Everton rumours 3

20 Oct 2024 20:40:45
Now reading that DCL will only sign a new contract if he is offered a huge amount of money, say no more.

20 Oct 2024 21:20:09
Well let's see what other clubs will offer, GB. DCL is a good CF but not a great one since he does not score many goals, so we shall see. The game yesterday where he was one on one with the goalkeeper and still did not score just about sums up DCL for me, the great center-forwards would have put that away with ease.

20 Oct 2024 22:59:49
I know it won’t happen and Ed02 has already said it won’t but I’d love to see us resign Richarlison if DCL goes. He’s sat on the bench for Spurs and out of favour. Would love to see him and Ndiaye link up in attack. Well, one can but dream we get someone in who can score.

21 Oct 2024 00:06:16
Agree BR, wonder if any possibility we could get him on loan for 12 months?

21 Oct 2024 07:34:11
Would be a massive upgrade on DC mate.

21 Oct 2024 09:56:39
DCL is great at leading the line however he does need to seriously work on his finishing. He is on a good wage and in my opinion if we are trying to bring the wage bill down to sustainable levels then if he were to stay then the offer on the table should actually be less than he is on now not more. If he doesn't want to take that then that's his choice. I would keep him till the end of his contract and let him make the decision he feel is best for him. Trying to sell him in the January window is false economy in my opinion as he will provide more to the squad value wise than the amount any suitor would probably want to pay.

21 Oct 2024 10:49:08
I don't think he can change the way he reacts when he is put through on goal, it should be instinctive but it just isn't in him.

21 Oct 2024 12:52:21
Maximising your salary is not something I'd hold against a player. If he can earn it elsewhere he has every right to ask for it from Everton, we have the right not to pay it.
My gut feeling is still that it would be best for all parties if he moved on and we found a new number 9 to lead the charge at BMD, with Chermiti as understudy.

21 Oct 2024 12:58:38
Agree there JB.

19 Oct 2024 07:47:49
Looks like Young will start today even though reports say Seamus is fit.

{Ed025's Note - its a problem position for us GB, but to be fair Young has done well in recent weeks even though im certainly not a fan of his mate..

19 Oct 2024 08:40:57
Keane and Young have done ok mate but would prefer other choices to those two, soooooooo many mistakes between them in the earlier games.

19 Oct 2024 09:23:22
Sorry but neither should be in the team. One half decent game in every four or five is not good enough. Still I suppose it shows where we are as supporters now, been fed mediocrity for so long we are now grateful for the odd good game.

{Ed025's Note - thats a good point mate..

19 Oct 2024 10:12:05
obrien must start, can see him asking for a move in jan.

19 Oct 2024 10:44:37
The further up the pitch MK is the happier I am. Young has finally started to clear the first man. I knew he'd lost his legs but thought his dead ball quality wouldn't have been as dire as its been. He needs to also do his work in the opposition half because I close my eyes when he's defending. I hate SD but to be fair, . some players are just back with no game time and most clubs ease injury recovered players back in. It's effing disgusting a club that's spent over £700m on players doesn't have any depth. I'm nervous for today. Bottom 3 sides always pick up their points from us.

19 Oct 2024 18:38:53
They might not be players that we want to rely on week in and week out but, to be fair, the last couple of games they've both done ok.

20 Oct 2024 18:22:35
Ashley young gets so much undeserved grief. He covers 4 positions. It's not his fault our players constantly get injured and he very rarely seems to be. Without him this season we'd have been playing people out of position at LB. And Dixon would have probably played every game at RB, I know some people would be happy with that but young has done his job.

If you are unhappy that he gets a game, direct your frustration at the recruitment team and our current players who can't stay fit.

17 Oct 2024 18:42:33
New rule being trialled in Premier League 2, if a goalkeeper has hold of the ball for 8 seconds then a corner is awarded to the opposition.

17 Oct 2024 21:28:10
Should be a lot of penalty action then with corners.

18 Oct 2024 09:09:42
Didn’t think refs could count to eight?

18 Oct 2024 14:59:27
Why 8? Do people actually sit around tables discussing this and then come up with 8? Also people count at different speeds, how can they possibly enforce this.

