veedublin

Some fella on Twitter was saying they're family friends with Baines' dad, and that:

 

-Distin had a blow up with Martinez and was dropped

-Stones begged not to play Boxing Day cause he wasn't fit.

-Eto'o told the squad not to listen to Martinez because he would ruin their career

-None of the players talk to Martinez anymore.

 

Sounds like some wanker trying to get a few re-tweets to me, but it wouldn't surprise me if true given the past few weeks.

Maybe Barry's the only one who still talks to Martinez.

goes from bad to worse

done with the match, turned it off. not going to let this shit team ruin my day.

just think how exciting it will be when we get three goals in the last 18 minutes

this match is very telling. If we end up higher than 10th in the table this season, I'll be surprised.

the replay of the OG shows lukaku not so much ducking away from the ball as getting slammed into it by Fonte.

But it still sucked.

Do we actually hold practices during the week?

after that goal maybe Stones in for Lukaku

the suckyness is unbelievable

I'm not saying Distin's the be-all end-all. Just the last game.

So, they were even-steven last game? (Or were the post-game reviews also off-base, the ones that said they were both serviceable?)

Stones in place of Distin.

I streamed the game at work, so didn't see every play... but what about Stones in for Jags?

It seemed to me that Distin actually had a better game, from what I saw. Jags looked a little weak.

(I actually went back to review a few of the post-game comments in the QPR thread, and everyone seemed to rate them both equally there, so I might be off-base.)

He was on the bench last night .

Nice. Streamed the game at work, so didn't catch all the bits and bobs.

Personality clashes veedub; we're a bit like a huge gay bigamistic collective, lots of fights and eye gouging but we all love each other deep down .

 

You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family .

 

Right-o. Do a lot of you know each other outside of the pixels? Or is it all forum-generated spite and malice?

Just looking at the injuries/suspensions page...

Barry's back, obviously...

But I noticed that McCarthy is the only player on the injuries list. (Miralles not yet.)

Does that mean Stones is healthy?

someday I will learn the mystery of your ways

so this is how you guys treat each other when we win?

not that you should be shits to each other when we lose, but crap.

Love may fail, but courtesy will prevail.

 

yeah i'm really glad he had a good match yesterday, hopefully he gets more confident and keeps growing. every time he gets the ball i get excited.

This is how I felt, too. Always seems to do something interesting with the ball. Secret sauce and all that.

I was hoping Lukaku could have been a similar player, but it doesn't seem to be working out that way.

we need another, as two goals up is uncomfortable

Has Lukaku even touched the ball in the second half?

well, besides that little header there?

wow, this is fun to watch, actually

Nice to see them ahead at halftime, but is 2-0 a big enough lead?

It's embarrassing when you can here the players talking on the pitch. It's like being in a swimming baths listening to that. That crowds pathetic.

First I thought you meant they were saying embarrassing things, but you must mean the fans are quiet, right?

Don't see what the fuss is all about with Barry playing. Need a couple of old heads out there chatting to the youngsters.

 

Plus he's less likely to start against QPR.

Less likely to start? I thought he was suspended for one game, so more like "won't play at all"?

Right?

Grrrr. I can't stream the Kras match! I set it to record at home, but who knows if I'll get the match, or 90 minutes of a black screen.

Who will be healthy by Monday's match? According to the Everton injuries/suspensions page, it's all "unknown." Is that the best we can do?

(There's probably speculation in each of the separate player threads, but I would be well served by an "injury updates" thread!)

no worries... I'm a writer so I care (at least when it's me who posted it)...

Anyway, don't mean to veer this off the rails.

DVR set for Thursday against Kras (2pm my time, I think), but I'll try to stream it from the office. (While I pretend I'm writing.)

No pro sports team should be teal.