Cornish Steve

Don't understand the comments against Martinez. You can't blame him for the poor errors in defence today. That's what cost us two points.

Absolutely. A 10-pointer on the first game of the season.

I don't understand the comment. We replaced Galloway with Kone, and it worked. How is that not wanting to score goals?

Well done, Kone. Well done, Galloway. Well done, Barkley. There were definitely positives as well as disappointments in this game. No worse than last year's opener. With three new players about to come in, things are not as bad as some seem to think.

3pm Kickoff Time! 31 predictions made Average prediction Everton 2-1 Watford Lukaku the first scorer

Great opportunity for Galloway. Nice, too, to see Browning and McAleny on the bench. We're going to see more and more of these youngsters.

Things are warming up. Could be a busy week: Austin, Shaqiri, and Mori.

4/7 odds with SkyBet.

Rumours continue to fly that this is the reason Roberto was in London yesterday, and that we'll be signing Charlie Austin for 12m.

Please clarify: 1) You're Everton's new #10? 2) You've taken a year-long sabbatical from work? 3) You're going to post your predicted score before 3pm tomorrow?

It has to be odds-on that England regain the Ashes in this match. But...can you imagine the psychological impact if Australia manage to escape from this mess?

This time last year, many were singing his praises and hoping for him to join. Now he's older and has been suffering from injuries. He has to be a bit of a risk, right?

Yup, and the guy with him is Messi, who just signed for Everton on a free.

Just get the color right. We need a golden boot.

The shite in training? They wouldn't be in London.

Less than a month.

Would need to be Lazarodoulopoulus to do that. That would make the player we are chasing Lazarodoulopoulosdoulopoulos. I'd love to see that one shirt!

Disagree. We're fine at GK, with Robles ready to step in when needed. We just brought in Deulofeu, and injuries to wingers are temporary. We need what we've always needed: backup CB, #10, and backup striker.

The way I see it, the club really wants to keep him, and contractually they can do so. I suspect that Stones is happy here and wants to stay as well. However, Stones could earn 2 or 3 times what he's earning now, and that's the big danger. Does he want to stay enough to turn down an extra 50k or more a week? Would you? Transfer fees are one thing, but money talks the most in the realm of salaries. We wouldn't want to keep an unhappy player. The saving grace, maybe, is that he seems a down-to-earth sensible guy with a sensible and supportive family. Money isn't everything.

Ask Matt.

OK. It's a deal.

And you know what that is, right? A whine about a ....

Just be patient! Lukaku's original loan was sealed minutes before the deadline closed, and we were all over the moon.

We have Deulofeu instead of Lennon. I'm confident we'll get another striker, a playmaker, and maybe a backup defender.

Henen was signed. So was Deulofeu. Didn't even know about TC's Welsh cousin. And I will be flabbergasted if we don't sign players before the window shuts.