Cornish Steve

Ahh, but there's progressing and then there's progressing.

Then I misunderstood and apologize.

Passion is good, but beware that looks can be deceptive. Where were you when Everton played WBA in the 1968 FA Cup Final? (I saw it live - albeit on a B&W telly.) And I'm sure johnh will be here soon putting us all to shame. Just because someone has followed the team for just one year while others have followed the team for many years shouldn't in any way devalue the former's worth as a supporter. Indeed, in some ways, maybe he deserves extra credit for changing teams.

So you'd rather get a 15m striker in early July for 20m instead of a 22m striker in August for 20m? Patience! It will work out in the end.

Spot on. This is exciting.

No. The problem is that we have no patience and speculate on things we know nothing about (unless someone has actually seen a bank statement). Everyone does it, the press does, Twitter is full of it, so I can maybe understand it, but maybe instead we should just let the club get on with their business and stop urging them to make impetuous and costly mistakes.

What little rays of sunshine you are. Just ignore all the silly games in the press and see how things look when the new season begins - otherwise we're all going to be driven to distraction!

Darn.

Kitbag were told to toe the line.

I know we disagree about Traore and Kone, but just wait and see. PS - The Lukaku move is not just in the Mail. It's also in the Telegraph. 18m is being quoted.

It's possible we could end up with Lukaku, Hernandez, Traore, and Kone. Add Mirallas and Naismith into the mix, and that's a powerful lineup. Both Kone and Traore are underrated.

If you think about it, that means that 7 of the first 15 weekends will feature Everton. Those are good numbers. NBC only show one game a week, right?

Rumours of a loan... http://www.sos1878.co.uk/everton-transfers/blues-linked-loan-move-chicarito/

including Tim Howard against Bolton... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SbJpQPA40#t=16

You need to copyright that so you make money when the Mirror does use it.

I look at that Twitter thread, and all I see are hungry reporters gathering like vultures to make money. Such a shame. Can't the family grieve in private?

Flip this on its head. Since he spent a season with Everton, it doesn't matter so much whether he attends pre-season training. That gives us another month to get the best deal.

Why? In many cases, they are overpaying. And have they thought through how these players will blend with the team? Spurs didn't last year. Waiting until the moment is right takes discipline, but it's how we should do business. As someone else wrote, we fans tend to be like children who can't wait for Christmas.

You'd rather pay 5m over the odds simply because you have no patience? If so, I have a nice car I'd like to sell you.

This has to be George Best and Miss World at halftime. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scoring-At-Half-Time-Adventures-Pitch/dp/0091890349

Oh dear - that's bad! I did a Google search to track down the trivia I had heard previously. The two didn't play for the West Indies, but a father and son did play for the same team in a Guyana league - and they did both score centuries. https://cricket.yahoo.com/news/shivnarine-and-tagenarine--father-and-son-bat-together.html

Because you're missing the socks.

Nope.

The shoeless clueless. Our kit is so good, it even blew the dummies' socks off.

The club have kept the fans informed. Martinez has publicly made clear a few times his strategy and expectations for this window. But, if he or the club were to say "we're going to buy player-X", then that player's price immediately goes up a few million. The moneybags' clubs like to feed their egos by announcing their targets and then buying them, as if they have the power to get anyone they want, but they pay over the odds when they do that. And some (thinking United) make fools of themselves when they fail to bring in their targets. If United had kept things quiet, I'm sure they would have paid 3m less for Fellaini. Having set expectations in public, however, they either had to pay us more than his value or let everyone down.