Louis

It's not like he had far to go, he's from St Helens or somewhere near there isn't he?

It's just another day. I don't even look forward to it any more. I can't be arsed faffing about getting the tree out of the loft, putting it up and putting it back when christmas is over. It only starts argument and every year without fail I think "what's the point?".

The company who is about to spend £350m on Skelmersdale have said they will not do it if the Kirkby project is given the go ahead. That's a pretty huge news. Skelmersdale are above Kirkby in the for 'retail area ranking league' and the Skem plans are not against planning policy (whilst Destination Kirkby is) so it'll be interesting to see what decision is made ! Both towns have similar populations.

A few more documents have been made public: This is a bit damning from Mark McVicar (Cushman and Wakefield). http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/resources/23492...idence_list.doc

Deva Stadium !

Egyptian international striker Emad Metab, who is currently plying his trade for Saudi side Al Ittihad, on loan from Egypt's Al Ahly, might be on his way to Everton. (Metab was a former IMScouting Player to Watch.) The player's agent, Mohamed Hamid, said: "I traveled to England a week ago to agree on final details of the contract with Everton. We agreed on everything, and Emad Metab was informed about the course of negotiations, and he is glad about it." The agent added that Metab, who has scored five goals in eight appearances this season, is not satisfied playing in the Saudi league. "We will have only to wait for the end of the season until he officially moves to the English league," Hamid added.

http://www.just-whatever.com/2007/12/27/lego-stadium/ How good is that!?

Tim Cahill is going to open a football academy in Wollongong, New South Wales Australia. http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/lo...st/1336838.aspx He also has plans to operate one in Dubai with a company called Elite Sporting Academy. Also.. recent interview with him on BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/f...cus/7703096.stm

I thought they would have just promoted the players from the USL team, it seems a bit of a mess having 10 new signings who can't get into the other teams.

BBC have a listen again feature so you can listen to it on their website. I'm behind the times at the moment and listening to Glasvegas.

Early time to got he Cinema wasn't it?

I've heard that too, £4m rising to £15m based on club appearances and international appearances. It'd make sense too because Villa were linked with him for £5m three days before we bought him. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/200...15875-20716062/ If the club had came out and said he'd cost £4m I don't think he'd have been labelled a flop so soon. A lot of unnecessary pressure was put on him because the club announced he was the new transfer record.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...pur/7699135.stm Tad envious here.

Bit of information on Mo:

I'm happy to be wrong on this occasion!

Can Fellaini make it 3 in a row? Has this ever happened before? Maybe you should leave him out against Fulham Mike. The others need a chance! EDIT - Actually he's out for Fulham because he now has 5 yellow cards, he was carded last night for celebrating too much meaning he misses the next game.

Name the line up versus Fulham in March 2002: http://www.football365.com/fun/games/missi...6,13272,00.html

Jamie, the link I gave lets you watch it on channel4.com

http://www.channel4.com/video/brandless-ca...dBrand=dead-set Anyone else been watching this? It's called "Dead Set".

Freddy Ljungberg has signed for them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7696244.stm

You have to guess who is who... some are obvious, some aren't! http://www.sportcartoons.co.uk for the website where they are from.

Thanks for the clarification DM. I don't believe our points of view are a million miles away - even if you do have a red avatar ! I would also like to see Everton have a stadium befitting that of the club's stature (with cold booze available!). I've personally never said that Kirkby is wrong because it is in Knowsley (i.e. not Liverpool), I've said that I don't believe Kirkby can cope with the demands of a 50,000 stadium. If Everton had exhausted all other possibilities for a new stadium/redevelopment and then decided that Kirkby was ultimately the only site available, I'd reluctantly accept it. I do not believe that this has been done. My understanding is that proof for alternative sites and their suitability will be in the public domain following the public inquiry. With regards to the cost of redeveloping Goodison, I too believe that it would cost more to do in the long run but in the short term it can more than match the capacity for Kirkby. The advantages as I see it are the club would be taking less risk and borrowing a smaller amount to redevelop a stand - whether the club want to expand the Park End, add another tier to the Bullens Road, rotate the ground after obtaining the nearby houses is entirely up to them. The council leader has been on national television/radio and said that he would do everything possible to keep EFC in the area even close down the Gwladys Street school and relocate Walton Motors, as a fan I'd have liked the club to have called his bluff very early on. I havn't called anyone liars (I don't think!?), I've pointed out that Deloitte say the stadium will bring in £6m a year and the Everton CEO and former CEO have said upwards of £10million. That doesn't make sense to me. I've got mixed opinions on 'Mr Everton'. On the hand the club has only made a profit under his guidance once or twice in 9 years and debts have increased. On the other hand the playing team has improved. If the £52million that Everton are to be given is to be taken at face value, the club's value will be increased by the same amount and as a result so will his shareholding - whether he wishes to sell his shares if the stadium goes through is up to him - and also up to the buyer and how much he is willing to pay despite the on paper £52million value rise. Your comments on football stadium value are very interesting, this is entirely something I agree with but Keith Wyness said that the stadium will cost £130m but will have a value of £150m. It's exactly like you've said, it's not a house and no one would substantially more than the construction cost for it. The problem is that the debt would be secured against the stadium before (as has happened with Goodison Park now) before the players need to be sold to balance the books.

Full capacity stadium too, I bet they'll come to regret not making it larger than 6,000 (same capacity as Chester City's Deva Stadium). Nice to see Sepp Blatter making an appearance too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7618027.stm - Short video on Indian Football saying how they need development at grassroots level.

http://shirts.soccerlens.com/category/le-coq-sportif/ That shows some LCS designs from the past.