Everton banter 6

01 Nov 2025 15:09:13
Watching the rugby league getting played at our new ground commentators are saying how good it is and the crowd play a big part getting the team fired up saying it's so much better than Wembley also the var is so much better for rugby . Revenue into evertons bank taking limelight away from anfield no wonder there sick utft.

01 Nov 2025 16:03:36
Crowd may play a part but if the team doesn’t turn up, you’re going to have a tricky time.

Think England are getting trounced now.

31 Oct 2025 11:30:50
Yes Tony would be a good signing if possible. However, if we are going to continue with this loan striker tactic then can see him failing as well. They just end up chasing shadows. So unless we play a proper ten who can get up and support the striker instead of having two holding midfielders, then nothing will change.

31 Oct 2025 12:04:55
Beto and Barry are getting crosses to them from Ndiaye and Grealish and KDH now, it’s just they are both bloody useless and have no ball control with either head or foot whereas Toney certainly has mate.

31 Oct 2025 12:49:46
Agree this loan striker role isn’t working. About time we looked at playing two forwards instead of one. Especially at home we’re having two holding midfielders is so bloody negative.

31 Oct 2025 13:17:10
It would help if we had people up top that can finish those chances in comparison to our forwards right now. It would certainly take the pressure off the rest of the team.

31 Oct 2025 13:33:33
Hit the nail on the head there bluepotato mate.

31 Oct 2025 13:55:51
I still think that Alcaraz is our best bet, currently. Give him a shot, Davey!

31 Oct 2025 14:24:58
Yep up till Jan when we can sign a striker.

31 Oct 2025 16:38:18
Frustrates the s**t out of me playing two holding midfielders at home. Just go 4-4-2 and give defenders something to think about. Other than having two centre halves marking one striker.

31 Oct 2025 18:17:07
442 was all the rage when I was younger. I'd love to see more teams go back to that but I doubt it will happen any time soon. If we played that right now, bearing in mind our two forwards, it would be like playing with 9 men, rather than the 10 men we currently start with!

31 Oct 2025 23:58:37
Really don’t know how you can say that when we haven’t tried it. And who says we have to play both of them, we do have other options.

01 Nov 2025 15:07:25
Not too sure who you're replying to their, southdean?

02 Nov 2025 04:48:56
When I was younger I didn't know 4 4 2, 3 5 2 or whatever. Both wings, 'get to the line put it in the middle'. Midfield 'stop that b'trd playing'. Ever found myself in front of goal 'don't f##k about'. In short you knew what your job was.

31 Oct 2025 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - LFC-S MANGO has posted a new article entitled, Slot's Excuses Are An Embarrassment To Liverpool FC

30 Oct 2025 21:17:16
I've just seen a post on a Sunderland page on FB. A supporters football mad 9yr old daughter has passed away. They looking to get an applause in the 9th minute in their game against us. I hope our amazing travelling support does both clubs proud and joins in with the applause for the family.

31 Oct 2025 11:35:28
I think they will mate, our away support is class.

30 Oct 2025 19:56:22
All these rumours re Richy wanting to come back to us in January are really gathering pace, thankyou Santa I promise to be good.

30 Oct 2025 21:00:34
Jan is a long way off yet GB. We may need something before then.

30 Oct 2025 21:18:59
I'd have him back but he seems a bit fragile, injury wise. If he does come back I hope he stays fit and continues where he left off when playing for us.

30 Oct 2025 21:43:02
As someone else said, he is far more effective from the left and we have those. Who does he replace.

31 Oct 2025 06:59:10
We need strikers, he isn't a srikers.

31 Oct 2025 10:45:31
He's played a lot of games as Brazil's No9 but, yeah, he isn't a striker!

31 Oct 2025 11:20:37
How much is he going to cost?

{Ed025's Note - too much Brass, a loan is the only option for January i feel mate..

31 Oct 2025 16:39:39
Think the only way Spuds would loan him ED is if they get Tony mate.

30 Oct 2025 09:55:53
Dentie it might have been you mate but someone was definitely suggesting we moved for Milosavljevic from Red Star in the summer.

Look how well the lad is doing already at Bournemouth and proving that age doesn't mean squat if you are good enough.

