Everton Banter Archive April 10 2012

10 Apr 2012 23:51:27
team i would play on sat and reasons people may disagree but its just my opinion:

Howard(our best GK)
Neviile(handles the pressure of big games)
Heitinga(well what can i say... World Class!)
Distin(Has pace and is solid)
Baines(Best LB in the country)
Osman(Gives us some creativity)
Gibson(Unbeaten with him in the team and gets best out of fellaini)
Fellaini(Best midfielder we have, and wont give liverpool a inch in the middle)
Drenthe(really think we should play him because he will trouble jones with his long shots)
Cahill(Liverpools nightmare)
Jelavic(Best striker we have and can see him getting a goal) {Ed025's Note - sounds good to me mate..

Spot on for me fella, should put your name to that post though as it looks like you have some sense

Degsybluenose

I was going to tweak and tinker with this ...
However it does look good ...
And great summary notes too ;)

Blue247

Osman never really plays well against the s**te. and Gueye has looked good when he has played, so i would play him instead of Osman, other than that looks a good team mate

EFCphil

10 Apr 2012 23:26:56
Looking forward to Saturday now, but will say this, it wont be easy, Liverpool always turn up for the derby and now they'll have their 3rd keeper out we must test him, because the last derby I can't remember many chances, if we can't create them it doesn't matter who's in goal. Bring your A game on sat lads and I'm sure we'll turn them over.

10 Apr 2012 21:44:52
Jones should of been sent off for that push on whoever it was!

Absolutely right, it was a goalscoring opportunity as no defenders were in site and the ref booked him???? King Kenny would have had to go in goal on Saturday if he would have gotten sent off.

Degsy

Oh yeh forgot to add, only one disagree - hey koppite where is your other mate as you both usuall press the button together

D

10 Apr 2012 21:31:42
Would jordan rhodes be a good signing for us. Seen him a few times and looks very shape and a clinical finisher. Worth a gamble i reckon. {Ed003's Note - I agree,but the price might be to much of a gamble if you get me}

10 Apr 2012 21:27:11
come on jones get another yellow so liverpool can have their 4th choice goalie mind u i dont think we'll need it. and i know i should stop getting so optimistic but i am really lookin forward to the semis on sat

a very very very happy everton fan

10 Apr 2012 20:43:06
ha ha ha doni (liverpool's 2nd choice goalkeeper) has just been sent off sadly blackburn missed the pen but the luck keeps on turning in our favour for the semis.

a very happy everton fan

10 Apr 2012 20:25:14
DONI'S GONE !

10 Apr 2012 19:42:24
I'll be very interested to see if this weakened RS side can do to Blackburn what our 2nd team did to Sunderland. Very unlikely.

I am very excited about our squad right now as there seems to be healthy competition, and they are all performing.

It's funny that not many posters are shouting about Ross Barkley who I agree is a talent, but on reflection we were a bit desperate earlier in the season when things weren't going our way.

Getting back to tonight's game I am sure DM will watching the RS keeper Doni to see of there is anything that can be exploited. And how worried must queen kenny be to rest gerrard and shurgar.

Bring on Saturday. COYB

Toffee ace {Ed025's Note - thats the spirit ace!..lets all look forward to it, not fear it!..

Actually scrap the bit about Doni make that Brad Jones instead. Doni just been sent off. Quality

Toffee ace

10 Apr 2012 18:27:30
just for any blues that didnt no...


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10 Apr 2012 17:48:09
i think it will be 2-0 Baines penalty and jelavic tap in

24 howard
18 neville (C)
5 heitinga
15 distin
3 baines
10 drenthe
25 fellaini
4 gibson
21 osman
17 cahill
7 jelavic

subs 19 gueye, 23 coleman, 6 jagielka, 26 rodwell, 28 anichebe, 1 mucha

i think drenthe will start because of experience over gueye but hes still young and im sure he will get a decent chunk of time {Ed025's Note - i really hope thats the side we put out..

He will play hibbert against downing

10 Apr 2012 12:38:59
Brilliant stuff yesterday from the boys, Gueye is looking more an more confident and comfortable on the ball. Gutted Peanuts is cup tied.

My starting 11 would be

Howard

Hibbert
Heitinga
Distin
Baines

Gibson
Fellaini
Osman
Cahill
Gueye

Jelavic

A tough call between Gueye and Drenthe, but Drenthe coming on for the last 30 minutes gives us a lot of pace and trickery against a slow Liverpool team. Really loving reading the confidence that everyone has, just pray to god it doesn't backfire on us. I shall be keenly watching the RS tonight (a one off i promise), and hoping that Gerrard and Goofy B*llocks pick up injuries.

