Pre-Season

[DanEFC92]

This was the biggest joke ever, game should’ve just been stopped at half time. We would’ve got more benefit out of a training session.

Everton dined on that result for a week on their socials and all.

 

[blueblue]

Brand is not only about performance but also about perception...football is global nowadays and if you want to be a successful club you have to build on your global brand. Yes team is a factor, and having players of particular countries helps, but it doesn't start only when the team is sorted out...it works in parallel

Our global brand is not positive at the moment.

 

[Bluerover]

Everton have completely ignored its fanatical Irish fan base for years.

We played Rovers every year from about 66 to 72. It was what made me a Blue Rover. Seeing that 69/70 team at Milltown is something I will never forget.

Bally's white boots.

Here I am still loving that RBJ over 50 years later.

 

[Bebeto]

Our global brand is not positive at the moment.

Not here in the uk thats for sure...so let's just hide until it gets sorted out, and choose the easy route of premier league money keeping us afloat until its gone...

 

[andy4efc]

Everton have completely ignored its fanatical Irish fan base for years.

We played Rovers every year from about 66 to 72. It was what made me a Blue Rover. Seeing that 69/70 team at Milltown is something I will never forget.

Bally's white boots.

Here I am still loving that RBJ over 50 years later.

I get not sending the first team over, but we used to send "An Everton XI" across. No reason the u21's couldnt go over annually.

 

[mccole]

I have heard :

Its france

Bolton
Wigan
Stoke

Villarreal at home

With a shorter Summer due to the World Cup plus relegation battle, it makes sense not to travel mad abroad

Close not to far off

 

[Furey1878]

I was embarrassed

Could have been worse, could have lost, or just about scraped by like Boreham Wood in the cup under Lampard

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Wigan and Tranmere on the same day.

Squad will be split in two for that, likely with more of the younger lads playing at Tranmere.

 

[Furey1878]

Everton have completely ignored its fanatical Irish fan base for years.

We played Rovers every year from about 66 to 72. It was what made me a Blue Rover. Seeing that 69/70 team at Milltown is something I will never forget.

Bally's white boots.

Here I am still loving that RBJ over 50 years later.

I was hoping we might play Sligo for a Coleman testimonial

 

[MikeH72]

Could have been worse, could have lost, or just about scraped by like Boreham Wood in the cup under Lampard

Irdning was more embarrassing.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

From my recollection, wasn't the Irdning game a last minute thing and something that Irdning requested themselves? we obliged as we'd used some of their training facilities.

 

[Furey1878]

Irdning was more embarrassing.

The social media dining out as @DanEFC92 was the embarrassing part, I did think it was a good thing we did for the locals to come for a game after using their facilities. From the Irdning wiki (the town as the club itself doesn't even have a wiki page lol):

"Due to its altitude and remote but easy to access location, Irdning has been regularly used by football teams for training camp purposes. These have included Real Madrid (2008), Fulham F.C., Red Bull Salzburg, Stoke City, AS Roma, Everton F.C. and VfB Stuttgart. The England national football team trained here before the 2010 World Cup.[3] Thousands of spectators come each time in order to request autographs from the players and watch the training."

 

[RomanReigns]

this is the best pre-season ive seen in years

great preparation for when we are playing in the championship next season

 

[Furey1878]

Just looking back at Irdning game now, Sandro not getting a goal against them really should have prompted him to retire from professional football.

 

[Jcr1878]

The best part of the Irdving game was when the centre back gave up and let us score