Everton banter 2

13 Oct 2025 10:33:16
Great to see Pickford agreeing new deal. Can't believe clubs have never come in for him in the past.

13 Oct 2025 17:50:34
How do you know they havnt, apparently reports suggest man utd and spurs where very very interested but they was told by the club and player he wasnt interested.

13 Oct 2025 19:37:15
Sure Chelsea were interested at one point too. For me, he’s gotten better year on year.

13 Oct 2025 21:59:13
If a big enough offer had of come in we would have taken the money.

14 Oct 2025 10:37:35
Think would have been a line we would not have crossed, at any price.
He is the reason we have survived in the top flight for the last 3 years, and even the idots running the club new the financial implications of relegation.

14 Oct 2025 13:49:19
I doubt we would’ve accepted any deal as replacing him is nigh on impossible. Good goalkeepers are becoming harder to find.

14 Oct 2025 16:40:57
Bit like strikers mate.

13 Oct 2025 07:39:03
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11 Oct 2025 21:20:38
Dyche being linked with Nottingham Forest!

11 Oct 2025 21:24:50
I’d say I feel sorry for them

But I don’t.

12 Oct 2025 05:03:10
Benitez!

12 Oct 2025 07:37:07
More use in Sherwood.

13 Oct 2025 09:47:25
Dyche wasn't for us long term, but he did what it says about him on the tin. Good luck to him wherever he goes. He'll do a similar job.

13 Oct 2025 19:09:57
Nut job of a chairman aswell. posion chalice now if you ask me.

15 Oct 2025 10:16:03
Think Forests chairman will eventually destroy that club .
We are only halfway through October would think if results don't pick up, might create a record for how many manager in one season.

10 Oct 2025 22:41:17
Anyone see Beto's horrible open goal miss in yesterday's international. He better get that cr*p out his system for when we play man city next.

11 Oct 2025 11:57:36
Hopefully he will be on the bench.

11 Oct 2025 20:34:10
Was he playing for Everton? If not who gives am pregnancy attempt.

12 Oct 2025 12:25:43
Sherwood eh! no Robin Hood but robbing a living.

12 Oct 2025 13:43:49
Doesn't matter who he was playing for, the 'best' forward we have had another stinker and that miss was embarrassing. It's more than worth while people discussing it on an efc forum.

12 Oct 2025 18:00:27
Agree bluepotato his street cred is even lower now.

10 Oct 2025 18:37:29
Linked to Kalvin-Phillips in January today on bbc. Pray to god this is utter BS!

10 Oct 2025 19:33:40
No doubt someone on here will insist he’d be a quality signing and Moyes will get the best out of him as they haven’t watched him since he was at Leeds ?.

10 Oct 2025 19:36:42
I wouldn’t worry, we can’t loan him and there’s no way we can afford the transfer fee and wages.

10 Oct 2025 20:50:03
I think Man City want rid and think his wages would be drastically reduced.
Think he’s way off what we need but looks to me like he needs to be loved and arm round him. Pep destroys players as much as he makes them - back to Leeds for 5 million seems best for everyone.

11 Oct 2025 00:18:54
Swan - can’t imagine any fan will say Moyes will get the best out of him as he’s already managed him when he was on loan at West Ham and he was atrocious - not sure why anyone would think anything would be different this time.

11 Oct 2025 09:46:21
The KP rumour is complete BS, like the Jack Harrison one in the summer.
5 year olds even know it’s a rb and a striker ahead of anything.

10 Oct 2025 16:43:20
Reading that Beto had a nightmare game against Ethiopia in their World Cup qualifier, shame that I have given him a load of stick on here but in our last game against Palace he came on in the second half and had a good game thought he was starting to find a bit of previous form, unfortunately that doesn't look the case.

10 Oct 2025 21:23:48
Can't see how he is going to change GB, he is OK for tap-ins but nothing else. His job is to score goals and he is pretty useless at dong that. Barry is younger so could improve but I have my doubts about that also. His first touch is very poor and he is easy bullied in a one on one situation. I will be very surprised if we don't recruit a striker in the January window, just hope that it is not the ones being reported in the press.

