Everton Banter Archive April 04 2013

04 Apr 2013 23:30:29
Looks like there will be no Defoe bale Lennon and gall as for the match on Sunday still expecting a hard game though

The real Andy the chef no wannabe

04 Apr 2013 22:04:59
Looks like Spurs won't have Bale, or Lennon, on sunday for our game lennon calf, Bale had to be carried of with what looks like a serious ankle injury at the end. With Defoe already missing I think we have a much better chance now on Sunday considering were missing two of our best players as well but we have a great chance now.

We still got the likes of osman mirallas and gibson in our side. coleman can now be the gareth bale on the pitch on sunday now

04 Apr 2013 17:54:54
Do you know what sort of wedge Hondas on Ed? If it's similar to Fellainis, then surely he's the only big player we'll be able to bring in with the Fellain, which is why I'd rather see us bring in younger players or players from prestigious leagues. Maybe someone like Siem de Jong, and spend the rest of the money on improving other areas. Btw, do you have any incline as to whether we're looking to stick with Jela next season or wanting to bring in another forward? Cheers.
Olly. {Ed025's Note - he is on £2,000,000 per year olly..

How much is that a week Ed? {Ed007's Note - I'll try and find someone to work that out and get back to you asap. It might be tomorrow morning by the time Jimmy Mutant Toes is back in the office, he has borrowed the batteries from the calculator to help him to do a review of the latest butt-plug for our adult-only site.}

Just ask Ed01. He's earning double that so ask him what he earns in half a week!

04 Apr 2013 17:13:52
Apparently Kenwright has lost interest in the Honda deal. He was originally having a look at him and his his fellow teammate Ichifani, but pulled out last minute when he realised the he was being a bit rash and could get his fingers burnt - they were both taking him for a ride it seems.

Finbar S

Nice one
1878barlow

04 Apr 2013 15:19:26
If Fellaini goes I would like to see moyes revive interest in Bangera from
Valencia and negrado two quality
Additions would not leave us far away

Do you mean Banega?

04 Apr 2013 14:30:11
Just seen Fellini, he has given me a tip for the grand national. He said, big fella thanks, each way bet. I am going to put £20 notes on that horse.

Thanks big fella

Zulu toffee.

Fellaini is in Spain at the moment.

Sound of tyres screeching to a halt ;)

So I take it you spoke to him while he was in spain on skype, I know he always makes his prioritys to speak to the fans while he is abroad and gives them betting tips! LOL

04 Apr 2013 13:51:56
I am worried that we are about to lose David Moyes because there seems to be a group of fans who think we will be better off without him. I have said this before, but will say it again: In football you are better off not getting rid of someone until you have a better replacement lined up. That goes for youth football through to premier league and includes players, managers, ball boys or whoever. David Moyes came in when we were (I think) 3rd from bottom and got the players responding (and the fans) to the point we have regularly been in the top 8. Our last few managers before him had regularly seen us in the bottom 8. Moyes has turned around the fortunes of our great club. What makes this even more remarkable is the fact that we have been competing with teams (including our closest rivals) who have had large injections of foreign money that has allowed them to qualify for Champions League places. Champions League places generate an average of £25 million. The last 11 years top 4 has remained almost unchanged. This means our competitors have had approx 50 million more than us in each of those 11 seasons to spend on wages and fees to sign new players. Our main rivals even stole about £200 million from 2 gullible yanks 3 years ago to add to this fund. Add all this up and you have a team that has had about £750 million spent on it and they currently lie one place below us in the league table. Last season they finished below us. Look at the Man City figures and although a shorter timespan, they have also outspent us by ridiculous amounts.
To summarise, I firmly believe we have a really special manager who with the right funding, will take us to places beyond our dreams. But that is based on him staying. To those supporters who are saying he has done as much as he can, please tell me who can come in and compete in the same manner? I know of no other manager who has turned a club around so significantly except for one. That is Sir Alex Ferguson. It is no shock to me to hear that Sir Alex's choice as someone to succeed him is no other than Mr David Moyes.
Degsy Pulford

