Everton Banter Archive February 22 2014

 

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22 Feb 2014 22:26:03
Unlucky today lads, seems to be a reoccurring theme. If only you could get a few more loans in to your massive club you might achieve your dreams.

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{Ed025's Note - your dream must be to emulate our history spurski...its enough to make your heart go woooooo..

Hold on spurs won't achive any moor than we will this year the only difference between the two clubs is that Everton have not wasted one hundred million pounds

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22 Feb 2014 23:30:24
Wouldn't think you're a spurs fan, clueless, little to no sex life, in a mid life crisis, only makes a noise when his team are doing better, still living with his mum, looks forward all week not to watch spuds, just to eat them on sunday roast and has more interest in other clubs than his own, oh wait I've just described the stereotype of a spurs fan, thanks for playing up to it mate! Get a life and do one!

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And he's back ladies and gentlemen. You'd think he would support his own team. Then again, look who he supports. No shock he's not on his own pages

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If spudski would like to send me his address I'd kindly post him a Everton shirt for him to wear.he must support us as he always on the site.i mean who can be proud of spending 100mill on players and only be a few points ahead of our club.then there's the history of the clubs. Spuds haven't really won that much compered to us.and one more thing spudski.do you want your shirt home, away or third.

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Didn't know you had to pay 100 million for a pile of rubbish?

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22 Feb 2014 21:50:46
@Mike-Ox Long,
I fail to understand how you can say Sturridge is over-rated. He cost £12m. Since he signed for Liverpool he has played 33 games and scored 30 goals. He has scored in each of his last 7 premier league games in a row. Only 3 players have ever scored in 8 or more in a row.He will draw level with 2 of them if he scores tomorrow. Van Nistelroy leads that with 10 and that was done between March 22, 2003 and August 23, 2003 which encompasses parts of two seasons. He is currently 2nd behind Suarez as top scorer in the premier league. He has been one of the most consistent strikers in the premier league for over a year averaging nearly a goal a game. Over-rated, Really or is it just because he plays for Liverpool?

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Sturridge is a brilliant player. Would love him here. We need someone like him as we are toothless in attack. Someone with his pace and finishing ability is what we are seriously lacking.

If Chelsea still had him they would probably be running away with the league.

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22 Feb 2014 23:12:40
Its my opinion mate, at chelsea and city he did nothing to impress me, he has a good record at liverpool, alongside the best striker in the world on current form, when I watch him he doesn't do anything but finish off the work of others, most of em simple tap ins my nan could score, he is second in the league in goals, doesn't mean he is the second best overall, aguero, jovetic, van persie, rooney and negredo are all better, he is lazy, greedy and his stupid dance annoys me, I think he is like hernandez, scores tap ins, well done, that's his job, doesn't contribute really anywhere else on the pitch, just my opinion mate if a player scores tap ins and doesn't do anything else, it isn't enough, coutinho is just as annoying, he did 2 outside of his foot passes vs newcastle last year and I sh*t you not, liverpool fans told me he was the best attacking midfielder in the league by a mile, oscar, silva, mata, toure when he goes there and cazorla are all better than him, are they world class? No, do they do their jobs which is all well I just don't think they are as good as 1 or 2 things make them look like, again all about opinions, suarez is still liverpools best player

Mike-Ox Long

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If that is your opinion swan then you obviously don't watch sturridge enough. he scores all sorts of goals. tap ins. screamers. team goals the lot. he can be greedy at times but so are some of the best strikers around. his chip against west brom was sensational. and you forget when suare wasnt in the team at the start sturridge scored 3 goals in 3 games. the first two coming from nothing. I feel your very bitter about us having two of the most deadliest strikers in europe at the moment, there's no denying it. anyway that's my opinion, that's also backed up with facts.

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23 Feb 2014 11:50:07
Everyone's entitled to their opinion Mike, so I thought I'd share a little mix of his goals to show he is far from just a simple tap in striker.
http://youtu.be/qfUkn69cle0
I'm sure there are plenty of teams out there that wouldn't mind some of those goals in their team. He contributes plenty at Liverpool apart from his goals and his movement to make space for other players is exceptional. He is far from lazy and this greedy tag is a myth.
If anything he is under-rated and he is on current form one of the best English players around. That's my opinion for what it's worth.

