Evertonians Thread for all True Blues [Archive] - Page 9

silent

23-10-2005, 17:45

great match. was going out today but the lass and i were a wee bit tired so stayed in.

good team performance, great penalty and well worth a point.

truth to tell, thought it was going to be 4 or 5 nil to be fair, but we raised our game and the result we badly neaded.

definately a penalty on the terry bit. :)

SeeWolfe

23-10-2005, 17:52

great result and a bit of positive news for a change. Made my weekend

Crouching Tiger

23-10-2005, 18:03

Nobody has mentioned the perfectly legal goal that Chelsea had dissallowed.

Citysmith

23-10-2005, 18:10

Nobody has mentioned the perfectly legal goal that Chelsea had dissallowed.
I think that is wasn't a goal, if you look at the player who is in an offside position, can we say that he was or wasn't obscuring the goalkeepers view. I feel he was therefore interfering, therefore offside.

Alan b

23-10-2005, 18:11

I feel he was therefore interfering, therefore offside.

That was my thinking when seeing the replay, Drogba wasn't offside but the other player was probably in the goalkeepers eye line and therefore 'interfering with play'.

SeeWolfe

23-10-2005, 18:17

Nobody has mentioned the perfectly legal goal that Chelsea had dissallowed.

why should it be mentioned? :)

Crouching Tiger

23-10-2005, 18:23

why should it be mentioned? :)In the interest of sportsmanship. ;)

Your fans were excellent today. :thumbs:

LouBarlow

23-10-2005, 18:26

Aye fair play to the Everton masseeve today - deserved a point really.

Nice to see you not all whining about the penalty against Terry that wasn't given - shows a lot of class :thumbs:

Dr_Fruitbat

23-10-2005, 20:21

Morinho interview afterwards

"there were 30,000 referees here today"

hee hee

bruce-leroy

23-10-2005, 20:43

Great result today for the bluenoses. I thought you were going to get hammered, but deserved something in the end for sure. :)

Is it Wigan next week?

KiLeAk

23-10-2005, 20:56

'Boro on Wednesday in the Carling Cup, then Birmingham on Saturday....

Today, I believe we can with both! (Dont ask me tommorow! :clap: )

sbooth

29-10-2005, 17:34

At long last! Don't care how we got it but we're off the bottom!

silent

29-10-2005, 18:02

great result today.

carry it on boys!

KiLeAk

29-10-2005, 19:27

'Boro on Wednesday in the Carling Cup, then Birmingham on Saturday....

Today, I believe we can with both! (Dont ask me tommorow! :clap: )

Well 1 out of 2 aint bad is it! And 'boro kicked Manure over the park today.

robzinski

19-11-2005, 17:48

Abysmal, disgraceful, disapointing(Hiya Walter), shambolic.

saltysam

19-11-2005, 18:23

don't think wba were 4 goals better than you though and the referee was a homer.

john316

19-11-2005, 18:30

Conceading 4 goals to WBA ever is a shocker - doesn't matter what the performance was like ;)

KiLeAk

19-11-2005, 19:02

Did we turn up today? That was shocking!!!!

No, we weren't 4 goals worse than WBA....but if were 4 points worse them then come May, were relegated.

silent

20-11-2005, 12:42

jesus, a poor performance. we are going backwards again.

sbooth

20-11-2005, 14:53

Awful. So glad i couldn't find a pub in york to see it. Would have ruined my day out!

silent

03-12-2005, 15:06

0-2 at half time and faddy getting on the scoresheet.

good result, hope we maintain the lead.

SeeWolfe

03-12-2005, 15:22

sounds like we're getting battered as well!

silent

03-12-2005, 15:27

i dont care as long as were winning

taking our chances then, at last!

SeeWolfe

03-12-2005, 15:44

Oh, I agree brother

I can hopefully watch MOTD tonight if we don't blow it

screw MOTD - Football First and a few stellas here I come!

plus the other results went ok for us (apart from the RS)

silent

03-12-2005, 16:41

yes, pretty good day all round. :)

a smile at last. 4 out of 5 wins now. hope we maintain it and maybe a few signings in 3 wks!

sbooth

04-12-2005, 10:57

A couple more nice results will see us springboard up the table now we've caught up with the group in front. Quite tight. Damn those horrible first 8 games!

silent

04-12-2005, 11:38

yes, we can be up to 9th if those above lose and we win.

Rip Curl

04-12-2005, 18:04

yes, pretty good day all round. :)

a smile at last. 4 out of 5 wins now. hope we maintain it and maybe a few signings in 3 wks!

Would be nice :thumbs:

I was encouraged to see we scored more than one goal too.

silent

05-12-2005, 16:17

yes, what a bonus that is. and mcfadden and arteta. now if beatiie joins in we could rout someone soon!!!!

