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Maybe we all take it for granted sometimes, but last night presumably the holy trinity of Michael, Lyndon and Colm were up burning the midnight oil updating this website with all the latest transfer speculation and possible fact. From what I understand they don't take a penny for running this site and they were up to all hours for what? Giving us tortured Blues a place to sound off and concentrate our hopes and fears.

There's not many fan sites for any team in any sport which can boast something as valuable as ToffeeWeb. Last night I decided to call it quits at 11:30 (from what I've read some poor guy was watching Police Academy to stay awake) but just as I lay my head down to rest I thought 'one more look' and just when all seemed lost and most other fan-site editors would have gone off to Nod as well, we have an update telling us we've surpassed the transfer record once again.

I even read a ToffeeWeb reply to a post indicating we had purchased this guy, demanding a link to the information posted. It read like Red Bull saturated order full of excitement that this information can be verified and passed on to the faithfull in these dark times... and you know what? If they didn't I wouldn't have had the good night sleep that I have enjoyed.

Cheers guys, nicely done job.
Nick Entwistle, London     Posted 02/09/2008 at 08:35:21

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Michael Kenrick
Appreciated, Nick.
Anthony Jaras
1   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:14:25

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Yeah agreed, I think at times we have all taken this site and the people who run it for granted.

Deep down we are all very, very grateful to Toffeeweb and the guys who run it for the constant hard wotk they put in and truth be know, us shower don’t know where we would be without it.

The official site is shite in comparison!!!

Cheers Toffeeweb.
David Whitwell
2   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:17:02

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Here, Here!

This site was first for the news last night, it seems, I seriously couldn’t believe how far behind everything sky were!

Anyway this Site will always be my first point of call from here on in.

Thanks Guys
Dave Edwards
3   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:24:51

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Well done guys!

Whilst I don’t always agree with everything you write, and I’ve even been on the wrong end of Michael’s wrath at times (lol!), you folks do a superb job and remain the most pro-active, varied and suitably controversial EFC website. This summer and on deadline day there was only one place to be, and that was on Toffeeweb! Cheers and well done!

Dave Williams
4   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:29:12

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yeah thanks guys,really appreciated.
Chris Hockenhull
5   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:32:03

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Can’t add anything that to what others have said here. Here’s to you all and glad others let you know we appreciate the efforts you put into this site. Well done
Steve Ashton
6   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:27:29

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Yeah - nice one guys.

Might not always agree but really enjoy the banter and at times intense discussion.

Last night was painful, I went to bed depressed at 1.30. Got this morning with a right cob on, listened to Radio 2 on the way to work.

Turned PC on on logged on to TW expecting to read a tirade of abuse against DM and BB then find we announced the big one about 10 mins after I went to bed.

I should have stuck with you to the bitter end!
John Roberts
7   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:29:48

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Yeah, well done guys.

At least we finally had one advantage down here in Oz - the latest news was being released at a much more preferable hour. Better than over the last 3 Saturdays when we stayed up late to watch, well, I guess what we knew was going to happen anyway!!
Jason Lam
8   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:47:43

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A sincere thank yous to the TW staff. If I may add, the TW are fans themselves, so let’s give THEM some slack too! Cheers,
glen strachan
9   Posted 02/09/2008 at 15:01:07

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Agree with that.

Thanks and well done guys.

I just wish you had had better news to report lately.
Brett Bradshaw
10   Posted 02/09/2008 at 15:01:45

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I would like to add my personal thanks to the Toffeeweb team.

Cheers! x
Chad Schofield
11   Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:59:12

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Here, here,

Thanks and like the new look too BTW.

Good work!
Adrian Porter
12   Posted 02/09/2008 at 02:21:07

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Well done guys for keeping us informed of what has been going on this evening.

I guess you lot are going to get some sleep.

I'm off for lunch, in a far happier mood than 2 or 3 hours ago

Dave Brierley
13   Posted 02/09/2008 at 15:13:51

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Well said Nick. Totally agree and the considerable work it takes to make this such a great site is appreciated although it might not always look that way. Keep it going fellas and thanks.
Shaun Brennan
14   Posted 02/09/2008 at 15:17:48

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Yeah your right,

Thanks guys. It’s all aprreciated. It helps me get through work.

Shaun
Alan Ross
15   Posted 02/09/2008 at 15:53:10

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ToffeeWeb-The People’s club
Declan McCarthy
16   Posted 02/09/2008 at 16:10:19

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Good post Nick, I have ben away myself for a few days in Valencia, didn’t meet Manny, he played like his old self last week, we will miss him, anyway only for Toffeweb I would have been lost myself for info, I really am getting too old for these midnight hours, thanks too all for a safe port over the last few stormy weeks, now if only Manny came back in January, would anyone like to start the thread, once again thanks Toffeeweb for a great night’s work.
Michael Hunt
17   Posted 02/09/2008 at 16:16:50

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Too right, big thanks respect to the inhabitants of TW towers! (Except my wife was none too pleased when I woke her up early doors shouting, ’YES,FUCKING YES!’ - in release of pent up frustration on reading the news on TW that the big grocko from morrocco had indeed been landed at the very last minute... :-))
Andy Burke
18   Posted 02/09/2008 at 16:34:08

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Good post and I agree totally. Well done and big thank you to all who run Toffeeweb.

