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• John #25 and Martin #26, I\'ve been bigging up Juanlu for a couple of years now, thought he\'d be ideal for us, and we reportedly reached out to him. No interest. rnrnThis season Juanlu had no goals and 3 assists in 35 appearances and was dropped from Sevilla\'s starting 11, and then dropped from the matchday squad. rnrnLast summer Sevilla rejected a bid from Napoli, where Juanlu really wanted to go, that was 50% more than the £11.1m they just accepted from Bournemouth.rnrnSomething clearly went wrong. There may have been a very good reason we stopped chasing the kid. ...
  Mike Gaynes in Do Johnston links suggest Everton's right-back delay has cost them?
• When I were a lad pre-season in the sixties were relentless runs on Ainsdale sands/hills and then a day or two at Bellefield practicing set-pieces in attack and defence, reliant as the manager was on the core skill his players possessed to build wins on their renewed stamina. The players had to perform to keep their life-style in the only detached house amid neighbours' mere semi's in some new-town development (such as Maghull where I grew up). Of course since the Premier League began we've had inept leadership at the top and hardly any £millionaire players of the 60's quality. It's got incrementally worse, hugely exacerbated by the introduction of "transfer windows" in 2003, a charter from the outset to unfairly protect the top clubs (long since by then not including Everton on account of our inept leadership - which has got worse ever since when it comes to trophy-winning). So, this season I expect mundanity at best on the pitch, inertia in the boardroom (as ever) and a re...
  Don Alexander in "We used to joke that Everton was a running club!”: Inside a David Moyes pre-season
• Mark @ 45, I think you are right. It just got me thinking because I was sure Stevens was with us 40 years ago. I also think we would have won those titles with Seamus at right back.rnrnMike @ 47, that\'s very understandable, what a midfield we had then, along with the sadly underrated Bracewell. Those were the days.rnrnI was also lucky enough to see the late, great, Ray Wilson in his prime. A Rolls Royce of a defender....
  Sean Herbert in There might be interest in signing Yilmaz... and there might not
• Any deal appeaea to be after the playoff champions league qualifier on the 25th August. Celtic are unlikely to sell before that date it us being reported.rnrnDoue being chased by Inter & Psg. ...
  Ian Bennett in Do Johnston links suggest Everton's right-back delay has cost them?
• Got a lot to say for himself, unfortunately he talks shite.rnrnAbsolute liability, ask most of our fans if they think we will be challenging near the top of the table, the answer will be an unequivocal no....
  Andy Meighan in Tarkowski insists Everton can contend at the top despite last year’s late-season slump
• An athlete that struggles to run a lap of a pitch? I could outrun him and I\'m 67 and gave up serious running 25 years ago....
  Eric Myles in "We used to joke that Everton was a running club!”: Inside a David Moyes pre-season