Everton Banter Archive April 19 2012

19 Apr 2012 22:57:38
i think we should go for carlos vela, he is having a fine year in spain and he is surplus to Arsenals team, could possibly get him on loan or cheap what do you think ed? {Ed001's Note - he wants to stay in Spain, so it might be difficult to get him mate.}

19 Apr 2012 19:15:28
Why the desperate need to get rid of Rodwell. Take him out of midfield and put him in the back four. We would then finally have a centre back who can pass a ball out of defence, instead of just aimlessly punting it down the ground. Dont worry about tackling as petty soon it wont be allowed anyway. {Ed025's Note - i agree..

The priority is to get rodwell fit and find the best position to play him in, because gibson is ahead of him in the pecking order at the moment

Bez the blue

Said for the past 12-18 months Rodwell is a CENTRE HALF! Everything about him screams centre bacl, and a quality one aswell, similar to Rio Ferdinand at his best 6-7 years ago.
You watch, we will sell him in the summer to Man United and he will become a centre back for them for years to come.
Why Moyes bought him into the team early and played in centre mid i will never know.
I watch and have done for years reserve games and before Rodwell got into the first team 3 years ago he played centre half with the reserve team and everyone used to comment on how he was years ahead of his age in terms of composure, reading the game and controlling the back line, then all of a sudden he comes into the first team and gets throwing in the middle of the park.
The worst thing he done in a weird way was scoring that goal against Man United because then everyone thought of him as a centre mid. He is not, no matter what Moyes does, he was born to play at the back, trust me, i would love to see him at the back for Everton but i see him leaving soon and being used properly somewhere else

THANKYOU! Exactly what this lad said, spot on, couldn't agree more.

He would be a top class CB, has all the qualities to be an England international in that position

Moyes plays every one out of position thats why we have a bad start each year also coincidently since we have gone on long term flights usa austrailia players are jet lagged

We never had bad starts when we just had pre seasons in europe your right

19 Apr 2012 17:24:05
Hope Moyes recalls Bidwell or Garbutt to fill in for Baines instead of putting Neville Left Back!
These two lads are quality, i watch reserves quite a bit and before they went out on loan Garbutt looked quality, plays like Baines {Ed025's Note - that would be a baptism of fire mate..and could destroy a young guys confidence, they have some very good wingers, and i would go for a bit of experience myself..

I dont mean for the Man United match ed, maybe for the last couple of games of the season?
No harm done really, if its nothing games toward the end, maybe wolves and Newcastle last game of the season {Ed025's Note - oh ok mate...then maybe a cameo role from the bench..

Maybe against some of the other teams, not against united or newcastle atleat anyway, I would put coleman rb with baines being out 1.because we could do with an attacking Fb on the pitch and 2 because we should give him a decent run there before we go splashing out on a new Rb {Ed025's Note - fair comment mate..

19 Apr 2012 17:35:11
havent posted here for a while but anyway, since baines has gotten injured then personally i would get luke garbutt back as he has been playing brilliantly out on loan and is a gret prospect.
Secondly in the summer i think there are going to be some some good free agents such as moses, hoilet (unlikely), and now i here berbatov. I also think pienaar is a must and if we sell Rodders for about 15 million i think we should go for Adam Johnson or Donovan. Now that we have a goalscorer in Jelavic and the prospect of Barkley I thinh next season will be great. This could possibly be the new team.
GK Howard- who else
RB Hibbo- im waiting for the riot
CB Jags- Could also introduce Duffy
CB Hietinga-solid
LB-Baines- no questions needed
CM Fellani- Best Holding mid
CM Gibbo- has good partnership with felli
RAM Donovan/Johnson- both brilliant
CAM Cahill- but introducing Barkley more
LAM Pienaar- the one and only
ST Jelavic- Goalscoring machine {Ed024's Note - There is plenty of wheeling and dealing that moyes could do in the summer and we have the makings of a very good squad

I think if we can have a couple of new faces in the summer, we can be looking at top 6 next season, pineaar is a must, pranjic would be a good signing and give a few of our promising youngsters a try in the first team

Bez the blue {Ed025's Note - pienaar is a must bez your right...pranjic on a free, and donovan would be great for me..

I would be tempted to sign a decent quality right back as well ed, hibbert is a grafter, but limited.