18 Oct 2024 16:32:38
Maybe VAR could assist. Then in the interests of sportsmanship, deduct 4-5 seconds if one of the top 6 clubs, and add 4-5 seconds for all other clubs.

18 Oct 2024 16:40:35
I’m willing to give it some time if it does what it’s designed to do and stop time wasting. He’ll have to drop the ball and then we will see who the organised pressers are.

18 Oct 2024 17:22:56
I would simply just stop watching football altogether forever if they continue to fook about with the game anymore.

18 Oct 2024 19:47:53
Well with pickford in our goal we will be facing 100 corners a game lol.

18 Oct 2024 20:47:44
Wasn’t there a 6 second rule at one stage that didn’t really do much. Not sure why 8 is the new number. If a keeper is taking the mick, let the ref just talk to them and book them second time. Strange why people mess about with changing stuff like this when there are more pressing issues that corps be sorted (like VAR)

19 Oct 2024 17:27:51
It remember a 3 step rule but not a 6 second one.

15 Oct 2024 20:35:38
Tuchel is the new England manager according to Sky, sources in Germany stating he's signed an 18 month contract to be announced by the FA tomorrow!

15 Oct 2024 20:44:01
So that’s him not going utd hopefully they go all out for Southgate just incase tfg are hoping he says free for us.

15 Oct 2024 21:49:58
Actually, I was kind of hoping that we might go for Tuchel after the takeover as for me he was exactly the type and calibre of manager we should be going for to replace what we currently have, looks like we missed out on this occasion!

15 Oct 2024 22:08:29
Not sure we could afford him Elvis but he did seem to know what he was doing.

16 Oct 2024 19:49:25
I think fans would have warmed to Tuchel's erratic nature on the touchline and, that would have acted as a catalyst for plenty of noise.

14 Oct 2024 15:48:11
Any truth that UEFA are looking to host the 2027 champions league final at Bramley Moore?

14 Oct 2024 18:54:32
Saw same reports but think its a Liverpool fan trying to stir that they will win champs league in our stadium. Too small i thought? Would like to think it would be in running for a Europa League final maybe towards end of decade?

15 Oct 2024 08:49:04
you've been had by Azul on twitter lads, he's a blue and he's brilliant on there

think he goes by Liam Cello these days on there, he's great xD.

14 Oct 2024 07:22:28
Just reading we have 13 contracts up in the summer, it's going to be busy.

14 Oct 2024 09:53:03
bitter sweet

chance of a fresh start, but lot of hard work to do in one window. especially with a new manager

it's why i'd keep Thelwell on for another couple years, so it's not complete upheaval, new regime or not if it's complete change all over, i think it'll be hard for us.

Thelwell get's a bad rep for me, Beto/ Maupay aside i think the targets/ business have been good, especially the targets given we have no financial strength.

14 Oct 2024 11:14:45
I agree that KT gets a lot more grief than is deserved. He's done a lot more remedial work than he gets credited. Not a single manager or DOF has a flawless record. Can't see him staying around with new owners as I think they'll want their own appointments and so they should for a billion quid.

14 Oct 2024 12:49:10
Both Dyche and Thelwell also have contracts that expire in the summer, I would like a clean sweep with both those two and a good few of our present squad got rid, time to move on and this takeover really presents us with a great chance to finally get things right and move Everton on from its near recent disaster.

14 Oct 2024 13:13:55
thats what i mean though GB, i think too much too quickly could be devastating aswel, i'd want something at least having a passover period

KT has been trying to do deals with 1 arm behind his back, and especially in attacking instances EFC not really an attractive club for that.

i think the targets themselves have been respectable, sorting out the loans going outward at EFC have improved and youth scouting/ recruitment under him seems to have finally been scoped in on

i'd like to see him given a chance with competent higher ups personally.

14 Oct 2024 13:57:02
Agree GB. New horizons and hopefully some success before my time is up.

14 Oct 2024 14:58:29
Can see the logic of keeping our DOF wblue2 but my fear is we have had Moshiri, several managers and DOFs and so many average to poor players over the years and now finally maybe just maybe Freidkin will be the Messiah we have all been waiting for, he can clear them all out once and for all and start from scratch we go again and who knows, just can’t help feeling things are changing now and it’s going to get better.

