Matt

i know SSN is saying no Banega deal but there is nothing on the valencia site to say otherwise. i think the sources are having a little fun at our expense here. it would be typical everton to get a work permit then not get the player!

i have a horrible feeling that the is going to reject us with 6 hours to go and we dont get a replacement. same with Ever, this is just all a little too worrying. but, if we do get him and Banega... OH WOW! we will have some serious skills in the team and Moyes will have a headache trying to pick his starting 11! the joy! :thumbsup_anim:

both! we can do a 4-4-2 now! Cahill in behind, billy, rodwell and Pienaar. Neville in for Hibbo, rest as normal. those 2 up front, both capable of 20+ a season, with Skippy in behind them? come on, tell me thats not temptin! any thoughts?

good to know, was curious why we hadnt heard about it on the news etc. have fun in Lisbon!

ive always said, if he can stay fit he is world class. he is proving me right and im made up that Moyes turned down the offer for him. he will get 20+ this season, IF he stays fit...

that ones offair mate and this FSC still all over the place! how does sopcast work?

is yours being tempermental though? halftime nonsense is crystal but as soon as the game comes on the picture goes squiffy. is it just me?

i hope people arent getting too exicted. Benfica are STILL a class team, Sporting play a good game too and against unknowns in europe i will never think its a clear passage. this group is not as easy as it seems, especially on recent displays. no way were getting Moutinho now, but saying that, maybe if we knock em out we could get him in January! i know im being all doom and gloom today, which i assure you is not normal, but on current displays we wont deserve to qualify. But, if Moyes keeps getting in players, and the defence settle down a little, we should be comfortable...

i understand the 10 men and we had a job to do arguements. but the reason i was miffed was because the only time ive seen us play anything near decent, this season, was the second half of the 1st leg. i wanted them to go out and dictate. but we were lucky that they werent better opposition. 4-0 in a first leg and playing someone like Benefica away in the 2nd leg the way weve played so far, well... it will just be a very nervous 90 minutes and i dont think i would have any fingernails left! i am usually one of the optimistic evertonians, one who is often made fun of because ive got blue tinted glasses (i really do!) but im just struggling to find anything positive at the moment. ive defended Jo and Felli all preseason but frankly, theyre not doing my defence justice. i hope we destroy wigan, and if we dont then we at least play well, like we can do...

well, Eduardo is being charged with Diving: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8223917.stm question is now, if any club complains to the authourities, will they act in the same manner? me thinks not...

as friendly towards that idea as he is towards 2 stikers, as you point out!

Danny boy was signed as a right back if memory serves. was anyone else extrememly disappointed by the overall performance though? i seem to have watched a completely different game to everyone else! we were crap and if we played like that against a better team we wouldve been chewed up and spat out several times over. was extremely disappointed watchin it, but it was good to see the kids getting a run out and the yak back...

Can VDM be counted as an Everton player? i know he was on our books but how many minutes (yes, minutes. im not going to go by games...) did he actually play?!

Wheater isnt likely to come now after Huth has left to Stoke. i think Stoke have done a crackin bit of business there, Huth adn Tuncay, wouldve like Tuncay. not that we need him but he is a good player...

who are Bate Borisov?!

any rumours of how much?

i wonder if they would impose a general rule throughout the european leagues like this proposed financial cap? i know i was taking a 'sledgehammer' approach, but fines will make no difference to the players or clubs. bans are the only option in my eyes...

i dont get why people are upset by swearing. after all, 150 years ago, c**t was an everyday word. words like rape/paedophilia etc are far more offensive in my eyes but noone ever seems to think about censoring them out. saying that, theyre all just words for crying out loud, and anything can be made offensive with the correct tone. its all a load of nonsense...

at the end of the day, he is a CB and cover LB too. he is 31, but so what? David Weir is still playing at 40! He has a lot of experience in the EPL, allbeit for lesser clubs, but he wasnt part of a relegated club (though they came close) like huth/wheater/taylor. i think 5mill for a CB/LB cover is a bargin, and he can do well for us for the next few years. also dont forget, he is competition for Yobo (who needs pushin in my opinion) and only a guarenteed started until Jags is back. dont write him off folks, i think this is an excellent bit of business from the boss, again!

bloody hell! he mustve started in the national team when he was 17 then! he has always impressed when ive seen him. sounds like another versitile player for defence. now the big questions: how much and wages?

as long as we're in the black then it wont affect us. Everton could actually be seen as a role model in this case; managable squad size and wage bill, not massively in debt, living within our means. BK and the board may have actually have been doing us a favour in the long run! i dont understand fining a club thats already massively in debt, that makes no sense to me: increase the debt because theyre in debt. Points being docked would be a better incentive...

how old is he now? hes been around for ages!

well, that was crap. im only voting for Pienaar because, well there was noone else work voting for. to be honest, the whole evening has been rubbish, with the stupid hotel having a "technical problem" exclusively to channel 5. so. im going to find something better to do...

i liked Jacobson and since we already had him made sense to me to keep him. he made a difference in the cup final. feel sorry for him to be honest, finally signed for a team (bburn) thinking hes probably 1st choice then they go and sign salgado. isnt Chimbonda a RB too?

well, according to the bbcsite: TEAM NEWS Striker Yakubu has been included in the Everton squad for Wednesday's Europe League play-off second round, second leg tie with Czech side Sigma Olomouc. The Nigerian marked his return to action after an Achilles injury with a goal in a reserve game on Tuesday. Holding a 4-0 first leg lead, the Toffees have included youngsters Kieran Agard and Hope Akpan in their squad. Phil Jagielka, Mikel Arteta and Victor Anichebe are still injured and new man Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is ineligible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everton (from): Howard, Nash, Hibbert, Baines, Yobo, Duffy, Neville, Rodwell, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill, Gosling, Saha, Yakubu, Vaughan, Jo, Wallace, Baxter, Akpan, Agard, Turner Anyone willing to put a startin 11 from that lot?