Everton Banter Archive July 08 2013

08 Jul 2013 23:09:35
Has Kone been given a squad number yet guys?

Yeah 17

We should probably leave 17 in memory of Cahill- my hero

08 Jul 2013 22:21:16
To all those going on about signing players from Wigan being a 'joke'. We signed Phil Jagielka from relegated Sheffield United, he's been terrible hasn't he?

Two years people will be saying. didn't kone come from a relegated team? PKBLUE

08 Jul 2013 22:13:39
I am really excited about the prospect of having kone upfront I honestly think he is a really great player definatly capable of scoring 15- 20 goals a season and he will also offer a lot to the team we have been crying out for a striker of the drogba esq player for years. I think he is also the player we all hope Vic will develop into and I can only see kone benefiting vics development hopefully some of kones composure and calmness in front of goal rubs of on Vic

Exciting season ahed lads get ready!

08 Jul 2013 21:32:08
The David Villa stuff is just stupid. The guy wanted to stay in Spain so why even compare or bring it up? We have another attacking option now. We had a very good team but a weak squad. Give last seasons first 14 some support and we will go places, give me 5 mill for Kone over 17 mill for an overrated Beazilian anyday. 3 or 4 more players of Kone quality and our squad will match our team. No big changes required unless Baines, Jags or Felli goes, just give them some back up and Kone is that mould. I would be looking at a keeper, a winger, and a centre mid with Alcaraz on a free to replace our current back up centre back Jonny H.

Svenny

08 Jul 2013 21:08:32
I really hope RM has bought Kone to
Play upfront with jelavic if jelavic can hold his position in the middle the strong running down the channels from Kone could see a strong partnership develop they along with vic and vellios
As backup will give us four big units up top expect to see three at the back with
Alcraz coming in next to jags an distin
With wing backs in the five in midfield
Baines and Coleman will be these two
Peanuts or other mirrales Gibson will be our midfield trio I expect RM to spend
On a midfielder so one more big signing to come and a couple of loanees
Will do us coyb rip Dave Hickson

What about Felliani?

08 Jul 2013 20:37:43
R. I. P. Dave Hickson A real Legend and a genuine nice guy.

08 Jul 2013 20:04:12
R. I. P Dave Hickson
The term legends gets thrown about to loosely but you were a genuine legend. sympathy to family and friends and i'm sure everyone who post on herr feel the same {Ed025's Note - we do mate..

08 Jul 2013 19:56:19
R. I. P Dave Hickson Everton Legend {Ed025's Note - here here..

08 Jul 2013 19:46:27
Apart from the manager and his coaching staff nothing has changed, rumour after rumour about so called signings that never happen, more and more dithering, some of our alleged targets being snapped up by footballing giants such as Norwich and Swansea, what is going on behind the scenes in this once great club, It's hardly BK's fault, he admits he's skint, how is the ground such an issue, yes we need a new one. Goodison get it sorted, no more excuses

08 Jul 2013 19:28:32
Do you think Darren Bent is worth a gamble at 5Mil?

Apparently a nightmare to work with - hence price

08 Jul 2013 21:19:35
Couldnt even get in a team which nearly got relegated, its a no from me

Degsy {Ed025's Note - im not a fan either degsy..

08 Jul 2013 19:07:41
6.5 million ish is too much for a 29 year old with no sell on fee in the future. Everton have had a load of crap African strikers in the past apart from yak for 2 seasons. Not a good buy at all, hope he proves most of us wrong!

Zulu toffee.

Kone cost 6.5m is euros, 5m pounds.

08 Jul 2013 19:01:58
Hope these Diame rumours are true. Lovely footballer, would have liked to have got him before he went to West Ham.

08 Jul 2013 18:57:39
Dave hickson passed away R. I. P cannon ball kid

Deano

08 Jul 2013 18:47:12
R. I. P Dave Hickson, EFC legend and a true gentlemen.

08 Jul 2013 18:28:57
I’d break every bone in my body for any club I play for but I’d die for Everton”

RIP Dave Hickson

08 Jul 2013 18:19:34
RIP Dave Hickson, such a gentleman and one of the best to ever pull on the royal blue jersey!

08 Jul 2013 18:09:57
Just heard that the legend the cannonball kid Dave Hickson has sadly passed away. My arl fella will be gutted Dave was his hero as a boy. I've met him a few times the last being at the semi final last year, what a true gentleman. RIP Dave a true blue legend.

