Everton Discussion

[Danny]

The hatred for Barkley is mental, you'd think he refused to play for the club and publicly stated he wants to play for Liverpool the way some go on on here 

[Danny]

34 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Oh give it a rest you big tart.

Genuine statement. Hardly like he's done a Rooney and publicly slated the clubs ambition for a payrise.

[RandoEFC+]

See where you're coming from. Mostly I just think its embarrassing for Ross as he and/or his agent obviously thought a move to a bigger club was nailed on before the reality that he simply hasn't done enough on the pitch to attract that attention set in.

[Large]

16 hours ago, Cannabis said:

I was a bit gutted that we missed out on him but he seems to have been total shite in London.

He's shown some glimpses but not enough. I'm hoping that Zabaleta can bring him on a bit as I still believe he has the potenial to be a real decent player.

[RandoEFC+]

Excellent for us, poor Malaga must be looking around at some of the transfer fees getting chucked about this summer and feeling like they've been right mugged off. Perhaps deals like this are a wake-up call for Spanish clubs and anywhere else that does it setting release clauses in contracts all the time.

[HK85]

Delighted with them both. 

[RandoEFC+]

Arouna Kone has joined Sivasspor in Turkey. He was obviously never a good signing for us but I have nothing against him so good luck to him out there. 

[Cicero]

Jimenez

Bolasie-----------Klaasan-----------Sandro

Gueye--------Schneiderlin

Baines------Mori------Keane----Coleman

Pickford

[RandoEFC+]

30 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Jimenez

Bolasie-----------Klaasan-----------Sandro

Gueye--------Schneiderlin

Baines------Mori------Keane----Coleman

Pickford

One possible line up - that would only leave three players from the pre-Koeman era, two if you replace Mori with Williams which is a possibility. Man knows what he wants and knows how to get shit done.

[Cicero]

2 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

One possible line up - that would only leave three players from the pre-Koeman era, two if you replace Mori with Williams which is a possibility. Man knows what he wants and knows how to get shit done.

Is he really ahead of Mori? As Keane is nailed on to start. 

Mori has always impressed me, especially for the national side. 

[RandoEFC+]

4 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Is he really ahead of Mori? As Keane is nailed on to start. 

Mori has always impressed me, especially for the national side. 

I like Funes Mori, he's never particularly replicated his international form on a consistent basis for us though. I'd play Mori ahead of Williams but it's unclear who Koeman prefers between those two and Jagielka.

[HK85]

Williams over Mori, for me. Both not good enough but Mori takes the piss. 

Bolasie is also crap. 

[True Blue]

So in all seriousness, what are the chances that Lukaku stays after all these great signings?

[HK85]

4 minutes ago, True Blue said:

So in all seriousness, what are the chances that Lukaku stays after all these great signings?

Very slim. Only reason for him not leaving will be down to money we're supposedly asking for. 

 

[RandoEFC+]

On Twitter yesterday the Everton lot were on about being back at Finch Farm for pre-season while Lukaku was tweeting photos of himself in LA. Admittedly, this might have no bearing on anything as it's quite common for international players to come back slightly later after playing in qualifiers a few weeks ago.

[HK85]

And just like that, after talk of future revenue streams helping us spend more;

"Everton FC has signed a landmark finance deal with a Chinese bank that could bring in tens of millions of pounds over the next three years."

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everton-60m-transfer-fund-boost-13288596.amp

[HK85]

 

[RandoEFC+]

This along with Onyekuru and the French lad must have been high on Walsh's list of hidden gems. With his record I'm thinking some of them got to come good. 

[True Blue]

Everton to finish above Liverpool next season? What are the odd's? Seriously now Everton really made all the right moves, and if someone can bang them in like Lukaku they are set.

[RandoEFC+]

15 minutes ago, True Blue said:

Everton to finish above Liverpool next season? What are the odd's? Seriously now Everton really made all the right moves, and if someone can bang them in like Lukaku they are set.

4 or 5 to 1

[LFCMadLad]

18 minutes ago, True Blue said:

Everton to finish above Liverpool next season?

[True Blue]

Just now, LFCMadLad said:

[RandoEFC+]

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/07/07/everton-potential-europa-league-opponents

Just an article from the club about the 2nd round of Europa League qualifying. They've highlighted Galatasaray, Sturm Graz, Hajduk Split and Brondby as the biggest sides we could face when we enter in the 3rd round. Aberdeen, FC Utrecht and Levski Sofia are also in the draw but I don't know if we can't face them due to seeding or whatever.

Anyone planning on going on any of the away games in Europe this season (assuming there's more than one)?

[HK85]

I can't do this first one unless it's somewhere like Scotland and I can come back the same night but I'll do the ones after that. 

There's a few places I'd like to watch us.  

[Cure]

Everton have been looking very shrewd so far this window. A plethora of young home-grown players are coming through the ranks, strong offerings in the likes of Idrissa Gueye and Kevin Mirallas already provide a strong backbone for the team. The way they're going the only way is up for them. I could see Everton in the Champions League in a few seasons time if they keep this up.