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• Mike #30,rnFactual corrections:rnrn\"There is nothing unusual about issuing vanilla complimentary public statements complimenting managers you just sacked. Happens every time.\"rnNot with the Friedkins. Dan and Ryan Friedkin wrote a joint, personal statement, addressed especially to the Roma fans. Nothing vanilla or corporate about it. They didn\'t do that after sacking Juric or Ranieri. In fact Ranieri contradicted the corporate statement the Friedkins had released to the media about his leaving being a mutual decision.rnrn\"And Ranieri wasn\'t the replacement for De Rossi -- he was hired only after Juric crashed and burned.\"rnI never said Ranieri followed directly on from De Rossi.rnrn\"Roma\'s CEO was not unpopular until the Ultras\' idol De Rossi demanded she be fired.\"rnThe CEO was not a victim of De Rossi\'s backstage politics, and it was actually the Friedkins and Souloukou who blindsided De Rossi. There is no recorded evidence whatsoe...
  Stan Grace in How to lose hearts and minds...
• But he\'s refusing to sign a new contract Justin. When ever that happens, the writing is pretty much always on the wall and the predictable outcome follows eventually so we have to be clever here while his stock is reasonably high. To TFG, no doubt the fact we paid just 15mil for him will play a part....
  Paul Kernot in Rumour Mill: Beto linked with Serie A return as Fiorentina circle
• Mike, as ever, you swerve in every way possible to afford huge support for Friedkin. For once, the debacle he personally created re the fiasco of selling Harrison at last caused you to hint at criticism of him. Wow.rnrnHe\'s a money-greedy US based $billionaire with no consideration whatsoever for values us proper Toffees cherish.rnrnI don\'t know how that translates in Trump-speak to Friedkin\'s defenders.rnrnMaybe you\'d like to enlighten? ...
  Don Alexander in How to lose hearts and minds...
• Mike@22 Forest consider him good enough to replace £116M Elliot Anderson right now but he is going to sit on the bench at Everton and patiently wait for a chance? Get real.rnrnHe is good enough now and he needs to play, or we lose him in January or next Summer and for a fraction of his value. That is one of the points correctly made in this article.rnrnAfter years of being unspectacular in Everton\'s midfield Garner had a good season last year. His stock is high and will probably not much increase. I am of the opinion that Armstrong\'s ceiling is considerably higher. rnrnWe are overstocked in midfield and apparently open to opportunites to reduce personnel in this area if we can turn a profit. This is presumably to fund better acquisitions than the woeful culmination of a year of deliberation of the recruitment team in respect of a right back. rnrnWhy is this model of player sale relevant? Because the owners seem determined that our net spend remaIns in the bas...
  Josh Horne in How to lose hearts and minds...
• rnGrealish 31 in a few days: Tete 31 in just over 5 weeks; Richarlison 30 next May. Well, we are certainly, as some say, buying young for resale. The stellar work of our crack recruitment team and state-of-the-art diagnostics clearly on display in these three buys, just as with Johnson, Norgaad, Hackney, George, and Rohl. rnrnTete is embarrassing. We will not sign anyone who does not want to play for the club and we have a number one right-back target, said Angus LiarrnrnGrealish is embarrassing:rnrnhttps://www.facebook.com/100063639967770/posts/jack-grealish-was-spotted-completely-passed-out-at-a-table-in-a-manchester-rooft/1548239113974073/rnrnRicharlison? Genuinely unsure here. Hope it works for nostalgia alone. But that is one of the issues here: nostalgia.rnrnGreat work crack recruitment team and state-of-the-art diagnostics. rnrnrnrn...
  Paul Griffiths in Transfer Window Madness as Rumour Mill runs riot
• Beto tries his best but he\'s a poor premier league striker and if we get near £15M happy days.rnrnNdiaye is our best player. In today\'s market he\'s worth £75M easily and for Everton to progress we need to keep him. He\'s proven, he works hard defensively, he\'s a trusted and important outlet when being pressed, he creates, scores and just the kind of exciting player we have been crying out for, for decades. We can not sell this summer.rnrnRicharlison is a player spurs don\'t want, has had a lot of injury concerns, is in the final year of his contract and has always been inconsistent. He\'s better than Beto but he should be no more than £20M and at his age he\'s simply not good enough. His £150k salary is excessive and I do not want him back. We did well to get £60M for him and like most of the premier league, we must be able to find a better, younger, hungrier player for around £30M-£40M.rnrnThe fact our known right back...
  Justin Doone in Rumour Mill: Beto linked with Serie A return as Fiorentina circle