*Shakes head* Everton again.

[Leyton388]

I hope its Cancer and Aids ready for a shock return to English football. 

[Ron B]

Lampard in the Guardian today:

 

“I am not stupid, you take up a job as a manager in the Premier League, and maybe in the situation I came into here or at Chelsea where I go into it with a [transfer] ban, and half a team of kids who were playing in the Championship the year before, yet the expectation was we finish in the top four.”

 

Does anyone know of any Chelsea games when five/six players had been on loan in the Championship the previous season? Smells a little bit like bullshit. 

[Rushies tash]

10 minutes ago, Ron B said:

Lampard in the Guardian today:

 

“I am not stupid, you take up a job as a manager in the Premier League, and maybe in the situation I came into here or at Chelsea where I go into it with a [transfer] ban, and half a team of kids who were playing in the Championship the year before, yet the expectation was we finish in the top four.”

 

Does anyone know of any Chelsea games when five/six players had been on loan in the Championship the previous season? Smells a little bit like bullshit. 

Didn't a couple of players end up arriving during the "ban" due to the way they were bought (I think Pulisic was one of them)? So, he had to go one window without buying - on top of all the expensive players that were there already?

[TD_LFC]

Kovacic was one.

[DalyanPete]

1 hour ago, Le Duan said:

“…almost as if everyone wants us down..” his point being?

Exactly 

[VladimirIlyich]

10 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Because Everton would have finished above Newcastle otherwise. Obviously.

Only Newcastle? They'd have won the League by 30 points if it wasn't for those pesky fixtures.

[JagSquared]

1 hour ago, Beno said:

I'll be honest, if Everton had got a City type investor they would have blown what City have become out the water. There is still massive potential there, just lets hope it never comes out. 

Im not sure I agree with that to be honest. They have spent decades going on about being a local club pushing away any outside interest to the point where they struggle to attract legitimate sponsorship. Most people outside of England dont even know where Everton is. So their fan pull is limited.
 

When City we’re bought they at least had the name Manchester so they were able to dupe robinho into joining and people forget but under their Thai owner they we’re splashing the cash before the oil money came in and we’re gifted a new stadium. They had Sven as their manager and bought in a few players like elano not world beaters but they had become well known. At the time Everton we’re scratching around the championship for signings and had to get the council to buy and lease them back their training ground I think so they would have had a much worse starting position.

 

if they got a city type investor now they would have to spend a fortune on their squad, stadium and hope they didn’t get relegated. So not sure they would blow city out of the water.

 

also it’s Everton they would have found a way to fuck it up.

[Razoray]

1 hour ago, Rushies tash said:

Didn't a couple of players end up arriving during the "ban" due to the way they were bought (I think Pulisic was one of them)? So, he had to go one window without buying - on top of all the expensive players that were there already?

He just had these 27 kids to pick from. Poor Frank.

 

Kepa
Azpilicueta Christensen Rudiger Alonso
Kovacic Jorginho Kante
Mount Giroud Pulisic

 

Caballero
James Tomori Zouma Emerson
Loftus-Cheek Barkley
Pedro Abraham Hudson-Odoi

William Batshuayi Gilmour 

 

[Baresi]

Dear Everton Fans,

I have been a Liverpool supporter since I drew my first breath and I have been following my team home and abroad for 49 years now.

I have been involved in plenty of banter with your side of the Park and there have been some great days for both clubs during this period. 

We have shared some momentous occasions and who could forget the day the whole of Wembley sung “ Merseyside “ 

We have also both shared the most enormous of grief together and I have never been so proud of the city as when we stood together proudly through those dark days. 

The fortunes of both clubs are on different ends of the scale at the moment and I was disappointed to see you drop into the bottom 4. After the game I was appalled to hear fellow Liverpool Fans saying “ Imagine if we win the league and Everton go down on the same day. 

I would hate this to happen because I genuinely hope and pray that these two things happen on separate days so we can have TWO  
massive Parties you Bitter Bluenose Bastards  !!!!

