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• Tony 68, it’s clear that our options as back-up to Barry are Johnson, George, or Alcaraz/Dibling as some sort of false 9. rnrnI said last year I thought George could do a job up there, but of course you want him running at people on the wings. rnrnSo given Moyes doesn’t fancy Dibling or Alcaraz, I’d bet Johnson gets his chance up there. The problem is he doesn’t have the physique to bully defenders, nor the blazing speed to burn them, nor the first touch or moves to run circles around them.rnrnI like being proven wrong about the players whom I see for the first time and don’t think they’ll cut it — in recent years it’s been Barry and Mykolenko for me who when I first saw them just didn’t seem to have that footballing sense and touch you’d expect of a PL player. rnrnI get that Johnson scored a boatload of goals a few years back for Spurs, but we’re not a free-flowing attacking team like they were. I think we’ll end up feeling like we’d be ju...
  Jonathan Oppenheimer in Two fantastic Everton goals steal a point from the jaws of defeat
• Jeff, where do you get 18 players?rnrnI count 21 in the squad, with only Norgaard currently unavailable.rnrnThat\'s 20, not 18....
  Mike Gaynes in What we learned: Everton 2-2 Manchester United
• Maybe somebody figured out that \"don\'t spend a pound\" would hurt only the club\'s revenue and SCR standing, not Dan Friedkin\'s pocketbook. ...
  Mike Gaynes in David Moyes hails Maitland-Niles goal as ‘big moment’ for Everton after late Man Utd drama
• That the end of the transfer window was disastrously bungled is undeniable. Having one senior striker is catastrophic. It's also undeniable that the first part of the window was pretty good. Hackney, George, Johnson, Grealish, Norgaard and yesterday's hero AMN (I count Rohl in with last year's business with KDH and the youngsters) will inarguably strengthen the club more than the ultimately unavoidable departure of Ndiaye will weaken it. I believe we now have a significantly stronger squad than when TFG took over the club, when our starters included Young, Lindstrom, Doucoure, Mangala, McNeil and DCL. We are better. And Everton the football club, which was facing administration and insolvency when TFG was handed the keys to the office 21 months ago, is now massively, spectacularly healthier from a financial perspective. Through TFG's rescue operation, both the club and the stadium were refinanced, liquidity was restored and net debt was reduced 57%. The enterprise val...
  Mike Gaynes in Laying all the blame on the Friedkins is just plain wrong
• Chris @60 thanks for pointing that out, wish I could have seen it but HT is for ads when you\'re watching on TV 3,000 miles away. Any chance you (or anyone?) got a pic of the screen?rnrnTommy Carter @ various, good posts 👍🏼...
  Neil Tyrrell in Two fantastic Everton goals steal a point from the jaws of defeat
• James, it\'s:rnrnBe better....
  Mike Gaynes in Everton U18s defeated at Blackburn as Aduda sees red