;)

robzinski

11-12-2005, 14:21

Richard Wright starts.

:cry:

KiLeAk

11-12-2005, 17:04

Richard Wright starts.

:cry:

....and plays well! Some good saves, and a good result considering we were missing Arteta, Cahill & VDM!

Surpirsed Dunc wasn`t on sooner, but I`d have taken a point before kick off.

Nice to prevent Judas from scoring again :clap:

silent

11-12-2005, 17:36

what a game and result, and we were so unlucky not to have all 3 points, we clearly deserved it especially second half.

great defending, great saves by wright and quality from mcfadden. 2 in 2. go on my son!! :)

sbooth

11-12-2005, 17:44

Shame we still have the wrong Bent on our books! What was he playing at near the end? We could have had all 3 but i would have taken a draw.

Bloom

17-12-2005, 16:06

Normal service has been resumed :brickwall

sbooth

17-12-2005, 16:41

We're gonna be going for a -50 goal difference at this rate!

silent

17-12-2005, 17:06

jesus what a crap result. we are going backwards again. 17th this season, 2nd next :)

Whiting

17-12-2005, 17:54

There's always a brightside...

...that's the first home game I've missed in nearly 3 years :|

robzinski

17-12-2005, 18:56

David Moyes.......you're havin' a laugh

carlmcg

17-12-2005, 18:57

Bolton have scored as many goals this season at Goodison as Everton :clap:

Whiting

17-12-2005, 19:32

David Moyes.......you're havin' a laugh

A bit harsh.

We've let in 6 in 2 home games of which 5 have been defensive errors...the blame lies with the players...

...unless you blame Moyes for not getting a striker to play alongside Beattie in the Summer :suspect: :suspect: :suspect:

KiLeAk

17-12-2005, 20:35

I blame Moyes for not telling us why Per is worse than David Weir!?!

Surely its time to start him? With Joey goin' in Jan for the African Nations Cup, Per needs to feel comfortable in the team.

2 defeats @ home in 3 days is not good news and with Xmas coming we need to start getting points on the board. Pompey will start a mini-revival now, but at least Sunderland & Birmingham seem to be worse off than us!

Whiting

17-12-2005, 20:41

I blame Moyes for not telling us why Per is worse than David Weir!?!

Moyes comments at the AGM re:Koldrup weren't too encouraging were they ? I do agree that a £5M defender should be able to stroll into the team, no question.

Weir was at fault again today to go with his two rickets on Wednesday ; if Koldrup can't make the team after that, then he must be gash.

Sky reported that Stubbs was at the game...wonder if those rumours are true about him coming back ? (hope not, time to move on/never go back/etc etc)

Whiting

17-12-2005, 20:56

Moyes' comments from November's AGM concerning Kroldrup etc are below. The bit in bold is worrying ; it's not a reference to injury ; more suitability for the Premiership.

The bit about Weir has sadly been overshadowed by the last two games. I still think it's a glitch (I'm not sure Weir has confidence in Valente and is trying to do too much) but perhaps he could do with the rest...

He said: “Joseph Yobo will need to go away for the African Nations Cup in January. But if they play as bad as they played last week again [WBA away] on Sunday we will see him sooner than expected.

“Only today I was telling Per he is looking much more like it. There were things we felt we needed to work on him with but he is looking much better and you will see him at some point.”

Moyes was also questioned on the subject of his captain with suggestions that Kroldrup should replace him alongside Yobo in the centre of defence.

But he immediately leapt to the defence of David Weir, pointing out that so far this season he has been one of his team’s most consistent performers.

He added: “Our defensive record is not brilliant but we are the 12th best in the Premier League after Saturday. That part of the team is not doing too bad.

“David Weir had an outstanding season last year in the main playing alongside Alan Stubbs. One of the main reasons we played 4-1-4-1 was the lack of pace at the back but you cannot push up the park if you have got people running behind you.

“We tried to start the season with the same formation but because of the lack of goals we have tried to go back to playing two up front.

KiLeAk

17-12-2005, 21:01

Sky reported that Stubbs was at the game...wonder if those rumours are true about him coming back ? (hope not, time to move on/never go back/etc etc)

No never, look at Kendall (3rd), Pistone (possibly Gravesen?).

And Stubbs is way past his best!

Per cannot be that bad, Udinese fans' were peeved when they lost him and Italian football is very good, defensively. Yes, maybe he cannot keep up with the pace of the Premiership, but neither can Weir! Something needs to happen.

silent

17-12-2005, 22:16

just watched it on match of the day, depresing stuff although they had 4 good chances and took them. we had a few and didn't.

robzinski

18-12-2005, 00:20

A bit harsh.

No, I don't think so. To leave Weir in the team after Wednesday is a disgrace.

