Everton Banter 3

14 Mar 2026 10:23:56
I don't know why, maybe it's because the sun is out, maybe I have drunk too much this week, but I just have a feeling we are going to sneak a 1-0 win today.

14 Mar 2026 08:42:39
Am I expecting anything out of today's game? Probably not. Our away record is good, but they are a class team with strength everywhere and as a squad doesn't have many weaknesses. I think a point would be a great result. Can I see us scoring? No, that's our weakness. I'm going for a hopeful 0-0.

13 Mar 2026 21:55:36
Bit out of left field - but Issa Kabore at Wrexham on loan from Man City. Reckon he would be a decent buy as right back / wing back.

14 Mar 2026 10:31:35
He was good for Luton as well, I thought, Snodinsnads. Could do worse for sure.

13 Mar 2026 20:27:36
Would be well chuffed with a point tomorrow but I reckon we can Nick it 1-2, they won’t be relishing playing us get at them from the off.

14 Mar 2026 20:05:49
My God, fella, stop drinking, would ya, ya header.

13 Mar 2026 16:34:24
Just reading young Graham isn't ready for 1st team football 18 and 5.9 scored 31 goals so far playing at different ages in the academy levels, always trains hard and is 1st and last off the pitch in training. Hope he doesn't get fed up, leave.

Also been played in a variety of positions and is eager to learn to improve. Give the lad a place on the bench and if we are comfortably winning give him a cameo. Arsenal played 2 16 year olds in the cup last week.

13 Mar 2026 17:56:55
Keep saying the same thing, mate. Would love to see him up front with Tyrique.

13 Mar 2026 19:52:54
We are in the best position we have been in in years, and the threat of relegation is low. Why not play the lad? Maybe next home game bring him on with 20mins to go to give him a run out..

Completely agree with Ron.

13 Mar 2026 20:25:13
Makes sense to play him late on and get used to the Premiership.

13 Mar 2026 23:50:14
Cameos against Arsenal have proved fruitful in the past. Rooneeeeeeeyyyy!!

12 Mar 2026 19:01:02
Loving the Big Match Revisited ITV 4. 1977 Big Bob Latchford and his 30 goal season. We trounced Coventry, QPR, Chelsea that season!

13 Mar 2026 17:57:32
Now what a player he was, a true Legend.

14 Mar 2026 17:29:36
Yeah, how we could do with him now. 😏

11 Mar 2026 18:51:09
I know Moyes has stopped talking about Europe, because each time he does we've lost.

My curse seems to when I say "I fancy us to something out of the next match."

So what I am saying is "We won't get anything out of the Arsenal match at the weekend and will 100% not get a surprise 2-0 win!

12 Mar 2026 19:14:12
Don't be so daft, Bbn; that's just crazy superstitious nonsense..

We'll win the Arsenal game [..knock on wood; cross fingers; check rabbit's foot and 4 leaf clover in pocket; readjusts horseshoe on wall; and now off to find two magpies..].

12 Mar 2026 21:25:00
I won't wear anything or use anything Everton related on a match day, I have an Everton towel that we bought for my son when he was 7 and he's now 42 that has to be hung a certain way in his old bedroom, and then there's two small scarves with little window suckers on that have been stuck on the cloakroom and garage windows for years that I have to check haven't come unstuck and be placed back.

Only because if I don't, we lose. I know it's ridiculous and as accurate as horoscopes, but apparently my behaviour is typically Aries.

13 Mar 2026 06:51:14
I have to wear my Everton shirt on match day, doesn't matter which one, I have quite a few. Statistically, over the last seventy years or so, I have found that it doesn't have any impact on winning, losing, or drawing.

However, I stubbornly believe that when we win it is because I am wearing it, so I will continue doing the same ritual game after game. Let's hope that it works against Arsenal!

13 Mar 2026 14:38:12
That's the spirit, Mike, mate, of course we will win.

14 Mar 2026 14:26:28
My missus has a favourite red mug that, on match days, mysteriously vanishes. Only to return unscathed the next day.

09 Mar 2026 23:38:21
Apparently AZ only want £15m for Parrot.

Certainly off-putting that he plays in the Eredivisie and people will rightly point out his 3 barren attempts at seasons in English football, but he was young in his defence and he isn't exactly a physical beast. He does, however, seem to have got the art of clever movement down to a tee and is a tidy finisher.

He seems to have found his stride with Alkmaar, in Europe as well, and obviously did well for Ireland in the qualifiers.