14 Oct 2024 16:26:00
You can't buy players with buttons, what part of that can't anyone see, you go do the weekly shopping with 20 quid, you may be able to put food on the table but it won't be very good, same with therwell, nobody knows what is going on behind the scenes, but he has got some decent players who have made us better, so let's not run before we can walk.

14 Oct 2024 16:38:40
The majority of those thirteen players are not worth keeping anyway. So as people say, time to start from scratch and change the whole mentality of this club.

14 Oct 2024 17:42:38
Only way to go for me Brass, fed up to the back teeth with second rate everything at Everton,

14 Oct 2024 19:57:33
KT contract up in summer. Go all out for Davie Weir from Brighton. Need someone who has an eye for talent.

15 Oct 2024 12:52:53
Of the 13 with contracts up its only DCL that we may probably miss.

Young, Coleman, Virginia, keane, begovic, Gueye and doucore all unlikely to be missed.

The others are our loan players and a bit too early to judge whether we’d want to if had the option of making them permanent deals - Mangala, Harrison, lindstrom and Broja.

Will be an interesting summer with hopefully a few youngsters given a chance to step up and a few decent additions being made to the squad also.

15 Oct 2024 21:04:16
Just hope they can keep us up and we don’t offer any of them silly contracts between now and the end of the season.

10 Oct 2024 18:41:13
I see Giovanni van Bronckhorst is being tipped as our next manager once Freidkin takes over, would still prefer Potter myself.

10 Oct 2024 19:37:45
Not for me thanks.

10 Oct 2024 20:21:30
Managed Rangers didn't he? Don't know a lot about him apart from he played for Arsenal.

10 Oct 2024 22:00:14
Looks like Carsley has done himself no favours tonight after that result. Wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world to appoint him at Everton….

10 Oct 2024 22:27:04
He has some pedigree but not sure how he would do in the EPL. Better than what we've got that's for sure. I still fancy Potter.

11 Oct 2024 10:53:25
Hmm not sure on that one yes give him granted he got rangers into europe league final like i would go all out for Rubin almiron from sporting that's of course if he would be interested and if not potter would also be good shout and me 3rd option would be fonseca but think whoever does take the reins we all have to get behind the new manager regardless of who it is.

11 Oct 2024 11:00:11
How can anyone want carsley as Everton manager, are you insane, we've been down this track before and it failed, it's not just I we will have him or him or even him, they need to see what he will bring, what he's achieved and for how long, tone can have a good season but can they do it year after year, carsly brings what, oh yes he played for Everton, give me strength.

11 Oct 2024 11:26:27
Can Bronckhurst has 57% win record as manager, that’s a lot higher than what we currently have, all be it in lesser leagues. There’s been rumours of Mourinho too…can’t see it personally as he fell out with Friedkin when sacked at saying many nasty things…although strangely I think he could be a good fit for us!

11 Oct 2024 13:36:12
It's like the calls for Mark Robins last season just because Coventry had a cup run. Massive step up managing us and even moreso under the circumstances we have been under.

11 Oct 2024 18:01:22
This new mob if they get it done, have already sacked Fonseca and Jose. Not sure they'll be on any list. When have we done a Carsley appointment before? I'm not endorsing him by the way but I'm intrigued to hear you enlighten me.
What has Potter done over anyone else in the rumour hat?
We seem to acknowledge the trick lots of clubs do in unearthing new talented managers with envy yet robustly dismiss anyone who hasn't the world class CV and the ones who do have a CV far more impressive than our entire PL history are also dismissed as not good enough. They'll all have the same problem, they'll need to polish turds and please us. I'm pretty sure we were once a club that was an innovator and not a impersonator.

11 Oct 2024 19:00:09
Spot on FBS.

12 Oct 2024 21:08:39
Some of you guys either have short memories or are too young but didn't one of our former players become one of our best managers with more trophies than any of the so called big shot managers of late? Howard Kendall is his name. I don't know if Carsley is the answer but rather have him than Fonseca or Jose. We need a young manager with passion for the club, one who has up to date coaching skills and one who has knowledge of the young players around the leagues who we could recruit for reasonable cost. Unfortunately non of us will do the picking so we could well end up with another costly has-been.

