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21 Apr 2025 11:17:11
Do any Eds think we have a chance of signing Liam Delap?
I think the likes of Tom Fellows and Charlie Alcarez would be brilliant acquisitions but somebody like Delap would be an amazing marquee signing going into BMD.
{Ed025's Note - i think he will go to a top 4 side myself WT, but i would love us to get him mate..
1.) 21 Apr 2025 13:00:25
Think he will rejoin City who will loan him out depending on who they want to buy. Can see a deal where Branthwaite is wanted by City plus we get offered Delap on loan plus 30m.
2.) 21 Apr 2025 14:09:45
With so many teams looking for a number 9, just can’t see us being in the race for him.
3.) 21 Apr 2025 13:57:34
What do you mean Ed’s we will be a top 4 team mate lol.
{Ed025's Note - i would like to think so Penysarn but we have to learn to walk before we can run mate.. :)
4.) 21 Apr 2025 18:25:47
If City wanted Branthwaite then would ask for Delap but not as a loan. Swap plus cash let's see just how badly they want him.
5.) 21 Apr 2025 19:08:49
If he goes to city, then good luck to the kid. He could be playing week out for Everton. Rather than stuck on the bench for city.
6.) 21 Apr 2025 23:02:18
Cookie you genuinely think we’d let Branthwaite go for £30m and the option to loan Delap for a season?
That’s like a £40m package tops!
Think the only way Branthwaite goes to city and we did actually want Delap then it would be Delap coming to us on a permanent plus something like £40m cash and a sell on fee included in any future sale of Delap.
Branthwaite all day long is a £70m+ player.
No way is Delap currently worth more than £30m based on one season in the league.
7.) 22 Apr 2025 17:25:13
I said that would be city's initial offer. Think it will end up at 50-60m plus Delap on loan for year before we accept. But I don't know just a feeling.
8.) 23 Apr 2025 22:33:13
Sorry cookie didn’t see anything regarding an “initial” offer just read what you’d written.
Will be interesting to see what happens with JB - unfortunately think there’ll be a lot of interest in him this closed season - hopefully don’t need to sell but if we do decide to we should be in a decent position to negotiate for once.
07 Jan 2025 03:27:51
I assume that managers representatives will let a club know if their client is interested or not well before an under pressure incumbent is sacked.
Hopefully TFG have their man ready to go and we will see a flurry of activity later this week.
UTFT NSNO.
23 Jun 2024 12:00:48
ManUre have apparently made a £50 million bid for Onana. I'd happily drive the lad there myself for that fee.
{Ed025's Note - you could take him in your truck WT.. :)
1.) 23 Jun 2024 12:17:22
Really? On one hand we have people literally crying about us possibly selling a player who has 1 year left and doesn't score goals for a massive profit if rumours true at £35m who cost £1.5m
And then a very young player who is 1 year older than Branthwaite and cost £35m is wanted by Arsenal, Chelsea, ManU, Barcelona, Munich etc and the fee is relatively rumoured to only be £50ishM. The kid is clearly not in a team with the good players he makes look good like he does for his country. Must be the players fault.
2.) 23 Jun 2024 12:18:44
Could put all his possessions in the back Ed. do you think it's a genuine offer or just media rubbish?
{Ed025's Note - i think it might be genuine WT, quite a few clubs are interested in him mate...dont ask me why .. :)
3.) 23 Jun 2024 12:22:04
I'd want aleast 60 for onnana at minimum chelsea paid that for lavia.
{Ed025's Note - get bretto on our negotiations team.. :)
4.) 23 Jun 2024 12:23:09
Excellent news that the Manure are offering over £50 million for Onana and if we can get £37 or near abouts for injury prone DCL that would be great news indeed, keep JB young players coming in will be a new Team when we kick off in the summer, Sean getting deals done early bring it on.
