Everton Banter Archive July 08 2014

08 Jul 2014 21:04:51
You guys know better than to trust the rags. In Roberto We Trust!
First key signing of what I'm sure will be many
Gaz Baz 3 Year Deal.

08 Jul 2014 21:01:32
At bloomin Barry last. Now comes the hardest bit of getting a goalscorer who is at least as good as Lukaku. which could be Lukaku? I hope it is him. He can only get better when you think of his age!!

Lukaku betting in on to an EFC return. Has someone heard something?

08 Jul 2014 20:40:08
everyone!))!! Gareth Barry has signed on the dotted line & agreed a permanent deal with Everton fc tonight!!! Great news.more to follow I expect on this 1!! :D

To be honest I was starting to get a little nervous on this one, but welcome back Gareth Barry on a three year contract.
Now comes the hard bit. Who will we sign up front? If Chelsea are holding out expecting 30m for Romelu, I don't see anyone buying him permanently this summer; which then opens up the loan situation again. We know he was happy at Goodison last season and he scored a decent amount of goals.
The other option of Bony would be great, but Swansea would want at least 20/25m based on the current World Cup inflated prices.
The question therefore remains this. If we are looking at one of these two as our main strike threat next season, then who do we plump for? Lukaku is younger, knows the club, players, manager and fans; but at best would only be another loanee. Bony would be a lot of money (but he'd at least be ours). He's also older, would have little to no sell-on value in a few year's time and would be an unknown quantity for us despite scoring freely in a poorer PL side last season (no disrespect to Swansea).
To me this is a no brainer. It has to be Lukaku every day of the week!

{Ed025's Note - bony for me davey, a more rounded player who i expect will be a cheaper option of the two, for the reasons you have stated mate..

08 Jul 2014 20:37:33
Everton have sealed their first acquisition of the summer, with midfielder Gareth Barry signing a permanent contract with the Club.



The three-year deal will keep the 33-year-old former loanee at Goodison Park until 2017.




An England international with 53 caps, the Hastings-born star spent last season on loan at Everton, turning out 37 times for the Toffees having joined following a deadline day swoop from Manchester City by Roberto Martinez in September.



Barry's return to Merseyside comes a month after he ended his five-year association with the Manchester club.



He notched three goals during his season on Merseyside, forming a reliable midfield axis in tandem with James McCarthy as Martinez's side sealed a fifth place finish and a Club record points haul in the Premier League era.



Barry will join up with the majority of Everton's first-team squad when they report to Finch Farm for the start of pre-season training on Thursday.

08 Jul 2014 20:36:03
Barry signs a 3yr deal! About chuffing time and now to get a world class forward

08 Jul 2014 20:34:30
gareth barry has signed a three year deal to all those giving him pelters the words you are looking for are ooops sorry coyb

08 Jul 2014 20:30:36
ON EVERTON F.C WEBSITE THAT GARETH BARRY HAS SIGNED THREE YEAR DEAL WITH US

{Ed025's Note - its true paul..

08 Jul 2014 18:57:04
it says I need to upgrade my browser to have an avatar yet provides no links, what do I do?

{Ed025's Note - im awaiting advice from our IT guy swan, and will pots it as soon as i get it mate..

08 Jul 2014 19:09:48
cheers mate

08 Jul 2014 18:20:18
Further to my post below, I am not quite slashing my wrists. I am just saying that Lukaku and Barry at present have not signed for us. I understand we are only 5 days into the transfer window but lots of other clubs are lining their ducks up and making signings. Especially the top few clubs. As yet we are 3 players worse off than last season. Del Boy being the other. Lukaku and Barry were immense last season. Del Boy also contributed. Just to stand still we need to sign either those three or another three. That is a big ask. Yes I am worried. We only got those guys in the last few minutes of last season's transfer window. I do not want us to be in a similar situation this time. The point I am making is that we are actually worse off.not the same. To improve, we need 3 top quality signings and at least another one or two. That is a really big ask and follows on from me not liking the use of the loan market for a club of our stature.

08 Jul 2014 19:42:53
You say that but we will like 3-4 players better off from them coming back from injury witch will add more depth and with some young ones coming through.
if we inly bought 3 players and 2 loans
Lakaku/bony
Barry
cerci - or someone as good
+ 2 loans

with the likes of
kone
oviedo
gibbo
hibbo

And a few youth players
We could like a full 8 -10 team players to play rotate in and around with the first team

And I would be more than happy with

So I know we have not signed any one but I am happy that it will get done and sorted before the season starts

{Ed025's Note - love it yorkie..glass half full..works for me mate..

Degsy, be calm as Hindu cows. Bobby is. There are thousands of players out there who we could sign, names that have not even been mentioned by the journos, some who you may even go "holy poop! He's great, I never expected him. " and other exclamations of joy. Once the World cup is over (just a week!) the balls will start rolling, so to speak. When you think of all the players in the World cup who under performed, but still have skyrocketing valuations, just imagine the range on offer of the hundreds of top players who didn't make the cut for their national teams, but may have been better selections if given the chance. This is the pool I hope we draw from, as to some extent, their valuations could be lower due to less exposure. I'm sure Bobby has his targets and don't forget old Bill Kenwright's flair for the dramatic, he'd love to pull another Lukaku/Barry/McCarthy fast one if he could. I am confident we will break our transfer record for a quality player. Keep the faith my blue brother!

