Everton Banter Archive January 10 2017

 

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10 Jan 2017 22:30:38
If we do sign MS could he feature on Sunday at all

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{Ed025's Note - he could bill, but the bench could be favourite mate..

10 Jan 2017 23:27:08
That will do for me Ed really excited about this one two good signings in a few days magic

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11 Jan 2017 09:10:12
Put him on the bench, give Barry 10mins then bring him on. 😀

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11 Jan 2017 19:49:31
We are going to be a physically bigger side by feb 1st by the looks of it. Morgan will play a part Sunday fingers crossed. Looking up.

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10 Jan 2017 22:03:32
Been waitng 4 this 1 morgan 22 mil + addons striker next please and a keeper an another top midfielder an were laughing coybs

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{Ed025's Note - not after much then Tbone.. :)

10 Jan 2017 23:30:17
a goalkeeper would be good

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11 Jan 2017 11:24:58
Can we do this window without a centre half surely not, as well as the suggested. But I'm personally delighted I've watched a bit of ms interceptions passes he is so comfy with the ball cool customer. Massive step up for us and ghanna will love playing beside him. Great morning even the moaners must be happy.

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10 Jan 2017 21:47:49
So one long post from Grumpy at 15.45 hours
major new signing agreed 19.45 hours.

Coincidence?

I Think Not

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11 Jan 2017 13:50:13
Tallaghblue, in a word No.

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10 Jan 2017 20:55:49
I used to come on here mega positive, then got the stuffing knocked out of me last transfer window. BUT if Morgan completes the formalities this is a signing of real intent and I will happily eat the hugest piece of humble pie! let's bring the feel good factor back to this site!

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{Ed025's Note - amen to that duaney..

10 Jan 2017 21:47:51
Looks like you peaked too soon KingpinDuaney. Good signing. Let's just hope its sign sealed and delivered.

On a different note. Ed if its completed any sign of a player being offloaded. Like Clev or Gibson?

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10 Jan 2017 22:01:19
Both out along with Kone . 3 or 4 more out in summer

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10 Jan 2017 20:38:51
That should keep a few quiet on here, well at least until next week when we haven't signed anyone else by then

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10 Jan 2017 21:32:34
Not done yet, how about the rumour that WBA are about to hijack and willing to pay the lad mega wages.

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10 Jan 2017 21:48:27
WBA highest paid player is on 60k a week, man u paid him 120000 a week. How much more are they willing to pay. WBA have just offered their best player (berahino) 60k a week to stay and he's apparently turned it down. So can't see it myself.

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10 Jan 2017 20:24:59
Hang about my son is the CA not me but 50 million war chest = 24 mill for sneiderlen, 4 mill for elhamady (spelling) , Fonte £?, Sigurdson £loads.

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10 Jan 2017 23:31:32
Fonte is 33 no thankyou we need to get some younger legs in

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10 Jan 2017 19:26:27
Not seen Yarmolenko mentioned yet?

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10 Jan 2017 19:39:47
Big unveiling on the 31st of January along with Riquelme.

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{Ed025's Note - i just cant wait for the sightings of them from john lennon airport smit, i think sky should put vinny o,connor there mate.. :)

10 Jan 2017 20:01:14
We may laugh but I bet kenwright has got his number in his little black book.

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10 Jan 2017 20:36:34
He's more than a number! Smit666

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10 Jan 2017 19:25:13
Ed002 made a comment earlier that a lot of our fans are ungrateful - and I completely agree.

Maybe its because I'm too young to remember our best years. My my earliest Everton memory is dad jumping around the house after barry Horne scored against Wimbledon. I don't remember the FA cup win properly. My Everton childhood consisted of players like Pistone, Gemmill and Gary Naysmith with Steve Watson finishing the season as top scorer.

If you'd told me then we would be spending 11mil on teenagers and 20+mil on french internationals from man utd I wouldn't have believed you.

