Fellaini says this season is his last

Hopefully something lost in translation but he might have trouble explaining this one away to Moyes when he gets back to the Club next week.

We have to make do without Fellaini one day. If it's tomorrow, then so be it. Onwards, and we move on and continue our way forward.

Assuming nothing has been lost in translation and Fellaini means what he says, then I am feeling a lot of frustration, anger and disappointment. I thought that we were building our team around him and that he would be here for a long, long time.

I wonder if the sudden thrusting into the media spotlight following the United game has anything to do with this...

Suddenly every man and his dog were talking the boy up and envious eyes were being cast.

I, too would like to see his explanation to Moyes and more importantly to the fans for this statement

It'll be a load of rubbish as he's admitted already this summer that he loves it at Everton and now we've spent a bit of money, signed his mate I can't see him wanting out too soon.

And in the same interview right, why would he say he's thinking of leaving and then when asked about Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, say he was disappointed we didn't get him and hoped we would in the future?

Why would the interview be so contrasting, from wanting to leave and then hoping we sign his Belgian team mate? Surely if he had leaving on his mind he wouldn't give a shit about if we signed him in the future or not?!

It may explain why many of the players were flat against West Brom particularly Fellaini.

It was not so long ago he was singing Moyes's and the club's praises. I wonder if Moyesy is planning an exit at the end of the season or could it be that the squad was promised significant replacements following Rodwell's sale and in reality all we got was Mirallas.

Nevertheless, (if true) those comments are badly misplaced and mistimed...

I think he is very fond of our club. That said, I'm sure it is his dream to win titles. If he wants to move on then I wouldn't have a problem with it.

So long as we get serious cash then I'm sure we can deal with the loss.

I like Fellaini, he's a fantastic player at times. But he's not irreplaceable.

There was the last transfer window on our Belgians much news to gather around Marouane Fellaini but remained silent. In 2008 he moved to 20 million from Standard to Everton. Last year in November, he extended his contract with the Toffees until 2016 but it seems that he will not take off contract.

"I begin now to my fifth season at Everton," the Perminator in England as he is sometimes called. "This will be one of my last. I've seen everything. In January or at the end of the season I would look for another club or league. Pity incidentally Vadis that he did not come to Everton. It may come later on. "

Fellaini has been sent off just once in his Everton career.

I listen to the Guardian's Football Weekly podcast, and in the last one before the transfer window closed, one of the journos, Barry Glendenning, made a prediction/wisecrack that Fellaini would be poor against West Brom if he were still at Everton after the window closed.

There was a lot of hype about him the first couple of weeks of the season and I reckon it's gone to his head. If he does want to go, I'll be disappointed as I rate him, but for god's sake, please get good money for him!

Will have to wait and see if there is a retraction but, as it stands, it amounts to a serious betrayal because it will make it really difficult to play him with the confidence that he will give his all, and puts us in a poor bargaining position when we deal with prospective buyers.

If he didn't say it then I hope some of the fickle fans posting on this thread will retract their harsh comments.

For me he's been our best player for a couple of years now. Not always totally consistent but covers more ground, makes more tackles and is involved in more chances than any other player.

People venting their spleen at Fellaini are missing the point as will be proved if Jelavic reproduces last seasons form or Mirallas etc.

Pissing against the wind with this mob.

Even if we do the impossible and get a Top 4 spot, I doubt whether we could with the squad and our lack of experience get through the initial stages of the competition (as last time in 2004-05) and these 3 or 4 players will know this and could possibly still force a transfer.

Premier League success for us will only throw the spotlight on our better players and unless we can start to match the £70-80k week salaries they can easily get elsewhere (and probably more!) then we will forever be chasing the yearly entrance to the CL.

Barring any misquotes, it is an incredible thing to say at this stage of the season.

If we get good money then in the long run I think it will be a good thing. He is a terrific player but lacks consistency.

