Everton Banter 4

18 Jun 2026 00:34:07
There is no disputing what a poor signing Wissa was for the Barcodes but if he were to recapture the form he had for Brentford, there is also no disputing that it would represent a great bit of business.

Chuck 30m at Delap or Wissa. I know who I am picking.

Much better finisher.

Can play up top on his own or in a 2. Can cover the flank positions. His age isn't a positive but getting 2-3 seasons out of him with 10+ goals a season makes good sense to me.

Prepared to get pelters for this but after all, the game is one of opinions.

{Ed025's Note - it is about opinions BN but for me Wissa is just a slightly better option that that what we have at the moment mate, for me we have to get away from hoofball and Wissa would just be another isolated striker looking to head the ball on to another forward who doesn,t exist in our set up..

18 Jun 2026 07:06:56
I thought the same Ed. I do agree with BN as a choice of him or Delap. But both of them had poor seasons due to injury or selection preferences. But ultimately they don't strike me as enough of an upgrade on what we have.

{Ed025's Note - yeah Ace im thinking the same mate...does that make me greedy and unrealistic?..i hope so..

17 Jun 2026 17:27:51
Great to see Jack back kicking a ball.

17 Jun 2026 19:42:44
And in the Everton gear, hope that's a sign to the fans that he's staying on.

17 Jun 2026 20:03:14
That's really good news so badly missed at the tail end of last season, he's a massive player for us.

18 Jun 2026 07:09:17
Yes, very interesting that he's training with us. If either party had reservations that wouldn't be the case at all. I'd imagine our end of season decline wouldn't have been so depressing if he'd been playing. I'm hoping we retain him.

17 Jun 2026 12:23:39.
Simayoko from Auxerre latest striker we are supposed to be interested in £12-9 million.

17 Jun 2026 13:57:29
Forget Grealish and go for Rashford at £40m.

17 Jun 2026 20:04:51
But he's 28 in two years, you will want him binned, he will be tooooooooo old.

17 Jun 2026 22:02:09
Sarcasm doesn't suit you, GB.

18 Jun 2026 05:07:50
And get it right, he's 30 in two years.

18 Jun 2026 07:17:30
Exactly what I said, 28 now, and in two years my maths says he will be 30, far toooo old for some of you.

18 Jun 2026 08:39:56
Grammar!!!

18 Jun 2026 08:42:39
Nope, you said he's 28 in two years.

18 Jun 2026 09:53:46
I have no problem getting in a decent 28-year-old if I think he can get us into Europe. I also think we should be buying younger players that are ready to play in the first team, so then we can sell on for a profit.

That's the way it needs to be until we are established in Europe year on year and challenging at the top of the league.

18 Jun 2026 10:55:49
Rashford's a pipe dream. Grealish wants to play for us. Massive difference.

{Ed001's Note - Grealish doesn't want to play for you, he just wants to play for a team where he can go out on the lash every night. His first priority is getting hammered - he was in the pub with the official Liverpool supporters group here in Dubai not so long ago, absolutely bladdered before it got dark. Passed out on a sofa. He missed a game for you over Christmas because he was so drunk the night before he was too 'sick' to play.

Not sure why Rashford is a pipe dream? He must have realised he has to drop his wages and it would allow him to stay close to family. Again though, he is a bit too keen on partying, which is why his career has floundered.}

18 Jun 2026 12:22:05
Not Moyes' biggest fan, but if your nonsense about Grealish was remotely true, Moyes would not touch him with a ten foot barge poll, and he seems very keen to bring him into the squad on a permanent basis.

18 Jun 2026 17:04:08
Always blues, Moyes does know. Grealish is a great lad but certainly likes a few bevvies.

{Ed001's Note - he is a lovely lad, I fully agree, but his lifestyle is not conducive to being a professional athlete. He picks up injuries caused by it as well as it lowering his performance level.}

18 Jun 2026 17:01:30
I am with ed001 on this. Team are better with Grealish in it true but would be even better with Rashford (faster and can be more direct) , move Ndiaye LW and find a RW that doesn't buggar about.

17 Jun 2026 08:08:00
John Stones too old at 32. Messi scores 3 goals for Argentina last night, isn’t he 38 hmmm.

17 Jun 2026 08:57:34
Remind me who were they playing?

17 Jun 2026 11:58:05
You been on the pop, GB.

17 Jun 2026 11:59:26
Remind me of the temperature for last night's game for a 38 to play in?

17 Jun 2026 12:19:19
He was superb, GB.

17 Jun 2026 12:25:18
Hi Skylark, how you doing mate, trying to explain Stones is not too old at 32 for a CB.

17 Jun 2026 12:31:05
I bet JB's age seems no barrier to him, mate.

17 Jun 2026 12:35:13
We need to stop looking into the past. He is also injury prone. He has had his day. Let's look for fresh legs and build for the future instead of bringing in the likes of Grealish, Stones, Moyes and others mentioned on here like Richarlison.

17 Jun 2026 12:46:22
Agree Skylark, but if the price and wages were right I would take him a very good CB mate.

17 Jun 2026 12:52:24
Oooooo Richarlison. Yes please.

17 Jun 2026 13:02:01
Better than what we have, JB mate.

17 Jun 2026 15:21:49
Moyes has done well in the past at blending older players into the squad, so I am not too fussed about age. But Stones' injury record is a bigger concern. Tarks showed a rapid decline in form in the second half of last season, and Keane, although dependable, should not be first choice.

O'Brien has never convinced me as a CB, so if Stones is to replace Branthwaite then it's a no for me.
If we keep Branthwaite, and Stones is there to partner him with Tarks, Keane and O'Brien as backups, then I can get on board with that idea.

