Everton banter 3

23 Sep 2025 14:53:23
Score tonight will be 1-3 COYB.

23 Sep 2025 12:39:15
Full strength or changes for tonight's game? Even with changes we can still put a strong team out. I think a few changes personally.

Travers
Patterson
Tarks
Keane
Myko

Tim
Garner/ Rohl

Dibbling
Alcaraz
McNeil

Barry.

23 Sep 2025 12:50:35
It’s an interesting alternative, however it’s still a prem team away, I think go strong and blood players once we’re safe or just need to go for it.

23 Sep 2025 13:06:26
Moyes will see this as an opportunity to get a trophy so will choose a strong side with maybe one or two changes.

23 Sep 2025 13:35:36
Strong team for tonight let go win.

23 Sep 2025 13:37:12
Yep has to be a strong side would go with the above.

23 Sep 2025 13:56:23
Our only chance of a trophy is in a cup competition so have to go all out for this.

23 Sep 2025 16:39:41
Think playing Myk would be a big risk, let the new lad from Bayern have a go. Give Barry 70 mins. Give Dibling a run out too.

23 Sep 2025 18:52:11
Only 2 x different players from my predicted line up. Not a bad guess ha ha.

{Ed025's Note - mystic Bunkbeds.. :)

23 Sep 2025 19:50:47
Doesn't like Patterson does he.

23 Sep 2025 07:39:03
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22 Sep 2025 21:54:26
Diego Moreira should be on our list if a move to the PL interests him.

Great player with bags of ability and can play up and down both flanks so would cover 4 positions. He could arguably start in any of them as well.

22 Sep 2025 21:25:19
Someone suggested putting Alcaraz up front as an actual 9. And thinking about it he could be a pretty good striker, control, skills, good shoot and decent speed and would hold his own against most defenders.

23 Sep 2025 00:21:09
Ndiaye would be a better bet up front. Great control, can finish and could carve out a chance through his own dribbling ability.

23 Sep 2025 09:40:30
Know he’s more of a number 10 but why not stick Braiden up there for tonight’s game see how he gets on. Pretty sure he’d grab the opportunity with both hands! ??.

23 Sep 2025 10:43:16
Think he'll play Barry personally though. And it's good as he needs minutes.

23 Sep 2025 12:25:09
Agree Bunkbeds it’s the only way to get him playing well.

22 Sep 2025 12:25:17
Hey Ed 025 who would you pick for up front tomorrow against Wolves, we could play Ndiaye up front that would give something different and maybe a youngster or two on the bench Braiden Graham perhaps, good time to try a different combination mate.

{Ed025's Note - its not really who is upfront for me GB its the style of play we adopt mate, its no use lumping it up to Beto or Barry because for me they are not very good in the air and the ball bounces off them like a ping pong ball, my guess will be Beto to start but i would like him to drop a bit deeper and make himself more available to accept short passes from midfield and run at their defence mate..

22 Sep 2025 20:28:02
Don't lump it up then ED. Do what Ancelloti and Dunc did with DCL, in the box running onto the ball. No bloody good repeatedly bouncing it of them. Mind you I haven't yet seen Barry in the CF position, always out to the right.

{Ed025's Note - we have to change it from the back for me DMS, stop all this hoofing the ball from the keeper because it just comes back all the time, we need to mix things up and play to the feet of players like Jack, Kiernan and Illman who can then play the ball through the channels to the forwards for me mate, but it all has to start with Moyes and a change of tactics..

23 Sep 2025 00:24:24
No point pickford hoofing it up to the striker when we now have technical and creative players in midfield. Michael Keane has a bloody good eye for a pass too and is very accurate with them, long or short. Our 2 main strikers have no heading ability or ball control. God knows why we constantly lump it up to them.

22 Sep 2025 22:42:21
Change! Your avin a larf ed ?.

{Ed025's Note - he never played hoofball at West Ham Nick, surely we can all see that we have better players now mate and we have to move on from what the likes of Dyche offered, i remember the school of science..

23 Sep 2025 18:09:47
Think they were just the tactics against Liverpool Ed cause they really do have better players. It’s not like we’ve played like that all season. It’ll be on the turf a lot more against the likes of Wolves and West Ham.

{Ed025's Note - lets hope so Peter, tonight may tell us more mate and see if we can play it out from the back a bit more rather than Jordan hoofing it long, it will be interesting to see how Barry can operate and even though we may have most of our big stars on the bench we can still impose ourselves especially with the quality on the bench if required..

22 Sep 2025 09:39:58
Hope Barry is used against Wolves tomorrow night would like see a couple of the younger lads on the bench as well.

