24 Jan 2016 16:18:11
Hi Ed as I said before, those crosses from Geri were superb and Rom is nowhere to be seen also Stones was poor if we could get £50 mill for him we should sell him this window far too many mistakes, I have been a fan of Everton since the sixties and this tripe takes the biscuit, change of management would help too before any proposed takeover, GuernseyBlue.
{Ed025's Note - not often i have said this GB, but rom was poor today, he looked like a guy who did not want to be here for me, if his head has been turned then i want him gone myself mate, and take ross and stones with you if thats all they can offer, i would love them all to stay but everton are bigger than them and if they dont want to be here then adios for me..
24 Jan 2016 23:55:22
Well said Ed25 spot on mate.
25 Jan 2016 00:07:02
It's all well and good saying this player can go or that player doesn't want to be here. But I really believe that, with a decent manager who can set up a team with a good balance of attacking and defending, can get this group playing good football. The manager is clueless, we can all see that now. He is the problem, the one that is making them look decidedly average with his inept tactics and his tippy tappy football. I'm afraid nothing will be done for another week or so, at least until we know how the due diligence has gone.
25 Jan 2016 00:29:44
Fair play ed totally agree get 150m and invest 100m in 7 quality players with desire and hunger if today's performance anything to go by. The PL is so poor this year if we hadaproper defence and manager we'd b top of the pile. Look at Leicester no super stars just good quality grafters.
25 Jan 2016 10:37:25
Sorry guys I am sticking up for Rom, admittedly he didn't have his best game but Swansea put two defenders on him and marked him out of the game. It is very easy to nutralise our attacking threat. Delboy put some great crosses in but we cannot just rely on one player to put the ball in the back of the net all the time.
25 Jan 2016 14:00:44
I have to disagree with you sa90. Rom has all the attributes of a quality striker but he is too easily bullied if he isn't in the mood. Ashley williams was moving him off the ball far too easily! I agree 2 defenders vs him should be a struggle but do you see Aguero get moved off the ball as easy as Rom? He needs to be stronger and take a leaf out of Drogbas book! Throw the odd dive in. I don't think he was 100% to blame for the loss but he is to blame for not attacking crosses! Costa scored a goal from a similar ball on Sunday and it was all because he attacked the ball! We do not follow up and we lose too many 2nd balls. Poor performance yesterday and must be made right against Man City or that will be the final straw for Martinez with a large majority of the fans.
25 Jan 2016 14:06:46
Ridiculous, Rom has one bad game so get rid as he clearly isn't up for it. Brilliant, reminds me of Real Madeid fans booing Ronaldo if he goes half an hour without scoring a goal. Is this it? Are we now getting rid of players and saying they don't want to be here after one bad game in which he had 2 defenders glued to him and left isolated by Barkley YET AGAIN. I don't question Rom's commitment one bit, he's bulldozed us through this season, but because he has one game were he wasn't at his best then he is automatically not up for it and needs selling. Absolute joke, Stones can go, walking the ball when 2-1 down is unforgivable as can Ross "the new Zidane" Barkley, Rom however is the one who I would do everything to keep. We will miss him when he's gone and we go back to having a 9-10 goals a season striker like Jelavic, give me Rom's "not trying" 25+ goals a season over that.
25 Jan 2016 15:04:45
I agree with swan. Without rom we would be bottom this season. Okay so we sell them for 150mil. Who could we buy that's better than the 3 of them that would actually want to play/ graft for us. To be honest out of them 3 the only one we could sell would be stones. We don't have cover for rom or Barkley.
25 Jan 2016 15:14:52
m1k3yd14 you don't see see Aguero get moved off the ball as easy as Rom because city have so many attacking options that
teams can't afford to put 2 players on him. I admit Rom didn't have one of his best but as Swan quite rightly states he was totally isolated. Rom is still young and developing he won't have Drogba's physicality until he is in his mid 20's I just hope he is still with us when he does.
25 Jan 2016 14:11:23
Ed agree with some of comments but not the one regarding Rom he was poor but he has been expected to lead the attack week in and week out he is are only striker kone is a waste of space so all are hopes for scoring goals rest on his shoulders he can't play all the time without having a poor game the crosses delboy put quality but u have to have more than Rom in the box to make them count as good as delboy is going forward he still needs to work a he'll of a lot on his defensive side of his game as plus for delboys quality he should be scoring a lot more goals ross I find good when he has the ball but slack as his defensive duties he says he wants to play centre midfield not of the striker until he learns to be better in his defensive duties then that's not possible plus finding his goal scoring boots would help to if u could get delboy and Ross on score sheet it will take pressure of Rom as for stones he hasn't been playing well for a while know costing us 3 points on a few occasions through him over playing plus don't think mori and stones gelled as a partnership so I would drop him for mori and jags in central defence stones I think is gone in summer I would go for wimmer of spurs what u think of him ed.
{Ed025's Note - not seen much of him to be honest duke, but spurs are keen to keep him even though there were signs he may go to schalke, i was probably a bit harsh on rom there mate, i just get so frustrated at times with this everton side, we have a very good squad but cant seem to put out a winning side, i dont know how long the board will put up with bobbys ineptitude but if we go out on wednesday im sure a lot will be calling for his head..