5.) 23 Jun 2024 12:31:36
The lad obviously thinks he can do a lot better for himself so let him go. To me he’s just another Paul Pogba. Has talent but very rarely shows it.
6.) 23 Jun 2024 14:05:25
DCL was a more effective player for us than Onana in my opinion FBS. We now we have to sell someone otherwise we’d keep them all. I’d take 50 for Onana.
7.) 23 Jun 2024 14:35:08
And the same suspects crying over Dobbin, . Small and all kinds of long forgottens. Utterly baffling.
8.) 23 Jun 2024 14:47:19
I think he’s been very good in euros he’s strong can tackle and a decent passer.
9.) 23 Jun 2024 21:51:12
Having a differing opinion to FBS = crying. Hope Dobbin does well, didn’t see enough from him personally. If we can get good money for Onana, we should take it and secure FFP. Think we’ll struggle to find a number 9 that does the job that Dom’s done for us in difficult circumstances, happy to be proven wrong by Thelwell and co of course.
10.) 23 Jun 2024 23:17:28
Spot on FBS. Some go on about how good DCL could be with better players around him but don't apply the same logic to Onana.
I am not too fussed as he clearly wants to go and has high aspirations but the way people talk him down as if he is sh**e is beyond baffling. That being said, I guess football is a game of opinions after all.
11.) 24 Jun 2024 08:30:47
Say what you see. I see a player with a lot of potential who sadly doesn't always show it.
12.) 24 Jun 2024 10:24:40
The lad has undoubted ability, but have to agree he seems more of a Pogba luxury player toe and his heart doesn't seem in it.
He will no doubt go elsewhere and in a possession retaining team and a worker ngolo kante type next to him flourish.
Sadly we simple don't have the calibre of players or style to get the best out of him. A decent profit is not a bad deal, I was actually worried we get our outlay back.
13.) 24 Jun 2024 10:56:57
I don't think anyone doubt that he has qualities and he could grow into a fantastic player. We are not, unfortunately, in a position to hang on to all of our assets. If we get good bids for any player, we'd have to consider them. If we sell him for more than we purchased him for, you'd have to say that's good business. Hopefully the days of us paying over the odds for ageing players is gone (I know, Ashley Young - but we need some old heads) .
30 May 2024 16:14:45
DCL to Newcastle for £25 million. Apparently that would alleviate psr issues. I'd much rather sell him than Braithwaite or Pickford.
1.) 30 May 2024 17:17:03
I agree, Pickford has kept us up, has been amazing and Branthwaite is best young defender in England. DCL hasn’t played so it’s not as if we will miss him.
{Ed025's Note - i think we will him big time Swinners..
2.) 30 May 2024 17:44:20
Agree with ED, we will miss him, he was getting closer and closer to his best as the season closed out, and at his best he's worth twice that. Would rather we got rid of Onana before the rest of the world realises how overrated he is. Don't think we would miss him at all.
{Ed025's Note - the thing is ONE is that he is by miles the best forward we have, the fact that he was plying a lone furrow most of the time did not help him one bit mate, if Dyche was more pragmatic and had someone decent either along side him or just behind him then im sure we would see a quality forward, he holds up the ball well and is great in the air, myself i think he has had a bad press but i must say his injury record last season turned a lot of the supporters against him and all that prancing around in the fashion stakes did not help, but if he does go to say Newcastle with better service and better players around him i think we would regret letting him go..
3.) 30 May 2024 17:52:11
He averages a goal every 4 games. when fit.
4.) 30 May 2024 18:03:29
I would definitely rather lose DCL than Pickford or Jared. Simply for the fact that he would be easier to replace then they would. That isn't to say that I don't think we will miss DCL. He suits how SD wants to play. He is a decent forward, who can hold the ball up well and bring others into play. I will always question him as a finisher though, he is far from a natural one. I am yet to see him strike a ball with any technique or conviction in the 8 seasons he has played for us and he misses far too many chances he gets. He has 54 goals across 8 seasons. People absolutely hammer linked players like Che Adams for similar numbers but seem to overlook it when it comes to DCL. You could argue that those numbers would be better if it wasn't for injuries but you can't discount a players fitness and robustness when assessing them as a player. If they aren't on the pitch, then they aren't going to score.