Okay (hang on, fuck, REO Speedwagon – would you Adam and Eve it, REO Speedwagon are on live on me box at 10-11 AM on the Sabbath, and the three guitaurists are coming together in those hideous 70s stage huddles – Take it on the Run Baby, … join in Eugene.) Anyway, back to the post:

(1) Timing is all (1) MF. Why on earth would you spit this all out in the second week of September hanging out with the Belgos on International duty, you big dumb twat? You did not need to do this. You could have sat in your nice riverside flat making calls, sounding things out, but there is no need to turn to the press at this point – note to self: perhaps lanky Belgo is not as smart as I once thought...

You sir are one of the reasons (indeed, according to the ToffeeWebbers August poll, THE reason) for our smart start to the season. Couldn’t you have let it unfold a little and just wait and see for a little? Instead of now causing some inevitable whisperings, tensions, and perhaps one or two resentments in the camp, therefore potentially threatening that smart start and the chance that in fact you might be wrong and EFC could be up there come next May?

nb: I would not want to be Mr Hair when he gets back to his Everton family and has to explain himself to the gaffer and the lads and all that and the tea lady (piss in his tea, Rita). Ouch, I would not want to be sitting about the gaffer’s office – the Sensational Alex Harvey Band humming on the other side of the door notwithstanding – knowing that in a minute or two I will be on the end of a bollocking from – Mr Barry – disciplinary, dictatorial, difficult, demanding, daunting Moysey.

(2) Timing is all (2) Okay, the cat is out of the bag, the hair bear bunch are heading for the door. Good news, in anticipation, we hope, of major sponds crossing his palms, Moysey now has all the time in the world to scout about for at least two major new signings (more if he follows this year and sticks to well below £10 mill) that will make this team even better and more likely to be up there. Based on the last nine months or so, we ought to have high hopes that the gaffer and his advisors will nail this one down.

(3) Forgive me, not once have I ever been fully convinced by our towering Belgo, not once. There’s a buzz around him since 20 August and long may it continue and let’s hope that it rises in crescendo. Yes, there have been some sublime moments ad the Manure 90 minutes will live long in the memory.

That all said, sometimes his very Crouch-like dangly awkwardness on the ball (don’t worry, I know he’s better than mutant Lurch) stops me from ever becoming convinced. Not many of us on here would have guessed he had that Manure 90 in him and now he is suddenly unstoppable (Daily Blah), unplayable (Terry Darracott), relentless (Radio Caroline), impossible to defend against in that situation (Plassy Bertrand), unbelievable (Vince Cable) blah, blah, blah, blah, ad infinitum …..

He just ain't as good as some on here seem to think and that aint sour grapes, promise, the sponds will get us a better player and one or two more to boot, also a promise.

(4) And perhaps most important of all, Everton fans are for the most pretty cool. I myself came of age in the late-70s/early-80s away mob (yes Dean Adams, Mark Stone, Mike Oates, Noel Lynam, Denis Richardson, Sam Hoare, James Martin, Mark Dunford, Dave Wilson, the entire fucking Freshy, there were even Moyes haters before Moyes in the Buggles years): designers this, designer that, right up to me Sherlock Holmes cap, no colours, no colours anywhere in sight, impeccable music taste, in a blue nutshell, 100 per cent cool.

So, it’s something of a shock to me to see an uncomfortable number of my fellow Evertonians sporting aforesaid lanky Belgo’s Minnie Ripperton hair wig. Unless you are below 5, and even then Dad what were you thinking, it is quite frankly a little embarrassing, grown men and all that. We are not the barcodes gentlemen please – note to Moyes, make it a #1 priority to buy ace players with the Belgo sponds with cool barnets).

(5) last but not least, any day now expect a missive from Captain Pip about how great morale is at Finch Farm. ‘Like we stick together like glue, like, and the lads are one like and an apple not sliced is whole and you can’t split an atom like’.

To briefly recap: (1) terrible timing MF, makes us all think that you might be a twat on the run (2) start looking Davey, plenty of time and sponds mate (3) he aint as good as many of you seem to think (4) no more silly shitty hair wigs at the Old Lady, back to the cool (5) And so Phil …..