08 Jul 2013 18:08:07
No rumour here, but everyone should pay their respects to Dave Hickson. Great person and so humble. RIP

08 Jul 2013 17:43:22
Kone will be good for us - nice signing!

(If we'd have had him last year we'd have had got champs league)

Martinez says he's a great player at the top of his game - that's good enough for me! :)

No, we wouldn't. Why? Because last season we had Moyes as boss, so he wouldn't have been played in his central forward position, whereas if we had Martinez and Kone next season, I'd probably agree with you.

I personally didn't want Kone (and I showed that on here) - too old to be spending £5m on, due to our financial problems as well as our squad's age - but now we have him I'll support him like any other player to wear our shirt.

Besides, if he scores enough to fire us to the Champions League, he'll repay the £5m we payed to sign him.

I just feel he has the pressure now. He showed he can do it last season, now can he do it in a club with higher needs?

Im looking forward to seeing kone play. he brings summit new to our front line. strong quick holds ball up and can finish. so what if he is 29. distan was older when we signed him and I don't hear complaints about him. kone must be getting hibbos no2 jersey. few more signings robbie

08 Jul 2013 16:51:27
All this negativity is this the same group of players that got relegated so we should not buy any of them what a pile of rubbish you seem forget that that was the same team that won fa cup and played a lot of bigger clubs off the park I for one was disappointed when Wigan got relegated they played a huge part in prem league history and they played some classy football in spells yes they could not turn there position into goals consistantly in league but let's give them credit better than some of the sides that did not go down sunderland were rubbish and would not even watch on tv but always watched wigan if they were on sky kone will be a good buy and I want all you people to post in 6 months time saying it was a crap buy

I was made up when they went down. small twon club with a small town mentality. give me Leeds. Sheff Weds, Forest and the likes any day over Wigan. The only disappointing thing about them going down was they were local for the away game. Rubbish club who don't belong in the prem (imo) { {Ed025's Note - bit harsh that paddo IMO..

Paddock blue you are talking rubbish wigan deserved to be in the prem they earned there right to play there as do any side that get promoted, here here to original post ed can we control the people who post and talk rubbish not the rumours but ones that don't know much about the game

You can have leeds sheff wed and forest paddock. wigan coped well for the few seasons they were in prem and played so real entertaining football. the 3 aformentioned aren't in prem so obviously not good enough to get out of championship

If you're referring to me in that last post, I've been watching Everton for nearly 40 years and been a season ticket holder for more than 20 of them so you're wrong about me knowing nothing. I have an opinion and I have a right to it. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't automatically mean it is rubbish so don't be so close minded. Of course Wigan deserved to be there, they won promotion to the league and stayed there BUT IN MY OPINION they are a small town club. Their fan base si s*** the ground is like going to a wake and they have vritually no away support so that is my opinion of them. They sent 30k plus tickets back for the semi final. disgraceful. The likes of who I mentioned earlier are big clubs and it's a shame to see them languishing where they are. Going to Leeds was always an exciting game, same with Forest (although you got stuck under a pylon there) do you get excited about going to Wigan or them coming to Goodison? I don't and the atmosphere durig them games tells me not many do. Or do you not go the game?

08 Jul 2013 15:24:48
Welcome to the family Kone.

Its not that we are not giving the guy a chance it more to do with we are Everton we deserve better quality centre forwards not guys who took their teams down.

Grow up, one player doesn't take a team down.

So the other 10 wigan players were not at fault too then. oh we if he plays we are definitely getting relagated then. its good to know.

We have no right to deserve anything that sounds like something a Liverpool fan would say.

08 Jul 2013 15:14:28
Not delighted to see Kone sign. Especially for £55k p/w. Will give the lad a chance though might come good but it does worry me about Martinez transfer policy and club ambition.

We should be looking to lower the age of the squad and bring in some players who take us into Europe not players who will most likely be finished in a few seasons and are more likely to help us survive in the premiership.

08 Jul 2013 16:49:31
You didn't mention his footballing ability so by your logic ronaldo who is the same age as kone maybe a few months younger you wouldn't like him at everton? So it is better we sign frimpong than iniesta just because frimpong is younger? Wow great ambition

Yea we have young players queuing up to take us to the next level. We have to buy experience, and then build around that. Oh and keep our best players.

