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it's 20 quid or so extra a month i think..my mate just got a deal where he got 12 months half price..will ask him about it for ya..or just look around at deals online

Hands up who thought we were linked with him ?

I liked Drenthe. But, him in London is a bad idea. He's going to end up crashing a car full of prostitutes into the Thames. Best of luck to him though.

You went on a rock safari? That must've been some salesman .

Has he started school yet?

I'd do a Luka Modric style defence should anyone come in for Fellaini. I'd charge them in the region of £50 million so they fucked off and even if they did actually come back with an offer like that we could get someone world class to replace him, I loved watching Fellaini play though, it was spectacular.

Felli was the best player on the pitch followed by Jags. Their best player was De Gea which is a compliment to us. Kagawa looked tidy (I was left underwhelmed by him) but he did no more than Leon Osman! A special mention must go to Tony 'Tiger' Hibbert - some of his challenges were brilliant - a good old fashioned rb!!!
 
Re. Fergie's comments... meh! He'd love to hoof it to felli rather than dilly-dally around the box without creating anything - they played like Arsenal... nice passing/possession but no penetration. The only time they bossed possession was when we went ahead and they bought on 3 players worth more than our entire squad!
 
The better team won on the night - end of story!

I'm sure having had Landon Donovan in the team and currently having Tim Howard will have something to do with it, along with the US Tours we've done in the past to promote ourselves.
 
Oh, and glad to have you on board Rick!

I wanted a team that was an under dog, but that wasn't in enough danger to finish in the bottom 3. I like Howard a ton. I love the motto and logo. Everything I've read about Moyes makes me confident in the Toffee's future (hopefully he stays on board). I like that there is so much tradition and history with Everton.

I agree the thought of Pip or Heitinger in midfild genuinely fills me with dread. Lookig forward to seeing Junoir play thouh as he reports from pre season say he is one to watch.

City have only brought in Rodwell over the summer which is a terrible signing and they have never had the pressure of having to hold onto a league title. Manchester United will be right on their heels from the off and I think its inevitable that they crack.
 
van Persie is set to sign on Thursday now, could see him at Goodison Park in United colours.

I hate City because they were a shit club and now suddenly think that they are God's gift to football. Chelsea were never title contenders but at least they were established in the Premier League, Manchester City were known as being just too good for the lower leagues but being well away from the standard of the Premiership, they were a yo-yo team at best similar to the old West Brom and the current West Ham and it's a joke that anyone considers them a top team in terms of history, they're going to be a super club for 2-3 years and then drop like a stone.
 
I don't mind teams having take-overs that deserve it, top flight teams that have earned the right to be in Europe and have established themselves as top clubs over a long period of time (Arsenal/Tottenham/Everton/)
 
City just got lucky that some buffoon wearing a dishcloth on his head took a fancy to them but somehow believe they are a class above everyone else, I despise their club and I despise their fans (apart from the missus) and I can't wait until their deck of cards fall down on their heads and they end up in administration and back to the third tier of football where they belong.
 
In a way its already happening, Mancini hasn't been given the green light to go on a spending spree this summer and is getting frustrated, once he goes a few players will and without strong backing they wont be able to challenge for the championship, if they can't challenge for the championship their star players will leave and the cycle will be back to the beginning. This Sheikh won't be around forever to hold City's hand through European football and when he buggers off they are in bigger shit than the likes of Glasgow Rangers and Portsmouth.
 
Like I said, tomorrow I fly a flag high for Chelsea, never will I agree with what City have done to football and never will I support them.

Get the board out!!!

bit behind the game had to nip out i was tryin to avoid the score so didn't go in any other football threads you scoundrel :shaking fist:

Watch his stats on FIFA go through the roof now just because he's signed for Manchester City.
 

Watch his stats on FIFA go through the roof now just because he's signed for Manchester City.
 

