Michael – well articulated but I hate to piss on anybody’s parade but are the owners likely to make any funds available given they are looking to sell up? That said Rudoni definitely looks the part to me, I agree with your assessment of this player.

Branthwaite is a far better CB than Burn, but am I disappointed it looks like neither Branthwaite or Garner will get much game time if any, no I am not I am more interested they are fit for the Brentford game. I have seen tankers turn quicker on the Mersey than Burn can turn and he aint the best passer of a ball either but if Tutchel prefers him fine. How Jobe Bellingham gets picked ahead of KDH is remarkable, but again with my Everton hat on I am pleased that KDH who i think is our most important player wont get injured.

Stupid. With Pickford and Branthwaite understanding, not giving a chance to develop the up and coming one but to pick Dan Bum is dumb.

Hoping both don’t play (unlikely with Pickford).

Selfish? Maybe.

Can’t afford any potential injuries due to another shite snooze fest.

AND …. Newcastle are POOR … nothing to write home about …. "one swallow … "

Ian,

you came back with a smart arse reply about google the answer.

Its a simple question that requires a simple answer.

You said Moyes is playing defensive football to our strengths.

I posted a list of players asking was their strength in defending.

You advocated playing Johnson as a wide forward, (not sure what that is tbh)not a winger,i asked in what formation?

Do you think playing the formation required for that to happen would make us weaker or stronger defensively?

John, you asked a question, went on about the question, and then ive given you my answer.

It isnt a yes or no answer.

The reason that Moyes doesn’t play attacking football, is because at least 2 of his defenders wouldn’t cope with it. It would also rely on 2 wingers that have potential, but are still inconsistent. Dibling particularly so, in that his end product is virtually non existent.

That is 40% of the outfield positions. The remainder are decent enough. But even against top sides will struggle.

Barry got schooled vs Gabriel as an example. Dewesbury Hall is way behind Eze, Foden, Palmer, Rogers etc. Armstrong works hard, but isnt bringing a huge amount to the attack.

In total, this side is developing working progress, that is finding its way. A way that is being slowed by the financial tap being turned off. Tfg doing a Peter Johnson.

Given the run of games coming up Moyes will revert back to his go to formation KITAP1.

Sensible to not play in the manner of the last few games,if we play open football against the next few opponents we will get ripped in the midfield areas.

I`m hoping for somewhere in the middle,get men forward but at the right times during the game.

I think Tony knew it was AI Mark

And, of course, BBC running a column on why JP is now getting serious competition for his England place.

Off topic, pretty disgusted how Michael Carrick has been treated this week by the Man-U hierarchy. Whatever he has done or not done, he doesn’t deserve to be dangled like a mouse by a cat.

LOL a golf caddy who therefore has more authority than any of us to comment on Everton.

Getting fed up with the adverts now Micheal, even when I click on the x it just goes into the advert

You going to brentford

I’m totally confused here as to how to read and or reply to relevant posts but am I correct in thinking Mark S was / is a golf caddy to pro footballers??

The frightening thing is Ian, people see those AI things and think they’re real.

No point doing the cup draw, Steve knows who we’ll get if we get through to the next round

Considering Tuchel is doing his best to make Trafford his no.1choice, and even preferring Quansah and Burn ahead of Jarrad, I wouldn’t be too hopeful, having said that, with him being doubtful for our last couple of games, prefer him to be sitting on bench!

We need to start games with the urgency and intent we showed as soon as we went 1-0 down against Coventry.

I agree, we haven’t put together a great 90 mins, Newcastle was a good performance but we rode our luck, and have I other matches too .

The positive is, we are doing good without really hitting top form.

I still think these players can produce more quality football on a more consistent basis.

That maybe Coming now with Garner, KDH, barry in good form, jarred back and confidence coming from good results.

300 word non reply.

Ive no idea who came up with the original saying John. If you want to know, ask Google.

Your second question. Hard to tell really, only 2 look like regular goal scorers, 3 at a push.

It is an odd list that youve put up, as it doesn’t cover the majority of players that are likely to start or combine.

Johnson is sub.

Barry starts

George starts

Dewesbury hall starts

Armstrong or Hackney is an either or for me. Armstrong offers more work rate/defensive discipline, Hackney offers more guile but could occupy space garner & kdh like to take up. The centre midfield is still finding its way for me.

To play attacking football, Mykolenko needs replacing, probably Tarkowski, an acceptance that Rohl will make mistakes, probably Garner & Dewesbury hall in centre midfield with a top 10 ahead of them, and a lot more output from George & specifically Dibling.

Ian,

Who set that ruling up?

"You play to your strenghts"

Armstrong,Hackney,KDH,George,Johnson,Barry.

Are their strengths in defending?

Yes or no answer will suffice

yeah paul ,gets on my tits people like this and he’s got the cheek to say i have’nt answered his questions…bum steer merchant

i think michael kenrick is onto it as he references ‘people who know top sportsmen’ in one of his recent posts .

BTW i would be made up if we won league or fa cup you can put a cup on a bus and parade it around the city !

you can’t really do that with a european qualifying place …

what is the question i haven’t answered John.

John we played lots of times in stuttgart .

I was there pre season watching the toffees all changed there now.

I believe the good side of the international break is that most of our depleted squad will have a rest – and give another month a good go.

Bollocks Ian,could be plums.

