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• The first half of NL v Japan was rather poor. This match has been end to end from the start and is so far the best match that I have seen in this tournament. ...
  Paul Griffiths in The 2026 World Cup — Day 5
• Gorgeous 2nd for NZ - utter class - no accident that 2 goal Just plays for the best football playing team in Scotland, Motherwell. Two great fin ishes and two classy assists from Chris Wood. Celtic are apparently interested in Just. ...
  Paul Griffiths in The 2026 World Cup — Day 5
• So basically Mike @ 33, there is no benefit from buying players early and having them involved in all the pre season?rnrnIt certainly wasn\'t from club management? How do you know this for certain? Do you receive updates directly from the Everton management team?rnrnYour continued defence of the owners borders on obsession. Other teams don\'t appear to be as patient as Everton,they go out and buy what they need. rnrnWhilst we remain patient waiting for the correct price. Well, that should provide us with some top signings then ...
  Sean Herbert in Another transfer window, another slow start for Everton
• lovely NZ goal 1-0. Iran lads left so much spacw. I suspect that their minds were on what is in the Memorandum of Agreement that no one has seen....
  Paul Griffiths in The 2026 World Cup — Day 5
• The window JUST opened. Hours ago. And horror of horrors, we haven't signed anybody yet. Shall we all freak out in unison, or in descending order of height? I have no idea where originated "the initial talk being that the Toffees were very keen to get at least one player, if not two, in before the World Cup got going" but it certainly wasn't anyone in club management. And I'm not sure how that would have worked anyway, since the WC opened four days before the window. Why should ownership be feeling "urgency" to get business done in June? The WC final is July 19. I'd like to remind everybody that this ownership team has always been determinedly patient in its football dealings. Friedkin walked away from the bargaining table for months before he bought Roma, and again when he bought Everton. Same with players. Who were our best signings last summer? I'd say KDH, Grealish and Rohl. August 6, August 12 and September 1 respectively. (And our only early signing was Barry. Jus...
  Mike Gaynes in Another transfer window, another slow start for Everton
• Jim a fit Rom would be a huge handful, he’ll lose a few kg’s in that heat!...
  Christy Ring in The 2026 World Cup — Day 5