Everton Banter Archive July 26 2016

26 Jul 2016 23:25:22
Went to the MK Dons match this evening. Quite a nice ground, shame not a few more home fans there. Footballing wise, fairly decent performance, controlled the game with the exception of the last ten mins before half time. We didn't have any forwards in the squad, which I hope means Niasse and Kone are going. Was impressed with some of the young lads, Davies has plenty of energy, Pennington looked composed, Grant, Holgate and Dowell had some nice touches and looked confident. Deulofeu was probably man of the match, great run for Barkleys goal. Keeper looked solid. Only downside was I had forgotten how bad McGeady is, comically bad in fact. I sincerely hope he is on his way as he simply not premier league standard. Tarashaj got injured just before half time so didn't get to see much of him. Overall looking positive, just need a few signings and rid of the deadwood.

26 Jul 2016 23:59:21
Interesting that Koeman was not too positive about the performance. From my viewpoint we reverted back to Martinez style of sideways and back passing too much. McGeady was comical, I think any of us would have scored when he shot right at the goalkeeper.

27 Jul 2016 06:58:15
WTF is McGeady still doing at the Club, if nobody wants him or Kone surely it would make more sense just to release them I. E. just pay off their contracts.

27 Jul 2016 08:05:05
McGeady has no confidence and it is clearly showing. He has ability but due to no confidence he also has lost composure and therefore tends to make the wrong decisions.

As for the performance. There was a lot of issues in midfield. Besic has a serious issue and he needs to get help for it. Everytime he makes a mistake he takes it too much to heart. I know he wants to make an impression but he is like this every game.

He has got to be more phylisophical and not show his emotion too much or else he too will suffer poor form.

Is Barry injured? I've got a feeling he doesn't feature in the managers plans. I like Barry but he is too slow for the EPL. With the players being mentioned it is pointing to him being replaced.

27 Jul 2016 10:32:34
I thought McGeady did ok and just needed a bit of luck, Yes he missed a good chance but Mirallas missed 2 or 3 golden chances as did Del boy against Barnsley but I don't hear anyone mentioning those.

26 Jul 2016 22:50:25
one minute we are connected to some of the worlds greats, now we are getting excited about signing players from villa and sunderland, some things never change.

27 Jul 2016 00:41:33
Connected by who? Who at the club said wer after X Y or Z? And world greats haha c'mon now really, ad be more than happy for the villa player and Sunderland player to come in if they improve what we have, have faith, trust the manager and allow yourself to get excited, good times are coming open your eyes.

27 Jul 2016 07:53:54
You may find that we are linked to the lad at Villa due to our new appointment of a DOF, this may be someone Steve Walsh was looking at with Leicester, let's leave the business side to the professionals eh.

27 Jul 2016 07:54:27
So let's go and spend £30m on a centre half from a piss poor Italian league, juse because it's a high fee he must be world class. doesn't work like that at all, I would rather spend the £15m quoted on Kone from Sunderland who has Premier League experience. Look at Mangala at City, high fee but awful in the Premier League. The fee doesn't make a player world class.

27 Jul 2016 08:09:49
If a player improves your team it doesn't matter how much he cost or where he comes from.

I've not seen a player mentioned that I thought was a poor player or that we have better already here.

27 Jul 2016 08:16:24
well said BlueGray

As Utd fans may find out with Pogba very soon.

27 Jul 2016 08:55:39
Id have Kone. When he signed for sunderland in january they improved alot. looks a solid defender. the napoli lad is same type player, build, costs more and as already been said, is from a total different league, with a slower type of football.

26 Jul 2016 22:30:17
Another wonderful displayf Tom mcgeady tonight. Anybody else would of scored. Even my dog.

26 Jul 2016 21:05:34
Does anyone know why Barry has made an appearance yet? Is he deemed surplus to requirements or is he carrying a knock?

27 Jul 2016 07:04:11
Maybe because Koeman already knows what Barry, Stones, Lukaku etc can do in various systems and is playing others such as Mirralas, Barkley, Del Boy (all the type of player he likes) in order to bring back their confidence after 3 wasted Seasons.

