Droobie

We didn't because he was never our player to start with
 
Lets be honest if he was given the choice of Everton or Milan with Champions League football its not really a great surprise that he hasn't chosen us

Why make such a idiotic thread, you say I don't want it to be a "you're not giving him a chance thread" well what do you expect. You're not giving him a chance. Flipping heck there hasn't even been a pre season game yet and you are saying he is not good enough and that he won't last.
 
Lets look at the differences between Wigan and Everton:
1) Wigan cannot attract the same players we can.
2) Wigan defence was weak. Martinez knew that and signed Scharner in the summer transfer window. He kept having a few problems with injuries. They also signed Ramis for 5mil but he got injured half way through the season, January I think and has only come back from injury quite recently. 30th June I think. That is 5 months without his experience. To be honest I don't think they had a lot of money to buy anyone else in January anyway.
3) Wigan have not got a strong as a team as what we have. Martinez would have loved to of had players like Mirallas, Fellaini, Baines, Jags etc.
5) You're a pessimist simples.
 
 
Few questions for you memmaclub.
Were you one of the people who were wanting Moyes out?
 
(Because he didnt win trophies etc, lets face facts here where a football team who can't compete on a finacial scale to the likes of Spurs, Chelsea, City, United, Arsenal and even Liverpool. Where not going to be competing for top 4 football each season. We are close with the squad we have but yes we do need more players and with your comment about signing Alcaraz and Kone what is the problem with that? There is stats out there which show that the team played better and conceeded less when Alcaraz was playing. (Don't have the link but sure someone does)
 
Kone - 6mil. A bit over priced not going to lie about that but again do you think we could get someone like Pauliniho who has signed for Spurs? No we can't. Kone scored 13 league goals for Wigan last year. Jelavic scored 7, Fellaini scored 12. With Baines, Pienaar and Mirallas cutting in the box, crossing it in then he is bound to score that amount or even more.
 
Who would you of wanted to manage Everton? (If Martinez wasn't our manager)
 
By any chance was it Porto manager or Laudrup?
No to the Porto manager as he has had no experience in the PL. Also anyone could have won the league with the players he had at his expence. They didn't exactly win the league like United won the PL was it? It came down to the second to last game where Porto needed to win against Benfica to go ahead. If they drew they wouldn't of won. Benfica made a stupid mistake which cost them the second. Luck.
 
Laudrup has no ambitions, he will stay at a club and coast his way through until $hit hits the fan, watch what will happen when that does happen and trust me it will happen.
 
You cannot compare us to Wigan in any way, shape or form, do you honestly think we will do that bad with Martinez that he will be sacked in January?
 
No disrespect to Wigan fans I have loved the way you have played this year. I think everyone has been the neutral fan and I was cheering you on against Arsenal like a lot of people were but they haven't got the same resources we have simples.
 
Were you around when Moyes got appointed?
 
I was and everyone was nervous about this appointment because we had just signed a manager from Preston, pratically a nobody and look how that turned out he transformed our team into a competitive top 10 side even top 5 side.
 
 
 
I am nervous about the new season, heck I am nervous every season when it starts, like a lot of people are, it is part of what being a football fan is, the nerves, the highs and the lows and everything.
 
Even if we start badly I will still support our team and not want Martinez to be sacked. I mean we have had bad starts to the season before but Martinez will be manager by the end of the season and for more seasons to come. IMWT

Isn't Chung Lee the bird off of StreetFighter?

Theres loads out there with their own little interview traits:-
 
Jermiane "YA KNOW" Defo
 
Wayne "Touch my ear" Rooney
 
Robert "absolutely" Elstone
 
Ian "errr" Rush
 
Bill "little teary eyed fairy tale coming right now" Kenwright
 
Brendan "I'm shucking a shweet ash I talk" Rodgers

I thought I'd do a little artwork to celebrate. What do you think?
 

 
It's kind of a 'Blue underneath' kind of idea. I've used it for the profile page on my site.
 
 

Position wise I've had a look at it, I think a new keeper should actually be high on the list, does anyone know how old Al Habsi is? I know he's made some howlers in the past but from what I've seen overall he's a solid keeper, and he certainly wasn't helped out any in defense!!!
 