For the first time in my 27 year life we are looking up as a club. We have a man who owns nearly half the club who has a proper plan of improving us as a club top to bottom. When you look at the likes Blackburn, Leeds, Charlton and Forest this is a remarkable thing in the world of football nowadays.

So I'm massively enjoying where we're going, even though there will be bumps, and am grateful that this is happening to my club. And taking longer than 2 weeks to sign Morgan Schneiderlin isn't going to change that

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10 Jan 2017 20:26:42
you missed a treat. Howard, Kendall, Ball.

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10 Jan 2017 20:39:06
Southern feel a little sorry for you mate. I've been watching the blue boys side 1964, and in that time I've seen some wonderful players/ teams and it has to be said some dross. Still remember my first Wembley trip when we beat Wednesday after being two nil down. Even then my family were saying don't worry we will beat this lot.

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10 Jan 2017 20:49:04
1966 Woburnblue, I had joined up in June at the age of 16. Just come in from Jankers (always in trouble) heard it from one of the lads that had a weekend radio, made my day, even promised to be a good boy for a while.

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10 Jan 2017 20:53:23
Hi Woburn those were the days mate, GuernseyBlue

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10 Jan 2017 19:24:42
Hi all,
A couple of questions if anybody can help out.

So we can all see Niasse is an apparent flop, does anybody know why exactly? I have barely seen him play to make a personal judgement and he came with a very high reputation from the Russian league. Is it a case that during training he is absolutely awful and not worthy of a chance, a bad attitude or that he wants to do a Bosnich. coast along without ever trying just to cash his salary?

Also, Is there any possibility of us making a move for Batshuayi? Again I've not seen much of him but i like the game time I've seen, he seems a creative player with a good eye for goal and is young enough to develop immensely. I just think that he is the perfect replacement for Rom when he almost certainly moves on.

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{Ed002's Note - I have no idea why Niasse has not done well although to be fair it took him time to settle at Lokomotiv Moscow. Everton has never shown any interest in Batshuayi.}

10 Jan 2017 19:45:08
Thanks Ed002, you're a star! Always seem to reply.

I'm actually secretly hoping that he needs to get used to the Prem, and that this move to Hull gets him enough game time we can all make a real judgement. I know its remote but he may surprise us

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{Ed002's Note - He has not really had a run of games and the move may well do him good.}

10 Jan 2017 20:31:36
To pay out 13.5 if a true figure and given our known caution, someone must have watched him and not just once. Not one for conspiracies or secrets but Martinez reluctant to use him and Koeman not at all, does wonder make. I also wish the lad luck, perhaps Unsy could spread the light.

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10 Jan 2017 19:09:19
Hi Ed what on earth is going on with some of these so called posters as I have said before I have supported the Blues through thick and thin for around 60 yrs i have never heard such rubbish from so called fans, some of this tripe is so ridiculous re R K and Steve Walsh, for goodness sake leave the tranfers to them, GuernseyBlue

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{Ed002's Note - I agree GB - it is the standard thing for the fans of a number of clubs who just want to see money spent - they don't really care who on.}

10 Jan 2017 20:43:48
Think it's a sign of the times we live in GB. I would get more enjoyment out of watching young lads like Davies come through, than some foreign bloke I have never heard of but cost a small fortune, so must be good.

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10 Jan 2017 18:16:55
Whilst i appreciate we do our buisness behind closed doors, it is very frustrating getting linked with certain players whom may or may not join our great club, our form at the moment is rather poor, RK kicks off at the board but still no reaction, be patient people say, I've been patient for 20 years or more

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{Ed002's Note - Koeman acted very unprofessionally - the board won't like that. The board has already signed one player for the club but it seems convenient for you to ignore that. It is a pity so many of the fans are so ungrateful.}

10 Jan 2017 18:36:44
I think RK has let himself and the club down with his recent comments as we all know lookman took a month or so to sign these things take Time there's a lot of money involved not just £500 at a time millions of pounds. We will sign more players if they are the right players and want to come to Everton in the current situation it's not the beat situation is not to be honest. The club know what we need and we have 3 weeks to conclude the deals moaning and booing doesn't get anyone anywhere. We have started this transfer window better than any other window so for me we are doing positive stuff

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10 Jan 2017 20:48:06
Agree Eddy, it looks now like we will have spent 32m on two players to date, and sold nobody. Not long ago that would be something we would only have dreamed of. Sad people can't see that.