Frankly, if there's no cliched 'lost in translation' explanation, I find his honesty refreshing.

Rather that than him kissing the badge one week, promising to 'be here next season' only to piss-off anyway.

An up-front, no bullshit, honest appraisal of his career past, present & future. I don't mind that one bit.

In the Sunday Times today, Wayne Rooney quotes, I think, Michael Jordan, who felt that a great player should make his team great. We don't have great players at Everton now.

We are paying this man approx £50,000 a week, and he comes out with this shit 3 games into the season!!

Makes you wonder if his first two League performances were a "come and get me" plea to City or Chelsea.

That would make him an even bigger twat than those comments above.

We were always his stepping stone which is fine. We get the money and move on.

Neville and Distin are out of contract, whilst Hibbert, Osman, Jags and Pienaar are all another year older. A decent fee allows Moyes to replace like this year. Summer sales groundhog day.

As for Felli... if true his words are disgusting. He's earning nearly £4m a year isn't he? He has been unavailable due to injury or suspension for nearly a third of his time here, has wonderful support from the fan base yet thinks it's clever to shit all over us like this? He's a top top player as we will see if, as he seems to be angling for, a transfer happens in January when he will command a fee not less than £25m and there will be takers.

The timing of his words is appalling, just as the club faces another round of bickering caused by the Fifa ruling on our late late transfer last week. Plus Felli's part in our season so far is... One brilliant game, one very good game and one utter couldn't-care-less performance at West Brom which along with most others was as poor as it gets from a team who we know are much much better than that....

I despair at the reality that is the stranglehold these players have on our clubs and our game. The fans help create it, we put up with being laughed at by these vastly overpaid selfish morons but then if the git scores against Newcastle I will go ape like everyone else... Is there an answer to player and agent power?

After all, "Rodwell agreed to terms thought to be around 100K per week" signalled Fella's departure was only a matter of how soon.

But why he'd make such a statement this time of year is baffling. Looking forward to hearing what he says when he gets back.

I for one, wouldn't blame him for moving on.

Kenwright will already be rubbing his hands at how much he can get for him.

I also don't have a problem for him (or anyone else) to be ambitious enough to want to play at the highest level or to have tangible success and the medals to show for it.

The timing is ridiculous though, as it can only be disruptive for the club he is tied to for another 3 months.

Why are people talking about Champions League though? Realistically, progress this season would be adequately shown by a trophy and Europa League qualification. That may not be enough to retain Fellaini but it should not precipitate a mass exodus. In fact, I would expect it to provide a decent platform for attracting up and coming players, as not everyone can play for the billionaire clubs.

Now, if richer clubs come bearing gifts, we know what the result will be.

But this statement, so ill-timed, so out of the blue? I don't get it.

Let's see what he says on return.

So, to avoid being a traitor boyhood blues with talent have to spend their entire careers at The Old Lady. You fucking bastard Nugent. You bastard shitbag Lambert. You piece of turncoat shit XYZ blah blah blah, ad infinitum.

Get over it. It was a long long long time ago. Rooney is still loyal to Everton; ask his kids decked out in blue not red, wife who said she would never wear red underwear, neighbours, team-mates (1st in the dressing room after the game: 'How did Everton get on?'), SAF, who knows.

Get over it FFS. Move on. Don't get locked in the rigid past. You feel this way because he was THAT GOOD. Young talents at Finch Farm take note: (1) you cannot go anywhere else (2) do not say 'Once a Blue, always a Blue' even though Wayne still is a Blue (3) if you move to another team you no longer support the Blues, it's like never again talking to the ex-wife.

Can't believe this shit still simmers. I'd take WR back in a heartbeat, so therefore I am a traitor.

So on the strength of that, we have so many calling him some choice names. He is still here and I would imagine if we have a great season he will be saying how great it is to play for us. He is ambitious. That is the kind of player I want in our ranks, you know, someone looking to win things and not happy to settle for mediocrity.

