Zoo 2.0

I don't dislike Kenny but in the same breath don't think he's ever going to be first choice at a team that's playing European football each season which is what we want to be. For the right price I wouldn't be too upset about letting him go and think considering he was sent on loan to Celtic is one foot out of the door anyway.

As much as I don't want to just bash Bottas I think rather than him being unable to defend from Max due to being pissed off, I think it's a mixture of him being on worn tyres and just not being in the same bracket of racer as Lewis and Verstappen, it was only a matter of time but surprising that he managed to lose the place as quickly as he did. Locking up under pressure (which sadly, wasn't a surprise) and he was in P3. I wasn't really looking forward to this race as for me, France is easily the worst circuit on the calendar but to be honest I was pleasantly surprised. Looking forward to what the double headers in Austria can bring (25 points for Hamilton I hope!)

"Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti looking to sign [Insert Everton player here] for a rumoured fee of [pick a number between £50-£100m]"

Moyes made several mistakes at Manchester United, but he wasn't entirely at fault. He tried to sign the players mentioned and as you say, it's well documented that the board just didn't do enough to get things over the line - he ended up with just Fellaini after the summer (as I believe Mata came in the January transfer window?). He also had Wilfried Zaha as a leaving present from SAF, but as we all know he's only decent when surrounded by mediocrity. I must stress that IMO Moyes did most of the damage himself, but it wasn't as though he had the full backing from the United hierarchy.

When Allan wasn't in the side we absolutely fell to pieces, he's integral to us being the team we want to be. I'd put him in the bracket of not selling at all unless a silly offer came in (i.e. - £75m+) as we'd need to immediately re-invest whatever money we made on replacing him.

I wouldn't worry, Balgue seems a really nice guy and understands football well, but as a reporter he just seems to spout whatever comes into his head as opposed to what's actually going on in the real world.

What the fuck did I do in a previous life to support two teams that absolutely shit the bed against their rivals? Fuck me. We were arguably shit against Croatia after a bright start and it was a carbon copy tonight, Stones hits the post, Mount goes close and then we just do the square root of fuck all for the other 80 minutes. The fact that Sterling managed to just dawdle his way through the game without being brought off genuinely made me question whether or not to launch the remote through my TV - shouldn't play again this tournament. I actually wanted Southgate when the job was vacant and will be always grateful for that unforgettable World Cup but he needs to be seriously questioned tonight. Scotland, without sounding patronising are a team that you'd argue how many we'd put past as opposed to actually just beating them, tonight feels similar (if a tiny bit better) than the time we absolutely shit the bed against Iceland. We just seem to have a proper 90 minute shitshow in us regardless of who we have on the pitch or what tournament we're in. It's actually made me not that arsed about the rest of the competition as whether we win, lose or draw against the Czechs we're being absolutely pummelled by Germany, France or Portugal. Yup. Just next level incompetence that. The only player in a white shirt that actually had some spark about them, the only player thats main attributes are weaving in and out of a crowded penalty area and he whips him off. I can't stress enough how much of a complete shitshow I think tonight was, it got to around the 75th minute when I wasn't that bothered if we'd make it 1-0, the embarrassment was already there - same as when Sterling embarrassingly went down for that penalty, really not arsed that we didn't get it.

Imaging getting angry about a 21 year old kids haircut.

Feel like headbutting a wall. WHY. THE. FUCK. ARE. MOSHIRI. AND. KENWRIGHT. GETTING. INVOLVED. IN. RECRUITMENT. Honestly, it's beyond a farce. What exactly is the point in having Marcel Brands at the football club if all he's employed to do is shout good ideas that then get dismissed?

Just don't get that argument whatsoever, it's a proper shite point of view. It's a bit like saying that I could do well with Manchester City for a season because it's Guardiola's team. Regardless of how shit Martinez went, you can't be so dismissive about his first season by pointing to the fact that it was somehow still Moyes' team.