Watch his stats on FIFA go through the roof now just because he's signed for Manchester City.
 

dude, why post that? Its pointless!

Paul Gerrard was down after coming out for the ball and pulled up, Di Canio had an easy scoring attempt but instead caught the ball, I remember the game clearly. I don't know what the score was at the time however.

I really like McGeady, with me having a soft spot for Celtic I'd rather he go there should we miss out on him than the likes of Sunderland. I'd love to have him here but I'm unsure how he'd fit in to our set-up now, we have Naismith and Pienaar on the wings so I'd only ever see him as cover (which is a great shame).

I dont think so, it was obvious throughout the game that Athens were playing for the win and the reaction from the goalkeeper showed that he didn't let it in. Tony hit the ball as sweet as he could have hoped and got his reward, I'm personally over the moon that he scored in this fashion as opposed to tapping it in from 12-yards.

Really good game from us today and one which has me really excited for the Manchester United game in a few weeks;
 
Howard - Was pretty quiet but did what he needed to well, I was a bit dissapointed that he got nothing on the Athens goal but in all fairness it was a rocket and would have took some stopping. He's a step up from Mucha and someone who I'm happy keeping our goal safe - nice game.
 
Baines/Heitinga/Distin - Solid performance at the back from the Everton lads today and Athens never looked like scoring after their goal in the first half, we shut up shop really well and look in good form for the start of next season, if we play like we did tonight I can see us being a really good defensive unit for the year ahead. (was especially nice to see Baines linking up with Pienaar too throughout the game ).
 
Hibbert - Class performance as always from Hibbo, a fanstastic strike for his first goal and one which was met with true Everton rioting. Made up for the man and I just hope that he can grab one in the Premiership too.
 
Osman/Gibson - Both rather quiet but did what they needed to well, Gibbo bombed into a few tackles a bit wildly and looked a bit clumsy but I'm sure once the Premier League kicks in he'll settle down.
 
Pienaar - I'm his biggest critic over the whole saga this summer but he was a really good today, he set our attacks alight and linked up really well with Baines to show some Everton' attacks that reminded me of last season, I get the feeling that with these two down our wing we will do really well (as we already know what they can do).
 
Fellaini - Bossed the midfield as usual and looked rather better in his new attacking-role, if he can bring the ball out of the air and walk around defenders in the middle of the park then I see no reason why he can't do it in the box, I think he's going to be even more valuable to us this season than ever before.
 
Naismith - Hat-trick on his home debut, can we really complain? The first goal was pure class, lobbing the goalkeeper so calmly just seconds into the game and looking totally at home in an Everton shirt, I was slightly skeptical about him when he joined but I have to say he's got me really excited, his first two goals were well taken and the third was a real poachers goal, smashing home from close range - MOTM.
 
Jelavic - Looked off the pace and was very average. He's probably only just getting into match fitness though so I'm not worrying just yet, I'm sure once he's 100% him and Naismith will be lethal.
 
Mucha - OK game. (nice clean sheet) but flapped at a corner which wasn't really much trouble and seemed a little all over the place, I'm happy he's number two but I think he's only ever going to be that for us.
 
Neville - Sad to say but I think he's going to slowly move out of our team, he looked off the pace as soon as he came on and considering that he was fresh and the Athens lads had been playing an hour is a worry, he was turned all over the place and had to have the likes of Baines and Distin cover him when he was turned inside and out. I like Phil but I think his days of starting (and playing the full 90) are going to be behind him soon.
 
Rodwell/Gueye/Duffy/Barkley/Vellios/Anichebe - All did what the had to well enough, nothing stood out as magical from them but nothing stood out for the wrong reasons either. I didn't see anything that would make me want to put them in the Starting XI but I'm glad we have them at our disposal.
 
All in all a good game, 4 goals at home and three from our new signing who looks like a class act. 2012/13 is promising.

i'm not overly bothered..nice to see us do well...i just hate sturridge's arrogance

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