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• I think you could have answered your own question if you thought about it Si? Not wanting to see the supporters lining the streets for the last ever game at Goodison? Not wanting to be there for the opening of the new stadium, to witness the most integral people connected to our club? TSF, are coming across as “very cold” with regards them not showing their face, imo, but maybe I’m just an old-fashioned fool?...
  Tony Abrahams in AS Roma favoured over Everton FC
• You have been to Liverpool twice Mike, and still haven’t seen an Irish band, playing with a fiddle? My only advice is that you definitely need to find some better hosts!!...
  Tony Abrahams in Absolutely criminal penalty shoot-out from Everton
• There has to be a middle ground. Somewhere were money can be spent if it will make a big difference but, understandably, the spending can’t be lavish / wasteful. We are still having to spend money speculatively at times, so some bad purchases are likely. I don’t expect TFG to tell the world if they are struggling to recruit so any ‘strategy’ announcements I’ll take with a pinch of salt, and hope that someone’s hard work ‘in the shadows’ nets us some improved squad players by the close of this transfer window....
  Si Cooper in 'Nothing will come of Nothing'
• I’ll start taking this sort of apples vs oranges comparison seriously when someone can answer one question: What would TFG gain by not exploring every avenue that could make EFC a truly competitive club again? Until then I just see this as pursuing victim ‘status’....
  Si Cooper in AS Roma favoured over Everton FC
• Mike #6 Most famously probably Kevin Keegan. You're right though a manager holding his hand up is as rare as hen's teeth. ...
  Brendan McLaughlin in James Garner blames a poor first-half showing for Everton's cup exit
• "Everton played in a yellow (amber and blue) change strip in their 1971 FA Cup quarter-final match against Colchester United due to a competition rule that required both teams to change their kits if there was a colour clash, even though Everton was the home team. The FA Cup rules at the time stipulated that in the event of a clash, both sides must wear an alternative kit. Colchester United's primary kit was blue and white stripes, which clashed with Everton's traditional royal blue home kit. Colchester United played in red for the match, while Everton wore their amber and blue away kit. "...
  Mark Murphy in Everton’s promising season is starting to unravel