Everton Banter Archive January 02 2012

02 Jan 2012 22:14:08
Ed025: Can you confirm why Distin gets called 'buzz lightyear,' I asked Ed002 and he said he wasn't sure..


JM {Ed025's Note - i heard it was because of jaw...the same as buzz lightyear...he got the name at city apparently..

Thanks Ed, I've heard jaw, head and recovery speed, I will need to decide for myself what is more realistic



JM

It's because his head is uncannily similar to the cartoon character "buzz lightyear".
That's what some of the player's at City nick named him and it seems to have stayed with him !

Maybe because his passes go to infinity and beyond

02 Jan 2012 21:17:55
rip gary ablett

02 Jan 2012 20:21:06
RIP Gary Ablett only the good die young

bluenosepaul

02 Jan 2012 17:37:49
Wouldn't mind seeing this, we should have around 5 mil available to spend without selling

In: onuoha 3-4, vossen 6-7
Out: bily 5-6

Onuoha long term RB/CB replacement, and vossen long term striker. Let's hope we tie up drenthe as well. It would be a solid squad. Thoughts Ed? {Ed025's Note - 2 good players mate....but vossen and kranjcar sounds better to me!..

Wouldn't mind seeing this??..... Wouldn't have to sell??....... You then put sell Billy. Jesus Christ!!!!!

If you do the maths mate 5 mil without selling + 0 = 5

But of were going to sell bily which woulnt be a bad thing if we got 5-6, then do a quick sum again (use your fingers if you like) 5+5 = 10

02 Jan 2012 17:07:36
here is my team to play bolton
howard, Hibbert, jagielka, Distin, Baines
Drenthe, Osman, Rodwell Donovan,
Anichebe, Saha,
subs
Neville, Cahill, Strachalursi, Vellios, Gueye

Don't think Anichebe will start he needs time to get fit so probably be used from the bench.
Id like to see Donovan just behind Straqualersui.... He done more than Saha when he came on vs West Brom.
By the way your allowed 7 subs

Howard
Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines
Drenthe, Heitinga, Rodwell, Osman
Donovan
Starqualersui

Subs
Mucha, Neville, Gueye, Cahill, Anichebe, Saha, Vellios {Ed025's Note - does no one want to see barkley in the line up?

There are 7 subs in the premier league

I forgot i only put 5 subs on mine
Howard
Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines
Drenthe, Osman, Rodwell, Donovan
Anichebe, Saha
Subs
Mucha, Neville, Gueye, Straqalursi, Vellios,
Heitinga, Barkley

It's like match of the day on here

Ed025 would love to see Barkley starting, i did my team on what i think Moyes will play.
Moyes has said earlier this week that we will see more of Barkley next season, he wants him to have games in the reserves because he missed a year of progress {Ed025's Note - fair play mate...but i think the best way to give him experience...is to give him a place on the bench, and the odd start..

02 Jan 2012 15:56:02
hi guys, does anyone know why drenthe didn't play yesterday? hope he's not injured again because i would love to see him and donovan play together in midfield

Apparently he was ill
Toffeeboy

02 Jan 2012 15:20:05
i thought it was promising that moyes gave the order to attack yesterday, at 0-0 away from home, normally he would shut up shop and play for a point, but you could see he had told the lads to go out and win it and we did, so everyone needs to stop moaning about the performance, we scored, we won and got three points!! COYB

Couldn't agree more matey ! We are not City or Arsenal, we have lost 2 of the best creative players we have had for many years in Arteta and Pienaar so we are not going to be seeing defence splitting passes or clever play from anyone, what will happen though is Moyes will find a way of winning games and keep us competetive untill there is investment and then thats when we will be back where we belong !!

