Everton lose head of medicinal services

Danny Donachie

We are roughly 2nd in the table based on half-time scores, so we must be bottom in the 2nd half! How much is this to do with the Europa? Let’s say we’ve played Sunday... Monday is "light" to loosen up. Tuesday they may break sweat at Finch Farm.

Wednesday is "light" and/or travel. Thursday match.Friday is "light" and then so is Saturday so they’re ready for Sunday.... only they’re NOT!

I’m not saying this is the only reason we are so crap at the moment,but it’s one of them - and cant have helped with the hamstring outbreak. It’s not a plan B we need during games, its a phase 2. Dominating possession is a GOOD thing.... but then what? How about getting good possession wide, and put crosses in to TWO strikers?

Have you heard the howls of derision at GP when we "mix it up" with long ball stuff - its as bad as going back to centre half from a free-kick 20 yds from the box.

So let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater... just make better decisions on WHEN to play out/empty it... and stop trying to score the perfect goal and get the ball in their box!

Just the days we live in, I remember Peter Reid saying he would try to cover up a fractured shin to play.... Being tired was not part of his game. I just wonder who is really injured sometimes, because the recovery time is unbelievable at times.

Good to see that Roberto is needling out those to blame for Everton’s mediocrity!

The clap-trap and psychobabble penetrates this club at every level. Could somebody find us some evidence from any of the participants in this "comedy of mainly errors" that this Is the level of professional expertise worth paying for? If a GCSE pupil could not have given a deeper more substantial exposition of the nature of psychological links with sporting performance etc we would be berating the schools.

The professional standards at the club from top to bottom need fundamental and radical overhaul.

Something’s seriously gone awry since the "rebirth" last season.......

Where did that come from mate?

Also there’s a few of our over 30 brigade that have had muscle strains which you can kinda expect.
No wonder McCarthy has hamsting trouble is it, how he runs about, I don’t think you can say he’s not fit!
This Donachie chap could have left for all sorts of reasons, better money for 1, could be he’s not worth his salt, who knows.

Most probably the Washouse!!!!!!!!.

Whatever we say about RM, it is a real disgrace that anybody should go on the pitch in our colours and not try their very best in every game. It is, I am sorry to say, obvious that we have such players in the team at the moment.

What "bits" have you put on here that came true?

Can’t be arsed finding the Eto’o, Besic and Lukaku stuff though mate.

The chats I’ve had tonight make me worried even more. I’m now not arsed about naming names, so: Seamus and McCarthy want out and Mirallas isn’t signing (hope Garbutt does).

The Two Irish lads have genuinely surprised me (if true) and I’ve no reason to doubt why not. Make of that what you like, but please no more silly stuff.

The thing that worried me is the way that Roberto described Bojan’s deceit in winning the penalty. He said it was part of the culture to be clever and sly. If you have a problem with someone of this nature, grudges are usually held, which will always be a big problem at a football club.

Not saying you have to like your boss, but he should always be respected. Take Eto’o, being asked 3 times to get stripped to go on as sub against QPR. How can he have any respect for the manager when he plays him in the very next game?

You wont hear Seamus asking to leave, but you may here "The club have agreed to sell Seamus, we wish him all the best etc etc"

No idea about what McCarthy wants - but personally think agents are a cancer on the game.

Whether they want to leave or are asked to leave smells of the usual boardroom sell-out that we should be used to by now. Arguably those three players, particularly last season, were one of the reasons that we did so well as they adapted to RM’s methods better than most at the club.

To lose any or all of them spells disaster regardless of who is in charge of the team. I would hazard a guess that McCarthy will end up at Arsenal, Coleman at Old Trafford and Mirallas at Spurs or even Chelsea. Bill Kenwright will have to back Martinez regardless as nobody else would want to come to Everton given the loss of those three players.

Patrick, I certainly wouldn’t bet against you being quite close there.

You know how to cheer a fella up.I hope you have had too much Christmas cheer and your comments are the beer talking.

Except I have this awful feeling that it is straight from the horse’s mouth.