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4 hours ago, Matt said:

Just noticed in the YT press conference that we have a "fitness update" sponsor, FIGS! Can't be a lot of money but still, shows some initiative. 

They are a proper club sponsor too. They provide the gear to the medical team. Ties in nicely with the fitness update.

19 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

Apparently the PL have now decided that any punishment won’t happen until after the season has finished.

A cynical person may think that’s because a club they really don’t to fuck over during the season is going to fall foul of FFP.

I’m not talking us, I mean one of the darlings. 

Watch them change the rules now so that deductions only happen during pre season and we end up being the only team to get one mid season. 

3 hours ago, msloan78 said:

Class on Champ Manager...

 

Is he still in jail or managed to escape? 

9 hours ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said:

https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/news/terrace-bar-to-open-next-to-evertons-new-bramley-moore-dock-stadium-4475531

It might take a good few years, but if all of these planned bars and hotels go ahead it’ll be fantastic down there. 

Played golf with two United fans today. They heard he’ll be announced as a Sevilla player tomorrow. I’ll take great pleasure in them being wrong if we get him. 

As we’ve paid a loan fee for him, they will have to pay us to terminate the loan. Hopefully that money is going into a replacement asap. 

On 09/01/2024 at 18:26, Matt Tiger said:

FFP is such a joke. Multiple clubs dont even know whether they've breached regulations. Meanwhile, the club operating most egregiously beyond its means, and becoming the most dominant club world football has seen in some time as a result, are just dragging their feet as much as possible and avoiding any scrutiny whatsoever by doing so.

 

The system is broken. Administratively it's a headache for everyone involved. And perhaps most importantly it doesn't achieve the desired result. It's incredibly tiring.

It’s mad that the transfer window could be open for two weeks before a club finds out if they are in breach and due a hearing before the end of the season. Should be closed off before the window opens so a club can’t push themselves further over the edge. 

On 09/01/2024 at 18:04, duncanmckenzieismagic said:

https://josimarfootball.com/2024/01/09/the-twilight-zone/

These guys have posted so many stories about 777 now, either they are a real shambles of an organisation or it’s personal for the journalists. 

I don’t see Onana going in this window, but if he does we need to maximise what we get. No doubt there will be a big sell on clause, and we’ll need a replacement. 

17 hours ago, Shukes said:

Haha that is true mate. 
We can dream that January is going to throw up a diamond in the rough though can’t we? 
 

Actually now we can’t, that’s unrealistic haha.

We don’t have nice things remember.

5 hours ago, Shukes said:

He is a good player. But when I see 20m being routed as what it will take to bring him in permanently…. I think that’s way to much. 
I don't think he is a player that changes the team much if he plays or doesn’t. 
He is a player that we need right now as we’re trying to change the playing philosophy into a more hard working team…. But that won’t take us forward. 
 

We need a Danjuma type that can finish. We need a new Mirralas.

I agree.
But if we find a winger who works as hard as Harrison, gets as many chances as Danjuma, and finish like Mirallas, he’s probably going to cost about £85m and sign for City.

On 05/01/2024 at 21:41, Shukes said:

It’s good to see a player be so positive. If he could start finishing a few he could be a weapon.

So frustrating isn’t it? He seems to get loads of chances, which is a very good thing, but he’s got to score some of them. 

45 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

Can't stand the little snake. Adds insult to what he's done to us.   Sunderland player went right through Newcastle player, hard tackle but fair in old money.... unnecessary force could have been considered as it was more dangerous than dcls not a red for me but definately more a case than doms

 

That is a great, and fair, tackle. Just like the one Dom got sent off for. 

No pun, but he’s a decent talent. Sorry lads. 

On 29/12/2023 at 11:30, Hafnia said:

The captain is Tarkowski..... Tarkowski was needed on two occasions to dress Pickford down on the pitch and this was just prior to conceding.

tarkowski took Pickford aside at the end of the game and clearly read him the riot act. 

If you have a player on the pitch who constantly moans - players actually stop listening. Thats the stage he's getting to - if not already at.  I repeat - a defender throwing his keeper back in goal? That's last straw stuff. 

 

They are the two biggest talkers on the pitch. They have a chat at the end of every game. Go and see Tarky talk about Pickford and his shouting on Ben Fosters podcast. He’s not bothered about it at all.

By this line of thought, if Coleman comes back into the team does Tarky need to stop shouting at players?

Pickford himself, and other players, have all been quoted about his shouting. He’s not always having a go at the rest of the team, he’s giving instructions. As he should do, the only player with a full view of the pitch and a very experienced player at that. 

Showed little courage to take the ball and just as little desire to impact their midfield last night. 
He still has so much to give but so much to improve on. 
When we have less games in January I expect to see him get back to influencing games. 

3 hours ago, Palfy said:

I’d rather someone in there giving a fuck about how easy City were exposing our defenders who were leaving holes and allowing so many attempts at our goal. If I was in Pickford’s position and felt that the players in front of me weren’t performing to their capabilities I’d be letting them know for sure, and I wouldn’t care how fragile and sensitive they might be to a bit of criticism. 

Absolutely this. 
How many captains have we had that our fans have said were weak because they didn’t scream and shout? Pickford screams and shouts and suddenly he’s a problem, after we get beat by one of the greatest teams the game has ever seen. The mind boggles. 

3 hours ago, Matt said:

I'd not noticed apart from the Newcastle game at home but that's 100% justified and didn't matter in terms of performance or result. I really can't remember a fuck up like yesterday for months, maybe a season even. We all know he's a bit nuts, but no genius is without flaw. 

Apart from Newcastle (which is clearly a personal issue that will stick with him) it’s probably about three years since he’s fucked up. 

9 hours ago, Hafnia said:

 

mate at the game said it was twice as obvious in the stadium, fans were audibly fucked off with him. 
 

I was in the stadium. Want to know what I heard? I heard tens of thousands of Evertonians clapping every fucking time he kept us in the game. The same as every other game he plays.