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25 Sep 2024 11:18:16
Sarri is the new name for Manager, who is next "the special one"?
1.) 25 Sep 2024 12:12:15
Sure that will infuriate the Roma fans even more to Friedkin.
Mind you sure local shops near ground would do ok when he calls in for his fags! ??.
2.) 25 Sep 2024 13:25:59
why would it bother the Roma fans? because he's ex-Lazio?
3.) 25 Sep 2024 14:16:49
Exactly!
4.) 26 Sep 2024 19:46:26
Means nothing, we took on Benitez .
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20 Jun 2025 16:22:11
Hi gs and GuernseyBlue, thanks for your concern. I am well at 85, had a pacemaker installed but has not stopped me activity wise and still shooting below my age at golf.
Just been quiet on here for a while, got a bit pissed off with some of the personal comments from one individual. It is one thing to disagree with one's comments but I find it a bit cowardly to make personnel comments, you always have one who would not make the same comments if you were face to face.
Looking forward to the new season, live near New York so thinking of going to the game on July 26th at MetLife Stadium, anybody know what section Blues will be seated?
1.) 20 Jun 2025 18:35:50
Hi Mike, good to hear from you. Block 129 is designated for Everton fans, most of the stadium is open to all.
2.) 20 Jun 2025 18:44:51
Good for you to post Mike. You’re obviously missed on the site. Fair play to keeping active and getting some rounds in still. Keep posting mate as we need the opinions of those who’ve seen as much of our club as you have. Good health to you ?.
{Ed025's Note - i second that Ace, good luck Mike mate..
3.) 20 Jun 2025 18:45:11
Good to have you back mate, exciting times.
4.) 20 Jun 2025 18:49:36
Hope you manage to get there, bm, especially if we get a few players through the door. You can give us all the low down on them mate.
Ignore the divvies mate, some will get personal on here when their argument is shot down, wouldn't waste any time stressing about it pal.
5.) 20 Jun 2025 18:50:24
Good to hear you're well BlueMike,
6.) 20 Jun 2025 19:37:55
Keep posting Blue Mike.
7.) 20 Jun 2025 19:59:36
Good to see you Mike, big respect for being as active as you are the 85 what a guy.
8.) 20 Jun 2025 20:17:56
Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated.
Getting older brings its issues but I do have great memories, especially being at Goodison when we won the league and being at Wembley in 1966 and 1995. Hopefully some of you younger supporters will be able to say the same when you reach my age.
I know that the last 30 years have been disappointing but I am optimistic that we can look forward to better things over the next few years.
9.) 20 Jun 2025 20:51:34
Hi Mike hope your well, did you say pacemaker or peacemaker ha ha.
10.) 20 Jun 2025 21:35:26
I wish it was a peacemaker Skylark. It might stop my blood pressure going out of sight when watching a game.
11.) 20 Jun 2025 22:25:59
Pacemaker mate. Took your time! ?.
12.) 21 Jun 2025 01:19:16
Glad to hear your back up to speed BM. I won't see you in NY but I will be in section 110 in Atlanta.
13.) 21 Jun 2025 06:46:03
Good to see you back BlueMike.
14.) 21 Jun 2025 11:10:05
Good to hear you are well BlueMike!
Some achievement to score less than your age.
I don’t post very often but always enjoy your contributions- and GBs.
06 Mar 2025 13:34:21
Great news that the Friedkin Group have refinanced 350m pounds of the stadium costs at a more favorable interest rate. At last we seem to have an owner with some financial sense.
1.) 07 Mar 2025 01:11:55
They will save £50 million a year apparently with the deal they have signed. £50 million that was some interest on that loan that had previously been taken out. Madness.
2.) 07 Mar 2025 17:19:27
Im no mathematician but a 50 million SAVING on that loan must indicate how bad those terms were. About 14% + what Friedkin are potentially paying on a loan that size? That is a criminal offence alone.
27 Feb 2025 02:38:19
Well I am proud of Moyes and the team. Brentford is not the easiest place to get a point and we have had a pretty busy schedule with a small squad. While not at their best getting a point away is pretty damn good. Unbeaten in the league since the Villa match!
Yes Beto should have scored but you have to give credit to their goalkeeper and Beto did get himself into scoring positions, just a pitty he could not convert. I for one will keep an open mind on him until the end of the season.