{Ed025's Note - a man after my own heart OHEFB, bobby will pull a good few rabbits out of the proverbial hat i believe mate..

Agree with u degs.
I just hope we r not being priced out of market behind scenes.
Rumours surfaced again that spuds have bid 20mil for lukaku but chelsea want more.

I hope that Roberto isn't going for average and that we have five big signings.

{Ed025's Note - bobby does,nt do average AW..

Spot on, how can some people not see this.one post was were only 5 days into the transfer window opening stop panicking.what degsy is saying is we are worst off now with the lose of the 3 players he mentioned from last season and we only had a small squad then.we don't want signings for signing sake.we want quality.maybe I shouldn't worry as roberto is a fantastic manager and will not let us down. but hey were evertionans we always worry.

{Ed025's Note - it comes with the shirt richie..

Cheers Ed. It can get a bit grim on here. But speaking of magic, piff paff poof! - Barry has signed. Ah, the power of positive thinking!

{Ed025's Note - works every time mate.. :)

08 Jul 2014 17:45:49
Tadic to Southampton for £9m done deal

Rich84

08 Jul 2014 17:20:34
look guys and girls if we sign the big man from Chelsea and Barry this only means its the same team as last year but a year older we will need 5 more players at least and they have to be better than we have am just not sure even Spanish bob can pull 5 rabbits out the hat all the other teams that finished above or just below us are spending big and getting the work done fast I hate talking like this but we all know its only a matter of time before have a stinker of a season and start selling our better players tadic would of been great signing but 10m was to much just can't help but feel all our deals will be done on loans but ed will say different

{Ed025's Note - i will KH, there is no doubt that we will get a couple of loans and the odd freebie in, but we will spend some heavy dosh as well mate...mark my words..

08 Jul 2014 15:09:33
Not a rumour, but if we get Cleverley and Rodwell for a cut price, I honestly think that they'd be good signings. With Europe we need strength in depth? What you think Ed?

{Ed025's Note - not a fan of either to be honest tom, for me we need players who will strengthen the team and be pushing for a starting berth, and i dont see them replacing anyone anytime soon mate..

Think either could push peanut or osman. Both reaching their sell by date. Also still believe Rodwell could make a very good centre back.

{Ed025's Note - but would you pay £8m and £5m respectively for the chance that they might come good WB?...i would be reluctant to accept the both on frees mate...just my opinion..

Fair enough Ed but sadly no players are cheap anymore. Just look at what Fulham paid for an average striker. Maybe I'm just being sentimental for the Rodders I once knew.

{Ed025's Note - i think you are mate, really nice lad, but would not improve us at all imo WB..

08 Jul 2014 11:51:30
Hi Toffee Tezza, this Pharrell Williams bloke,
I'm not really a rap/hip hop fan, more of a Searchers/Hollies, (must be my age)
Anyway, this song HAPPY, can you give us some
lines that are relevant to Everton.
Anyone else with poems/songs that can be adapted to Everton subjects.( no limericks please}
And no more Bill Shakie, you know how doesn't
like it.
For me The Hollies. Just One Look,
the 1st time at Goodison to see the blues.
Cheers T.T., Fleetwoodblue.

Hey, Hendo. Must admit it was a bit lazy using Pharrel Williams - I was in a rush & just used the first upbeat song title I could think of!
Anyway, you've set me a challenge, one of my jobs is as a retro DJ so I shall have a go. (Setting myself up for a fall here, I think!)

IR(&K)IT

08 Jul 2014 10:02:14
Is Adama Traore really a wonderkid?
Is he as good as Tello?

08 Jul 2014 11:12:42
It's beginning to look like the the cash we got for finishing 5th is totally irrelevant as all it's done is inflate prices for players who are at best average.

Also Bill, please not Ba on loan. Flash in the pan at Newcastle, and hasn't cut it at Chelski. Our squad can't afford to carry any more dead wood.

08 Jul 2014 12:34:09
Players are like shares on the stock exchange. The value changes according to the money that is paid for a player. More money in the stock exchange the more the shares are sold for. Make sense?

08 Jul 2014 08:06:23
£11 million for Ross Macormack, its a mad mad world, crazy

Degsy wheres this been reported? can't find it anywhere.

Sorry Degsy just found it. You had me worried there I thought you were on about we were going to pay £11m for him Phew! Agree total madness.

Just shows why so many young british player arn't taken up by prem league clubs - grossly overpriced!

The fact that a Championship club (even one getting "parachute payments") would spend £11 million on a transfer is just too risky in my eyes. If he helps them get back into the Premier League immediately then all well and good, but what happens if they don't get promoted. It's a very competitive division and what's his sell-on value if they have to move him out later on?

08 Jul 2014 13:24:44
Sid he is 27 too mate, if he was that good he most likely would have been snapped up a while ago, Rangers never seen anything in him and I could probably play in the scottish prem at 42 years old, they dumped him at 18. Fulham could have gotten Rhodes for that off Blackburn, 124 goals in 200 championship games, proven at that level and only 24, madness mate

08 Jul 2014 02:44:49
Ba, is second only to cleverly as player I don't want to see in a blue shirt, a money grabbing mercenary, with limited ability, and very injury prone.

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

Where does Nicklas Bendtner come in your list? And are you relieved that we avoided Tom Ince?

07 Jul 2014 22:47:20
What happened to tello signing eds?

{Ed003's Note - he hasn't.}