Yeah mate :) i could get used to winnning 1-0 agen for the next few months, afterall its a win isn't it, and that would put us back where we belong, top 5/6 is easily achievable here i think :)

tommo (btw i was the origional poster)

02 Jan 2012 14:47:50
I think we should start singing dirty old town at Goodison but change the lyrics to something everton

02 Jan 2012 14:10:41
R.I.P GARY ABLETT , ANOTHER 100% EVERTONIAN & CUP FINAL WINNER

02 Jan 2012 13:11:37
What time is the alleged press conference?

Ten past never mate, not gonna happen

02 Jan 2012 12:16:38
My defining memory of Gary Ablett was him charging down the left flank in the FA Cup semi Final vs Spurs to get to a pass in which he made a sliding cross to Daniel Amokachi to score Everton's 4th!

02 Jan 2012 11:25:10
Very sad news about Gary Ablett passing away last night. Not exactly an Everton great but did score in the first match I my dad took me to against Leicester in the 94-95 season. We drew 1-1 after our Gary had scored by bundling home a rebound off the keeper from close range, appearing to use his 'johnson' in pendulum fashion to poke the ball over the line!

The foxes had 2 (wrongly) disallowed that day, we were awful, bottom of the league and set to stay there. Makes you wonder what everyone is moaning about. Things have been MUCH worse on the pitch and as todays sad news reminds us, there are MUCH more important thing in life...

aintreeblue {Ed025's Note - there are mate..and as you say, it puts it all into perspective..

02 Jan 2012 11:18:43
R.I.P Gary ablett. {Ed025's Note - 100% nice guy..100% player..

02 Jan 2012 10:52:49
RIP Gary Ablett - great player.

02 Jan 2012 10:50:36
RIP Gary Ablett

02 Jan 2012 10:43:57
Yesterday's result papered the cracks in a poor performance! Vic is not an option never has been. An aging team no flair no pace, Cahill, Hibbert, Saha all past there best , in midfield Heitenger and Neville really unable to make a pass or create anything! What happened to Drenthe no explanation for his absence! Strac looked a handful ossie our only creative player! C'mon moysey let be inventive for our upcoming home games and use Donovan straight away maybe
a 433 or 442 and let's go for it!
BK give him some back up to lift this squad!

Hibbert has been brilliant this season, Heitinga was solid in midfield we played 4-3-3 in the 1st half

02 Jan 2012 10:34:59
Gary Ablett, rest in peace. A true professional on both sides of Merseyside. {Ed025's Note - we all echo that mate...he is a great loss..

02 Jan 2012 07:50:55
What is thisrubbish we are being linkedwith Darron Gibson... Not that it would supprise me... Maybe we could play with 5 CM 4 CB & L/RB...

I was under the impression we could do with a striker or 2 .. an attacking Mid to supply the forwards & the odd winger maybe a right back but why the... would we need CM... {Ed025's Note - im with you there mate..

02 Jan 2012 05:46:15
I'd rather we didnt bring in anyone for January if were going to bring in s**t.

We've enough talent to at least build our players into good premiership players rather than bringing on old player which will do for a year or two.

Gueye, Coleman, Rodwell, Fellaini, Barkley, Vellios, Drenthe and even Anichebe can be good players and we've already a solid backline. Wont complain at all if we sell bily and manage to bring in some good new faces but just saying if we cant it might not be such a bad thing. But with the average age of those players being just over 20 we can expect to be challenging top 5 but i completely trust that we would still be mid table as of course we can still use cahill, saha, osman, heitinga and so on.

For the Future
Howard
Coleman Jagielka Distin(replace?) Baines
Drenthe Rodwell Fellaini Gueye
Barkley
Vellios

02 Jan 2012 02:54:46
EDs, Do you know why Distin is called Buzz, always got to me?



JM {Ed001's Note - I did get told once, I know it is Buzz Lightyear, but I can't remember the story he told me, I am not even sure if it is true anyway. I have also heard him called Cyborg too. I will leave a note asking Ed025, in case he knows.}

It's because his head is shaped like Buzz lightyear, he got the nick name whilst at Man City and its stuck apparently

Thanks for the info, I was trying to explain to a rednose mate (I know, we all have them) and I knew it was buzz lightyear, but I thought at first it was because of his recovery speed, haha clueless.



JM