2-1 Everton

Alastair

Apart from Neville in for Hibbo, I reckon your team will be spot on. BlueTone

That should be the team, that's the creme de la creme! Drenthe on after 60 mins to add threat and super sub Anichebe towards the end for the closing goal.

3-1 - Jellyman, Cahill and Anichebe - Gerrard.

I would prefer Neville to Hibbert too. Agree with that team otherwise though. I've just got a worry that Moyes will go for Jagielka instead of Heitinga. Hope I'm wrong {Ed025's Note - its nev for me as well mate..he was outstanding against sunderland..

10 Apr 2012 11:18:40
It's a absolute joke that the semi final is on espn and not on itv . Not everyone can get espn so why isn't it on itv who agrees with me that it's a joke !!

Who cares,get 2 the pub mate and celebrate,wen we bring all our might and beat the redsxxte

10 Apr 2012 11:10:46
form goes out the window in the derby but as we all know the red s**te should be shaking we beat a team with are Reserves 4-0 who they got beat by 1-0
imagine what jelavic could do to doni we should get a 2-0 Jelavic and Anichebe

.........................Howard....................................
Hibbo.......distin.............heitinga..............baines....
.......................................................................
osman.....felliani.............gibson...............gueye.....
..................cahill...............................................
...........................jelavic....................................

felliani will keep gerrard quiet and suarez will go no where near heitinga, distin will have him off with pace play the ball down the right wing they will crumble with jelavic and cahill going for headers and let gibson have a pop now and again ps (test doni from the off he is s**t at diving into corners)

toffee haz

10 Apr 2012 10:06:37
Any season ticket holders not able to make the trip to Wembley? I'm desperate for a couple of tickets for me and my lad. A large bottle of something nice plus cost of tickets etc. HELP! BlueTone

Come on lads help him out someone must have some spare!

Cheers for the support mate! BlueTone

10 Apr 2012 07:44:35
Tell me ma me ma, we don't want the mickey mouse cup what we want is the FA Cup, Tell me ma me ma

10 Apr 2012 05:58:24
We only have to man mark Gerard on Saturday with fellaini and its game over the reds**te must be shaken in there boots at are form at the moment the only way they have got a chance on Saturday is if they have twelve men like at goodison when we was battering them then Suarez done his usual diving mind you if he doesn't do it Gerard Carroll etc will do it on Saturday because as everyone knows in the Prem lfc are cheats ram it down queen kennys throat on Saturday moysey and also finish higher than them in the league and evertonians drown the kops**tes out at wembley rip lfc its over {Ed025's Note - it will be a very hard game...but if we play to our recent standards...we will win..

You know it won't be that simple, we need to keep our defensive shape and block the one-twos between Gerard and Suarez. Also, Agger is back so we have to keep an eye on him - but if we play football like we can then we should win.

I am as worried as very worried thing in a bag of worried things that are very worried! I won't relax until I know it's over and we've done our job. I am also keeping very quiet in work, just in case it all goes horribly wrong. The only thought that keeps me from completely flying to pieces is that maybe the RS are worrying about how to contain us and thinking Gerrard should man mark Felli and the Suarez needs to drop back and defend with the rest of the team. If times are changing then maybe we need to think about our own perception of us, I think our modest, humble , respectful approach is very Everton FC, however maybe just maybe the others need to worry about us!

Big C (no finger nails left already) EFC

ps Ed are we going with Degsy's suggestion of putting your club after your post? {Ed025's Note - i have put that to the top brass big c...on everton, all i can say is..enjoy it mate! there are not many times in our recent past that we can say we are the better side, but we are, so lets just go with the flow and see what happens..

10 Apr 2012 01:52:47
Don't get why the majority of everton fans dont want us to keep drenthe. He does need to up his overall game but is only young so has plenty of time also look at stevie p he took a while to really settle in when he came and now is arguably 1 of if not are best player atm and if it doesn't work out sell him at the end of next season we would only need to get the cost of his wages so there would be no problem in finding a buyer. To me it's a no brainer

I would like to see him stay, but I don't think Moyes is the biggest fan of Drenthe, and I think Drenthe will leave in the summer sadly. {Ed025's Note - he needs to grow up quick if we are to keep him!..

Couldnt agree more...drenthe is class and under moyes guidance he will be great

Its awin win situation if he doesnt improve we sell him for millions