11 Oct 2025 12:00:53
Judging by his last international games he’s not even good at tap ins Mike ?.

10 Oct 2025 10:22:59
What's the point of international friendlies when the season has already started just pointless but that aside just wondering what peoples foughts are an any of the eds can get involved on what will happen first would we see the 39th game abroad or maybe celtic an rangers join the prem which ed 002 always said would never happen miss his opinions on here could we see the super league breakaway happen or perhaps maybe FFP getting scrapped to give the likes of villa an Newcastle an others the opportunity to try compete against the big 6 us including anyways happy Friday UTFT.

{Ed001's Note - I expect a 39th game to eventually arrive now that UEFA and FIFA have given permission. It will be abroad, it will go to the countries that pay the most, maybe even spread around the globe with one game here and another there.}

10 Oct 2025 10:57:52
Thank you Ed 001 for you're feedback as always so say if it was abroad would each club have there own match in different places that has a number of fans who follow that club like say for instance man united playing in Japan or China or will all the clubs just play in one country and also would it be classed as a 3 pointer aswell I would hate to be 17th and we needed a win just to survive in the prem but we can't attend it at our home grounds if it's abroad ??.

{Ed001's Note - originally the plan was to hold them all in one country each year, so there would be one batch of 10 games in say the USA after the rest of the season finished. But then someone realised they could get more exposure by splitting the games between different countries. The idea was to have it as an extra league match with Premier League points available as normal, but it was just on a neutral venue.}

10 Oct 2025 11:28:51
Ed, I may be being simple here (likely) but how do you get fairness in terms of fixtures, if the 39th game is going to count towards PL pt?

Would it mean that a club for example could end up playing a City, Liverpool or Arsenal etc 3 times?

{Ed001's Note - yes, that is exactly what it would mean, which has been the main roadblock put in place to stop it happening. Otherwise, I think all the smaller clubs would have voted for it in order to get the extra cash. But realising it would mean they end up relegated because of it has put them off.

It was in order to prepare people for this 39th game that Premier League clubs started playing those preseason tournaments against other Prem clubs around the world. They are a precursor to it happening.}

10 Oct 2025 11:33:09
Great insight ed 001 just hope we are not 17th and could potentially get relegated on the 39th match ??.

10 Oct 2025 11:52:31
What about season ticket holders?

They’ve paid to watch all home games if one game is then taken to a neutral venue in a foreign country they’ll miss out - surely the would then be a breach of contract between club and season ticket holders?

{Ed001's Note - no, because they are paying for a set number of games - 38. The one abroad would be an extra.}

10 Oct 2025 14:42:17
That’s only if the premier league went with the 39th game option.

The issue is the 2 games (la liga and serie A) that are being played abroad appear to be games that are in the regular season.

A precedent will be set with these 2 games and would potentially make the premier league go for a similar option rather than adding an extra game.

10 Oct 2025 16:34:18
Need to stop calling it football and start calling it moneyball.

10 Oct 2025 16:35:16
It’s a terrible idea which is motivated by greed. You cannot possibly have a 39th game and maintain the integrity of the competition.

Awful, awful idea. And don’t get me started on the super league!

10 Oct 2025 18:11:07
Agree 100% TA.

10 Oct 2025 18:49:36
Words fail me on the 39th nonsense.

10 Oct 2025 21:07:13
Said this in work the other day, I fully expect the FA Cup final to be held in the USA or Saudi Arabia in the next 5 years.

10 Oct 2025 22:04:38
Too much messing about with football now. I remember on a goal kick, the ball had to leave to box before it could be touched again and kick off ment all players had to be in their own half and ball must be played forward into opponents half before it could get passed back to midfield. Too much messing around with rules. Can't even tackle now incase you go in full blooded and the player you tackle is a big girls blouse and rolls around or cries.

10 Oct 2025 09:05:16
BBC gossip leading with us in for Kalvin Phillips! We'd be better off with Kevin. Kalvin has proven how poor he truly is at West Ham and Ipswich.

10 Oct 2025 11:37:32
Am curious in what are scouts actually get up 2 behind to the scenes and do they actually travel abroad to south America or even Europe in that matter to scouts players with potential on a daily basis but kalvin phillips no thank you he was brilliant at Leeds but hasn't done much with no game time and also his injuries to this date.

