Everton Banter Archive October 24 2014

 

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24 Oct 2014 23:01:46
How many marks out of ten would you give the Grimbergen, Blues / ed?

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{Ed025's Note - never tried it juicer...but i am a lager lout, so will give it a try mate..

24 Oct 2014 14:40:24
I must admit to being impressed by Lille's Simon Kjaer last night. I remember him playing in Serie A, but he does seem to have improved enormously. I know we have Stonsie & Jags (who was terrific last night) but would anyone else like to see Kjaer at Goodison?

IM(&K)IT

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He's a liverpool fan would never move to use

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That is preposterous sas, lallana is an everton fan, so is carra and michael owen. money talks and so does the premier league. if we gave an enticing enough offer he would jump at the chance to play here

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24 Oct 2014 05:37:27
Ok, I know a win would have been better, but a clean sheet at last is a good thing, is it not? Maybe it is a sign of the defence really getting themselves together for the rest of the season.

Is it me or was Coleman, despite him being very attacking, very much the main reason for the defensive improvements? He brings balance and forces the opposition back with his attacking runs.

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I agree that a clean sheet is a good thing, although RM has supposedly said that he isn't concerned about clean sheets, but only about winning matches, which I guess is right.
I also agree that Coleman does bring a balance - and a lot more - when he's in our team.
Our attacking play, especially the fluidity and movement and slick passing and clever runs, is great to watch, but we just need to be sure that when our attacks break down - and the opposition counter attacks - that we are able to get into a sound defensive shape and aren't exposed. Once we've cracked that, then we'll be cooking with gas!

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24 Oct 2014 10:30:14
I agree, what annoys me is when people assume that because he is so attacking, it means he can't defend, despite obviously never seeing him play, he adds a lot of pace to the back four and aggression when we are being attacked and allows no one any room to do anything, if they try to get it in space, because he's so fast they get closed down immediately, we have missed him immensly

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{Ed001's Note - I have to admit I think he is a fantastic player. I remember watching him on loan at Blackpool and thinking he looked to have what it takes to make it, but I never imagined he would get quite so good. Very rare to find a player who can do that wing back role so well, most are completely hopeless at defending.}

To be fair, he is the most improved player in the premiership. Who can foresee these things?

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24 Oct 2014 00:47:48
Another away draw in Europe, which is good. Win the home games and draw the away games - that's the proven recipe for group-stage qualification. A clean sheet as well, which follows the clean sheet against Aston Villa, so hopefully that's a sign of defensive improvement. We must now show that we can play well - and get a result - after playing in Europe, so a win at Burnley (who are clearly struggling for any sort of result following promotion) is an absolute must imho.
What's clear to me - and many other posters - is that we have several ageing players (the over-30s like Distin, Osman, Pienaar, etc.) who have been good performers in the past, but who are now struggling.
We do have a group of quality players in their mid-20s (Coleman, McCarthy, Mirallas, etc.) who are now the core of the team and we must retain these. At the same time, although we do have several very promising youngsters they (even Barkley, Stones and Lukaku) are still developing as players. This surely means that RM needs to bring it several players during the next couple of transfer windows. Doing that within the constraints of FFP and the rules about squad sizes and the homegrown/foreign player quotas will be an interesting challenge for RM.
This is only the second season of his work-in-progress at Everton, so let's see how he takes us forward from the poor start (results-wise) at the beginning of the season - especially as the injuries to key players are slowly being overcome.

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