James

We genuinely aren’t ok defensively now, Krapth just couldn’t handle the right side there was so much space that was giving Aston Villa joy. The VAR call and the shock that it gave saved us as it scared Howe into making a tactical change. he will need help and the only way we can do that is to move to five at the back which has its own problems

If he can’t start I’d still have him on the bench then send him to warm up where he can be an extra coach on the sidelines

Mick, NE5 and HWTL takes it to 207.

rewatch the build up to the second goal, he played an important role here that allowed several players to break forward into space

It was a great cameo and would have liked to have seen more. got to remember however that Everton had been obliterated by that point though they had gaps everywhere

To be honest I was a bit emotional following the the third goal, it felt like a reawakening, a passion I haven’t genuinely felt since Sir Bobby

I’m sure he would have been able to run off that knock if we weren’t winning 3-1 at 90 mins

You’re not tackling Bruno no no no you’re not tackling BRUNoooo

Many senior positions outside of football use gardening leave as a way of detaching people from trade secrets, clients, contacts etc it is hardly an uncommon thing. when I left my last job they thought about putting me in gardening leave for three months but decided against it as I was going to a client and not a competitor.

Yep we’ve seen in the news for weeks now the importance of following your own rules. yes these are boring mundane details to many but it is important that people like geordie2302 are checking these details and trying to hold people to account. if people didn’t do this, society would collapse

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8. January market only has limited players available, especially up front - what clubs are going to sell their goal scorers / creators? Nonetheless we were the highest spenders in Europe. we didn’t spend too much on mediocre players like Everton did a few years ago and look what has happened to them since. first time this season I’ve felt we have a chance of staying up but it’s going to be very close.

As I understand things, Everton have spent a good chunk of next year’s FFP allocation on a player who I’m not sure is up for it any more. they might get a few good games out of him, but a nosedive is coming, be it this year or next

Ritchie can play multiple positions and was credited with get his team mates riled up to get out of the bad patch last year

Entering Sibierski territory now

Sounds like he is turning us down for the right reasons

On the medical, I read a couple of years ago that clubs can opt for shorter, less thorough medical if they want, or a player might go for a pre-medical at an independent clinic a few days in advance, so the medical would just be reading the clinic’s report and double checking anything they want to look at more closely. so there will be plenty of time.

Wow

I’ve heard someone compare him to Henry, and another to Trezeguet

Get the thread title changed

plays for Watford

I’m hearing the surprise player is Dan Gosling

If I’m Shelvey and I’m earning £4m a year (so £2m+ after tax) I don’t give a fuck what anyone else is earning. I’m fucking loaded.

I think he was taking the mick out of all those people that keep saying we aren’t doing our best

Channel 4 did a piece on him a few years ago. None of the money is his they claimed - he was just a puppet - and now it seems the puppetmaster has lost interest.