Nearly launched my remote through the TV when I saw that Ashley Williams had managed to get a gig doing punditry. I've only ever hated one player at Everton and that's him, still makes me infuriated that he was allowed to wear the shirt, nevermind the fucking armband. Not surprised to see that his predictions are about as inspiring as his attitude and work ethic.

Yep, in the Eridivisie (Dutch League), after his time in England with Manchester United. From what I understand, each FA have their own laws on where they will effectively deny a player the right to compete, so Blind could play for Ajax but not come back to United, for example.

As much as I am grateful to Moshiri for the money and the stadium, the fact that he supposidly can't keep his fingers out of the footballing side of things is a massive concern for me. It reminds me of the PM's on "The Apprentice" who have the entire team telling them that a cardigan for bumblebees won't sell to the masses yet they go ahead and do it anyway. You've got Marcel Brands at the club who rebuilt PSV and toppled Ajax, yet it seems as though he had no real power in the big decisions at Everton which I really can't get my head around and is incompetency at its finest. We've known it for a while but we're such a mess, an absolute swamp of shit decisions.

They were the worst days I've known in my lifetime, going to the ground was just horrible - like, uncomfortable to sit through. The thought of that, but multiplied by 10 is making my knees wobble.

As someone who thinks that Benitez is at the top(ish) of a painfully depressing list, I do agree totally with the bit in bold. He's going to be under more pressure than any Everton manager in history, working with players who are also going to be under insane pressure. Our "easy" start to the season could get seriously toxic, seriously quickly. It just depresses me how we don't seem to have really looked outside of the UK. Gallardo at River Plate? Galtier at Lille? Ten Hag at Ajax?

Rumour has it we've put a bid in.

Remember when Leicester got really lucky and won the league ...

Portugal win 3-0 to start their campaign right . A lucky deflection for the first (through Guerrero) before Ronaldo added in two more late on. France and Germany are up now, two heavyweights meeting up in the group stage. Hopefully the ingredients of an exciting match. Edit: Early goal for France as Mats Hummels finds the back of his own net from a Paul Pogba cross. 1-0.

I don't know what it is with posts in this thread that are just factually untrue. To be clear (again) I don't want Nuno but bashing him over the head with mythical facts is just a bit silly. He had four years with Wolverhampton with the last one being the only where he was pretty poor - other than that he was well supported by the fans and was doing a good job. People in August last year were tipping them as dark horses for European football as under his tenure they'd been going up, up and up again. He took over when they had just finished in 14th and 15th in the Championship before flipping them in a single season to the Champions of the division. Of course they had help with the Portuguese influx (such as Ruben Neves) but the Championship is notorious as being one of the hardest divisions in world football to get out of - even if you spend the Earth and a penny. Whereas his time in the first season wasn't as fairytale as Leicester winning the Premier League it was commendable and shouldn't be brushed under the carpet. Since bringing them to the Premier League he's finished in 7th twice, before dropping off the season just gone in 13th. This is with their top goalscorer of the last two seasons injured for 50% of the campaign (basically like us playing under Martinez without Lukaku and only Koné for assistance) and after losing the likes of Matt Doherty and Diego Jota in the summer. Whereas I don't think Santo is blameless (I'll stress again I don't want him here) to suddenly say that he has one good season and then falls apart is both factually untrue and a bit of a cop out when you look at the bigger picture. I think anyone, other than an elite coach would have struggled to drag this Wolves side to 7th in the table, especially when you consider they'd have to be better than Manchester City, United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester, Spurs and an in form West Ham United to get there (not to mention Arsenal and Bielsa's Leeds who came in 8th & 9th!).

I don't want him here, but that's just untrue. If anything he did the opposite.

Not sure if true, but I'm sure I read somewhere that the decision might be taken out of his hands. The English FA may step in and refuse to accept his registration (if he came back to an English club) on medical grounds. It's not something that happens often (thankfully) so not sure how true but would make sense. When something as extreme as this happens it's probably for the best that he calls it a day, as frustrating as that may be for him personally.

Lovely hotel the Titanic.

That's an astounding hit. For those that haven't seen it: