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Don't care about his attitude. I care about his dirty tricks and behavior. Be angry. Yell, scream, make strong challenges. Stand up to the officials. Be cocky and celebrate the shit out of your goals. But I'll never be okay with any Everton player stamping, biting or headbutting like he has. Might as well be a shite fan if you're okay with his behavior on the pitch.

Costa is not at all the type of character I want in Everton blue, no matter how good the player.

Yeah I just don't really see the point with our squad depth and with Dowell and Davies coming up, unless we plan to offload a couple of our midfielders. Gana, Schneiderlin, McCarthy, Besic, Barry, Davies, Dowell seems like enough CM to me, not to mention Ross if he stays and eventually finds a position.

Damn. That is a strong left foot from a kid born after Willenium was released.

No no no no no no no.

Yeah think we definitely need another CB and striker. The CB I could see not being as important if Koeman thinks Holgate is ready to make the jump, as I'd be comfortable with Keane, Williams, Jags, Holgate. LB is a strange one still. If he plans playing 3 at the back with wingbacks often, think we can make do with what we have. If we play a 4-3-3 more regularly, think we need some cover.

This wouldn't make much sense to me. I rate him but don't really need more in his position.

Do you have a link? That would be fucking madness.

I am 10 Michael Jacksons eating popcorn at this argument.

I work in a bar and, in some way, I feel like that puts me in the best position to state that nobody's ok. And the people who pretend they are generally the ones who need the most help. Read that he had a lot of health issues. Regardless of your millions, that can be a very depressing and hopeless situation with American healthcare as it is. Hope his family will be ok.

Don't believe we are. Can't believe we are. Refuse to believe we are.

Agree. Sandro whips in a mean free kick. Much rather see he and Rooney take those then blow 40 mil on a fairly one-dimensional player.

Yeah I quite like that I think each of our more quintessential wide men offer very different qualities. Mirallas, Lookman, Bolasie and Lennon are all very different players, and I think each can help us in different scenarios.

Let's hope the entirety of the GOP machinery gets caught up in it. Looking at you Ryan, McConnell, and Pence.

Haha about right, at least in practice. Lots of roundabouts where I am, but people have no idea how to drive through them. Also 3 different names in the US for roundabout depending on where you are, used interchangeably but with slightly different definitions in roundabout, rotary and traffic circle.

Not sure I believe the media hype on that rumor. Doesn't seem that sort of player. Regardless, Everton is the peak of his level; if he did come here, I don't think anyone else would be tapping him up.

Sandro will have to be since he was born in '95. The others don't need to be registered, including Davies, but with Coleman and Bolasie (and this assuming Robles and Niasse are both shipped out and Funes Mori is considered a lost cause), the number of registered players is still 20, and we know a few of the youngsters will feature heavily (Holgate, Davies, Lookman). Regardless, I'm not so much talking about a 25-man squad to be submitted as much as I'm talking about Koeman's stated philosophy on not wanting a squad that big because it's too hard to keep them all happy: "Most of the teams they have 24, 25, 26 players," Koeman said last season. I am not the sort of manager to have that number of players because it is really difficult to keep the spirit in all the players when they dont have any possibility to start. It is better to use young players."

Think that's what Mark was getting at if you look at earlier posts. The benefit was to the Norwegian side... not us.

Squad: GK: Pickford, Stekelenburg CB: Keane, Williams, Jags, Besic LB: Baines RB: Kenny, Holgate, Martina DCM: Schneiderlin, Gana, McCarthy, Barry CM: Klaasen, Rooney, Davies, Barkley, Dowell Wingers: Mirallas, Lookman, Lennon Strikers: Sandro, DCL That's 24 right there without Bolasie or Coleman. Looks like we'll almost definitely be losing a few of those.

Ha! Had to think about this one for a minute.

Good news.

Excited by Koeman's willingness to play him anywhere, frankly. Think he's a good player and brings a lot of grit to the side. Don't really care where in the back half of the pitch he plays, just want to see him get some time.

Yeah I think we'll see Besic there, too. I don't hate it. As long as he gets his positioning right, I think he's as good an option as any with his hustle, grit and ball-playing ability.

Sounds very humble for a kid with his talent and confidence.

Think I mistook a couple crosses for Martina's that weren't his. His one ball from the corner that he chased down from Dowell was pretty bad, but that cross into Lennon was pretty good. Then again, it was a cross into Lennon, so that doesn't inspire much confidence no matter how perfect it is.