Hold off on the lynching just in case...

Don't stop reading at that sentence. Fellaini goes on to say he could leave in January. Don't be so selective. There is a difference between being ambitious and going out publicly calling when you will be demanding to leave the club. This is so unacceptable it's almost hard to believe.

Can you imagine the reaction if it was a year odd ago and he could join a foreign club for nothing?

Guys,

I was very surprised to read in some newspapers that I will leave Everton very soon and perhaps next January.

Let me remind you that I am very happy in Liverpool and our start of the championship was good. Kevin Mirallas and some other good players joined us to make a better squad in order to realize a good championship in the line of the end of the last one.

So with Everton, I am ready to play all the season and to reach our goals of this season. However, my only concern for the moment is of course our (Red Devils) Tuesday's game against Croatia.

Whether you're in Belgium or England, thank you from my heart for your support …

Marouane

The comments as reported, if true, show him for exactly what he is- a good footballer with his own best interests at heart. Good luck to him. I cried when Lineker left, we won the league the year after. I was gutted when Rooney left, we had our best Premier League finish immediately after. Felli is good, but far from irreplaceable. I remember thinking we were screwed when Gravesen went to Madrid, in his place came Arteta. Hopefully we can find a player as good, if not better, this time around too.

Also, Fellaini has just posted this on his official Twitter account: "Guys, just want to remind you that I'm very happy in Everton and now very concentrated for national team game! Thanks".

Link here: https://twitter.com/fellainiM/status/244888459813212160

No smoke without fire one would suggest...

Fellaini's timing is stupid, but the criticism of his ability is unjust... on his day, I would argue that Yaya is the only better central midfielder in the league. If we get £25M+ for him, I will be happy. Unfortunately, it was rather inevitable he would leave. He wasn't a secret when he came to us and he isn't now. Fingers crossed that he does the right thing and apologises though, as we don't need a problem with morale.

fellainiM: @Everton Guys, just want to remind you that I'm very happy in Everton and now very concentrated for national team game! Thanks

His twitter acount just posted this!!!

As long as he keeps performing in a blue shirt then I am more than happy. If he then stays, all good and well. If he goes than as long as we get top dollar that will do me.

Judging by some of the bile on this thread a lot of people will be glad to see the back of him, I am not one of them.

J'ai parcouru la presse ces dernières heures et à ma grande surprise, certains journalistes annoncent mon départ d'Everton au mois de janvier prochain.

Comme je vous l'ai souvent précisé, je suis très heureux à Everton d'autant plus qu'après ma prolongation de contrat, l'équipe a été renforcée notamment avec la venue de Kévin Mirallas.

Notre fin de saison dernière nous a permis de prouver notre place en Premier League et la direction l'a confirmé ces dernières semaines. Je suis très heureux de notre début de championnat et je serai concentré pour la suite de la saison avec Everton.
Toutefois, ma seule préoccupation actuellement est bien sûr le match de mardi contre la Croatie.

Que vous soyez en Belgique ou en Angleterre, merci du fond du coeur pour votre soutien...

Marouane.

Dear friends, I have walked the press these last hours and to my surprise, some journalists announce my departure from Everton in next January.

As I have often said you, I am very pleased to Everton as after my contract extension, the team has been strengthened with the arrival of Kevin Mirallas.

Our end of last season has allowed us to prove our place in the Premier League and the direction was confirmed in recent weeks. I am very pleased with our start of Championship and I'll be concentrated for the rest of the season with Everton.

However, my only concern is currently of course the match Tuesday against Croatia.

Whether you are in Belgium or in England, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support...

Marwan

On Bluekipper's Facebook 25mins ago

As with Johnny, seems Quotes to foreign (to us) media seem to get misread/mis translated and it leads to a lack of harmony. Maybe as one contributor suggested, Moyes should stop players making statements without some sort of club clearance.

