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The CB argument is pretty simple. Would you rather have Browning/Galloway step in or someone of Alcaraz's quality? I could go either way but to pretend we could get a quality CB to come in with the understanding that they are 3rd choice at a "mid tier" PL club is madness. Complete madness.

Love it. Umbro went 2 for 2 in my opinion. Nike made some wretched kits, nice to see Umbro actually putting some thought into it.

I enjoy the transfer window as much as the next guy but i really dont like rumors for rumors sake. Martinez has gone on record multiple times in saying we will not be signing a goalkeeper. Can we please stop with gk rumors? Its all hear say and nothing will happen on the gk front.

Not sure i buy into all of this no. 10 talk. How in 365 days did we go from "Barkley England's greatest hope" to Everton "in desperate need of a no. 10". Barkley needs to be first choice in that role August 8th. Period. If he gets hurt or truly isnt up to it Cleverley/Mirallas/Deulofeu can step in and do an ok job. Few teams in the entire premier league have the midfield depth we have right now. DM Gibson, Barry, McCarthy, Besic AM Mirallas, Barkley, Osman, Pienaar, McGeady, Cleverley, Deulofeu.

Anyone with thoughts on Michu? Set the league on fire two years ago. One year remaining on his contract. RM obvious connection to Swansea. Could he solve our No 10 problems for relatively cheap?

Spot on. Good purchase for 3mil but not a player I can see getting behind as a fan. All potential and no effort/results is incredibly frustrating.

Deulofeu got me thinking about our transfer record in recent years. Curious on people's thoughts. Here is a list of noteworthy signings/sales since 2010: Player transactions under Roberto Martinez Date Player Club Fee 2 Feb 2015 Aaron Lennon Tottenham Hotspur Loan 27 Jan 2015 Samuel Eto'o Sampdoria Undisclosed 26 Aug 2014 Samuel Eto'o [Free Agent] No Fee 13 Aug 2014 Christian Atsu Chelsea Loan 30 Jul 2014 Romelu Lukaku Chelsea £25m 8 Jul 2014 Gareth Barry [Free Agent] £1m 14 Jan 2014 Nikica Jelavic Hull City £6.5m 11 Jan 2014 Aiden McGeady Spartak Moscow £1.5m 2 Sep 2013 Gareth Barry Manchester City Loan 2 Sep 2013 Romelu Lukaku Chelsea Loan 2 Sep 2013 Victor Anichebe West Bromwich Albion £5m 2 Sep 2013 Marouane Fellaini Manchester United £27.5m 2 Sep 2013 James McCarthy Wigan Athletic £13m 10 July 2013 Gerard Deulofeu Barcelona Loan 9 Jul 2013 Joel Robles Atletico Madrid £4.5m 9 Jul 2013 Antolin Alcaraz [Free Agent] No Fee 8 Jul 2013 Arouna Kone Wigan Athletic £5m Player transactions under David Moyes Date Player Club Fee 31 Jan 2013 John Stones Barnsley £500k 31 Aug 2012 Matthew Kennedy Kilmarnock £250k 31 Aug 2012 Bryan Oviedo FC Copenhagen £1.2m 19 Aug 2012 Kevin Mirallas Olympiakos £6m 12 Aug 2012 Jack Rodwell Manchester City £12m 31 Jul 2012 Steven Pienaar Tottenham Hotspur £4.5m 26 Jul 2012 Tim Cahill New York Red Bulls No Fee 4 Jul 2012 Steven Naismith Glasgow Rangers No Fee 31 Jan 2012 Nikica Jelavic Glasgow Rangers £5.5m 31 Jan 2012 Louis Saha Tottenham Hotspur Nominal Fee 29 Jan 2012 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Spartak Moscow £6m 13 Jan 2012 Darron Gibson Manchaester United £2.0m 3 Jan 2012 Shkodran Mustafi Sampdoria No Fee 30 Dec 2011 Landon Donovan LA Galaxy Loan In 31 Aug 2011 Royston Drenthe Real Madrid (Spa) Loan In 31 Aug 2011 Denis Stracqualursi Tigre (Arg) Loan In 31 Aug 2011 Mikel Arteta Arsenal £10m 31 Aug 2011 Aiyegbeni Yakubu Blackburn Rovers £1.5m 31 Aug 2011 Jermaine Beckford Leicester City £1.5m 28 May 2011 James Vaughan Norwich City £2m 31 Jan 2011 Apostolos Vellios Iraklis Thessaloniki £250k 1 Jul 2010 Jan Mucha Legia Warsaw No Fee 30 Jun 2010 Mageye Gueye Strasbourg ~£900k 9 Jun 2010 Joao Silva Deportivo Des Aves £500k 28 May 2010 Jermaine Beckford Leeds Utd No Fee 2 Jan 2010 Landon Donovan LA Galaxy Loan I miss the days of Arteta, Cahill, Neville, prime Pienaar, prime Osman, prime Distin. Seems like a trend of buying too young and too old. Where's that sweet spot of buying 25-27 yr old established first team player. Gibson and McGeady were swings and misses.