22 Sep 2025 20:29:53
I hope he goes 4 3 3 or 4 2 4. Dibling in with the other three,

23 Sep 2025 00:27:16
Same team as Saturday I'd say. Would love a trophy and also one we've never won.

22 Sep 2025 06:10:44
I have backed Beto in the past and until Jan or new incoming I have to continue backing him. The only alternative it seems is Barry, perhaps the Manager/ coaching staff are aiming to start him or is that £27 mill against the wall.

22 Sep 2025 09:44:16
If he plays then we have no choice but it’s time he was dropped for me Barry has to start get some confidence in him it’s going to be a long haul though.

22 Sep 2025 12:03:18
Watched the bloke a couple of times now, not for me. We hear this often about not Prem ready and Barry isn't. Think Moyes may try no out and out striker.

22 Sep 2025 13:29:15
Not filled with confidence either mate, neither are good , maybe Ndiaye up front.

22 Sep 2025 13:32:20
He needs time to adjust to the pace of the league etc and he may come good after that but, I agree, he isn't ready just yet. That said, we look slightly better with him up top as he can at least hold the ball up, unlike his competition in beto.

Either way, we have to struggle on through until we have a chance to address the CF issues. Even those of us that don't rate beto still support him during games but blind faith isn't going to help him score or play well, he needs to help himself. Sadly, he hasn't got the ability to do that I don't think.

23 Sep 2025 00:29:53
Dunno why Barry hasn't had a game or 2 in U21s. To me he doesn't look suited to the prem up to now. Shame we never got another striker in like Dju or even Vardy for a season.

22 Sep 2025 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, Onwards And Upwards For Manchester United

21 Sep 2025 18:42:07
Jan is four months away. Who are our realistic targets for striker?

People must have some ideas of who would be possible. I would love to see Vlahovic myself.

{Ed025's Note - im a fan of him as well BR..

21 Sep 2025 19:13:05
The guy from Preston. Or anyone to stand in the area and put it in the back of the net off our three/ four!

21 Sep 2025 19:21:11
Josh Maja, Josh Sargent, Dan James, Emil Riis any of those would be better than Beto.

{Ed025's Note - Dan James????, hes worse than Harrison mate..

21 Sep 2025 19:51:38
GB on the red again ED.

21 Sep 2025 19:54:59
Ok Ed strike that one off the list mate,

{Ed025's Note - definitely mate..

21 Sep 2025 21:17:33
Actually it’s Blue dms.

21 Sep 2025 23:37:14
You wash your paint brushes in that stuff.

21 Sep 2025 22:46:50
WKD, Caracoa or straight up brake fluid GB? Supporting Everton can do strange things to a person…

I lick the look of him also Ed. Vlahovic Certainly knows where the goal is. If Villa continue to be in dire straights by Christmas, I’d not say no to a cheeky bid for Watkins or Semenyo at Bournemouth if either could be tempted away.

{Ed025's Note - whoever we get BR the mindset and the tactics have to change as well mate, this pickford just whacking the ball every time to a lone centre forward will not suit even Vlahovic, its archaic and even though it can be used the odd time we have to start playing from the back more imo..

22 Sep 2025 07:52:46
Dan James ????? and 3 very average Championship strikers. ???.

22 Sep 2025 08:37:32
That's is a good question though. Who can we buy? Vlahovic would be good if available. Every club that does have a top striker is looking for one.

22 Sep 2025 09:12:00
Is it possible that the strikers we looked at are no better than Beto and Barry? We don’t need or want a 3rd average striker. Vlahovic would be a step up in class, but doesn’t seem that likely.

22 Sep 2025 09:29:34
Vhalovic wouldn't even entertain our interest in the summer by all accounts, out of country next summer on £250k PW and will have a lot of the top teams looking at him especially on a free not to mention the lure of Saudi money, he would be a dream signing and some statement but sadly got to be realistic am afraid, but equally a lot more realistic than Dan James who isn't even a CF btw and at his best is a good championship winger.

22 Sep 2025 09:37:51
Anything average is still 100% better than Beto, anyone with any savvy can see that.

22 Sep 2025 10:07:56
Well that’s what we thought about Barry, GB. New is not always better.

22 Sep 2025 09:55:28
I thought we approached him in Summer but he wasn’t interested JB.

Hit the nail on the head Ed25 - I never understood why Pickford hoofs it to Beto when we all know Beto is better at running on to through balls like vs Liverpool and Palace last year. He may not be the press best striker but given the midfield we now have, why not play to his strengths?

{Ed025's Note - the thing is BR is that when we had lesser quality players it was a means to an end and part of survival mode, we have better players now and can play proper football mate..