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10 Jan 2017 18:11:18
Are we going to sign players or what sneiderlin seems to be draging on or will they all come in the final week

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{Ed002's Note - Everton has already signed one player which is more than most clubs and still you whine and bitch like pre-pubescent girls - an absulte joke and embarrassing.}

10 Jan 2017 19:15:46
Im not moaning just writing what everyone is thinking

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{Ed002's Note - I am pretty sure most of the other posters, unlike you, know that Everton has already made one signing.}

10 Jan 2017 20:03:08
Agree briĺl, a player from a lower league which may turn out to be the next messi, but we need to offload some of our stalwarts, as good as they have been, rumour is we got 50 mill to spend, peanuts in football terms

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10 Jan 2017 20:05:59
I know we have signed lookman and there is still 3 weeks left.

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10 Jan 2017 18:55:47
Ed I think you are doing a disservice to pre-pubescent girls there the way some of our fans are behaving

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10 Jan 2017 17:04:17
Let's have a little assessment of the transfer window so far and compare it to our league position.

Let's start with 6th place Manchester United, they are currently 9 points ahead of us and are currently the form side in the league. have they recruited so far in the window? No.

Next let's look at the sides below us from 8th to 11th where we finished last season, West Brom, Bournemouth, Southampton and then Stoke.

Let's start with West Brom, they tabled a bid for Schneiderlein which United rejected and other than that have had no other real movements, are they currently better than us? League table suggests not, so without improving they may not be able to maintain there top 7 push add to that we have to play them at home after already beating them away and I can't see them being a threat.

Bournemouth next, a side we also have to play at home and a side who have just returned a loan player who was one of there better players so far this season. Have they bought anybody yet? No, are they going to catch us? I say probably not.

Southampton next, a side we recently beat 3 nil, have they improved so far this window? No, and in all reality they may get depleted by losting Fonte. So will they catch us? I don't think they will.

Finally Stoke, a side with a few decent players but the flair players they have are inconsistent and other than these players the rest are at best bang average. So have Stoke gone out and improved so far? No, add to that the 6 point gap we hold, so ask yourself honestly do you think they will catch us? I think not.

The point I am making after this long winded post is, we won't catch the top 6 even with incomings as these sides are currently the elite in the league. We are the best of the rest and even if we don't bring in players the fans demand, that will remain the same I believe, so ask yourselves, would I be happy with 7th come May?
I want us to improve of course, but I only want players that want to be part of our project and not mercenaries after a payday.

That's me done with my rant and maybe a few people will realise its a marathon not a sprint.

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10 Jan 2017 17:41:21
Clap, clap, clap. Top post bluegray87 and I agree 100%. Puts things into perspective. People get excited by the thoughts of arrivals and get carried away.

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10 Jan 2017 17:49:56
Blue is spot on, my thoughts exactly.

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10 Jan 2017 18:28:20
Good post and you never know, maybe one of the top 6 will lose a bit of form and make it more interesting, if we can put a string of results together. Looking at the fixtures after the city game there are some winnable games up till the end of Feb, so let's hope we get 2 or 3 in, and a couple back from injury and Gana.

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10 Jan 2017 19:16:56
I agree with most of the post. The only down side I see is that over the last few seasons, the so called top 6 have all strengthened incredibly. Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea have all improved their 1st teams so that not many of our players would get into any of those sides. What is even more frightening is that all those clubs have such strength in depth that their 2nd 11 players would probably mostly play a big part in our 1st team should we sign any. eg Depay and Schneiderline will be signed for 1st team action yet neither make Uniteds 1st team with any regularity. I see a top 6 developing that leaves the rest behind. This is a critical time in the future of Everton FC and we really need sustainable investment from the board and not just one or two season investment. Hopefully we will ensure that a top 7 breaks away from the rest. Fingers crossed.