He's being sold for 3mil because Barca realize he just doesnt cut it. Incredibly talented and incredibly non-existent too often. 25 PL appearances for Everton 3 goals. Not worth it for a prima donna. I will never forget the 3-3 draw vs liverpool. NEVER. Everyone sang his praises because he was such a threat. He also selfishly shot from no angle on 3 different instances when he had a simple square ball to the penalty spot where other everton players were waiting wide open to slot home. Check the tape he cost us that game. One of my favorites of all time.

City (H), Sunderland (A), Chelsea (A)

Sorry nothing quoted and i dont mean to make it sound dire. I just laugh when i see Everton linked with players whose value is far too high for the club. By "sell to buy" what i really meant was to make a big splash (i.e. need to sell Mirallas). I see 3/4 signings in the 5-10mil range. If we want to replace some of our aging/poor players thats where it becomes sell to buy essentially. In other words we have funds for 3/4 new players as is but if we want to replace some of Barry, McGeady, Pienaar, Osman then we have to sell Mirallas to get the funds.

Late to party here and didnt have time to read through whole thread so forgive me if im repeating others. RM has said 3-4 additions. That also means 3-4 leaving. Everton have "no" money, its a sell to buy summer for the most part. RM also said GK and ST very unlikely to change. Whether you are on team Joel or team Howard the fact remains having both of them is a luxury. No way a GK is added with such limited funds. Same argument (sort of) for Lukaku. He struggles yes but he has to be the starter in 4231 formation so RM wont shell out $$$ for another ST. So, in my opinion, and im trying to be realistic based off RM comments the summer will look like this: OUT: Distin, Atsu, Lennon, Alcaraz, Garbutt IN: CB, CAM, LM, RM Dont think we agree a fee for Lennon and Garbutt off to promoted squad. Starting Galloway last two games tells me everything i need to know about that situation. Removing Hibbert, Pienaar and Osman clears wages yes but there are no transfer funds to replace those players. Two very different pots of money. They stay and contribute as best they can. I would like to see Mirallas and Barry sold. Mirallas' value will continue to decline unless he signs an extension. Barry can be valuable for recently promoted club. Similar to cambiasso at leicester. If they are sold i could see the number of new signings shift from 3/4 to 5/6 which would be great.

Always reserve judgement on kits until i see it on the field/television in game action. Must say i absolutely love it. Best home kit since 08-09 (umbros last under old contract before switching to le coq) I hope the training range is a hint that away kit is orange. Always loved the color.

Howard Coleman Stones/Alcaraz jags baines Atsu McCarthy Barry Mirallas Lukaku Naismith

QPR 0 - 2 Everton Lukaku

Everton 2 - 0 Newcastle Lennon

Prediction: Howard Coleman Stones Jags Baines McCarthy Barry Besic Naismith Mirallas Lukaku Hoping for: Robles Coleman Stones Jags Baines McCarthy Barry Naismith Barkley Mirallas Lukaku

Thing i miss most is the passion. Plain and simple. I became an everton fan because they "did more with less". They did that by sacrifcing their bodies week in and week out for each other and the fans. That has totally evaporated. That i miss more than anything.

At this point i blame the players for nothing. RM is solely to blame for this. He doesnt put our players in their best positions and as a result doesnt put the team in a position to win. McCarthy is our attacking center mid. Complete joke. Naismith needs to play centrally either in 9 or 10 role. Not as one of these 2 weird wanna be wingers spots. Lukaku might as well be in another postal code. He has absolutely 0 support. Coleman and Garbutt overworked because they have no support in front of them. Natural positions = good results. It really is not that hard.

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/03/04/kyiv-away-leg-ticket-information Closing part of the stadium?

Spot on. QPR is a 6 pointer

Overall record this year: 11-14-14 Domestic record: 6-12-13 Europa League record: 5-2-1 The only thing saving most people from cliff jumping is the Europa League. Here's how i define the season assuming of course our premier league form continues but we dont get relegated: Eliminated from EL in R16: Disaster/Nightmare Eliminated from EL in Quarters: Horrendous Eliminated from EL in Semis: Really bad Lose final: Needs improvement Win final: Absolute cloud nine. I will be piss drunk in the local viewing pub singing non-sense. There's too much risk in how the EL plays out...

Overused description but it fits so nicely for RM. He truly is an insane human being. Definition: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result Fielding the same squad and using the same tactics over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over v and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again! Perhaps he can manage from the asylum.

No, will revisit my answer on Christmas 2015.

IMO anyone who is more focused on Europa League right now is crazy. This team is in serious danger of being relegated. Sure we are having success in Europa league and its fun to watch and a trophy would be unbelievable but it will mean next to nothing if we are relegated. Safety first - top priority by miles and miles.