Everton Banter

14 Jun 2026 21:08:23
3 decent footballing nations, Brazil, Portugal and the Netherlands all have ex Everton managers, what happened?

14 Jun 2026 10:18:28
Could we just sign the Morocco team please? That’s how football should be played. Skill and pace, playing Brazil and they looked like Brazil team of old.
Thought their midfield especially was superb, and the tall lad in the middle whose name I can’t pronounce was so composed. 👏👏

14 Jun 2026 10:33:57
Or just the coach Ouahbi.

14 Jun 2026 17:00:29
Think the number 6 tall lad in midfield will bypass our level and go straight to the top of the Champions League. Small sample, but at 18 looked like a Rolls Royce - outstanding player.

13 Jun 2026 20:55:01
Looks like Brentford are about to sign Pellegrino from Parma. We do all the shouting off to everybody who wants to hear about who we are looking at signing and the real teams Brentford Brighton Bournemouth and the rest do the buisness and then reveal the signing.

It's always been like that. Years ago we done the buisness and player was introdousted to the press. Seems like everybody is using our blueprint bar us. Another p***** off blue

13 Jun 2026 21:47:55
The club haven't shouted about anyone, only the fans.

14 Jun 2026 04:37:29
What about the Hackney saga, is that not the club oude from Feyenoord? These are two of a couple, so these are the fans, not the media, who get their information from the advisors of the names above, so it's not the fans.

14 Jun 2026 06:56:14
Rumours happen at every club. The only difference is we notice ours more because we follow Everton closely. Other clubs get the same noise, we just don't see it unless it's a big name or it affects us.

Liverpool were linked with Isak long before they ever made a move, and United were linked with Branthwaite long before they actually approached. One deal happened, one didn't. That's how it goes. Being linked doesn't mean anything is happening behind the scenes.

Take Wan-Bissaka this week, we were "heavily linked", then it turns out it wasn't us chasing him at all, his agent offered him around, and we weren't interested and have "knocked back an approach".

That's a perfect example of how quickly a rumour can be created out of nothing.

A lot of names get thrown around because either fans push their own favourites, agents try to drum up interest, and some journalists recycle the same names they've been using for years.

Do some rumours have something behind them? Of course. Sometimes a source genuinely picks up that we've looked at a player. But even then, it doesn't mean we're signing them. Interest is not a deal, and a link is not a negotiation.

Until the club announces something, it's just noise and every club deals with the same cycle.

{Ed025's Note - good post that OS..

14 Jun 2026 08:17:35
I don't want another season watching Mikolenko, Keane, O'Neil, Tarky, Barry and Obrien playing at right back. This team needs ripped up. Sick of the slow build up play, Pickford lumping it up only to watch it come back.

Need 2 full backs, we don't have any, need 2 mids, need a winger maybe 2 and need a forward. Why get rid of Alcaraz, sort of player we need more of, likes to get forward and attack, maybe he doesn't laugh at Moyes jokes enough.

14 Jun 2026 08:44:28
Don't believe most of what you read.
The club will have a transfer strategy, will make signings (whether they're any good remains to be seen) , and they won't share that plan with us.

14 Jun 2026 08:54:19
Whoever signs Hackney, and I hope it's us, would not have done so by reading what another club has mentioned. That boy lit up the Championship last season, is in his early 20s, and has only one year left on his deal. Every club in the UK and overseas would have looked at him and decided to pursue or not.

14 Jun 2026 10:16:46
Moyes probably thinks Alcaraz has not been good enough in training!

14 Jun 2026 12:00:36
Peter Reid was s**** in training.

13 Jun 2026 10:47:54
Watched bits of the Canada game last night. Not sure about the fuss around Johnathan David. Thought he was really poor.

Wonder who Moyes or our scouting team are watching

13 Jun 2026 12:13:59
He was poor BN, we're all on a scouting mission aren't we? Couldn't do worse than our own scouts.

13 Jun 2026 12:33:10
Same with Pepi from PSV/USA thought he was a downgrade on Barry lol.

13 Jun 2026 12:34:54
Worse than Beto, I reckon.

13 Jun 2026 15:16:25
Anyone noticed someone worth putting a bid in for?

13 Jun 2026 16:36:52
Number 6 South Korea, he'd be a good signing.

12 Jun 2026 20:29:43
It's Hamburg away 1st August.

12 Jun 2026 23:52:30
Bloody Germans 🤣🤣🤣