Looking at our squad, the vunerable points highlight themselves:
 
GK: Howard, Mucha, Springthorpe
RB: Coleman, Hibbert, Stones
CB: Jagielka, Heitinga, Distin, Duffy
LB: Baines, Oveido
RM: Mirallas, Naismith
CM: Fellaini, Gibson, Osman, Barkley, Hitzlsperger
LM: Pienaar, Gueye
ST: Jelavic, Anichebe, Vellios
 
Players that could leave - Johnny has a year to run on his contract, and said if Everton want to make money off him he is happy with that as much as he is happy with staying. However if we could recoup £2.5-3m for him he will go. Fellaini is a possibility but I think after everything that has happened in his career at Everton and the way he's grown, I can see him staying one more season. If he doesn't, his release clause is in the mid 20's (£26mil??) so we'll definitely get a wedge for him, plus probable bonuses based on appearances and trophies/titles won. Baines is the one I'm most worried about. Without him at left back, we will not only need someone good as a replacement, we will probably need a first team player from someone else, anyone else would be filler compared to what he has done. I also think if Baines were to leave Pienaar would probably end up abroad as well. But if it was just Baines, I don't imagine we'd sell for less than £15m.
 
So in total, from players that could leave, we'd hopefully have somewhere in the region of £40m from transfers, giving us probably £25-30m to spend on new players to address the players in red. However, if we keep all our players, we still have the problem of what's behind our first 11, and as we've known for some time, it's not a lot...
 
Positions to re-inforce:
 
Goalkeeper
Centre Back
Right Back
Right Midfield
Left Midfield
Central (playmaker) Midfield
Striker
 
Goalkeeper - As stated, Howard isn't going to get better, he'll just gradually slip down the mountain, heels dug in trying to stop his fall. With a new manager usually come new players and I would hope that we would get a new 1st choice keeper in and get shot of Mucha and loan out Springthorpe. Howard may have been good for a number of years but just like Neville, (one game he could have Bale in his pocket, another he could spray a terrible back pass that leads to a goal) he should be moving to the bench and providing cover and pressure for a new, younger keeper. Begovic is touted, and since Stoke have signed Jack Butland I think we could get a better deal than £15m. Like I said though Al Habsi might not be a bad shout, but I could be alone in this.
 
Defense - Hibbert won't be good enough anymore, he's too slow and too old, and I'm not sure if Stones can provide cover for Coleman who after this season has established himself as our de facto right back. Saying that though, I don't really want another right back, so I'd prefer a defender who can cover at that position but mainly play centre back. Since Azpillicueta has done okay at Chelsea, and I can see Mourinho buying a defender, it would be pragmatic to make a bid for Ivanovic, the type of player that could help get us into that top eschelon of football. However that is incredibly unlikely, but exactly the player I think we need. The jury's out on Duffy, whether the new manager would take a risk on him I'm not sure. Again, regardless of who goes I think we should be looking at another centre back. Alcaraz is on a free, and would be a good squad player. Left back I feel Oveido has more to offer than we've seen and I'd be happy to give him some games at left back so I'm not overconcerened, however if we did sell baines, the ever touted Luke Shaw would be ideal, but will be very overpriced.
 
Midfield - Our starting midfield is good enough for me for next season, however if players lose form there's so little behind them it's terrifying. Behind Mirallas-Fellaini-Gibson-Pienaar is Naismith-Barkley-Hitzlsperger-Gueye. Perosnally, I want to see Barkley in the first team as much as possible next season. We'll never see him fly if we keep him in a cage, and going on loan won't motivate him like playing for Everton will. He needs to be allowed to make mistakes, and if he doesn't get games now he's development could stagnate, after what seems like many years ago since Tim Cahill said he was the "best footballer he's ever played with", it would be a crying shame for him, a financial loss for us, and a sign that we aren't developing the youth like we should. Back to the squad though, we obviously need a winger. Naismith, although I tried to give him a chance, is a bog standard scottish player, with little invention and a very one track mind. Mirallas is his polar opposite, and we need another player like Mirallas to add speed and tenacity to our wings. Atsu has been mentioned, but it always irks me when players try to angle for moves, it always feels like it's for money and not for the challenge, but if he's cheap he'd be a solid little buy. On the left, well, did anyonew atch Gueye out on loan? is he the new Pienaar? Or should we be looking for a left midfielder as well? Man City look to be tying up a deal for Navas, which is a very good buy for them, so even though he's a jack, I think Scott Sinclair would be a good addtion on loan for a season.
 
As far as the central playmaking role is concerned, I'd love to see McCarthy here, but not for the wrong price. £12m to me plus add ons up to around £15m would be fair, but anything higher and we should look elsewhere. McCarthy would add another young fresh approach to our mdifield, and the thought of he and Barkley tearing through teams is exciting to say the least.
 
