Everton Banter Archive November 05 2014

05 Nov 2014 19:40:50
See in the press about Lukaku happy to get extra training from Dunc and how he is learning a lot. I was hoping that for 28 Million we were getting someone who knew a lot already. think he still has issues with his hold up play and with his back to goal. I'm sure he will improve but it is a lot of cash for a developing player.

05 Nov 2014 20:48:48
Course it is, he will be worth more when he reaches his potential, when chelsea paid 32m for hazard did they expect a 32m player instantly? Did psg with lucas moura? Or dortmund when they purchased mathias ginter? that's how it works mate, young players learn and get better, players don't start their prime at 16 and finish at 34, it takes time Abd effort to reach it, which he will

He's only 21 mate.
Has a big future, and will be worth a lot more than what we paid for him. I would be more concerned about the lack of service he gets if I were you.

Swan: Distin retire now? Do you really mean that even though we're without Stones and Alcaraz for a while yet, and Browning hasn't played yet as a first-team centre-back, and our other U-21 and U-18 centre-backs are clearly not ready yet, and the likes of Barry and Hibbert are emergency centre-backs at best imho.
I've no doubt that Jagielka, Stones, Browning and Galloway will soon be the four centre-backs in our first-team squad - and then it's just a question of when Jagielka is eventually replaced in the squad and by whom. Will another club-trained youngster emerge or will RM enter the transfer market? The problem as I see it is that most of the wealthy (Champions League) clubs - especially the English ones - are all in need (immediately or in the next season or two) of new top-class centre-backs and we just aren't operating at that top-end of the transfer market. Let's hope that RM can unearth a hidden gem (another John Stones would be nice!) from somewhere ;-)

I imagine that Lukaku couldn't wish for much better than Duncan Ferguson and Samuel Eto'o as mentors to learn about all aspects of centre-forward play. Imagine that: a centre-forward who was a combination of Ferguson and Eto'o at their peaks!

05 Nov 2014 13:28:40
I trust that tomorrow's game will be incident free off the pitch before and afterwards. The problems encountered two week's ago were nothing to do with the French fans who'll be arriving tonight and tomorrow. I just hope no Evertonians will go 'looking for revenge' and besmirch the good name of our club. Similarly the Merseyside Rozzers can show their French counterparts how it should be done without having to resort to tear gas and plastic bullets.

Well said, Daveyboy Blue.
I bet the gutless journos in the British media are just drooling in anticipation of writing exaggerated rubbish and downright lies about our club and fans whatever actually happens.