He's Done It!

He's a really good signing for you lot. Fits in better with Martinez's ethos than Fellaini does. He's a creative B2B player that has a great engine and a great passing range. Really like this signing, maybe a mil or three overpriced but that's football these days. I think he'll definitely be a starter for you guys.

Hey guys. Chelsea fan here in peace. I think the biggest thing Everton need to challenge for a top four place consistently is the ability to spend big amounts of money. I really like the Everton team this year, but unfortunately, financially I don't think you'd be able to compete with the likes of us, City, United, Arsenal, and even Liverpool who spent quite a lot. Until Everton has the platform to make £20m/£30m signings on a regular basis, I feel that you won't compete for top four regularly, simply because everyone else around you outspends you, but because of your manager (really rate Martinez) and the way the club is run excellently, always coming up with these shrewd buys, you will always be around. Regards

Hey guys, Chelsea fan here in peace. Looking forward to playing you guys after the international break. Just wanted to clear a few things up regarding Lukaku. I've seen quite a few on here thinking that Lukaku is disillusioned with the loan and I can tell you that that is far away from the truth. Today in an interview he sought to clear things up a bit. Lukaku is a very intelligent guy who knows this deal will help him improve as a player. Here's what he said: Further from that, someone on a Chelsea forum who's very close to the Lukaku camp has also said that this is exactly what happened: He did get a phone call from his manager yesterday night to inform him what Chelsea were planning to do (problems with loaning out Ba -> Lukaku was plan B?)He then called his parents (who weren't against this loan). Until this far his first choice was still WBA IF he had to go out on loan. He called Mourinho (who explained the case and said Everton would be the best choice to practice his running lines and movement. Furthermore Everton plays a lot more on ball possession than WBA + also the pressure on Rom's will also be a lot higher here. All in all good reasons to go out on loan IF you are told it will be difficult to get a lot of game time at Chelsea). He then called Martinez who told him he was eager to get Rom's on a loan deal. He also convinced Romelu that this deal could be the best option for him. He was more than ready to compete with Torres, Ba & Eto'o for that first spot. He's very ambitious and eager to improve every aspect of his game. Mourinho gave him a lot of trust and it seemed to work out well. So yes, Romelu really thought he was going to play for us (Chelsea) this season and Mourinho would make him better every game but the fact that Eto'o came and it didn't worked out to loan out Ba changed all of this. Mourinho told him a loan would probably be a better option since he could play every single game... even as a starter. Something he cannot promise Romelu because of the competition. Mourinho and Romelu are working on a very specific game plan for Lukaku. It's all part of a bigger plan to make Romelu a real top striker. They both agreed yesterday that with close coaching from Jose and assistants himself that it'd be better for Romelu to go out on loan. He could develop this plan at Everton a bit faster than with us. Romelu has big ambitions to play for Chelsea and sees Everton as an ideal step towards that. He'll benefit from developing with you guys, and you'll benefit from having a great striker on your books for a season! Your team is looking very impressive this season, definitely top 6 material, maybe top 4? Martinez has really bought well, and you look stronger than without Fellaini. McCarthy is a great buy, better for Martinez's philosophy than Fellaini ever will be. In my opinion this is your best starting XI at the moment: Howard Coleman Jagielka Distin Baines Barry McCarthy Mirallas Barkley Pienaar Lukaku What a team that is. Obviously you can interchange with the likes of Deulofeu, Kone, Jelavic, Gibson etc. but that looks brilliant. Well done to your club for still continuing to create an even better team! Again looking forward to playing you lot in a few weeks! I'll be popping in here now and then to see how he's progressing according to you guys. Cheers!