Cornish Steve

12m? we paid that for mirallas and he was greek league top scorer, this kid has 4 goals. i can't see this happening

IMO, articles like that are little more than an agent doing his job by "leaking" news to the press. He's setting a price expectation that may or may not be at all close to reality.

Howard

Coleman Jags Browning Garbutt

McCarthy Besic

McGeady Barkley Mirallas

Eto'o

 

Subs - Osman, lukaku, atsu

I agree with you completely on this. Hibbert and Distin both played yesterday, and I don't see them playing again so soon.

Win at home, draw away. That's the record so far, so I expect it to continue. Also, since Hibbert played yesterday, I do see Garbutt playing this time around. Distin also struggled a bit, I thought, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Browning in there too.

 

Absolute proof that I'm more clever than the rest of you lot put together .

And more humble...

Their fans appear to be entering meltdown mode, with increasing calls for Rodgers' resignation.

Come on Steve, this is a forum about Everton F.C founded 1878, not Roberto Martinez born 1973. He is a breath of fresh air, but let's not make excuses when he makes weird decisions.

 

He's possibly getting Barkley game time but for me he needs to be behind the striker or not at all.

I'm sorry? Someone mentioned that we have to use some round pegs in square holes while so many players are injured, and I simply commented that it's even more tricky than that because of having the extra load of Europa League game. What in that justified your rant about Everton FC being founded in 1878?

You may be smart and know a lot about the team, but you sure as heck get fixated on people and ideas. Why can't you simply take comments the way they are intended instead of always trying to find a hidden agenda or pushing your own?

Agreed. It's 'make do and mend' with team selection right now and we are going to have to fit a few more square pegs into round holes for the next month or so. This is where Bobby M needs to earn his money by organising, drilling and motivating our fit players well enough to ensure that we are in striking distance of the top 4 when our injured players return.

Even while balancing Europa League games.

After seeing just one 10-pointer all season, three of us (and the forum average) managed a 10-pointer today: predicting a 2-1 result with Lukaku as first scorer. Congratulations to Deacs and TonkaRoost! For the month, Deacs has taken the lead. For the season, MikeO has dropped to second behind the forum average (the Wisdom of Crowds has kicked in). MikeO does, however, retain the lead for most points per prediction. Should I point out that Matt is dead last? Naah!

Eto'o will win us this game, calling it.

It was his goal. How could Osman miss with a pass like that?

Time to take off Mirallas. He's a real liability in this game. Bring on Eto'o.

Mirallas looking sharp aleady! Good on ya

But can someone please explain to him the offside rule? You can look sharp and do wonderful things, but it's a waste if you keep getting caught offside.

How not to save penalties.

Stalin was too lenient.

 

 

If you're joking, that is just sick. If you're not, it's obscene. Do you actually know how many tens of millions were slaughtered by these regimes in the previous century?

But wishing for communism is like wishing for a return of the nazis - except that the communists have a track record of killing even more people.

History has shown communism to be a complete and utter failure, causing by far the greatest number of deaths through oppression than anything that's ever existed. Why would anyone ever want to resurrect such an abject failure of a system?

I grew up in the era of Jimmy Hill on MOTD and Brian Moore on The Big Match. Other than the fact that MOTD was better for being on Saturday and not Sunday, there wasn't much between them.

pint turnover

Is this the metric used to gauge fan satisfaction at the ground?

Everton 2-1 West Ham

Lukaku

More to the point, Mark, is that Dave Whelan basically stated that he sees little wrong in MacKay's comments about Jews and 'Chinks.' Having read the reports, it looks to me that Whelan simply opened his mouth before putting his brain in gear. He's hardly the most political correct or subtle individual in the world. Yes, the media are going overboard, but Whelan did rather ask for it.

It might have been wiser to steer clear of MacKay until the FA has handed down whatever punishment it decides upon.

I don't watch MOTD (presumably the government believes all Everton fans live in Britain); I have no idea who a couple of people are on that list; these days, I am pragmatic on politics, supporting some left and some right positions; ... What a load of old cobblers.

Daniel Sturridge is simply a Denaturised Girl who is now Derailed, Rusting.

Stick with two mate, don't let the little buggers out number you or they'll pick you off one by one.

I have six children, so maybe that explains why I live in a permanent state of confusion.

I thought the reason he was loaned out is because he could not get the visa required to play in Britain. Was that fixed?

Training methods at the England camp? Roy Hodgson was only too quick to blame the number of games Everton have played recently. No matter what, though, it definitely sounds like a short-term and not a long-term injury.

Greece have gone from being champions of Europe ten tears ago to losing at home to the Faroe Islands with fifteen minutes left. No parking the bus job by the Faroes either (though it's very possible they have a bus driver playing for them), they've had more goal attempts than Greece (11/10). Could be the end for Ranieri.

And they did it. Extraordinary. One of the biggest upsets in recent times.