Everton Banter

19 Jun 2026 05:56:45
Also I see the media narrative around Pickford has started again, this time with Troy Deeney.

Yes, the same Troy Deeney who said he was a more complete player than Harry Kane.

18 Jun 2026 23:38:32
The transfer window's first week is coming to an end

We signed anyone yet?

19 Jun 2026 07:40:32
I keep checking every 30 minutes just in case, but we all know it will be the last week. Once we have sold Branthwaite and Ndiaye, we will be looking at our 4th choice options.

18 Jun 2026 18:02:25
Well there you go. Two of the most highly rated younsters have decided due to our manager refusing to use our youth system. They must have looked at Dibling, Azou and Graham and thought if they are not getting a chance we've got no chance. One of them is set to sign for the dark side, no doubt. Another lost that will come back and create more misery on us, so thanks Mr Moyes. How many current managers who are under pressure and boy is Moyes decides to go to the World Cup with talk s**** instead of staying at home to sort out the mess he has created, giving pennies instead of pounds to buy highly rated young players.

And look, we all hear stories but all can't be wrong when even the local press are calling out for his total disregard for young talet as the paper in question said he should hang his head with shame.

18 Jun 2026 19:00:51
Which two players are you talking about?

18 Jun 2026 19:14:03
Demi Akarakiri is another highly rated.

18 Jun 2026 20:09:15
I have watched and been to some games this season, and what Moyes sees in Barry coming off the bench is beyond me. Yeah, there's a kid in the Under-18s called Braided Graham who's smacking goals in for fun, yet the lad can't even get on the bench for 1st team. Am not saying Graham is the answer cause of his age, but he would put more of an effort in than Barry, and, yano, Graham if he wanted to leave you can't blame him now. Liverpool poaching our prospects, they have obviously seen something in him that we haven't.

What young player would wanna join Everton? It's a red flag as Alan points out. Aznou dibling 45 mil, he not even getting minutes. Mise we'll just shut our academy down cause these young lads won't get minutes in first team with dinosaur tactics and late subs when games dead. Am grateful and always will be for Moyes, but we can get better in my opinion.

18 Jun 2026 20:19:42
Moyes does not run the academy.

18 Jun 2026 20:30:49
But Moyes can pick players from the academy.

18 Jun 2026 21:58:25
He could, yes, if they were good enough.

18 Jun 2026 23:41:19
One of the lads the OP is talking about, the one linked to our neighbours, is 14, so how the hell is Moyes stopping him from the 1st team squad? He won't be our manager by the time that lad is old enough to represent the club at 1st team level.

As JB points out, DM doesn't run our academy, does he? Also, to keep things in perspective, less than 1% graduates from any academy to a first team squad, so the likelihood is that neither will make it to the top of the game.

19 Jun 2026 05:40:04
Same Moyes who turned down the chance to sign Truffert and Doue in the summer.

Has refused to play Aznou, George Armstrong and Dibling.

Moyes not running the academy isn't the point.

The owners are persisting with him, so it's no shock that young players do not see a future here, regardless of who the manager is, as clearly the club isn't very interested in them.



And the idea of "well they likely won't make it anyway" is great, if that's the case, why bother with any academy players, regardless of how talented they are.

18 Jun 2026 12:38:01
Givern what I saw last night, plus his wage demands, would not touch Stones, slow, getting slower, and his ability to read the game, to compensate for his ageing performances, seems highly overrated.

18 Jun 2026 13:43:10
I agree, it just confirmed it for me. I saw him in a game towards the end of the season for City, can't remember who against, and he was all over the place.

I get that he's free and experienced, but wages and performance outweigh them for me.

We really need our recruitment team to start earning their wages.

18 Jun 2026 14:50:03
I posted yesterday that I'd be pro Stones under the right circumstances - but 💯 agree after last night would steer well clear.
Pickford spent most of his night shouting at him.

18 Jun 2026 16:51:34
The whole defence, excluding LB, were bloody awful, and that against a mediocre Croatia. That was a Brown Shoes of old performance.

18 Jun 2026 20:00:49
The England defence seemed very fragile last night, in particular, the first 25 minutes or so, and also looked uncomfortable when playing the short passes around between themselves and Pickford.
Very surprised Stones were selected in the first place, given the lack of game time this season.

18 Jun 2026 11:47:10
RB Liepzig after Barry - Sold.

{Ed025's Note - but how much do we have to give them Dev?.. :)

18 Jun 2026 12:45:03
I think there's a player in there somewhere, just not an Everton player.

{Ed025's Note - i beg to differ Dev..

18 Jun 2026 13:44:41
This comes from Paul Joyce, so could have legs. If true, then obviously he needs to go. If Moyes decides to keep him when we have an opportunity to get rid, then I would consider his position to be untenable.

18 Jun 2026 16:53:45
Called a newly born giraffe Blue_dev.