Everton Banter Archive July 18 2011

18 Jul 2011 23:49:26
If we can keep cahill, arteta, fellaini, saha and jags fit this season then i see us coming top 7 again, especially if some of the youngsters break through this season, we weren't far off top 6 last season despite an injury crisis and i feel if the most influential players in our team stay fit then we will do alright again this season {Ed025's Note - we still need a striker mate,,

Good point ed, but we could get away with signing just a striker, especially with the emergence of gueye and getting all our players back fit {Ed025's Note - yes...because the nucleus of the side....is very good..

Maybe we should get them all on a flight to Lourdes? Cos that's the only way we're gonna keep them all fit. {Ed025's Note - they tried that....but saha..could not travel....due to injury,,

Sturridge on loan, job done, then we could just concentrate on next season and whatever we get from yak and yobo we could use for someone like gibson as a squad player for cover {Ed025's Note - i like the sound of that..

I agree, most evertonians would be happy with one new face and sturridge would certainly fit the bill, gibson is not a bad shout for cover.

18 Jul 2011 22:23:47
a change seems to be happening at everton. i was a kenwright fan a matter of weeks ago, but i feel like a revolution has begun and that if EFC for change and the peoples group are successful then change could happen soon. COYB {Ed025's Note - i for 1...believe that bill kenwright, has tried his best, and has always had the clubs best interest at heart....but times have changed...gone are the times..when a supporter with limited resources, can run a major premier league club...and this is wht the goodison faithful, are up in arms..

If we do not sign anyone in this window there will be a big fallout and it will be a very uncomfortable ride for kenwright this season. Everton fans won't settle for second best for our club, but i urge the fans to get behind the blues this season, whatever happens we are all blues and we should cheer the lads on. {Ed025's Note - totally agree mate...respect.

I just think its not all bills doing, i think if he had more money behind him he would invest it in players. His main objective at the moment is to have the club not team in a good state to get more investment. I would prefer him do that. Whether right or wrong he still thinks he is the best man for the job, and wont go until that changes. The big billionaire is not gonna happen, it would have happened by now. Besides the billionaire who else is gonna do a better job. {Ed025's Note - i see what your saying.......but if you cant play an instrument....dont join a band..

I think it's right that the fans have finally got a voice as long as it doesn't turn into a witch hunt. BK can't raise a fart in a trance but he does love the club, unlike the like's of Ashley or the yanks who nearly sunk the shxte. Evertonians have got a bit of class unlike the geordies or the son's of Shankley...they were burning the stars and stripes outside anfield for 12 months, only to welcome another bunch of US owners..sad red hypocrites. So whatever fate befalls BK it'll be done in the everton way and not the hypocritical red way. {Ed025's Note - are you sure wer,e not twins ?....could not have put it better myself..

The big billionaire won't come if the clubs up for sale at 125 million with 49 million debt and a serious stadium issue , if he drastically lowered his price to what we really are worth , like the wolves chairman done when selling to Steve Morgan then we may have a chance {Ed025's Note - good point..

BK is only looking after the best interstate of the club, true blue? How much did he pay for the club? He wants to sell so bad for125 and the new owner gets a pitch needing replaced and how much debt? Run an ad stupid billionaires apply contact true blue Bill.

18 Jul 2011 22:02:03
I want change as much as the next blue, but it's not as clear cut as "sack the board". The biggest issue we have with Kenwright is around investment, other than that is the club being run that poorly? Moyes, although frustrated, knows where he stands and appears to have a good relationship with the board. What we want/need is transparency, evidence/details of interested parties that have come in and have been shown the door. {Ed025's Note - when you say....is the club being run that poorly?...the answer is YES!! when a club with, our history..passion & support...cannot compete in the transfer market, with the likes of...sunderland..leicester..WBA..etc....then there is something fundamentally wrong !!!..

To be fair sunderland are only spending a fraction of what they got for selling their best two players, at least we are not offloading everyone like them and villa who have let downing and young go, these teams are only spending what they have received from outgoing transfers {Ed025's Note - well wheres our dosh from the...pienaar & vaughan sales?

18 Jul 2011 21:06:17
rumour going round that baines was called into moyes office a few weeks ago before they went on holidays moyes asked if a bid over 12 million came in would he go with no fuss baines replied that most of the team feel that they could be sold this has come from a local journalist if true this is disgracefull {Ed025's Note - sounds like, a local journalist.....from the...NOTW

We may have to sacrifice a player like rodwell to move the team forward. It worked when we sold rooney, as long as any money received goes straight to moyes {Ed025's Note - wise words my friend....totally agree..

