U18s edged by Man Utd at Finch Farm

The U18s are playing Man Utd U18s at Finch Farm and it's on MUTV. How embarrassing is that?

When are we ever going to get a TV Channel of our own?

The U18’s are losing 1-0 to Man Utd at Finch Farm; it’s not being shown, as usual.

It’s now 3-2 for United, Onyango and Cannon have scored for the Blues, ten minutes left in this game.

Everton U18s lost 3-2 to Man Utd, although going by reports off another Everton website, they deserved better.

Dave, I watched the whole match, certain individuals stood out for me, Dobbin, Cannon and Onyango, there was a degree of fortune in Man Utd's goals, but little resistance from our lads to prevent them.

They seemed more up for it, than we did, Dobbin had a few narrow misses too. Like I said before, when are we going to get a proper Everton TV, for all the youngsters matches and previews on Matchday etc.

They overspend on players and wages, but never seem to consider the basics like having our own TV Station. All other Premier League teams seem to be better organised, and pre-season is usually a farce with technical problems with Fred Carno's TV. Even the smaller teams in Scotland all have their own TV Station.

I was thinking you was making a bit of a fuss about nothing, to be honest, Derek, but, after reading your post, I found MUTV on my telly, and watched the last 20 minutes of last night's game.

My conclusion was that you're actually right, Derek. It would be good to see the younger teams in action, put faces to names, and also have the pleasure to hopefully watch a few of them develop into proper footballers.

I've said it before and it's worth repeating, when renewing our season tickets it gives the advantages of getting one, we are told we can watch the young teams for free, or watch them on TV, unless you watch them on other clubs' TV, nothing is provided by Everton.

Derek, this aspect (us not showing games at U18 and U23 level) has come up a number of times. I've paid £30 for the past few seasons for an Everton Membership that's supposed to give access to U18 and U23 streams but it rarely happens. My first port of call if we have a match is to check the opposing team's website!

We are continually out-done by clubs like Leicester, Derby, Swansea showing our games. I watched the U23s Chelsea game recently on their App for free. Even the highlights are poor lasting just two minutes, which inevitably looks good for the forwards/ midfielders scoring and creating the goals and poor for our defenders conceding them as that's all you see.

I can't see things changing in the near future though.

On a more positive note re the game, the O/S report said that Brands was watching. The report paints a positive picture, and hopefully Brands was encouraged too, at least we were playing 4-4-2 like the first team.

Derek, you saw Dobbin in top form last night. There was one run that really stood out.

This is a massive flaw, that the club must robustly resolve asap, as it doesn't do what it is supposed to do.

All considered and without Covid-19, Everton, must get this sorted ASAP.

It's a piss-take on a recurring scale. As Evertonians, we want to see the teams and players progress and develope.

No assuming, but EFC, must get this right, if they are to get to fulfill their customer satisfaction obligations too.