Bez the blue {Ed025's Note - a right back would be great bez...but the priority for me is a partner for jelly, and a midfielder who can supply the ammo for them..

Would love Donovan, pure class, quick, clever, creative, works hard, gives us a different dimension especially breaking forward.
Can't see us getting 15 million for Rodwell, wwe missed the boat with Rodwell, we should of sold last year when teams were prepered to offer 20 mill+ for him. Now with his constant injury's teams arent going to risk it {Ed025's Note - i think he will still be a great player, but see his future as a centre back..

Jagelka started out as a right back play him there

19 Apr 2012 12:28:44
Afternoon Fellow Blues and Eds

Having studied the league table and all the permutations possible of qualifying
for the Europa league unless we can
catch the Toon and finish 6th then
qualification is unlikely, as I stated on a previous post to remain 7th and qualify would
take some dramatic turns in form
and would also mean finishing behind
the RS. NOT AN OPTION.

However I have a cunning plan!!

The fair play league still offers up a place in the Europa League.

The EPL Fair play table has us currently in 10th
(above the RS in 11th).

Now points are awarded for positive behaviour of the fans such as applauding good play by the opposition, no swearing, no anti referee comments etc,

so I propose we start on sunday with a
rendition of : -

"Waynes a Jolly Good Fellow",

or
"The Refs a smashing bloke I'd let him date my daughter"

This undoubted show of fair play and being jolly good eggs will move us towards the top of the fair play league and thus Europa League is as good as ours.

Cunning eh!

well fellow blues and eds I'm sure you have some spiffing lines we could sing from now to the end of the season

Big C ; ) {Ed025's Note - thats a tough one big c...you see, i look at fergie, and think...when they were giving out noses, he thought they said roses...and asked for a really big red one!

How about

Fergies Nose is Red
Our are all Blue
If you don't score
Jelly will get Two

Big C : )

19 Apr 2012 12:02:45
I know I'm dreaming but I wish we could spend this transfer window.. We so badly need some attacking players 2 or 3 wingers se what has happend since we have some available this year.. We also need a 2nd stiker and a right back... Anyone got some spare change?
Ed what are your thoughts on most likely player moves... If only we could get 20 million it would all moyes would need as long as he buy good attcking players.
Steven Pienaar/Matt Jarvis
David Hoilett
Adam Johnson

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If we can't get Pienaar then Hoilett and Johnson! Maybe a more realistic target is Victor Moses, but wouldn't complain with either of those. If we really want to compete properly for top 6 we'll need another CB/RB as well.

Just thinking about it, its so far out of reach. 1 or 2 good signing would be very helpful still, here the dream team ;)

Howard
New RB Jagielka Heitinga Baines
Johnson Fellaini Gibson Moses
Hoilett
Jelavic

A much more likely option is Victor Anichebe unfortunately :( {Ed025's Note - lets hope not..

19 Apr 2012 10:39:30
Berbatov could leave united on a free apparently I thought they'd want at least 4.5

19 Apr 2012 10:01:45
Baines out rest of season who will play left back

Bad news! Baines has always seemed indestructible but I guess we all feared it would happen at some point. One of our main methods of getting forward too!
Neville will probably be Moyes first choice. We had a pretty healthy score-line last time he played there.
Tricky one. Bring in a young lad? Push one of the centre-backs out wide and have Jags, Distin and Heitinger all at once? Typical it's the only position where we dont have a natural replacement!

Wizard of Osman

Neville looked better at LB against Sunderland, than he did at RB on the weekend, so would assume he would slot in at LB and Hibbo at RB.

Baines is a big loss, gives us that attacking punch which you won't see from Nev and Hibbo who are possibly the worse fullbacks at going forward.

Thank god only four games to go, he is a great player, I think Neville and Pienaar will do until May, Nev seems to some fancy step overs when playing with peanuts too lol

Degsy

I am gutted about baines, maybe we should recall one of our young left backs that are out on loan as cover, or to give them vital experience

Bez the blue

Who you got in mind Bez, I like the idea mate

Degsy

Garbutt and bidwell are natural left backs and are both getting rave reviews out on loan

Bez the blue

Bidwell and Garbutt are 2 of the brightest LB prospects in England, so I imagine he would be talking about those two.

Both are currently on loan though, and I don't think they have been recalled, so the chances of that are extremely slim