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10 Jan 2017 19:44:42
Good post Bluegrey. However, we don't want to stagnate as well. Bringing in players in each window is imperative and the more the first choice targets there are the better.

We are in catch up mode from the summer against the top 6 as they all bought well and early. Plus they already had better squads. We can't afford another window where we miss out on our targets.

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10 Jan 2017 19:56:04
Excellent post bluegray, great summary.

Degsy - there was a top 4 not long ago that started to break away, but that's become a top 6 over the last few years through investment and ambition. We now have that investment and ambition, so who's to say we won't be part of a top 7 in the next two seasons? I for one would like to think we can be.

Lots to be positive about as a blue at the moment. More optimism and less impatient pessimism from people wanting us to shell out tens of millions on average players.

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10 Jan 2017 20:13:00
*about being a blue

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10 Jan 2017 20:35:16
Very good post.

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10 Jan 2017 15:37:09
Well here we are again, 10 days into the silly season and the blue naysayers are out in force.

A blue naysayer is different to your typical naysayer in that they pretend it is the clubs best interests they have at heart, nothing could be further from the truth. Just because they put COYB or similar onto the posts they make does not make the post more valid, let me explain.

Quote " We have a so called £100 million to spend on players but we have not got any so far. RK is rubbish Coyb "

Quote " We have all of this so called money for players yet signed no one, another lie by moshri and Co, I love Everton "

Quote " Arguing over a paltry 2 million for Schniderline, get rid of BK. Everton are the best "

Quote " Moshri been here almost a year and still no agreement on ground we are a laughing stock, Everton forever "

Quote " Walsh not doing his job properly at our club, he got Southampton 50 billion players for a quid and got us nothing, Come on Everton "

Quote " I see we are going after players A, B, and C, Koeman and walsh don't know what they are doing we should be going after Players x, y, and z sack them both, long live the toffees. "

Quote " Whilst Walsh, Koeman and Moshri are in the club we will never progress, time for change I think, stick with the toffee "

Whilst the above quotes are not exact in the presentation they are a reasonable parody.

An alarming thing is that similar posts are popping up on a daily basis and appears to be gathering momentum, more and more people seem to be jumping aboard either this train or the " But " train, you all know that monster,

Quote " RK is doing a great job here BUT he is rubbish and should be sacked "

Quote " BK does a fantastic job negotiating BUT he is an old fart and should retire "

The nagging naysayers and the BUT brigade are formidable opponents, they will wear you down and turn you if they go unchallenged, so it is our job, no our duty to stand up to these fools no matter what guise they come in.

Let me address some common charges they bring during the silly season.

Q " We are supposed to have £100 million to spend on players "
A Say's who? Who from EFC has ever officially said this?

Q " We are arguing with Utd over a measly £2 million why not just buy him?
A Ok let's say we spend that extra £2 million. Now let's say we only have £40 million total to spend that is us paying out an extra 5% of our total transfer budget. Now if we are interested in 3 players and they will cost £45 million we need to negotiate every penny we can to get the price down to £40 million. Negotiating a better deal is the only way we will get the 3 players we want. It does not matter in the least if we can buy him 10 times over if the FFP says this season we only have x amount to spend on players then that is all we have.

Q " Why are we not looking for a player to play in? position, RK is a joke looking for the wrong players"
A Koeman is without doubt they ONLY person who really knows the order in which we need to buy in players and more importantly the budget available to obtain said players, he relays this to Walsh. On these forums we have some very knowledgeable people who understand the processes involved more than most, take Degsy he has been a manager of a professional football club in the past and understands the frustrations more than most.