Sadly, at the first sign of something not right, contributors are quick to be scathing of the players, sometimes I wonder if that is why the players themselves appear to mirror that lack of the loyalty we so desire.

If we are so quick to criticise the players often with vile comments then what loyalty can we expect of them?

If Fellaini want's to move on, fair play; 5 years at a club and nothing to show for it... so be it.

It is your trainset, but are you letting comment 609 stay ?

What are seeing there, Ian, that I should pull?

I love him playing for us, he's class, a good player, and an entertainer, and I don't for one minute pay attention to or believe the quotes attributed to him. He'd have to be an idiot to say what he supposedly said and I think he's an intelligent kid.

Bill's been called many things by fans who don't buy into the luuvy stuff... I'm not sure this is all that different to those claiming (apparently without foundation) that he is creaming money out of the club.

If there is trouble, though, it will be redirected to James Morgan; he's responsible for posting it. Part of the reason we require real names and active e.mail addresses...

DM: "Marouane, what the fuck are you playing at? You are one of my best assets and a big part of my plans here for the future."

MF: "Like you give a shit, gaffer you haven't signed a new contract, you'll be off in the summer unless we get bought out, or by some miracle qualify for the Champions League"

DM: "Shhhhhhh!! Big Gob!!, Once that Villas Boas cocks up again, I'll be right in there. Make a statement saying it's a load a bollox big misunderstanding, get your head down, keep your form good and you can be my first signing, big perm!!"

@Everton Guys, just want to remind you that I'm very happy in Everton and now very concentrated for national team game! Thanks

Felaini tweeted 53 minutes ago

I've read about Heitinga being unsettled and now it's Fellaini. These players do not join EFC out of any love for the club, its a career move.

I can speak from 'REAL' experience having spent more than 25 years of my working life abroad. They come here firstly to advance their salaries and then to be in the shop window to the highest bidder. The ONLY players with loyalty to a club are home grown.

Let's face it... English is not their first language and they are ambitious!! I hope I have made my point... we should be hanging on for dear life to Baines, Jagielka etc and build the team around them.

Just asking. I need to know coz I have a brill, Norman Wisdom funny, side-splitting, on the nail, Bletchley Park smart one-liner/moniker up my sleeve about that fucking crook. Oops.

And to think we demand loyalty!

That he could leave, I get. We have the same ownership group sold Rooney.

But that he'd freely state he's leaving, in some National Team media Q&A? Baffling.

Interested to find out how the original article "quoted" him.

And, how do you know that big Belgo was misquoted by rat-race journo? Were you there? Has MF said anything today to allay any concerns we might or any concerns that he might have about having words put in his mouth? Big fucking NO!!!

"I will play for Everton where I am happy until the end of the season." Now, tell me, is there a single word in all of that to contradict original report/post? You know the answer: big fucking NO!!!

The moral of this? Get it right, think before you write, don't characterize and summarize things until you are sure you have got it absolutely spot on. Keep mum if you are not sure that you have done these things.

A shoddy on-my-high-chair head-in-the-sand Hoare post. Hang on, – sorry – ought to have read: 'another 'shoddy on-my-high-chair head-in-the-sand Hoare post'.

Also, for some strange and slightly endearing reason, Premier League footballers seem to believe that, if they can't see us, then, like a toddler playing hide and go seek, we can't see them.

We already knew what's coming once Rodwell's contract was announced. Fella on £70k, Rodwell on £100k?

Fella only had to keep up his play this season then sit home sorting thru the invites piling up at his doorstep.

We'll have to see the origins of this story and I'm willing to wait.

£30M min + and they pay any add-ons to Standard... Deal!!!

Tom Dodds.... I wasn't actually getting into another debate on Bill or his Board. I just thing the rhetoric needs calming down a bit as its turning off even those who want to understand the position better and it somehow continues to come across as schoolyard, which surely can't help ? In any event my position on Bill stopped being "apologist" a long time ago, not that I felt it deserved the tag. But I don't hate him, don't abuse him and tho I've little time for his friend Mr Earl I can't see how making up silly names for Bills mates, like "Mr Whippy" get anyone's views across. I will probably annoy you even more by saying I rate Robert Elstone highly and think the new comms guy is at least trying to debate the issues, tho he may have got a couple of things wrong recently. But none of this should be read as saying that those of us not in the Blue Union fail to see the financial woes or the impact now and in the future.

