Everton Transfer Thread 2016

ijjysmith · July 27, 2016

Tubey's utter hatred for all things ITK has been a highlight of my transfer windows for many years now.

TheCount · July 27, 2016

Dymak said:
You're talking about the person who was 'on the verge of something special' until about April of this year aren't you? It took ages for people to accept that Martinez was junk, and it's taking ages for some people to realise how crap our current squad is. This squad is midtable standard; you could put Mourinho in charge and you would still be looking at a 9th placed finish at best. It isn't three years ago anymore, and yet we have the same team, minus a goalkeeper.

If the squad is mid-table and it finished midtable, then Roberto performed as expected? Did you want him sacked?

Ashtonian · July 27, 2016

Is TEF actually very active? I have been on it before and it didn't look very populated at all.

And every other post had a big picture of mori of someone on it.

Goat · July 27, 2016

Blue Cheese said:
Just signed up to that TEF to have a gander, language on there is definitely not family friendly lol. Noticed our very own @MoutsGoat has signed up as well. GOTs my home though, best fan site out there.

Exciting and bum twitchy at the same time this window. soon...

I just browse it now and again, it isnt active enough for my needs.

GOT is my home.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · July 27, 2016

LouReedwalkonthewildside said:
Think it's great the way the club are keeping everything hush, hush, this is just one of those times though I wish someone would come out and say where we are up to on the Witsel saga.

"The Witsel Saga" sounds like an awful RPG on the Super Nintendo doesn't it?

VentureBrosEFC · July 27, 2016

Ashtonian said:
I hope they are boos like. Favourite number after kanchelskis and cahill wore that number followed by besic

I'm not sure on besic 21 because he said in an interview he chose 17 because he prefers number 8 (1+7) so bit odd if he moves up.

I heard it's Ronaldo and McGeady is refusing to give up 7.

Nymzee · July 27, 2016

Ashtonian said:
I hope they are boos like. Favourite number after kanchelskis and cahill wore that number followed by besic

I'm not sure on besic 21 because he said in an interview he chose 17 because he prefers number 8 (1+7) so bit odd if he moves up.

He was 21 at Ferencvaros so might be something significant about that.

Brendan Janus · July 27, 2016

Dymak said:
And we don't even have a first choice goalkeeper!

LOL !

bluestevon · July 27, 2016

Ashtonian said:
This is true.

Although the squad needs massive improvement a better manager would have taken us higher in the league.

Palace x2, watford away, norwich away, liverpool home, west ham home, bournemouth away, southampton home.
17 points better off we would be alone. All games we threw leads away cheaply and should have won with a better manager in charge. Would have put us 6th in the league, european place also.

and i am not analyzing games here, games where we battered the other team, conceded late or silly goals or stopped playing for no reason.

Mate no offence but what are you on about their?

How did we throw away a lead and result in the following games you mentioned?

Away at Palace - the game finished 0-0, never had any lead
Home to Palace - we where 1 down and equalized late on to salvage a 1-1, never had any lead
Home to Liverpool, we went 1 down int hat and got a 1-1, never had a lead

so even using the silly idea that any time we take a lead we have to win the game - which no team ever does, add 11 not 17 points on and we still would have only finished in 9th anyway

BlueToff · July 27, 2016

Connor said:
On what exactly? He hasn't posted since Monday where, unsurpringly, he was right on the team news.

was it WRD that posted the team news?

Coffee and TV · July 27, 2016

Ashtonian said:
5 days before squad numbers announced.

FFS anyone we sign is going to have to take big numbers aren't they? Either that or massive gaps in numbers giving the obvious positions signing will be

Hopefully they take 7, 8 and 9 off McGeady, Oviedo and Kone. 5 will probably be available soon too.

Bally8 · July 27, 2016

Is there actually menatlists on here saying we don't need any signings?

Connor · July 27, 2016

BlueToff said:
was it WRD that posted the team news?

Posted about team news on his last drive by aye, something to do with Barry and McCarthy

BlueToff · July 27, 2016

bluestevon said:
Mate no offence but what are you on about their?

How did we throw away a lead and result in the following games you mentioned?

Away at Palace - the game finished 0-0, never had any lead
Home to Palace - we where 1 down and equalized late on to salvage a 1-1, never had any lead
Home to Liverpool, we went 1 down int hat and got a 1-1, never had a lead

so even using the silly idea that any time we take a lead we have to win the game - which no team ever does, add 11 not 17 points on and we still would have only finished in 9th anyway

I think he's right in the principle that those results could easily have been wrapped up if not for frankly naive tactics on the manager's part.

I'm not saying or squad is brilliant, far from it, and it needs improving, but if it was a squad that was the calibre of an 11th-placed side, then RM wouldn't have lost his job would he...