Cornish Steve

 

Wow If your on roughly £23k a week your doing well for yourself!

At least my excuse for a joke didn't fly over everyone's head!

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/roberto-martinez-plays-down-talk-of-arsenal-swoop-for-james-mccarthy-as-everton-are-linked-with-chelseas-mohamed-salah-9898444.html

At present I think he's only on about 45k a week.

Only? That's almost twice as much as me, for crying out loud.

Everton 2-0 Hull

Lukaku

Congratulations to Matt for predicting the correct score and winning this week's contest. For the month of November, there are joint winners: Deacs and TonkaRoost. For the season, MikeO retains a 3-point lead. MikeO has an even healthier lead for average points per prediction.

Sorry for the delay in getting these results out. This was Thanksgiving weekend in the US, which is the biggest holiday of the year.

Don't forget to make your Hull prediction. It's a midweek game, so you have just two days left to make it in time.

There are a LOT of very good sides we can get in the first knock out stage. Knowing our luck we'll get the hardest draw possible but regardless, there are still plenty of really really good sides that are not seeded.

You need to see the glass as half full, not half empty. We're seeded, and we're going to play an unseeded team. That's much better than playing a seeded team. To win the whole thing, we're going to have to play strong sides eventually, so there's no point fretting about it right now.

So you think those three are going to come in for Coleman, Jagielka and Baines in the next 12 months? Doubtful, maybe only Garbutt will be real competition. The other two I don't think are ready to step in and compete regular. We need a couple of signings at the back when Alcaraz & Distin depart in the summer.

No, I don't think they will come in for Coleman, Jagielka, and Baines; they'll join them. We need a core of solid defenders with the increasing number of games being played, and I can see Garbutt, Browning, and Galloway joining that core - gradually displacing Distin, Hibbert, and Alcaraz. These youngsters should get to play more and more during the transition.

I really hope some of these younger players get to start against Krasnodar.

He just bamboozles me when he makes these statements then sends them out on loan.

But since it's a loan, he can be pulled back at any time, right? Better to get him some playing time than have him, at best, warm the bench.

Spot on. I really want the most attacking side we have. Maybe a 4132

 

Howard

Coleman jags Distin Baines/Garbutt

Besic

McGeady Barkley Mirallas

Naismith/Eto'o Lukaku

If we go with that, I'm going to change my prediction of final score to be 5-8.

Sounds like they were lucky to hold on, with Stoke pouring everything into getting an equalizer. Liverpool appear to be a team with zero confidence right now.

 

I also went for Jags. He looks to be back to his best now which just goes to prove the old adage of class is permanent form is temporary.

 

Too many Evertonians were too quick to write him off , he is easily the best defender at the club and has been for some time now

The importance of confidence, right? It makes a world of difference.

The squad has been stretched to its bare bones in recent weeks and the players that have come in have performed well.

Garbutt and Browning look like they can play in the premiership. Along with Stones, McCarthy, Barkley, Mirallas & Lukaku we have an excellent young team in the making

I agree with you, and I probably posted my thoughts on this to the wrong thread!

http://www.toffeetalk.com/index.php?/topic/26752-wolfsburg-a/?p=436546

 

Philosopher doing a piece on Newsnight tonight has been reading TT!

 

"They might be looters stripping shops in the aftermath of a riot, or refugees reaching out for essential supplies from the back of an aid truck..."

...or you have a second career you're not telling us about!

Too slow numbskull

Be careful, because it comes with age - which will eventually catch up with you too.

MC has already posted it. The Louis is becoming an epidemic .

So he did - sorry!

Seen them in Game in Bootle Strand earlier for £299 with two games (assins creed I think may of been one) if that helps any.

Check online about Assassin's Creed. One of my sons was telling me that they released the new version before fixing various problems. For example, if your characte jumps into a hay cart, he can't get out. Also, your character may be running along a road and will suddenly be swallowed up as if jumping over a cliff. The makers issued a software upgrade just one day after it was released.

Our younger daughter performed on stage last night as they lit the Macy's Christmas tree in Atlanta. She was very excited to meet, chat with, and sing alongside a group called Pentatonix (I'd never heard of them) - broadcast live on the local TV channel. At the end of the proceedings, Macy's opened its doors and almost everyone present poured in. Very savvy marketing by Macy's, I have to say - both here in Atlanta and also in New York.

It will be interesting to see what punishment, if any, will be meted out for this. While it was undoubtedly entertaining at the time for the crowd (based on their cheers), such behaviour could quickly cause chaos if it's not addressed.

Not sure how to capture and post a link, however if you type 'search.twitter.com' and search for 'Hibbert', you'll find a great picture of the team on a plane - presumably after the Wolfsburg game.

I agree with your about Besic, and he could become very important. Our recent strategy of building a cadre of younger players is already paying off. McCarthy, Barkley, and Besic might soon become the core in midfield. In the next 12 months or so, I can see Stones, Garbutt, Browning, and Galloway coming to the fore in defence. Then there are Henen and McAleny to join Lukaku up front. Add to this a couple of astute signings, and what potential for the future!

I reckon we'll get a hiding at Wolfsburg.

Couldn't resist. Nice to be wrong sometimes.

Spurs 1-1 Everton

Barkley

We're getting better and better and with the Prem so open this season there's no reason why we can't make a fight for fourth.

At the BBC website, Mark Lawrenson is suggesting that we have an excellent shot at fourth.

Remember we were without Naismith, Coleman, Baines, Stones, Barry, Pienaar, Oviedo, Gibson and Alcaraz tonight and we still won 2-0 to the 2nd team in Bundesliga.

Remember we were without Naismith, Coleman, Baines, Stones, Barry, Pienaar, Oviedo, Gibson and Alcaraz and, for much of the game, McCarthy tonight and we still won 2-0, away from home, to the 2nd team in the Bindesliga.

Just got back from Thanksgiving lunch and shortly have to leave to go see the lighting of the Macy's Christmas tree. Sounds like good news in Germany right now (except for McCarthy's injury).