10 Oct 2025 11:54:59
It’s obviously clickbait nonsense.

Firstly he’s rubbish.

Secondly Moyes already worked with him at West Ham and couldn’t improve him and was a disastrous move.

Thirdly he’s 29 and not improving

Fourthly we already have a player on loan from city so would have to be a purchase in an area we don’t desperately need cover for.

Fifthly he’s rubbish.

10 Oct 2025 13:38:55
Just start at 5 sod the other 4 reasons.

10 Oct 2025 16:32:51
I have a feeling our scouts just play football manager, and not very well.

{Ed025's Note - me too mate..

11 Oct 2025 14:53:19
Playing Football manager would give the impression they understand what scouting is.

10 Oct 2025 07:39:02
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09 Oct 2025 23:18:55
Kalvin Phillips jeez ruined my after dinner that one!

10 Oct 2025 07:22:22
Just read that DMS. He was shocking for City and West Ham, why would we be in for him? I’d rather target that lad from Sunderland next summer.

We need a RB and Striker… that’s the priority. If Rohl isn’t another Gbamin, we should have enough cover in midfield.

10 Oct 2025 09:35:04
he was crap at ipswhich last season.

09 Oct 2025 19:46:09
Did anyone else catch the highlights of the Ethiopia game? I know I'm one of those who thinks Beto is absolute garbage, I reply to posts on here enough stating just that. But his miss at the end of that game should really open the eyes of those who constantly tell me he is actually ok. Got to be his worst one yet, I'm just glad it wasn't in a blue shirt.

We definitely need a new forward in January, its just a question of who is available and who wants to come.

09 Oct 2025 20:05:56
Think it’s more about how much do we have and how big a wage do we want to pay.

09 Oct 2025 20:26:15
A player would have to be crazy not to want to come to play for us. The major problem is that there are so few really good strikers around that teams who have one will go to any lengths to keep them. Scouting the lower leagues or International leagues looking for young gems seems to be the only way to go and even then we could get another Barry. Defenders are so good, big and powerful in the Premier league these days that finding someone who can score on a consistent basis at that level is going to be very difficult! We also have some young kids who may come good but it will take a few years to determine how good they will be. In the meantime it looks as if we will have to rely on Beto/ Barry who at the present time are not doing the job required.

09 Oct 2025 20:41:01
Think they will have to loosen the purse strings to fill this position mate. We've tried the younger players with potential and it hasn't served us very well. Hopefully we have some targets we are working on before the next window.

09 Oct 2025 21:04:40
Couldn't agree more, BlueMike. Maybe we identified forwards in the summer that we had no chance of realistically signing as we did get knocked back by a few, if the rumours are correct. Be interesting to see who we are linked with closer to the window opening mate.

10 Oct 2025 09:12:05
How much did we spend combined on Beto and Barry plus their wages? We’d could have had Haaland for that money!

10 Oct 2025 09:19:44
Strand Larsen should be near the top of that list imo.

10 Oct 2025 11:56:45
Agree it was an awful miss.

However the likes of Messi and Ronaldo have also had awful misses in their careers - it can happen to any player.

Not sure why as fans we always want to put down our own players?

10 Oct 2025 16:39:32
But Messy and Ronaldo made up for their misses with a few ballon d’ors. Not the best comparison I’ve read here to be fair ?.

10 Oct 2025 19:24:28
Crazy isn't it, Bobby, we've wasted a fair few quid trying to bring in a decent forward. Let's hope lessons have been taken on board by the recruitment team by the time the window opens again.

Do you think there's a chance Larson will be made available, BN? I haven't seen much of him in all honesty mate.

TA, that's the kind of delusion some of our fans have when attempting to defend the indefensible, its mad how they keep trying to tell is that the lad is actually better than we see!

GD, I'm not putting him down at all, I didn't call him any names or get personal about him, I just stated facts. Fans are allowed to express their opinions on our own players, I pay my money to go the games so I will also tell it as I see it. I don't want to accept mediocrity at my club and he is below that level for me.

Comparing Beto to Messi and CR is the funniest one yet! How many goals have they scored between them? And Beto? Show me a clup of both of them players missing a chance like the one I was talking about and then we can take that comparison seriously. I doubt you can though.