The rest over the next ten days or so will help rejuvenate tired legs. Three points from the Wolves game will eliminate any worries about relegation. The difference under Moyes is hard to believe, one can only speculate where we would have been in the league if Moyes had been Manager for the entire season.
1.) 27 Feb 2025 06:54:57
I think we have been spoiled to be honest. Beto the way he has been going would have scored at least two last night but don't take it away from their keeper.
2.) 27 Feb 2025 06:59:40
I agree BM. People on here saying it should have been 3/ 4 - 1 aren’t thinking of the chance Brentford missed. Though place to go and I’m ok with a point to be fair. Much better second half performance so must have had a rocket at HT. I don’t think we would have anywhere near the points we do had Dyche still been in charge. I still think we’d have survived but it would have been tight all the way to the end of the season. I’m looking forward to seeing the team when all the long term injuries return!
3.) 27 Feb 2025 08:34:15
Good result last night, there heads could have gone down when we went behind.
{Ed025's Note - second half we were very good Penysarn, should have won it mate..
4.) 27 Feb 2025 09:21:56
Yes Ed’s your right we could of win it mate but it’s a funny place to go to so I’m happy with that the way we played.
{Ed025's Note - we played well Penysarn...very well at times, but we had some excellent chances to bury Brentford mate and failed to take them, very happy with the overall improvement since DM came i though..
5.) 27 Feb 2025 09:40:18
When asked in the after match interview DM did say with a smile on his face that he reminded the team at half time they were EFC players and the 1st half performance was unacceptable.
{Ed025's Note - which is very fair sa, just what they needed mate..
22 Feb 2025 23:13:08
Well we got a point and only lost one game under Moyes and yes we should have had a penalty. But why David take off Lindstram and bring on Young. As soon as Young came on I said to myself we will concede and we did. It seems like complete madness to me and I will never understand it, a SD tactic and it never works.
1.) 22 Feb 2025 23:59:02
It looked like Lindstrom picked up a knock to me, but why he didn't bring Alcaraz on instead is a strange one.
And I had the same thought as you Mike when young came on, that sub changed the game in my opinion.
2.) 23 Feb 2025 08:20:56
I don't think the Young substitution changed much tbh. Utd upped their game in the second half while you lot tired. The change wasn't just down to one player being subbed in.
Just another perspective, the fact that the players tired shows that they have been putting in 101% in every game. And they still tried to keep going in this one. I do agree that Alcaraz could have come in to push on a bit but I don't fault Moyes for trying to conserve the energy of the players and see the game out when they were 2-0 up.
3.) 23 Feb 2025 16:18:55
It was them introducing Ganacho (or however you spell his name) and the fact that they seemed to give Fernandes a free role in the 2nd half.
Lindstrom picked up a knock by the looks of it, his walk off the pitch was a bit tentative anyway.
Whether through tiredness or whatever, we stopped pressing high up the pitch yesterday in the 2nd half and sat back a bit too much. Not the result we wanted but the lads have done well since DM came back. A few more wins will definitely see us safe and then we can reassess our goals for the rest of the season. We're going in the right direction but, like yesterday, there will be bumps in the road between now and May.
15 Feb 2025 19:35:06
So bluepotato, passion and effort are not sufficient to be successful in this league, maybe scoring goals is sufficient. I don't care about his deficiencies, as long as he can score that's what we need.
1.) 15 Feb 2025 20:11:19
I hope he continues to score goals but that won't change my opinion of his overall ability. As I said in another thread, it's not just him that I'd class as championship level that we need to get rid of if we want to progress. We're all entitled to an opinion mate ??.
2.) 15 Feb 2025 20:12:20
No footballing intelligence apparently.
Love the guy, got heart, passion and desire to do well and wants to be with us, really pleased now he's been given a run of games he’s shown us what he can do.
Dyche not playing him or O’Brian is madness.
3.) 15 Feb 2025 20:37:03
Wow, gd. It's a game of opinions mate and I stand by mine. I've explained my reasoning clearly in a few posts so take any childish digs at me all you like, it says more about yourself than it does me.
4.) 15 Feb 2025 21:19:40
It’s banter BP.
Beto is doing exceptionally well and very pleased for him regardless of all the criticism he gets.
