Everton Banter Archive September 15 2013

15 Sep 2013 19:59:04
To sell barclay in jan or the summer would be bad buisness. Besides turning the supporters against kenwright what would we get even at 30 mill he would be cheap give him 2 more seasons and he will be worth a 100 mill he is the next bale. keep him at any price but if he went for a 100 mill it could improve the club mabey even give us a new ground.thgfest

Well, quite simply, £100m is hopeful thinking, even if he does smash the world in terms of quality.

The only reason Bale went for £85.3m is because their chairman is Daniel Levy. A to**er to buy from, but does the absolute best for the club he works for, which deserves respect.

Ask yourself this: would BK or most other chairmen say they want £85m or would they jiz in their pants at being offered anything near £50m? The answer is the latter (although not literally in the pants reference).

Keith EFC.

Think you're getting a bit ahead of yourself with Barkley there mate, he's had a few good games let's wait and see how he develops and grows before we start valuing him at sily money.

What I was trying to say is that we should be able to keep our best young players at least till they reach their true potential and their highest value. Barklay looks like he will be as good as bale to me so a 100 mill would not be out of the question in a couple of seasons but that is just an opinion.thgfest

It's sad that we are in a position were we have to even think about selling our best young talent.

Bale went for 100m because Madrid are people no-ones going to pay that for Barkley but we should put the price at 150m if we have to name one just to put people off

15 Sep 2013 17:43:59
viva, the little man from spain, viva martinez! viva, let's all sing his name, martinez por favor! joefc

Love it joe

15 Sep 2013 16:16:10
Just wondering if there are any G Barry haters left or have there opinions changed? Class footballer, you don't get 53 England caps otherwise

Wow I'm actually surprised to see aviturs on this page. I was beginning to think he was a secret united fan the amount of time he spends on our page. Just came on to say thanks for taking points of chelsea for us, and for keeping Barkley warm while we put together a bid for him. :-) {Ed025's Note - dont thank us mate...you lot are not in contention for the league!..top 6 if you get lucky, we should be thanking you, for taking dithering dave off us, and as for ross..he may go one day, but it will be to a club who are on the up...which rules your lot out im afraid..

It doesn't take much to play for England, Emile Heskey got 63 caps! Anyway, although he had a fantastic debut I am still undecided on him. Only time will tell if he was a good signing.

BitterBlue

I think it's widely acknowledged Ross Barkley despised Mr Moyes, ergo I can't see him following him to Man Utd, myself.
As for taking points of chelski, I can't see Utd finishing within 15 points of them this season, or any other season whilst Mr Moyes is manager.

Dear oh dear ed025, a little bit bitter are we? So are you glad that your new manager is a man who got his team relegated last year, as opposed to a manager who kept you in contention for the top ten whilst hardly spending a penny. Anyway i'd rather be struggling for the top 6 than fighting at the other end of the table, which I'm sure is what will happen once this "unbeaten run" of yours comes to an end. {Ed025's Note - you wish my friend...SAF jumped ship at the right time, the good ship united is sailing through some rough times i fear, and i for 1 cant wait for it to hit the rocks.. :)

To be honest Ed, I really don't think Ross will ever leave Everton. He seems to me to have his head firmly screwed on, and is cut from the same cloth as Le Tissier, Gerrard and Baines. Loyal to their club. Couldn't agree more with you though Ed about United being on the slide, it's going to be fun to watch though. I seriously think they'll finish about 5th this season. Well, I hope they do anyway.

BitterBlue

BitterBlue {Ed025's Note - i hope a bit lower bitter.. :)

So much for freedom of speech eh ed025? You can have your say but you won't post my retort? Don't worry I won't expect this to get posted, and I won't bother coming back on your site, I only came on for a bit of banter but clearly that is banned on this site. Have a good season. {Ed025's Note - i never posted your retort, as it was childish and lacking meaning, please post again..i beg of you!!

Should have respect for Emile Heskey. Like Barry, had he played for us I'm sure we would have appreciated what he did on a footy pitch. I know Michael Owen certainly did.

First Reply. Keep dreaming son, I know it is all you have left now as reality begins to bite. But don't worry, dithering Dave will keep you in the Division.

Man utd fans are the biggest deluded reflected glory hunters in the world - most have sad lives but, hey, they support 'united'. so they are special people after all! -

LMAO! Typical United fan, first decision goes against them and they take the ball and go home.

