.

In deciding this strategy The Blue Union officers need to consider peoples safety and well being. They also need to comply with many rules and regulations and we have a need to consult with Merseyside Police and the City Council, as it is imperative that all our organised activities are peaceful, legal and, importantly, repeatable. Our campaign isn�t spontaneous; it�s well planned, deliberate and is designed to achieve our objectives.


Lots of positive suggestions came from the floor.
Whilst it was felt by those at the recent meeting that a protest at the Manchester City match on Tuesday 31st January was desirable, it is, after consulting with Merseyside Police, unfortunately impossible due to operational difficulties.

However, The Blue Union have agreed on a plan of action which is designed to bring maximum media attention to our cause and give the supporters the opportunity to vent their frustrations at the intransigence of a board that refuses to listen to an ever growing number of their fans.

In addition to the Blue Union�s ongoing behind the scenes activities, we plan to conduct a mass leaflet campaign at the Chelsea match on February 11th and demonstrate outside Radio City on the same day as we are vehemently opposed to their policy of refusing to allow Graeme Sharp to accept calls from fans wishing to discuss The Blue Union.

Our main focus will be on delivering a spectacular �Day of Protest� in and around Goodison Park at the Spurs game on 10th March 2012. The day�s activities will include an aerial protest before the game, a mass demonstration outside the ground, leafleting matchgoing Evertonians and picketing strategic points before and after the game. The day�s activities will be filmed and transmitted live over the Internet and the whole event will be preceded by a conventional media and an Internet social media campaign to highlight the reasons behind the day�s events and bring attention to the individual director�s performances whilst running OUR club.

Organising events such as this take time and effort and we are grateful for all those who have offered to help the campaign following our recent meeting; we need more. These activities take time to arrange and are expensive; so in order to cover the cost we shall be organising a fundraising event and details will be passed to all our supporters. We need your help and together we can make a difference.

We are determined to be the vehicle for our supporter�s frustrations, but in doing so we will always endeavour to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of all Everton supporters and as ever we will only advocate peaceful activities with the prerequisite that they are at all times within the law.

The Blue Union

I support the motives, but find this a bit pompous - "Blue Union Officers " for God's sake !

I am not convinced the BU will attract enough support for a spectacular day of action.

This sort of publicity stunt will backfire without widespread support. They need to build a more solid consenus with the supporters first.

I agree mate. also, if you were someone looking to invest in football club what would you think about the blue union?

I'd be extremely worried! Are they going to disband if we did get a billionaire or keep going? I am on the fence about them because I don't think they will step down even if they did somehow trigger a change in the clubs ownership

27 Jan 2012 11:41:20
* FELLAINI WATCH *

I will be keeping a close eye on Fellaini tonight and ask his supporters to do likewise - not just when he's heading it or got it at his feet - but for the other 87 minutes as well when he's not on the ball - is he keeping up with play, is he closing down opposition, is he making himself available for a pass from his teammates who are looking to get rid of the ball when they are being closed down?

For me he's not doing enough, but interested to hear what others think.

(and yeah, he'lll probably get a hattrick now - great, I hope he does - but I think we need to keep an eye on this guy to see if he's doing enough week in week out - I personally think he could be our main problem as centre mids are probably the most important players on the pitch and they/he dictates your style of play)

Mk1

Not just fellaini watch, watch the whole team, also instead of wating for the players to make mistakes so you can say "told you so" get behind the team like a true blue

Disagree totally with you matey, fellani is one of the few players who tries to PASS the ball on the ground.everyone complains about lack of football being played well at least he tries to play football and not just launch it like some of the others, also i think you will find he is high up on the opta stats for metres covered on the pitch

27 Jan 2012 11:14:39
never any good news on ssn news about everton thanku for hailey mcqueen

Only watch ssn for natalie sawyer anyway {Ed007's Note - Hayley McQueen is a goddess sent down to me from Heaven. One day I will rescue her from the forces of darkness that is Sly Spurts News, once the court injunction is lifted and I am allowed within 10 miles of her again ;-)

LMAO< She's really got it all on show today! My personal fave though is Natalie Sawyer! Yummy

Hayley is lovely but she's got bigger arms than most blokes. A chip off the old block.

Charlotte, WOW

27 Jan 2012 09:09:29
Hi am working away so can't go the game tonight does anyone no if ye can get a good stream on Internet because it's on fox sports? Thanks {Ed025's Note - try vipbox mate..

Eplsite = type in on google :)

toffee haz {Ed007's Note - Try this:

1. Install the browser Google Chrome.

2. Look in the top right (your right) corner and you will see a spanner.

3. Click on the spanner and select 'tools'.

4. Click on extensions

5. At the bottom right (as you look at it) you will see 'Get More Extensions >>'. Select this.

6. In the search box type 'Chrome Live Football' and search.

7. Click on Chrome Live Football and then click on install. (it may download to a holding file in the bottom left as you look at it, in which case as soon as it's finished click there, but mostly it will install itself)

8. A small football will then appear in the top right (as you look at it). Click on that, select 'live stream' and reset the clock to GMT and it will list all the live games available all over europe and other places.