And to all the moaners, I hope that we all have a few results and performances to feel happy about over the next few weeks.

Adam Jameson
19   Posted 02/09/2008 at 16:58:15

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To my knowledge, Toffeeweb was the only Everton fans site that wasn’t consistently crashing or taking a millon years to load... and i include the official site in that. For that i am grateful, well done guys
Joe Rourke
20   Posted 02/09/2008 at 17:34:02

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Well done...
Matthew Douglas
21   Posted 02/09/2008 at 17:37:36

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Nicely done Nick. Much thanks to the toffeeweb lads, you really do do a fantastic job allowing us to vent, rant, gossip, rave. Last night I had three seperate toffeeweb pages open so I could just hit the refresh buttom every minute on each different page. Cheers for all the hard work you lads put in. Much appreciated!!!
Neil Pearse
22   Posted 02/09/2008 at 18:05:18

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Fully agree - nice one Nick, and well done Michael and Lyndon. I was alternating between the BBC (not bad), Sky (rubbish), and Toffeeweb (picked up the official Fellaini announcement FIRST!) all evening. Well done guys - last night as always!
Santosh Benjamin
23   Posted 02/09/2008 at 19:14:53

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Excellent work,guys...i sat up till nearly 5 AM this morning refreshing the site page and reading witty and up-to date comments from our readers. The site was managed really well and it was a joy to be a part of it with TW....cheers from India
Stephen Graham
24   Posted 02/09/2008 at 19:24:24

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I’m an ex-pat newcomer to TW, an excellent site, run more "professionally" than most (incl. OS), and provides the best Everton news and conversation for the world-wide Evertonian community, while run on a "boot-string"!

Great stuff, gents!

Cheers from Toronto
Dave Wilson
25   Posted 02/09/2008 at 20:03:35

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Is right Nick

terrific effort guys
Joeynkoo Ludden
26   Posted 02/09/2008 at 21:45:35

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Fully agree, thanks Toffeeweb and all who work so hard providing this forum for us all, regardless of our opinions. Top work fellas.
Simon Dunne
27   Posted 02/09/2008 at 22:18:12

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Fair play to ye lads.. the WAP for the phone is quality too.. I got the transfer news on the phone in bed from ToffeeWeb..

Cheers
Steve Darron
28   Posted 02/09/2008 at 21:18:45

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Like most Evertonians, I spent most of transfer deadline day biting my nails and waiting nervously for news of any transfer business at Goodison. The evening went on and Carlo Nash was the only new note of buisness and I cursed and got frustrated. Until, breaking news on ToffeeWeb, Everton, according to Belgian news appear to have signed Marouane Fellaini. Great, Sky, BBC and even the Everton website will be announcing it soon..... No. Not a word.

Even when the official Standard Liege website announced the deal, not a word anywhere else. I am sure you guys must have even began to doubt your sources. Thankfully you held firm and kept all our hopes and spirits up! I slept better knowing ToffeeWeb were there, keeping us blue noses up to date. Thank you, but can you tell us why the club decieded to keep us in the dark, why the all seeing all knowing Sky Sports did not know a thing, and why Everton fans around the world thought that Carlo Nash was our big money signing?????

The moral of the story is don't bother with those other sites and their so-called news. ToffeeWeb, number 1 as always!!!!

Thank you and goodnight!

Michael Kenrick
29   Posted 03/09/2008 at 05:47:49

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Thanks to all of you for your great comments. And sorry to Steve Darron for sticking this last one here, but I really couldn’t sanction a second self-promoting thread on one day!

The interactive element of this website that Lyndon upgraded so effectively a year or so back has, I have to admit, been a tremendous success in providing a very lively and (mostly) open forum for those who want to discuss intelligently what’s going on at Everton. I think that has had a massive positive effect on promoting the immediacy and relevance of what we are providing elsewhere on the site, which can look stagnant in comparison.

So I want to thank each and every one of you who has contributed to the consistently good and occasionally excellent level of discussion on these pages. Please keep it up... and also please feel free to Report Abuse whenever you see it so that we can continue to weed out the numpties and maintain the high level of these exchanges.

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum! ? We know it applies to us too!
Gareth Cooper
30   Posted 03/09/2008 at 09:24:02

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Thanks chaps, top stuff

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