Everton Banter 4

14 Sep 2026 08:45:13
Alright lads, having a bit of a chuckle to myself reading some of the comments. It reminds me of how we are as a country right now, you are either on the left we're everything is fine and is so much better than the last lot so we really should be thankful for that.

Or you are on the right, now known as far right. Where if you disagree with the left and have an opposing opinion of what you see, and what you feel should be done then you're not a proper supporter.
Scary eh.

14 Sep 2026 09:07:50
Weirdos are everywhere nowadays mate don't take it personal you just have to accept the world is full of these nut jobs. Look at our prime minister that says it all.

14 Sep 2026 12:07:19
Just look at your last one.

14 Sep 2026 13:36:58
Well, he is an Evertonian, Dino, so he must be on our side. 😀

14 Sep 2026 13:47:12
Andy Burnham, he's as Blue as you can get, mate, you been on the sauce, fella.

14 Sep 2026 16:30:20
Burnham is as far left as you're going to get. In fact he is wider left than Jack 😂.

14 Sep 2026 16:39:03
He might be a blue but he hasn't got a clue none of them labour tree huggers have any common sense i couldn't care who he supports the guy and his party are a bunch of left wing nut cases. The country is going down toilet and they think it's funny Andy Pandy can clear off and take Milaband with him.

14 Sep 2026 18:00:44
Surely this is a wind up?

14 Sep 2026 18:34:22
Politics and sport never mix.

14 Sep 2026 19:16:36
This is the Everton site, not the Nigel Farage site.

14 Sep 2026 19:28:08
Making me feel all Woody Harrelsan in the film 2012, but I've tried to tell you that you need to know when you're talking to a bot with a motive. About 10 users are on a loop, and nobody seems to twig. Stop talking to them.

14 Sep 2026 23:24:45
Can the Bot play RB, LB or Striker?

If so, sign it..

15 Sep 2026 07:56:05
Dino dude,
I agree with others that politics should stay out of such chats.
However, maybe you're not thinking right whilst up a ladder hanging the Union flag on a lamp post, maybe a bit of vertigo kicked in?

15 Sep 2026 11:13:16
Your comment reveals the problem and prejudice causing tribal thinking in a supposedly democratic State. Bigoted comments on a person about someone you know nothing about.

15 Sep 2026 12:16:38
Thinks his comments told me enough, buddy.

15 Sep 2026 11:22:04
JBToffee, wouldn't vote or support him/them but will defend their right to donations the same as every other party. Con and Lab to attempt retrospective restrictions is nothing short of maintaining their hold on GE monopoly and the cheek to call Reform anti democratic.

15 Sep 2026 11:30:09
Anyone who is left or right is a moron

It's us against them, rich v poor always has been and always will be

This left v right is the new black v white, divide and conquer.

15 Sep 2026 20:02:25
We are all missing the point..

Whether the bot is left wing or right wing, can it play up front?

14 Sep 2026 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - HAJI has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool's Midfield Pivot Is Starving the Front Four

13 Sep 2026 19:19:59
Yes, Foden had to go, but how on earth did Fernandes not even get a caution for a blatant kick on Foden.

13 Sep 2026 19:46:50
Fernandes is one of the most dirty footballers, he kicked Foden to start with, surely VAR should be used and he gets banned for 10 matches.

13 Sep 2026 20:43:34
Loved how City scored, apparently, Enzo wasn't going for the ball with that diving header, shocking decisions this weekend.

13 Sep 2026 21:49:59
Welcome back dms, I have missed you.

14 Sep 2026 06:37:01
Just get rid of VAR. It's caused more controversy since being introduced. It also highlights how poor refereeing is, as now instead of one guy getting it wrong, you get 3 others as well. On top of it, though, the rules just make things so much more complicated, unnecessarily.

14 Sep 2026 08:12:10
It's as much the constant change of rules as VAR itself. No one knows what a handball or an offside is any more.

14 Sep 2026 09:18:26
Fernandez spends more time in the ref's ear than actually playing. Which is a shame because he's actually a very good footballer but with a rotten attitude.

14 Sep 2026 15:35:31
I have a certain amount of sympathy for the ref. TV showed 5 things he has to assess for offside goals, and has about 5 seconds to do it from the angle he sees it from. VAR, on the other hand, spends 3 minutes with 3 operators and a dozen camera angles, and still regularly cock it up.

14 Sep 2026 23:32:57
VAR isn't the problem, it's the clowns that run it.

It was offside. Lino flagged. No clear and obvious mistake made. Stay out of it.

What actually happened was a farce. Stupid decision.

Use the foot to show offside, not the arm, nose, eyelash, etc.


Overturn clear mistakes or anything missed.
Give the goal unless Lino flags, then quickly check it.
Val upon it if the Ref requests it when unsure of a decision.

13 Sep 2026 15:51:12
Lots of lovely money, and a place on the bench, hope he's happy, Illiae, has swapped cash for football, guess it depends on your priorities.

13 Sep 2026 18:07:34
He appears to be playing now, for a team which will challenge for the league, both domestic cups and Champions League... Hmmmmmmm is it really just about cash?

