Everton Banter Archive August 28 2011

28 Aug 2011 20:09:00
This year's league table
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Everton
8. Aston Villa
9. Stoke
10. Fulham
11. Bolton
12. Newcastle
13. Wolves
14. Sunderland
15. West Brom
16. Wigan
17. QPR
18. Swansea
19. Blackburn
20. Norwich

I think we can challenge for 6th place,i really hope we can get a couple of loans in and get saha and coleman back for the villa game {Ed025's Note - 6th is a long way off at the moment..

I would put everton at 9th or 10th, if our form improves. Spurs won't get 6th
I think barkley will get better and better this season. It is exciting watching him develop {Ed025's Note - he can become a great player...and your league placing is very realistic....good post

9th or 10th is realistic, we always finish strong as well, so we might have a chance of a good cup run,if our main players stay fit. {Ed025's Note - but has it now come to the point where we are happy with 9th or 10th...4th best record of all time....answers on a postcard....

We are never happy with 9th or 10th, but you have to be realistic

I can see us finishing above spurs and the likes of sunderland and bolton, so 7th is realistic {Ed025's Note - you have more faith than me..

Think its a bit early to be making prediction on league places as shown by januarys late twists and turns. Man utd were awesome against a very poor arsenal team however it's worth noting arsenal still opened up there young and inexperienced back line very easy. There goalkeeper is open to mistake and there central midfield did not contribute to anything. Rooney nani and young with a little help from Evra did the damage. Can't play like that every week or they will get found out

28 Aug 2011 18:54:07
if everton swap arteta for bednetner it is a disgrace ino were desperate for a striker but this is not the right solution.

i dont see why we dont go for someone like chamackh who is out of favor at arsenal but proeved at the start of last season he's got it in him to score

28 Aug 2011 17:29:14
If we are to bring in a couple of players on loan, who could we bring in and who should we bring in. I would like to see Shaun Wright-Phillips and Sturidge. But dont see Chelsea letting Sturidge go out on loan till at least Jan. Dont want Bendtner. Not many others available on loan. Any one got any ideas on who we could get, in the realistic world that is.

28 Aug 2011 14:25:17
Big concerns after yesterdays game. The defence bar Baines was a shambles. Dont no whats wrong with Jagielka looks like a complete nervous wreck at the moment constantly making big mistakes. Maybe should be taking out for a couples of games. Distin and Neville were not much better yesterday. Fellaini is clearly not fit and is struggling to get around the pitch and offering us very little. Barkley looked jaded, Arteta was very quiet. Osman struggling for form. Heitinga needs to go into the back four for a couple of games does not offer much in the middle. Anichebi is out of his depth at this level as a striker. Next game I would play: GK Howard, RB Hibbert, LB Baines, CB Distin CB Heitinga, CM Neville, CM Rodwell, RW Arteta LW Osman and if fit CF Saha CF Beckford. Subs Mucha,Jagielka,Fellaini,Anichebi, Billy,Cahill, and Vellios. Would give Barkley a break. What do think? {Ed025's Note - they are not going to admit it..but the shambles that is our boardroom, have had a negative effect on the team..morale, and confidence are at an all time low..and the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off..

We will get things right, it is early days, we have top players with promising youngsters coming through. We could also have saha and coleman back for the villa game

Jags head has been turned we should sell him and get Dann. I would play Jonny and Distin and keep Dann on the bench. If he's not going to play Beckford from the start let him go as well. Weve missed out on Long. Maybe go for Maynard and Macheda on loan, or even Wellbeck. We need creativity especially about the rumours that are building about are little Spaniard. If he goes that means in 8mths weve lost him and Pienar.I dont see were going to get any kind of creativity for our crap strikers. Unless we go cap in hand to city who have Rocky (Passed it), Bellamy (Psycho), SWP (I dont rate), Milner (Cant get a game), and Johnson (Yes Please). The team are really affected about all the stuff in the press. The transfer buisness has wrecked my summer. BK you have let us down big time.

No chance of Welbeck, starting and scoring every game for United. Macheda not good enough scored a couple of goals last season and then nothing.

28 Aug 2011 10:26:28
playing 451 is bad enough but why wasnt osman on the right with barkley in the attacking mid role ? an anichebe is a waste of time an moyes is now doin my head in {Ed025's Note - everyone wants us to play 4-4-2 except moysie..we dont have a forward who looks comfortable in the lone striker role i cant believe he does,nt see it!..

I know this may be an unpopular comment but I thought Anichebe played quite well yesterday.
He is the only current forward who can actually hold the ball up and bring the rest of the team into play.
He should have had a penalty earlier on in the game when he was blatently pushed off the ball by Samba.
I am happy to play 4 5 1 as it appeared yesterday because to me it was more 4 2 3 1.
When Cahill starts it is definately 4 5 1 and no fluidity or flexibility.

Agree Moyes is doing my head in too

Agree with 2nd comment,i think we should play anichebe BUT with another striker, he is the only striker who can hold the ball up BUT he can't score, so with anichebe upfront playing along side either beckford or saha im convinced we would score more
Also agree that the system yesturday wasn't 4-5-1, it was 4-2-3-1 fellaini and heitinga holding with osman, arteta and barkley getting forward with anichebe holding it up. When cahill plays it's definitely 4-5-1

Player a striker that cant score wot u on about...got to sell johnny look at yest game he was walkin back wen we lost the ball he doesnt want to be ere very overated player.. {Ed025's Note - johnny for me...is a centre back, and a damn good one!...he does not have the creative talent for midfield, but is a very competent defender..

28 Aug 2011 00:22:06
Arsenal offering to take Arteta with Bendtner coming to Goodison what do people think?

Arteta is a legend and he will come good this season, bendtner is not good enough and will probably move abroad

Arteta is a great player and bendtner is average,so it is a no from me

Sturridge on loan would be my ideal signing with maybe wright phillips as well

Arteta is our top scorer this season

27 Aug 2011 21:23:51
I am really really concerned for our season, I have never known us to play such abysmal football since harvey & walker were managers, although we won today... by a pure fluke (yes, we all need luck now and again but we can't rely on luck) we have to make our own luck, we have been hopeless over the last 6 games as a whole, and what is worse there are no signs of improvement, the only good point i can pick out has been Barkley, maybe I am being a bit too dispondent and the pint glass is deffo looking half empty.....I think we will need nothing short of devine intervention for us to stay in the top 10 by the end of the season the way we are playing

We can come in the top half of the table again. We have a lot of quality players that will come good for us and i think barkley, velios and gueye will make an impression this season