Moyes said himself "Teams generally finish in line with their wages"
and you can't argue with that -
that's generally where we've been finishing with Moyes (8th-6th) - maybe one or two places higher - (but with newcastle excepted as best players do not want to live up there)

so he's no saviour - he's no messiah - he's done what he more or less should have done but we've won nout because Moyes plays defensive first football and cannot make a sub when it's obvious it needs changing

he only makes a sub once opposition have scored and its too late

To the 2nd post utter rubbish, under moyes when we've had the players like this season we have played great football, as for were we should be everyone always says we punch above our weight and 3 manager of the year awards a record I think? funny how people remember all the bad subs and tactics and not the good ones PADDOCKBLUE

Thanks Paddock Blue for seeing my point. Also to the second post, you still don't tell us who is to replace Moyes. That's the jist of my post. I hear this am on the news that Neil Lennon may be the guy. God help us there! Every referee will be at fault in every game! Even in a league where they get 98% of decisions, he moans when the odd one goes against them. And as for Moyes only achieving as per his spend, what rubbish you are talking. I will list some teams who have vastly outspent us and maybe you want one of their managers in charge? Or past managers after they were sacked? QPR, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Fulham, Liverpool. I guess even some Championship sides have outspent us: Leeds, Notts Forest, Leicester, Blackburn. TBH you have talked utter rubbish. Spurs at home. 1 nil down, Vellios on. etc We were top of the European entertainment league half way through the season. More attempts at goal than Real Madrid / Barcelona / Milan etc. Moyes is not a God, but he has worked miracles with the budget he has. How many other managers have developed or bought and lost players of the quality of: Rooney, Lescott, Arteta. Then still able to replace them and come up with a stronger squad. Sorry but you do not understand football as much as you think you do.
Degsy Pulford

04 Apr 2013 04:33:47
I feel that if Bill K cannot generate enough interest from an investor this season with us riding high in the league and our manager well thought of. then he should justify the lack of movement on this front to the fans through the publicity department. No information is frustrating and the "there is always someone interested" wore thin some time ago. No one is saying it is easy to attract the right people as has been shown by other clubs experience, but after nothing happening for so long, the fans deserve a bit more feedback over the trials and tribulations of this process. Unless Bill is about to surprise us with the big announcement we all dream of, at least let us know something of the netcasting that is going on to catch the big fish we need to compete at the top level consistently. No feedback just feeds the feeling that we don't know how to sell the club beyond putting a price tag on it.

Bk is not a proper scouser most of us
Could sell sand to a Arab never mind
Are great club does anyone know where
The club is advertised as for sale. The
rubbish employed a firm to take there
Product around the world looking for
Investors Thailand china Russia India
USA I don't think bill has got further
Than Sutton an kersh on county road
If he carnt be arsed trying to find a good deal then employ someone who
Will he should stop useing stiffs who
Don't care about the club employ a good scouser to represent us and give
Them the backing to get out there and
Find us a our billionaire he needs to do this now because financially he has not
Made one good deal at Everton. messed
Up Bellefield and finch farm deals aswell as kings dock even our kit deal is
rubbish it's not even with Nike it's with
Kit bag who refuse to make anything other than basic kit for under 10s wich has lost us more money bk needs to do
Something quick before he's remembered in the same bracket as
Johnson if he can find the investor iam
Sure people wil remember him fondly
At the moment he is the man holding the club back

Correct, Re Kitbag, we’re that well run that whilst every other “top flight” club in the premiership receives millions of pounds from their kit supply deals with major kit manufacturers our club receives nothing; the effect of which is that whilst other clubs strengthened in the January window our manager, despite asking the board for money, was left twiddling his thumbs.

What u on about we bid for fer and got stones in! yes the deal collapsed but we had funds just didn't use them!

ant wharton

Fer was only possible if there was an outgoing and apparently EFC were going to sell a player but misjudged or miscalculated the contract of a certain player by 12 months. Subsequently, we tried to renegotiate terms with FC Twente and attempt to pay in installments, which failed. It had nothing to do with his knee. Moyes had £3m left from the Rodwell deal to sign Stones. If we had cash all window then we would have gone in for Fer earlier but, as I've said, it was reliant on an outgoing which was cocked up.

I care about the club an i'm not a scouser