12 Oct 2024 23:35:13
We also had a former player as a manager who won our last trophy.

13 Oct 2024 17:55:58
Both valid points Blue mike and Shropshire Blue, but the game and world has vastly changed over the 30+ years when the majority of players, managers and owners were British Born and in a lot of cases local, all of which I preferred but the money and global coverage has taken away the values of clubs and football in general we all know this.

09 Oct 2024 18:00:21
I see there are rumours around saying DCL will sign a new contract, I really hope this is not the case, time for him to move on.

09 Oct 2024 19:36:52
I’d be happy for him to stay, we need more than one striker, he’d be decent competition for a number one choice.

09 Oct 2024 20:03:53
Him with broja alternating should be decent.

{Ed025's Note - hopefully Dixie..

09 Oct 2024 20:12:15
Not for me mate he’s had his day needs to go with Sean and others, new everything for me had enough of these has beens hopefully when Freidkin comes in things will change for the better.

09 Oct 2024 21:01:31
Please no no no please don't tell me he is staying, will we never learn.

09 Oct 2024 22:29:10
If he signs a year’s extension and we can sell him in the summer….

10 Oct 2024 08:27:37
I don't think that is something he will go for BR as then he will miss out on money. I also think that by the time summer comes around, less and less will be in for him as he will continue to show that he is a very limited player. A one-trick pony some might say and not a very useful trick in the modern game.

Get him gone. He hasn't shown any commitment to us, especially after we have continued to back him during his barren spells.

Get somebody new in for me. Send him to Sheffield Utd. That is about his level.

10 Oct 2024 12:50:21
Would much rather him sign a new contract that leave on a free.

This season he’s looking a lot fitter and sharper than previous and think with the right manager he could well bag 15+ goals a season for us but not with the way Dyche sets us up and plays.

10 Oct 2024 12:54:38
Exactly BlueNose DCL and a few others will be going, new broom for me we have all seen what they can do and unfortunately cannot not do, get rid.

10 Oct 2024 17:01:24
Agree GB.

People can choose to keep making excuses for the lad e. g. not the right manager, style of play etc. The truth is that we should not be recruiting a manager or adopting a style of play to suit one player and as I say, a very limited player at that.

He has had 2 good seasons where he made double figures. The other 6 seasons he has got nowhere near, with his highest attempt being 7 goals - but I guess that is the managers faults hey.

The most overrated Everton player I have ever seen.

10 Oct 2024 18:06:23
I've never been a massive DCL fan but I think a 2 year deal with a release clause of X amount and then sell him after a year. He's still got to be worth £35m in today's market. More than likely we won't have any money to spend again next season so it's better than nothing.

10 Oct 2024 18:56:25
And we have had some overrated players eh BlueNose, but agree DCL now needs six try’s to score one and that’s being generous.

10 Oct 2024 19:25:24
Broja getting close to being available. It's convenient for DCL to push out positive news to keep fans on board.

10 Oct 2024 23:04:32
I just don’t get the DCL hate. We have only had one decent manager since Moyes and he managed to get a a tune out of him! We have a lot worse players than dom who I would show the door first. Everyone going on about broja what’s he ever done? From what I remember, he had 5 decent games for Southampton when unknown and has never done anything since!

11 Oct 2024 00:18:18
Why does having the opinion that he is overrated and not a very good striker labelled as hate?

We do have a lot worse players you are right but they need to go as well. I guess the difference is, is that they aren't given excuse after excuse and cleared of any accountability of failing to deliver.

How you have just described Broja sounds identical to DCL after his Carlo season.

11 Oct 2024 07:54:27
Not hate for me just my opinion mate.

11 Oct 2024 14:35:20
Difference is blue nose dom at least did it for a season. I’m not saying pay him whatever he wants, just if wages are reasonable he should stay. We can and have done worse striker wise in our recent history aside from rom and loads used to give him stick. What I would do for him now! Everyone seems to want to give Beto and broja a chance but in the times they have played, whether it be for us or others they miss just as many if not more easy chances. Broja was playing in a much better team than ours at Chelsea and they deemed him not good enough based on lack of goals so what’s suggests that will change with us?