20, nearly 40% of DCL's goals have been with his head. It is right to say that we don't have any wingers who can beat a man and cross the ball in the squad atm, so if we don't have those players that can facilitate his best chances of scoring, his numbers will expectedly take a hit. In terms of his goal contribution, is he irreplaceable, I don't think so.
I think that term can be used more appropriately to describe JP and Jared. Pickford has been our player of the season 3 seasons on the spin and he has probably been the most integral player for us in avoiding relegation. It is not just his ability as a keeper that we would be losing, it is his leadership and his connection to the fan base. He has come on leaps and bounds these last few seasons and even his biggest critics have started to notice it.
Jared would be another big miss. He partners Tarkowski brilliantly and offers great balance to the backline being predominantly left-footed. I think it is also worth noting that his value will only increase next season. There is a chance that he could have a part to play in this summers tournament, which again can only increase his value. We could let him go this summer for 60/ 70m and then next summer he could easily be talked about as a 100m + centre back. I think another season would do him the world of good and would allow him to learn the league that bit better and iron out any creases to his game.
If DCL was banging in 15/ 20 goals a season for us, it would be a no brainer to keep him. Goals are very hard to come by and us as a team show that more than any of them. The reason we stayed up this season is due to our defence and losing any of the 3 mainstays would disrupt it massively.
Could we sell DCL and find a 10 goal a season forward with similar attributes, yes I think we could. There are players from the lower leagues like Morris, Adebayo and Pedro who have the right attributes to come into this league and hold their own. There are unknowns like the fella Fulham picked up, Muniz. Then there are loans we could exploit from the top clubs with saturated squads e. g. Nketiah, Fofana etc.
In an ideal world we could keep all 3 of them but given our situation, I think I would rather lose Dom and Onana before JP and Jared.
5.) 30 May 2024 18:33:02
With his contract being up next year do you know if there is a clause that we can extend it by a further year?
If he goes at least the club will make millions by selling maupauy shirts.
6.) 30 May 2024 20:22:46
Do you think if true we are interested in newcastles winger he would be part of the deal £25 million and player aswell ????.
{Ed025's Note - i would not think so RON..
7.) 31 May 2024 07:05:18
I'd rather keep him, not just the goals but we just look better with him playing. Beto hasn't done what he was bought for. So I'd rather sell him and Onana tbh.
8.) 30 May 2024 21:43:54
Asked before but does anyone know exactly how much we need to raise for PSR.
{Ed002's Note - No they don't know exactly.}
06 May 2024 08:16:10
Rumours that Kevin Malone has flown to the UK to try and sort a deal to buy us. this surely has to be better than 777 getting control.
1.) 06 May 2024 08:30:34
Looks like he will fit the bill. Poor track record and signs players on high wages. Oh dear here we could go again lol.
2.) 06 May 2024 10:14:32
Pure speculation all of this none of us know what 777,Malone or any other potential buyers are likewe can only go by what the rags tell us, we all thought Moshiri was our Saviour and so did the press, look where that got us.
3.) 06 May 2024 13:50:04
I just read that a reliable source has said he's heard nothing about this new investor so no point worrying about weather there suitable or not.
4.) 06 May 2024 15:00:02
Apparently this New takeover with Malone if it happens will carry with it very high interest rates, sounds very scary to me.
{Ed025's Note - im just sitting back and letting it play out GB, there is nothing we can do to influence things so what will be will be mate, we are in a big heap of trouble and we just have to hope that the players in this money go round come up with something that will benefit the club...but im not holding my breath..
5.) 06 May 2024 15:25:38
Maybe it's a ploy to jerk 777 to close out the deal. I would prefer they get out of the deal.