[Einch]

Some of The Bitters have got wise to Fat Frank and his PR bullshit. They’re calling out his manufactured manager persona. Definitely not a good look when you have to be born. 

[VladimirIlyich]

21 minutes ago, Einch said:

Some of The Bitters have got wise to Fat Frank and his PR bullshit. They’re calling out his manufactured manager persona. Definitely not a good look when you have to be born. 

It's not as if it hasn't been pretty obvious since he was even considered for the post. 

[Barrington Womble]

11 hours ago, Lee909 said:

They were already 6pts behind Newcastle. 

Doesn't sound much but when you are averaging 0.86pts per game its Mount fucking Everest. I would say if Leeds beat Watford tomorrow that'll be Watford and Norwhich down and unless Leeds or Brentford go on a 6 game losing spree theyll both be safe

A Watford win is what we want. Keep that pressure on. Watford don't have a bad run of fixtures. 

[KMD7]

26 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

It's not as if it hasn't been pretty obvious since he was even considered for the post. 

"Anyone but Benitez?"

[VladimirIlyich]

2 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

"Anyone but Benitez?"

Be careful what you wish for! Hahaha.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

3 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

"Anyone but Benitez?"

 

1 minute ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Be careful what you wish for! Hahaha.

For a fanbase so obsessed with us, it's mad that they couldn't learn from our mistake in that respect.

[sir roger]

Despite my love for the man  Rafa was a ridiculous hire for them.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, sir roger said:

Despite my love for the man  Rafa was a ridiculous hire for them.

He was,but so were the other 50 they've hired since Kendall. Their best fit was Allardyce but they simply won't believe that.

[Jack the Sipper]

20 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

"Anyone but Benitez?"

 

"He told Klopp to fuck off!"

[Anubis]

25 minutes ago, Jack the Sipper said:

 

"He told Klopp to fuck off!"

They seem to have quietly dropped all of the wanking they were doing over that.

[an tha]

Their bezzies are in town today - sarnies and a few bevvies together in the brick, whilst belting out a few choruses of always the victim aimed at us and then get bummed 3-0.

 

A perfect day for the shite.

[Anubis]

DaveK still annoying his fellow forumites.

 

davek

Player Valuation: £90m

 

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DL100 said:

Who comes in at this stage is he is sacked?

There's 11 days to get someone in. Realistically we need someone who can go right in and have a full week with them in training. 

I'm of the opinion now that we are at that point where it's "any port in a storm".

Allardyce knows the club and some of these players. He couldn't save West Brom, I know. But he's a big character and one that could just possibly squeeze some wins out of this lot.

However unpallatable that sounds, my first move after today if we dont get all three points would be to get Allardyce back in.

We literally dont have any other choice now.

[Harry Squatter]

 

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

1 hour ago, sir roger said:

Despite my love for the man  Rafa was a ridiculous hire for them.

I think he served his purpose for them. We now know they were working with the PL on the fact they were haemorrhaging money, and needed to jettison Rodriguez, whilst making uninspiring budget additions. They hired Benitez as a lightning rod, a willing patsy who'd take a thankless, near-impossible job because it wasn't a commute and paid well.

[Ron B]

1 hour ago, sir roger said:

Despite my love for the man  Rafa was a ridiculous hire for them.

If hiring him was a cynical but well-considered decision…

And if they briefed him to slash the wage bill, bin the best-paid players whilst giving him buttons to buy replacements…

And if they knew that the fans would all blame Rafa for the low quality of the new signings (meaning he was a human shield for the board who had let the finances go to pot)...

Then he was a brilliant appointment. 
Except every other managerial appointment they’ve made seems to have been a shambles too. Even Allardyce and Ancelotti in their own ways we’re shambolic, despite the fact they’d take either back in a heartbeat now. 
So I just cannot compute what they were thinking. If they had the cojones to appoint Benitez, they really should have kept faith with him too. 

[Bjornebye]

If they do go down they can blame us through Rafa. 
 

And I’m absolutely fine with that.