Attack - Jelavic on form means we don't need anyone. However, givent hat he wasn't in form for most of last season means we are tragically short up front. Anichebe's contsant promise to be a top striker simply never materialises, and although Vellios made a good impact when we first saw him, that'll be 2 seasons ago come September, and I've heard nothing on his development since. So another striker is a must if we are serious about pushing, but if we don't sell it will be a tall order to get a nailed on 20 goal a season striker. Kone however could provide a middle ground, another Wigan raid and admittedly would probably cost us a fair few mil, he did well in his first season of British football and I imagine would jump at the chance toget back in the top flight. Striekrs I'll admit though, are my weakest subject, in terms of who we could afford and would be value for money....not that it isn't hard enought to think fo that in the first place
 
So my picks as things stand would be:
 
GK - Begovic (Sell Mucha, loan Springthorpe)
CB - Alcaraz (Free)
LB - Luke Shaw (If we sell Baines)
RM - Atsu (Sell Naismith?? Pretty please??)
LM - Scott Sinclair (loan)
CM - McCarthy (if we sell fellaini, otherwise I don't think we have the money
ST - Kone
 
but the picks we make, as is every year, are always subject to rapid and unpredictable change (Charles Nzogbia was the only player we needed at one point!!) so for now I'm hoping we simply keep everyone and maybe sign one or two. I'm really interested to see how much the tv money is though, surely we should have a morsel to spend this summer without selling. here's hoping...

If its gonna be Martinez (I've lost a bet on Rangnickeister & on Perieriairieiria) but I think I'd rather Martinez + Neville or + Dunc, for some passion

'They appoint Mark Hughes' is the most important part of that post. We're clearly assessing better options. We could have appointed Hughes instantly but thank god we didn't. Have Chelsea appointed Mourinho yet? Is Pellegrinni Citeh's new manager yet? No. We'll have a manager in the next few days after a thorough search and it will be a better candidate than Mark Hughes.

Fuck this, im not taking insult grammar lessons from you two muppets!
I like to insult people in English.

I'm
 

I'd happily take £24m for Felli. Dissappointed with his overall attitude, inconsistency, noises etc. Great player when he decides to be but he is a luxury we can't afford to retain and is certainly one we could replace for less.
 
If he was an 8/10 every game then his price would be £35m plus, the reality is that he is 9/10 one game and then 6/10 the next.
 
I would like a "speedier" midfield destroyer, one who can rally the team like a Graeme Souness (wishful), Mcarthy fits the bill at a reasonable price.

5? its been over an hour Steve!

And a very good hour it was Matt!

sure if he had stayed for 1 contract term in order to get a bit of premiership experience prior to taking on Man Utd then yes i'd say he was using us, the same I guess as an explayer (new manager) might manage a lower league club before attempting to take on a Premiership role.
 
Had he done that and left us in a better state I wouldn't have grumbled too much.
 
As it is he's been with us for 11 years, that's a long time to be in a job, he's not simply been sat around waiting for his call from Old Trafford. He's been living and breathing Everton as much if not more than pretty much anyone. he's shown all the passion and desire to succeed that you'd hope from a manager and largely he's done a good job.

Cahill: "Bloody hell... I leave you guys for 1 season and this is what happens!"

Hate it when you sit on the fence jona.....tell us what you really feel.

There is no shaking of the head emoticon, I would not on the fat little Spanish fecker if he were on fire. It's not the fact that I hate him, he ain't all he is cracked up to be. Took over a Liverpool team built by Houllier, not his, booted out of Inter failing miserably, jesus all he had to do was follow on from Mourinhio, and at Valencia spent so much cash they are now nearly bankrupt, while at Chelski he inherits a European cup winning team the jammy sod.NO, NO, NO to him I say.

Dont want the one with the white sleeves, prefer the all blue one with the swoosh and the new Everton badge. That would look smart.
 
Edit* Quick google search and found this which looks great. (Even if its just the old shirt with the new badge)
 

 
http://epltalk.com/2013/04/19/are-everton-planning-on-unveiling-a-new-club-crest-photos/

Overall I voted Seamus... he was great going forward, and tracked back to defend... always offered something on our right flank.

I guess Liverpool fans would hate it they still love the guy dont they

Cahill: "Bloody hell... I leave you guys for 1 season and this is what happens!"

Hats off to Collins and Jaaskelainen for West Ham... if not for them, my 11-0 prediction would have come true.

Damn....forgot to add Hibbo as an option.
 
"Shoooooot" shout was a classic!

With the new badge on the way, I started looking to see if there was leak of the new kit. All I could find was this (which I actually really like!) but it has the current badge on:
 
 
 
 

 
anyone got any better rumours?
 
*cough* Louis *cough*