SeeWolfe

19-12-2005, 11:57

dreadful display - no movement off the ball, just nothing.

Thankfully, I was in the toilet when the first went in and also when the 3rd and 4th went in. I went back to my seat and grabbed my old man and left early for the first time in my life.

I think on the 28th I'll keep off the Chang and stay in my seat!

Jez

19-12-2005, 12:23

Hello, Villa fan here.

Just wondered what you guys thought of the boxing day game?

As we are bloody rubbish :cry:

silent

19-12-2005, 21:20

with 2 as bad as each other, should be a cracking game.

4 nil everton :)

robzinski

26-12-2005, 18:02

A bit harsh.

Still think it was a bit harsh?

Another 4-0 humiliation, this time to a poor Villa side.

saltysam

26-12-2005, 18:10

blatant handball for the first goal but well beaten in the end there.however i expect your lot to perform a lot better wednesday. :)

silent

27-12-2005, 10:28

horrid score but didn't play that bad and had a lot of chances, just not taking them. mike riley, what was he thinking. a xmas pressie to baros the cheeting git. and he admitted it!

andy_dts

28-12-2005, 21:21

Only conceded 3 tonight! :brickwall Managed to let in more goals in the last 3 games than we've scored all season. Truly awful.

:( Championship here we come

silent

28-12-2005, 23:38

abismal. absolutely abismal.

definately a trip to portman road next year with the old man :(

we are utter **** at the moment and i can't see us improving :(

sbooth

30-12-2005, 08:07

Me neither! But at least we seem to be going for the record of the most disallowed goals in a season :thinking: Not sure how many it's been now but an awful lot of them should have stood!

SeeWolfe

31-12-2005, 15:57

we stole it and I dont care!

silent

31-12-2005, 16:22

hoorah, i win for the new year. good to go on a high. :)

robzinski

31-12-2005, 16:24

Sounded like w got outplayed by a poor Sunderland side, but i'll take the win!

KiLeAk

31-12-2005, 18:25

Smash and grab, it happens. And if we were beat the same way, the other team would celebrate just as hard! I`m still gonna enjoy the new year!!!

Papering over the cracks though.....

SeeWolfe

02-01-2006, 16:03

sounded like a decent performance and yet another disallowed goal! Still, very happy

Whiting

02-01-2006, 17:14

I expect the vidiprinter probably reported it as Everton 3 (Three) Charlton 1... :D

SeeWolfe

02-01-2006, 19:16

I expect the vidiprinter probably reported it as Everton 3 (Three) Charlton 1...

:lol: (yes, three!)

be interesting to see the replay of our normal disallowed one on FF later. Typical - I go to both home games over the Christmas break and miss this one.

Whiting

02-01-2006, 19:27

be interesting to see the replay of our normal disallowed one on FF later. Typical - I go to both home games over the Christmas break and miss this one.

Well, the Bolton 4-0 was my first miss in years and, again, I missed today with a bad cold. Paul Walsh called it a good goal for the disallowed one ; he certainly didn't see what was wrong with it.

Me missus went to the match and she said there was a deffo foul on Hibbo for a pen.....but she's a girl and quite clearly confused by these sort of things :nuts:

sbooth

14-01-2006, 09:24

So what Everton will turn up at Fratton park today? Can't see it being a draw cos we just don't do them! I reckon (well i hope) we'll sneak it!

Whiting

14-01-2006, 09:29

So what Everton will turn up at Fratton park today? Can't see it being a draw cos we just don't do them! I reckon (well i hope) we'll sneak it!

It could all depend on the new Pompey signings - presumably, they'll be out to impress but they are short of match fitness so who knows.

Portsmouth will be difficult to beat at home under Redknapp....so I reckon we'll get turned over...probably quite comfortably too :|

silent

14-01-2006, 09:54

yep, no 3 pts for us today.

and when are we going to make some signings! jesus, everyone else is snapping some bargains and were not. sean david would have been good and we wanted him last year.

robzinski

14-01-2006, 16:08

3 league wins on the bounce, and then up come a free scoring Arsenal. Great.

Whiting

14-01-2006, 17:34

3 league wins on the bounce, and then up come a free scoring Arsenal. Great.

Well at least we're not the only team to have been mullered 7-0 by the Arse in recent seasons....

According to the man on the radio, only Chelsea and Man Utd have won more away games than ourselves... :thinking:

sbooth

14-01-2006, 22:30

According to the man on the radio, only Chelsea and Man Utd have won more away games than ourselves... :thinking:

Is a weird season this is! But we sneaked that win ;)

silent

15-01-2006, 10:23

good result, well happy with it.

silent

16-01-2006, 20:08

right, bent off to charlton for £2.5 mil, but no one in. whats going on! our squad is thread bear as it is!

Whiting

16-01-2006, 20:39

right, bent off to charlton for £2.5 mil, but no one in. whats going on! our squad is thread bear as it is!

...although, it's not any weaker without Bent. ** Please, Lord, let that transfer go through **

silent

16-01-2006, 20:44

i think he done ok, not brilliant but worked his socks of most of the time for us.

we need 2 strickers and a good DM now. and centre back and goalie.

Whiting

16-01-2006, 20:54

i think he done ok, not brilliant but worked his socks of most of the time for us.

He was fantastic for us up to the arrival of Beattie and then the toys seemed to go out of the pram. Asked to play wing ? Not interested. On as a sub ? Not interested.

When he arrived, I couldn't understand how (a) little he cost for the return and (b) why he'd had so many clubs throughout his career. (a) still stands but (b) is no longer a surprise. He's been nothing short of shocking this season and, tbh, I'd have taken what we paid for him, if it was offered, so £2 - £2.5M is good business.

Still, he was pivotal in the 4th place finish and his contribution to that season can't be underestimated ; I hope (and I think) the crowd will remember that when he comes back to Goodison with Charlton.

silent

16-01-2006, 21:12

i hope so to as he was good, and i agree with this season. should have knuckled down and him and beattie up front could have worked.

sbooth

17-01-2006, 08:51

Well i hope the transfer goes through. He could have been so much more but he tries too hard and messes up too much! Still a nice little profit and i don't think he'll be missed.

SeeWolfe

18-01-2006, 09:41

agreed - if you watch last seasons DVD review, the games before Christmas Bent was on fire. Afterwards, shocking to see the difference.

Hopefully this Sat is third time lucky for me watching Arsenal - I went to the last two at Highbury. At least our 7-0 loss was after the season had finished and not like boro, during it!

KiLeAk

20-01-2006, 09:59

Anybody else embarrassed?

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/index.php?page_id=8869

Were becoming the laughing stock now :(

sbooth

20-01-2006, 10:33

I really don't get what the hell is going on there! Nothing about it makes sense! You're right it's embaressing.

saltysam

20-01-2006, 11:00

you have nothing to lose bringing back stubbs.koldrop hasn't worked out and yobo is mising for a month,you are desperately short of centre halves,stubbs knows weir's game well so it's an instant partnership. if those 2 play saturday against henry though :eek:

KiLeAk

20-01-2006, 11:14

It will be Ferrari & Stubbs, i hope!

Wier & Stubbs and we'll be ripped apart

Whiting

20-01-2006, 11:31

I reckon it'll be Beattie & Stubbs upfront :nuts:

Stubbs'll be the answer to our striker shortage.

silent

20-01-2006, 17:44

i loved stubbsy, but he's 34 for christ sake. give kroldrup a run as he's good but hasn't for some reason been given the chance.

moyes has his head up his arse on this one!! :(

robzinski

20-01-2006, 18:08

1 step forward, 10 steps back.

Come on Bill, put us out of our misery and just go.

Whiting

20-01-2006, 18:33

I don't know why people are getting worked up over this. Kroldrup's gone ; for whatever reason it didn't work out, but it's better to cut losses sooner rather than later from both the club and the player's point of view. Good luck to him.

One out, so one in. Stubbs will only be here til the season's end and is primarily for cover to Weir and Ferrari until Yobo returns. It's a short term solution and better that than spunking a load of cash on some buffoon right now.

Anyway, Weir's now got someone he can keep up with in training :thinking:

silent

21-01-2006, 13:28

1 nil up, whats going on! :clap:

CrackD0wn

21-01-2006, 14:01

That'll do, pig.

silent

21-01-2006, 14:06

nice result and glad beattie scored. confidence is back it seems which is nice.

Darth Sidious

21-01-2006, 14:08

starting to look like the blues of last season, bit late for europe via the league maybe but there is the FA Cup

sbooth

21-01-2006, 16:07

Good result and up to 11th. Would have been happy with a draw but i think we deserved the win.

robzinski

21-01-2006, 16:42

Great result, and a great performance. Can't argue with that.

And getting back down the M6 at 3pm is so much easier than at 5:30.

Rip Curl

21-01-2006, 16:50

Top result! Looking forward to Monday morning now.

Bloom

23-01-2006, 08:11

Great result :clap:

SeeWolfe

23-01-2006, 12:01

what a great way to start the weekend!

Everton with a win and the RS losing..fantastic

Rip Curl

04-02-2006, 17:12

Good result today :)

silent

04-02-2006, 17:22

another good result. the run continues.

europe not out of reach on this form.

Rip Curl

04-02-2006, 17:38

another good result. the run continues.

europe not out of reach on this form.

I doubt we'll get to europe place. But good form. Pleased with a win against city.

Be nice if we could shock, and win, at stamford bridge.

silent

04-02-2006, 18:01

yep, not belond us at the moment. booking the tele on wednesday.

sbooth

04-02-2006, 18:35

Nice to get another win! We'll be in the top half soon!

Whiting

04-02-2006, 18:52

Great first 25 mins today. We should have killed the game off in that period. Osman was running the show with good link up play with Arteta. Citeh came into it more in the 2nd half, applied more pressure and had 2 or 3 very good chances and were probably unfortunate not to get a point in all honesty...but we like our 1-0 wins :)

Stubbs superb again today along with the rest of the back 4 - I don't think there's too many moaning about that transfer now. Ossie MotM by a country mile.

Whiting

05-02-2006, 21:08

The Premiership form table looks good :)

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Everton 6 5 1 0 8 2 +6 16
2 Chelsea 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14
3 Blackburn Rovers 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13
4 West Ham United 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12
5 Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 1 2 7 3 +4 10
6 Manchester United 6 3 1 2 13 10 +3 10
7 Aston Villa 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 9
8 Fulham 6 3 0 3 7 8 -1 9
9 Arsenal 6 2 2 2 11 4 +7 8
10 Charlton Athletic 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8

9 games unbeaten makes you wonder how things may have panned out if we hadn't waited until January to start the season :|

:brickwall

:D

Crouching Tiger

05-02-2006, 21:11

You'd be nearly relegated by now ;)

Whiting

05-02-2006, 21:18

You'd be nearly relegated by now ;)

:lol:

Rip Curl

08-02-2006, 21:02

Whiting

08-02-2006, 21:14

Lads worked hard tonight. Didn't play well though.

No surprise we got beat. Same scoreline as a recent Liverpool game, at least Bolton still hold the title of the biggest margin this season by Chelsea, currently.

Nah, don't think they looked up for it from the off. Might have worked hard but the work-rate wasn't a patch on recent home performances, by any means.

Still, well beaten tonight....wasn't expecting much more, TBH. Roll on Saturday.

silent

08-02-2006, 21:32

no, bad result but i said at work 5 or 6! so happy days as such.

worked well but couldn't touch em.

role on blackburn...

sbooth

11-02-2006, 16:08

:clap: Up to 10th! Brilliant. Just got in and heard the result. Don't know how we played apart from defending really well according to Reid. I know we now have no reserve goalies though! Ruddy must have done well! Be watching Football First tonight to see how well we defended. And no sign of the manager of the month curse! :clap:

stormywhether

11-02-2006, 16:14

Sensational performance lads. Top half of the table and everything. 5 points between us and Arse at 5 - miraculous! Way to go kids.

Rip Curl

11-02-2006, 16:40

Great result coming off the back of the FA cup match. :clap:

silent

11-02-2006, 16:43

fab result, big up to the boys and 10th, what a turn around.

europe here we come again.

Bloom

11-02-2006, 16:51

Have we run out of goalies yet?

Great result today :thumbs:

Whiting

11-02-2006, 18:47

Just back from the match and I'm buzzing. Nothing better than winning when you feel the odds and the officials are against you. A complete team performance today. Everyone worked so, so hard after the sending off and I'm just made up that they got the just rewards of the 3 points.

The officials were the worst I've seen in a long, long time. The ref was hopeless. Woefully inconsistent ; the sending off might have been the only thing he got right, and as for the linesman on the Bullens Rd side, well he was the fattest official I've ever seen. It was a joke watching him trying to keep up with Bellamy's runs...and it's suppose to be a professional game ?

Moyes' gestures to the officials at half-time were funny though. I suspect an FA charge is on the cards.

Elron

12-02-2006, 11:29

Oooo, only just seen this thread now.

/me waves to the other Evertonians.

<3 Everton!

KiLeAk

12-02-2006, 18:20

Who needs 11 men ay! :)

The curse of manager of the month tried its best, it sent our keeper off, it disallowed 3 goals and caught us offside into double figures....but we beat it!

Shame Man City won as were back down to 11th now, and our goal difference is still shocking..BUT its a stark improvement from 2005!

COYB!!!

SeeWolfe

14-02-2006, 08:11

fantastic game - I agree the ref was woeful. It looked like the linesmen were making the decisions for him.

I just wish Tim got the last chance goal when their goalie came up at the end and left his goal empty. He just scuffed it from the halfway line & missed but the place would have erupted had it gone in.

silent

14-02-2006, 14:55

hello,elron.

welcome to the thread.

Rip Curl

11-03-2006, 23:18

Good result today. Beatie had a good game!

SeeWolfe

11-03-2006, 23:29

what a fantastic game!!

Arteta was absolute world class today.