Q " Why is BK still doing the negotiating for us? "
A BK has one of, if not, the Best reputations in the world for the negotiating of players, apparently he is absolutely ruthless and has the respect of every british and European club for it, Even the RS higherarchy respect him. He may take time but the £millions he has saved us because of that is amazing.

So to recap

1 We do have money, lots of it, but the FFP will not allow us to spend it on transfers.

2 Koeman knows where he needs to rebuild from.

3 Kenwright is still negotiating for us because the game has no one better.

4 Degsy really is very knowledgeable on how the internals of a professional club work.

I could go on but feel I really have little to add to what I have written so far. Be patient and COYB oh wait a sec did I just say coyb .

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10 Jan 2017 16:15:23
Great post Grumpy no doubt there will be more naysayers before the end of the window also all these so called experts, i say leave it to Mr Walsh and R K I am sure they are far more aware of what needs to be done than us, GuernseyBlue

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10 Jan 2017 16:58:56
Grumpytoffee, good realistic post agree on your end comments.

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10 Jan 2017 17:05:45
I'm with you Grumpy people are always trying to see the worse in the way the club does things, I'm looking forward to the future with Moshiri, RK and Walsh all here and trust they are doing everything for the good of the club too many fifa and football manager supporters on here sometimes.

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10 Jan 2017 17:51:55
I agree with some of your post Grumpy but whereas I am made up with Moshiri, Kenwright as Chairman still, Koeman, Walsh and the stadium progression, I am concerned as already stated about our transfer business and how poorly we APPEAR to perform in each window.

I'm not saying anything is fact and everything we hear is mainly hypothetical but maybe we can all take off our blue tinted glasses off sometimes and look at things from another perspective.

I like Koemans supposed targets and if correct the ones that ED002 has mentioned as well and I trust all things that come from the ED's. I can still have concerns though and because I love the club I will speak out over them. If I didn't then I wouldn't be a true fan and if I thought something didn't feel right and didn't say it then again I wouldn't be a true fan.

Some people attack the club and people running through spite and a cloud of hatred that has developed over the years in a false perception that Kenwright has been trying to ruin the club.

Some of us other fans have immense pride in how we conduct ourselves and what must be the best reputation any club has in football in work it does not just for it's own community but for other clubs as well.

Our club in my eyes is the best in the world and no other will ever come close to it. The current people running it will make it even better. I trust and believe in that.

COYB IFMWT IBKWT IKWT NSNO

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10 Jan 2017 17:52:04
Grumpy it isn't kenwright I worry about in negotiations although he is a little to cautious for me at times, rather surprising given his profession.

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10 Jan 2017 18:01:43
Enjoyable read Grumpy. You must have too much time on your hands sending in posts like that.

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10 Jan 2017 19:20:31
Certainly living up to your name mate! I am laughing my socks off. Do you have steam coming out of your ears?

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10 Jan 2017 20:34:14
Fully agree GuernseyBlue I'm not sure what brings them out, I'm sure by the standards of writing on some of the posts that teachers everywhere will be mortified, at least no one has said "Dude" yet.

Thanks for your comment Alwaysblue.

Lee1878 I echo your sentiments and I think you are right that the majority of those posters are busy getting all their info playing "Football Manager"

BlueJohnUs I enjoy reading your posts as I am sure most of us do. I don't think anyone has any objection to people voicing their concerns regards our club What gets up my nose in particular is voicing them in such a way that the club is all but doomed, the manager needs sacking and we need yet another investor. It's those type of posts that make toothache a welcome distraction. Personally I have no objection to posts that encourage banter.

MEverton I suppose it is because it has always been his own personal money at stake, imagine coming close to bankruptcy on a few occasions over a football club.

Tedster, Training squirrels at this time of year leaves me with plenty of time, can't find the pesky buggers anywhere.

And finally Degsy. Yes.

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10 Jan 2017 21:01:13
100% Grumpy. Right there with you.

