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Was just having a scan through one of the Everton forums and came across this amazing post when our second went in Presumably some manner of swear filter on there... [Poor language removed] [Poor language removed] TEAM [Poor language removed] [Poor language removed] MANAGER EVERTON ARE [Poor language removed] [Poor language removed] CRAP [Poor language removed] THEM WE’RE GOING DOWN

Game number 3 I chose not to watch of the season. Win number 3. Im missing all the fun but taking one for the team. Gary Neville "Ohhhhhhhh, where do you want your statue Holden McGroin"

However it was such a special night to be there. The flags were in the Leazes, the crowd was well up for it and tortured Pickford on every touch. There was a lovely inflatable T. Rex right in front of me and it was a few rows behind the goal. When Pickford took his place in goal at the start, there was a lovely 10 second stare off between the two and you could tell he was seething Everything’s already been said about the game and I agree with all the praise being heaped on the team. How refreshing though going into the last 10 minutes of a game, chilled and knowing we are going to win. Even the walk back to the car with chants ringing out around the ground was wonderful. The biggest plus on the night was seeing that we can get goals from other individuals. What a relief. Bring on Villa

That league table is starting to look a bit better like. A bit of a master stroke, which could’ve easily backfired, by Howe to not make it look like we’re totally reliant on the latest signings. Fucking buzzing this morning after an almost perfect set of results. Off work for the rest of the week / up to sunny Alnmouth too.

The people who were questioning the morale's about Newcastle buying their way out of relegation. Is it fair Everton have bought their way into it?

In other words, Andrew doesn’t know how to do it. I bet Tom could do it.

Also, the chants of “Kieran Trippier, over the wall”, were deafening…….. and then this

Oh what a night Thought the Omens were bad when I looked up and saw this right in front of me

He should do the decent thing really and not watch again until we've won the Champions League. Twice.

A blue one or a red and white this chap was not having a good night in the wrong end.

Smiling up in Heaven as we speak.

I’m really enjoying the mental gymnastics about sportswashing etc Their entire stadium did the Poznań for Man City but suddenly they’re really concerned where the money comes from.

The problem is them. It always has been and always will be. Twenty mangers in as many years, billionaire owners, spunking millions on mercenary players, none of it makes any difference because the problem is the city and club itself. Divine punishment from above IMO.

The daft fuckers are obsessed with this ludicrous notion of "Mag behaviour" whatever that means. They cant demonstrate at the SOl cos.'that's mag behaviour marra". Well i for one am looking forward to us enter an era of sporting success as they do the oppsoite. Winning things would be mag behaviout after all.

I’d rather see Manquillo slightly out of position at LB on Sunday than Ritchie at this point tbh.

Nine lives patter

That's more than Bruno got marra

Haven't read the thread after this post, but HMHM, how do you like those apples? Gettin!

Monkey hands Keys talking before this round of matches. He really hasn't got a fucking clue has he 😂 What else did we learn in the PL break? Well - that Newcastle are still in big trouble, that’s for sure. Their spend in January was interesting I mentioned Wood in the last blog. He’s a solid citizen. Trippier is too, although he’s not going to win you many games. Dan Burn? Underwhelming. So was the addition of Targett. Guimaraes is the wrong man, at the wrong time, at the wrong club for me. Is he really going to dig them out of trouble? I don’t think so. He’s got quality that’s for sure - but he might just be ‘new’ Dmitri Payet. You can see why Newcastle bought him. They just had to land a big one (big-ish) to prove they could, but they came up well short. They were nowhere near the ones they really wanted. All the money on the world doesn’t guarantee success. I don’t see enough goals in them to survive. I was texting a Geordie legend on another matter this week and he agreed - although he mis-understood my question - which was ‘do you think they’ve got enough to come straight back up?’ 🤷‍♂️😂. Another problem which has emerged for the Toon is that two of the other strugglers are going to give it a right go. Norwich are finding some form under Dean Smith - whose been the course before - and Roy Hodgson will get a tune out of Watford. What a great start - their first PL clean sheet in two years and six managers - at Burnley! Hodgson will have been delighted with the result. Yep - if Newcastle are going to stay up they’ve got it all on. I can’t wait for the game against Everton this week. What a difference in the attitude and atmosphere around Goodison for the tie against Brentford. It was as if a stiff breeze off the Mersey had blown the stench of the Benitez era away. I’ve spoken to people who suffered the pain of the Spaniards time with Everton. Three words keep coming up - distanced, difficult and destructive. Three ‘d’s. Here’s another - dunce. Good luck Frank. It’s great to have you back in business. Taking Paul Clement is a smart move. Listen to him talk on KeysandGray The Podcast @keysandGraypod. He’s worked with the very best all over Europe. He’s a smart guy. I’m not suggesting it’s going to be easy for them - quite the opposite - but it was a great start and I think they’ll win at Newcastle this week. Everybody at Goodison looked refreshed.

