Moyes wants 'At least two more'

OS says both are fit.

It does my head in when I hear some of the crappy questions that get asked of managers. In the next few days, you'll typically hear the following during radio / TV interviews:
"How important was that 3 points?"
"How disappointed were you to lose?"
"Do you mind scoring tap-ins or do you prefer the odd 30-yard screamer?"

With respect to handling the media, I think DM represents Everton very well. He scores very low on the gobshite-ometer, unlike king k, rafa b and gerrard h.

If David Moyes has stated that it's wrong to talk about players at other clubs, why would we expect a question about them? He ain't going to answer.
At least he's whetted the appetite for a couple more in early.

(Sadly, on the subject of media, I am disappointed that Harry Redknapp has become a BBC pundit. I can't stand the man and was made up with his career development pathway last season. He came out with the insightful comment this week that "Van Persie could score the goals that win the title for Utd".
Straight out of the Alan "state the bleeding obvious" Hansen school of thought.
Still, that's media training, I suppose. Bland, bland, bland.)

What do you want from him?

Another possible in with a Blackpool connection is Matt Phillips. I have watched him a few times and lacks a killer instinct. He had his big moment at Wembley in the Play offs and blew 2 easy chances to bring the Tangerines back to the Premier league. The other week in a pre season friendly at Wrexham he missed several open goals. I would steer clear of him if I was grand master Moyes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19298824

"we had to raise the money"

Spot the contradiction.

The competition for european spots gets more intense every year. I think adding enough points for nailed on Uefa would be a good achievement. To finish 4th you need 70 points lately and that would involve adding 13-16 points, too much imo.

So, clearly Moyes views a right sided attacker as priority. Depending on the type of player they are they could be considered as cover up to. But, Moyes was in the market for another striker as he was sniffing around Rodellega, and to play for us you need to be able to play lone. I am very concerned if Jelavic gets injured and Anichibe is the cover with his injury record. Velios looked very green last season, his is another development season for him .

As has been pointed out, the Charlie Adam rumour could have legs considering we are gong to be playing a fair amount of 4-2-3-1. As Felli and Gibson start there is only Neville beneath, will be doing a fair amount of right back and is knocking on so we may need a deep lying mid, even if it isn't Adam.

Finally, on right back. Only Moyes knows if he feels Coleman has a chance of making it in the top division at right back or not. If not, we need a young one in this season or next.

"I would like to see Charlie Adam come across from the dark side "

And I would like you to get some therapy......

;-)

I would rather see a RW and a decent CF first though.

There will always be people who have different ideas on a players capabilities or whether we need to sign a particular player. Personally, I think we've done pretty good so far and if Moyes can bring in another player or two I'd be made up. However, I hope to God it's not the likes of Adam. Leave that lowlife to the RS, where he belongs. I'd just as soon sign Joey Barton.

Do you think there's a chance we'll sign Messi and Iniesta.........

As well as fellaini and gibson, we have neville, barkley, osman and junior who all have the ability to play in there.

However we don't have a decent right winger, or players with pace....and given the players we've been heavily linked with(niang & mirallas) Moyes is looking to bring that kind of player to us, rather than yet another centre mid on big money who can be shoved out of position on the wing.

As an aside, rather than carping on about knives and gunfights last season and filling the squad with very low quality players like McFadden, Hannhemann, Straq etc, Moyes should've been selling players that were either coming to the end of their shelf-life, or where we have others ready to step in. With the proceeds he should've been buying in youth and quality where we are weak.

That is just what he appears to have done this season which is nice to see, but he should've been doing it every season to move the club on. We're never going to compete with the teams above us on financial terms, so it requires Moyes to prove why he's one of the best paid managers in the league and keep improving the squad within the budget he's been given.

What he said when asked was he confident of doing better was "I am confident because ive got the same group of players that finished the season (not true but anyway) and im hoping we can build on it". Not "Absoultely" or a "great chance" as you say.
He then reverted to type and followed that mildly positive answer with his usual shite in adding" But as I always say, its always my first line, the first thing you do is get in a position of safety in the Premier League and remain a Premier League club and with the new money thats coming into the league (???) its important to stay in the league"

You ask what did I want him to say - how about just his first line without the expectation lowering bullshit that he came out with after that. WHy is it necessary anyway? Do you ever hear any other manager of a consistant top 7 club speaking like that? In my opinion its unnecessary and it does my head in, hense my original comment!!

All past evidence would suggest that player wages will rise to accommodate the increase in turnover, I'd like to see Everton be brave - we can't compete with the top table anyway, so let's not pay multi millionaires any more and focus on improving the overall squad / facilities.

Oh, and I'd like us to finally start hitting the numbers on the sponsorship deals as well. It's one thing to complain about the others having a lot more money than us, but when you tie your own hands behind your back, it starts to ring hollow.

Jack Rodwell's sale has clearly given us some transfer cash flow, but we appear to be in the process of spending all of it - and more - right now?

On one hand, with all the extra Sky revenue and the disposal of the likes of Cahill, Yobo and an assortment of non-influential loan players, one would hope we would not have a problem doing just that.

However, despite being an instinctive optimist, I am also cynical enough to think that we seem to be far more active than we have become used to in recent seasons and I can't help wondering if this is the sweetener before the bitter pill of Baines, or Fellaini or Heitinga being sold as the window closes?

I do so hope it's the former. I am tired of this burgeoning reputation we seem to be branded with as the paupers of the division.

We are Everton for goodness' sake. Let's start acting like it and put a few pundits in their places.

Speaking of pundits, has everyone noticed how the media are currently masturbating themselves into a frenzy over the latest (Rogers) revolution in Gobshiteland?

One heavyweight paper recently ran a huge story about them re-introducing red goal nets! No news substance at all, apart from the fact it gave some more column inches to them.

And if Jonathan Northcroft in the Sunday Times writes one more piece in the midst of a premature ejaculation about them (as he does every season without fail or conscience), he needs a written warning.

If they get a win at WBA on Saturday, buy the ST the day after and see what I mean. He'll be cross-eyed with orgiastic satisfaction and a severe case of w*nker's cramp...

Sometimes deals come through and sometimes not - if a cow doesn't give you milk for one day, do you kill the cow?

Give DM a break.

Hope you enjoy dinner sir.

Exciting!

Right for Jack and right for Everton = we need to sell a player per year to keep the club in the black/red/somewhere between black and red.

But I already knew that, and so do most of us on here I think/hope?

So, no change in the general make up of the club it seems, so why do I feel so optimistic?

Would this workk irrespective of the quality of the new recruit?

To return to an old rumour, we could sign that K Johnson character, who could then leave midweek in a dispute over catering or whatever, only to re-sign in time for the next home game.

He's also cheap, apparently. I've heard he heads for the Jacks when it's his turn to get a round in.

Yes, it would work irrespective of the quality of the recruit. Defo. There are two problems though: so far it's only worked against Manchester teams. Hopefully it will work against teams from other cities, who knows? Fingers crossed eh.

The other problem is the transfer window. My plan would be to buy 18 players now and then drip feed them to the crowd at Goodison, one every two weeks.

Net result: 19 home wins for EFC. Bob - you are very much my uncle