Everton banter 3

04 Nov 2025 08:52:57
Sunderland, a Team in form, playing very well at home and away. Everton go there with no striker and come away with a 1-1 draw. Everton are not, as some say a bad side, far from it. I can only truly comment from first person home experience.

Our away games I only see on TV and what I see is a good side with on the whole a good bench but no strikers. Read an article this morning £160 million wasted since Lukaku, how can this happen, is there a common source of incompetence?

04 Nov 2025 12:21:39
I think Sunderland are a very dirty Team and we’re mighty lucky not to get Two players sent off for very atrocious tackles both warranted Red cards, we went 1 nil up and played well for 25 minutes and could have been 3 nil up at half time and out of sight, but sit back for a 1-1 draw,

04 Nov 2025 13:40:05
They have definitely been taught to cheat at every opportunity.

04 Nov 2025 14:17:28
That’s why they are called Scumderland ?.

04 Nov 2025 15:04:42
They appealed for about 20 penalties.

04 Nov 2025 15:52:46
Do you know JB I was just waiting for the referee to give one mate. But for once we had a good referee, thought the lad managed the game well. I can think of a few who would have given at least one of those shouts.

04 Nov 2025 08:00:20
When Barry scores his first i'm convinced it will be like buses.

I know he's frustrating us but he's much better hold up wise and linking than Beto.

Give him 6x75 mins in a row please. Poor lad missed a sitter, Haalands missed sitters before and yes haaland then scores. Barry needs that first goal and then hopefully his confidence increase and we see more from him.

Beto is pathetic.

{Ed025's Note - i wish i could see what you do pb, i see nothing that makes me think that he even resembles a footballer mate..

04 Nov 2025 09:09:07
Mrs needs a new clothes line prop, told her no way am I shelling out £27 mill.

04 Nov 2025 10:34:30
Totally agree PB, there is a footballer in there .
His confidence is not being helped by being replaced after 45 / 50 minutes by that plank Beto.

04 Nov 2025 12:24:42
Beto and Barry both need a long spell in the under 21s, both are not good enough at all with either head or foot for the Premiership, losing valuable points it needs to change pronto.

04 Nov 2025 13:11:15
Don’t see it at the moment, looks like he’s got two blocks of cement on his feet.
Hope to be proved wrong.

04 Nov 2025 17:18:53
He's lightweight, no presence, no pace/ acceleration, poor vision, a thripny bit head and 2 dead legs.

{Ed025's Note - you are bigging him up too much for me mate..

04 Nov 2025 07:46:55
Feels like we have been posting the same comments for 10 years - can't score goals - can't keep the ball

Seriously - say to recruitment - buy a striker who has proven can score in the premier league - money wasted on Sandro, Kean, Barry, Beto, Maupay, Naisse


Naisse has best goal ratio since Rom - let that sink in

Sandro, Barry, Maupay - 1 PL goal between them for us

You can't be buying players for 20 million to play up front - that game would have been over at half time if had a half decent forward.

If money is so tight why is majority of our signings sitting on bench - surely would be better to have bought a Rt back, centre half and a half decent striker.

{Ed025's Note - i give up with our recruitment Sobs, buying players who are not prem ready for big money...whats that all about?, i dont know who bought or sanctioned these players but whoever it was needs sacking mate..

04 Nov 2025 17:21:18
@Sobsnewcastle Spot on comment/ points.

04 Nov 2025 07:29:16
Ask Kean if he fancies a go at striker. We know he can strike/ head a ball, we know he can pass a ball, even seen him run with a ball. We know he isn't the fastest. Not sure about the last but 100 percent certain he is better at the first three than our equivalent pair of muppets in the gallery.

04 Nov 2025 14:42:52
Keanos needed in defence been our best defender all season tarkys gone backwards.

04 Nov 2025 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - BlueNose1878 has posted a new article entitled, Everton Need January Reinforcements to Salvage the Season

04 Nov 2025 06:02:30
I think we are in terrible trouble with dithering Dave and half each Barry and Beto how in heavens name did they become professional footballers and who deserves the sack for signing them, our back line needs replacing with younger faster players, the only consistent thing we do is keep signing below average players going on near 30 years now.

04 Nov 2025 08:05:40
Completely agree.

04 Nov 2025 02:42:11
8 in his last 6 for Franculino now. £15m, rising to £40 in Jan.

04 Nov 2025 08:33:46
Don't know anything about him but why has nobody else been in for him.

04 Nov 2025 10:06:20
They have Dms, reportedly anyway, so we never know the truth of that. West Ham and Como bid £15 million for him in the summer. Bayern made an offer but it was only for a loan, I imagine before Jackson came in. Real Betis and PSG are also interested in him.

21, well-rounded striker who can ultimately put the ball in the onion bag.

Could have picked him up for half the price of Barry (after add-ons) .

Doesn't take a footballing mastermind to already identify that Barry will never have the same ability as Franc does in his entire career.

That is just my opinion of course. Which admittedly is as accurate as Beto and Barry's shooting is.

04 Nov 2025 01:15:07
Don't play McNeil or we will never be able to get rid off him. Totally abysmal!

04 Nov 2025 01:33:51
Can't work out why he came on Lhr. Such a terrible decision.

Bringing Alcaraz on so late was also a bad call. KDH has been absolutely woeful for weeks now. His best game since Wolves was the one he missed through suspension. He does absolutely nothing for us other than play poorly executed reverse passes to Grealish that 95% of the time get intercepted. He has a very good reputation considering he has had 1 good season in the Championship.

04 Nov 2025 02:28:34
We were sitting back and trying to hit them on the break apparently. So he brings the slowest winger in the league on baffling.

04 Nov 2025 00:33:07
Who was in charge of recruitment last close season? Whoever they were they need sacking

Beto bought for £28m in 2003 but who was looking for a move - we kept him
Barry bought for £27m

Between them scored just one goal this season. They share the strikers role but neither show any confidence or, more importantly, potential. What's their sell price now? 10 - 15m each?

Dibbling £40 m for back up to Ndiaye and Grealish getting virtually no game time and losing confidence and value each appearance

That's £94m we had available if we had sold Beto. What should we have done with that? Instead we're dropping down the table because our strikers are failing us and Dibbling isn't a game changer.

04 Nov 2025 02:21:56
Makes me laugh that we are blaming a young lad who has hardly had a look in since he arrived. Comical.

04 Nov 2025 06:55:17
Well i'm happy with a point away to Sunderland, , there not sitting in the top part of the table because there a crap. side, point is a point away from home, we'll done, now we build on that.

04 Nov 2025 06:59:55
I'm sorry BMD but where in my post did I blame either Barry or Dibbling?

What makes me laugh is we won't play our home grown youngsters as the "pressure" of the Premiership will be too much for them yet we go out and spend £67m on 2 players who, for no fault of their own, are struggling and not settling in.

Both might eventually work out but someone made a mistake buying them. We needed a striker that could hit the ground running and Barry hasn't. Made worst by Beto going backwards which means we could really have done with 2 forwards

Paying £40m for Dibbling is not his fault but did we really need him when our midfield is weak, our wing backs aren't good enough, no No 10?

It's the recruitment department I was criticising. That simply wasn't 94 million well spent.

03 Nov 2025 23:05:30
OMG why is it so obvious that we haven't got a number 9 to play in the premier league.

03 Nov 2025 23:01:24


BlueNose1878 has written an article entitled, Everton Need January Reinforcements to Salvage the Season