Anyway, getting back on thread, I have read Fellani's twitter and FB stuff and it's all very nice but feels horribly like "mission accomplished" as another poster said. So here's the thing, if that newspaper has utterly lied and blatently misquoted Fellani to in effect create a complete falsehood and damage the guys reputation, then I assume Fellani will say so and take a bit of legal action of his own, won't he ?
Yet I can't see anything but mild surprise in Fellani's "who me" statement and certainly not indignant outrage at such lies ?

Just kick ass this season, son. I'll settle for that.

http://twitter.com/fellainiM

Don't believe a word written these days at all though. Fucking soap opera.

Straq article attached, top man.

This fella has a short memory the shite he turned in last season before the arrival of Gibson was awfull, plus the teams results were better in previous seasons when he was injured.

No doubt Felliani has potential and quality but unless he can keep the Man Utd type performances going which he has failed to do since he signed, which top club would buy him to use up top as a type of target man?

Lets be realistic if Felliani had produced year in year out top clubs would have been banging the door down, the fact is his performances have been no where near that of a 30m midfielder playing consistently at the top of his game.

You say no-one on this thread has called MF useless but about 5 comments in we have:

'Who gives a flying? Vastly overrated, inconsistent and an arrogant piece of sh*t off the field'

Followed swiftly by

'Good riddance, £30million please.'

And then:

'The most overrated player to play for us in recent times. I was devastated when Arteta left and sad when Cahill did, I‘ll be overjoyed when Fellaini leaves.

Everything was going so right at Everton until he joined, the player to supposedly take us forward set us back. He craps out of every derby game as well.'

As for him being misquoted read this later direct quote from him '"I was very surprised to read in some newspapers that I will leave Everton very soon and perhaps next January. Let me remind you that I am very happy in Liverpool and our start of the championship was good.'

So can I suggest you follow your own advice and actually have a look at the information to hand before you come on here and accuse other people of being ill-informed or else you will look like a bit of a hypocritical git!

thanks for pointing those out Sam.. man some people can lose all sense of rationality at the drop of a hat!

"Let me remind you that I am very happy in Liverpool and our start of the championship was good.

"I was very surprised to read in some newspapers that I will leave Everton very soon and perhaps next January."

Glad I wasn't on Toffeeweb over the weekend or I'd be feeling a bit silly this morning too !

The bile some people just wait for an opportunity to post on this site......
I come here for a different opinion, but this is just too much.

Personally I don't think he's that good although he's had a few good games for us.

What it translates to is, "I think I deserve some medals on my dresser so I am moving somewhere where I will definitely win something" Ambition.....not a chance.

There is no free speech in the UK and where there is free speech it has to come with the responsibility to use it sensibly. I personally would sue you if were BK.

Prove that BK said that he wouldn't sell Rooney for >J50.0 MM and what if he changed his mind anyway, free speech and all that.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marouane-Fellaini/100567087766

As for his retraction/denial... well, it's not really a retraction is it... "I never said any of that, I'm gonna sue the pants of those crappy hacks" — now that's a denial..

The only thing that is surprising is that he was so open with a journalist. Most probably he was a bit naive, and said some unguarded things to a 'friendly' journalist that he thought were off the record. Lesson learned buddy.

For a start, I did say I shouldn't have said Billy 'Crook' but I think that's pretty mild compared to some of the vitriol spouted on here, wouldn't you agree?

As for suing, get a grip lad, he'd be up to his specs and then some with lawsuits if he sued everyone who said anything remotely bad about him. I don't recall saying 'Bill did x and y and broke the law etc'

Not much weight to suing someone from what I said is there?

Can we get back to talking about Fellaini now?