13 Sep 2026 18:52:08
What a silly comment.

13 Sep 2026 19:16:51
Well, he came off the bench and City won with 10 men. As a reminder, Ndiaye is no longer our player.

13 Sep 2026 19:24:51
He got a move to a team that will challenge for trophies, good luck to the lad. He was also vastly underpaid with us, 45k per week in comparison to the wage of others within our squad.

I say massively underpaid, but 45k isn't too shabby, is it? No need to hate on him, he did the right thing for his career.

13 Sep 2026 19:48:48
Excellent player. Wish him all the spoils of footy, he was good for us.

13 Sep 2026 19:52:01
He has literally just moved to them. As soon as the players around him learn how good he is and to trust him, watch his minutes increase.

He came on and was one of their best players today.

I hold no grudges and wish him all the best with City.

Hopefully he scores against the Kopites at Anfield.

13 Sep 2026 20:14:12
Ndiaye was great for us. A bit of class when (at the start) we had little to none.

Scored key goals, played for the shirt and got you out of your seat.

We've sold him on for a tidy profit and he played well up to the last minute for us.



Where in any of the above could you have anything but affection for him?!

The mind boggles!

13 Sep 2026 20:33:08
Agree Ndiaye is a class act. So sad to lose him but I would applaud him if I ever get to see him again. Wish him all the luck and he deserved the move.

13 Sep 2026 22:10:50
What is sad is players that moved from us to City say it is a dream come true. Until they were bought by the Arabs, City were a crap team and when I lived in Manchester in the 1960's poorly supported. How things have changed!

13 Sep 2026 22:51:24
Let's hope it's us next up to be bought by the Arabs then. 🤓

14 Sep 2026 16:32:05
Ndiaye kids. Dad, how many medals did you win?

13 Sep 2026 12:20:45
0-0 away from home against a club that has beaten more times in the Premier League than they have against any other team.
Unbeaten in 5
7th in the league
And it's still about 90% moaning, whinging and throwing toys outta ya prams...

13 Sep 2026 12:38:20
I know. What do people want? Come one everyone, let's have a bit more positivity, big week ahead!

13 Sep 2026 12:39:01
Have to agree with you, mate, I really think some want us to fail, just to crow I told you so.

13 Sep 2026 13:28:46
Plenty of positives yesterday. Moyes prezzer afterwards probably told you about why there was fear in the players. He said he reminded them that they would be up for the fight and come at us, and that it was these that knocked us out of Europe. After the first 20 mins, we finally broke away from that fear and started to play.

So much to play for this season, and we've got a team ready for the top half of this table.

I think we've got every chance of a cup and Europe. When was the last time you could actually think like that?

I remember a few years ago, not sleeping for three nights before a Palace game and a Bournemouth game due to being petrified of the consequences of our next game if we didn't win!

13 Sep 2026 15:28:16
I seem to remember we didn't turn up to the game against Spurs last year. Would hardly say they knocked us out of Europe. Plus we finished 4 points behind European places.

The frustration is down to not beating a team who were for the taking, given they are struggling to score a goal. Sad thing is, so are we!

It's alright saying people are moaning, but it's games like these that can decide whether you finish 13th or much higher up the table.

We were under the cosh a lot yesterday, and we seem to set up for a draw. No harm in wanting all three points and forward momentum going into the next game.

13 Sep 2026 16:18:44
Don't think it's been a bad start at all, but some perspective, we are what, 4 games in? Will judge us by Xmas time, the lack of full back options and strikers puts the fear in me!

13 Sep 2026 16:19:23
Hang on, before this game everyone was saying how crap Spurs were and that we would batter them. Now for some reason it's a good result.
We sat back and gave them the ball, very similar to what we did last season. Had we shown a little more ambition from the off, we could have won the game.

Instead, we sit on 6 from a possible 12, but hey, we haven't lost a game so that's ok.
By the way, it was bottling it against Sunderland, cost us Europe, not losing to Spurs.

13 Sep 2026 16:29:09
Never said we'd batter them, we never batter Spurs, regardless of how they are performing.
A 0-0 draw away from home is rarely a bad result.

13 Sep 2026 16:37:13
Some people can never ever see the positive side, BB, mate.

13 Sep 2026 18:41:41
HB, you were one of them, we had 3-0, even 5-0. And what was the score? You might be happy watching a team sit back and defend against a team you yourself called crap. Well, I'm not, just have higher expectations, I guess.

13 Sep 2026 19:06:45
Yes, whatever, BP. Let's just all pretend everything lovely, shall we? Good players, poor tactics, but hey, 0-0 and another draw. Brilliant.

14 Sep 2026 07:44:35
What worries me is the player we have up front. The guy is an absolute disgrace of a footballer. He is an onion. He has no idea how to play football. He can't take a touch, can't hold the ball up, can't pass, can't finish, can't run, can't do nothing, and we can't even sub him. Johnson is terrible, too slow and no skill, no good. Yes, I am happy with the points, but we could have been 3 down against Palace, lucky against Bournemouth and Utd, and then that point yesterday was decent.

