ooberman

sounds promising

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/a-match-invo...LVING%20EVERTON

Because Moutinho has a contract with the club and the minimum fee release clause of 25 million euro has expired on June 25th. The player signed the contract less than 6 months ago and has the highest wage in the team. So Sporting will only sell him if and how they want. Which sounds reasonable.

red alert!

thought as much

just a thought, but seen as there's loads of rumours flying about today, let me throw my hat in the ring.....

CEO gone....assistant gone.....

could we be about to be taken over?

he's funny

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/200...89520-20629033/

by the way i don't know if anyone mentioned that in the guardian today it says Wyness may leave to go to Mallorca as he's been approached by that bloke who's just bought them out...

Despite Galatasaray's reluctance to entertain bids for Mehmet Topal and having reportedly slapped a £10m price tag on his head, Everton CEO Keith Wyness will, according to the press in Turkey, fly to Germany this week to hold talks with representatives of the Turkish club in the hopes of hammering out a deal.

 

The Turkish international himself is leaving it up to the clubs, saying that he doesn't particularly want to leave the Istanbul giants but would be happy to move if Galatasary strike a deal

 

Stargazete.com (Turkish)

wouldn't it make more sense to fly to Turkey?

personally i think we're selling AJ as we realise from a business perspective, £12m is a great deal for a player that doesn't quite fit in our first team at present (plus that's £3m+ profit on a player that's hardly set the Prem alight, especially last season)....we're obviously short of cash so this frees up the extra to bring in Moutinho and I guess Milito (though I'd rather take someone like Bent on loan for a year with a view to a permanent move).

have faith people

Defense to start the season

 

Neville Yobo Jags Lescott - thats almost definatly going to be the team, moyes is very predictable with his teams well I think so anyway.

 

I would much rather see Jagielka tryed at rightback so Baines can be given a go at leftback.

i disagree that Jags should be tried at right-back......we've only just worked out his best position is centre-half!

Reports suggest that we've accepted a £10.5million bid from Fulham, and he'll sign for them in the next few days.

 

I won't hold my breath that we'll sign a replacement. Pathetic.

yeah it's just come through on the sports desk here at work too.....£10.5m is a good price for an overrated player in my opinion....

have faith that we'll sign some players

Load of rubbish, cant see this being genuine.

i agree, there's no way even Kenwrong would talk like that....it's been filtered through some Chinese whispers I suspect

Would be a nice signing but won't hold my breath.

 

Once again could have a good squad next season if sign half the players that we have been linked with once again so far this window.

 

Can live in hope though I guess

really bizarrely i'd never heard of this bloke until about 2 weeks ago when I signed him for Everton on Football Manager....he's amazing! - on that basis only, i'd love this to happen <_<

guys, as much as i agree with 99% of your comments about how we performed, lets not have all the knee-jerk reactions blaming moyes and the players.....fiorentina are a quality side, they outplayed us last night, and for pretty much the first time this season we were found wanting...

arteta didn't look fit to me, lescott looked slightly scared to get forward as much as usual (not surprising when you bear in mind the one time he had a marauding run forward i think they missed scoring a third by about an inch!). pienaar and osman looked out of their depth...

BUT....

it's only one game, we've got another one next week to repair the damage, which is gonna be bloody hard - but if we pull it off it will be a historic night. i would've settled for a 1-0 defeat in italy, i've always fancied we'll beat them at Goodison....it just has to be more comprehensive now

i'm in london, but can't make tonight

when we get to the quarters lets organise a big meet up

not sure where he'd fit in, but i bet if you asked any of the top teams in the prem 3 or 4 players from Everton they could buy, Cahill would be in there....

obviously, we're not talking about one of the top teams, we're talking about Liverpool, but you know what I mean

Everton thinking big to worry Benitez

Premier League Everton

by Phil McNulty - BBC Sport 29 February 2008

Everton have never forgotten how Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez described them as "a small club" in a fit of churlishness following last season's goalless Anfield derby.

It was an outburst that reflected no credit on Benitez - and one that may yet return to haunt him come season's end as Everton add to his own worries over his long-term Anfield future.

Everton would never say it, but they may just be enjoying seeing Benitez sweat on fourth place in the Premier League, the position that is now effectively the new first for Liverpool this season.

An impressive win at Manchester City on Monday, another club striving to break the supposed established order, confirmed Everton's credentials as a team equipped to go the distance.

And it finally saw Everton given some over-due praise for a season that has been a huge credit to manager David Moyes and his players.

While Liverpool have been hitting the headlines for boardroom squabbling, managerial uncertainty and fans' protests, Everton have been sailing along on calm seas.

The progress is also a victory for chairman Bill Kenwright, who refused to follow the poor example of several fellow chairmen and kept faith with his manager in troubled times.

Moyes guided Everton into the Uefa Cup after finished sixth last term, and a shrewd (if somewhat belated) summer's work in the transfer market has seen them flourish at home and abroad.

Everton fell to Chelsea in the Carling Cup semi-final, but have been in the upper reaches of the Premier League all season and have moved impressively towards a tough last 16 meeting with Fiorentina in Europe.

Moyes has been allowed to build a team over time and the results of his labours are bearing fruit.

He plucked Joleon Lescott and Tim Cahill from the Championship and both have proved outstanding purchases, while Tim Howard and Phil Neville came from Manchester United to add experience.

Moyes needed to choose his signings carefully to add quality and flair last summer after qualifying for Europe, and his patience has been well-rewarded.

He even had a stroke of luck when a last-minute change of heart ensured Everton did not pay a ludicrous £12m for the over-rated Manuel Fernandes, who has disappointed since returning on loan from Valencia.

Yakubu was eventually the big-money signing, and despite a ponderous start that threatened to confirm the fears of many Everton fans, he has been a magnificent purchase.

The big Nigerian has always been a goalscorer, but under Moyes he has added work-rate and a team ethic to his major quality as a a marksman.

South African midfielder Steven Pienaar, signed on a season-long loan from Borussia Dortmund, is an elegant part of the brains of an operation alongside Mikel Arteta and Leon Osman.

This has seen Everton move from a functional to a more flowing side this season, pleasing on the eye as well as uncompromising when it matters.

Lee Carsley is unsung, but underpins the whole style as the holding midfield player who protects defenders and allows midfield to flourish.

And in recent weeks, another summer capture has emerged as one of the team's outstanding figures.

Phil Jagielka struggled desperately on arrival from Sheffield United, looking uncomfortable at right-back and unsuited in midfield. But a switch to his favoured central defensive position has been the catalyst for a string of man-of-the-match performances.

Moyes moved to reassure Jagielka that the Premier League was a place for him after his uncertain start, a sign of the Scot's growing maturity as a manager who had before cut an image as an authoritarian, unbending figure.

And Everton can point to their impressive tally of 50 points being earned without them being awarded a single Premier League penalty - a remarkable statistic and the subject of vigorous debate among their fans.

There have, however, been moments of good luck.

Everton came within an ace of going out of the Uefa Cup to little-known Metalist Kharkiv at the first hurdle, but have flourished since their fortunate survival.

Moyes has not simply continued to ensure they are hard to beat, he has made them highly watchable when in full cry and provided further evidence that he is central to everything at Everton.

He had a "boom and bust" reputation early on at Everton, with seasons of achievement being followed by fallow spells, but this campaign has shown the signs of sustainable progress.

Moyes runs a tight ship at Everton, where players are invariably seen rather than heard and where discipline and team spirit is paramount.

Yakubu thought he could push Moyes by defying his order to return on time from the Africa Cup of Nations, but an £80,000 fine, a fierce dressing down and exclusion from the team put him straight.

Moyes confirmed his authority and to Yakubu's credit, he returned to the side without complaint and with goals.

The Scot is still only 44 and has years ahead of him as a manager, and his gentle nudge about more cash to chairman Kenwright recently suggests he wants to spend them admiring silverware.

And if they can negotiate a way past Fiorentina, Everton may start to think they can add the Uefa Cup to the European Cup Winners' Cup they won in 1985.

Everton now just need to hold their nerve and maintain form to give Liverpool another fight for fourth place - a fight they won in 2005 let's not forget.

Moyes and his players are entering the crucial phase of their campaign, but there is a growing feelign they are up to the task and it is right that recognition is finally heading their way.

sorry if it's been posted somewhere else, but this is a top site...

The yak is indeed back

http://evertonvideo.blogspot.com/

from the look of it he's the only player playing for them!

 

good to see who's doing well.

 

hopfully if he's not going to play for us we actually get some money for him, i'd like to see him come back and get a chance at some point but if it's not to be then we need to make sure we get something for him.

 

good to see he's dealt with going up there though, from the sound of it he didn't particularly want to go and didn't even know where Gretna was before going. i know a lot of people have commented on his attitude and that he wouldn't get his hair when told to and seems more interesting in his djing than football but to go up to Gretna is a good move in sorting any attitude problems, a long way from home at a small struggling club where he's got the chance to prove himself and away from any temptation to do anything but that.

doubt they're paying his wages http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...tna/7250672.stm

sounds like he played well again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/s...rem/7240842.stm

what can people tell me about these fellas? (i see they've been registered for the UEFA)

Stephen Connor, Darren Dennehy, Shaun Densmore, Aidan Downes, Steven Morrison.

cheers all, it was a good one, i feel dreadful today

did Heather ever get the answer to her question?

best of luck faddy

Hi Peeps,

Apologies if this is in the wrong section, wasn't too sure but I thought I would sign up and let all of you know about a website i have just launched called: www.footballstadiumguide.co.uk

 

The site has loads of information on grounds around England & Scotland where football fans like you and I can get travel information, parking info, where to eat and drink etc, the twist is that all the information on the site is submitted by real fans.

 

The site is a little bare at the moment but please feel free to sign up and get contributing!

 

I look forward to seeing you posting on there soon.

 

FSG

cool website mate, is all the info written/sourced by you or do you have a team of workers? (it's got loads of info!)

like the map bit too

cracking draw i think, and the rest of the draw's good too for us so far (especially leverkusen against galatasary - good to have one of those out!)

anyone know what our record unbeaten run is?