Everton Banter Archive May 07 2015

 

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07 May 2015 17:20:52
How come Arsenal and Aston Villa can have rich millionaires wanting to buy the club and yet not one person seems to be interested in buying one of the biggest clubs in England. It really doesn't make sense to me!

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{Ed025's Note - the state of the ground and the money being asked puts prospective buyers off mate..

07 May 2015 19:16:01
ANSWER; Bill Kenwright.

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{Ed025's Note - not just him JCW, but he is one of them..

07 May 2015 22:48:27
Nothing to do with the state of the ground, that's just a smoke screen. It's all down to how much the greedy owners want. and don't forget Bill is just a figurehead, it's the money men behind him bleeding the club dry.

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{Ed025's Note - i agree with the last bit woburn, but to be honest the ground is not fit for purpose mate, to attract investors you need corporate hospitality, our ground although steeped in history is a mausoleum..

08 May 2015 07:46:55
We have the potential to overcome this ground issue ,

and yes it is an ISSUE of massive proportions!

However we the fans are tired of this excuse,

and yes EXCUSE not REASON for the TOTAL LACK of progress in moving on!

We are smothered in BS every season to keep us hoping etc.


Please let there be an end to all the spin ,Chinese whispers and downright lies!

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08 May 2015 17:51:48
Ed I worked in construction for nearly 40 years, and believe me redeveloping the ground would not cost anything near what's been quoted. In fact the money spent looking for new sites, getting consultants to produce development programmes and plans would have paid for most of the refurbishment works. The biggest cost of building anything is when starting from scratch. We have the neucleous there, just knock a bit down then build a new bit, and do it section by section. Even the fools across the road have figured this out.

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{Ed025's Note - i have also been in construction for 40 years woburn, and sometimes its more cost effective to cut your losses and just start again from scratch, the infrastructure around goodison is just not conducive to a modern new stadium imo mate...but then again i wanted martinez.. :)

09 May 2015 02:37:28
There's no point blaming the money men bleeding the club dry as you say we have always been at the top of our wage limit so even if we had a 100m we would be spending more that we can't afford, only these new deals have changed that it comes down to the ground, because it holds 40k we have been in no rush now we're lagging behind

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07 May 2015 14:46:47
When the dust settles on this season and the planning begins for next season what are the expectations of the posters? I expect us to be challenging for a top 6 finish next term as I believe realistically the Champions League places are again going to be monopolised by City, Chelsea, United and Arsenal due to these having the financial muscle over the rest. Therefore I expect us to be challenging with Spurs and Liverpool for the europa place by finishing 5th. I would also like a trip to Wembley for either of the domestic cups as our trophy drought is becoming rather embarrassing tbh.

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{Ed025's Note - a bit optimistic in my opinion gray, it will obviously depend on who we sign, but im lowering my expectations a bit just to avoid the disappointment we have suffered this season mate..

07 May 2015 18:44:55
I understand what you are saying ed but we should be challenging for a top 7 finish at least we didn't build on the foundation set last season so next season is make or break for Martinez he either proves he is worthy of the job and this season was just a blip or he fails and gets shown the door. We cannot have another season like this one because he won't have the europa excuse

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{Ed025's Note - my point gray is that with bobby at the helm, i cant see us really making the big boys quake in their boots at the thought of meeting us, i would love to be proven wrong of course mate but im not building up my hopes..

07 May 2015 19:17:56
Ever the optimist I am ed don't get me wrong I am not a fan of Martinez and still feel he is out of his depth but I would love to be proven wrong as that means we are doing well. Been frustrated all season by the tactics the team selections etc etc and many a time called for his head but come to the realisation that he is here come August so I will be right behind the team as always and hopefully he will prove me wrong and work wonders. doubt it but as I said am an optimist

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{Ed025's Note - i am too gray but my position on here means im the first in the firing line if it goes tits up, so my shield is to not set the targets too high mate..

07 May 2015 19:22:17
Martinez, will always be able to find an excuse for failour, but one thing is certain, it will never be his fault, in any way.

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{Ed025's Note - his excuses are.."phenomenal" JCW.. :)

07 May 2015 20:27:13
I really can't see us challenging up at the top. In the previous 4 or 5 seasons we have played really attractive football and actually hammered some teams. We have not looked poor at all or shown up by other teams. However this season we have looked absolutely average all through with the exception of the Wolfsburg and Everton games and maybe one or two others. We have nicked a few results of late where we have not deserved to. Even the bottom few teams have tested us. We need to replace some players and I don't think we are currently signing the right calibre of players. We will see next season and I would love to be proved wrong, but my gut instinct is that we will be mid table at best. I guess if Lukaku reaches his potential and gets more consistency, that gives a bit more hope.

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{Ed025's Note - thats if he,s still here mate, if his agent raiola has anything to do with it he will be out of the door quicker than bobby can say "phenomenal"..

07 May 2015 11:31:28
when Bobby became our manager I rather foolishly thought he would know off or unearth himself a few Spanish gems in the lower leagues or reserves in Spain I'm feeling a little let down by our scouting system. maybe he should call moyse for a few tips on Spanish players fs

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{Ed025's Note - he did bag us that foreign wonderkid billy..aideno mcgeadyo.. :)

07 May 2015 19:33:07
Seen aide no yesterday in the Trafford centre cuddent help think he had a cheek spending a penny

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{Ed025's Note - maybe he was on his way to sign for united mike.. :)

07 May 2015 08:02:51
So we still have a chance of qualifying for Europe with Liverpool guaranteed automatic place roughly, it's between us and West Ham for The fair play place that will be interesting with 3 games left a clean slate would probably do it for us but do we really want it next season well that's another story but time will tell.

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{Ed025's Note - year out for me stef, then there can be no excuses if we fail to deliver next season..

07 May 2015 09:22:12
Europa? Please God no.
If it moves kick it,trip it, slap it on Sat to prevent that!

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{Ed025's Note - play mo besic from the start!..

07 May 2015 09:24:29
Could do with Barry and all the other yellow card specialists playing.

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{Ed025's Note - naisy, mo, and gareth can sort that tedster..

07 May 2015 17:30:24
If it couldn't get any worse this season we now find ourselves almost back in the EL. Jeez we just can't catch a break!

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{Ed025's Note - we need joey barton on loan john..

07 May 2015 19:36:07
Despite us doing ok in games I thought last year it would be waste of time with are squad depth and lack of revenue generated from it, I wernt wrong and hope we don't get it in the next five years unless it's threw winning the fa cup

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07 May 2015 04:29:17
I couldn't possibly choose a player of the year in the usual way .so. I am choosing the player who has shown the most heart. Give it to Naismith.

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{Ed025's Note - 100% effort every week and a 100% guy Bkk, not a bad choice at all mate..

 
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