John Stones transfer saga

[AndyC]

Here we go again, Ed.

Kevin's only "crime" is that he judges Everton by higher standards than most on here do.

If Kevin Ratcliffe is "negative" then you can bet your boots there is sommat to be negative about.

He has earned the right to criticise mediocrity at our club.

He's earned his right to an opinion, but it would be nice if occasionally he said something positive. The former RS in the media rarely if ever talk the RS down, our most successful skipper rarely if ever talks us up.

 

[maccavennie]

@TeleFootball: #EFC fears grow over defender John Stones as #CFC prepare £30m bid. @Matt_Law_DT reports - http://t.co/C7Og5xhq7p http://t.co/DIv8FTWeSn

Love that, they offer more and we should be in fear of that lol

 

[MartSlinger]

@TeleFootball: #EFC fears grow over defender John Stones as #CFC prepare £30m bid. @Matt_Law_DT reports - http://t.co/C7Og5xhq7p http://t.co/DIv8FTWeSn

Matt Law has recycled the same story with a different price for about 3 weeks now.

 

[jinkyali]

Matt Law has recycled the same story with a different price for about 3 weeks now.

Exactly.
Its literally only coming via him.
I think a 3rd bid of that will trigger a rebuttal from the club involving the words derisory and insulting.

This close to first game.

 

[Khalekan]

He's earned his right to an opinion, but it would be nice if occasionally he said something positive. The former RS in the media rarely if ever talk the RS down, our most successful skipper rarely if ever talks us up.

And there's your answer right there, Block.

They are them and we are us......vive la difference......

To paraphrase the late, great Brian Labone.......one grounded ex Everton pundit is worth twenty ex Liverpool ones

 

[TheCount]

Posters turning on our most successful ever captain for giving his opinion on what figure the club will accept.

*shakes head

Tbh I'm sick of him. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. He talks the club down constantly when we need to enhance the standing/brand

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I'll fume if we don't spend 20m by the close of the window, I want most of that on a CM playmaker.

Like whom...there's not that much out there that's attainable without a lot of work in some form or another.

 

[bluesb1970]

According to Phil himself it's actually Yag-yelka (phonetically speaking) so maybe Rats is a bit nearer the correct pronunciation than most commentators.

Yes but he is still missing letters out. It's like him calling you e war woo war ! ....

 

[MartSlinger]

Only just clocked Matt Law mentioning 'Everton insiders' in his article. So basically he's saying 'Ive listened to Kevin Ratcliffes radio interview and PERSONAL OPINION and passing it off as insider info'.

 

[The Equaliser]

Tbh I'm sick of him. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. He talks the club down constantly when we need to enhance the standing/brand

Fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinion on ex-players. The point I was highlighting though was that he was giving his opinion on what he thinks the club will accept, not what the club should accept, and has been criticised for it. There is a massive difference in the 2.

I will agree that he is crap at commentating though.

 

[LinekersLegs]

@TeleFootball: #EFC fears grow over defender John Stones as #CFC prepare £30m bid. @Matt_Law_DT reports - http://t.co/C7Og5xhq7p http://t.co/DIv8FTWeSn

From that article

. Should they succeed in their bid, then Chelsea will give Stones encouragement that he would make at least 30 appearances this season with the view to eventually succeeding captain John Terry.

Well Zouma made 26 appearances so that isn't much to get excited about - what it ended up being was less than 700 minutes in the premier league.

 

[sageyefc]

Should ban all these papers from the club

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Hi John...

 

[MartSlinger]

Had Ratcliffe not opened given his radio interview im absolutely certain that Matt Law wouldn't have wrote anything.

 

[BoysInBlue]

This is why I get annoyed with people defending Ratcliffe, saying 'He's only saying the truth' and 'Blame the board'.

No, I blame Ratcluffe for essentially creating more disruptive unhelpful headlines, due to his rampant disrespect of Everton's stature.

Compare Ratcliffe's comments with, say, what Big Dunc thinks of the club.