You speak both on a regular basis,but dont speak at all when you have no comeback to a fair question.

Memory bad Mark,worked on a lot of sites around Germany,never that far south.

Stuttgart is in the back of my mind?

I don’t think we’ve played well in a complete league game, yet. The Coventry game summed us up this season. When we knocked it around, we looked good but too often we wasted possession and just aimed long balls up to Barry. It took us going a goal down to buck our ideas up. We seem to be slow starters and we need to do something about the corporate seats in home games because those seats are half empty as the second half starts which doesn’t help the atmosphere.

You can’t judge anything after 10 games. Under Ancelotti we were 2nd on Boxing Day until we came down with the decorations. As others have said, we were in a great position last year with 7 matches to play. We can only look at how we are playing and I don’t think we’ve been all that convincing. We have shown good character to get back into games but I still don’t know what our style is.

I expect us to finish around 11th or 12th unless we can bring in some quality in January.

Manchester Shitty haven’t been scoring enough goals recently either. So far our one and only striker is bettered only by Haaland. Did statistics predict that? Another hat trick from Barry and he’ll be in France squad as the Prems Wonderboy goalscorer!

Bollocks is what I think! Statistics are only useful for defining the past not the future. They dissolve into nothingness when luck, referee errors, shots that hit the bar and bounce into the net off the goalies arse or VAR can’t quite get the off side law right and it gains or costs points.Take every game as it comes. When we play the shite 6 of the buggers might have the flu, that would be "statistically" unlikely but it wouldn’t half be lucky for us! We know we ain’t Barcelona and we know we ain’t going to win the league but just be happy we ain’t doing too bad and let the future take care of itself.

If it was munich i always got lads in free tents normally alongside the 18th mad days john.

Plato, John, may be Spartacus as well.

Ian, Michael wrote it as a statement of fact. It isn’t, it is a groundless opinion, which surprises me as he is usually a lot smarter than that.

He would have us believe that a Premier league club spends their focus entirely defending without a shred of substance to back it up, other than George now tracks back a bit better – whoopty doo.

To be honest, I expect better of him than that. If that is fact, which it isn’t, would you not expect to hear from players or coaches, past or present, that would complain about those methods? there is only one thing scousers love more than footy, and that is footy gossip.

To answer your question. It would appear I have seen far more training sessions than either you or Michael. I can support that by having seen them at Finch Farm, Goodison, and Bramley Moore from invitations, but also what the club put on social media, and what current players, ex players, ex coaches, current coaches, and Moyes have said or written on his training methods.

I worked on the sites in Germany in the 90s.

My mate was a golf nut,i wasn`t bothered but went with him on a day off.

Bumped into a scouse caddy who heard us talking and ended up bladdered after he took us in a free booze tent .

Its a long shot but…….

He’s a very good player and can score goals . He has tough opposition but an injury or loss of form for someone, and I think Hall is a shoe in for England.

About 20 times john

Mark,

Were you a caddy on the European tour?

This could be an example of a small world if you are.

Did you work the German Open?

It’s all down to one man’s opinion-Tuchel’s. He has his picks and most of us would pick 6 or 7 of the same shoe-ins

all the time but the rest could be a different matter. JamesTarkowski has been tremendous this season but Tuchel

goes for Burn and Hill (who?) as replacements. KDH has been brilliant but Tuchel makes excuses about his picks.

Quite honestly I don’t think a foreign national should be allowed as an England manager and the same goes for cricket

after all none of the players are foreign. The quality of English players in the Prem. and elsewhere has never been better

so Tuchel should have no excuse about not being successful with what he has or anyone else for that matter.

Bottom line though I would rather the Everton players not risk injury. The Prem. is the only thing that really matters.

And tidal waves couldn’t save the world from En-shitt-ifi-cation

Mark I don’t think you’re on the wind up but in what capacity did you/ do you work with these stars?

That may put some people’s minds at rest?

what’s with the popups time to leave the site i think

I can get this shite on dodgy streaming sites Toffeeweb’s soul has gone

John someone told you on TW and you never picked up on it and he’s the only one to work it out

I think he might know someone iwho knows me but maybe he was clever and worked it out logically i dont know but its no wind up i have probaly worked alongside the biggest star in the last 25 years thats not me saying its him who believes he was .

Put them out if their misery Mark, tell them who the top sports stars are.

Im going for Alf Tupper

John im not winding anyone mate.

There winding themselves up 1 in paticular john .

Mark.

Your deffo on the wind up.

Your getting responses so it’s working 😬

Steve lots of good words.

You see Barry is a big man i think 6 foot 4 and clearly more developed in the top half he probaly takes about 13 in boots im just guessing so he will never be twinkle toes in the box .

But what you said running staight on he looks like scoring all the time just Romelu he has said he watches lots of videos of Harland and Romelu he’s addicted to being the Best which is a great thing to have.

Im going to annoy a certain few on TW but i have worked with very big sports stars and when they where coming up the ranks they all had these traits .

Barry will continue to try to be the best he is addicted to it i can see it so im going to back him .

It’s tough to beat those teams over two legs though Mark

Mark,

Agree mate.

if you go into a game thinking you cant win,you wont win.

I didn’t do this, but I’ve been made aware of a wonderful song about Thierno Barry: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1435622428546684/?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&fs=e&fs=e

We could’ve beaten both of them last time we played them. In City’s case should’ve.