Everton Banter 4

31 Oct 2026 10:12:44
Only watched game on tv and agree Dibling has not done loads yet - goals and assists- but thought he looked stronger and sharper than last season. The balance of team looked good and if given a chance he and Rohl looked that could develop a strong understanding of. Moyes has to pick them and hopefully away from camera encourage.

31 Oct 2026 18:47:29
Thought he did ok, he would of looked better if some of his final balls came off, but he did so much more than jonhson has.

31 Oct 2026 19:19:20
Have been among his biggest critics, and whilst he did not go around pulling up any trees, he offers us a lot more than Johnson, just has to do the simple stuff better, don't always try to beat 2 Or 3 men, when you make some room wide, cross into the box, Barry my have his failings, but at 6.5 he can cause panic.

31 Oct 2026 07:35:29
Reading this morning Carragher is to be sued by Villa over comments regarding Villa will always be a smsll Club and Emery would be a good manager Man U, what an arrogant xxxx.

31 Oct 2026 07:40:41
Spitty oh dear oh dear. Go on Villa send him to retirement 👏.

31 Oct 2026 18:41:52
He's backtracking and apologized saying he only made that statement with tongue in cheek. Making himself look an even bigger fool than he is.

31 Oct 2026 19:20:18
Bankrupt him again.

31 Oct 2026 07:39:01
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30 Oct 2026 19:26:53
Missed the game last night due to a sportsman evening, still managed to grab the odd glance at the game on my phon though.

Bit of bad timing that the game was being played on this particular night but it was good to hear stories from some of our players of yesteryear. Latchford, Sharpe, Ratcliffe, Limpar and Stubbs all had some funny things to impart. Ratters himself was on form, as was Limpar. The latter is quite a funny man!

Anyway, if you can get tickets to see these on stage, I'd definitely recommend it.

30 Oct 2026 16:52:18
Couldn't watch the game last night as was on a plane coming home. so can't comment on it. Reading the posts I haven't got a clue if dibbers had a decent game or not very divided on here and heard moyes interview saying Hackney is way off to were he needs to be for starting in the Prem 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ confusing as it sounded like he had a decent game once he got going.

looking forward to Monday though need 3 points but they will be up for it COYB'S. 1 Question i would love to ask moyes is without injuries or suspensions do you change a winning team. NO you don't i would tell him.

30 Oct 2026 17:03:03
Hackney had a good game last night. Not sure what Moyes is trying to do, sometimes motivation works with some praise when merited. I believe this is the problem with Dibling, he is passing backwards far too much, he should be taking on defenders which is the talent for which we paid about 40M pounds.

He is a young kid and needs some nurturing and good advice.

30 Oct 2026 18:35:50
Also needs a go in his best position Mike.

31 Oct 2026 11:00:54
Bloody hell I didn't see or hear but if Moyes said that about Hackney, my opinion he has totally lost the plot. How does that explain playing
Johnson over George *RW when Grealish occupies left* or Alcaraz for instance.

{Ed025's Note - it really does beggar belief DMS..

30 Oct 2026 15:47:40
Good news reading that JB will be back for Monday's game.

30 Oct 2026 14:25:40
There's some funny comments here. Dibling I thought did well last night. He is a massive upgrade on the Welsh lad. George also played well. Both young and both on occasion tried to do too much and lost the ball and actually I thought Dibs was the better at trying to recover his lost possession than George. I say they both deserve a start on Monday for their offensive play is exactly what we need against a team of Newcastles level. Perhaps we'd suffer against a top 6 side but DM is pragmatic and always goes for keeping it tight and riding our luck hoping to pinch points against teams that are clearly much better.

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Hackney for me took a little while to get going. Lost the ball a bit and tried to play the box to box role. Think the 1st start may have been pressure to try hard, too hard. But once he started to move the ball, he was very good. Dewsbury and him look a pair. Actually our midfield is going to be pretty epic. And yes let's not speculate about Jack. And not try to sound like a moron claiming he's not very good for us. He absolutely improves us and is an asset to the squad. He has well documented issues but you take those as its all part of the deal and at this point the gossip is pretty shi99y.

DM would have played him as a 10 last night. This weird thought that Jack is blocking Dibling is bizarre as they play different positions. What are you on about? Have a lay down deary. I am glad to see the changes and think Dibs has now earned his spot. Johnson is now the sub and rightly so, he hasn't done much and that pressure can only do him and us good.

Jack at 10 will help Bazza and give us a more fluid 442/451 and Hackney and Armstrong battle it out to start with Jimmy G.

That game was a crazy game, Newcastle will feel the score was harsh. It wouldn't have shocked anyone to reverse the score. Monday will be another 50 50 game. Its getting easy to spot those with a blinkered anti DM agenda and some of it has been ridiculous and a lot of it harsh. I personally hope he gets the 3 points on Monday for no other reason but to illustrate the clear agenda. And its only on here which is interesting. Nobody outside is in anyway thinking DM is doing poorly.

Some idiot last week was trying to claim its worse than SD anti football. Whoever that was is clearly a sh9tstirrer and has no footy knowledge.

30 Oct 2026 16:51:25
The problem when Grealish plays on the wing is that all the attacking goes through him. Nothing happens on the right side of the pitch and the mid-fielders tend to be missed out in the flow. Playing Grealish in the number 10 spot would be worth trying.
People on here tend to forget that we won well last night. The team was much more balanced with George and Dibling and because of it the midfield players were much improved and had a bigger impact on the game over some of the previous games when Grealish played.


We are lucky to have such talented youngster as George, Dibling and Armstrong. Yes they will sometimes not be at their best but they will only get better with playing more games and not sitting on the bench.

30 Oct 2026 17:05:29
FBS did you go the game? Because I have exactly down to the letter, the same opinion as you and I was there. Talking to the lads in the stands and my two lads we all said the same thing. It was such a pleasure to have a right winger wanting the ball and moving it. Not only that but it was allowing Rohl to move forward as well.

I also felt Dibbling was better than George but mainly because he had better support from his full back and George was doubled up on throughout the game.

I Like Jack but I feel KDH hangs around with him during games whereas, last night he had his best game because he was both left and right supporting. Also, Hayden worked well with him.

Hayden clearly has things to learn defensively but we look a million times better further up the pitch with him in the team. Armstrong is a really good player but he's 19yrs old and not as accomplished in attacking areas. so for me right now If play Hayden.

30 Oct 2026 17:08:12
We were also playing Newcastle and not Chelsea or Arsenal.

30 Oct 2026 17:51:46
No unfortunately not. I watched it on telly. Yep Armstrong i agree 100% think its all ticking along quite nicely in midfield with them all being different types yet able to cover and be dynamic when we use our subs. Next season they'll be flying if we can keep Jimmy G,

30 Oct 2026 19:23:32
Hi FBS nice your back I thought you said you were done.

30 Oct 2026 10:09:35
Any details on what Jack Grealish did to breach discipline rules anyone? I'd imagine he went on a night out, or is it a simple case of was sick but forgot to phone in? Surely if it was a known sickness from the weekend, there wouldn't have been any punishment for missing training? Or is it just a case of having to stick to the standards they've set regardless?

30 Oct 2026 10:20:39
Heard he went to Ibiza without permission, but could be bs.

30 Oct 2026 14:09:27
He didn't turn up at a training session apparently.

30 Oct 2026 15:23:00
He was in the Cotswolds having a little holiday.

30 Oct 2026 16:25:23
Whatever it was, if he failed to show up to work he gets punished. I'm glad the club are dealing with it.

30 Oct 2026 10:09:20
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