Zoo 2.0

31 minutes ago, Aidan said:

Selling Onana, Simms and Mykolenko would just be silly, especially considering the numbers we need to bring in this summer and the fact that we just might not (a la the January window).

Pretty sure I saw reports of £60-70m for Onana which would be too much to turn down for me. I must stress that I really like him though, so would have no problems keeping him around if an offer like that didn't come around.

I understand the numbers to bring in are high already, but I'm sick of these relegation fights and whereas the board are the majority of the problem, keeping around players that aren't good enough (of which I'll include Mykolenko and potentially Simms) is no longer acceptable for me. 

Without sounding all Football Manager, do we use Simms to bring the price down for the Coventry lad perhaps? Do we sell Mykolenko to generate funds to sign an actual left back? I said it in January and I'll say it now, I'd snap Villa's hand off for Digne back.

In squad number order (Keep):

Goalkeepers: Pickford, Begovic, Lonergan

Defenders: Tarkowski, Patterson, Godfrey, Coady, Branthwaite

Midfielders: McNeil, Gray, Doucoure, Iwobi, Gueye, Garner

Strikers: DCL

In squad number order (Sell/Release):

Holgate - Not good enough, horrendous attitude.

Keane - Actually stepped up to the plate under Dyche but is still below the standard we need. Makes me nervous as he's always on the cusp of dropping a clanger.

Onana - I'm actually a fan of him, which I know puts me in the minority. For the amount of money that's being talked about I'd let him go though as it would go a long way to replacing the amount of dross I want us to move on.

Mina - All the best you mad bastard.

Townsend - Not his fault that injuries have fucked up his season but I think he was on the verge of not being good enough for us before the knock. I don't think he'll come back and pull up any trees so would be happy to move on, even if that's us doing it on the cheap to free up wages.

Mykolenko - I really don't think he's good enough. Always looks nervous as fuck IMO and has a bit of a wobble in him defensively. Offers very little going forward too which is noticed more when we've been used to Baines and Digne doing just that - hoping we can convince someone on the continent to take him.

Maupay - One of the worst strikers we've ever had.

Coleman - Let him retire and move to the coaching staff if need be. Sentiment aside he's probably been past it for two years now and this latest injury won't have helped matters.

Davies - Shite.

Simms - Nothing against the lad, but if we can get a few quid from a Championship side to give us funds to sign an actual striker then I'll be happy seeing him go. I can't see him suddenly being ready to play 30 games next season which is exactly what we need. 

All of them.

Mental to think his 99th minute equaliser the other day had a massive part in keeping us up. 

He was a fucking rock today too, goes will all my best.

That was fucking horrible. Like, really fucking horrible.

Is it full time yet?

Fans doing their bit though, could hear The Brick from the turnstiles. Fantastic effort by no surprise. 

On the way to L4. Football's proper shit ain't it 

Pretty much as above, Yerry is our best centre back when fit but he just struggles to do so. If he could give us 30 games a season he would be fantastic, knowing our luck he'll go elsewhere and not miss a game . Hope he goes out with a bang today and will be remembered as scoring the goal against Wolves that could literally have kept us up.

8 hours ago, Matt said:

Anyone fancy a meet up? I will be going for the pre-game mania then to the nearest toilet for the game so I can vomit freely. 

Hi mate yeah definitely I'll be at Evertonians Anonymous an hour before to get everything off my chest. See you there.

Absolutely nothing to celebrate, we're only not down because there's other teams somehow more dreadful than us. 

A magic wand won't be waved in the summer, we'll be back here in 12 months time.

At first I thought that the draw didn't change much, but if Leeds don't win this weekend then they will need to win, a draw won't be good enough. 

Massive mental blow to them, I think Mina's goal puts Leicester down.

I think Guardiola has learned his lesson, if he tinkers too much they'll bottle it but if they just keep it simple they'll walk it. 

I want Inter to win, even though I love Pep but think that given how they've steamrolled Madrid will walk it in the final.

4 minutes ago, Matt said:

To be honest, this was inevitable with the way football has evolved over the past 20 years. We're a commodity to be traded, a toy. I lose more and more love for the game with each passing story. 

Thanks for saving me the time in posting - this. 

I go the game to spend time with my old man. My love for Everton has been killed by both our board and the direction to sport is rapidly heading to.

Applauding a 0-3 loss at home is exactly the piss poor standards that have allowed us to get into this mess. I'm not suggesting that the players should have been booed off, but the party atmosphere at the end was bizarre for me. It wasn't that long ago that we had a decent record against City, yet now there's a total gulf in class and we're being twatted with them in first gear. 

Up until the first goal we played well, but to concede so quickly after the first (regardless of opposition) was piss poor. Sunday League defending brings the lad down for Gundogan's free-kick and from the third goal we were just chasing shadows. 

I don't think DCL has an issue at all, the game was lost at 2-0 so pointless losing our only striker when we've got Wolves and Southampton coming on. My only issue was bringing on Maupay rather than Simms, cancelling Cannon's loan at short notice or simply substituting on an empty Quavers packet. 

The lad is on the beach, and even when he wasn't on the beach was fucking gash. It's a genuine toss up as to who I'd rather have; Maupay or Rondon.

He's a Championship player, when he first signed I believed there was a lot of potential but he's just never reached the level that we (or anyone else in the league) needs. His attitude, whether on purpose or not comes off really poorly. It's one thing having arrogance with a bucket load of talent but it's another to simply be filled with self importance. He didn't look particularly arsed about coming off either and whilst I thought the boos were a bit over the top, I'd be happy knowing that today was the last I'll see of him in an Everton shirt. 

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

Do the powers that be genuinely believe the supporters would attack the players, or is it for show to try and justify what’s been said by Kenwright about us to the media. 

I said straight away that it looked like a Bill Kenwright special - probably a security threat after Erling Haaland was put into a headlock outside The Blue Dragon chippy. The security at the end was properly over the top, especially given the mood in the stadium wasn't violent in the slighest.

The security at the game has sadly been a joke (at both ends of the spectrum) for as long as I can remember.

Coleman was outstanding in his peak, the fact that he's been forced to play every week despite being over the hill through  shite recruitment isn't his fault and shouldn't tarnish his legacy. 

On topic regarding Patterson, he was absolutely shite today.

I got into the ground fine, although I still have a credit card ticket. 

What was that mad security huddle around the dugout at the end though? I could understand if the stadium was pure toxic but it was the flattest it's been in ages, if anything positive as everyone clapped the players off!

So this whole City resting players thing?

I've long stopped being excited for the new stadium. It won't be ours and will be leased back to us at an extortionate cost. It'll be a massive hindrance if anything, especially with the clowns in charge we have running the show. 

Everything about us is a massive shitshow and it's a long road ahead until that's fixed.