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If that's Swans opinion then that's his opinion. He's probably watched a lot of him. Like I have. What I see is a greedy, selfish, arrogant wannabe who is made to look good by Suarez, Coutinho and sterling (all who I rate very highly.) Sturridge will be shown to be the average player that he is when Woy does the stupid thing and plants him alongside Rooney at the World Cup. Not only will he be average, his attitude will stink, his body language will stink and his 10 shots when he should have passed to the free man will also stink. I'd sooner play Ricky Lambert.

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Sturridge has just scored against Swansea and set one up for Henderson. oh and he scored half of his goals at the beginning of the season when Suarez was banned and not playing. I really don't get some of you guys. Liverpool have scored nearly double what we have and Sturridge has got a third of them. How can he be a terrible player? I hate those t**ts as much as anyone else, but I can see that their forward line is fantastic compared with ours.
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Wow, let's all get the cork out for Daniel Sturridge. He's gone and scored and set one up at home to Swansea. Your right. He is amazing. Liverpool are amazing. Their frontline is scintillating (especially compared to ours). I wish we could have their team. I wish we were them. Our team is useless, totally inferior. Losing away to Chelsea and Spurs. How dare they. We should be turning these teams over no problem.

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22 Feb 2014 17:31:30
O well part 2. a repeat of the spurs performance.
Lags just can't shut up shop. No change there then.
we just can't perform against the top 7 sides.
Cant focus on the job in hand. another point goes.
Sir moyesy on ya heels now Ed.
Chelsea are Head Shoulders Knees and Toes.
Above the rest and it shows.
As for Lags and England.
Gawd Elp Em, The Gladwys street Crier

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{Ed025's Note - i thought it was a good performance raz, we were unlucky to say the least, i dont know what drugs your on this week mate?, but we have given the top 7 plenty of frights this season!, with better finishing we would have done the double over chelski, battered the arse in their own back yard, beat the mancs at cold trafford etc, only liverpool have given us a hiding, but they done the same to your gunners mate..

Have a day off, thought we were excellent today for me this is the first season where we play top sides and give them a game instead of hoping for a draw Liverpool away and possibly man city away although we played well first half, we have played really well and should of won some of them, sometimes we forget what we say would be success, at the moment people are getting down because top 4 and champions league place is getting further away now but not qualifying for it is not failure we have not even qualified for Europa league for while, my aims were to qualify for Europe win a cup and progress on last season and so far we are still on course to do that Martinez has replaced a manager that was here for a decade finishing top 8 season after season with no money and he has changed our style of football, my best mate is a Liverpool fan who keeps telling me everton are where Liverpool were in Rodgers first season controlling games but not scoring enough goals that your play deserves and I could not agree more with him we need killer instinct and that's what Liverpool have added this season ruthless as us and arsenal found out. Keep the faith what ever happens and thank you Bill for bringing in Martinez a classy manager unlike mourinho who bad mouths people I use to be his biggest fan but he is making things personal now there are mind games and then there's crossing the line.

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{Ed025's Note - cracking post that metz..

Can tell your miserable Raz. Only someone in the depths of despair could write such dark, negative words after a 92nd min 1-0 defeat at the hardest place to go in European football.

Prozac might help

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22 Feb 2014 18:43:35
Martinezzz with the hard luck stories. don't understand the basics. The last 25 years we have seen the best teams shut up shop.when in the last ten minutes.
to get a point or even 3. this is on ongoing Acurance.
Lags again at fault.
Moysey with the poor team he has will show how the job is done.
Dont make plans for the Cup. As we're going out big Style. A good bet in the last 5 mins.

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We will finish behind Man Utd, that is a certainty. 7th is the best we can hope for now. The wheels have just fell off in the league.

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To be honest, I didn't quite understand what I've just read.

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Wtf? we've lost a bit of games and (they too were against Chelsea and Liverpool) and everyone is going mental :/

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I agree with pkblue.to much negativaty, there's still 10 games left and possable trip to wembley.still a fairway to go yet, come on blues we've been abit unlucky a few good results and it will all change.

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Can someone explain to me how conceding from a free kick is being caught "not shutting up shop"? We have definitely conceded too many from set-pieces this year, which is down to your set-piece tactics, but I fail to see how this is down to whether we were playing for the draw or not.

Ridiculous post. and that's even without throwing in the clinically insane comment about Moyes at the end (showing us how to get to get it done hey. taking the league champions to 6th or 7th. wow!)

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{Ed025's Note - i cant explain any of them negative thoughts people have bra boy, i guess some guys just love to moan mate..

22 Feb 2014 22:03:38
Seriously guys ffs come on, new manager, lost the wig yet still managed to hold our own against top teams, barring the Koppites at Anfield lol, beat the Mancs at their ground, playing some beautiful football and just missing that killer touch, we would have all been happy with where we are now last year so cheer up, fu###ng embarrassing sometimes how fickle some people are, and I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion but come on, we are having a great season.

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{Ed025's Note - im with you degsy..

There might not be much of an end product at the minute but the people who slate Martinez need there head testing we never played football this sexy In ten whole years under moyes Roberto is doing a great job and its clear for anyone with a little bit of football sense to see he is on the very edge of doing great stuff at Everton and all this is being done spending peanuts just imagine wot he will achieve when we have a decent war chest to invest in one window

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{Ed025's Note - amen to that shakey mate..

22 Feb 2014 18:16:15
As I said in my last post on here we keep getting hit with sucker punches, we have a lot of the ball, but no penetration. We can moan about the referee all we want ( I do think they favour the supposed big 4 ) but if we don't score goals despite all the possession and tidy passing we can blame no-one but ourselves. Sometimes it looks like we overpass it and try to do with 20 passes what man city can do with one.

I wouldn't want a return to route 1 football, and I'm not going to start slagging any player off or Roberto, we will bounce back but oh for 2 strikers like the RS have!

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We just pass it around for the sake of it. The build up play is so slow that it has become boring to watch.

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Mike I think they key thing there is energy. Do you remember the 1st half against Newcastle at Goodison? When we were 3 up at half time. I haven't seen an Everton team play with that energy and class for decades. I don't think anyone would have lived with us then. Last 10 games I've noticed a huge decrease in energy levels. I think the players are knackered. Barry as good as I think he is looks like he is absolutely blowing after 30 mins, he hasn't played this much with no break for a long time. Injuries have also played a big part in disrupting our flow. But right now, at the business end, we are predictable. And that's a shame because I've enjoyed so much of this season

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22 Feb 2014 17:45:07
We can't keep saying we were unlucky! it's very apparent the lack of a solid striker has cost us top four status, you can knock the ball around all day long in the midfield against teams like Chelski because they will just sit back as did Spurs! We need to invest some top dollar on some out and out striker. R/M seems a clever chap and hope this in hand. However first season in charge and to be where we are ain't bad JUST NEED A COUPLE OF GOOD STRIKERS!

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We are missing a
cahil
sheedy
hinchcliffe
latchford
cottee
do'nt think we are going to get them
do you?

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22 Feb 2014 17:20:01
That result was down to the ref - no way a foul by jags - but he was giving them one after another for the slightest touch and yet they were fouling our guys left right and centre and he was just waving it on
Pathetic - prime example of how a ref can swing a game massively in favour of one team by just letting their fouls go and whistling for every little thing the other team does
Everton should complain more

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Big jellyfish is on fire, hope yous have a replacement lined up, because come summer lukaku is off too, stupid mistake letting jelavic go, he is a great player

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John, big jellyfish done the same for Everton when he joined us (then got bored and thought the goal was nearer the corner flag for a good 12/13 months) so we sold him. Judge him on next seasons form cause the only goals he'll be scoring will be the ones you see now (when he's interested.) Bobby WILL already have a striker lined up . and Chelsea can have Lukaku back n'all.

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Listen am a rangers fan I know all about jelly, he was your best striker regardless of form and bobby sold him, says a lot about bobby

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{Ed025's Note - he had lost his mojo john, there was no way back for him mate, but i do wish him well..

Now that explains a lot John. Jelavic 'a great player', no mate he really isn't but in the SPL he probably was half decent. He may do alright in the Championship in a year or two aswell

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Ed, Lost his mojo? Is it not Martinez's job to find that mojo? I think it was a terrible decision to let him leave! We haven't had a proper striker since Lukaku got injured and we have suffered big time because of it. Now we aren't fighting for 4th place but 5th. Keeping Jelavic, who knows he might have played 4 and scored 4, we will never know. What I do know is that not having that option for these massive games was a terrible decision, especially given we signed a replacement who was injured! The 1st goal he scored yesterday is Jelavic. Yes he can miskick from a yard but he can do that. He's more than capable. And he is fresh as a daisy, would have run all day. I'd back him to have done it with our team behind him rather than Hulls!

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{Ed025's Note - that's called hindsight oil, it was time for him to move on for me mate, and we got top dollar, my only concern is that the money must be spent on a new striker, god knows we need one..

He ain't going to championship soft lad, he has already scored more for hull this season than he did for yous all season, when he first signed for yous he was banging them in aswell, don't start this he's not a great player, compared to who?

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{Ed025's Note - john, wind your neck in mate, he had burnt his bridges with us, he is a mid premiership type striker, who I wish well, but if we want to win things, I'm afraid we need players of a higher standard than him..

22 Feb 2014 16:49:37
Didn't see the game so no ratings, I know the result obviously though and all I can say is, 'is it wrong of me not to care anymore?', I really cannot describe the frustration everton cause me, our season is falling apart, I predict the mancs to beat palace and if they do that's us finishing 7th GUARANTEED, no higher, it doesn't matter if we played well or not, apparently we did play well, it doesn't matter, we just cannot score goals, I like naismith but he should be played off the front man, not playing as a lone target man, give mcaleny a go or something, anything different, our team is becoming very predictable as of late, we have no attacking midfielder who can play that final pass, this goes for BOTH osman and barkley, neither of them posses a good enough passing range or the vision to get us through on goal, honestly after all the high hopes we were having for the season, 2 losses we had all season in january, wow, now we have what 4 or 5 or 6?, in the summer martinez needs to bring in a centre back, a young right back (just for the future), a holding midfielder (2 if barry doesn't join), a winger (pienaar and mcgeady are tosh, doofy loofy is going back and mirallas cannot be in 2 positions at once), an attacking midfielder who can pass the ball and at least 2 strikers, will we have the money? Nope, will be sign players for all those positions? Nope, I just cannot describe how gutted I am, why oh why can we not for once just have a season were we get that little bit of luck? Well we are everton so it will never happen, the season has fallen apart and what looked like a challenge for fourth before the derby has now become a challenge to stay in the top 8, think we need to buck up our ideas or we will fall further and further and further behind everyone, the players need to take a good hard look at themselves and show some bottle for the last 10 or so games, instead of being absolute shi*bags, please lads can we at least try from now until the end of the season?, COYB, no! Wait I'm not finished, another problem, jags and sylvain milkman, I love the pair of them, but these little lapses in concentration are costly, newcastle last season, norwich, tottenham and cheslea today, you are experienced guys, start concentrating on the game!, 'finished now mike?' NO, we are NOT a passing team, anyone noticed that? Watch swansea, they do these nice little passes, everyone knows where everyone is, here its simple, jags to distin, distin to jags, jags to distin, distin to jags, repeat that about 10 times, an opposing player is 15 yards away from jags so jags hoofs it, OR, or he passes it to howard who then hoofs it, we lose the ball and then we have to defend, we simply do not have the players to play an effective passing game, the fullbacks don't matter really, our centre backs, great defenders, woeful footballers, our central midfield, barry to tidy up, yes and mccarthy are both good for the passing game as is mirallas, who else? No one, martinez said when we got doofy loofy it was because barcelona wanted him to join a club with a similar style of play, in what way are we similar, they have messi upfront, quick and agile player who can finish, we have 2 big 6 foot 3 and over strikers who we hoof it up to, you don't see barcelona doing that, we cannot play with a big target man, we need someone who can play!, when I've watched us this season, some of our goals have been well worked and beautiful goals, much better than moyes, yet I don't see any real change in possession or the amount of passes we do, most of our passes are sideways anyway, we need gibson back, another leader on the pitch and someone who can actually hit the ball from far out and it doesn't go into the stands every time or straight into the keepers hands (cough, barkley and osman), we need something special, something to really give us that belief that we can achieve something, we haven't found it yet, anyway in total, IMO the best we can hope for is 7th now, I will probably read this post back later and regret it but still, I may not, hopefully I don't