Utd fans having a pop? what's wrong, bored of talking about your stellar transfer window? Thanks for the 27.5 for Fellaini. Considering you bid 28 for both he and Baines I'd say we stitched you right up. don't worry though, your team which will consist of Moyes type players like Cleverly, Anderson, Wellbeck and Young will no doubt bring you the champions league glory you crave. Forget a useless creative player like Kagawa. It's not like he was instrumental in dortmunds rise or anything. Maybe we will get Hernandez on the cheap in Jan. Moyes doesn't really like poachers who score pretty much every game they play in. He likes his strikers to run tirelessly down touch lines and deliver crosses to no one because his 451 means 10 men are still behind the ball.

Hank

To the Manchester United fan.yes we got a manager from a relegated club but he won more there than moyes did here in 11 years

15 Sep 2013 14:58:35
Just watched ross County vs Dundee United and the youngster ryan gauld looks a very good prospect.he got a neat left foot.

I've heard that rumor before good young player get him and will Hughes from derby then in a few years

Ludstrum/Gibson McCarthy
Hughes Barkley Gauld

Would be a great British midfield

15 Sep 2013 13:31:45
Hopefully after tomorrow we will be the only undefeated team.

Doubt it mate the reds look a good team this season

They do have a good side to give credit to them. And also despite them being top of the league, they seem a bit more humble this year the fans I know.

15 Sep 2013 12:12:02
Good result yesterday, what I liked was the way we didn't sit back in the second half trying to protect a 1 nil lead we kept going forward looking for another goal.The substitutions were positive ones not negative.After 11 years under Moyes we've got to give Martinez time to put his own stamp on things, which it looks like he's starting to do slowly but surely.

Got to agree with you Jimmy. My only concern when we appointed Robbie was that we may become a little bit too "gung ho." But yesterday although we did go looking to score more and where a threat to them throughout, it was done in the right way.

We were strong in defence looking to hit them hard on the counter, and the lads looked comfortable doing it. I really enjoyed watching the game yesterday and now we have a stronger midfield and more options up top I think the best is yet to come!

15 Sep 2013 11:49:16
Sorry if somebody's asked this before, but can anyone tell me why Kone was not in the squad yesterday? I didn't read about any injury, so is it just lack of form?

Martinez mentioned Kone had a knock on his knee, reason for him being out

Martinez said on sly sports prior to match that he was injured but don't think he gave any specifics about the injury

15 Sep 2013 10:45:21
Mourinho wants a young english midfielder to replace lampard"he looking at barkley,, mourinho will be sacked again b4 this happens ha

15 Sep 2013 06:45:34
Gareth Barry has his critics but after yesterdays game he should be getting praised.yes he is 32 but we had neville in the same position for years and he isn't a natural DM like barry. Best bit of buisness getting 27 mil for fella and bringing barry in on loan.and naismith was a big plus for me. made up for the lad and deserved his standing ovation

Agree mate. Even once he played at Aston he played left back. But his skill is excellent.

I've always been supportive of RM, but must admit I was never keen on the signing of Barry, as for Naismith I thought he might have moved on in the summer.
Happy to eat humble pie!
As good as any debut from Barry. I wonder if Naismith has just had a Barry Horne! We might just see a different player with the fans off his back.

I thoght Barry was the ideal link between defence and attack. Don't know were that leaves Gibson though.

Barry was class yesterday and definitely one of the reasons we won. All young English midfielders should watch him cause that's how a defensive midfielder should play. You know how good a player is when the come straight in and look like they have been there all their career and that's what he done IMO. Really good result yesterday can't wait for next game. COYB

Iv always singed felli's praises, but Barry to me was a different level, slotted in there perfect, age and experience! Consistent right through, and to me helped speed up play which we were lacking last 3, of course chelski also forced the tempo to be upp'd but Barry held it in there! McCarthy come on and also made a difference, put himself around good. Was happy to see Kevin deployed up front, maybe this could be a better position for him, rolling off defenders and running. Good day and happy to see RM has been able to get players in to start his transition of the team.

15 Sep 2013 01:14:17
Barkley did not get the praise his performance deserved yes he gave the ball away at times but in there half but evertime he picked up the ball he looks like he will make something happen the kid is a class act he ouses quality his change of pace his power his ability to shield the ball and he drifts past players with ease he made that goal today in my opinion apart from Whiltshire no other English player would of been comfortable with a pass in to him surrounded by opposition and then just hold off and find the pass to osman he is going to the top no doubt about it and they say we don't have any technical players coming through well Whiltshire and Barkley are better than anything we have had since gazza