Besic and Broadhead added to 25-man senior squad

Sigurdsson’s middle name is Thor. Brilliant!

Thought it was Thaw, he just melts away most games. I’ve got my coat!!

Dave (2). If he sees that and find where you live, he'll hammer you.

I was a fan of Besic when he first arrived but that was many years and injuries ago.

A shame he never fully recovered and had the career I thought he could.

He plays like a frustrated player and never matured. He can be a liability but as a 70's hatchet man, he looks the part but his body can't take the hits.

There really are some impressive middle names in this bunch.

Besic's middle name isn't published, but I've always inserted a certain word in the middle of his moniker. It starts with an F.

Saw Dave Thomas there, then realised it was Davies, