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I liked Duffy, thought he never really got the chance at Everton. A couple of seasons ago he looked decent. Let's see how he gets on at Blackburn. Good luck to him

If it was a straight choice of Delph of welbuck which one should we go for?

Delph as in the one at Villa? If it was a choice between Welbeck and Delph, or even Eto'o I would pick Welbeck.

He is such a hard worker, good passer of the ball as well. Just wouldn't see where he would play. Would we change the formation, who would we drop, Naismith is playing well behind the striker. Would we play 2 up top if we got Welbeck or what?

I work in HR, but yeah we definitely know from experience that mercenaries can upset the balance and harmony.

 

I'd like to see if we could get Defoe on loan the way we got landon.

If it was between Defoe and Eto'o I would pick Defoe as he would be cheaper on wage a week. Get him on an 8 week loan or something.

I do know what Paddock is saying as well, his experience would be invaluable to the squad. Could mentor Lukaku, great striker but not worth the reported 100k a week.

I don't think he's good enough, personally. Though, I do think we really missed out with Leroy Fer. Looks like his knee has been just fine.

From what I've seen so far off Fer I don't think he is anything special. McCarthy is so much more of a hard worker.

Anyway back to the topic in hand, what position does Ofoe play? I know we aren't in for him but just wondering that's all.

Overall we played well, caused Arsenal problems and looked the better team overall. We can't blame the referee though, Naismith goal was offside and Giroud did pull on Distin shirt but it's part of the game. The team played well and overall good performance.

I'm not complaining, I just think with this deal we did announce it a bit to early. We said a deal was agreed, someone must have done a bit of research on him and found he got injured with a knee problem when ever it was.....If there was any doubt about his knee, then we should have kept it quiet as much as possible. That's all I am saying.

A scout can watch a player and say yeah he is good, he will fit in the Everton team. Which is good yeah but are you telling me that Everton don't have someone who does research into each player to see the injury file and everything else.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21258729

He has declined Chelsea talks but I just don't see us going for him at all. He is a good player he showed that in the Olympics. I just don't think Moyes will drop Howard and put Butland in nets instead. I would love to see him here but like everyone says Liverpool need a keeper as Reina has been shite most season, Brad Jones is even more awful. The only good game he had was against us in the FA cup semi.

Everton jumped the gun announcing it as a done deal (already have a few priors with this sort of thing), their scouts would have known about Fer's injuries in the past and that there'd be a risk of his knees not being 100%. He wasn't in the country yet or even spoke a word to the manager. Could have been a nice surprise before the WBA game, but the Everton PR boys don't have the patience for that. 'Some good news, have that fans!' *pats self on back* 'we're gonna sell soo many half-season tickets' ... 'Shit , it's balls up again'

I agree, I do think that Everton did announce it to early. Knowing our luck though someone else will come in and go we will pay the full amount for him....probably QPR. ;-)

In typical Everton fashion we balls up the transfer, The last player we didn't sign due to an old injury hasn't done so bad for himself has he, Mr Ba.

 

Why can Everton ever do things simple like every other club in the country. His knee must have been known about surely. Everton make me so mad sometimes.

 

Get him signed and someone else and hurry the f*#k up as we now know you have at least 8.5mil to negotiate a transfer with so come on DM & BK sort it.

Ba didn't fail the medical at Everton he failed it at Stoke. Then Stoke weren't interested but Everton were, West Ham showed interest and he chose to go to them over us. We probably would have signed him if it wasn't for West Ham.

Also what Everton are doing is the right thing anyway. We said we would give them 8.6 million providing he passes a medical. He failed his medical so all Everton are saying is we will pay you in instalments. We don't want to be spending 8.6 mil on a player who then gets injured and is out for the season. I would rather pay 3 million up front and then if he goes the rest of the season without getting injured we pay the rest of the money.

I am excited for this signing. Do you think he will be able to cope with life in the premier league though? I know he has the ability by watching the videos, quick, good passer but is this going to be another player who gets injured because the league is much quicker. Where will Gibbo play though boys?

I would like a comfortable win and like

I'd take light from the fact that Odemwingie is pissing them around, could cause some un-settlement in the dressing room. I think home advantage will count and we'll win (although not by much).

 

1-0 to us.

I hope your right with the Odemwingie transfer. I think that West Brom are on a poor run of form at the moment but I feel another draw is on the cards and 1-1 will be the score.

I hope Fellaini is dropped back to midfield. We need someone who controls the passing, when we played Southampton we were shocking. Osman and Neville couldn't keep the ball to save their lives. In the second half from 60 - 75 min we couldn't keep the ball for more than 6 seconds. Then when Fellaini dropped back and Neville went into RB we showed a bit more promise, again we didn't exactly play great but we showed better signs than we did. I don't know why Moyes insists on putting Fellaini upfront, it worked for one game against united. Doesn't mean it is going to work in every game. Hopefully we can win but to me if we play Felli upfront we won't. WBA defenders aren't exactly small and if we hoof the ball upfield and they header the ball away I would rather have felli pick it up and pass it than him trying to header the ball and losing out.

I am like everyone else with saying I don't think is good enough, watching him play his touches are awful. He doesn't run for the ball as much as other players, gives the ball away. OK he can defend which is good and does track back but going forward he doesn't look comfortable at all. If we played him where Jela is I do think he would get them in though. At the moment when he does get a chance he is snatching at them and is not playing like he did at Rangers. He isn't a great player but he is a hard worker and I do believe given time he will start to perform.

I really doubt it will be us, unless Moyes is thinking about getting rid of Heitinga (6 mil possibly.) Then with that money we can afford 3 mil and then the add ons. Who knows, with Everton though there will be something on the last day of the transfer window.

Against Swansea, we were desperate to get a goal from somewhere. Naismith hasn't impressed me on the right wing, he seems to lose the ball, can't keep hold of it and can't make a run when a pass comes towards him either. I agree with people when they say if he was given the CF role he would blossom. He has got talent but Moyes just needs to find a way to get it out of him.....somehow.

Yeah, but the problem is when a player has had an injury like that its hard to recover from. Look at the likes of Rodwell, who didn't have injuries but seems to tweak it now and again. (I know don't talk about shitteh players). Gibson had injury problems before he came to Everton as well, once a player has had a bad hamstring problem it seems to reoccur time and time again. Hopefully I am wrong and this is the end of his problems and Gibbos.

AJ was bad at Everton, I don't think he is a rubbish player though. He has the ability, he had shown that at Crystal Palace, but unfortunately for us he couldn't find that form at Everton. VDM, was a quality player, but with his injuries, issues meant he wasn't going to go very far. Plus I don't think Simon Davies was that bad either, don't get me wrong he wasn't an exciting player.

Yeah his record is better for buying decent players then buying rubbish players. I can only think off a few which weren't up to the standard. Billy, Beattie, Johnson, Yakubu and that was at the end of his stay. He was good in his first season then got injured and was never the same in a blue shirt. This is a non goer though, we don't have any money. It would be good to get him on loan first and then say we will pay you this much.....

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11700/8397970/Southampton-have-made-a-bid-for-Molde-defender-Vegard-Forren

Looks like he is going to Southampton, unless QPR come in and give him a 50,000 pound a week contract.

I'm glad where keeping him on until the end of the season. He is a good passer on the ball and he is good back up

We already have cover for Baines in Oviedo, so we're not going to throw money at another.

 

We are linked with just about everybody at the moment, so I'm starting to wonder whether I might log off until it's all over. Transfer windows are frustrating.

I might do the same, there is only so many everton transfer rumours you can digest in a day without getting a headache.

The lad has got to much weight on his shoulders at the moment and maybe he doesn't have the right mentality and might not be able to cope. The situation seems very different to Rooney and Rodwell as they both started playing 16/17. I know Barkley had the injury but he still should be able to play. Maybe its because whenever he comes on he tries to hard. For example, against Newcastle I think it was, he came on, won the ball a couple of times and lost it a handfull of times but also he would take shots from outside the box, miss and they would have a goal kick and the pressure would be off them. What I am saying is I think he needs to adapt his game before he makes a break into Moyes plans. He isn't a team player, he goes for glory and Everton aren't a one man team.

I can't see there being any truth in that, just paper talk again. Plus he hasn't had enough playing time for Spurs to be proven that he can play at premier league level. No doubt he can but to me I wouldn't want him all the same, good player but we just don't need him.

Was it confirmed that Arsenal had put a bid in for him? I know Kevs agent said he was in talks with Arsenal but was wondering if there was any truth in it.

IF the big fella does go in this window (hope he doesn't btw) then hopefully it can be soon and not at the end of the window where it doesn't give us a lot of time to buy someone else. I don't think he will go, I think he will wait until the summer to move on though.

Not in a million years would we be able to get him. Even if we promised him more playing time than Arsenal I doubt we would get him. He is a good player and if Moyes is looking into him then it would be a great signing but just don't see this one being possible I'm afraid