Everton Banter Archive August 30 2017

30 Aug 2017 20:36:04
Ed,

Nothing on shipping Mccarthy out?

Thanks in advance

Everton the gear.

{Ed025's Note - not at the moment jimbo which has surprised me mate..

30 Aug 2017 20:41:29
You an me both Ed! Thanks for the info, hopefully him an niasse out tomorrow for me.

Everton the gear.

30 Aug 2017 20:58:34
Newcastle will nab him tomorrow I'd say or he might go out on loan but that's just my opinion, Barkley, Niasse, McCarthty all gone tomorrow. In Denis Straculasi at 10.50 pm on loan and this Croatian lad watch this space.

30 Aug 2017 22:28:42
Denis Stracqualursi, there's a blast from the past. The South American Brett Angel.

Could see Leicester coming in for McCarthy if Drinkeater gets his move to Chelsea.

30 Aug 2017 22:33:30
He's a quality squad player. Young only had injury problems the last year, when fit Koeman has used him. I love mo but he's not reliable injury or suspension wise, JMac is a better option.
Need a striker so badly.
I work in the private jet industry will keep my eye out tomorrow as lots of last minute charters will be called for.

31 Aug 2017 05:07:45
You’ll be our eyes in the sky Svenny.

31 Aug 2017 06:11:44
Was dolberg not supposed to be on a private jet a couple of weeks back? Still waiting for that to land, anyway I know we're in a much better situation at the club but I'm still struggling to shake of that old Everton deadline day feeling of it being a big anti climax, I'll be glad when it's over and hopefully couple more bodies on board with a quality no.9 in the ranks. fingers crossed.

30 Aug 2017 19:32:20
We need a target man to make sure our earlier signings don't go to waste. They have all been bought to work around somebody who can hold the ball up. I can see costa on loan and vlasic and that will do for me til January as more will become available.

30 Aug 2017 20:12:06
Once again i have to say, forget Costa coffee, the guy is a waste of space who will think he is the bees knees and upset the whole squad with his dramatics, great player, but we need harmony and a striker who wants to play for our club for seasons to come, not 6 months because he, s bored.

30 Aug 2017 20:23:19
Still praying for a classic Bill Kenwright 11th hour showbiz revelation! He loves his theatre after all. Fingers crossed for Kaspar Dolberg!

{Ed025's Note - yes please mate..

30 Aug 2017 21:01:45
I agree Howard. January is the worst time to buy players as they tend to be over priced and only the poor ones available.

Striker, winger and left CB. Fingers crossed.

30 Aug 2017 21:13:01
Just can't see us getting anywhere near his quality this late in the window. Here's hoping Walshy and bill aren't already tucked up with a hot cocoa.

30 Aug 2017 22:32:46
We originally got Lukaku on deadline day, so you never know.

30 Aug 2017 23:08:34
Is that when uncle Bill announces that we have put in a record bid only to find out at five to eleven that the player doesn't want to come to Everton.

31 Aug 2017 09:43:25
No to find out he is at spurs signing for them.

30 Aug 2017 18:33:50
Chelsea want ross we want a forward so could a deal for michy batsheye spelling be done don't know if he wants to come he should the last guy that we got from them did OK can't remember his name.

{Ed002's Note - I thought Everton had Costa nailed on?}

30 Aug 2017 18:56:09
Sod costa, rather have a coffee lol.

30 Aug 2017 18:57:15
Costa and Sanchez and Messi and Ronaldo and Larry and Moe and Curly and Shemp and Riquelme. 😆.

30 Aug 2017 18:45:49
News to me thanks for the info Al take that to the bank what a window :-D.

30 Aug 2017 18:57:11
It was never nailed on it started as a fun post to something that could still happen and until tomorrow eve it's still out there I'm sure if you would of told Swansea fans about Renato Sanchez they would of laughed at you look now it's a strong chance they will get him.

{Ed002's Note - Sanches moving to Swansea on loan is hardly a shock. If you knew more about the game and the characters involved then perhaps you would not make such statements.}

30 Aug 2017 19:19:47
I understand the link with Clement and Sanchez but I heard someone say Koeman went to costas for a coffee, so you never know 😉.

30 Aug 2017 19:31:45
Fingers in pies 79 lol.

30 Aug 2017 19:37:19
Ed02, based on your knowledge, if you were a betting man who would you say are the most likely signings for us before the window closes?

{Ed002's Note - I cannot answer "most likely" questions sensibly and cannot advocate gambling.}

30 Aug 2017 18:04:15
Doubt we could get Timo Werner over the line with such little time left tbh.

I would take Poulsen from RB Leipzig though. Whilst he isn't a prolific striker he is a main component for RB Leipzig's high pressing style imo .

He's tall around 6 3 I think. Fast, wins on average 5 arial duels per game compared to lewandowski's 2 per game.

Completes more tackles than any other player in the bundesliga most weeks.

And currently scores around 1 in 4

And he's still only 23.

