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Can anyone explain to me what is with the Official Site?

I can understand them not wanting to announce the sale of Neill too quickly, even with it all over the official news channels like the BBC etc, but what is this 'Neill Shock at Switch' crap..?

FFS! Either Neill wanted to go — in which case it is not a shock — or the club wanted him to go — in which case it is hardly a positive comment to state on the site that Nuill was shocked. Any number of excuses for selling the player against his wishes could have been used "EFC thought that an 18 month contract was something they couldn't offer him at this stage," etc etc.

Now the club appear to be a bunch of mercenary idiots who manage their players badly. Well done, Official Site — no wonder Everton's media presence is bad.
Rupert Sullivan, Paris Posted 14/01/2010 at 15:34:30

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Lyndon Lloyd
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1 Posted 14/01/2010 at 20:36:17

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Much ado about nothing, I think, Rupert, although I share your bemusement that there was no official announcement from the Official Site prior to the story covering Neill’s reaction.

My assessment is that Neill was surprised that Galatasaray made the approach with the terms they’ve obviously offered and he’s making the move "to take care of my family" [read, financially].

Seems like there’s a benefit here for both sides — Everton get a profit of £800k to £1m (depending on who you believe), Neill gets a bumper salary (which he’s always wanted anyway) plus a new challenge.

The only problem, of course, is if he isn’t replaced, for which there are plenty of precedents at Goodison in the January window.

John Audsley
2 Posted 14/01/2010 at 20:58:48

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Lyndon echoes my main concern, the worry about a replacement.

People have suggested using Duffy, Hibbert or Neville but i would rather have an experienced partner for Johnny H. Distin has been woeful since Oct, as has Yobo so we could do with some cover. My only thought is that Moyes has a replacement lined up ASAP

One final thought: Will Neill play on Saturday against Citey, he doesnt become a Galatasaray player till after the fixture. We need him but if he does and gets injured than HE is proper fucked

Alan Kirwin
3 Posted 14/01/2010 at 21:15:12

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Chill pill time Rupert. Lyndon’s got it on the nail. What’s the story?

Keith Glazzard
4 Posted 14/01/2010 at 21:43:34

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Communication in a multi-billion currency industry is something we all seem to be able to do fairly easily. EFC’s OS makes preventable errors. One of them might be employing former employees to do a job they had to learn on the job.

’Build the better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. ’ Our media profile will follow results in the end. Why are there so many exRS pundits in the media? I guess they won more games than we did. And God on the field he was, but have you heard Ratty give expert summary?

EFC do ’media’ very badly. Least of our worries.

Frank Nolan
5 Posted 14/01/2010 at 23:11:34

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"Now the club appear to be a bunch of mercenary idiots who manage their players badly. Well done, Official Site — no wonder Everton’s media presence is bad."

Where do you get this from, dear Rupert in Paris? I scan most newspapers over here and overall their coverage of Everton is positive and sympathetic.

Back in May 2009 they went into overdrive with articles that filled us all with pride.

Charlie Percival
6 Posted 14/01/2010 at 23:36:40

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Senderos is his replacement and is on his way.

James Stewart
7 Posted 15/01/2010 at 00:41:30

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Where are people getting all this Senderos rubbish from?

Chris Fisher
8 Posted 15/01/2010 at 09:36:28

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Senderos is shit and Neill is a good player who was starting to form a good partnership with Heitinga at the back. We were just starting to get a bit of stability so, if this Senderos story is true, then where is the sense in it?

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