He definitely had that one saved in his drafts.

Finding stuff out? Mag behaviour.

No cunt’s seen it for twenty years though.

There was a point in the second half where the Everton players clearly got frustrated and started making some snidey tackles, think it started when that drip Gordon went for Trippier. Trippier then wound the little urchin up and he clattered ASM, what followed that was about 5 crunching, clear the player out type tackles from our lot and the Everton players wanted absolutely no fucking part of it . Absolutely brilliant stuff to see from a side that’s looked devoid of any interest to one that completely dominates the physical side of a match like that.

Reading through this thread avoiding work. This. We've got our mojo back, going to SJP is an absolute pleasure now rather than a chore. Fucking loved last night. And the best thing is, it's only going to get better.

Don't forget @Holden McGroin who is also doing his bit.

Never once doubted your team selection boss.

Get the Villa match thread started. You’re on a heater

So haven't had it then

Does that man not know he’s jeopardising Everton’s special relationship with Sunderland?!

Yep, the only possible measure of a better side is who is where in the table from game to game. I distinctly remember in the first two weeks of the season when EVERYONE was so surprised that Brentford were the joint best team in England while City were definitely the worst... What an absolute fucking berk that man is

Gregg’s are launching a clothing line… at Primark. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60311654 If CT doesn’t get one of their hoodies for his 70th this year, there’ll be wars in Boldon.

The manager they were hounding out while he had them third? That manager? Who’d have thought their pretend owners wouldn’t have a fucking clue what they were doing so would just try to placate the fan base. If only it was absolutely obvious to anyone that looked at the situation for a minute eh . They will of course be absolutely blind to the fact they as fans are, and have been throughout this decline, part of the problem. I really like the idea of them getting wound up about their result being called out, they know it always is if they’re playing on the same day right? It’s just an added laugh after we smashed 3 past their beleaguered scouse counterparts.

Speakman & KLD. They sound like absolutely gash rappers, who’d get glassed 5 minutes into Ryhope’s Got Talent.

Say "Janmaat" three times in the mirror and essembee will appear and throw acronyms at you for 72 hours

i think we all agreed with your assessment of him when he played up front - absolutely gash and felt like a massive waste of £40m, which is why your nickname for him stuck. His finishing is still shite but can you not not enjoy the job he's done since howe moved him to midfield? i'm loving his transformation personally - chuffed for him. he's been one of our best players since the takeover, that's not even up for debate.

As ewerk said they don’t have anything to spend. This “billionaire” owner just isn’t actually a billionaire, it’s his possible inheritance which as MF mentioned is currently his mother’s money. I mean imo he’s also not their actual owner, it’s still Donaldson tbh who himself has a net worth similar (or possibly less) to Jonjo Shelvey. Donaldson is exactly what basically everyone on here said, he’s an opportunist and a carpet bagger, he got the club for nothing (just had to repay the parachute payments) and he’s sold percentages off to these two dozy trust fund kids that are happy for a day out tbh, so he’s probably doing really well out of his bleeding of the club and he’s still there despite pushing this kid front and centre. They deserve him mind, how much did they go out their way to talk about how fucking amazing he was despite it being pretty obvious what he was? I will always remember how buzzing they were to have that snake Methven involved . “A PR man is exactly what we need” and all that guff, then they began to hate him when he did exactly what PR men do . Couple that with Rentons point about the fans being fucking ridiculous, they’ve been in that league for 4 seasons now why do they have this delusion that they should easily get one of the automatic slots? The manager had them third and they were demanding him out for fuck sake , they highlight a rough spell but he still had them in the playoff spots. At least they have their faux morals to fall back on eh. They said it themselves they’d rather have their owners than ours, so crack on.

I’ve watched that Trippier free kick a shitload and the quality of it is just incredible. We’re really not looking like a team that should be going down. Look at that atmosphere! Incredible! Also that’s two free kicks in two games, a nice string to our bow.

Keys is a fucking morning TV anchor that lucked his way into a football presenting job. Wtf does he think he's doing writing at length about football.