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01 Sep 2015 18:57:36
Berbatov on a free
{Ed025's Note - not even if he payed us..
1.) 01 Sep 2015 19:53:15
Mcgeady should have been sold for whatever just to get him off the strike and Naismith I love him and his work rate but he is never going to take us forward . For that money If true I would have let him go and brought in Defoe on the cheap at least until we could identify the number 10 with the potential to be a great
2.) 01 Sep 2015 19:51:01
What - sign Berbatov? Two chances of that: slim and none - and Slim just left town.
3.) 01 Sep 2015 23:35:21
Why would we just get rid of Naismith to sign Defoe. Hardly an upgrade, his best years are behind him.
24 Jun 2015 17:10:43
Have heard the deulofeu deal is agreed in principle by all sides but is delayed until the Barca presidential election has taken place and will then need to be signed off by the successful candidate - which should be mid July.
Cheers
09 Sep 2014 16:43:24
Everton have signed promising 15 year old Northampton Town midfielder Fraser Hornby under the terms of the EPPP.
There were a number of clubs after this lad, let's hope he makes it into the first team one day.
COYB!
1.) Let's hope he keeps his head down and doesn't come if the rails. I am sure Roberto will keep him on track.
2.) Hi I know this kid, he had a trail with Man U and west ham and both wanted him, so credit for efc and roberto for getting him. West ham offered him the best deal and what kid wouldn't want to play for Man U persons so fair play to Roberto.
01 Sep 2014 15:26:42
Has there been any more news on Ross's injury? the only news I would like today is to hear that he's going to be back earlier than first thought.
Cheers
{Ed025's Note - could be back before the end of october MM if all goes well mate..
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09 Aug 2018 22:11:21
Oh Yerry. cross the Mersey. 🙌.
10 Aug 2015 13:24:49
Are we having to player trade? We have no transfer budget at all? or £4.5M for Gerry, that was it? So that means we've been wanting to sell Stones all summer.
Chelsea just playing us offering derisory bids in the knowledge we're skint and need to sell before buying so are going to wait until the last minute before matching our valuation knowing our targets are being picked off.
Not a selling club, yeah right.
1.) 10 Aug 2015 15:13:00
There is no evidence to suggest we are skint Mike and I don't think we were expecting any interest in Stones until after this season. As always, as a club we have kept our targets and our business behind the scenes, the press are the ones linking us with players and also selling our better players. Nothing to get worked up over
2.) 10 Aug 2015 21:09:53
clueless
05 Aug 2015 22:28:31
Lowest spenders in the entire premier league 3 days before kickoff. Different manager same old rubbish.
22 Apr 2015 11:57:41
Anyone agree that we'll qualify for champions league next year?
Thanks
1.) 22 Apr 2015 14:11:57
Can I please have a double helping of what Mike is on immediately
2.) 22 Apr 2015 14:40:17
Champions league is a bit far fetched, without the "distraction" of european football next season we might be able to have a crack at top 6 again. Obviously we'd need to find last seasons form again.
3.) 22 Apr 2015 14:53:30
No, we will finish 10th
4.) 22 Apr 2015 16:29:58
I think that top-half finishes are where we're likely to be for a while, but even that will be challenging since there are several other clubs now realistically competing for those 5th through 10th positions. It would surely take a major upset (e.g. dramatic loss of form or a horrendous injury list) for one of the usual contenders for top 4 to fail to make those Champions League places and let one of the "smaller" (aka "unfashionable") clubs into their cosy little money-hogging group.
A decent cup run - maybe even a win (!) - shouldn't be beyond us, but we always seem to bottle it.
And underlying all of this, will be the loss of our best players - whether homegrown, or gems we've plucked from the lower domestic leagues or the "lesser" European leagues, or youngsters not getting first team football at other "bigger" clubs that we can offer - as they prove themselves for us and then want (demand) Champions League football. Thanks to the TV money, we may not have to transfer players for financial reasons anymore, but the footballing reasons for transfers might now be down more to a player's ambition than the club's own wishes and plans.
Goodness knows where English football will be if (when?) the TV money bubble bursts and/or the players (and especially their agents) have bled the game dry.
Moan, moan - whinge, whinge - Ho, Hum!
:-)
5.) 22 Apr 2015 22:34:25
Spot on Sid,one day football across the globe will collapse when the TV money goes, by that I mean the ridiculous amounts paid for the EPL, european tournaments and World Cup. The money men at sky etc will eventually say enough is enough like BBC did.Can anyone say they have had value for money this season, how many great games have we had in the premierhip,most have been dreary 0-0 or 1-0 scorelines, it would be interesting to see what viewing figures they generate as sky seem to keep them to themselves, probably out of embarrasment.
6.) 23 Apr 2015 01:17:18
Swan could you give me next weeks winning lottery numbers please you seem to be able to see into the future
7.) 23 Apr 2015 09:58:34
No I don't it was just a prediction
8.) 23 Apr 2015 11:59:34
That was my thinking too Gibbo. It can't be a coincidence we go out of Europe and go on a run of 4 wins and a draw which should've been 5 wins. All of a sudden we are 3rd/4th in the 2015 form table.
Keep the core of the team - lose a couple of the obvious ones we all know about - and add a new CB and some more pace (would love Deulofeu back) and we will be challenging, no doubt in my mind.
9.) 23 Apr 2015 18:13:52
There's no chance of losing the TV deal. It will only get bigger and bigger. Sky, BT and whoever else knows it is the EPL that can make or break you in this country. As for abroad it is still in it's infancy really and when clubs like ours cotton on to global marketing it will get even bigger.