26 Jul 2016
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26 Jul 2016 17:16:05
Hey

. why on earth is everyone so uptight on here. think about it. in any walk of life or any jo/ trade of any description, any new manager walking into an environment where he doesn't know his/ her employees, will take a little time to suss them out n see if changes need to be made. no way would they storm in n blow half their budget on staff they don't need without assessing first. simples. the vast majority of other teams active in the market have their managers embedded into the club already and knew their targets months ago. even Pep who knew he was always going to city. so take a deep breath, relax n trust the club. the biggest 3 'signings' have already happened. FM, RK and SW.

Mart.

26 Jul 2016 17:35:25
The voice of reason part 2.

26 Jul 2016 18:35:39
Didn't take him long to suss Niasse is shite and seen weaknesses in Robles.

26 Jul 2016 19:30:50
Guaye from Aston villa apparently now, we have met his release clause. Is it time to panic now?

26 Jul 2016 20:20:37
What is up with you all. look at the source (s) . ffs.

26 Jul 2016 16:02:12
The press are so full of crap . There should be a law to say they can't print anything without a reliable information. Like every fan I keep hoping we will sign some good players an slightly hoping that what they are printing is true . As for the transfer system at Everton it is still a joke koeman must have targets in his head all last season why would that all of a sudden stop and have to scout new players a good manager knows good players . I think this supposed 100 mil is a load of old pony to be honest.

26 Jul 2016 16:26:31
The problem with that, is who determines what is a reliable source? More so, free speech means that papers can print things like this. They aren't actually slandering anyone so can't really stop them.

27 Jul 2016 07:16:16
You mention that Koeman 'must have had targets in his head'. You're probably right. However he had targets in mind for Southampton's squad, not ours. The transfer needs are different for each individual squad, would you rather he waste money on a left back or right winger when we have an abundance of players in that position? I think he is evaluating the whole squad and will buy players as he sees fit.

26 Jul 2016 15:18:45
Rojas apparently told de telegraf

Transfers will start this week and coming weeks. Not to panic.

26 Jul 2016 13:47:48
look please stop panicking, I know its hard being an evertonian, but please trust the new regime and what they are doing behind the scenes, so far we have been linked almost every player that has been on the move, witsel, sissoko, etc etc etc total spend about 300mil lol, no one knows what is going on, least of all the media. they had us sold to john moores who had exclusive rights to us, 2 days later sold to mosheri. just have faith.

26 Jul 2016 13:32:25
Getting a bit concerned now about the lack of transfer activity. The big clubs have all started spending and we ain't even put a bid in.

We have money to spen we are told but it looks like it's going to be a few panic buys if we don't go and get who we want.

Other clubs get there business done we no matter what take ages and this is one thing we have to stop.

August is fast approaching and new players need time to adjust to how we play.

Can we for once go about business like we mean business.

26 Jul 2016 14:03:51
Hardly anyone has signed players. Most have signed one or two players at most so it's not as if we are miles behind anyone.

The deals we are looking for are not going to be easy or quick. Just be patient.

26 Jul 2016 14:56:31
pb78 you say we need to get players in "to adjust to how we play" just think about that for two seconds we have a new manager and a new style of play the whole squad is adjusting to a new style of play I don't think a seasoned professional will have any problems catching up with the two to three weeks they will have missed. Especially if they are player who played in a more RK style not RM style. I'm more concerned about RK adjusting the squad away from tippy tappy keep ball pass backwards style we ended up playing under RM than making a rash signing just to keep the fans happy.

26 Jul 2016 11:54:38
I always feel that when a player is transferred out that your replacement would be as good as at lleast. I feel that if the rumours are true that Arnautovic is not as good as Lukaku. I feel that this is a step back.
Preferably I would like to see an improvement on Lukaku, I know this may not be possible.
I would be interested to know your thoughts eds on this matter.

COYB.

{Ed002's Note - You are not comparing like for like.}

26 Jul 2016 12:21:26
hahaha, if its true Lukaku is going for £65 MIL plus, then to get a better player would cost a lot more, n that player would not be looking at oming to Euroless Everton. Think about it.

26 Jul 2016 10:28:52
Anyone have any info on MA from stoke and when or if the deal is going ahead?

26 Jul 2016 01:28:38
I see we are linked with Arnautovic would be a good signing but were does he fit in i think Miralles is going to have a great season as RK seems to like him Geri upfront with Rom if he stays does this mean he's a squad player i'm not saying i wouldn't have him let's see where this story goes and can't wait for mk dons tonight.