Would much rather Parrot at that price than chucking double or more away on that tit at Chelsea. Don't dislike many players but once in a while a proper pillock sprouts up.

10 Mar 2026 08:33:02
I know what you mean, Bn. He's definitely lacking in the intelligence department. I was keen when he was at Ipswich, but he's done worse at Chelsea than the 2 we have.

10 Mar 2026 11:24:24
I suppose a Parrot would be an improvement on the two dodos we have now.

{Ed025's Note - love it Brass..

10 Mar 2026 11:48:58
Two boobies more like, mate.

10 Mar 2026 15:27:27
Come on, everyone, just give B&B a rest, even they know that they are useless. The criticism should be aimed at those lousy scouts, and whoever sanctioned the purchase. This is what worries me about the next few windows.

If there is no change in our recruitment organization, all we need is another "B" player.
Also, what about the full-back situation, a need even us amateurs have known exists since my son, who is in his mid-fifties, was a lad?

10 Mar 2026 23:43:44
Funnily enough, I'm off to watch AZ Alkmaar this weekend. I will pay close attention to Parrott.

11 Mar 2026 10:09:56
Class that is, Witty. Business or pleasure, mate?

11 Mar 2026 10:11:27
I think I will judge them in the summer window, Mike. We didn't have everyone through the door whilst the last summer window was going on, and then I am not sure if nothing was done in January because they wanted to keep their powder dry for the summer, tough market, FFP, added income from the stadium, etc.

11 Mar 2026 12:40:17
Reigns will be off come the summer window. I was reading we would have up to £200 million for new players.

11 Mar 2026 20:34:15
Our scouts will probably spend that on another LW GB!

That, or a new hut for the troupe..

11 Mar 2026 20:38:51
Very true Br, mate.

11 Mar 2026 23:00:44
Worse than that, rumour has it, he is after that dozy clown at Chelsea.

12 Mar 2026 22:41:28
In reply to Bluenose, pleasure, mate. I love a continental footy trip. Done a few Serie A games, Bundesliga, Belgian League, 4 Portuguese games, and a couple of Eredivisie games. Got PEC Zwolle tomorrow, then AZ on Sunday. Went through StubHub for Ajax tickets (just praying they turn up!) . They play Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday night.

13 Mar 2026 10:54:19
Quality that, Witty. Got some decent games lined up there. Hopefully the atmosphere lives up to the hype - have a great time, mate!

09 Mar 2026 09:43:01
Ed can we have a poll whether my fellow evertonians would prefer more football fan phone ins or more live Premier League matches thanks Ed.

{Ed033's Note -


Phone ins poll

10 Mar 2026 13:44:58
What a weird poll.

09 Mar 2026 06:40:35
Morning my fellow Evertonians. I just wondered which camp you are on: more live Premier League matches or more football fan phone-ins. I will mail my Everton colours to the mast. I prefer listening to the views of football fans. I have seen many a dreary boring football match but never heard a boring phone-in on TalkSport or Five Live. What day you.

09 Mar 2026 09:14:35
I'd rather watch football, mate, tbh.

09 Mar 2026 11:46:20
I'm with you there, JB.

09 Mar 2026 14:33:49
I find football matches to be very boring to watch on the whole these days.
There is a stat that's gone round a few times, about 10 years ago, the players with most passes were the likes of Fabregas, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Lampard, etc.

The past 2 or more seasons, it's been dominated by CB's and defensive midfielders.
I wouldn't want more matches or phone ins, ha ha ha.
I'd want less VAR and less Carragher.

09 Mar 2026 15:37:30
Prefer the football, but I do like listening to refs supporters having a meltdown when they lose. 😂

09 Mar 2026 19:57:31
That is true, a good fan meltdown/rant can be comedy gold.

09 Mar 2026 20:30:19
The control/possession tactic of Pep has made watching football a little tedious at times for me. The passing sideways and backwards can be incredibly frustrating when you want to see players take each other on.



I'd still rather watch more games than hear people talk about them. I've no interest in whether Man City beat Newcastle, but I'd rather watch the game than listen to their fans moan.

10 Mar 2026 08:35:40
I have to say I very rarely sit and watch a whole match on the telly, it's all a bit flat and too many cheats rolling around on the floor. I find it all embarrassing when you can clearly see he's faking it and they have VAR on the TV.

I just don't know why they do it, and as soon as it starts the TV is off.

10 Mar 2026 11:26:10
I watch the Championship matches. Far more entertaining, and the refs allow the players to tackle.