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Almost apologetic about this. But bearing in mind the other thread I just wondered.
He will be well motivated, proving himself against the situation that has cropped up, he really cannot be on that much money by comparison, he may well enjoy the buzz of being back, but then again.....
Any thoughts?
ps: I would; a low-cost loan, maybe... with a view to our being pleasantly surprised?
Ian Smitham, Posted 08/12/2009 at 18:48:45
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Yes, he was a resounding success last time... I remember well the 25+ goals a season he scored for us.
Fantastic player, when you want someone to back you up in a nightclub brawl... he’s yer man. Not much good when wearing football boots though... what is it? 2 goals this season...
Fantastic player, when you want someone to back you up in a nightclub brawl... he’s yer man. Not much good when wearing football boots though... what is it? 2 goals this season...
Ian - Please visit your doctor asap as you my be suffering from either dementia or amnesia.
Hope you get well again soon.
Hope you get well again soon.
We’re not even particularly short of strikers! I cant see Beattie possibly being chosen ahead of any of the five senior strikers we’ve got a the club.
I know they suffer from injuries, but a more realistic problem is keeping them all happy in what seems a permanent preference for 4-5-1.
I know they suffer from injuries, but a more realistic problem is keeping them all happy in what seems a permanent preference for 4-5-1.
So he can play as well as he did before we sold him? Get real!!
Be serious man, the lad didn’t even look like a Premier League standard player. Jo is infinitely better.
Dear Christ NO!!!!
Beattie is a player who is identified with goal droughts...Yes, he sporadically might go and get 22 in a season - but most of his career has been about when he isn’t scoring..
We’ve been down that road.
Beattie is a player who is identified with goal droughts...Yes, he sporadically might go and get 22 in a season - but most of his career has been about when he isn’t scoring..
We’ve been down that road.
Shocking player. Had chance after chance, and I don’t mean in the starting line up. I mean in front of goal. Maybe he was going for conversions for 2 points.
If we played him in a 4-4-2 then possibly but we play 4-5-1 so no. And, as some have said we aren't really that bad off for strikers at the moment.
If it was between Biffa and Donovan, I'd have to go for Donovan.
Jesus H Corbett...!!!!!!!!
Meattie? James "what am I supposed to do with this round thing at my feet?" Meattie?
Nahhhh, would rather have Brett Angell back.
Meattie? James "what am I supposed to do with this round thing at my feet?" Meattie?
Nahhhh, would rather have Brett Angell back.
*Falls about in hysterical laughter*
Oh, you were being serious...
Oh, you were being serious...
Just thinking out loud.
If Moyes were to aim a well placed headbutt at Jo then maybe he might consider leaving the club...
If Moyes were to aim a well placed headbutt at Jo then maybe he might consider leaving the club...
As Hymen Roth said in Godfather II:
"He’s strictly small potatoes".
"He’s strictly small potatoes".
That would be "Hyman" Roth, Eugene.
Hymen, that’s a different cherry altogether!
Hymen, that’s a different cherry altogether!
He was shite last time around but still better than Jo.
He’s by no means as poor a player as some of the comments are suggesting. A couple of years ago I saw him score a hat trick for Sheffield United in under 10 minutes. But I agree that the idea is a complete non-starter. We don’t particularly need a striker, he wouldn’t be an improvement on what we have, and second spells are generally a bad idea (remember Gravesen?).
I heard Brett Angell is a free agent, maybe he is an option in January? (Just thinking out loud)!
Begs the question what was Tony Pulis thinking? .... He clearly doesn’t remember Everton vs Chelsea at Goodison.
You know the one - Ask William Gallas after Beattie nutted him and got sent off after 10 mins.
You know the one - Ask William Gallas after Beattie nutted him and got sent off after 10 mins.
Tony Williams/Alex Kociuba - go and wash your mouth out...
You’d rather have Brett Angell..!
I’d rather let me Mum play before Brett Angell!
You’d rather have Brett Angell..!
I’d rather let me Mum play before Brett Angell!
No.
With what Money Chris?
Hahahahahahahaha!!!! This is almost as funny as the rumour I heard that Beattie’s fight with Pulis was over Biffa’s fury at Pulis’ plan for a celery and sliced carrot buffet at Stoke’s Xmas ale-up.
Now Landon Donovan, there’s a good player. Yes please.
Slight tangent, but after fantastic service to Everton, I think it’s time for Tim Cahill to move on. Moyes is obviously still a fan, but I can’t see him playing much of a part when everyone is fit and it would be insulting to have him as a bit part when he can play a major role elsewhere. I just think he’s lost the something that once made him special. He’s worth at least £5m if he’s sold in Jan or June. It would be good for him & good for the club.
But Beattie? very silly question.
Slight tangent, but after fantastic service to Everton, I think it’s time for Tim Cahill to move on. Moyes is obviously still a fan, but I can’t see him playing much of a part when everyone is fit and it would be insulting to have him as a bit part when he can play a major role elsewhere. I just think he’s lost the something that once made him special. He’s worth at least £5m if he’s sold in Jan or June. It would be good for him & good for the club.