30 Aug 2017 22:11:49
I don't see why he'd be interested in everton, a big player in a champions league team to Europa league? Wouldn't make sense just yet and their owner isn't stingy, but weirder things have happened so who knows.

30 Aug 2017 17:27:03
Young Striker Timo Werner to be the one? Odds also slashed by bookies 4/ 1 i would take him not quite a target man but a solid finisher. Take him and Vlasic for some pace. Get a left sided CB such as Vermaelen, would like Gibson but not likely now at this late in the window. A 6ft 3 striker wouldn't go a miss either to throw on Jansen on Loan from Spurs maybe don't rate him highly myself but Everton love a loan.

30 Aug 2017 17:41:59
Whats wrong with a 6ft 2 striker that can jump that extra inch?

30 Aug 2017 16:14:58
Ed" have we found our goal scorer? Timo Werner burst onto the scene last year when he scored twenty-one goals for RB Leipzig . Strongly linked with EVERTON in closing stages off window.

{Ed025's Note - he would do nicely mick, we seem to be linked to every striker on the planet though mate, everyone knows we are desperate for a forward so a lot of these rumours are just that..rumours..

30 Aug 2017 16:56:34
They won't sell didn't they qualify for the CL group stages he is tipped for Bayern Munich next year apparently they have a close eye on him so we can offer what we want but this one won't happen I'm afraid would be nice tho but won't happen sorry to put a downer on it.

30 Aug 2017 17:20:52
Quite hard to negotiate with this club supposedly. Just ask across the road. Haha.

30 Aug 2017 15:10:21
really hoping we have an upturn in news over the next day concerning a striker and left sided defender i have no doubt we are working towards this just after our fantastic summer of business so far this would really be the icing on the cake. any ideas on the left sided defender we are after ed's.

30 Aug 2017 14:16:55
Timo Werner! Just saying 😀.

30 Aug 2017 12:39:27
Add troy deeney and we have champions league in the bag! FACT.

30 Aug 2017 13:14:22
Troy Deeney wouldn't even get on our bench. and also we will win the league anyway so champions league is a given.

30 Aug 2017 13:30:18
Deeney is world class.

30 Aug 2017 15:47:08
EFC-o? think you are just copying another poster. come on and try to be original.

30 Aug 2017 10:20:45
Cant wait to see waht tomorow brings will it be costa/ vardy or disapointment love deadline day hope we get some good players in.

30 Aug 2017 10:33:54
By the looks of it, okaka spelling from Watford on loan and the young lad from split, but of a disappointing end if the rumours are true.

30 Aug 2017 11:24:05
How's it disappointing exactly. When was the last time we ever brought in up to 15 players ( including U23 players) in one transfer window. We normally name one good signing and a couple of squad fillers. Pickford, Keane, Klaasen, Sigurdsson, Rooney, Cuco, Sandro all into first team. Just missing the target man. It's about players who play to Evertons strengths. The Watford lad may be just OK at Watford, but could hit the ground running at Everton. Let's see what's what at midnight on Thursday.

30 Aug 2017 12:52:32
I didn't mean in anyway the transfer window has been disappointing, just we've been linked to some good strikers and now we are being linked to players who aren't good enough in teams that are lower in the league than us with a very poor record, we sold lukaku and haven't replaced him, keoman has said on many occasions his priority is to bring in a striker, we are now down to the last day and still nothing, roo at can't do it all on his own, sandro needs time, klaasson needs time, but we don't have time to bed all these players in and still finish top 4, we need someone who can guarantee goals while the others adjust, if we don't then we may struggle, at the moment our defence is playing fantastic and keeping us in the games.

30 Aug 2017 13:52:29
Maybe now it's time to trust Walsh. He plucked Kante, Vardy and Mahrez from lower league obscurity and look how they turned out. He also got Gana for us from a team who had just been relegated and he's been a resounding success. Don't judge a book by it's cover.

30 Aug 2017 14:08:22
That is rubbish, these players stood out from lower leagues, these player are not stand out players, there players who can't get a game in an inferior team, get your fact right, in that case why haven't we just said to Walsh go get all our players from the lower leagues, it's not that easy, we've had a whole summer to get someone in and now we are still trying, if we wanted carry, Giroud, welbeck we should of put bids in for them like we did in the beginning of the window, we are now down to desperate measures and to me all seems abit daft bringing in someone who is probably no better than naisse.

30 Aug 2017 14:37:39
Have to agree Blue_heart, happy with all our business but we should have had a striker in at least a month ago. We knew we were losing Lukaku since March/ April.

30 Aug 2017 14:56:41
I agree that it's not that easy to just find a gem, but nothing I said was factually incorrect. You can't tell me that being a 'stand out' player in a Ligue 2 side in France or in the Conference necessarily means something compared to a player who is on the bench at a Premier League team.

