Sigurdsson out for up to two months

We need this like a Lokh in kop = hole in the head, already!

In summation, a poor return so far on the outrageous 㿙 million laid out for his services.

I agree with you that 㿙m was a hefty fee and was way above the true value of the player, however, I think he has offered more than most of the other players recruited last summer and I feel that his best is yet to come.

The player doesn't set his transfer value and he wouldn't be the first player to choke when a huge fee has been paid. His injury has come at an unfortunate time for him and the club because in recent matches at Goodison he has started to look the player we all hoped he might be.

We'll miss his creativity in the Goodison Derby for sure; if Allardyce was to play him of course.

What a horrible season – at least bringing in a new Manager now would change the mood and raise some expectations; especially when this arsehole is telling us that he's going for a strong defense on Saturday at Stoke!

I agree with Michael (#9). This is the time to start using and evaluating Klaassen.

But I cannot see further than Allardyce shunting Rooney in there and bringing in the French No 2.

So sad about Jim Bowen. “Here's what you could have won”

Still, you have to cope with injuries, as part and parcel of the game. Lady Luck has chosen one of our better ones.

Joe @18, have a job with Ethel, rigor mortis has well set in. :-)

Big loss, but this season is a write-off, let's give Klaassen and Grant a chance in the final 8 games in the No 10 position, see if they have anything to offer next season.

Keep Rooney as a deep-lying midfielder and keep Schneiderlin on boot-cleaning duty.

I'm afraid I can't come out with meaningless platitudes just because Sigurdsson gets injured when he hasn't shown anything near the standards of a £45 million player.

If he stayed healthy straight thru, Sigurdsson would get no time off before the season starts. On the assumption (fingers crossed) we get a good manager in for next season, I'd rather Siggy's legs aren't tired.

He's not world-class, but he is a first-rate footballer. It'll work out well for us next season.

I think he will be missed but as a Premier League team we should be able to cover for him. Other than that, I just wish him a speedy recovery.

Get well soon, Siggy!

The result of this monumental failure by those cowering under the Director of Football umbrella is that Siggy has spent way more of his time on the left wing than he could ever have imagined, channeling back to cover for a patently inadequate left-back, which he could never have imagined, and having next to nobody with the aura of a goal-threat about him in the forward-line, which he could never have imagined.

Apart from that he's lately looked like the excellent footballer some of us saw playing for Swansea and Iceland, with proper forwards and things in front of him. Maybe next season I suppose, if we can do things right for once this summer.

Little surprise really seeing as we have spent every season in the Premier League since its inception, guess where we are in the overall league table?

Yup, you guessed it, in 6th position behind Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs. But in seventh place on Win percentage, Points per game, as Man City are above us in both of those.

I hope you're not blaming Sigurdsson for that, Bobby – just saying!

Two ways of looking at it. Pride in that we are still there despite being poor,underfunded and relegation candidates too often. Days long gone. Disgraceful that for too long we were poor, underfunded and relegation candidates

We are one of only seven ever-presents in the Premier League era.

So that would make sense.

"Did you know that Everton have lost more Premier League games than any other team? Just saying..."

How do we come out in the rankings if you calculate losses as % of games played?