Louis

He signed two year contract today. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2013/07/24/grant-gets-pro-deal

Stuttgart fans petition for an EGM to change their badge back to the old one.. This is the result:

€10m for a centre half ? Big gamble.. presumably he's someone who passes around at the back..

Le Parisen say he is joining an English club, Everton, West Brom and Fulham are reportedly the interested clubs. The Chantôme Menace.

Marca are running it as a story. http://www.marca.com/2013/07/23/futbol/futbol_internacional/espanoles_mundo/1374597705.html

It's happened before with the NFL game, they photoshopped a new kit over the player.

Why are they waiting outside of a petro station ?

Farah's dad is from London.

Out of contract in January too? In two months, we can begin formal talks.

Is it acceptable to refer to Froome as the first African tour de France winner? It seems he's being claimed as British although he was born in Kenya and educated in South Africa and has a home in Joburg.

I doubt it's 10% Steve, That seems far too high. The FA have rules in place to stop this happening in football, it's informally known as the Home Nations Agreement. Without it, many English players would end up playing for Wales (Leon Britton) / Scotland (Gary Hooper) based on residency.

They wanted him when he was a Rapid Vienna player too, they're obviously kean. I'd like him to stay but I suspect there'll be a major outgoing this summer.

The third kits have a habit of being nicer than the away kit. Personally, I like the 96/97 Danka-sponsored yellow with black/blue stripes.

Have we have had a Nobel prize winning player before?

Would people be happy with a situation where the academy graduates were from another continent ? Also, it's worth pointing out that: FIFA only allow players to sign over the age of 18 (there are workarounds - such as parents moving for work) The British Home Office will only offer work permits to exceptional talents/those who have played in a high percentage of games for their national team, providing that the natioal team is in the top 75 of FIFA rankings.

I can't really top Hafnia's suggestion (is it a Western theme?) Here's my suggestion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWjsT_SJNI

This is the link for the legal match stream: https://www.facebook.com/viaplay.se/app_226993774007770

Everton are through to the final after a 3-0 win over Danish team Ejsberg. http://results.gothiacup.se/2013,en/live/1788606 Tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm (3pm in Sweden) there will be a live stream of the final against Swedish team IF Brommapojkarna at this link: http://results.gothiacup.se/2013,en/team/1648960/matches

I was sitting out earlier, minding my own business when the neighbour started wailing. I got hit on the head by a harpoon.

This is TenaciousJ: http://imgur.com/ReWiAWc (Randy from South Park, 'Ectoplasm')

I like it but something doesn't quite seem right about the tower, it's too close to wreath at the top. The club want the word "Everton" on the badge and Nike want it to be self contained to make it cheaper to manufacture.

He was an unused sub.

I find it hard to define what an Everton legend is. I don't think there are many. You have the obvious (Dixie Dean - top scorer), the successful (Catterick and Kendall), the long-lasting (Ratcliffe, Lyons, Southall, Labone, Sagar), yet I look at the list and see the likes of Lawton, Farrell, Young, Ball and Watson missing and I can't quite define why they should be there. I don't think Ferguson or Cahill (or Neville - he's been the longest serving captain for decades) can be considered legends to be honest. Sometimes, people accomplish great feats playing for the club but their most playing career takes some of the reverence away.

Mark Gatiss to join for season four: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/07/17/game-of-thrones-sherlock-actor-to-season-4

The Nexten Series has been knocked down a peg following the creation of this competition: http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/index.html It's basically an U19 competition of the group stage Champions League teams.