What Walsh does is notice specific attributes that will fit in to the style of play that Koeman wants. And as Dentie says, sometimes players work well with one particular team or manager's style of play. So although I am also sceptical of the likes of Okaka, until they prove me otherwise, I'm going to trust Walsh and Koeman and not judge a book by it's cover.

30 Aug 2017 17:08:42
In order to maintain finishing even seventh we have had to make the signings we have, the money spent is irrelevant but at the current market rate.
At present the loss of Lukaku has left a huge hole we still need to fill, in so much of the goals we need to maintain scoring!
We have significantly improved at the back and in midfield.
I st think we need a striker, defender and wide creative player.

30 Aug 2017 22:17:44
I don't see Everton finishing in the top 4 if I'm honest, you need that striker and even then I'd say you're a season or two behind, finishing above Tottenham and arsenal is plausible though so 5th, is say that's a good steady improvement and then go all out for the key striker next season and you'll be there, but this season without that striker I don't see t happening (still one day left though so fingers crossed).

30 Aug 2017 08:43:57
Well I see the panic button has been well and truly pushed. You know I believe had the club made all its signings at the end of this window then none of you would be complaining. You would have done that already. But know they get the quality players in early, and everyone's happy. For a couple of weeks anyway.
Then it's "we need Walsh to unearth a gem", so we sign a couple of players nobody has heard of, and it's why are we wasting money on them.
Now the latest one is why haven't we bought a striker?, and we need another defender. Talk about fickle.
For the first time in the last thirty years ( and I have supported this club heart and soul for fifty four) I can see the club moving forward. But it won't happen overnight. Now you youngsters should be embracing this, you have so much to look forward to. A new owner, a new ground (which I hope to live long enough to see) , and a new team.
Please, please stop moaning and think of where we where a couple of seasons ago. Look at your programmes, and look at the names on them, and compare them to the names we have now.
We are on our way back people, enjoy it because this is what memories are made of. Trust me I know. Long live the eighties, and long live the blues.

30 Aug 2017 09:21:40
Last I seen RK was also asking for a striker and a CB. And it's not moaning, it's just stating the obvious. I personally think we need some speed desperately on the wings. Again I'm not moaning, just stating what I see.

30 Aug 2017 09:21:54
I am with you there Woburn and I have posted similar posts to yours on here, I cannot believe some still moan and can't see the progress being made, some seem think it all happens overnight like in the football manager games!
There is even the financial changes being made more income and better commercially which will allow us to start competing better financially and afford these better players and satisfy FFP!

30 Aug 2017 09:38:09
When the manager is coming out and saying we still need players well then we need players that's why we are still moaning its obvious what we need so why haven't we got it?

30 Aug 2017 09:46:57
Still want left sided players. Defender and mid not bothered about a striker to be honest. If we get Vlasic then that's the LM/ W. Still we have had a very good transfer window so far and the team is in much better shape than the last couple of seasons. COYB.

30 Aug 2017 10:16:39
I don't see it as moaning Woburneblue .
Firstly I respect and accept to a degree what you are saying .
Yes we have moved forward tremendously BUT if you sell
your main asset and scorer of nearly ALL your goals but have no replacement with only two days remaining of the transfer window it COULD cause us to move backwards after as you point out such strides forwards .
I think or hoped that before lukaku left we already had a replacement lined up .
It looks like we took our eye off the ball ( excuse the pun ) with the Sig signing .
I think fans are frustrated that a club that has done brill this summer could possibly have caused us to be in a position were we struggle for goals AND I THINK RK KNIWS THAT
You are correct though we have done excellent plus possible ground move so both views are correct .

30 Aug 2017 11:43:44
Good post Woburn mate.

30 Aug 2017 11:59:07
EXACTLY Stef the Blue could not have emphasized it better RK says we NEED a striker and he knows better than anyone .
I just cannot understand why they left it so late .
If fans are moaning about not having a striker they are only doing what RK is doing also.

30 Aug 2017 16:26:50
I think it is down to Everton being over confident of Giroud signing, now it's gone tits up we are looking for a plan b and c and time is running out still we have over 20 midfielders so panic over.

30 Aug 2017 07:43:02
Stefano Okaka really?

30 Aug 2017 09:09:38
Do the people who dislike this post really want okaka as our main striker?

30 Aug 2017 09:35:59
From what I have seen it's a possible loan which would be better than nothing. They may be lining him up as plan B.
And he did score that classy backheel against us last season and ran our defence ragged at times.

30 Aug 2017 09:46:05
I'm with you on this one, Stefano Okaka!, not a chance. I can't see why we wouldn't take a shot at Moussa Dembele for £35m.

30 Aug 2017 09:49:37
Will add this is not me saying yes to for him but that I can see some logic in it if all else fails.

30 Aug 2017 14:45:39
While dembele looks class he wouldn't fit Everton's system, why benteke/ bony/ giroud/ the leiscter guy I can't spell (not vardy lol) but with someone like gylfi in the team you'd be better with a strong presence, someone good in the air.