Everton Rumours Archive January 02 2014

02 Jan 2014 18:33:37
Ings available for 6.5 mill and 3 prem clubs interested - honestly think he will do well for us and is a realistic target

Have we had that much success in the past decade taking strikers from lower division clubs? I can't thing of any out-and-out strikers (so don't come up with goalscoring midfielder Tim Cahill) that we've taken and have lasted more than a season or two before being moved on for one reason or another.

Jermaine Beckford- Free 10 goals
Was Boro in Champ when we bought Yakubu?

Beckford lasted a season before being moved on - and he's moved clubs (all outside the Premier League) regularly since then.
Middlesbrough were in the Premier League when we signed Yakubu in 2007.
So, I stand by my point about not having much success with taking out-and-out strikers from lower-division clubs because the players in question haven't been long-term (or even comparatively medium-term) stayers.
Jelavic, after a superb start, has not carried on (for whatever reason) and Lukaku is on loan, so we still have yet to find a centre forward who'll do the business consistently for several seasons. I'm sure RM will make something happen with some astute player recruitment and/or developing our youngsters.

So if we sign a striker from championship he will last a season then .must be true if its happened once before.id go for rhodes.he knows where the net is.think he is better than Ings.playing at a lower league don't mean you don't have the right to play in premier.remember andy cole.half a mill signing frombristol city. can't say he couldn't score goals.newcastle took the chance and he was dynamite

03 Jan 2014 11:00:48
Wasn't Andy Johnson playing for palace. they were relegated the season before we signed him weren't they?

02 Jan 2014 17:43:36
Newcastle apparently eyeing Jagielka in the transfer window. Surely can't be truce, but it's been mentioned on . Anyone heard anything about this?

02 Jan 2014 18:17:07
okay that is hilarious
1.he is our captain
2.he is our best defender
3.he is too good to lose
4.he wouldn't go to them
5.it is a step down
6.if they are after him its like norwich being after mata it just doesn't make sense
7.read all the above
he is not going to newcastle and the way that has entered someones mind is laughable and well, stupid

Mike-Ox Long

Are you sure you haven't just made that up in your head, because I'm sure you have bro

Rather surprisingly I agree with everything Mike has said, although the OP clearly states 'it can't be true'? Not going to happen this one unless they offer a ridiculous and ridiculous wages.
DB Cooper

Think you have got the centre backs mixed up . More likely to be Johnny Heitinga

Like RM - always taking a positive attitude to things - I reckon we should be appreciative that our players are doing so well as to attract envious eyes from other clubs, but we should also be even more appreciative that RM will make football-based and not finance-forced decisions about which players will leave. Other clubs scouting our players - even making bids - will inevitably happen, but that doesn't mean a player is definitely moving or even open to moving.
It's not easy, but I respectfully suggest that we should try to be more chilled out about the ill-informed speculation of lazy journos about bids for our players - and we should enjoy the banter with other fans who are deliberately winding us up about our players, etc.
At the end of the January transfer window is when we can see who has been telling the truth.

Silly season again ed!

Don't shoot the messenger! I haven't been drinking from bottles under the sink. It' s on newsnow on a Geordie big site. I personally think it's a load of Michael Ballacks.

Sorry, should read Geordie 'blog site'. Stupid predictive text. Happened on my original post too. Although blag site would be more appropriate.

That was only a betting site making newcastle favourites to sign him, theres' no stem in it!

Mike ox long its not really a step down is it and I wouldn't compare newcastle to norwich nor jagielka to mata.

03 Jan 2014 16:46:07
if he joined newcastle he would probably drop out of the england set up for centre backs who play at the 'bigger clubs' and here he is loved and is our best defender, if he went to newcastle things would be different and we are top 4-5 contenders, newcastle have a good team don't get me wrong, but you are not there yet

Mike-Ox Long

02 Jan 2014 12:08:28
Deal cancelled: John Heitinga

Heitinga says he did not get the right feeling about moving to West Ham, but has interest from other clubs.

Maybe he didn't fancy the prospect of being found wanting in a team fighting relegation ;-)