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Mike, read my post below. we played really well for 60 odd minutes until Roberto started making substitutions. It was almost as if we were really going for the win. Unfortunately, it backfired and the balance of the team became wrong. There was no hold up play and for the last 10 minutes, we were hanging on a bit. All the clearances were going to Barkley, Del Boy and Mcgeady who then often gave up posession. Particularly Del Boy. I don't think he beat a single player once. Chelsea were the ones chasing the game after 60 minutes. We should have def kept Mirallas on as his pace is always a threat. Moved him up front. Anyway, we have the FA Cup left. One final point. I will remind you all of my post earlier in the season about filling our team with players who don't score goals. McCarthy and Barry are great defensively, but it's almost like having 2 holding midfielders at times. And you are not going to get more than 5 goals a season from the two of them. Add in the lack of goals from defenders. that only leaves 4 in the team who may get your majority of goals. Besides Lukaku we have no prolific goalscorers. We all know Pienaar, Osman, McGeady, Del Boy, Naismith and Barkley are not 10 goals a season players.prob not even 5 goals per season. It leaves us with the fact that we have plenty of posession, lots of efforts, but not enough goals. Our defence looks capable enough, we just don't take advantage of all the posession we have.
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Good post that Ox. We have become dull to watch. We pass for the sake of it. We are totally clueless when we get anywhere near the final third. I honestly can't remember Cech having to make a save today.

I'll do the rating for you.

Howard - 6 - Some good saves but what was he playing at for the goal.

Coleman - 6.5 - Didn't do much. Decent defensively.

Jags - 7 - Good game, but Chelsea were awful so made it easy.

Distin - 7.5 - Same as Jags. MOM.

Baines - 5 - Looked disinterested like he has all season. Seems to be going backwards.

Mirrallas - 5.5 - Didn't do anything. Will someone please tell him that he is allowed to pass the ball sometimes.

McCarthy - 6 - Game just passed him by.

Barry - 7- Our best midfielder. Which isn't that much of a compliment.

Osman - 5.5 - Can't remember him doing anything of note.

Pienaar - 5.5 - same as Osman.

Naismith - 4 - Non existent, he cleared a few corners and that's about it.

Barkley - 2 - Just awful. Couldn't even manage a simple 5 yard pass.

McGreedy - 3- Not enough time to do anything. Would have been crap anyway.

Depardieu - 3 - Another sub that didn't make any difference.

*On a side note. How about spending some time working on set pieces, our corners are truly dreadful.

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A bit more info of what I mean. McCarthy has scored just 7 goals in 141 games for Wigan and Everton. Gareth Barry has scored 9 goals in 152 games for Man City and Everton. although when he was younger he did bang a few in for Villa. Between them, that's 16 goals in 293 games by our central midfield pair. Average of about 2 a season. I believe we need a player to be played much more as a holding midfielder and the other to advance and contribute to the team's goals. The top teams have scored nearly double what we have but have similar defensive records.
Degsypulford

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22 Feb 2014 18:47:46
I agree, lukaku (as much as I dislike him) and mirallas are the only players in our team who can go into double figures in a season if they remained injury free, naismith too if he had a run of games, other than that, no one, I remember doofy loofy saying 'when everton get a corner it sounds like the end of the world', well it does but we shouldn't get excited, we do outswinging corners which means are players have to generate the power in the headers by themselves, inswining corners are what we should be doing, the slightest contact and it will go towards goal, that's another point, we have no aerial threats, lukaku is 6 foot 3 but can't jump, distin can jump and is 6 foot 4 but I don't think the ball ever goes near him, jags is not tall, just under 6 foot I think, but he has a great leap on him, but still look at them then look at skrtel and agger, distin and jags are better defenders but those 2 score way more headers, we just don't have any aerial threats anymore, fellaini was good because of the power he could generate by himself and obviously cahill, they are gone, we need an outlet, if martinez wants us to pass then fine, at least get the corners in the box, you never know what will happen unless we take that risk, but we don't and it is an incredibly useful outlet to have

Mike-Ox Long

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Talking out your penguin leave you to guess next word

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And that's the reason your not a pundit those ratings were so wrong not even close

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22 Feb 2014 16:26:08
Nice to see jelavic banging em in and we end up with traore. Who's only got to see a ball and gets crocked.

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22 Feb 2014 16:10:21
Could see that score line coming up in the last ten minutes.
A draw we deserved but sorry that was Tim Howard's ball to smother. It was a nightmare cross to defend, defenders back peddling etc but when your goalkeeper is constantly stuck on his line you leave yourselves wide open to that happening.
Some saying Mirallas was brilliant, er perhaps I was watching another match, his control was dreadful, he lost the ball constantly and missed a sitter.
The lads deserved more but how many more games will we continue to say that?

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Have to agree as good a keeper as Howard is he just doesn't control his 6 yard box, the slightest touch on a keeper here and you get a free kick yet Tim plays like a subbuteo keeper! Am not having a go at his all round performance as he made some great saves today but he does frustrate me with his lack of dominance of dealing with crosses

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22 Feb 2014 08:11:03
Ed, It's clear that my post about the ground share has got people posting.
Some posters quoting we were the first club to have a double decker stand (1970)/underpitch heating(1958). Unbelievable!
It's 2014 guys so sit up and smell the coffee!
Supporters of different teams virtually always say to me, great manager, great team but your ground?
Any chance of a poll on ground share ed?

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{Ed007's Note - No probs but what do you want the poll on Mushy? Do you want it about what people WANT to happen or what they THINK will happen....?}

22 Feb 2014 15:52:27
.a really good performance from the team today & one to be proud of against a very strong chelski side. Yet again though for all the good play, no cutting edge or real clinical quality up front & host of chances spurned yet Again. I hate to say this guys & girls but just imagine for 1 minute (on current form) sturridge, Suarez & coutinhio playing up front in that everton side.it would probably result in us winning the bloody league. I cannot emphasise this enough, but Bill or Bobby if you are reading this. Please, please, please, get your chequebook out in the summer & sign 2 world class strikers & 1 world class winger. THIS ACTION WILL REPAY YOU as it will get the champions league qualification we all crave & probably more, apart from that game against the dark side at anfield we could've won every other frigging game this season with much better quality up front & leading the forward line. I'm sorry, but for me "mcgreedy" for me ain't good enough, mirallas looks like a player who's eyeing his next move & frankly is too inconsistent, pienaar is passed it, & delefeo is likely to go back to Barcelona so we need & I repeat NEED 3 world class forward line players bought in the summer, no more mediocre affordable rubbish.& then watch us next season push on & reach the grade & achieve what we want to achieve. Rant over, good day everyone! :-)

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22 Feb 2014 17:07:31
Good post mate, I personally find sturridge and coutinho to be very overrated, but they are better than what we have got and suarez, wow, third best player in the world, I certainly wouldn't say no to him, I would love us to have out own trio like they have, instead we have a donkey who calls himself the fridge, an overweight african winger, who ISN'T fast and wavetrees answer to joey essex, perfect!, you and I both know, we will not buy three world class attack minded players, I predict another goalkeeper, a young centre back no one has heard of and a loaned in striker in his 30s who we have never heard of and the slight chance of a young 'wonderkid' loanee who will have 3 or 4 prem starts max, the future is bright, the future is blue, well the sky usually is blue, if you were expecting some optimism from me, HA

Mike-Ox Long

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22 Feb 2014 15:37:47
im a big fan of barkley, but he was poor today and hasn't quite got back to his best after his injury. I Think he should watch on from the sidelines for a couple of weeks, and then slowly teintroduce him.

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That may be all well for his for his form. But we can't afford to do that with the limited options available in midfield already.

Concentrate on the cup now and, hoping Spurs lose this weekend, 5th place. Although that's probably past us now if I'm being completely honest.

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Barkley needs a break and we have Mirralas, Osman, Piennar, Naismith, Delefou and Mcgeady who can play there so we should give him a break

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22 Feb 2014 15:37:46
Sickened with that result. Jags and Distin looked to have kept Chelsea quiet all afternoon and then we're hit with another sucker punch, just as we were against Spurs two weeks ago. We deserved something from both games.
The substitutions never worked (and possibly weakened us) when we had Chelsea rattled. You could see that Torres was getting nothing and was starting to show his frustration as the game went into the final ten minutes. When that free kick was being sized up by Lampard you could see in his eyes that we were in trouble. For the first time all match Distin lost Terry and Howard (who'd had a great game with some important second half saves) was beaten.
Totally gutted and now 4th place looks to have disappeared even with the game in hand.
I have hope for the FA Cup however and Roberto must start with Tim Howard in goal and play his strongest team from the start.
Maybe the return of Lukaku next week will bring about a change in fortunes.

