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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...-adventure.html point proven me thinks

names aren't in the pot but he is cup tied (see official EFC website FFS). Barry was cup tied when he played in the qualifyer for Villa - hence the shite turning their noses up at him. The simple fact is, he has played in a UEFA competition and is therefore cuptied. He now can't play until End of Jan/Start Feb when the knock out stages begin.

pienaar's fitness reocrd aint bad...this is the first that I can recall that has kept him out for any serious amount of time. Cahill - he needs iron boots to stop him from breaking that foot again. Arteta should be okay now after the op...he's not quite fit though (thats apparent). Vaughan is also not fully fit yet (also apparent). I think the midfield will be okay with Castillo and fallieni available. (Rodwell has played well too). Defence has been a joke.

Well Shinwatra was hardly the right buyer but he has done a fabulous thing for Shitteh. Why, oh why, can't we sell to a billionaire group that wants to make us Number 1...I'm hoping that this Abu Dhabi lost have some business enemies that want a bit of competition! (and buy us!). Okay - we can all dream.

HE IS 100% CUP TIED UNTIL THE NEXT PLAYER REGISTRATION IN FEB...HE PLAYED IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE...IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS WHAT ENDED THE BARRY SAGA...WHNE HE PLAYED IN THE UEFA CUP FOR VILLA A FEW WEEKS BACK... and for info, its against UEFA rules to have a 'gentlemans agreement' over a player playing .... we got in trouble (nearly) for that with Tim Howard after we had signed him from his loan...

there is only one question to ask...how come Man City look more attractive to buy than us? They finished lower than us, their stadium is only leased (so would our new one, if we ever get it). How come, when the ADUG listed the teams they looked at, Everton were not one of them? Newcastle, Shite, Man City - - but no Everton. In the last 5 years. United, Liverpool. Chelsea, Portsmouth, Villa, Newcastle and now Man City have all had massive takeovers...why are we always overlooked??? Simple question

Ideal team...(apart from UEFA cup where the new lad is cup tied)... ................................Howard................................... Hibbert....Yobo.................Jagielka........Lescott ......................Feliani (Or however you spell it)..... Arteta...............cahill.............Pienaar ...............YAK................... ..............................Saha.................... Subs...Hibbert, Baines, Rodwell, Valente, Nash, Jacobsen, Castillo, We could go 4-5-1 with Castillo, Baines or Rodwell when needed. ( I would have baines at left midfield though...he's lost his wingback pace).

Okay, I was one of many blues (no doubt) who sat up last night and watched the repeated story of Robinho and the repeated pictures of Berbatov at Old trafford on Sky Sports news. Boring it was but I couldn't drag myself off the couch until the clock had counted down to zero in the shear hope that Everton maight have been mentioned. We were actually mentioned less (other than to say we had signed Saha) then Newcastle, who frankly, were all tucked up in bed by 8pm. Disappointed, I finally poured my last coffee and took myself to bed. Saha...injury prone, Nash...second rate keeper from Wigan. Not a happy chappy. Then this morning came and I was listening to citytalk and caught the back end of 'Everton club record'...what? for Saha? I thought because we couldn't possibly have signed anybody else... Then I tuned in to talk sport where it was confirmed...a young lad from standard liege - a team that almost destroyed the shite (lets face it, if they hadn't of qualified they'd be in more shit than us financially). I checked the web...confirmed. Awesome...something to be happy about at Everton. I haven't really got much more to say other than, a few good signings (Saha will play as much as Johnson did and cost ous a lot less...), come on Pienaar and Cahill and Hibbert...lest see what happens from here. My personal opinion is to get to the group stages of UEFA and then that's it...we haven't got the depth and we will need real time and energy devoted to the league position. Don't know what you guys think but I'm much more optimistic now. SO LETS SING (BECAUSE WE DIDN'T AGAINST PORTSMOUTH) AND GET THE LADS GOING!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32241240768&ref=mf Not sure if this works - if not, search for the group: 'stop global warming - ban kopites from flying to home games' lol...

the shite have been refused planning by the City council for their new stadium. Quoted today the council spokesperson said: 'Its okay to have a fair in Stanley park once a year, but a circus every two weeks is taking the piss!' Made me laugh anyway!

I'm after a large picture of Duncan Ferguson to turn into a pop art canvas for my new 'sports room' at my new pad... I have an everton etched window, signed shirts on the wall... just want a decent picture of the only 'near' legend that we have had over the last 15 years.

Listen, at this rate, we couldn't sign autographs.

Had to admit i thought that was amazing. Although to be fair to the lad, he does go running most nights (I live near him). He also goes on the pop most nights!

Do you actually think that Moyes was given any of the Rooney money? It was certainly not counted in the Deloitte revenue calculations for that season. The first £10m (when it arrived) came during the transfer freeze between Sept-Jan 04. Then it disappeared. We borrowed for BT on the back of the second £10m installment. Then...we managed a £15m wage packet from Sky and a further £12m for finsihing 4th. We never got the other £10m from Rooney - it was reduced by the introduction of Neville by £3.5m. So when you look at it a different light. If Moyes was given the Rooney money (in its entirety) and the sky money and the 4th place finish money... then we would have had (without selling a player) £47m Did he get this much over the space of two seasons? Did he sell any players to bulk up his transfer budget - if so, does it all marry up? Dont forget that he would have had money from the 7th place finish, the 17th finish, 4th etc. I think that you find that it doesn't add up - why....he never got the Rooney money. And one other thing... We didn't get £28m for rooney. We got 2 installments (1 per season) of £10m per installment. The other £7m (not £8m) was offered based on several conditions. 1. Manure won the FA Cup in his first season - they didn't, Arsenal beat them in the final 2. European Cup within his first contract - FAILED - he has since signed his 2nd Contract 3. He signs a 2nd contract 4. he scores a certain amount of manure career goals - not yet met. 5. he plays a certain amount of games each season for the entirety of his manure contract - not yet met. and so on and so on....(those were just the ones I could remember)... Lets fact it, we sold he onthe cheap because we were desparate to keep the bank manager away...

Rob - couldn't really agree more. Whats the point of bringing in a new, fresh, talented, young, upcoming manager - didn't we do that with Moyes? Moyes has done a terrific job and has, in the main, had his hands tied. apart from the season after we finished 4th, Moyes has had little in the way of available investment. Its great to sit at Goodison and say 'he's got £15m this year to spend' - but at Everton there is always a catch and thats simply that our transfer budget has to spread across new players fees, wages AND Current players CONTRACT EXTENSIONS/PAY RISES. So the year after we finished 4th. Moyes gave Cahill a pay rise, signed Arteta, signed Neville, signed Kroldrup, signed VDM, signed Davies, signed Ferrari and although some of them didn't cost much - it did dent the budget as he had to pay the wages. I think that he has done a superb job and thats that. Until he is given some serious cash (like £50m) then he is never going to be able to take us to that 'next level'. He may, on occasion push us into the next level (yo-yo in an out of european places) but nothing more. ANd in my (humble) opinion, no other manager could do any better with out funding. Moyes is doing a fantastic job when you consider the pieces he had to pick up and the utter crap he was left from the Smith era. I say that we rally around him and give him the chance he more than deserves.