Pity we got the usual 5 minutes at the end of MOTD. Looking forward to watching it again back home on Football First.

Come on you blues!

sbooth

12-03-2006, 19:36

Quality result! Good to see the boys didn't lose heart after the newcastle game (which flattered them). We were unlucky against West Ham only getting a draw and deserved yesterdays win.

silent

13-03-2006, 09:17

fab result and what goals.

brilliant!

SeeWolfe

13-03-2006, 09:44

battled through the snow (well, up the M57) to drive home back to London yesterday only to fine my Sky+ recorded the Wigan game on Football First instead of the blues.

Noooooooooo!!

It even says its the Everton game but when i settled down and played it, the pie eaters came on...

But loved the Brian Mcgee announcement for McBride! And that blonde bint asking her fella to marry her at half time and 38,000 fans shouted "Noooo" as one when asked if he should!

What a day

silent

18-03-2006, 17:34

what a result, cahill double!

well done the lads and long may this run continue, as it looks like were well in form now :)

Whiting

18-03-2006, 17:51

Possibly the worst 4-goal game I've been to. If we had more than 4 shots on target, I'd be amazed. Still, who's complaining :suspect:

Hopefully Arteta will be okay for next week.

blazeuk

25-03-2006, 11:37

Arteta is out today :( Kilbane is in for him :(

Our left side isnt looking too good....

blazeuk

25-03-2006, 14:20

Played awful today, no creativity at all. Didn't do anything even with Liverpool down to 10 for alot of the game. We definitly missed Arteta today.

Ref was crap, gave stupid yellow cards and if Van Der Meyde foul was a red card so were a few others from Liverpool.

Other than the ref though, we didnt deserve anything out of the game, Alonso took control of the game and we just didnt seem up for it - our defence right up to our forwards. Wright needs to go as quickly as possible too. He makes far too many mistakes and he just can't make decisions.

Deron

25-03-2006, 14:52

Other than the ref though, we didnt deserve anything out of the game, Alonso took control of the game and we just didnt seem up for it - our defence right up to our forwards.

I dunno, thought you had us on the rack in the first half. Before Gerrard got sent off you were first to everything.

Own goal was the sucker punch and I think Garcia killed it off. Funniest yellow card of the whole day was Dunc, he just couldn't resist giving Alonso a dig.

blazeuk

25-03-2006, 15:09

I dunno, thought you had us on the rack in the first half. Before Gerrard got sent off you were first to everything.

We had a small spell of us controlling the game and pushing forward, but we just didn't threaten, other than the goal, all our other shots were directly at Reina, can't really think of anywhere in the game when Reina had to make a good save.

Own goal was the sucker punch and I think Garcia killed it off. Funniest yellow card of the whole day was Dunc, he just couldn't resist giving Alonso a dig.

:lol: I dont think Moyes will be too happy about that.

Luckily our next game is Sunderland, which we should win, so hopefully get back on track ;)

silent

25-03-2006, 15:09

one to forget i think. bad day at the office. :(

Bloom

25-04-2006, 08:49

RIP Brian Labone, a True Blue :notworthy

hoogie

25-04-2006, 11:05

Brian Labone - Evertonian, Gentleman, A true legend.

Met the guy several times, so has my 9 year old son, an absoloute hero of mine.

The Best

RIP Brian

saltysam

25-04-2006, 11:18

rip brian labone, though a red i remember going to his testimonial back in the 70's.always seemed to come across as a decent guy.

Whiting

25-04-2006, 11:25

A sad day...66 isn't much of an age at all. Met him a few times and he was a true gent with time for everyone.

The Last of the Corinthians :(

sbooth

27-04-2006, 19:55

Sad news. He'll be sadly missed. :(

silent

29-04-2006, 16:34

a lovely result today, much needed and mcfadden again. the lads doing all right this season and we didn't conceed!

SeeWolfe

29-04-2006, 18:21

glad we got the result, especially against a bare bones boro team.

RIP Brian - I was at the Latchford dinner last week for the launch of his 30 book and it really brought home the history of our club that he was part of. The ex-players spent a good deal of time decrying the current game & club which was interesting though!

silent

03-05-2006, 22:05

so an early bit of transfer news, joleen lescott from wolves, £4mil???

he's good but not worth £4 m in my book.

KiLeAk

07-05-2006, 16:24

Well, not a great result, but good send off for Labone and at least Duncan left on a high.

Poor Spurs though...... ;)

Alan b

07-05-2006, 17:52

Didn't I hear that big Dunc had finished on 99 career goals ?

silent

08-05-2006, 18:09

no i think he scored more than that.

the legend has gone, i rated him as possibly one of the best centre forwards in england, but his injuries and occasional misdemeaners stopped that happening.

good luck big dunc in whatever you do, you will always be a true blue!

evilsly

09-05-2006, 07:51

Tim Howard has moved from Man United to everton on a years loan.

he's a pretty good keeper when he has his confidence, and regular games would give him that. He's certainly better than Richard Wright.

