Everton Banter Archive April 08 2012

08 Apr 2012 19:02:53
Ideal team for Sunderland and reasons -
Howard (No brainer)
Hibbert (Rather have Nev in derby)
Jagielka (Don't want him playing in semi)
Heitinga (Rest Distin, older)
Baines (100th cons. game)
Rodwell (Give him run out)
Ossy (Bit of creativity)
Coleman (Run out, try get back to best)
Pienaar (Cup-tied)
Anichebe (Wants playing time)
Strac (Haven't seen in while)

08 Apr 2012 18:26:23
nice to see two everton legends settle prem league battle ie rooney and arteta goals .we breed and train them well ..

08 Apr 2012 17:33:09
Hi Ed's

Just an idea, why dont you set it up so people have to register on this site and have a username and team they support after their username e.g. DegsybluenoseEFC. This way we get names after posts so we know who the nuggets are

Degsy E025's Note - good idea that degsy..ill put it to the powers that be mate..

Just do it ed

Not a bad idea Degs
I'm in

Big C EFC

08 Apr 2012 16:42:05
Actually hate the fact that Liverpool are in poor form and everyone is talking about Everton beating them, in a weird way the worse Liverpool are doing in the league the more they will NEED the FA cup. Really hoping they smash Blackburn 4 nil on Tuesday and go back to thinking there the best team in the world again with the best manager on the planet with the best player's ever and that they will win the League DEFO next season.

If they do and everyone as usual gets sucked in they will be favourites for the semi and that's when were at our best and will win.

If we go into this game with pundits and fans believing it will be a stroll we will be turned over, are player's are awful with pressure.

It didn't surprise me one bit that we started the season (last season) poorly, everyone was talking about us being Champions League top 4 contender's soon as i started hearing this from the likes of Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Lee Dixon and Paul Merson and then the likes of Phil Neville and Tim Cahill coming out and saying the same thing I knew we would start the season poorly

Are player's just can't deal with pressure on them, soon as we get to Christmas the pressure has gone and we end up playing with no pressure and no fear and roll teams like Man City, Man United, Chelsea over easily and finish in 7th!!

Everyone always asking why we have started the season poorly the last 3 seasons, 1 st season we had too many injurys, i remember a period that season for about 4 games in October i think when we had 10/11 players out, 2nd season was what i have just explained and this season was because we had a squad that were low on confidence and low on morale after the awful summer and no players coming in and losing the likes of Arteta and Pienaar without replacing them and Saha as our only striker who was clearly not interested in playing for us anymore.

In a nut shell i don't want to go into the semi as favourite's we will be beaten so come on Liverpool smash Blackburn then think your the best team in the world again of that 1 victory and then we will give a backs to the wall determined performance at Wembley and send the Kopites home crying!!!!
Coyb!
MikeTheBlue

I can see what you are saying mike and agree with you, I for one are not getting my hopes up as every time I do get too excited I get brought back down to earth with a thump. Lets all just keep calm and relax and not give the Koppites any crap until its over. We can leave all the bull sh&t to the red part of Merseyside/down south

COYB give us what we deserve

Degsy bet is two nil and Jelly last goal should be about 55/1, also Shakalakaboomboom to win the national 20/1

Degsybluenose

Save your money Degsy, the stage is set... 1-0 with Hibbos cross just dipping under the bar for an almighty well deserved fluke COYB

Toffee ace

I would take that toffee but more chance of carroll gettin a hat trick on tuesday

Degsy

Might be worth a fiver, least if he does get g
3 you'll be walking away with a fortune haha

Toffee ace

08 Apr 2012 14:30:11
If transfer funds magically appear , I think the following players would certainly strengthen our squad and love to see them in an Everton shirt
RUSSELL MARTIN ( Norwich - Right Back )
Settled in well to the premier league and very capable going forward
CLINT DEMPSEY ( Fulham - Versatile, including striker to cover any injury to Jelavic )
Martin Jol has admitted it is very likely he will need to sell his stars
AARON CRESSWELL ( Ipswich - Left Back ) as back up to Leighton obviously , giving Luke Garbutt further time to develop
plus obviously PIENAAR & DRENTHE , here's hoping ..................COYB

I would be happy with just Dempsey and the loanee's

If we got Dempsey mate, I would drop my pants and run around Goodison. The lad has something like 20 goals this season, and he is absolute class. To me, he seems the type of player that Moyes would absolutely love.

But in the form he is in, we sadly don't stand a chance I reckon. {Ed025's Note - i suspect your right mate....sadly..

08 Apr 2012 12:48:11
As a neutral (ie not toffee or red) I cannot fathom out why Everton fans think they will win cup semi final, even if Liverpool get beaten by EVERY other team they always beat everton. Your team are perennial bottlers against the reds. Your last league game against Liverpool you were beat before kick off by Moyes team selection. Best you can do is 0-0 and hope for penalties. {Ed007's Note - I think your neutrality needs closer examination.}

You are clearly a red, the first derby this year we had a player wrongly sent off (and we were arguably dominating the game before that) and yes we deservingly got batterd in the last derby because of our team selection, but do you really think we will do that in the semi's ?
and you do remember that they couldn't beat us at all last season right? you clearly have no clue what your talking about.

Nice One Ed , Another RS Spotted !!

DOn't forget mate , same website , same time , next week , printing a retraction as we cruise into the final

08 Apr 2012 11:42:04
No matter what anyones saying we shouldn't already be looking at the final, yes we are the inform team but Liverpool always step their game up against us, it will be a hard game but hopefully we'll pull through
COYB {Ed025's Note - got it in one mate....it will be very difficult, one on one we have the better players, but you can bet your life something contentious happens!, a referee mistake, or a sending off that will go against us, so dont be over confident..

08 Apr 2012 09:26:46
The FA have just announced that any Everton player found marking Andy Carroll in Saturday's semi final will be booked for time wasting. (Wavertree Blue)

08 Apr 2012 01:23:23
Jelavic has made the transition from the spl effortlessly and has hit the ground running, his effort, positional play and finishing are all first class and he is the player we have been crying out for a long time.

Bez the blue

He is the player most teams around and above us are lacking, someone that we score tap ins and get you the key goals that win you games, chelsea don't currently have that next season (unless toress hits form), no one knows if spurs will sign adebeyor, van persie will probably leave arsenal and podolski isn't a 20+ a year goal scorer, and neither the sh*te or sunderland have it either. jellyfish gives us the edge!