6.) 06 May 2024 15:32:53
After all we have gone through with point deductions appeals etc etc we get out of that but we are still in deep doo doo, it never bloney stops mate.
7.) 06 May 2024 16:06:28
I've just red a article stating wealthey Arab's will make there interest known this week.
8.) 06 May 2024 17:36:36
Hope they have plenty of camels and barrels of oil.
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28 Apr 2025 02:35:40
Congratulations to the other lot for a deserved title win.
UTFT NSNO IMWT.
1.) 28 Apr 2025 09:43:53
Lovely to see them celebrate by using blue flares aswell as red.
2.) 28 Apr 2025 11:48:43
Wow! Really.
3.) 28 Apr 2025 21:01:25
None of that language on here Welsh! Haha.
4.) 28 Apr 2025 21:12:56
Classy Welsh Trucker. They are a very good side. We can only hope!
22 Apr 2025 23:30:17
Harrison Armstrong, Jarred Branthwaite, Jake O'brien, James Garner, Jordan Pickford and Dwight McNeil are a pretty good bunch to build our team around.
Adding the likes of Tom Fellows and hopefully Liam Delap will see a marked improvement next season.
Things are starting to look far more positive and hopefully BMD will get a team to build new memories.
UTFT NSNO IMWT.
1.) 23 Apr 2025 09:08:27
All good teams need a strong spine. We have Pickford, Branthwaite (if he’s not sold) . But need a playmaker in the centre and a striker. Then build around that.
2.) 23 Apr 2025 11:18:00
Agreed BMD.
{Ed025's Note - im with that as well..
3.) 23 Apr 2025 12:31:19
Not sure about mcneil personally.
04 Mar 2025 02:35:30
Graeme Sharp is and will always be a legend of our club. For him to feel ostracised says far more about us than him.
If you know your history is a famous chant and yet it appears some don't.
I really hope that he is persuaded to return to Goodison before our final season ends there.
I expect pelters from some on this site but for me Sharp will always be a legend and a hero.
NSNO UTFT IMWT.
1.) 04 Mar 2025 08:10:52
Couldn't agree more WT Legend.
{Ed025's Note - i dont think anyone would disagree that as a player he was certainly a legend Ron, but i dont think he done himself any favours when he was appointed to the board mate, we all thought he would be the voice of the supporters but it never turned out that way, he seemed to kow-tow to the hierarchy and a lot seemed to lose respect for the guy, a shame really because he will go down as one of the best ever centre forwards we have seen imo..
2.) 04 Mar 2025 08:41:13
I personally wouldn't want him ostracised, however he severely compromised himself it was his decision.
3.) 04 Mar 2025 09:38:45
I think you've pretty much nailed it ed025, however, in my experience pretty much everyone that is employed Kow-tow to their bosses in some way or another. Its alright having principles but they won't pay the bills. I don't have any animosity towards GS its not like he went out of his way to cause trouble he just didn't speak out when others thought he should. He was then made a scapegoat by some fans for the total and utter mismanagement of the club by the owner who should take the majority of blame. I don't actually think he was employed to be a spokes person for the fans I think he was employed to be a buffer between the management and the fans. A playing legend that has had his reputation within the fanbase tarnished by a decision he probably did even realise was going have the impact it did at the time he made it.
{Ed025's Note - I think you are spot on SA. Hopefully he can come back into the fold as for me it’s all water under the bridge now mate..
4.) 04 Mar 2025 11:47:38
i agree and don't agree
as someone who is younger and these are normally aimed at (not saying you are here just in general)
i think everyone knows how much Sharp is an everton icon
however as Ed says, he's done himself no favours in senior roles @ EFC and actually found him really condescending to supporters.
{Ed025's Note - which is a pity WB. Hopefully he can resolve any issues he has and moves on to better things with us mate..
