Everton Banter Archive July 23 2014

 

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23 Jul 2014 21:57:29
Mushy, I would go.
big Joe, Labby & John Hurst.
Ed would go.
Martin Dobo Martin Dobo hello hello Martin Dobo.
fleetwoodbllue.

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{Ed025's Note - i did love dobbo mate..

24 Jul 2014 08:07:14
Should we also include the Toffee Lady and Gladys Street to avoid claims of sexism?
And Brian Labone!

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23 Jul 2014 21:29:37
Only seen a bit of Luke Garbutt, but according to guys who went to last nights game, he was our best player. That means we have Oviedo, Baines and Garbutt fighting for one position. The small bit I have seen of him says to me that he will be challenging this season. Europa games probably.

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23 Jul 2014 22:11:46
Saw him playing here in Dublin a few years ago when our first match of the season against spurs was postponed due to the London riots. He played well that night against bohemians, pretty pacey and not afraid to go forward. Just what we're used to from our full backs

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23 Jul 2014 20:58:57
Ed and fellow posters a question about EFC transfer funds. I basically accept that we probably have around £30m to spend this window and that the bulk of it is earmarked for Lukaku and the rest will be spread very carefully.
My mate in work can't understand why we can't splash well more than this given recent sales, league prize money, TV money and because of the wealth of one of our shareholders. My mate reckons Lord Granchester is on a par with J W Henry in terms of net wealth. When Granchester's grandfather was chairman we regularly blew other teams out of the water in the transfer market. What is the issue? Is there some sort of feud with Kenwright?

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{Ed025's Note - in a word tedster yes, apparently he wont invest any money while bill is in charge..but for me its because hes as tight as a ducks arse, we will not spend what we cant afford mate as we dont want to end up as the next leeds utd, we have an operating loss of £5m per year, this is mainly due to high wages paid to keep and attract players, i hope that helps mate..

23 Jul 2014 22:33:58
his family are worth, get this, 1200 million. It also says he' a cattle farmer.

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{Ed025's Note - they meant bull s*****r ray..

Lord Granchester has held that grudge for over a decade now. Really says a lot about the man. That's a long time to be throwing one's collector's edition, mint in box toys out of one's gilded baroque pram. My worry is that if Kenwright is involved in the transfer dealings, then things could well be going very smoothly, until Bill leans across the table and utters the words 'So, do you fancy investing in a musical?'

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23 Jul 2014 21:04:30
Not Everton related but is if you can be bothered to read the rest!
In the absence of any real transfer activity I was really proud to be a scouser this morning to see those French controlled giants are back to entertain throughout the streets of Liverpool this weekend (how cool is that giant dog with the floppy ears?). You Tube, 'Liverpool Giants Titanic'.
Just a thought, if we ever do leave Goodison for a new ground, how good would the weekend be with four or more Everton Giants being raised from the pitch and moved to the new stadium (stay with me I'm not on drugs!)?
Who would those giants be?
Dean, Hickson, Ball and?

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{Ed025's Note - latchford for me mushy...i enjoyed reading that mate..

Southall

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Got to be Alex Young

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Dimitar Bilyaletdinov Ah. So this is what heatstroke feels like.

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{Ed025's Note - good stuff OHEFY mate..

Howard Kendall

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Kendall Harvey and Ball. Best ever midfield trio

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23 Jul 2014 19:46:28
I wouldn't mind us going in for holtby dudnt do to bad at fulham from what a saw

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23 Jul 2014 19:45:05
Teams are out but No Ref against Wrexham! Is this pre season becoming a joke or what! keep yer hair on, ya got to laugh though!

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23 Jul 2014 14:58:41
What I get from martinez's comments on david hannen, it seems like he has been bought to play in the u21s. So I'm assuming that he will still be looking for three attacking options for the first team and hannen isn't one of them. What do you think ed?

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{Ed025's Note - im hedging my bets marco...i think he may be mate..

I'm expecting 3 other attackers 2 strikers one for big money the other a loan, and a winger probably loan defenitley

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Personally I'd like an Ian wright type player and a rock solid holding attacker to keep the ball to feed our midfielders who bomb on.
Id like a playmaker too of real quality and I still feel we need a versatile defender for cover.

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If Del Boy was considered to be good enough for the PL (albeit being selected sparingly) I think young David Hannen (if and when he signs) will be given more games than we think next season at top level.

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{Ed025's Note - you could be right davey..

