ToffeeWeb - Season 2007-08

Michael Kenrick

Phew... finally... Some goiod news... Unless he turns out to be 'lazy' and goes all Middlesbrough on us...!!!!

Steve Pugh
1 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:21:07

Just seen we won the appeal.

Any comments Mr Marsh?

Maybe now we can give the board the benefit of the doubt and concentrate on the football.

Julian
2 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:26:03

Good news. Hopefully he will go straight into the team against Bolton to team up with AJ. I know McFadden scored on Saturday but which is tough, but hey ho.

Seamus Murphy
3 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:27:38

Jesus can we stop the bitching at each other Steve. Good news and we’re all delighted ok? Even Mr Marsh im sure

Danny Mullally
4 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:32:41

Steve,
Please lets not turn this into another negative tit for tat thread, Yakubu has signed everything is done and dusted, so lets all be one big happy family- Come over here Tony Marsh gimme a big hug.

haha!

Tony Marks
5 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:28:26

No further comment to make other than....... over to you Mr Marsh. Is that egg on your face by the way?

Kraxpot
6 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:34:37

I guess many of us have been clicking "refresh" to see if its gone through!

Kudos to the board though. They really did find the money somehow ... somewhere

COYB!

CHRIS TAGGART
7 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:33:46

its all the boards fault, how dare they live up to a promise, (said with tounge planted firmly in my cheek)

Whos next? still a few days left to add to the squad

james elworthy
8 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:34:40

I wonder if Yakubu will still be out of favour with Nigeria come the African Nations Cup. Is’nt their manager Bertie Vogts who also upset Davie Weir. I know he has annoyed Anichebe as well. With a bit of luck Anichebe will decide to play for England and Yakubu will tell Vogts to stick it too. It would be nice if Vaughany is fit too by then. We would have 5 decent forwards plus young Justiewicz in the wings.

EJ
9 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:32:28

Hi Guys.. personally, I’m delighted that Manny hasn’t signed for us... in my opinion, through the games that I saw last season, true, he has the creativity as well as a bit of grit in his play, but I reckon he’s lost the ball too much for us when he’s got it... try to do too much at times.. so I’m ok with him not signing.. but Yakubu .. now tts a dream buy for me IMHO... pacier then Anichebe, and has a much better scoring record then AJ and JB, and has the bull physique like a certain manure ass whom I understand broke his foot again.

So I reckon he will be a great buy for us... so let’s give him the number 9 ...

my only concern ...

"I chose to go to Middlesbrough because they were in Europe. At the moment they are not doing it. I think I made the right decision to come to this place. It is a massive club and it is a great feeling. There are great players and you want to play for a big club."

now let’s say he scores 20 odd goals but we don’t make it to Europe next year... (please dun flame me guys).. how ?...

Let’s pray..

Jonny Gillen
10 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:39:57

Feed The Yak and he will score!!!!!!!!

Murf
11 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:36:52

I’m glad we’ve signed a recognised goalscorer and looking forward to us getting amongst the goals. To be honest I’m not that impressed with AJ’s goals return but maybe that’ll improve now its not all down to him up front. As for MacFadden I’d like to see Moyes give him a chance to prove himself at left mid/wing, but maybe that’ll be for home games rather than Bolton away.
Positive news at last!
ComeonyouBlues!
Murf

Neil Pearse
12 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:37:32

Let’s cut the snide comments guys - no time for an argument. This is GREAT news. The first genuine goalscorer we’ve had since when? (? Tony Cottee?). I think Moyes will shape up his workrate, and his mate Joey Yobo will make sure he knows what’s expected.

Feed The Yak and he will score! (Now we just need another feeder...)

Eddie Harrison
13 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:39:24

Why do people always ruin good news by trying to goad Tony Marsh, it’s almost as bad as when the RS wind us up.

Can’t we just be pleased we signed a player which I remember Tony Marsh saying would be a good signing. As if there isn’t enough of a divide between our fan base at the moment.

We might not all agree with him, all of the time, but with the Fernandes and stadium debacles still fresh in the mind I can see the thinking behind his frustrated opinions.

Allan Hobbs
14 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:42:58

James - The Yak fell out with the old coach of Nigeria, not sure how he and Vogts get on, or whether he’s even arsed about playing for them again. Hopefully not eh.

Up the blues.

Murf
15 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:42:09

James Elsworthy?

