Everton Banter

14 May 2025 11:30:42
According to the Echo we now have the option to buy Alcaraz for £12 million, due to appearances / starts made . Surely this is a no brainer . In this day and age that is peanuts and with his age profile easily recouped if things don't work out. From what I have seen he is a quality player who should only improve.

{Ed025's Note - I can’t see a reason not to buy him ST ..

14 May 2025 11:48:16
Seems a good deal doesn't it. If he has a good season he either stays and kicks on, or is sold on at a profit.

14 May 2025 12:27:44
Has to be done no brainer.

14 May 2025 11:23:11
I know this won't be to many people's liking because he doesn't get the juices flowing but if we can get Longstaff in for 12 million, I would be all over that.

We need to replace a lot of players and if we can do that for fees like this and a decent level of player, it makes perfect sense.

27
7 years of PL exp
Champions League exp
Grafter
Smart footballer
Better than what we currently have
Cheap

One of the best midfielders in the Prem this year, who has played with the likes of Zlatan named Longstaff as the most underrated player he has ever played with.

Could certainly do worse.

14 May 2025 12:07:57
interesting if Zlatans named him as the 'most underrated' player he's played with

couldn't have been paying that much attention seeing as he's never played with Longstaff

unless Zlatan secretly played for Newcastle, Kilmarnock or Blackpool at some point without anyone noticing.

one of the best midfielders in the Prem this year!?
he's played 76mins of PL football since the turn of the year (2025)
not missed a matchday squad, just been left on the bench or getting 5 mins here and there

veyr much reaching on this one pal.

14 May 2025 10:02:15
Ed25, Do you think you could get an interview, or at least a response, from the architect who designed BMD on the feasibility of increasing the capacity. ?

{Ed025's Note - I don’t know why you would think they would listen to me PSG? I believe there is scope to increase the capacity but I think it’s fine for now mate..

14 May 2025 12:25:16
I'm sure I read somewhere that there was potential to increase to 60,000 at least.

14 May 2025 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, Manchester United Still Need Better Players

13 May 2025 22:46:24
Friedkin Group worth 7.7 billion dollars yet some on here questioning their business decisions. Laughable it really is. Everyone an expert.

14 May 2025 08:45:43
i'm not questioning any of their decisions yet, given it's that early

but like saying no one should question any football club owners decisions because they're all mostly billionaires

Farhad Moshiri was a billionaire
Todd Boehly is a billionaire.

14 May 2025 08:57:56
''Farhad Moshiri was a billionaire''

I personally am still scratching my head on that one, however you make a decent point imo wblue.

14 May 2025 11:16:39
hahaha a Billionaire accountant

whether you believe it's all his or Usmanov gave him it or whatever, he's still done very very well for himself.

13 May 2025 21:05:15
It's really sad that Graham Sharp is so bitter, even when everyone associated with Everton, have been so positive regarding our past.
Graham, am sorry you feel it necessary to come forward at this time, with sour grapes, but dispite your past achievements, I regret you felt the need to be so negative.
You will always be remembered for your achievements on the field, but your negativity at this time, will also be remembered, much of the response to your legacy, are things that rest at your door, and your reaction to a FEW, frustrated fans .

14 May 2025 08:59:39
He cannot get over the fact that certain people duped him imo.

13 May 2025 21:00:38
With the womens team taking Goodison just wondered if there was a thought that United will need a temp home for couple years very soon and ee could make a mint loaning.

13 May 2025 17:28:14
So it's confirmed that Everton Women will use Goodison Park from now on. I wouldn't of thought it would be financially beneficial but are the U23s and U18s going to play there too .?

13 May 2025 17:49:14
I’m pretty sure there’s a psr work around, Chelsea did something similar so hopefully more money for transfers, I can’t see anything bad in it not being knocked down either don’t know why people are moaning.

13 May 2025 18:19:30
Statistically the fastest growing sport in the world the last 5 years.

13 May 2025 18:28:05
I’m surprised Dentie. Thought we’d need the money from developing the land. Think they will need to upgrade the stands over the next decade though don’t know how they can afford that without causing financial issues. If it could have been done cheaper, they would never have built the new stadium.

13 May 2025 19:50:36
Personally I think it's a terrible idea, hope I'm wrong.

13 May 2025 20:20:40
Why do you say that Skylark?

13 May 2025 20:57:16
Running costs of an old stadium and not to mention the upgrade cost, I just don't think it would generate enough money, but I'm not expert so I will probably be proven wrong,

13 May 2025 23:03:39
I think the owners have plenty of money br it’s just a case of wiggling around psr restrictions which allows us to and keep the stadium as well as giving the girls their own ground, win win.

14 May 2025 02:12:51
TFG have surprised everyone with this decision and it's difficult to see the upside.

We all love Goodison and there is no better place in world football when it's full and bouncing. However, the womens average attendance is around 2k which means it will be like the Marie Celeste most weeks.

Maybe they plan to sell it to a shell company for £100 million to offset psr.

UTFT NSNO IMWT.

