Howay

Everton not playing either of the helmets that signed for them late. My issue with not playing Bruno is we created very little against Leeds. Hopefully it works out, if Willock and Shelvey decide to play like they did against Leeds we should have enough to get a result against this team of mackem losers.

It’s weird having a player who is clearly trying to create a brand. I assume the others post pictures of the fish and chips they eat? Or Hayden posting “tough one today but we go again!!” After a 4-0 humiliation.

To be fair, he’s probably the best in the squad at dressing up for Halloween the spooky bastard.

I’m not even touching how fucking deluded that bloke is for thinking there is any fucking hope of them being in Europe in 3 years time, but Neil Lennon being the one to do it? He did a tremendous job at Bolton, so why not.

New fave already.

I’ll never forget seeing Allardyce running down the stairs to get to the dug out getting absolute pelters from the crowd, as he sat in that seat in the stands with his TVs. Think we were 0-3 down by that point.

Aye, agree with ewerk. I think it is massively skewed by the spend since Bruce come in. I think Bruce spent over 100m, with very little going the other way, and then obviously we went mad this window. So that’s probably 200m+ of the 648m in the last couple of years.

Aye, we are on about playing fucking Longstaff over him man. I get the point but at the same time we don’t have the luxury of waiting, this next run of 5 or so games are some of our best opportunities to get points. I also disagree with the Saul mention, the jump from Spain to the PL is massive, the styles of play are completely different, meanwhile Ligue 1 plays a similar way/pace to the PL the same that the Bundesliga does. We have to take risks here, he also doesn’t come across at all as a lad who will have his confidence knocked if he was to have a poor debut tbh. He clearly backs himself massively, not just based on him making the move but also things he’s said in the past. He doesn’t need wrapped in cotton wool.

Aye they have to fucking cool it with their high and mighty shite, that was completely ended when the chant of “he shags who he wants, Adam Johnson he shags who he wants” was sung at the stadium of plight when they subbed on a bloke facing charges of having a relationship with a 15 year old. But sure, they can feel free to make up a link that we are appointing a bloke who got sacked for being a sex pest and get annoyed about it/pretend they have the high ground despite it clearly not being a true link.

he’s a right cock aye. That documentary they did while he was Liverpool manager is fucking brilliant purely because he comes off so badly. Had a massive mural or painting of his own face directly across from his front door iirc.

It is hilarious that when our fan base decided to start doing the flag thing at games, their fan base suddenly started to try and do it. Not saying our lot created doing flags at games but fucking hell the old ‘plastic Geordies’ moniker really was spot on about them.

I think Lascelles is going to start tbh. I’d prefer Schar but I think Howe will go with Lascelles.

He needs to learn but I can’t help but feel his ego is standing in the way. The Derby job was a good one for him to learn in, the way they were very attacking but lacking defensively is likely what cost them hopes of promotion, the following season his loan stars went back to their parent clubs and he might have been forced to be a little more pragmatic and learn that side of the game but he fucked off. I think he clearly wasn’t ready for the Chelsea job, I get why he took it and honestly he likely won’t ever be the caliber of manager that normally manages those sides anyway. It would seem like from then he’s been applying solely to PL roles, like Palace, us, and now Everton. Maybe it’ll click for him, but as others have pointed out his Chelsea side was leaky defensively despite the players he had and now he has worse defenders, I guess we will see if he’s learnt. I’m not massively concerned at them giving Brentford a kicking, Brentford have been rodded like that in the 4 games leading up to that one and have been dire for 3 months or so now.

#depressing #neejob #wolfjerky

The chat on our side was that we had a bid accepted, the plane was there and ready to pick him up, but then the Reims DoF basically said “I know you have loads of money so give us another £10m“, our lot told them to swivel and the deal collapsed. Maybe his agent is saving face by acting big time (whether what I said is true or not that statement is frankly fucking absurd for a 19 year old after 18 games ). I’m not entirely sure whose side is accurate but tbh fuck this arrogant agent I’m saying our side is spot on, Hugo Smallplums club overvalued him. We’re not going to pay more than their entire club is worth ffs. If what I’ve heard is true I’m desperate for us to stay up . Paqueta, Raphina, Botman are the three I’ve heard. Carlos no longer of interest. Gayle and Clark refused loans and Howe is fuming with both.

I’m creased at this like. Fucking vibes. Getting absolutely blasted with wind on the least picturesque dock you could ever see. #bellend #mackemcunt #getafuckingwashyoupedo

That’s two inferences that he’s like Michael Jordan now ffs. They’re really laying this on thick, definitely not owners trying to deflect from the fact they’ve no clue what to do.

Like we all suspected, serious lack of plums this one. Hopefully we look elsewhere.

Interesting, I thought FFP was driven purely off the P&L then adjusted to remove investment into things like infrastructure. I had assumed it was them putting cash back in for Bruno, glad to be wrong, they’re clearly finding the loopholes in the rules which is great as it’s really backing up other evidence to what’s coming in future. FFP is an even bigger joke than I originally thought @Tom get excited again after I (and ewerk 😉) went into buzz killington mode. Means this lot plan on spending fucking shit loads since we could already spend a lot anyway but they’re utilizing other means to spunk even more on players as well!

I’m not too familiar with his stuff tbh. It looks like he’s a finance professor so he could also be farming for likes/interactions on his Twitter as he knows how the transaction will look to people.

I thought the same. Confidence booster for our forwards in training maybe?

I was enjoying the craic about it, just thought I’d put my glasses on and note it just so people weren’t wondering why they weren’t doing it to get around FFP in future. My mates had all been texting me the same, definitely felt like the fun police yesterday. I’ve little to no doubt they have a ton of ways to get around FFP in any case.

Yeah that makes sense. I know they’d injected cash into the club early in their ownership and was interested in the manner they did it, and would continue to do it. This is exactly the sort of high octane chat this board always needed. Glad to see it’s been met with the enthusiasm my accounting chat is usually met with.

Not to burst everyone’s bubble but sales of shares don’t impact P&L, so won’t be a mechanism for getting round FFP. I’d say it’s a way of getting cash into the club but if that was the case they could just give it to the club, since in either case it wouldn’t change FFP. Honestly not entirely sure what they’re doing here tbh.

Aye he’s gone tbh. The same that Lewis is gone. I can’t get my head around the melt down from a good amount of our fans on Lewis missing out btw, did I miss him not being a shite player for 2 year? He’s also 25, in comparison Targett who just joined is a year older. Ritchie got in because he’s more versatile and is clearly a bit more of an influence in the dressing room, either way it was a squad place that went to the third choice left back tbh. The fans saying “he can go to Turkey on loan and come back stronger” . Hayden is the type of CM I really have never liked. Just sideways passing, shuttling types that don’t really ever do anything with the ball. Not his fault mind, he was decent in the Championship in that role and then he was never moved on. Admittedly I’m fairly harsh on our squad as I’m sick of the fucking sight of most of them, most of them were workmanlike with very little talent and through lack of competition and the low standards at the club they’ve all become lazy as fuck. I’m really happy at the prospect of not watching Hayden again, really looking forward to Longstaff and Shelvey being fucked off as well. Watching the video of Bruno arriving in the locker room to Clark not raising his eyes from his phone and Longstaff doing likewise with his feet, they can fuck right off. Not that I’m saying they should all be mobbing him but fucking hell man stand up and greet the bloke you pack of fucking LOSERS.