As I understand it he has already told Vogts to stick it and is retired from international duty. Was’nt that one of the snags in the work permit dealings?

murf

Tony Marsh
16 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:40:27

Tony Marks can you read or do you<>purposely act dumb for attention?Yesterday I said I would hold judgement on the Yakubu deal untill today.Today is here and I am made up.I rate Yakubu highly and reckon he will bag us the goals the team badly needs at present.Signing Yakubu is great news but it doesnt mean the anger and dissapointment of the Fernandez fiasco wasnt real.Get a grip will ye.
Steve PughNow lets see if the goals dry up for Yakubu who is prolific in this league.If they do dry up like every other striker has done under Moyes including AJ now then we will know were the fault will lay wont we?

Graham Nolan
17 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:50:13

Great news regarding Yakubu, let’s hope he does the business for us. Now let’s turn out attetion to the midfield. A few names have been mentioned I I expect to see another signing before the transfer window shuts. Nakamura or Appiah are the best of all the names nemtioned yet. Fingers crossed lads.....COYB!

Seamus Murphy
18 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:49:22

This will be great for AJ - i know a lot of people have been giving him a hard time but at least now he can return to running the channels and making life a nightmare for defenders - Rather than acting as the worlds smallest target man!!

Chris Lawlor
19 Posted 29/08/2007 at 15:55:45

Great news, I’ve been sat here at work all day waiting for this. As others have said Ayegbeni should now provide the necessary muscle up front to cause havoc to the oppo. Let him bulldoze and AJ clean up! COYB

James Elworthy
20 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:11:21

I said to my mate that on Saturday we had the strongest bench I had seen for years. With the signing of Yakubu and the imminent signing of a midfielder, when Cahill and Vaughan are fit we are going to spoilt for choice on who even makes the bench. I am getting over excited or what

Chris Lawlor
21 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:14:14

Having just watched his interview on the OS, I’m very excited about this fella. He seems like a pretty confident bloke and the idea of scoring 20+ a season doesnt seem to phase him one bit.....oooohh this could be the signing we’ve yearned for....

Mike Hunt
22 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:09:32

Well said Seamus, though a better target man than AJ I feel the Yak is best with balls played in front and likes it in to feet too. Hopefully Route One will be played infrequently! Doubtless a new classy centre mid would help no end.

Shaka
23 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:20:04

Great news. How many goals do you think he’ll score from air bombs?? All we need now is Appiah. The guys got a great range of passing.

Allan Hobbs
24 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:27:37

If anyone brings any fireworks to any games they’re likely to be ejected Shaka. Please, dont encourage people.

Kunal Desai
25 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:27:46

Lets hope this signing is third time lucky for us.......and not another amokachi or Bakayoko!

Shaun Kinnair
26 Posted 29/08/2007 at 16:15:45

Appiah.. its on the grapevine on both Everton and West Ham United blogs and forums that both clubs are looking to capture this guy before deadline day...West Ham are fav to land him though as he?s already expressed a desire to move to West Ham. West Ham have been tracking this guy for sometime, while Arsenal cooled there inetrest after signing Rosicky and Barcelona when signing Deco. Fenerbahce have tried to stop any approach for the player in this transfer window and are reluctance to sell him, but he’s come out again in the last couple of days saying "He wants to leave as he wants his children to learn English". A creative player going forward and scores a good ratio of goals (one being voted the Best Goal of the UEFA Champions League 2005) but the 2006 Turkish Footballer of the Year and former Ghana Footballer of the Year as well as being Captain of Ghana’s National team would come at around 6 million.

simon
27 Posted 29/08/2007 at 17:06:29

I want to see him up front with jimmy mac

Dave roberts
28 Posted 29/08/2007 at 17:10:40

I just wanna see him...in an Everton shirt!

Shaka
29 Posted 29/08/2007 at 17:12:48

Bring back Nyarko!! If Appiah’s already stated he wants to join West Ham, then what’s the point??

Chris Leyland
30 Posted 29/08/2007 at 17:14:11

I don’t actually believe that Yakubu has signed and it is all another Bill Kenwright scam to get us to leave our Anfield home for a new stadium up the road that will be called Goodison.

The Keith
31 Posted 29/08/2007 at 17:34:31

Allan. Free tonight mate, so what’s the score with your Nan???

I’d like to jump in before that scammer Dave Lynch turns up.

By the way, I’ve got a nice line in tomatoe juice, and fake dog paw prints being organised by our MArketing dept, so they should be ready for July.

The Keith
32 Posted 29/08/2007 at 17:40:18

By the way, where’s that Steve Claringbold. He’s my new chef and I’m bloody starving.

What do Gods have to do to get fed round here????

Andy
33 Posted 29/08/2007 at 18:06:15

excellent signing, and once moyes gets to work on his fitness i’ll think we may have of the most prolific strikers in the premier league.

well done everton.