30 Oct 2025 11:25:33
18 yrs exactly what I have been saying BN mate.

30 Oct 2025 12:44:01
Brobbey and Mayenda from Sunderland under 21s being looked at apparently.

30 Oct 2025 21:20:16
Yeah was me BlueNose. He looked a Vidic type centre half. Big bugger for an 18yr old. I like the look of that Nice centre back we have been linked with though.

30 Oct 2025 21:37:17
Too right GB.

I think it will be silly if we were to go for Brobbey now though. He was available to us at Ajax, so would be a sign of poor planning to me mate and likely to cost more money than he would have before moving to the Mackems.

Mayenda is young and good attributes but we have already spunked enough on shoots of potential. I would rather us go for somebody more seasoned and with a history of scoring goals mate.

Should have got Burkardt in years ago and before he moved onto Frankfurt. No way they let him go for cheap as they are always hard negotiators and don't think he is the Moyes profile of striker.

Romulo Cardoso at Leipzig looks quality. Big and powerful. Holds the ball up brilliantly and links up play well. Can stick he ball in the onion bag too but I doubt we will be of interest to him with him now being their main no9, bigger clubs will be sniffing, so we should go after Asllani at Hoffenheim. Maybe chuck them Beto and Barry whilst we are at it mate!

30 Oct 2025 09:49:24
Not sure how the game is going to go this weekend. Sunderland have done brilliantly since they came up.

I remember my last trip there, we got absolutely battered all game and then Tim burst the onion bag with a great header from a Kevin Kilbane cross in injury time.

What a great trip home it was on New Years Eve.

30 Oct 2025 11:24:30
A reaction is required for sure. The feel good factor from the first few weeks of the season is being well and truly tested and there’s only one way to get fans back on side.

30 Oct 2025 11:26:05
Good game that.

30 Oct 2025 14:45:11
Certainly need a reaction and a change of line up, sadly I doubt if we see a change of lineup apart from B for B.

30 Oct 2025 18:37:34
Bad and Bad feeling sad?.

30 Oct 2025 00:25:39
So glad we didn't get Liam Delap. What an absolute bellend that lad is.

30 Oct 2025 07:46:36
Don’t be daft, he’d walk into our team. Chelsea are very welcome to loan him to us in January.

30 Oct 2025 08:43:49
He even managed to get sent off.

30 Oct 2025 11:25:43
Some of the best players to ever play the game got sent off regularly. Zidane, Cantona, Keane, Viera etc. He’s a young lad who’s desperate to prove himself.

30 Oct 2025 12:16:59
He is a bully and a prick. James Beattie mark 2. Could not support someone like that. Did you watch him against Wolves last night?

30 Oct 2025 12:18:18
And Keane was scum too JB.

30 Oct 2025 12:35:34
I would have loved Keane in our midfield.

30 Oct 2025 13:12:01
Didn’t support Dunc then, Comet?
Keane would have walked into any team and been adored by their fans.

30 Oct 2025 17:57:19
Big Dunc is actually my favourite player, however if he was playing today I wouldn’t support his antics. Funny how you mellow when you get older - or go to school with James Beattie.

29 Oct 2025 13:16:49
Bloke next to me has a pop every home game, referees' a prat, Moyes has no clue etc! He would swap the Ref at the drop of a hat; but not Moyes. Question: Who would the Moyes out brigade choose to replace him? More to the point who would come. We will not get relegated, we will finish top ten/ not far off.

29 Oct 2025 13:55:56
I'm not a Moyes fan and admit it. I prefer to think "where will we be in 5 years under Moyes", as apposed to "where could we be in 5 years if we had gone for a manager that lesser clubs have and are now doing better than us".

You are correct on your first point, we won't be relegated, but I think wrong on your second point, we won't be top 10. But what do I know. I have more success forecasting horses.

29 Oct 2025 14:20:21
Until January apart from changing the Team at the front or bringing in an under 21 things will stay the same with Beto and Barry up front, Davey is the best man for the job.

29 Oct 2025 14:22:21
I'd rather have Mike Bassett than Moyes.

29 Oct 2025 18:24:32
Whenever people mention changing the manager the standard reply is always who would come. Well I believe plenty would be interested. We have a new ground, have new owners who have shown they are keen to invest and can pay top wages for the right man.

And football managers are just like the rest of us money talks.
Some have mentioned the Bourmouth manager and questioned why would he come to us. Well we would pay him more, give him a healthy transfer budget, and have far more potential going forward.