11 Oct 2024 16:14:16
1 season out of 8 does not warrant getting paid over 100k a week for me mate. His record proves to me that he will miss more than he scores. No doubt he is great in the air but we don't provide him decent crosses to attack and also the game has quickly moved further away from that type of gameplan now.

Absolutely we can do worse than Dom but we can also do a lot better imo. It is always a gamble getting a striker in, after all it is the hardest thing to do in the game.

Beto has been handled poorly and now may be damaged goods forever. He was a quality forward for Udinese. The worst thing that could have happened to him is Dom finding his fitness for the first time in a long time. His bit-part spells and last 5 minutes of games decimated his confidence and he doesn't seem to have that capability to rediscover it. Just one of those ones that hasn't worked out.

Broja, I shouldn't really judge as he hasn't but on a blue shirt yet but from what I have seen, I was never chomping at the bit to get him in whenever we were linked.

Youssoufa Moukoko
Guirassy
Dia
Balogun
Orban
Moffi

All been available in recent enough windows and make much more sense to go after.

14 Oct 2024 11:14:39
DCL hasn't been brilliant since his injuries but he's still a million times better than Beto and is our best striker til Broja proves me wrong and does brill. I personally hope Dom stays but can see why others don't.

{Ed025's Note - its not easy to judge centre forwards Andy because of the way we set up, even if we had Haaland up there if he was on his own and had little support his effectiveness would be stymied mate..

09 Oct 2024 08:55:19
Reading the Freidkin group will be making a new Heavyweight Senior management Team as soon as our takeover happens, at last the start of a new Everton can't come quick enough.

09 Oct 2024 13:21:28
Let’s hope so.

09 Oct 2024 16:45:49
That must be why their putting the big seats in the stands.

{Ed025's Note - love it Brass..

09 Oct 2024 17:06:42
I did read they planned to beef up the management team to support Dyche, gulp!

09 Oct 2024 17:15:51
Is that footballing side or fiance side ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️either way I'm happy ?????.

09 Oct 2024 18:01:12
Bloody hell, why aren't some of you lot on the telly, the wit is rapier like haha.

09 Oct 2024 18:04:23
I certainly wouldn't throw any money at him to try and improve him. You can polish a diamond but you can't polish a t. d.

09 Oct 2024 18:41:55
Could do with some of the Heavyweights on the pitch at the mo.

09 Oct 2024 22:30:22
Sorry GB, we’ve nothing but deadweights out there sometimes.

14 Oct 2024 11:15:32
Heavyweight? Big Sam and Fat Rafa return?

05 Oct 2024 15:15:58
Hope Tim is in midfield today in place of Doucoure, am reading DCl will not even consider signing a new contract at the mo, this won't end well I'm sure.

05 Oct 2024 15:22:03
Let him go then. We haven’t had the value out of him we should’ve over the last few seasons. Misses too many chances but admittedly is excellent holding up the ball.

I’d like him to stay but I won’t miss him either. He clearly wants to try pastures new. It’s the game, it happens to all clubs and there’s little else we can do about it.

I would hope though that knowing this has been coming for as long as it has, we have identified targets for January or the summer.

{Ed025's Note - we still have Broja to come in Ace..

05 Oct 2024 15:27:09
Let him go if that's his loyalty to Everton. Invested time and money on him and won't get anything in return.

05 Oct 2024 15:30:34
Then get shut of him if he won’t sign, never mind we will be above united today when we win.

05 Oct 2024 15:50:26
Agree not sure I would keep him even if he agreed to a contract.

05 Oct 2024 16:31:00
Should have got shut over a year ago.

05 Oct 2024 16:33:54
If he's not interested in signing anew contract pug someone else up front. If geto don't cut it then try Sherif or Benjamin out the u21s.

05 Oct 2024 16:00:51
Yes Ed we do. Escaped my mind. Love this guys energy so I’m hoping we get him going and claim his permanent move in the summer if it works well.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Ace, looking forward to what he brings mate..

05 Oct 2024 18:20:00
Hope Broja likes balls being lumped up to him.

{Ed025's Note - its the midfield thats the problem for me JB, they are all over the place and nobody seems to know where they are supposed to be playing mate, and Doucs is just roaming around like a zombie, a very hard watch up to now and to be honest i cant see us holding out for another 45 minutes..