22 Sep 2025 10:40:53
Is that the same Beto who got 8 in 11 last season on a run GB, clearly you don't like or rate him which is fair do's but the daily put downs on the guy is very repetitive in my opinion, everyone can see yes he is struggling but wether you like or not, he is for now our most experienced striker until the club can address it, but you pluck random names as a suggestion or alternative especially when they don't even play the same position is somewhat wayward to say the least pal and anyone that is "savvy" as you like to say can definitely see that.

22 Sep 2025 10:47:23
Exactly BR and Ed in terms of Beto and supply/ playing to a strikers strengths.

{Ed025's Note - hes not a target man Mocker and is not very good in the air so if you do play him the big hump upfield is no use at all mate..

22 Sep 2025 11:05:14
Totally Ed, this is way those that are sympathetic to Beto understand it isn't a true reflection on what he can offer, I 100% agree pal we have a forward line and midfield that can actually play decent football and a striker that is crying out for that kind of service, what we totally lack are Fullbacks who offer pace and crossing ability and can hit a ball into channels for him to work off, Beto will come good given the correct supply line.

{Ed025's Note - im not convinced he will you know Mocker but any strengths he does have we are certainly not playing to them, he wants to play off the shoulder of the last defender but we are playing him like an old fashioned centre forward and hes just not made for that, him and Barry seem very much of a muchness and i would like to have the option of a mobile inchy type player rather than a battering ram mate..

22 Sep 2025 11:18:15
We’ve really come on as a team in a short space of time, let’s not lose sight of that. I’m sure that if the right striker was available we would have got him, and will look again in the summer. Up to Moyes to find the best solution from what we have. At this stage, maybe better to move ahead with Barry and hole he proves quickly.

22 Sep 2025 11:36:08
How long ago did he have that purple patch? How good was he before that? How has he been since? If we are waiting for him to hit them heights again then we could be here for a long time mate! He scored them goals when DM first came in, the entire team put in another 20% in comparison of how they played for the previous manager. Beto is by far the worst striker we have had in decades.

If you watch the AK interview with toffee TV, he says strengthening the team in January might not happen, given the circus involved in that window. We've got more chance of getting someone in on loan to help us over the line this season.

I don't know what it is with beto and people talking about him in forums like this. Last season, JH was slated daily yet that was acceptable, same with how some treated MK who, incidentally, has shown us he can be a part of this squad. Yet if people mention beto and how poor he is, some people go crazy!

22 Sep 2025 12:04:20
Top post bluepotato mate,

22 Sep 2025 12:34:48
Going round in circles here, lads. I don’t think I’ve read many posts saying he’s the answer, or that he’s that good, just that we’re short of options. He was awful on Saturday, I will say that he has scored some important goals for us, but we do need to be looking forward. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

22 Sep 2025 13:01:24
Top post JBtoffee mate ?.

22 Sep 2025 13:03:55
Yep JB agree we have to make the best of a bad job you know my thoughts on him hopefully Barry will come good.

22 Sep 2025 14:29:15
Let’s hope so, starting on Wednesday!

22 Sep 2025 20:28:20
Game is tomorrow night mate.

22 Sep 2025 20:41:11
Who we playing Wednesday?

{Ed025's Note - its Wolves away tomorrow mate..

21 Sep 2025 15:49:14
Emegha comes on at 60 mins and grabs a goal and assist. Should have gone all out for that lad and would have been cheaper then Barry. Absolutely mental. Three times the player.

21 Sep 2025 18:01:20
Didn't he sign for Chelsea last year?

21 Sep 2025 18:14:48
Would have been a good deal mate.

21 Sep 2025 18:26:10
Scored 13 league goals more in 22 more appearances in a worse league.

Expected a lot better from someone who is “three times” the player Barry is.

21 Sep 2025 18:33:36
Thank goodness for Grealish! Told it how it was in his post match interview. For both the lack of time added on and the stopping of quick freekicks / KDHs booking.

This fella gets our club and his attitude has been immaculate since he’s walked through the door.

Now repeat 100 times “I must not fall in love with a loan signing. I must not fall in love with a loan signing…. ”.

21 Sep 2025 19:16:29
Spot on about the ref and quick free kick. Easy 9 or 10 mins addon aswell. Bloke next to me, I thought we may have to call the medics. That is a home game to me.

21 Sep 2025 19:49:59
Think he got announced last week tbf Glasgow but if we had gone in at the start of the window and offered him a starting place for a PL team I imagine he would have grabbed it with both hands.

What are you talking about. Emegha scored 1 in 2 (14 in 27) and Barry scored 11 in 35. He also has 10 in 16 for the younger national sides and Barry 1 in 8.

You do realise that you can excel at other areas of the game than just scoring goals though don't you? Emegha is better in most, if not all facets of football.