We are overloaded with midfielders now everyone is fit, so rodwell could be sacrificed to use the money for a winger and striker, two areas where our squad is short. We need to sell to buy, but it may work out for us, especially if we could get 5 mill as well for yak and yobo {Ed025's Note - i agree with all that mate..nice post.

18 Jul 2011 20:59:12
Just watching Dispatches on Channel 4 about buying football clubs. We might be better off sticking with BK. Maybe it's true that he is seeking the right sort of people. Must be many more of these "Business men" out there Would support a good honest club with a small budget than to be taken over by someone like that. {Ed025's Note - i have to say...i would take the chance, because at the moment we are in limbo. in my opinion we will not progress under bill kenwrights leadership....it is better to try...and fail...than never having tried at all....

I understand what your saying ed but we must remember what happened to Leeds utd from Champions league to League 1. Also Portsmouth and more recently Birmingham {Ed025's Note - i know mate....but arent you like me...a what if man....i dont want to dream about...what might have been if....i would sooner say.....you know what....we gave it our best shot..

Bill is a decent man, but he doesn't have the money or drive to take us forward and it is frustrating as moyes doesn't need vast fortunes to turn us into contenders for the top 4, as previously stated on these pages a winger and a striker could do it {Ed025's Note - i agree mate....i have never said bill was not a good man.....just not a good chairman..

Bill took the club away from the clutches of johnson, stabilised us and appointed a fantastic manger, but now his time is up and we need new investment and ideas to take the blues back up with the best teams {Ed025's Note - could not have put it better myself......thanks..

18 Jul 2011 19:55:29
i think if any of are cm players are sold this window we should use half the money to try and get huddlestone from spurs because he can pass ther perfect and effective balls, he can shoot from long range and he is decent at tackling and heading {Ed025's Note - not a big fan really....struggles with his weight...and not very mobile.....a bit like yak

Huddlestone is a nearly man who has never fulfilled his potential, i would love us to sign milner or maybe take a punt on hargreaves {Ed025's Note - that would do for me.......but owen must be PAYP...

18 Jul 2011 17:30:18
Just seen the Chelski are planning a bid for Feli's hair, well thats all the 20million thats being quoted would buy them after the red s**te put prices through the roof for mediocre players. For 20 million you get henderson not our feli. However if they were to throw sturrage into the deal with 18 - 20 million ??? this might be a runner. {Ed025's Note - i agree about sturridge.....but i dont want feli to go

Only midfielders i would let go are rodders and billy {Ed025's Note - billy...i would agree....rodders...only for big money...with the proviso...that this money, would be spent entirely on new recruits.

Rodwell should be sacrificed before fellaini, but i would love sturridge, he would be a great addition to our team {Ed025's Note - amen to that..

18 Jul 2011 16:16:23
i think everton should look abroad for cheap talent asia always has good wingers and they would cost under 5m and if we sell yobo and yak then we can start looking

Moyes knows a bargain and how to turn a player into a star, i trust his judgement in the transfer market {Ed025's Note - i trust him..implicitly..but no matter how good you are....its impossible, to work without money!!..

18 Jul 2011 12:26:53
17 Jul 2011 16:13:24
Big Dunc voted No.1 Premier League Hardman by , they are not wrong, he was even higher than keano

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Dunc was a hard man. Why Keane was even on the list I don't know - he was just a coward & a bully. I never saw him go near Big Dunc in a game, or Stuart Pearce for that matter. Keane might have been a good player but I hated the man. When we were in for him after he left Man Utd I prayed for the deal to fall through

Toffee Tezza

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KEANE WAS TERRIFIED OF THE BIG FELLA LIKE THE REST OF THE TEAM BUNCH OF WOMAN

I always remember a game at goodison a few years ago, keane clattered cahill when they both went up for a header. Cahill had a go at keane and keane pushed cahill, big dunc jogged over and keane literally ran off behind wes brown and darren fletcher. I remember it well, agree with that comment he was a pure bully and coward and hid behind playing on the pitch, he would never act the way he does on the pitch outside
Big dunc was pure tough, on and off the pitch

Dunc was a very good footballer as well, he was unstoppable in the air and scored some great goals on the floor as well, he had the knack of scoring in the big games. {Ed025's Note - yes...he was more than just a hard-man...he was a very good footballer..

18 Jul 2011 09:39:56
Lets get yobo and yak out the door and use all our money to go and get Jermaine Defoe, Even if this was our only signing this summer I'd be over the moon as hes a great finisher and just what the blues need..Come on DM and BK lets make it happen.

18 Jul 2011 01:19:19
I think we have a huge chance to get n'zogbia, Saha maybe helped bring in a striker

Villa have had a £10,000,000 bid turned down we have no chance we dont have £10.