Probably loan definitely, ha love it, maybe then a 100%

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23 Jul 2014 14:29:57
I have no idea if I have got this right BUT, looking at Chelseas squad numbers for this season, Lukaku, Moses and Coutois all don't seem to have been given one? Costa is there and has one, those 3 and 2 others don't. Could mean nothing like but hmmmm (adds fuel to the conspiracy fire)

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{Ed007's Note - Have you thought that perhaps it's last year's squad numbers? The three players you mentioned were out on loan last year so didn't have Chelsea squad numbers.}

Costa was in it though. My first impression was it was last years but it had 2014/15 and Costa was in the listings. It may well just be an addition which is why I said I may be wrong but that's how it read

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Was Costa on loan last year ed? ;)

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{Ed025's Note - no stu...the 3 ED007 mentioned were lukaku, moses and coutrois mate..

Haha, fair play!

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Also Fabregas (4) and Luis (20 something) all in it. Lukaku, courtois and Moses all blank. Maybe they haven't linked up again yet so not got one but just playing devils advocate it prob means nowt

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And quote from Costa on ssn now "i've come here to have a good fight with Fernando Torres for a starting place in the team" not a mention of Romelu!

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Your given a sqaud number when you sign and Torres being a Spanish ex athletico player is prob the reason he's being mentioned, let's face it Torres won't put up much of a fight

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23 Jul 2014 13:42:05
Our friends across the park, finished second by 2 points, but are on course to spending 150m in an effort to improve, at the other end, w/ham, who just about kept their prem place, have six new players, one who cost 12m and before the w-cup know one had heard of, and w/ham are reputed to have debts much on the scale of Mexico. We, on the other hand, have recruited a free transfer OAP, and now are thinking about buying a promising kid who may, in a few years, be a good player, all this after being told what a good financial position we are supposedly in, I trust RM, but the owners, your not allowed to use that sort of language on here!

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Guys - there are only so many ways you can say the same thing. We get it!. other clubs have signed players. its taking too long. blah blah.

Wish people would remember this is not Football Manager. Things don't happen with the click of a mouse.

Who cares how much each team has spent, especially Liverpool. 80% of their spend for as many years as I can remember has been wasted.

Every player that the media mentions is not another one we missed when they sign somewhere else, and every player we are linked too can't be "not good enough for Everton. we should be aiming higher. "

If there was no money, we wouldn't be targeting Lukaku in the first place. There is a difference between being careful and skint.

RM has a plan, and while it would be relieving for us fans to get it done early, I would rather they get it done right, and get in the players we need the numbers we need, for an amount we can afford.

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Since when does buying a load of new players guarantee your going to be a better team? You need to stop your knee jerking, And that goes for the rest of you too as you all act like spoilt children who can't get their own way all the time.

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Yes West Ham have massive debts but they are in the unique position of being given a stadium pretty much for free in a few years. So can prob afford it. Reminds me of Man City and we all know what happened there. Still have a better squad than west ham though! Onwards and upwards!.

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He never said it did in fact he said totally the opposite. @ the op, I think we're trying to get Lukaku on the drip and that's the problem mate. Of course I'm only speculating but that's what I think.

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Roberto Martinez has confirmed Everton are trying to sign Muhamed Besic and Romelu Lukaku - but has urged the fans to stay patient.

Lukaku has been Everton's number one target for most of the summer, but any move was never going to be completed early given the striker's involvement at the World Cup.

Reports of a move for Bosnia international Besic emerged at the start of the month, with the Twitter 'ITK' chancers taking guesses as to when the deal would be completed in the following days (it was always 'within 48 hours').

It seems the deal for Besic is a complicated one involving payments for both his current club Ferencvaros and former club Hamburg.

Meanwhile Lukaku is on holiday until this weekend before joining up with the Chelsea squad - his parent club don't forget - so a move was never going to be wrapped up before then.

Once the Belgian is back in England things may start to move quickly, though Martinez has said repeatedly that any deal for the 21-year-old may go right to the deadline.

Speaking after the 2-2 draw with Tranmere on Tuesday he intimated that once again, asking the fans to remain patient and reassuring them that they would be first to know, not the fake agents and pretend freelance journalists on Twitter.

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@miker, I apologise mate, you were referring to the op, I thought you were talking to the lad who posted above you so hands up and sorry. My first comment in this thread was to the second poster not the op, stupid arse I am. Sorry kids and kidesses for my stupidness ://

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To be fair its not knee jerking its concern and a knowledge of 'if ya know yer history'.
We are currently down on squad size from last season, so we need numbers, but we need the right players. So far we have ensured Barry is with us and a couple of very young lads. Now; as we all know were in Europe and know what that entails and how it can affect you in other comps, the PREM in particular. Its fair to say the concern is there as its less than 4 weeks to the start of all comps, so the longer it goes the less time players will have to bed in the squad, and i'm sure we will get players in, the concern now is they will all have to hit the ground running, and we all know (were only Human) it takes time to settle anywhere new especially from abroad.
So I think as Evertonians its natural to be concerned as to the lack of activity, and its nothing new, same thing happened under Moyes. Martinez is talking up the u 21 lads a lot this pre season even last night he again said of their importance, so maybe that's it, they are the new squad numbers we are missing?