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22 Feb 2014 15:35:32
Former Everton star Tim Cahill (@Tim_Cahill) is understandably upset by the result: "That cross needs to be headed away. We can't keep saying we were unlucky. We were the better team. Can't play without a striker. #gutted #COYB"

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22 Feb 2014 15:29:42
Quintessential moments are so lacking in EFC play at the moment. That singular moment of etheral inspiration that separates a top team from a good team. I saw the game today. At half time the TV presenters were singing EFC's play, ball retention, passing, defensive brillance and attack options. Chelsea were out of ideas. EFC are a good team, no doubts about that. but on the evidence of results against ManC, reds, TH and Chelsea, not a top team. We lost today because of a mistake and that happens but what player is going to have that moment of unrehearsed brillance that be so positive on others, so the one mistake matters not? Later results today will likely place us 7th, so are we a top 8 team? Yes. Is this unacceptable. NO! RM is work in progress. Top 8, preferably 6th would be a good stride forward given the platform so deeply shown in the match today. The question is,, the plan beyond?

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22 Feb 2014 15:05:54
I don't think bobbys subs worked today.Mirallas was well pissed off comin off and rightly so. Ossie was unlucky to be hooked as well, Barclay was useless when he came on as was doofy loofy.
they were there for the taking today although with a few minutes left I would have been happy with a point so come away with sweet FA is galling
did anyone think the ref was a c**t?

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22 Feb 2014 14:55:46
Absolutely gutted.
Played brilliantly for an hour with a well balanced team. And yes Osman looked as good as anyone else. Then on 63 minutes he takes Osman off and brings on Barkley who was once again totally ineffective for the remaining 27
+ minutes. Kept giving the ball away.Then on 75 replaces Mirallas (who is also having a great game) with Deulofeu who just seems to run into people lately. and in doing so gives the ball away. By 80 when he takes Pienaar off and puts on McGeady, we have totally lost our shape and keep giving the ball away. Each substitution weakened the side. I really don't understand why he did it. Chelsea were looking rattled and we were on top. It was not like we were a goal down or anything. Chelsea were the ones who needed to make changes. I was pleased for Naismith. getting a game after his recent performances.
Just gutted.
Degsypulford

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That was a sickener deserved a least a point if not all three
lucky chelski

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22 Feb 2014 14:54:59
Well r lack of firepower is comin back to haunt us yet again the dogs in the street new we needed a forward and for some wonderous reason martinez refused to bring 1 in were getting what we deserve nothin if u can't score goals u get sod all doesn't take a genius to work that out so frustrating to watch a team show nothin worth talkin bout in the final third terrible sick of this nearly nearly tag no chance of champions league them other sods r scoring for fun hope we don't get into that europa league would be a disaster

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22 Feb 2014 13:52:32
Is it just me or is david james the biggest joke of a pundit ever and believe me there r some bad 1s he is so anti everton that I get embaressed for him every chance he gets he has a pop at everton he can't help but be negative about them its nearly like second nature now yet when he talks bout lfc he bums and blows bout them no matter how bad they r so so irritating ahhhhhhh

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22 Feb 2014 13:37:41
was Traore injured during warm up?, missed it

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22 Feb 2014 12:25:42
I'm backing us for three points today. It's going to be close but I think we will just shade it. Coyb! It's time to end the bridge hoodoo.

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22 Feb 2014 11:56:18
Hey

Traore in for Naismith, Osman starts instead of Barkley, quietly optimistic COYB

Mart

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Traore injured in warm-up! No luck already.

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Traore injured in warm up! Not sure if I am becoming disappointed with his signing but on an optimistic note it could have been just after kick of, still have all the subs.

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Cant catch a break at the minute with forwards

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22 Feb 2014 10:45:18
Ideal world we would all like our own unique stadium, however as a joint enterprise we could have an all singing, all dancing stadium with retractable roof etc etc which could be a multi use facility and big cash earner.
With the advancements in design we could have a flag ship stadium for the world to see.

My only concern is would a potential investor who will not own the stadium see it as a plus or negative? I suppose the revenue stream potentially would be increased
however I think a lot would depend on the financial arrangements on paying rent or a buy back scheme.

The other question is would only having one stadium affect who the kids growing up support?

Ground share is a serious option though.

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Im pretty sure a ground share was deemed impossible a long time ago

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22 Feb 2014 09:45:25
My starting 11 to face chelaea.

howard
coleman, jagielka, distin, baines
mccarthy barry
pienaar osman mcgeady
naismith

plenty of attacking options on the bench in mirallas, barkley, delefeou and lacina traore.

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21 Feb 2014 22:30:30
So Rooney signs a new deal with United. Oh well that puts to bed the banter about him coming back.

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