05 Oct 2024 18:40:06
Can’t argue with that, Ed. We’re still a couple of transfer windows away from having a decent team. Dacoure just doesn’t have the legs for the Premier League anymore.

{Ed025's Note - your right JB..

05 Oct 2024 19:17:47
Agree about midfield Ed025. Never organised and probably because Dyche don't use them during matches. Doucoure needs to come off. Looks like he's running in mud.

{Ed025's Note - Doucs tries Dentie but hes a waste of time like Harrison mate, you cant play with 9 men and expect to beat teams, we got away with a point there but we cant ride our luck in every game..

05 Oct 2024 20:37:55
Have to agree about Midfield, he has got them playing like a load of strangers. As fir Dom i wouldn't even offer him a contract, i know it can be difficult the ball just lumped up to him but he can't hold it up at any time.

06 Oct 2024 00:35:31
Midfield are all suffering from stiff necks watching the ball sail over their heads. It’s the Neolithic tactics that are killing us, this long ball crap in the hope we get on to a knock-down. Again conceding possession to the away team, I bloody hate this hoof ball crap.

06 Oct 2024 13:35:00
We play so much hoof ball I think we could do with a farrier when fitting players with boots.

07 Oct 2024 15:06:50
Tim doesn't work in our set up playing deep

individually he started nicely, got found out at spurs and Villa (no shame in that)

he's still finding his feet, played more PL minutes for us already than he did at Villa, but i'd rather have Gana/ Mangala in there right now, or Garner when he's not RB.

03 Oct 2024 18:46:42
Reading that JB has pulled up in training, hope all is well for him by Sat.

03 Oct 2024 19:35:14
OH God, not Keane again. Last season Keane played nine league games, we lost seven of them. This season he played five league games we lost four of them.

03 Oct 2024 19:36:10
That’s all we need.

03 Oct 2024 20:29:52
Out until after the international break apparently.

03 Oct 2024 20:38:02
Keane, tarky and young up against a player of Gordon's pace.

03 Oct 2024 21:38:59
Can't finish his dinner though.

04 Oct 2024 12:29:12
Hopefully Jake O Brien will play.

04 Oct 2024 21:47:01
Well one would hope so GB but SD has to shown any willingness to use him over Keane. Can't really see why we bought O'Brien if you prefer to use a player like Keane who has shown time after time that he is not good enough.

04 Oct 2024 23:27:00
I'm sure dyche plays Keane when he can in the hope he plays well.

{Ed025's Note- its certainly not ideal Dentie as is playing Young, but its a case of mend and make do im afraid mate, yes he could gamble with O,Brien but he sees him every day so there must be a reason he is reluctant to throw him in..

05 Oct 2024 00:08:50
Ed025 Well we see Keane game after game and he is useless and the statistics tell us that if he plays we have a good chance of losing. Not sure what we have to lose in giving O'Brien a chance. If you remember SD said the same thing about JB last season and played Keane with the same losing results, when he was pretty well forced into playing JB things turned around.

{Ed025's Note - yeah i agree BM and im not condoning the selection process of Sean mate, im just saying why i think he will play Keane, he actually said Iliman was not premier league ready a few weeks ago and he has been probably our best player..

05 Oct 2024 11:54:05
Thanks Ed025 mate, what I do know is that Keane is not premier league ready. Well as usual, regardless of who plays, I will have my Everton jersey on and be yelling for the blues, we need a win and against Newcastle and Gordon, it will be even more satisfying.

{Ed025's Note - i think we are all the same Mike, we dont always agree with Dyche on his team but once they cross that white line we are all rooting for them mate, im not a fan of Young or Keane but once they wear that blue shirt i am praying for them to do well (actually Young has done well the last 2 games), a win today would be massive but they are a decent team and a draw would not be the end of the world i feel mate...i just want us to move up the league so i can breathe easy and enjoy my golf tomorrow without my red mates giving me stick.. :)

05 Oct 2024 15:26:32
I look at the table and keep thinking we should be 3 points further up. Still struggling to get my head around the Bournemouth game. Would love 3 points today and sitting in or around 13th going into the break.