But.
A more real and present danger we need to be worried about is it is very easy to be relegated from this division.
That is more likely to happen than the TV bubble to burst.
10.) 23 Apr 2015 21:40:48
BlueJohnUns: While I agree that it does seem unlikely at present that the TV money will decrease let alone disappear, there are three concerns for me:
(1) The next deal only runs for a few years and who knows what the domestic, regional, and global economic situation (or political situation that affects the economy) will be and what money will be realistically available when it's time to renegotiate.
(2) The broadcasters can only continue out-bidding each other - and expect the consumers to pay - so far before they call a halt. It's not a bottomless pit - and they daren't risk killing the golden goose. They'll no doubt agree deals as a cartel behind closed doors - or is that cynical hogwash?
(3) Ouer club is utterly dependent on the TV money just to keep running and paying wages, etc. You mention relegation, and that would mean a massive loss of TV money for the club - and the danger of terminal decline. I trust that the club remains prudent and budgets accordingly and reduces (or at least doesn't increase) debt.
But what the heck do I know?
{Ed003's Note - Nothing lasts forever imo.}
11.) 24 Apr 2015 13:21:24
All fair points Sid but football is a bit different when it comes to global markets and a crash of the stock market.
First off the TV companies main import is viewers. Without this it has no export which again is it's viewers. It's export is sold to import commercial revenue (adverts). So in terms of stock it's viewers is what it craves and need the most and the only way to get viewing figures to make it competitive is to have a product to sell to a mass audience.
That is Football. There is nothing in this country or most others that will compete with it until we invent the Hunger Games or Running Man.
TV revenue is vital for every single football team in every league. If you pulled this from any club whether it's us or Barcelona they will struggle hugely as commercial revenue would almost completely go as they would be advertising to 50, 60, 70 or 100,000 instead of millions around the world.
One final point is that people will always pay for Sky, Virgin or BT. People who are in DRO's, bankruptcy's, Debt Management plans or admin orders will put down in their essential expenditure there TV service provider. So even if the whole country went bankrupt Sky would still get their money! (I also worked in marketing and debt recovery as well as sportswear-management).
20 Mar 2015 13:35:41
Anyone else think RM is having a laugh with us all and just came to Everton so he could get Lennon and McCarthy back together?
I'll get my coat.
1.) 20 Mar 2015 13:55:48
Boom Boom, Brilliant, how come I didn't think of that.
2.) 20 Mar 2015 19:06:29
By George, I am off to the Ringo Bells to drown my sorrows.
31 Jul 2015 12:59:38
Direct Martinez quote below, you don't even have to interpret it, it'll go down to the wire on deadline day (as per McCarthy/Fellaini). Just going to have to wait :-(
'Our squad is not complete. We are still looking for two positions and we need to make sure they fit exactly in the group in the manner we want and expect as footballers and people.
'Central defence is one of those positions. Two experienced centre-halves left the squad, so we need to fill those gaps.
'I'm still assessing two of the young players we've got in the squad, but maybe we need another new face at centre-half.
'We will wait as long as we can to select the person we want.'
My money is on Van Dijk from Celtic and I think that might be our only buy.
28 Jul 2015 13:54:12
I am shocked by that, the lad looked to have a touch of class about him. Burnley must've made a good offer, or you'd hope anyway.
30 Jan 2015 15:56:53
Lennon isn't fit to lace Kev's boots, not even in the same league as him - despite the pen debacle.
{Ed025's Note - not a fair swap at all MM i agree..
We've recently signed Gareth Barry (who's 33) on a 3 yr deal, probably on high wages, and no one was complaining about that. let's give him a chance before we start writing him off as a has been.
He may have lost a yard of pace but he can certainly finish. Shane Long has just gone for £12M and will get about 8-10 goals max. I think Eto'o will get more than that.
The Barca player we are in talks with is Ibrahim Allefay.
26 Aug 2015 10:39:09
I'd love to see us hold our ground and keep hold of Stones.
If we don't need the money like RM is saying then why be bullied, the lad is on a 5 year contract.
Get this Ramiro Funes lad in and hopefully Van dijk from Celtic and let him rot in the reserves.
I'd rather that than desperately trying to find someone to spend £30 mil on last minute, it hardly ever works out. If they want him they can pay us £40M on 1st July next year.
{Ed025's Note - what makes you think we would get the £30m to spend mikel?..
23 Apr 2015 11:59:34
That was my thinking too Gibbo. It can't be a coincidence we go out of Europe and go on a run of 4 wins and a draw which should've been 5 wins. All of a sudden we are 3rd/4th in the 2015 form table.
Keep the core of the team - lose a couple of the obvious ones we all know about - and add a new CB and some more pace (would love Deulofeu back) and we will be challenging, no doubt in my mind.
07 Apr 2015 12:00:39
Don't forget Ross had a triple leg break at 15 and he lost nearly 2 years of his development. He still runs when he should pass and vice versa, like a lot of young players his decision making needs to improve. It'll come but maybe not for a year or so - then what a player he will be.
04 Mar 2015 11:23:39
Agree Joel is much more the modern sweeper keeper which allows the defence to push up. Tim is still a quality keeper, you don't lose it overnight but maybe he needs a rest. Even Hart / Courtois / Casillas to name a few have needed a break at times, can't remember if Tim has ever had one.
Got to agree with this we were already top of the individual mistakes leading to goals table and Howard has just contributed two more. The players need to take responsibility.