5.) 04 Mar 2025 13:59:02
I think the error was appointing a player to that position. It requires a certain skill to be able to speak publicly. Something that most ex players would struggle with.
One thing though is for sure. He is an Everton Legend and deserves to be at Goodison. We are a club that currently only has history to celebrate, let’s not spoil that as well.
6.) 04 Mar 2025 16:26:47
Ppl act strange under pressure - I think he is a top bloke really - done an awful lot for the club over many years - we all make mistakes and think he would/ should become back
- we don’t have many living heroes and he is definitely right up there for me.
{Ed025's Note - i cant argue with that Sobs..
7.) 04 Mar 2025 16:38:11
I don't see what he did wrong in the first place. He said he didn't want to see scenes of players cars getting kicked or verbally abused. He didn't like getting threatened and didn't think threatening managers, board members and players was right. Maybe the only crime in my eyes is that he should have stated not all but some absolute pure idiots with no right whatsoever for this type of behaviour, were responsible.
If people are saying this was him backing the board, I'm not so sure you're reading it right. If you're saying this didn't happen then I think you're very naive. There's enough videos were players got ambushed, there's enough pictures of threats to Sharp, the board and managers to show. And I was at games where supporters were organising protests.
I can forgive him.
8.) 04 Mar 2025 21:26:34
Should have give the job to Rooney ??? At the very least we would have a good laugh eh laar.
9.) 05 Mar 2025 09:27:40
i know he's recently said in an interview of he'l never go back to Everton
but i really hope they persuade him to change his mind on that, i'd hope the majority of that side is present at Goodisons final game
i'm hoping for Big Nev finally getting the serious appreciation from club itself that he so dearly deserves.
10.) 05 Mar 2025 12:25:00
Spot on Wblue2.
11.) 05 Mar 2025 19:21:55
Big Nev was the best keeper in the world for a few seasons. He is so down to earth and modest too.
He should be mentioned in the same breathe as any of our past greats.
NSNO UTFT IMWT.
12.) 06 Mar 2025 11:04:43
WT I totally agree with you. i'm not aligned to him politically but he has every right to say what he wants and I never think any less of people. People can say whatever they want, its a free country. Imagine a world where no one gives their point of view.
For me he is our greatest keeper and to play so many games at the top level is an amazing achievement. I'm biased and don't mind being so, but he is my hero and think is the best of all time.
25 Feb 2025 02:29:02
I bet DCL is absolutely gutted that he didn't sign a contract when he was in the box seat. I'd release him in the summer and maybe then he'll realise that he isn't quite as sort after as he thinks.
Beto is probably not the long term answer but I'd keep him over Dom.
1.) 25 Feb 2025 07:54:26
I think someone decent would take a punt on him if we let him go. I don't think he'll be too worried tbh.
2.) 25 Feb 2025 08:40:30
DCL will do very nicely mate. Nice fat signing on fee will ease the pain i'm sure.
3.) 25 Feb 2025 09:02:59
Who do you reckon JB?
4.) 25 Feb 2025 12:08:40
he still will be sought after.
5.) 25 Feb 2025 13:39:03
Strikers are hard to come by as we've seen in the past couple of windows. I reckon most of the teams in the bottom half, or a team in euroe that needs a bigger squad would have a punt, even if he's not their first choice striker. Brentford, Bournemouth, someone like that, have been desperate for a striker this season. Being someone's 2nd choice might suit him, more rest time.
6.) 25 Feb 2025 16:52:09
Defo needs releasing, players like him have been a cancer in our club for years.
7.) 26 Feb 2025 08:01:21
I’d like DCL to stay. He’s a good striker as he’s proven. Injuries have been an issue but in my opinion he’s been let down as we all have by the worse management recruitment we have seen.
We went from Carlo Ancelotti to Benitez, Lampard and Dyche. His decision to leave probably had a lot to do with that. Who’d blame him.
If he stayed under Moyes, he’d get us goals. If he turned round and said he left because the club couldn’t find a manager who could get the best out of him? I’m not sure how to argue against that.
