2021/22 James Rodriguez

[Spadge Vernacular]

Mate I promise to speak with him if you try your best to speak to a female.

 

[HumbleWedbetters]

Some games call for different formations and tactics. As we have already seen this season. You need people who can do things others can't. His contributions to goals in only 23 games last season, is better than towsend has ever managed in a season before.

If you think rondon is going to be a great signing, your ambitions are seriously low. Which is pretty sad when you think about it.

My ambitions are not low - my ambition is for Everton to win something.....

Right now and for the past few years we have been an easy touch for lazy mercenaries who want to earn a few easy quid. You think we can win something like that? Because I know we can't

What is sad, is that fans of this club never used to care if your name was Alan Ball or michael ball ...... You put in a shift. Train hard, play hard. Now the FIFA laddies and YouTube fanatics pander to supposed superstars.

 

[PaddyJames]

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My first lob on of the evening.

 

[windymiller]

My ambitions are not low - my ambition is for Everton to win something.....

Right now and for the past few years we have been an easy touch for lazy mercenaries who want to earn a few easy quid. You think we can win something like that? Because I know we can't

What is sad, is that fans of this club never used to care if your name was Alan Ball or michael ball ...... You put in a shift. Train hard, play hard. Now the FIFA laddies and YouTube fanatics pander to supposed superstars.

Mate, we've signed Lonergan, Begovic, Townsend and Rondon. We're hardly building for a glorious future. Each one of those is a stopgap at best. The only exception is Gray who seems like a good bit of business and has a good few years in the tank.

 

[Blue83]

Presume he's on holiday still in Qatar so won't be in the lineup tonight ?

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

Mate, we've signed Lonergan, Begovic, Townsend and Rondon. We're hardly building for a glorious future. Each one of those is a stopgap at best. The only exception is Gray who seems like a good bit of business and has a good few years in the tank.

Its the beginning.
This year is all about clearing out the deadwood, identifying targets and perhaps pushing for Europe. Next year should be about the defence and squad depth.
The road is long and hard, but our guide is experienced.

 

[alwaysblue]

@alwaysblue - least you are getting your money’s worth for the thread sponsorship atm mate , grand total of 14 pages on the Delph thread by comparison lol

On topic - I’d prefer James to be staying but as soon as Ancelotti left it was likely and all but certain once Benitez was chosen he’d leave.

Some people have chemistry together, others don’t and even outside the rarified world of football it is often more trouble than it is worth to try overcome the differences.

I think the vast number of pages is more to do with my sponsorship of the thread. ?

Agree with everything you've said. I would like him to stay, but unfortunately he doesn't want to. If this is the case for any player, Everton have to find the quickest and most beneficial route out.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Its the beginning.
This year is all about clearing out the deadwood, identifying targets and perhaps pushing for Europe. Next year should be about the defence and squad depth.
The road is long and hard, but our guide is experienced.

How many years in a row have you posted that mate?

 

[alwaysblue]

No worries and no disagreement with your assessment either!

Which is why @alwaysblue and I swapped thread sponsorships, in the vain hope I could jinx him out the club!

And we would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for ..........

 

[Kev The Rat]

My ambitions are not low - my ambition is for Everton to win something.....

Right now and for the past few years we have been an easy touch for lazy mercenaries who want to earn a few easy quid. You think we can win something like that? Because I know we can't

What is sad, is that fans of this club never used to care if your name was Alan Ball or michael ball ...... You put in a shift. Train hard, play hard. Now the FIFA laddies and YouTube fanatics pander to supposed superstars.

Quite honestly I could make case for Rondon in particular being exactly the type of lazy mercenary you seem desperate to avoid. Perhaps even Benitez himself falls into that category.

 

[Marius57]

Mate, we've signed Lonergan, Begovic, Townsend and Rondon. We're hardly building for a glorious future. Each one of those is a stopgap at best. The only exception is Gray who seems like a good bit of business and has a good few years in the tank.

I'm glad we don't sign managers and players who are mercenaries anymore. You know, the sorts of people who might go off to retirement leagues in Asia or the Middle East.......

 

[Marius57]

Its the beginning.
This year is all about clearing out the deadwood, identifying targets and perhaps pushing for Europe. Next year should be about the defence and squad depth.
The road is long and hard, but our guide is experienced.

Our guide is experienced, perhaps a mercenary of sorts......

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Quite honestly I could make case for Rondon in particular being exactly the type of lazy mercenary you seem desperate to avoid. Perhaps even Benitez himself falls into that category.

Rondon wanted to stay at Newcastle but they wouldn't pony up on the money so he went to China where he has friends.

Nothing wrong with that

 

[Toffeelover]

Yeah we aren't getting a fee. It'll either be cancelling his contract or loaning out and them paying us his wages

I think we should play hard ball. You are not going until we get a fee and you must report fro training everyday or your wages will be docked.

 

[wainy]

My first lob on of the evening.

Pics or gtfo