Everton Banter Archive October 07 2011

07 Oct 2011 16:56:12
To all the People who post on this wonderful forum
To all the Evertonians who can't function computers
To all the Bluenoses who attend week in week out
To all the Toffees past, present and future

Football can be a frustrating and, at times an inane venture. Whats the point in going round and round in circles, buying, selling. Winning, losing.

Right now our club is respected throughout the land as an honest, hard working peoples club. Its cliche but its true, and the reasons behind this new young chap signing underline that mantra.

wonderkids like Jack Rodwell, Ross Barkley, Seamus Coleman, Marouane Fellaini, Apostolios Vellios.

Stalwarts like Osman, Cahill, Neville, Hibbert

Class acts like Howard, Jagielka and Saha

Keep the faith, because we have a team, we dont pay silly money. We have hope, belief, a top quality manager, a chairman who deeply loves the club and would die for it.

We have a future, options, possibilities. The sleeping giant of english football is quietly building a sustainable future. Whilst other clubs rise and fall, waste money, time, poach and pay arrogant, unrealistic premadonnas, onwards we march.

IMWT - Jak le bleu

Love the post.so true.keep the faith

LOVE that post !! This is what makes are club special, the fans !

Wake up , if bill does not sell up soon moyes will leave [ and will owe you nothing i might add [ amazing manager ] ] and you could end up in championship , sleeping giant yes but at this stage its like a coma

07 Oct 2011 13:38:54
'I'd spoken to Harry Redknapp shortly after George played for our reserves earlier this year and said, We've got a boy here who's as good as they come,'� says the affable former Dagenham & Redbridge scout.

'He was 15 playing for the reserves, challenging for headers he had no right to win against men. Harry had loaned us a goalkeeper at short notice so we owed him a good turn, and we agreed to let George go and have a trial down there.

'For the first 15 minutes of the game against Villa he was quiet, then he took it by the scruff of the neck and scored three. His first was sublime, a 25 yard effort into the top corner, and for the second he beat about six opponents.

'Everton had a scout watching and he sounded me out about speaking to David Moyes.

'I said to George, "You'll be going to the Premier League and you need to go for the right footballing reasons, the money will come," and I knew there were so many clubs ringing me asking for him.'

LIVERPOOL were among the covetous throng of admirers, but Christie insists Green, who had an earlier trial with the Anfield club, was adamant he did not want to return.


'He said he'd rather stay at Bradford than go to Liverpool,'� he says. 'He had been last year and was just told he wasn't big enough, he wasn't strong enough etc.

'That made my job much easier. It was down to Arsenal, Everton, Rangers, Tottenham and Southampton. Davie Moyes phoned me and we had already agreed an offer for Spurs, but he asked to at least have the chance to speak to him.

'So we took him to the Merseyside derby on Saturday. They told him this is the People's Club and that you're either red or blue in Merseyside, and he said 'IM A BLUE'.

'I told him about my pals Duncan Ferguson and Neville Southall. I told him they've got a great manager who gives young players a chance.

'Everton are not going to go out and spend £50m on a foreigner, they will spend two or three years developing you,' I said.

'Look at Wayne Rooney and Jack Rodwell. Even the boy now Ross Barkley. Everton won't go and spend £18m on an English midfielder from another club like Jordan Henderson.

'I told him that if he works hard and shows what he's capable of he could be in their first team frame in two or three years.'�

As Christie was advising his young charge, Everton scout Andy Philpott pushed the boat out. Green was presented with an Everton home shirt with his name and number 10 on the back, and the well-mannered Dewsbury lad, who turns 16 in January, was already thrilled by his derby experience during which he impressed staff by turning up in a shirt and tie.

'It took 11 minutes to reach an agreement with Everton in the end,'� says Christie. 'Spurs caught wind of it and offered us double what we'd agreed with Everton. Daniel Levy offered in excess of £600,000 up front and better terms all round.

'But we'd reached an honourable agreement with Everton, and decided to stand by it.'

For once we snatch a player off 'ARRY' ! This lad is apparently a star and our youth system will give him every chance !
Aswell just shows how thick and poor liverpool's system is to our own, they have turned down Wayne Rooney when he was 10 and now George Green !

Buy the way i copied and posted this of the Liverpool Echo website, have a read of the full story.
Hope this lad is as good as he is being talked about.
This is why i love everton, would you rather we splashed out 20 million on a english player, or produce them from a young age and give them a chance in the first team !

Sure why pay 16m when you can steal a 15 y/o from someone else....

07 Oct 2011 11:02:24
Well done to George Green
You have made a footballing decision after sampling the atmosphere and ambience around our great club
Shoul you fulfill your potential you will be a very wealthy man
You have already won over all Evertonians with your "I'd rather stay at Bradford than go to Liverpool" comment
Well done Moysie and up yours harry!!

David Moyes 1 - 0 Leather-faced cockney barrow boy