Talking Points – Season 16-17

Regular topics from ToffeeWeb readers

Your all-time Top Ten Everton players.

Conor Skelly

Posted 27/06/2017

This may be quite a juvenile talking point and is obviously very subjective but I am interested to know what people's opinions of Everton's all-time Top Ten best players are. My Top Ten, in order, are... #1 Dixie Dean#2 Alan Ball#...

I just don't like the redesigned club crest

Ian Owen

Posted 21/06/2017

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Roy Vernon - your memories needed

Rob Sawyer

Posted 16/06/2017

Roy Vernon was posthumously announced as an Everton Giant at the club's 2017 End of Season Awards (he had previously been inducted into Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame). The North Walian came to Everton from Blackburn Rovers in 1960. His impa...

The Lukaku Problem and the Myth of a Number Nine

Robert Leigh

Posted 16/06/2017

As Evertonians, we have waited a long time for a 20 goal-a-season man. We tried Bent, Beattie, Johnson, Yakubu, Anichebe, Vaughan, Saha, Jelavic – none of whom were up to the task (although in fairness the Yak & Saha had their moment...

Positive but...

Peter Rogers

Posted 15/06/2017

Believe me when I say am over the moon that it looks like we are building a new squad that will hopefully get us in the top 4 but I still have doubts... Has Mr Moshiri really spent any money as yet or are we spending the up-coming Lukaku money? ...

This Time Feels Different

Steve Hogan

Posted 14/06/2017

The media pictures of our Director of Football arriving in Milan today to 'talk business' should herald a new dawn of optimism amongst our fanabase.Clearly, we no longer have to wait until 11:30pm on deadline day to sign the 'best of the rest' ...

It was 50 years ago today...

Mark Riding

Posted 04/06/2017

Well... it was on June 1. This version is not quite what it seems... But a special Everton-flavoured celebration instead. ...

The gullible fans of Goodison Park

Scott Hall

Posted 01/06/2017

A group of fans like no other, an indescribable love for our teamUp to Sunderland or down to Bournemouth, in our thousands we're happy to stream.Putting up with performances so often wide of the mark,We are the gullible fans of Goodis...

You're NOT going to believe THIS!

Eugene Ruane

Posted 22/05/2017

I understand that during the summer, newspapers (certainly the tabloids) get desperate (well..even MORE desperate) for football stories. However it isn't really a problem for them, as they can/do/will simply invent a load of space-filler sh...

What does Alisher Usmanov's failure to take over Arsenal mean for Everton?

Jim Hardin

Posted 20/05/2017

It has been reported in the Guardian and other news outlets that Stan Kroenke has knocked back Usmanov's $1.3 billion attempt to take over Arsenal. Given the ties between Usmanov and Moshiri, could it mean that Everton is in line to be the next c...

Rare Everton memorabilia in auction

Rowena Turner

Posted 19/05/2017

Adam Partridge Auctioneers of Liverpool has rare and early Everton memorabilia coming up for sale 7th June 2017. To include the following items: An early season ticket for 1910-1911.A 1897 gold end-of-season medallion.A rare 1907 suppor...

U23 Player of the Year

Liam Reilly

Posted 19/05/2017

I see the only player from Everton to be nominated for the U23 Player of the year is 'Liam Walsh'.Surely if he's the best in that league then he must be knocking on the first team door. I know he's suffered a few injuries but he's yet to even m...

U23s - Contract Review

Alasdair Mackay

Posted 09/05/2017

I was looking, like thousands of other Evertonians, at the pictures of our incredible U23s lifting the Premier League Trophy and it got me thinking. What will become of this golden generation?I decided to look over the contract situation fo...

The 7th-best team finish 7th

Andy Crooks

Posted 08/05/2017

I just watched Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 3-0 tonight. How many of our team would get in theirs? Maybe Lukaku who would be surrounded by better players... maybe not. In fact, I doubt that any of our team would get into any of the sides above us. W...

Goals alone do not an idol make

Frank Mullin

Posted 07/05/2017

Evertonians young and old alike have made idols over the years of a select group of centre-forwards who have demonstrated their unique qualities, which, more often than not, included scoring goals in abundance. Some, but not all, have been part of...

Buy or Scout to bridge the gap?

Phillip Warrington

Posted 01/05/2017

The result against Chelsea and other results against the top six teams have shown us to be too slow, not technical enough. We can't break down technically good teams (apart from odd results); players lack ambition and the courage to attack and boss t...

Fans as scouts?

Sam Hoare

Posted 28/04/2017

I just had a crazy idea. Not for the first time. I was about to post something on one of the rumour threads when it occurred to me how many Everton fans there are who (like me) spend hours and hours watching football matches, other than Everton on...

Ross for sale but not Rom?

Gerard McKean

Posted 26/04/2017

Over the last 6 or 7 years, Everton have become a real “smoke and mirrors” outfit — we never quite know what's real and what's not. Of course there is a need for discretion and we were once renowned for the club's stealth...

ESCLA event in London

Rob Madigan

Posted 26/04/2017

ESCLA along with EitC present 'Everton in the Capital' Charity CasinoTo thank our London-based blues, we at ESCLA have decided to have an event before our last London game every season beginning with our final league match ...

Where is Gana?

David Pearl

Posted 26/04/2017

Having been substituted in the last 2 games you might think its only just come to my attention... but he seems to have lost his mojo since returning from the AFCON. It might be his partnership with Morgan. Perhaps he is missing Barry. Or is it tha...