Everton banter 4

31 Jan 2026 18:00:10
We get Tyrone George in will we play him he’s a 19 yr old.

31 Jan 2026 18:47:39
Its a loan with an obligation to buy when he's 28 or it's pointless otherwise.

31 Jan 2026 17:07:48
Same as last game first half poor second half far better KDH miss cost us subs did well Patterson changed it, recruits needed.

31 Jan 2026 17:24:10
That’s the most amateurish team selection I’ve seen in my life. Our away form is saving us and he does that?

Genuinely that is dereliction of duty! There is now way that starting 11 was capable of winning the game.

I’m fine with Moyes in charge as it’s better than the gravel voiced idiot but he can’t keep doing stuff like that when there is no apparent reason.

We set up at home as if we’re scared stiff of the opposition and now we do that away.

ABSOLUTELY NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

31 Jan 2026 17:45:18
A few questions I have after today…

What was that starting line up?
Why start with four CBs?
Why no Aznou or Myko?
Why not change to a back three if you insist on that many CBs?
How did they have someone unmarked in the centre of the box for their goal when we have 4 CBs playing?
Why isn’t Dibling starting as our only natural RW?
If Moyes doesn’t rate him, who signed off on £45m for the kid?
Why leave it so late to make subs again?
Why haven’t we at least signed a RB this window?
Is no shot on target in the first half really acceptable at this level?
How many more points to safety?
Did I miss out anything else?

31 Jan 2026 18:01:16
KDH miss was massive for us mate.

01 Feb 2026 09:11:29
Beto ‘one of his late subs’ scored the equaliser mate. Leave it to the professionals.

31 Jan 2026 14:07:52
Surely no team in the Premier league history have ever started with full backs as tall as ours today! Has to be a record!

{Ed025's Note - Brighton should not win a header Duaney..

31 Jan 2026 14:45:48
2 Rb's on the bench no Lb's at all and playing an academy player in front of a £45 million pound right winger. Baffled is not the word hope there is method in his madness ????.

31 Jan 2026 16:43:57
Nope just Madness.

31 Jan 2026 16:51:05
What in the name of Hades has this formation been. The late subs that make little sense. Still a couple of minutes left.

31 Jan 2026 17:12:15
Thank god for the point. Ridiculous starting 11. Obvious that we need a proper right back and left back or try the one we signed from bayern munich! Frustrating number of draws but hey at least we aren't in a relegation scrap so it is progress.

31 Jan 2026 18:01:07
It’s almost like he doesn’t want to upset any of his centre backs so plays all of them.

31 Jan 2026 13:59:40
Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Branthwaite, Gana, Garner, Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Barry.

Subs: Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Röhl, Iroegbunam.


Strange selection that.

31 Jan 2026 14:28:04
Seeing as Patterson, McNeil and Mylenko were our worst three players against Leeds I am not at all surprised.

{Ed025's Note - i dont think Patto was mate, but to start without a recognised full back seems very strange..

31 Jan 2026 14:38:29
Very. 2 RB's on the bench and a centre half at RB. No Aznou, must be leaving on loan. With Mykolenko out would have been ideal start for him. And the biggest surprise only 1 keeper on the bench.

31 Jan 2026 13:10:01
Maybe the lack of signings is because we are still suffering with FFP and its just not being reported on because of the ongoing City saga. Where i'm sure all the clubs would be like why are you coming after us when you haven't sorted out that mess.

31 Jan 2026 12:46:53
Footy day at last, win today for us by a tight margin maybe 0-1 or 2 bur all three points for us today.

31 Jan 2026 14:41:32
Think we will win 0-2.

31 Jan 2026 12:42:55
Totally useless, and a complete waste of money.
No I'm not talking about Beto, or the 43 million spent on a player, who is clearly not up to premiumship standards, I'm refering to the supposed team put in as A recruitment, star turns.


Their contracts are big money, their products, a big fat O .
TFG, should admit their mistake, and pay off this bunch of high paid losses.

31 Jan 2026 12:07:47
The lack of transfer activity this window yet again by our club all points to one thing in my mind…and if when this latest window has passed still no signings have been made especially in the area of an accomplished striker (which beggars belief) , then for me it means that TFG are likely to be planning to part ways with Moyes in the Summer and are unwilling to invest any more money on the playing squad until a new manager is in place…just a hunch here, friend of mine also is convinced that the current owners are bored with the style of football currently being served up and were somewhat annoyed at our abject performances being knocked out of both cup competitions so cheaply this season.