17 Jun 2026 17:19:30
When has O'Brien had a run of games at centre back. 🤔

17 Jun 2026 17:40:56
Or you could also ask why has he not had a run of games?

17 Jun 2026 18:13:55
My God, our expectations have dropped with some of our fan base.

17 Jun 2026 19:00:18
Because Moyes thinks playing those to donkeys at the back and pushing him out to right back when we have a right back on the bench is a master stroke.
Spot on, Skylark. A lot on here still think last season was a massive success. Can only hope the new owners' ambition is higher than some of our supporters.

17 Jun 2026 20:46:28
Some just think small steps were taken, BMD, I haven't seen anyone claim we have made massive steps at all. We can flip it the other way too, there's a lot in here that have unrealistic expectations of where we should be at this moment in time.

They moan about every rumoured player, take every opportunity to display their dislike of the manager etc etc. It's just all opinions at the end of the day.

17 Jun 2026 22:04:14
That it may be BP, but some on here have very short memories.

17 Jun 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - thefutureisoldgold3 has posted a new article entitled, Wolves Face a Reckoning After a Chaotic Season

17 Jun 2026 06:06:57
We signed anyone yet?

17 Jun 2026 07:36:52
Yeah, Merlin Rohl.

17 Jun 2026 07:50:00
Now looking at his brother Sossage.

17 Jun 2026 08:34:07
You mean Brach/Boch Wurst.

17 Jun 2026 19:23:24
Hahahah class, Gents.

16 Jun 2026 20:19:49
Sources: Everton line up Lois Openda loan-to-buy deal as Juventus 'offer' made. Let's see if this one has any legs. Looks a promising player though.

17 Jun 2026 08:34:02
Be a bonus if he has 2.

17 Jun 2026 09:42:45
That's still one and a half more than Barry.

16 Jun 2026
New image uploaded to the
Everton Player Sightings page entitled, A mate sent me this concept shirt, what do you think?

Click picture for larger image

16 Jun 2026 20:18:08
I'm not a fan of the two white stripes but, apart from that, it's alright.

16 Jun 2026 20:36:02
Never been into football shirts myself and never bought one but that is f****** hideous.

16 Jun 2026 20:48:46
Ahtee BR, those two lines make it look tacky, and the lettering is too large.

16 Jun 2026 21:05:45
Awful.

16 Jun 2026 22:26:03
The main draw on any shirt should be the club crest. These blood thirsty corporate hellholes have ruined every bit of our game. Not one bit of it is for the fans anymore.

17 Jun 2026 01:30:33
I won't be buying this 1 shocking.

17 Jun 2026 07:50:42
My support is Everton blue, it isn't a fashion show. Anyway price of tickets should include one item free. 🤣

16 Jun 2026 16:06:50.
I agree with Blue Dev. If Iliman Ndiaye wants away and we can only buy media speculation that's very mischievous at best, then we need to get top dollar and let him go. Any player that no longer wants to play for this club should be allowed to move on as long as our terms and price are met. I have little doubt he would improve if her were surrounded by better players, but conversely that would demand that his levels in each game were at least eight out of ten if he wants to be given serious game time with any side with serious aspirations of dethroning PSG.

So if he feels he is in the company go step in and get ahead of Man City's or a top European giant like Barcelona or Bayern Munich players then go out and prove what your reported to be shouting about. No one player is bigger than our club.

16 Jun 2026 19:11:46
I don't blame him if he wants away tbh. Nothing wrong with ambition, and we haven't matched his. I think if we hadn't had flopped Europe this season, there wouldn't even be a murmur of leaving.

He isn't an Evertonian, and if the likes of Arsenal, City and United are after him, it only makes sense to want to take the step up.

There is no doubting the lad's ability, and maybe he is fed up of playing with the likes of Dwight McNeil, Beto, Barry and Jake O'Brien as a rb.



People can make the point that he isn't good enough for the top teams and his output isn't there, but I have no doubts his numbers will look more like 10+ goals and 10+ assists when he has got better players on the end of his chances and better supply.

16 Jun 2026 21:07:26
Well, he has three years left on his deal, so that gives us this window in which to put better players around him. Over to you, Moyesy, TikTok.

16 Jun 2026 23:34:22
Can't see how any exciting attacking player would have a season under Moyes and wish to stay for another.

It didn't work for him at Marseille. It will at another team that plays football. He isn't designed for the crap Moyes serves up.

16 Jun 2026 23:49:38
The trouble is Toffee Ace Moyes won't do that. He will look for more bang average 29-32 year olds who don't mind playing slow sideways safety first football.

17 Jun 2026 09:47:15
If he really pushes to go to unt, then we take Rashford, and 30mill.

16 Jun 2026 13:09:04
A promising young player, after and eight year with the club, has decided to leave.
I can't say I personally know much about the player, however, he was, so I understand, highly regarded, this is an endickment of our academy management.

A two year contract, plus a loan to give him a possible route into the first team, would surely have made sense, but then this is Everton.

16 Jun 2026 15:14:27
Except there is no route into the first team.

16 Jun 2026 17:36:47
Our academy needs to be better. TFG have been very open about their wish to improve the prospects coming through and appointments to oversee this have already been made.

16 Jun 2026 18:05:52
Or he isn't good enough, how many academy players who have left are ripping it up elsewhere?

17 Jun 2026 20:51:15
Seen a stat in an interview the other day, could have been Owen in one of the rags. It mentioned that less than 1% of academy players make it through to the first team, not too sure if that's just Premier League or not. Some of you will use anything to have a pop at the club!