Everton Banter Archive January 29 2019

29 Jan 2019 22:48:51
Not sure about some of the posts on here. Why should we sell Gana just because he deserves his dream move!
He has a contract and with a couple of days of the window to go and should at least play until the summer.
Otherwise play hard ball like every other club does with us. Ask for 35 mill and not a penny less.
Otherwise no deal.
We paid 20 million for Walcott in January and Gana is worth double what Walcott is.

29 Jan 2019 23:19:46
30 million plus for a 29 year old, I would take it mate. He’s excellent in some parts of the game but his passing is so poor.

30 Jan 2019 03:15:23
Agree with that, Smit. When we buy in this window we generally pay over the odds so we should dig our heels in and get the best deal for the club. I like Gana but, at 29, 30m+ would be great business, whether we get that amount or not is another thing.
Up there with the best in the prem for that position with his tackling and breaking down opposition moves but his passing isn't up to scratch. We should only let him go if a stupid figure is offered and if we can get a replacement in before the window closes. Think this one might go down to the wire.

30 Jan 2019 06:56:06
His passing at times is poor, however, where at this stage are we going to get a replacement. Would a Club with ambition be selling! Is Gomes an answer! Not for me, personnelly I am glad he is on loan.

30 Jan 2019 11:02:20
Money is no good on the pitch. players are. Do we have a better replacement?

30 Jan 2019 15:15:28
29 I thought was peak.

30 Jan 2019 15:16:07
Put it this way PSG wouldn’t sell for that price.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely metz..

29 Jan 2019 21:48:05
A big thank you to Tom Davies, showed the rest of them what it means to be an Evertonian. Maybe someone could tell me what Sigurosson brings to the team?

{Ed025's Note - absolutely nothing mike..

29 Jan 2019 22:19:09
Agree with that. Lookman on the right give the 10 to the little lad.

{Ed025's Note - deffo worth a shout..

29 Jan 2019 22:20:47
People were writing Tom Davies off earlier this season. He hasn't even started shaving yet!

29 Jan 2019 22:35:17
Seems like Siggie could use a rest. I’ve never seen a player lose the ball as much as he has over the last few games.

29 Jan 2019 23:04:51
Agreed being saying that for weeks. Also a big well done to Baines, worked his socks off, would play him in left midfield. Baines and Davies in midfield when Digne is back from suspension. Need some passion in midfield and those two would give that.

30 Jan 2019 06:35:39
Degs, I have time for the lad, he will come good and puts in a shift but can't get away from the fact that he has somewhat of a headless chicken approach.

30 Jan 2019 09:54:52
Exactly DFS. Headless chicken is because he was introduced at a ridiculously young age to be playing so much Premiership football. But do you remember the goal he scored when he came on against Man City when we beat them 4 nil? That showed his potential. He has an engine. He has grit. He has some basic ability. He just lacks experience and came into a team that was woeful. His main period of playing was when Allardyce had us playing a 5: 5 formation. ie no forwards and totally negative. How was a kid supposed to learn from that?

Also, like I said. loads were writing him off at age 20? Not every player matures like Wayne Rooney. Some don't make it until mid 20's. I believe Davies will be a great player and he has potentially another 10 to 12 years at the top. It is too soon to write him off. We did that with Steve McMahon in the mid/ late 70's. Some wanted Graeme Sharp out before he made it with us. Just saying.

29 Jan 2019 20:38:41
Doing okay so far. Nice early goal and we're - as we should be against the bottom club - dominating possession. Cenk leading the line fairly well, but he needs to calm down a touch or he'll be off. Nothing overly exciting but as long as we keep pressing I can see us getting a few more goals second half. COYB!

29 Jan 2019 19:02:40
Just seen the team for Huddesfield game.
Quite frankly Silva's lost the plot!

29 Jan 2019 19:14:29
Well if Macca can’t get a game then something’s not right. Either he is fit or he is not. Thought this would have been an ideal game to get him back in.

29 Jan 2019 19:24:44
I agree Woburn but also good to see Tom get a chance and tosun up top, I saw a report saying we should just recall Joe Williams if we gana, and to be honest I forgot about him, looked top draw for r 23s and while I haven't watched him a lot over the last 18 months if u watch him on YouTube at Bolton and Barnsley he reminds me of a young Gerrard, what's the point of loaning these lads out to get experienced if wer not gunna give them game time eventually.

29 Jan 2019 18:58:22
Not Everton related but want to give a massive shout out of respect to Man Utds Luke Shaw. A young lad where I live in Middlesbrough area was found dead yesterday in River tees under suspicious circumstances. They started a go fund page to raise two grand. Shaw donated £15,000. Top lad.

29 Jan 2019 18:50:02
Gana not in the match day squad.

29 Jan 2019 18:12:10
Given our problems up front. Would anyone have fancied getting Fellaini until the end of the season rather than dive in and get another unproven striker?

29 Jan 2019 18:27:10
He's not a striker tho.

29 Jan 2019 18:39:33
Knock balls into the area and watch him knock em in. Don't you remember him in the opposition area dentilad.

29 Jan 2019 19:06:47
Yeah, good player for us DFS. I'd prefer a proper striker though.

29 Jan 2019 18:06:14
Excellent article out today from Tony Cottee saying getting rid of Silva not the answer to Everton's problem, sums it up really.

29 Jan 2019 12:20:36
I think they should bring one of us passionate fans in to give the team talk before just 1 match, to tell them overpriced and overpaid players what this club is all about and what it means to us.

{Ed025's Note - we could get dark clouds to do it glt..

29 Jan 2019 13:19:35
I will go with him, tell them how much I have spent over the years (60) , better still bring Peter and Tim in.

29 Jan 2019 13:44:04
I’d tell them “it’s like every exam you’ve ever taken and you know the answer to every question is 100% Everton, yet every exam result day is a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and your told you’ve failed or just scraped a C but if you want to go further you need to do better or you’ll amount to nothing, and next doors kid gets A* in everything and your sick in the stomach then they show the nation on television how stupid you were to think that Everton is the answer. Yet the next exam you do the same and hope that one day it will be an A* because you’re sick of being told you’re not good enough. I’m nearly 57 and it still hurts and my answer will always be Everton
Everton till I die COYB
Big C.

29 Jan 2019 14:36:20
Easy. That’s there goal, we put the ball in there. That’s our goal we stop them putting the ball in there.

29 Jan 2019 16:35:44
We should all go, maybe we might get through to these players because silva cannot.

29 Jan 2019 18:16:22
I would send my 91 year old mother in with the broom handle. Always got me going when she waved it!

29 Jan 2019 11:26:28
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new manager profile about, Maurizio Sarri

29 Jan 2019 10:25:47
Thinking things through there are 5 areas that need addressing;
1 Zonal Marking - We can all see that it doesn't work with these players, obviously we need a fusion of man-marking and zonal. Runners need matching and best defenders marking their best attackers.

2 Fight - passion fight never-say-die, this needs to run through the team on and off the field these prima-donnas need to be told exactly where they stand.

3 Play to our strengths - Millwal showed us exactly how to do it got the ball in to dangerous positions on our flanks and filled the box for the ball in to box. We need to close down with a coordinated press from forwards and midfielders, winning the ball in the opposition's half and playing fr.

29 Jan 2019 17:33:33
What are the other two points Blueboy?

29 Jan 2019 18:30:54
4 and 5 Fancy. lol.

29 Jan 2019 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 29th January 2019

29 Jan 2019 16:38:33
No signings to help the manager what does that tell you?