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{Ed025's Note - i realise your concerns howie, and you do make some valid points mate, but i think we will bring in a few good names to strengthen us as well..

Yeah but Bra Boy the RS appear to be buying quality this season compared to last year. I know the departure of the water rat will have some bearing this season, but they appear to be swimming forwards at the moment whilst we still appear to be treading water. If only this was the case of the tortoise and the hare.

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{Ed025's Note - for me they have done what spurs did last season davey, sold a world class player and bought mediocrity..lets hope it bites them in the ass..

The trouble they (Liverpool) will find with the water rat gone is that you can buy 5 or 6 players with the money, but only one can be on the field at any time to replace him, and that's the same issue that Spurs found. They have not shown an amazing ability to buy players that gel together, apart from the odd one.

We should be positive about the return of some injured players we did without for long spells last year (Oviedo, Gibbo and potentially Kone if he can gain some confidence early). Barkley's decision making should be a year on again, and with limited player sales and continuity of manager, I would like to think we can cope without a big signing for the first few games vs us struggling to fire last year.

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23 Jul 2014 12:09:22
Besic again - just follow link to BH Dragons Besic. In depth article on all the complications with this transfer.

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23 Jul 2014 12:40:03
Medicals going down everywhere, players signing for clubs up and down the country across Europe but not a peep from Everton it feels very lonely on the transfer front. I can only suspect that it is calm before the storm surely just surely were about to come out with a boom just waiting and waiting but I trust in Bobby he will strengthen soon Coyb.

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23 Jul 2014 12:30:08
Listen fellas. I understand a lot of you are losing your patience, but trust Martinez. He has a plan, and he has several times said, that he's willing to play the waiting game. Remeber last year were our central midfield were fixed at the very last minuts, and i'm sure we'll have to wait a lot more to have it all sorted out.
Right now Everton har just doing business with some young guns, but the big guns are waiting to be announced. Have trust in our manager, he's our god :)

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23 Jul 2014 10:10:09
New ways kit out Friday black an yellow

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23 Jul 2014 10:10:06
I see this Belgium kid has same agent as Kevin Miralas and lukaku also saw Martinez interview after last nights game seemed berry happy and had huge smile on face he looks very relaxed for someone who is few weeks from start of season with little attacking options I think lukaku deal will get done but may take all transfer window to get deal done even could take to last day but will get done

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23 Jul 2014 10:03:47
One of the more reliable broadsheets are reporting that should Drogba sign for Chelsea then Lukaku will leave with Everton his most likely destination.
Come on Didier lad, make it happen.

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23 Jul 2014 10:02:28
Lukaku doesn't look too good as torres will be going back to A Madrid and they will need him.

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23 Jul 2014 15:20:02
Even though chelsea want 20m and athletico already have 4 strikers? Yeah sure, chelsea will go out and sign another striker anyway

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23 Jul 2014 09:15:30
Besic. A few observations. Firstly it was us not offering 4M up front, then it was agents, then it was dual nationality and visas/work permits. I'm no expert but Bosnia is not EU. Germany is EU and where he plays Hungary is also EU. He is an international too. Surely it can't be that complicated. A few weeks back other clubs were linked, that's gone quiet. Everton say nothing official.
It's another wait and see and if he does sign a usual EFC window signing where the player gets no pre season or time to bed in before the serious action stats mid August.

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I'm I the only one that thinks who cares, hardly a world beater and I guess most of us are desperate for a signing of any sort even if average

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23 Jul 2014 08:32:25
Would anyone here take Micah Richards? Always looked a good player for me, although injury prone, he never gets game time does he? Can play as a RB or CB. better than Alcaraz anyway.

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Yes would take him all day long if he plays regular first team football has the ability to be first team reg for england should be now really but needs to leave man city

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Yep I'd have him for sure

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23 Jul 2014 15:22:42
Hed be on big wages, he hasn't played in 2 years and is insanely injury prone, on a free with a massive pay cut? Maybe

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23 Jul 2014 07:57:09
Has anyone heard about that new kid center forward called Av Patience? He is brilliant. He is the answer to all our problems. Apparently he will make us all more excited for the future. There is another one called Will B.Skint .not sure who he plays for, but he apparently gets everyone wondering why we bother, so not much hope with him.

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23 Jul 2014 09:09:58
I think it's also down to these Ahso Yung signings Degs.
I might be dead when they make their debuts!

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Dont know about this Av guy but am pretty sure Will's brother was in the club somewhere I think his name was Wes R.

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