You may occasionally need to install other programmes or the link you pick will only work on Explorer (in which case cut and paste the URL into Explorer), but you will always get every EPL match (or any other). Sometimes you will only be able to find it with foreign commentary and sometimes you will get it in English. You'll get about thirty links and you may have to look through a lot of them to get what you want. You will also get most La Liga matches, Greek matches, Italian matches and French matches as well as top matches from South America.

Someone also asked about viruses etc. Google Chrome is actually far more secure than Internet Explorer so the risks are considerably less, but you should have decent virus/spyware programmes and run sweeps regularly as a matter of course.

The quality will also depend on the speed of your internet connection. If you have super-speed and have a modern HD TV, consider connecting your PC to the TV via the PC socket on the side/ back.

Cut and paste the above into a document and save it for future reference.

26 Jan 2012 23:46:42
I have copied and pasted this to this site, Interesting read from Jamie on Toffeeweb


As I understand it, the bumper 5-year deal signed by our manager David Moyes in 2008 will expire in approximately 18 months time.

Never before have I seen the Goodison faithful so divided in their view of the man who dragged us from the depths of despair and the threat of relegation, and made us into a respectable side with 7 top 8 finishes in 9 seasons.

Sadly, the fact is that, unless something changes very soon, this current season will be remembered no more fondly than any season in the late 1990s when we were under the guidance of Walter Smith. In fact, if our current goals-per-game ratio is carried through to the end of the season, we would end up with less than 40 goals, which is something that didn’t ever happen under dear old Walter.

This is a massive shame for us who pay our good money to watch us stink the place out week in week out – and it is a shame for David Moyes who is in danger of going from zero to hero and then back down to zero again during the tail end of his reign at the club.

I will always be grateful to Moyes for turning the fortunes of our club around, and truly believe that as things stand today, he should go down in our history as the man who stopped the rot, and as such should be remembered fondly.

It is also a massive shame that he has had to “endure” being boss of our club during a period where it has been so poorly managed off the field. The result of this is that we will never know if he could have kicked on and won us a trophy if he had been given the level of financial backing that we have seen at the other top 6 or 7 clubs in the land.

The sad facts are though, that we do not have the money to compete with the big boys in the transfer market, and we are currently playing some of the worst football Goodison Park has ever seen, and now the results just don’t seem to be coming either.

What I’m interested in, is whether anyone out there thinks that Moyes should be given an extension to his contract to keep him at the club beyond 2013?

The majority of the pro-Moyes among us cite a lack of money as the main reason why we can’t play decent football anymore. Well Davey boy is currently “earning” around £3.5million per year. That is a hell of a lot of money to be draining from a club that can ill afford it.

Even those who still think Moyes is the best (and we can’t possibly do any better because we can’t afford good players), must concede that paying him £3.5m a year to manage our squad is therefore akin to paying Sebastian Vettel millions of pounds to drive my clapped out Mazda in a formula one race. Wouldn’t you do better spending more money on developing a decent car, and paying an up and coming talent to drive it for significantly less money?

The way I see, there are four options open to us at this point in time:

1.Sack Moyes now.
I don’t think we could afford to pay off the remainder of his contract even if his pal BK wanted to get rid. Simply not going to happen.

2. David Moyes resigns.
Who in their right mind would walk out on a job that pays millions and expects very little success in return? Very unlikely to happen although not completely out of the question given his current miserable demeanour.

3. We wait for his current contract to expire, say thank you and goodbye.
Surely the most logical and likely of the options? Hopefully in that time Moyes will have steered us clear of any threat of relegation and can still step aside and have the majority of his career at the club remembered with a modicum of positivity.

4. We extend his contract another 3 – 5 years
Insanity surely? Can we afford it financially? Do current performances warrant it? I would be very interested to hear someone’s argument for doing this.


So is there anyone out there who could justify committing ourselves to another 5 years, and pay Moyes another £17.5m over that period, for him to continue to coach us to play crap football?

If the current board stays moyes will go anyway bot in the unlikely event of a takeover I for one thihks moyes deserves at least 4 transfer windows off spending a few bob .his hands have been tied to say the least n like everyone seems to be drained by the current regime

In moyes I trust who else would you have

26 Jan 2012 23:31:50
Interesting there watching SSN. David Moyes getting interviewed, when asked "Is the Bilyaletdinov deal sealed now"?
Moyes says " I have no idea, I think so, as far as I know he has gone, I think he went to Russia for a medical yesturday so i would i imagine the deal has been completed now"
Errrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i thought Moyes has always said deals with player's coming and going are his decision and his decision only ??
He seems to have no idea about this one !??

The desicion was his he said he can go, so hes gone, negotiations are nothing to do with him.....get a grip