5.) 15 Feb 2025 22:17:22
Totally agree GD. Got slaughtered for not looking magnificent with tactics that were rotten for him and for 10 mins at a time at best. Even with that, before Moyes coming back and him getting a chance, his goals ratio compared to DCL was chalk and cheese. He's a real nuisance and creates space/ confusion off second balls. the amount of times he's come on after 80 mins and had more shots than DCL had done in previous 80 - yes there's a lack of top notch quality but that fact in itself said something about work rate and positioning etc.
27 Mar 2025 00:47:18
Ten years is the rumour.
08 Mar 2025 00:30:11
I don't think anyone will pay 40M for him. So if Levy wants to sell him he will be forced to lower his price. I would have him back if the price was right depending on his health between now and the rest of the season.
05 Feb 2025 12:44:18
Look FBS, nobody at Everton has done a good job, look at where we are in the table, until Moyes can in we had three wins. Everyone is to blame, the owner, board, DOF, manager and players. The big question is how are we going to move forward, we have a new owner, a new stadium and a new manager, so can Moyes and Thelwell work together to give us a better squad, if so give Thelwell an extension to his contract, if not get in someone who can work with Moyes. I really believe this will be Moyes choice.
04 Feb 2025 16:56:29
Well I am not one of the ones who hate Thelwell, I just don't really know if we could have done better with all of the money spent or who (as BB states) made the decision for example to take Harrison on for another season. Regardless his contract is up at the end of the season so either he should be given an extension or if he is to go then it should be soon to give the new guy plenty of time to work with Moyes on the squad for next season.
What I would like to see as I have said previously, is for a full review of our scouting setup and for it to be improved. I don't really see too many youngsters (Armstrong aside) coming through the ranks and that has to be a big part of any future business model.
04 Feb 2025 13:23:10
I will be surprised if Thelwell is given a contract extension BB. It is more likely that the new owners will want there own man in. The big question is "when will the change be made"? Better for the club if it is now so the new person can work with Moyes to get ready for the big rebuild in the summer.
22 Jun 2025 01:26:08
They are doing the right thing, recruiting the management team first and they seem to be doing a good job, time will tell. We, the supporters, have to be patient. Hopefully the stupid mistakes of the past will not be repeated. It will take more than one transfer window to complete the process and keeping the players that we already have and want to keep must be the first priority. It is obvious to us and certainly to Moyes and the new recruiting team the positions that are needed to be upgraded. You can ignore most of the tabloid speculation, I expect some surprising and exciting additions before the present window closes.
21 Jun 2025 10:27:12
I am a little out of date having been retired for 20 years but my company had four expensive seats at Yankee Stadium. They were used by some of the executives in the company but mainly entertaining customers. The whole deal was a package that involved the ride to the stadium and a meal after the game. It's the American way.
Not sure it is a bad thing providing there is sufficient lower cost seating for the average supporter. It's a balancing act with a two tier system, you want to increase match day revenue by attracting corporate interest without alienation your loyal fan base. I wouldn't worry too much, the Americans are pretty good at this type of financial dealings, they have a lot of experience.
A lot of crap with other things but this is not one of them.
20 Jun 2025 21:35:26
I wish it was a peacemaker Skylark. It might stop my blood pressure going out of sight when watching a game.
20 Jun 2025 20:08:00
Hi Cookie, I watched Everton play a Mexican team in Soldier Field when Moyes was manager the first time. Was going back to New York at the airport and Moyes and the whole team was at the next gat to mine. I went over and talked to David and wished him good luck for the upcoming season. I said I enjoyed the game and his reply was "apart from the result". Hopefully when you watch them this year they will get a win.
You and your wife will enjoy Chicago, plenty of good restaurants, entertainment and for your wife, shops. Just make sure that you do your homework on the parts to visit and the parts to avoid, especially at night. I believe the bar frequented by Evertonians is called A. J. Hudson's.
20 Jun 2025 20:17:56
Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated.
Getting older brings its issues but I do have great memories, especially being at Goodison when we won the league and being at Wembley in 1966 and 1995. Hopefully some of you younger supporters will be able to say the same when you reach my age.
I know that the last 30 years have been disappointing but I am optimistic that we can look forward to better things over the next few years.