Everton confirm rejecting 28M for both Fellaini and baines

[bluepete]

Yet more baseless speculation. So many people saying this today, but where is the evidence? There isn't any.

I would have been unimpressed with £25m for Felli three weeks ago, when we could have bid for Capoue and Chadli with the proceeds; £25m now, 48 hours before the transfer deadline, would be utterly moronic. We're at the stage now where we should be rejecting anything under £40m for Felli and anything under £30m for Baines. If that means we don't sell them that's fine - just get Barry, Moses and Ba in on loan.

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[royalbalou]

DM on why he has never won at anafield -thank god he has gone - what a pathetic excuse! Moyes, who takes United to Liverpool on Sunday for the first time, never won there in the league during 11 years as Everton manager. He said: "It was down to Liverpool having really good teams with people like Xabi Alonso, [Javier] Mascherano, [Fernando] Torres at his pomp, Steven Gerrard – they had really good teams at that time and were one of the teams that went on to win the European Cup. That's why it was very difficult to win regular games at Anfield because of the quality of the side they had."-

The words 'it' and 'bottled' spring to mind...did he not mention those?

 

[cbpointblank]

I saw somewhere that the most popular teams in the states are Tottenham (1) (because of Dempseys stay there, I assume) and Man U (2). .

The Spurs thing is because an obnoxious sportswriter called Bill Simmons wrote a "guide to choosing an EPL club" column about five years ago and chose them.

 

[tim cahill]

DM on why he has never won at anafield -thank god he has gone - what a pathetic excuse! Moyes, who takes United to Liverpool on Sunday for the first time, never won there in the league during 11 years as Everton manager. He said: "It was down to Liverpool having really good teams with people like Xabi Alonso, [Javier] Mascherano, [Fernando] Torres at his pomp, Steven Gerrard – they had really good teams at that time and were one of the teams that went on to win the European Cup. That's why it was very difficult to win regular games at Anfield because of the quality of the side they had."-

That's pathetic. Over the last few years they've had one of the worst Liverpool squads in the last 40 years.

 

[griffla]

He's not. He's our best player, but casual viewers couldn't pick him out.
He's the face (and hair) of Everton - like it or not.

I wouldn't say he's our best player and you misunderstand the meaning of iconic or icon. Martinez rightly described Bainsy as an Everton icon. Fellaini is great and definitely our most valuable player.

 

[The Waco Kid]

The Spurs thing is because an obnoxious sportswriter called Bill Simmons wrote a "guide to choosing an EPL club" column about five years ago and chose them.

Ahh. White males aged 21-35 love them some Bill Simmons. Didn't know that, but I'll buy it.

 

[davidloach]

Bill Simmons went to the college I attend and everyone here treats him like an omniscient deity of sports knowledge. Seems like another moronic sportswriter to me.

 

[MickM86]

Longdistanceblue.......from Huyton has just said they're going next week. Hey, long distance blue from Huyton, did you get a lift to Cardiff sorted?

 

[griffla]

Not really what I was saying. My post was more about playing style and ability than his ****ing afro, what do I know? If you'd rather have some money, McCarthy and a mid-pack finish, more power to ya....but I'd rather see them keep their best players and try to compete for European play, myself.

Not a lot by the sounds of it. I'd also rather keep fellaini than get McCarthy and have a, err, mid-pack finish.

Right. I agree Baines is probably the best..but casual viewers, especially ignorant American ones (who like or want to try watching but really don't understand or appreciate the little things at this high a level yet, and probably havent played since they were 10 years old), do NOT recognize that. They do recognize a big, fiery, bruiser whose easy to spot, can score goals and flash some ball skills. That's all I was saying.

Martinez might get a fiery bruiser with the funds and wouldn't have an unhappy player with a dwindling contract on his hands.

 

[cbpointblank]

It's 100% true. You almost never met Tottenham fans in the States before that article. Right after it was released on his blog, there were boatloads of them.

 

[The Waco Kid]

It's 100% true. You almost never met Tottenham fans in the States before that article. Right after it was released on his blog, there were boatloads of them.

I figured it was a Dempsey Klinsmann thing...but I never saw the article before now. I don't really read Simmons, though. He thinks he's too cool for school and holy hell is he annoying as an NBA "analyst".

 

[The Waco Kid]

Martinez might get a fiery bruiser with the funds and wouldn't have an unhappy player with a dwindling contract on his hands.

Maybe so. But I don't really give a **** about the hurt feelings of professional athletes. Dwindling contract? I thought he had 3 years left and a world cup looming this summer. I would think he'd be easy enough to sell later on, rather than doing so now...at a meager profit in the 11th hour.

 

[Khalekan]

DM on why he has never won at anafield -thank god he has gone - what a pathetic excuse! Moyes, who takes United to Liverpool on Sunday for the first time, never won there in the league during 11 years as Everton manager. He said: "It was down to Liverpool having really good teams with people like Xabi Alonso, [Javier] Mascherano, [Fernando] Torres at his pomp, Steven Gerrard – they had really good teams at that time and were one of the teams that went on to win the European Cup. That's why it was very difficult to win regular games at Anfield because of the quality of the side they had."-

This kind of defeatist attitude is now being exposed, isn't it?

The simple fact is we went to Anfield during a period when LFC had one of the worst teams they had in the past 50 years.

At one stage duiring Hodgson's brief period in charge they set a new club record for consecutive defeats.

And still Moyes couldn't conjure up a victory.

Then there was the surrender of march 2012 when he played a shadow XI and we were hammered.

And this, gentlemen, is why I am holding my nose and rooting for the Kop on Sunday.

Imagine listening to Moyes implying that the first time he went to the Anfield "gunfight" with a fully loaded assault rifle he left with a victory?

That, to me, would be way worse than a Liverpool victory.

 

[Joey66]

I hope UNT end up mid table even if we keep our star players!

 

[catcherintherye]

This kind of defeatist attitude is now being exposed, isn't it?

The simple fact is we went to Anfield during a period when LFC had one of the worst teams they had in the past 50 years.

At one stage duiring Hodgson's brief period in charge they set a new club record for consecutive defeats.

And still Moyes couldn't conjure up a victory.

Then there was the surrender of march 2012 when he played a shadow XI and we were hammered.

And this, gentlemen, is why I am holding my nose and rooting for the Kop on Sunday.

Imagine listening to Moyes implying that the first time he went to the Anfield "gunfight" with a fully loaded assault rifle he left with a victory?

That, to me, would be way worse than a Liverpool victory.

I hope United annihilate them on Sunday. 1 Because I hope they lose every match. 2 because nothing will cause that lot more pain, than a former EFC manager doing it to them, and the more they suffer the happier I am. I can't get over how any Evertonian could ever want them to do well.