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And how many waffles do you think they'd eat between them for their pre-match meals?

Little bitch yes. Score goals he will. Wow that sounded like Yoda. My money is on Torres as well. Wonder if Nikica will keep up his end of the season goal scoring pace for the entire season?

very reminiscent of Quasimodo in Notre-dame de Paris. Maybe a cross with the beast from La Belle et la Bête.

Imagine if it was Matt Damon pretending to be Bily since his debut season and that's why we thought he was so shit. Speaking of Matt Damon, I thought the book was better than the movie. I really wouldn't compare Mirallas to Bily based on what little I've seen of Kevin... but little being the key word here obviously.

Talentless Mr. Bilyaletdnov?

Same for Canada. In my experience some of the more intelligent football discussion I've had were with a Real Madrid supporter (shocking, I know), a Bayern fan, Benfica fan and some Arsenal fans. Man Yoo, Chelski and Shite fans have been some of the most ignorant and idiotic people I've talked to about football (among other conversational topics). In my last conversation with the kopite regarding football was when I got a series of texts when we lost the semi against them. It went something like this: Kopite: jellibitch, u lst lol Kopite: hw do u like them 35m then lol Kopite: u thot it was bad buy ryt lol Kopite: great asst frm dustin lol .... ...... Me: dude, learn how to type. And I'm glad Carroll finally came through for you, asshole This is just one of the many retarded scenarios I have to deal with on a regular basis. Oh, we've had an argument on why Downing, Henderson and Adam were a bad purchase and why Dalglish has failed given the amount of money he spent and the results he achieved. I am not sure how one can argue this...

Didn't even catch that one! Astute observation indeed

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11685/7995644/Third-Jarvis-bid-knocked-back Third bid knocked back. What the frack Wolves? I know they're in good financial situation and all but seriously...

Owen? Seriously? We're still talking about him? What could work for Owen? Nothing works for Owen. We don't need him.

100%

Jeesh, you're cheerful. I really hope you are wrong, though. For our sake if he does sign. I myself am not too much of an optimist but for whatever reason I'm still excited for him to don the Everton shirt

Some how my first part of the reply got cut out when I posted... grrrr Anyway, what I was going to say was that I think this kind of balance is exactly what England fails to see as the perfect progression in their style of play - Beauty and the beast they should call it. "Beast" central mid paired with the "beauty" central mid to play off each other where the beast would win the ball and hold the ball, opening up space for the beauty to utilize the space and spray the ball around the park as they see fit. This would be an ideal kind of set up no? (apologies for a cheesy analogy...)

I thought the FIFA ruling (although the FA didn't ultimately want Arteta playing in an English shirt) was that he's not eligible as he had played in the youth setup for Spain while he did not hold a British passport? Or was that all just smokescreen? Often times I feel that the image of what constitutes what an "English" player is get in the way of the FA selecting the best players available. At the end of the day it all comes back to balance - you can't just ditch the style of the team completely and try and mould it to what is working in the international tournaments as it would NOT work just like that. They need to take the successful and useful bits of the football styles around the world and add to the core "English" style of game - still physical but with a touch of class and skill.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/18804/7845854/Respect-your-elders So whilst giving this old article a glance (I don't know how I got there), I stumbled upon this in the comment section: Just wondering what people here think? I've never been much of an England supporter but I find myself "pulling" for them (might have something to do with Everton ). Watching their games I always wonder the state of the English football development ideologies and how flawed it seems. Yes they reached the quarters this year at the Euros and all things considered - coach change, bunch of controversy re: Terry vs Ferdinands - but is that really good enough? This comment seemed to hit a chord in that regard where there's a bit of a dinosaur view of developing and using the through and through "English" player. Why not try and expand the style and develop players perhaps better suited to international football? Maybe then the English national team will once again have players resembling the former greats and be able to better compete against the Spains, Germanys, Brazils and the Argentinas in international tournaments. Anyway, this is just a built up impression based on the England games I have watched.

No dude, he has just the one. If you ever see him a different suit I'm sure it's some kind of voodoo magic that makes it seem as though it's a completely different suit!

Picture of Moyes with Mirallas' agent apparently? I bet the image is shopped since DM isn't wearing his usual Anorak or Everton tracksuit. https://twitter.com/choppy0211/status/235848233618927616/photo/1

We pay for our transfers with store cards now? Dammit, how do I change the fonts? I'm just being silly I suppose

A bit worried that Arsenal now have the funds to hijack the deal but hopefully Marouane put in a good word in and he wants to play

Yeah I was just being sarcastic. Again. Maybe I should start putting in those eye rolling smiley faces. But in all seriousness I agree with you that it's relatively straight forward to make out a rough fiscal picture for the club - yes we need to appease the banks, yes we need to get players off the books before we get new ones but given the recent activities we're not in that bad of a shape at all. Of course we don't know the exact numbers but ball park is doable.

Wait a tick! Does that mean that we can all.... figure it out? GASP

I read somewhere that he had a release clause between £5.5-6 m? Maybe that's why they're saying that the fee has been "agreed"?

Jamie Redknapp is the effin worst. http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,,11671_7992038,00.html Homer much with calling for Liverpool to make up the massive seventeen point gap of last year? How does Liverpool get mentioned for the race to a CL spot when they finished a whopping 8th? Seriously, outrageous this man

I thought they said they signed Moyes to replace King to be their captain and centreback?

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11671/7991924/Everton-close-in-on-6m-Mirallas I just choked on my toast and coffee this morning. It was partially due to my sneeze but still. Very excited

So maybe I got caught up in all that first option bullshit on Adam Johnson (or maybe I was just not wanting to bother with the names I wasn't familiar with - Niang and Mirallas) but upon reading more up on this kid and Mirallas, I think the Rodwell sale could well end up being a very important and squad-strengthening one! Anyone feeling optimistic about the chances of at least one of Niang or Mirallas happening or even BOTH!?