But Beattie? very silly question.
Ian, why would he want to come back to us? Afterall, he was a decent striker before he joined us, then look what Moyes did to the lad.
Oh boy, I feel guiltily responsible in a way for this thread. I jokingingly highlighted Biffa’s woes on the Jo thread and took the piss out of a Jo-Biffa partnership. Someone took it seriously!
A lot of the Stokies I work with think he’s limited. Never a good sign. Plus, we’ve seen how he well he worked in the 4-5-1. because we are a dynamic team under a dynamic manager we are still using, er, the 4-5-1. No. Sorry, but no.
A lot of the Stokies I work with think he’s limited. Never a good sign. Plus, we’ve seen how he well he worked in the 4-5-1. because we are a dynamic team under a dynamic manager we are still using, er, the 4-5-1. No. Sorry, but no.
’I think it’s time for Tim Cahill to move on.’
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Get your helmet on Alan.
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Get your helmet on Alan.
re "We’re not even particularly short of strikers!" (& defenders?)
Don’t forget the African Nations Cup - Jan 10-31 (Messrs Yakubu & Yobo are bound to be away)
Maybe Lukas will be back from Motherwell! Well he has been scoring...
Don’t forget the African Nations Cup - Jan 10-31 (Messrs Yakubu & Yobo are bound to be away)
Maybe Lukas will be back from Motherwell! Well he has been scoring...
I can’t believe anyone would suggest bringng Bungling Beattie back. He was a flop and i couldn’t believe Moyes got £4.5m for him. No pace,poor first touch and a very ordinary goalscoring record put him in the Brett Angell catorgary when it comes to Everton strikers. Id question his attitude to as he comes across as a bit arrogant and thinks he’s better than he actually is. What next,bring back Simon Davies??
To quote the old joke, if Beattie is the answer, it's a pretty stupid fucking question.
Sorry to have conflated the Donavan stuff with the Beattie stuff on this thread... Please make all Donovan comments on the next mailbag thread. Thanks
I know that Moyes didn’t exactly make life easy for Beattie, but this doesn’t get away from the fact that he’s never been anywhere as good as he thinks he is. The guy lacks discipline and self-awareness, and on many occasions at Everton revealed himself to be an insensitive and dopey prick- cupping his ear in the direction of a hostile Park End after he’d scored for the first time in ages? I fucking ask you!!!
He’s ok when he’s fired-up and on a mission to prove doubters wrong, but all-too often he’s a smug and self-satisfied berk. Asked on Soccer AM who Everton’s most intelligent player was he responded without even the vaguest hint of irony ’Me.’
There’s a reason he dropped down a division, and there’s a reason why Tony Pulis hasn’t been picking him.
I would rather a one-legged Jo lead the line than Beattie.
He’s ok when he’s fired-up and on a mission to prove doubters wrong, but all-too often he’s a smug and self-satisfied berk. Asked on Soccer AM who Everton’s most intelligent player was he responded without even the vaguest hint of irony ’Me.’
There’s a reason he dropped down a division, and there’s a reason why Tony Pulis hasn’t been picking him.
I would rather a one-legged Jo lead the line than Beattie.
Give Ian a break guys. I don’t want him back either, but he is better than Jo, Big Vic and let's face it what's Yak doing? The main problem is the constant 4-5-1 which will be here as long as Moyes is. FFS sake even Birmingham play two up-front and look how many points they’ve picked up recently, even unlucky not to win at Anfield, and they’ve got new owners.......yeah I digress, but to say Beattie is worse than Jo?
God, no. No, no, no.
Re: Andrew Conroy, he said the same thing on Soccer AM the other week about Stoke (that he’s the most intelligent, whilst having the smuggest look on his face ever.)
Re: Andrew Conroy, he said the same thing on Soccer AM the other week about Stoke (that he’s the most intelligent, whilst having the smuggest look on his face ever.)
I posed the question to Brett Angell about a January return instead of Biffa, he said he would love to but he has too many shifts as he is team leader in the fruit and veg alley at Tesco.
Am i the only one who remembers Kenwright's truely embarrassing soundbite of ’James can be the next Dixie Dean’ the day Beattie signed?? And he wonders why next to nobody takes him seriously!
While we’re at it, let's get Jeffers back for a third spell! We’ve got some talented kids at the club at the moment, why not give Agard a go if we actually need another forward?
I'm not going to claim that I know someone who says it's a done deal but it is becoming increasingly likely that this may be a lot more likely than some on here would hope! Just prepare yourself to not be too surprised if you see Biffa back at Goodison come January!!
To be fair I do remember Beattie ending one season as our leading goalscorer.
Ok he probably only scored around 12 goals but that more then Jo can ever hope to score for Everton.
Beattie was very average but Jo is a whole new level of pants.
Ok he probably only scored around 12 goals but that more then Jo can ever hope to score for Everton.
Beattie was very average but Jo is a whole new level of pants.
Just say no.
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Landon Donovan however would be a different story.