So I’m not bitter if he leaves on a free, but it’ll be a shame none the less.
{Ed025's Note - im with you Ace..
8.) 26 Feb 2025 09:59:43
Bad word to use that Tranmere blue.
9.) 26 Feb 2025 17:25:41
Also not really true.
14 Feb 2025 01:59:48
Seems that Moyes isn't a bad appointment after all.
1.) 14 Feb 2025 02:47:18
He never was in my eyes. All that other stuff is in the past now, we move on, - at last -.
2.) 14 Feb 2025 08:25:05
I think he's the perfect appointment, knows how to get the players to fight for the shirt and score too! . I'm glad he's back. We'd never have seen scenes like we did Wednesday if Dyche was still in charge! Coyb.
3.) 14 Feb 2025 09:36:01
madness he was considered one IMO
if he wasn't Moyes w/ people still holding on to fume from 10 years ago ( which is fair) and you'd said you were signing a manager based on the job they'd just done at west ham, it would have been a no brainer.
13 Apr 2025 22:43:18
If he goes back to City then maybe a cheeky swap. Doucs for Haarland.
20 Dec 2024 12:30:34
At last we seem to have a stable owner with experience of running a football club.
Short term goals before long term aims seems to be the message and proper Evertonians will be relieved by that.
Good luck Mr Freidkin and welcome to Everton FC.
09 Aug 2024 00:53:39
As much as I would love Richy wearing the number 9 for us, he is way too far out of our price range.
31 Jul 2024 01:47:19
KT and SD have played a blinder so far in this window. fair play to Moshiri for giving the green light to spend a few quid too.
Please can we get a striker next though. Preferably one who can score goals would be nice as we don't seem to have one atm.
16 Jul 2024 02:37:31
I think that bringing them in is brilliant strategy. they can run the club day to day while he oversees things. Everton run by Evertonians is brilliant PR.
29 Apr 2025 03:20:11
Wouldn't have Carlo back if he offered to work for nothing.
He jumped as soon as Madrid came knocking and would do the same again. The man is a disgrace.
27 Apr 2025 04:31:50
No doubt the board along with Davey have identified a list of who it's possible to get in.
We have to be patient and trust that they know best. We aren't going to get world class atm because they want Champions League. We need accept that this is probably a five year project and careful steps need to be taken to avoid the previous regimes mistakes.
I would be more than happy with maybe two marquee signings alongside another half dozen prospects/ squad players. Letting some big earners leave will free up enough funds to do that.
We all know the positions that need attention and I'm sure Davey and his coaches know too. We are safe this season when it looked dangerous under SD. Let's celebrate that and get excited about a summer of new arrivals and a move to BMD.
The Grand Old Lady will be sadly missed by us all but we need to modernise or fall further behind.
UTFT NSNO IMWT.
22 Apr 2025 18:14:01
Enjoyed it too BR.
22 Apr 2025 02:25:49
Very few teams stay at the top table for a prolonged period of time. The European ban hamstrung us massively as I believe we were definitely the best team in Europe at the time.
We have definitely seen the standard of football become almost embarrassing over the past 35 years but hopefully we can start the long road back now.
Like so many older posters here, I can remember the glory days and thinking that they'd never end. My kids have never even seen us win a trophy so I'm desperate for us to get back up there for them.
I like how TFG aren't always in the media or making bold predictions, proper business people by the looks of it. Alongside Davey and Kinnear I'm hoping for steady progress and hopefully to be challenging top four places within 3-5 seasons.
UTFT NSNO IMWT.
20 Apr 2025 02:07:05
Hopefully summer targets will be brought in as early as possible. DM and Angus Kinnear have to be ruthless with departures and ambitious with signings.
A couple of strikers, a new centre mid and a couple of full backs at least. Get them in early and bed them into the squad.
NSNO UTFT IMWT.