Who said 55k pw stop believing rubbish. want do you want james beattie?

08 Jul 2013 15:04:16
I think some people are on here really need to put things into perspective, I mean we all know we don't have a load of cash to throw around, but from what I have seen this window looks fairly promising, think about what's going on.

Outgoings - All the Fellaini talk has gone quiet, which is a good sign, I think he's going to stay with us, then more importantly Baines, he's staying, we've told 'him' to do one and leave us alone, on the outgoings front Everton are making all the right noises.

Incomings - If you look at what we may potentially be signing, and not the stupid rumours like Hooper and Wanyama with no base, the real rumours, then we can be excited.

Possibly. Robles, Alcaraz, Honda, Deulofeu and Kone probably for around 11 million for the lot, these are strong possibilities, and if we kept our squad plus these lot then Everton will only progress and get better.

I am personally delighted with our business and our conduct so far, there's a long way left and there will be some good players coming through our doors this summer.

Alex

08 Jul 2013 16:19:27
Rm said he would like 3-4 signings do you think this could be 1 player bought (kone), 2 loans (moses?, deulofeu?), 1 freebie (alcaraz). what are other peoples thoughts?


G. L. C

Well if we sign all them 4 and keep what we've got, that's not a bad transfer window. need a keeper though!

08 Jul 2013 16:05:39
What numbers Kone going to have on his shirt, he can't take number 2 off hibbo!

08 Jul 2013 15:33:17
Honda Moses fer deoulifeu. Must be signings if we gong to inch in top 4

08 Jul 2013 15:01:27
I like to see this side next season Howard
Coleman
Alcaraz
Jags
Baines
Mirallas
Fellani
Honda
Moses
Deoulifeu
Kone

Subs
Osman
Pienaar
Fer
New keeper
Barkley
McAleny
Gibson

Sell jelly heitinga gueye Naismith should get 16 m from theses players plus the 15 m we got now to spend

15 your having a laugh would you buy them for that

Sell jelavic but start kone? would rather take a dump on my own eyeballs than see that happen and risking barkleys development to sign deulofeu on loan is a stupid idea too

I actually like that starting 11, I'd also think we should keep jelavic as kone and maybe big vic be off to african nations around jan time.


G. L. C

Defo wouldn't get rid of Jelavic mate, I'm anxious to see how he will do now we're paying a diffeent game to lumping it up towads Felliani almost like a target man. I'm convinced there was no coincidence between Felli going AM and Jelavic goals drying up. Our tactics stifled him and he lost his confidence big time. One more season fo me is an absolute must. The lad has shown he can scoe goals, you don't jut stop overnight unless there I a piece to the puzzle missing.

08 Jul 2013 14:39:37
I can't believe everyone is moaning about kone, give the lad a chance, he has signed a three year deal now and if he can score the same amount of goals as last season (13 goals) for the next three seasons then that will do me fine. He might even bag a few more with our team playing behind him.

Andy

Considering most of his goals come from inside the box I bet he will love getting the deliveries from Baines and Coleman

You will never make top 4 if your main striker only scores 13 goals a season to be honest you will struggle to qualify for Europe at all but that said Kone won't make the squad weaker so welcome to the blues

Would like a real quality signing to show intent of moving forward and trying to win something not just trying to stay in the prem

S1878

08 Jul 2013 14:27:08
It's official, Kone has finally signed. Now Honda please!

08 Jul 2013 14:21:31
kone deal done at last.
i think he will do the business for us.
Hope he is the first of four or five.

COYB

08 Jul 2013 13:12:30
If money is available to Martinez like Bill said there would be and he's only supposed to be payin £5m for Kone and Alcaraz on a free why is it taking so long? Infact why do all our signings take so long? Every other team seem to be able to conduct their business so much quicker than us. Bluenose Will

08 Jul 2013 10:54:46
How good are Southampton, Norwich and Swansea being transfer wise getting deals done early and there very good deals. Both teams being ambitious getting good players for a good price

08 Jul 2013 12:28:09
yes the great jonjo shelvey for a bargain 6millon

sidewhow ste

We've already got a team of good or top players and are operating at close to our wages ceiling - they've got much lower quality players and hence wages and so have more 'headroom' to buy one or two decent players when they get some premiership income etc.