I fear in a couple of months things might not be so rosey, 2 injuries and we are done for. My biggest concern is the loser we have up front, guy is a shocking footballer and so annoying to watch.

13 Sep 2026 12:08:55
So far Garner is awful and off the pace, Moyes will continue with him because he was amazing last year, I fail to see it. He's awful at set pieces, doesn't really assist or score.doesn't link play.
Yesterday we tore through Spurs with Grealish KDH and Hackney, they worked a triangle and we had an attempt.


That more than anything in the previous 80 mins.
When we just hoof it up then KDH loses interest pretty quickly and had a bad game.
I also struggle to understand how there professional footballers can't make simple passes to each other.
We must be the only team that do it . do we train with match balls?

13 Sep 2026 12:40:23
He was our best player last season, and now he's been injured. Give him some slack, mate. He will come good again.

13 Sep 2026 12:50:57
We must have the most fickle fan base in the country.

13 Sep 2026 12:55:30
Wtf are you on!!! Garner ran that midfield yesterday, and that at only 80%.

13 Sep 2026 13:41:17
Garner was terrible yesterday and so far this season. DFS, you need to look back on the game and look at him. He was leaving gaps constantly and not picking up players. Fernandez was taking the Mickey out of him. But, for me, the three of them in the middle weren't great.

Moyes is trying to give him minutes to play into form, which is fair enough. He should really be coming off the bench, in my opinion.

When he's back up to speed, he'll be just like last season. If any of you remember last preseason, he was shocking then, but when the season started he was ready. He hasn't had it this time.

Hayden is in a much better place, and it was no surprise last week when Garner went off and Hayden came on, we exploded into life.

13 Sep 2026 15:30:43
I would like to see Hackney start and Garner come on for him or ANM to build game time, BJU. Don't think Moyes sees it the same way though.

13 Sep 2026 16:20:49
Not sure what posters are seeing re Garner. I thought he was quality yesterday.

13 Sep 2026 16:32:53
Because it's an opportunity to whinge, Witty. Garner was brilliant last season, now, with no preseason behind him after a long injury, he is suddenly an awful player ha ha ha. 😂

13 Sep 2026 20:36:00
Agree, Bunkbeds. Garner is an 8 out of 10 every game for me. Class last season, and was class yesterday.

14 Sep 2026 06:52:01
He's had a poor start, but, as I said, it's because he hasn't had a preseason. Moyes is trying to play him into form.

MOTD showed his highlight reels, but there were plenty of things they didn't show that highlighted he's struggling, which is perfectly understandable and not his fault.

He's going to be our main man in the middle for the rest of the season, and he's our best midfielder, but I'm not going to say he's great when he isn't.



When Hayden came on, he was so much more mobile, linking with KDH and Jack, and we started to get a foothold in the game. Garner doesn't have the legs to do that at the moment.

If you need to be subbed off in a game because of cramp, like last week, then you are clearly off the pace and not fully fit. Only my opinion, though.

14 Sep 2026 17:00:08
Just one quote of many from a pundit, and having seen the full game back, I agree wholeheartedly with Garner.
Most will most likely agree that Garner was once again the man who held everything together for Everton, and without him, they may not have got any type of result at all.

£200 mill worth of midfielders schooled by an 80% fit Garner. I have no idea what some of the negatives watch, or if it is just cut and paste from previous comments. Even Myko is still coming in for criticism, when arguably he and JB were our standouts.

13 Sep 2026 11:51:42
I keep reading we have 2 winnable games coming up this week. Have you forgotten we are Everton. We rarely manage to win 2 winnable games in a week. 😂

13 Sep 2026 12:40:54
Is that what you want, mate.

13 Sep 2026 12:51:54
All games are winnable. We'll win some, lose some and draw some. Try and enjoy when we're doing well.

13 Sep 2026 11:15:39
I'm just thinking, 33 is no age for a poacher like Icardi. He isn't the answer beyond the end of this season.
The guy could do a job for the next 8 months. I'd offer him a contract on terms that suit us and throw in clauses that if his off field baggage comes to haunt us we can terminate his contract as early as January.


Just think our squad would cope till January with another CF.

13 Sep 2026 12:41:45
Way too much baggage, mate.

13 Sep 2026 10:40:41
Everton overall were not on their game. What does that say for Spurs? I reckon Zerbi will get sacked.

13 Sep 2026 13:46:22
Totally agree mate. I think he's a terrible. manager and I have no idea why he's rated so highly. He was lucky they stayed up last year. My best mate is a spurs fan and after yesterday I think he might do time if he ever sees him! Or me because I would him up something rotten.

13 Sep 2026 10:32:31
I don't understand why he didn't bring on Hackney a lot earlier, he really affected the match last week. He should have taken Barry off and put George up top. I'm sick and tired off watching Barry with his poor touch and lack of striker's instinct.

13 Sep 2026 15:43:07
Agree totally. We could bring on Grealish and Hackney; why take off George? We repeatedly try plan B (actually B&B) . We need someone else who can play up top. George has looked better and better, maybe he should be tried as Plan A.

Would love to see some crosses come in and have him attacking them. He certainly can hold the ball up better than no touch Barry.