Sometimes people do sue just to make an example of somebody and to deter others. Robert Maxwell was a f*cker for it. Just shows what a bloody great guy Bill is.

It does make you wonder what goes on during the international breaks? There is absolutley nothing to stop his agent and the player from meeting other clubs representatives. It's happened before and will happen again. Of course I am speculating but it does go on.

Lescott's quote about being an 'excited fan' of Man City 6 months before his move was a clear strategy designed to manufacture the move. I think the tapping up side of it is why Moyes dug his heels in then.

Lessons are learned though I would expect if there is a serious buyer out there a deal will be sorted at the right price in January or the summer. Moyes will then do what he does best, he will make us better with the proceeds.

We all need to accept the way of things. The same process will happen with Jelavic and Mirallas if he is good enough, simple as. It will stay that way until the finances change.

Surely Toffeeweb should follow suit, or at least insert one of those "Update" sub-headings. We wouldn't want the site to be accused of being negative or only telling the controversial side of the story.

Does anybody else think international breaks at this point in the season is just ridiculous?

Reading the many many comments on here I admit I didnt do an historical review of opinion, just based it on overall sentiment.

If he does go, I look forward to who next our scouting network identifies. We have become a stepping stone for players under this ownership regime. Until that changes, we have to get used to it.

I seem to remember a certain Keith Wyness promoting his services to another employer while employed by Everton. He was sacked, no messing.

He has not said he is staying with Everton until his present contract expires.

He said he is happy - I would be happy on £70k a week as well !!

No problem with any player showing ambition, but show some respect to the club who are making you their highest paid player.

He has given us five years.

His Dad has been in his earhole for ages saying, 'move on' (and we all know this from previous publicity).

He will want to test himself at the very top (i.e. CL) and to quote the words of one former Croxteth resident, "With respect, that won't be at Everton."

If we were able to compete in the CL then things might just change. But competing in the CL is a long shot at Goodison without an injection of capital. And Bill doesn't have the money, as he keep telling us. And so we go on.

When's our next game?

The laws of libel/ slander may seem a very long way from the happygolucky/tongue in cheek postings made on these boards but one day someone is going to get unstuck. One day the worm will turn.

JM Stop digging your grave mate - pack it in and give us all a rest.

Has anybody ever accused you of being humourless?

Lets hope this doesn't knock Felliani and he can keep producing outstanding displays and prove that he is in the 30m bracket.

There can be little doubt that if a top club playing Champions league football year upon year comes in for any of are players they would have to seriously consider the offer. Lets hope Felliani and the rest of the squad can challenge for these places but much higher consistency has to be achieved out on the pitch over a longer period imo.

We're quite happy to have our clubs fork over the coin for expensive foreign mercenaries, to compete with the biggest clubs; that being the case, we have to accept that our foreign mercenaries owe us no special loyalty. When their profile gets big enough, they will move on for brighter lights and bigger salaries, and there's no point crying about it.

Fellaini's only mistake was to be unguarded in his comments. That was dumb, and needlessly hurtful, even though he was only saying to the wrong person what we all should have well known he was thinking.

Also, for what it's worth, he has already come out with a denial. It's meaningless of course, but at least he's playing the PR game now.

Two fish in a tank. One turns around and asks, "How do you drive this?"

I think there are a few factors for these players...

1, When Everton going to get in the top 4?
2, Am I selling myself short for every year I am not in the CL?
3, How many more seasons do I have as a top pro?

I think those are questions are right and proper for any top line footballer and Everton can only do so much for a players potential if No.1 is no time soon.

This season is important because without top 4, it could mean adios to Moyes, Baines, Fallaini, Heitinga, Jelavic... the list goes on. And Mirallas would be off too if he sets the Prem alight.

Before you decided to stick your two penneth in you might have cared to look at two of my previous posts trying to get away from the BK debate.

One off-the-cuff line appears to be getting slightly snowballed by people like you.

That bloody well explains everything. I don't get it :-)