29 Oct 2025 19:50:53
Big Reg it takes all sorts.

29 Oct 2025 19:52:36
Moyes is best man for the job at the moment cut him some slack let’s not start binning managers again because we hit some poor form.

29 Oct 2025 20:24:04
Always liked the look of Iraola’s teams since they beat us 3-2 the other season.

I feel Moyes is still the man for the job but it’s so frustrating that he doesn’t have the ability to change tactics when we need it and stubbornly sticks to what his one system is. If you don’t have the players for that system, you have to adapt. Moyes seems to prefer sticking to swapping like for like despite some players having no impact.

29 Oct 2025 21:52:07
Iraola is heading to bigger places than Everton.

I also don’t see how we have far more potential going forward, Bournemouth have a better team than us, a young squad, they will likely lose Semenyo in the summer and they’ll probably replace him well. They lost most of their defence in the summer and replaced them just as well.

It’s an absurd arrogance with some Everton fans that we are looked at as a giant of football by everyone. We have some old players, financially we’ve had troubles and cannot freely spend what we like, a new stadium that is usually very quiet and our best players will be picked off over the next 2 years and, unlike Bournemouth or Brighton, we are not well run enough to replace them and will likely buy worse in return.

If Iraola did anything more than laugh at us coming in for him, I’d be amazed. Slot will be getting sacked soon and if someone has a choice between us and them, unless you’re an Evertonian, you’ll pick them.

29 Oct 2025 22:37:31
Full of positivity then Swan.

30 Oct 2025 01:16:14
But what did I say that was wrong? Right now Bournemouth are far better than us and Liverpool are a more attractive job than Everton are.

30 Oct 2025 08:37:24
Can’t understand why a minority of supporters are wanting Moyes out, he has turned the club around after the destruction of Dyche, we would of been relegated, his passion for the club saved us from the drop, He knows, we know, everyone with a brain cell knows what’s needed in the January window, if he gets what he wants then a top 6 could be possible, at least not fighting relegation.

30 Oct 2025 10:24:47
You people were saying the same about Dyche and look were that ended up.

30 Oct 2025 11:27:25
At least we stayed up mate.

30 Oct 2025 12:39:06
Yes and the same was said when Dyche kept us up GB. So are we just happy with managers who “just keep us up” or do we actually want one who can develop a side to compete at the top end of the table?

30 Oct 2025 14:26:24
What are people’s thoughts on Glasner?

I’m not saying we get rid of Moyes as we need the stabilit. But if things did go Pete Tong, would he be a good fit? I’d still prefer Iraola but I agree he will likely be waiting for a top Euro side.

29 Oct 2025 12:39:30
Some big names could crash out of the league cup tonight. Such a shame we are not in it.

29 Oct 2025 14:25:30
Thanks to Davey.

29 Oct 2025 18:25:41
Yep another cock up by dithering Dave. If nothing else it would have added a big more cash to the pot.

29 Oct 2025 18:34:22
And the 11 players that actually played the game.

29 Oct 2025 19:18:42
Who Davey selected.

29 Oct 2025 22:33:40
And Moyes tactics.

29 Oct 2025 09:23:08
Truth be known, the formation we may see on paper for (most) teams is not adhered to in the game. Of the two, Beto and Barry it is the latter that would be better in a flexible system. Problem being of course neither Beto (current form) nor Barry are good enough at this level.

As such I cannot see the disadvantage in leaving both out of a starting 11. Let's see if David now thinks the same.

29 Oct 2025 09:47:03
From what we’ve seen, Alcaraz is decent in the air, and certainly more adept at linking up with Jack, Ndayie and KDH, has to be worth a go.

29 Oct 2025 11:29:24
Agree JB, we can’t keep playing Beto or Barry.

29 Oct 2025 12:17:43
Well David has not shown any inclination over his whole career to make such a radical move. I expect Barry to start next game and the merry go around will continue until the January window when hopefully we will get a striker who can strike.

29 Oct 2025 12:44:35
I am willing to bet Rohl could do the job up front as athletic as he is.

29 Oct 2025 12:45:28
He is more mobile than Beto.

30 Oct 2025 12:43:17
Rohl can't even get in to the team in midfield, Moyes would never play him as a striker. Beto/ Barry, Barry/ Beto and that's it. He doesn't have the imagination to try anything different.