Everton Banter Archive April 29 2013

29 Apr 2013 22:17:48
Whats the score with Gibson. what's the injury and when is he expected back? Club website says "unknown" to both.
Degsypulford

He has a thigh problem he is havin a operation in the summer to solve the issue moyes also said the injury has restricted his shooting a lot
WattoBlue

If that's the case then fix it now ready for next season. Europe is pretty much an impossibility now so get him sorted before we lose him to a long term injury

Pod

Gibbo is back for the derby moyes give him an extra week rest

Shame gibbos so brittle, gibson at 100% for united was great u feel at times he's holding back 20% petrified of braking down

29 Apr 2013 19:31:20
It seems the transfer gossip has come early and I'm a bit worried that Felli seems to be as good as gone already.

I also thought it was inevitable earlier on in the season but if there is a real chance of us getting the Honda deal done before the season is over and trying to pinch some 1 like Tom Ince early it may show the direction were going.

My transfers and why!

Keep Felli!
Drop him back in with Gibson. We won't conceed much through the middle then.

Keep Baines!
The heart of the team. Think he'd spend the rest of his career here given the chance.

Keep (u may not like this) Mucha!
Showed that once he had a run that he can offer something and seems to have shocked Howard back into life. Plus it's not easy to find keepers cheap.

Transfers in:

Honda (out of contract in Dec) £5-7

Brilliant and more technically gifted than Felli in that same role in the hole. Gets goals and can pass for fun. I personally think he may get a new contract as Dzagoev did and there will be some big boyz after him. Fingers Crossed tho

(Gonna get slated for this) but if we can't get the young lad Aleksandar Dragovic then i'd take Kolo Toure in a heartbeat (wages cut obviously)

Dragovic looked promising against prem opposition but if he is not available then I think Kolo Toure would be a great shout. He's Free, Yh he's the wrong side of 30 but he's also basically had a 2-3 year rest and it shows. the games I've seen him in recently he's looked sharp and really up 4 it. sometimes the market dictates what you can buy.

Tom Ince (Free)

Now I didn't know this guy was out of contract in the summer. According to the online resources he is! Forget about his ties to the reds I'd take him immediately if the opportunity was there. he's abit special.

That's it, Maybe a striker but I don't know why but I still think Jelavic will pull it back. I'd be tempted to bring Vellios in for the end of the season and give Jelavic the extended rest to see what he's got for next season.

Been a while anyway lads, I'm back

Leon EFC {Ed025's Note - nice to have you back leon..

29 Apr 2013 19:41:58
Got to say listening to g nev he is right we need to start using homegrown players with hunger your never going to get a player who will want to die for the club unless he's been brought up from around that area who will always give 100% for the club he supports and loves yes you get the odd money grabber as we have seen but the desire is still always there when they are playing

Thoughts?

Eddy

29 Apr 2013 17:01:35
Right blues I know it is only Monday but just thinking about the derby on Sunday. Firstly we are going to have to weather the storm for the first 20 mins cause they will be pumped up for this match if we get through that without conceding a goal the game will settle down and then we can start to put them under pressure especially from the wings. We need to put a man on Countinio cause if he is given room he will hurt us, Fellaini will do the job on him the same way Chelsea kept him quiet and he was taken off then by Brenda. If we take the game to them and play to our strengths we should win the game, we have to end this hoodoo we have playing at Anfield under Moyes and Sunday will be the perfect chance considering there missing ratboy. I really hope we take our chances Sunday and end there small hope of finishing above us and increase our chance of playing in europe next season COYB. Stef the blue

29 Apr 2013 12:58:04
I have seen people linking us with and suggesting wigan players. Unless we want to turn ourselfs into relegation battlers its a big no.

So, presumably you'd say no to Loic Remy, James McCarthy et al.?

The players are not good enough we need players that will improve first team quality not quantity

Good job we never took that attitude with jags then when he was relegated with Sheff Utd

You know baines was once a wigan player

And Lescott. And both are full England Internationals!
Degsypulford

29 Apr 2013 21:23:10
Your mad if you would not take James McCarthy who is a wonderful player and this isn't me overrating him but he is a better central mdfielder than anyone of utd's cm's, not bad considering 'he's not good enough'.

COYB!

McCarthy is better than both Xavi and Pirlo. I'm not overrating him either. He would obviously at least walk into a title winning side, no problem.

PhilNoClue

30 Apr 2013 19:24:21
Those same players who spanked us in the cup just a few weeks ago, what planet where you on? the same as Neville during that game perhaps.

29 Apr 2013 07:52:04
Just an observation but Baines, Ferdinand and Carrick were the only English players voted by other players, many of them international players who made the premier league team of the year. None of them are 1st choice for the England team yet the players from other countries that they play against rate them higher than Cole, Cahill and who ever is normally picked ahead of Carrick. Might be something to look at Hodgson.

Svenny

28 Apr 2013 19:15:19
Everyone keeps giving the team they expect next year with loads of new signings but I think there won't be many:
Howard
Coleman
Jagielka
Lescott
Baines
Mirallas
Honda
Gibson
Pienaar
Barkley
Jelavic

What do you make of that Ed? {Ed025's Note - very realistic mate..