For me, I personally feel Moyes should be given another season, but we shall see.

31 Jan 2026 12:20:54
I would like a change of manager, but i'd be surprised if they do bin off Moyes. They're American investors, not football fans. The club is an investment, and under Moyes, it has gone from teetering on relegation to midtable nothingness - the football is dreadful, but in their eyes, the progress is substantial, and will bring positive financials back to them. I would be very surprised if they care too much about how turgid the actual matches are.

Moyes is doing a fantastic job on paper, just an incredibly underwhelming one on the pitch.

31 Jan 2026 12:45:27
I would want Moyes to stay, where we are in the Premiership is excellent after what we have been through, a couple more windows and we I’ll be back with the so called big boys.

31 Jan 2026 12:59:24
They’ve moved managers on at Roma when things weren’t working out. The remit Moyes will have been given when he came in has well and truly been met though. Still hopeful of a signing or two.

31 Jan 2026 12:02:03
Moyes never gave youth a chance?
Rooney, Osman, Anichebe, Vaughan, Rodwell, Armstrong.
He bought a young John Stones and put him in the Everton team.
Not saying all the listed players were amazing, but to say Moyes has never given youth a chance is a tad harsh.

31 Jan 2026 12:13:22
Didn't stones make his debut under brown shoes?

31 Jan 2026 12:29:43
Rooney was a generational talent, Osman was around 23/24 before he got any significant game time, and he never actually gave Stones a game - he made his debut in August 2013, 3 months after Moyes left.

Anichebe, Vaughan and Rodwell are fair enough, but even so, we're talking a very small handful across a VERY long period of time.

There's also players like Barkley who he gave very fleeting cameos to, who was clearly quality (at that moment in time) , but he absolutely refused to start - then he immediately became our most important player under Martinez the next season (alongside Stones) .

I think with Moyes, it's similar to Mourinho - you're right that there's examples of where he has given them a chance, but the story is much more about the players he hasn't given a chance to, and when he is refusing to give them a chance in favour of players you KNOW will put in a terrible performance, that's when i start pulling my hair out. If one of the u21's even has both legs and his boots laced properly, the worst he can be is as bad as Beto. Why doesn't he just give them a chance instead of naming a bench full of goalkeepers.

31 Jan 2026 12:01:27
I don’t really get this not strong enough line, I mean the Premiership is virtually a no contact league now. Not fit enough I could understand, but not strength.
I’m old enough to remember watching a skinny Irish lad named Best. Now he played back in the day when defenders could kick you and it was deemed a fair tackle.

Not the strongest player but had bags of talent, so much so that he left most of these cloggers on their arse.
So let’s stop being obsessed with strength and focus on talent. If they have the talent then let them play.

31 Jan 2026 12:31:42
Completely agree, BMD. It's a complete myth in the modern game for 99% of players. There is countless players who have been world class and very slight and weak; it's just an antiquated view from managers the game has left behind.

31 Jan 2026 10:54:48
“I’m not sure that he would get the opportunities in the position we bought him to play, so I need to think how I can do it. At the moment we’re not really mad to let too many people go because our squad isn’t big enough. "

I would have thought Aznou being a left back, he was bought in for that position, where it is only Mykolenko who is the competition there. If so, then that above quote is mental. If he is meaning he was bought in to play left wing, that is also mental, not only for the fact that he isn't a left winger but also because Grealish is out injured for the season.

I know it was only a late cameo but he showed more in that than McNeil does on the left and he also got stuck in and looked more competent in the physical battle than Mykolenko did. To not get an opportunity to show a bit of himself is simply criminal and unfair.

31 Jan 2026 11:44:15
Moyes has done what he was brought in to do. Time to say thanks and goodbye because I genuinely believe he will now hold us back. Get Carsley in a forward thinking coach with fresh ideas and history of winning things.

31 Jan 2026 11:46:54
It does leave you wondering BN.

31 Jan 2026 11:58:31
Maybe he's really been signed as a Goalkeeper, otherwise it makes no sense at all.

31 Jan 2026 12:06:28
I think at some time maybe not today Moyes has to try him as a wing back especially now we have Branthwaite covering the left side, having Branthwaite on the left, possible now in a back three, give that physicality, pace and the ability to hold the ball up with composure, this will help an attack minded wing back, unfortunately Mykolenko is not a wing back! at this level.