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10 Jan 2017 14:43:01
Hi Ed any info on this bid that Sky say we have put in for this Standard Liege striker thanks, GuernseyBlue

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{Ed002's Note - Read the posts.}

10 Jan 2017 14:50:50
Will check them out thanks mate, GuernseyBlue

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10 Jan 2017 12:49:35
Please god tell me elmohamady rumour is a joke, returning for Martinez's old targets would be quite sad

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10 Jan 2017 11:48:22
Quite interesting when you look at stats and compare against last year ( only half of this season gone) .

In total our attackers ( luk / bark / kone / mirallas / lennon and del) scored 42 league goals and between them had 22 assists but this year so far they have scored 16 goals and only 7 assists - lennon and kone scored 10 of these goals and I cannot see where these are going to come from when they are not played on a regular basis.

the old adage of don't fix it if it ain't broke springs to mind - the defence needed fixed but has it - we are still leaking goals but our attack play has dropped dramitically and this all points to Koeman and his tactics and formations

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10 Jan 2017 13:06:20
Or the players mentioned are in poor form. Or in Kone case just not good enough.

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10 Jan 2017 13:51:02
11th now 7th. Much better statistic to go off!

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10 Jan 2017 14:01:27
O my god! People want Martinez back? :- (

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10 Jan 2017 14:54:42
Utter madness NBTB!

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10 Jan 2017 15:52:55
So we should be playing Kone and Lennon up front. That's were we've been going wrong.

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10 Jan 2017 10:27:09
Just wondering if all the delays over transfers is because we need players but the players we need are now getting pricier, obviously we are now in the realms of having money and have to show we can balance the books, so we need to try and get the players for as low as possible and not just chuck money away, if we need 5 new additions then we can't just buy them all at 25million because like I've said the books won't balance, that's my thought on things, maybe I'm wrong, just a thought

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10 Jan 2017 10:48:13
Some of our targets are looking for champions league so we are not top of the queue which is why these targets will probably be signed late in the window if at all, and only if they don't get their first choice or opt to stay put. Its the downside of aiming high in the transfer market.

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10 Jan 2017 11:46:45
I said a few weeks ago that in order for us to attract players we needed to be attractive that means A. Fighting for something (that's gone) B. be in Europe (no) C. be in the top 6/ 7 (we are just) . C is the least attractive because at the moment with those above us playing as they are it does not look good for higher. Therefore the reality is we will have to pay the big fees and wages if we are serious about progress and strengthening, the alternative is to fill the side with stop-gaps and that would be silly. The end result is we will just have to be patient and let the Club do it's work.

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10 Jan 2017 09:36:45
please can we look at players under 30, build for the future next season

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10 Jan 2017 09:30:06
Derby ask Boro, how much for Nugent. 2m and a chicken tikka they say. Ok say Derby shake. Derby ask Nugent (and his agent) , how much to play for us. 30k a week and two chicken vindaloos. Ok say Derby shake. Deal done. Apparently our problem when signing players is Bills reluctance to pay for the curries. Hence the delay. 🍛

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10 Jan 2017 10:27:00
But you are forgeting one thing. He ordered popadoms and chutney too.

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10 Jan 2017 15:55:06
Yea and they always get more popadoms than they need. Tell them a Big Mac or nothing Bill. Just walk away.

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10 Jan 2017 09:20:31
Like Fonte, think he is a solid defender. But at 33 are we just looking short term here, and if so would we really get value for money at 12m. And if we did get him that would give us a back four where three are 30plus.

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10 Jan 2017 10:44:33
If like we think Jags is finished and Mori isn't prem material then what happens if Williams gets injured we need experienced cover alongside Holgate. Makes sense if he's not too expensive.

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10 Jan 2017 11:04:19
I agree with Smit666 on this one. I said it myself last week in the rumours page. Williams gets injured we are goosed.

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10 Jan 2017 11:05:12
Not that I'm panicking for players. Only sign if they improve things is my philosophy. Fonte would do that for me.