I think he'll do pretty well for you

Barny79

09-05-2006, 07:56

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/4753177.stm

silent

09-05-2006, 16:30

good news that, i rate him and he's better than wright!

Dr_Fruitbat

09-05-2006, 18:51

he's better than wright!

most goalies are :lol:

silent

09-05-2006, 19:01

yes, your right there.....lol

i always thought he had potential, but the more i saw him the crapper he got :)

Whiting

26-05-2006, 18:55

For what it's worth, a normally reliable source on ToffeeWeb is reporting that AJ is a done deal.

Really not sure about splashing that amount of cash on one decent-ish player, but hey-ho.

saltysam

26-05-2006, 21:21

jeffers is available on a free.

blazeuk

26-05-2006, 21:32

jeffers is available on a free.

If we were to take him, a pay-on-play contract would be the only option i'd give him. He's had two chances, the second time round he showed us nothing tbh.

I really don't think we need him though, since he moved to Arsenal, what has he shown anyone? Shame really, he should have stuck with us, rather than moving to Arsenal.

KiLeAk

26-05-2006, 22:17

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/index.php?page_id=10143

Bid accepted. It`s too much money, but its what you pay (7.5 Crouch...'nuff said!)

(Sung to "Her Name Is Lola")

His name is Johnson, god Andy Johnson,
he scores in every game coz all other teams are lame,
he's got no hair, but we don't care,
he' our number eight and we treat him like a mate
la la la la la la la la la

Well he WAS your No.8 ;) Beattie 9 / Johnson 8...I`ll take that (all England frontline as well)

The Bear

27-05-2006, 09:00

so an early bit of transfer news, joleen lescott from wolves, £4mil???

he's good but not worth £4 m in my book.
We have actually turned down a £4.5m bid from someone says our CEO.

He's worth at least £4m in most Wolves fans eyes. Dawson went for the same amount from Forest to Tottenham and Lescott was the better defender back then.

Personally I hope either you or Man City take him. Don't want Villa or Reading to have him.

If you spend £8.5m on Johnson, have you got any more money to spend?

silent

27-05-2006, 13:40

i don;t think we have much over and i still don;t rate johnson as 8.5 mils worth. i think he's good but vastly overpriced :(

KiLeAk

28-05-2006, 21:06

Looks almost done lads!

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/index.php?page_id=10147

We better have some more cash somewhere else though! ;)

silent

28-05-2006, 22:41

We better have some more cash somewhere else though! ;)

i really hope so to but it don't look like it.

i think it will be loan deals with a view etc etc. :shrug:

Whiting

28-05-2006, 22:49

We better have some more cash somewhere else though! ;)

We have. He's called Yobo :suspect:

KiLeAk

28-05-2006, 23:33

We have. He's called Yobo :suspect:

You might be right, but hopefully your wrong...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-2201332,00.html

Huth & Yobo...now thats a mean backline!

BeauBrummie

29-05-2006, 00:00

Well looks like AJ is yours !!... £8.5 million !!.... we had him at Brum and could never get in the team .. when he did gave his all and scored the odd goal but never prolific .. good to see what he'll be like back in the Prem....

silent

29-05-2006, 00:03

good news on the huth transfer spec. he's a up and coming strong defender. yobo could be off, and i reckon still to arsenal. who knows :)

sbooth

29-05-2006, 12:24

About time! I reckon Aj with Beatie will be a good partnership. Better than McFadden anyway!

Max Maz

29-05-2006, 22:51

t@xman

29-05-2006, 22:55

Tob

30-05-2006, 09:04

:cry: Look after AJ!

Top player and nice bloke too, I am sure he will score lots and lots of goals for you. Am very sad he has left us, but I like Everton and hope he does well for you. £8.5 million seems like a lot, but after you see him a few times, you will realise it is money well spent.

saltysam

30-05-2006, 09:36

Got to say that I'm shocked at the number of clubs prepared to pay £8.5m for AJ! For that sort of money you could be looking at top class, however, I could see him fitting into your squad quite well (so maybe not such a bad deal?). he's proven in the premiership.your team has just paid 10 million for a striker unproven in the premiership. :)

t@xman

30-05-2006, 09:47

Don't get me wrong, I'm nopt criticising, just surprised......and on the subject of Berbatov, we've effectively paid £1.5m more than AJ for a proven quality international, but then we have the money to spare if it goes belly up - not too sure what your finances are like, but I was under the impression they were limited?

tredders

30-05-2006, 11:01

I'm very happy with Andy/Andrew Johnson, a quick striker who knows where the goal is and works hard for the team, just what we need. If we can keep him and Beattie fit then we'll have a top strikeforce on our hands.

