James McCarthy

[Ron Burgundy]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing McCarthy in a Blue shirt.

The lad has an incredible engine. Something we have been missing for more years than I care to remember!

A young, dynamic midfield consisting of McCarthy and Barkley is mouth watering.

 

[scratchnsurf]

I know it wasn't but I don't get the fact people are offended by differing opinions - particularly when they are entirely reasonable.

I don't rate Martinez as a manager so far in his career. He didn't improve Wigan in 4 years at the club. The style of football he promotes will succeed at Everton only with substantial funds to buy the sort of technical player. He won't get those funds and I don't believe the players he has bought in are anywhere near the quality we need. Lukaku, Deufelou (and to a lesser extent Barry) are exciting signings but if they are costing big money and only here for a year is that a sustainable strategy? I don't think it is.



I look forward to being proven wrong in every respect. Everton winning matches, playing exciting football is what we all want.

However we've all supported the club long enough to realise that our position is precarious. We get vastly outspent by all the clubs above us, and some below. It will only take one or two bad seasons for the club to enter a downward spiral.

I'm not offended by people's opinions, just amazed by some of them. They're quite entitled to have them and voice them even if I've got no idea how they could have reached them. As for a sustainable strategy - we haven't had one for some time so I'll not be laying the blame for that one on the manager, regardless of who he is.

 

[Fat Stan]

He's gonna be an everton legend. A quieter more modest version of Roy Keane (who he clearly looked up to big time as a kid)!

 

[Fat Stan]

He's also proper best mates with Seamie... http://youtu.be/izagDZ1djZY...
You can just feel the bromance

 

[pfim]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing McCarthy in a Blue shirt.

The lad has an incredible engine. Something we have been missing for more years than I care to remember!

A young, dynamic midfield consisting of McCarthy and Barkley is mouth watering.

Agree wholeheartedly.

 

[chip butty]

A young, dynamic midfield consisting of McCarthy and Barkley is mouth watering.

Unless you've just eaten.

 

[andybaker]

He's rated very highly by people who will have seen him a lot more than me

[video=youtube;O-YlYsCIw8Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YlYsCIw8Q[/video]

Let's wait and see.

thats one of the greatest vids ive seen when it comes to being a pundit haha! Wish they were all scraping like that on MOTD.

Train robbers

 

[ah11984]

Great post.

Kone has looked good to me. Can´t for the life of me understand all the hate he´s getting by some people on this forum. i´d be more than happy to start with him next match.

I am all for giving him a chance, but looked good?? Come on.

 

[wantefc]

He's rated very highly by people who will have seen him a lot more than me

[video=youtube;O-YlYsCIw8Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YlYsCIw8Q[/video]

Let's wait and see.

I watched that from start to finish ...Quality

Liam Brady's glare at the beginning almost had me apologising to him!!! haha

defo none of them had scripts to keep to....unlike motd

 

[eternal_defiance]

I watched that from start to finish ...Quality

Liam Brady's glare at the beginning almost had me apologising to him!!! haha

defo none of them had scripts to keep to....unlike motd

I think they are all drinking vodka, not water.

 

[paulbefc]

Good to see Martinez thinks he can be "one of the best midfielders in europe". He must see something I don't, which I can get behind, for sure.

Really hope the lad does well. Big transfer for him, this. He'll be desperate to make the step up he's been expected to make for a couple of years now.

 

[paulf]

Liam Brady was an awesome midfielder... and respect his opinion on McCarthy than the doom n gloom merchants wanting him to fail before he has put on the royal blue COYB

 

[TheFinnFan]

Whats his number?

 

[somuchfun]

Whats his number?

16 I think

 

[Eggs]

.....interesting looking where he's come from. Glasgow born and raised but represents Rep of Ireland. Turned down by Celtic before making his name at Hamilton Academicals. Celtic must be kicking themselves. What I like is that when he came into unfashionable Hamilton they got promoted and he was voted SFA Young Player of the Year. I have to be honest and didn't want us going back to Wigan again, but I'm being positive about the boy.