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10 Jan 2017 13:18:57
It looks like we will have a shot at Keane in the summer so Williams, holgate, Keane and fonte pretty good player rotation there for next season if you ask me. A nice mix of youth and experience which should see us through the next 2-3 years.

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10 Jan 2017 14:03:00
Distin was signed at 32 and stayed for 6 years. Who knows how long Williams or Fonte will last?

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10 Jan 2017 15:57:23
NBTB it's all well and good but they can only get slower mate. One to two seasons max, then we have to have a plan b.

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10 Jan 2017 16:46:51
That's all here say Twoold2. £27m and Bolasie out for 18 months. No one can for see these things. Fonte is quality with very little risk. Would improve things. Williams gets injured then we have an inexperienced player, a more or less finished player and a player who hasn't entirely proven himself worthy yet.

Not exactly a rock solid central defence, is it?

What happened to Foulds, Browning and Galloway? Are they not 3 up and coming centre backs on top of Holgate. That makes 4. So we go out and buy more of them?

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10 Jan 2017 18:24:06
You can foresee players getting old though mate. Would have thought this season would now be the perfect opportunity for blooding youth, if good enough of course.

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10 Jan 2017 08:51:12
For those of you getting wound up:

KEEP CALM AND SUPPORT EVERTON!

Nuff said!

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10 Jan 2017 09:11:58
I can get on board with that Degsy. I think a lot of the long time posters on here get it. We may disagree on a lot of things, but at the end of the day we support our team as best we can.

I'm getting fed up with all of the boo boys, who are making comments when in reality they have no idea how a football club is run, how transfers work, and how money is handled within a club (I'm not saying I know a lot, but then again I try not to pass comment when I don't know) .

A large portion of knuckle-draggers, who think that Moshiri's arrival should signal instant top 4 and Messi signings (I've heard he can't wait to play with erm. Lennon and Cleverley) are now spoiling the atmosphere on here and at the match by moaning and spreading venom and bile wherever they go, all the while still wondering where the Arteta money has gone.

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10 Jan 2017 07:16:19
Hi guys. Reading all the posts about no transfers coming in this month, yet. I am patient amd am willing to wait for the right players as the club see fit but playing devil's advocate, I can see where fans are getting frustrated.
I think fans would not be moaning this much, if the manager didn't voice his frustration too. As soon as rk said about transfers taking too long and wanting players in now, the fans jumped on the bandwagon.

As I've said before, let's see who starts away at stoke on 1st Feb before we moan

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10 Jan 2017 07:29:13
Fair point about RK there mate.

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10 Jan 2017 11:07:26
Totally agree geoffjohno. That's what I have been saying. First and only thing I can say in any way negative about Koeman. Why speak so publicly about. No one will benefit from it.

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10 Jan 2017 00:04:32
Let's trust the people at our club who know what their jobs are shall we. All these 'fans' who were moaning because Ogbonna chose to go elsewhere, that Spanish striker went to arsenal, sissoko went to spuds. I could go on. Just because you got Everton winning the champions league within 2 seasons doesn't make it real life. It's a big process we have to go through at the moment which won't happen over a couple of transfer windows. Let's be honest, we need a massive overhaul. The Opta stats thingy today showed only TWO blues would get into a Merseyside 11. Two! We have no right to be challenging, or signing the very best at the moment. Let's trust the staff involved in sorting our squad out and see how we are in a couple of years rather than 4 months. Let's be honest, we've finished 11th two seasons on the bounce. I know we are only half way through the season so far, but if we can get rid of some deadwood, improve with a couple of players and finish 7th, I would say that's a big improvement and we are heading in the right direction. We may have to pay big fees to entice players to join. Let the money men at our club sort that out. We definitely need new players. Let the manager and scouts deal with that. Let's just sit back, enjoy the ride and get behind whatever team the club feel fit to improve our club. Together, we will get there in the end.

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