Slightly worried about the possibility of signing Huth though, he's always looked like a donkey when I've seen him play, no pace, lacking quality on the ball, and very immobile. Hope I'm wrong if we do sign him.

Sorry to go off topic and hijack this thread, but I'm trying to get in contact with Max Maz. Your email is bouncing mate, and I can't get a reply to the posts I've added to your PSP games for sale thread. Can you let me know what's happening with the Virtua Tennis game I sent payment for 2 weeks ago? Not received anything yet, and your NTL email is bouncing.

Mark.

saltysam

30-05-2006, 12:58

silent

30-05-2006, 17:19

our finances are crap. it's £5 mil now aparently and the rest based on trophies, appearances and the other rubbish.

so effectively, £5 mil.

saltysam

30-05-2006, 17:36

i'm surprised a hard nut like jordan went for a deal like that,especially as wigan were offering the lot upfront apparently :suspect:

silent

30-05-2006, 18:06

just what i heard. the total package is worth £8.6 mil.

hedgie

30-05-2006, 18:23

our finances are crap. it's £5 mil now aparently and the rest based on trophies, appearances and the other rubbish.

so effectively, £5 mil.

I've heard that the £8.6m is guaranteed, just paid over time. Nothing based on things that might not happen.

AJ will be great for you - this time next year you'll love him just like Palace fans do right now, and you'll be laughing at the rest of the Premiership who ignored him. I wish him all the best and hope he gets the trophies he deserves at Everton.

Thank you for all the goals AJ, and I hope to see you come back to where you belong later in your career, just like Freedman, Shipperley and Morrison did!

blazeuk

30-05-2006, 18:25

i'm surprised a hard nut like jordan went for a deal like that,especially as wigan were offering the lot upfront apparently :suspect:

I suppose since Johnson was set on joining Everton from the start, as soon as Palace had accepted bids, Johnson pushed Palace to accept the lower offer (if that is the case - ive also read £5m upfront though).

KiLeAk

30-05-2006, 21:51

The Bear

01-06-2006, 12:08

Looks like you're getting Lescott then. Having a medical today.

I really hope he plays first team football with you as he has the potential to be a very good Premiership defender. Pacy, excellent strength and timing in the challenge he seems to win the ball when he shouldn't by muscling people off the ball and nicking it off them, especially in a straight shoulder-shoulder battle.

I remember the Wolves home game against Crystal Palace at the start of last season. He marked Andy Johnson completely out of the game, having him in his pocket the entire time. When he's on form he's a fantastic defender to watch and you can't help but applaud him.

Really sorry to see him go, but it's for the good of his career and I don't think any Wolves fan will begrudge him that.

pjg

01-06-2006, 23:28

It's not exactly rare for transfers to be paid over the length of a contract, we simply dont have 8.6mill cash, so I imagine the 5mill is right.

And as a red is here, our finances might be crap, but thanks to Sissy, Morienties and the Freak, yours wont be to far behind ;)

Just got a bet on with my Spurs m8, Johnson V Berbatov for most goals scored......

If you don't have the cash then how can you now afford to buy Huth or Lescott too? :?: :?:

It annoys me how Everton claim to have no cash when they are in the Premiership getting tens of millions a seaon and don't even have a high wage bill :(

Euler

02-06-2006, 06:52

Another Wolves fan here - well done on bagging Jo Lescott. He's an excellent defender and we've been holding him back for far too long now. He's definitely Premiership standard - and as has already been said, he had Johnson in his pocket throughout both matches against Palace last season.

Good look Jo!

Euler

03-06-2006, 08:06

There are rumours starting to appear on the internet about Jo Lescott having failed his medical - hope it's nothing too serious.

FireclownUK

03-06-2006, 13:25

There are rumours starting to appear on the internet about Jo Lescott having failed his medical - hope it's nothing too serious.Sky is reporting that he's passed & that it's down to the nitty-gritty over the contract.

Max Maz

07-06-2006, 11:56

If you don't have the cash then how can you now afford to buy Huth or Lescott too? :?: :?:

It annoys me how Everton claim to have no cash when they are in the Premiership getting tens of millions a seaon and don't even have a high wage bill :(

Most transfers are paid over time, why would any club go out and announce that they have £20m to spend when it would just lead to clubs over charging? Are you also annoyed at the other 15 teams in the Premiership who don't spend millions every season and claim to not have that much cash?

Anyway, it looks like Lescott will be signing this week then, although Moxey has been quite vocal about this all along. He's a bit annoying isn't he?

I hope Lescott is as good a player as the Wolves guys are saying, I like the fact we're buying English players now, hopefully Sven will start to take notice!