Iamryanstover

This whole Dele deal is such a microcosm of this club. Like Bill and Farhad. The best thing the club can do is get rid of Dele asap. This deal was always more dreaming than planning.

Holy Shit! I haven't posted in like a decade. I finish work and see the result. 5-1 us, but Brighton has 80% possession? That's the most Football Manager esque result since Arsenal came back on Reading. What a day.

Sorry to jump into this thread a couple days latter, but It wasn't too long ago that Martinez was talking about a Lahm style move to midfield for Baines. I wouldn't mind a little squad rotation to see what Garbutt could offer the 1st team, even if it was off the bench at first.

Did anyone notice that picture of Barkley in the echo? He looks like a mutant in a horror film.

I get what you are saying, but his 1st touch must improve. Occasional mistakes are one thing, but at the moment his 1st touch is not that of a professional footballer. Scoring goals will alleviate some pressure sure, but as it stands he has a glaring weakness in his game. This is not a new thing. I went back and watched all of his goals from WBA to Everton, and in that time he scored one goal with his back to a defender. Truthfully I like Rom a lot. Big, strong, physically imposing, solid positional awareness, good eye for goal, but if he is to be a world beater his 1st touch must improve substantially. Either way he will score goals, but does he want to be a good player, or a world class player?

Midfield, front row, damn those are some great seats. How did you swing that?

Interesting idea, but big clubs will still come in for them with deep pockets, and many promises. What young players really need to do is watch more football, and see how few youngsters actually play at the sugar daddy clubs. You can see the clubs and managers who give youth a chance. However, none of that matters because players will still see Chelsea offering them 25K per week at age 20. Thats a hell of a lot of money to say no too.

Mind you I've not posted for a year, although I am still on the site weekly. This topic just piqued my interest. Of those you have mentioned only one we would really like to have back, Mustafi. Ruddy would see little to no game time with Howard here. Mustafi could be a first team player now, but at the time he left he had featured only once, and had not had any loan moves to really gauge has ability. Plus, he was not going to wait around for Moyes to leave to get a chance. Hopefully we have a sell-on fee because he left at such a young age. Everyone else is basically just not good enough to play for us. Some of those guys have had good years, but good enough for Everton? Doubtful. The only released youngsters I would have back are maybe Forshaw, and eventually Bidwell as squad players, but even then I am unsure they are good enough for us, and if they are not playing much they would have little incentive to return other than love for the club or big wages. As far as letting young players go. The big clubs release scores of players each year. You sometimes know you let one get away(I'm looking at you United with Pogba), but most times you understand that the club has limited finances, and you have to be careful where you spend your money. If you are unsure if a young player is going to make it then you do what makes the most sense financially. With regards to Bidwell. He and Garbutt are the same age, and the club picked Garbutt over him. Bidwell was on the league 1 team of the year, but it was Garbutt who was selected to be a part of the U21 National Team this summer.

Probably we have to mix it up sometimes to keep things intresting. That was fair Dalziel. I was on the Daily Mail reading an article about Fellaini, and saw a link about Rooney and Moyes to have a go. It had several pictures of Rooney at Glastonbury(hope I spelled it right), and in the photos Rooney, his lady, and a couple people in the background all had rain boots on. I cracked a joke, and told my gf to come look, and then she went on about how Wellingtons are super popular, and very fashionable, and she said that people even wear them when its not wet or raining out. I was kinda shocked, and then she suggested I buy some so I thought I would get some feedback.

So I have a question for you gentlemen. What are the popular, or most popular companies that manufacture Wellington boots? My girlfriend suggested I get some (We have had like 30cm of rain in the last month), and said that you guys(English people) wear them a lot, and they are very fashionable. I said alright, and figured I would ask the only English people I know, who makes the best ones?

Rumors are that Chelsea have bid around £5M for Ruddy and it has been rejecting with Norwich seeking twice that price. Does anyone know if and how much of a sell on fee we have for the player? Could be a little extra to add to the transfer budget.

2nd Striker or AMF behind striker.

I had to use Urban Dictionary for "git". It made me laugh.

That is what I thought also, but Elstone mentioned during the EGM that we only had £4M more for our wage budget, and all that crap about increasing the match day experience and blah, blah, blah.

That is true. I like Cornelius, but it is worth noting that for all of his goals this season he only scored 1 goal in 6 Europa League matches, but he was only 19 for most of the season.