14 May 2025 07:37:05
Or maybe they plan to build up the womens team big money in women's football now chelsea women play at Stamford bridge arsenal women play at the Emirates with big crowds manu women are a bigger club than the men now I'm all for it.

14 May 2025 08:07:36
They could potentially reduce the size of the ground by closing the upper tier stands. Think the support will increase because fans will still want to visit Goodison even if it's just for the memories.

14 May 2025 10:09:03
Definitely financially makes sense to keep the stadium.

The land isn’t worth much. Knocking it down and redeveloping it would be very expensive.

Using it for the women’s team and academy teams is sensible. They get a decent stadium to play in and fans can still visit an iconic stadium.

Whether the club do a Chelsea and sell it to themselves to generate income is yet to be seen.

The decision will have been thought through and it’ll be nothing to do with sentimentality for it being kept but do to with a sensible financial decision.

However there’ll always be some that will moan regardless.

13 May 2025 06:58:33
So all transfers aside just wondering is anyone on here going to goodison this sunday I tried to get a ticket for weeks sadly had no joy so I have invited me family round for bbq and to watch it Sunday but just any memories of a game that anyone has been to at goodison that they have witnessed and also what's you're thoughts on being at 12 pm me kick me personally would of liked it to be 4.30 pm kick off but my personal favourite match was 1996 when we beat Southampton 7.1 gary speed with the hatrick and also met and sat next to john parrot which was mu highlight and was only 7 at the time UPTF.

13 May 2025 09:20:44
One of the standout memories for me didn’t even include an Everton goal. We were playing Coventry and they had a free kick on the edge of our box. Next thing the ball was in the net. We all stood looking at each other because we had never seen a free kick like that before.
Had to watch it again on Match of the day ( no replays back then) , to see what actually happened.
Other one was Big Bob Latchford scoring against Chelsea, when we battered them 6-0, no Abramovich then.
Bob needed one more goal to make it 30 for the season, and we got a very dubious penalty to give him the chance. You could feel the tension in the air, or it might have been the fact that half of Gwladys street had moved forward in anticipation. Anyway Bob stroked it home, ran to the crowd and we all went berserk.

13 May 2025 09:42:11
Yeah, I'll be going. 12 kick off isn't ideal but at least it gives plenty of time afterwards to enjoy the atmosphere and a few beers.

I remember that Southampton games, it was one of my first games at Goodison.

The 4-0 win over City under Koeman is one that I remember fondly, a great day!

13 May 2025 09:57:41
The donkey kick. It involved Willie Carr if I remember rightly! Brilliant idea but banned after that 😁.

13 May 2025 12:26:41
First game was Arsenal in August ‘91. Won 3-1. Just remember coming out to the main stand (top balcony) and thinking “wow! ”. That has stuck with me forever.
Can’t remember the game but remember that sight.
‘94 derby with Ferguson scoring.
Wimbledon ‘94 Barry Horne’s screamer.
‘97 Derby with Cademateri break from half way.
Coventry ‘98 Farrelly screamer.
Sunderland ‘99 when we won 5-0 with the crowd chanting “Peter Reid’s and Evertonian”.

There’s so many memories. Great place to watch football.

13 May 2025 14:43:54
I’m heading up from Hertfordshire on the Friday and making a weekend of it. going to travel back down after the match (and a few pints (as the missus is designated driver) ) .

13 May 2025 17:11:31
Benny Blue Nose - Well played Sir.

13 May 2025 17:30:47
Managed to get tickets at the beginning of the season before prices went too mad. Taking my boy, our favourite shared memory is Michael Keane arrowing one in against Spurs in the last minute, last season. Rooney’s goal in 2003 also a standout.

12 May 2025 19:48:52
Just seen a good little AI generated thing where each one of the 92 league clubs is summed up in one word. Few examples

Arsenal- almost
Chelsea - chaos
Watford - sacked
Wrexham - Hollywood

Everton. Stress ha ha ha ha

So so true.

12 May 2025 20:00:08
I can think of a few other words to describe Chelsea.

13 May 2025 00:01:51
Scary sh*t this AI lark, it's certainly spot on with the list you've put up! Sums us up perfectly 😂.

12 May 2025 18:37:32
Has anyone seen the moshiri interview on skysports. think he must live in a bubble. Us and we and wished he could of made it to more games strange 1 I thought but thankyou for BMD pal I will give you that 1.

12 May 2025 20:25:18
If we hadn’t have been bought out by TFG, would we have finished the stadium? He also nearly timed the club to get it built. I’ll thank him when he’s a very distant memory and we have moved on completely from him. Disaster of an owner.

12 May 2025 20:50:47
He seemed oblivious to all the damage he has caused to the club.

13 May 2025 00:06:41
You've got to go through the bad times to appreciate the good and that kind of sums up FM's tenure as our owner. Clueless at the best of times but we will have an amazing stadium to go to next year and, thanks to our new owners, the future doesn't seem as bleak these days. UTFT.

13 May 2025 17:50:35
He was a terrible decision maker but he did lose hundreds of millions of his own money and built us a brand new stadium to fair play for that.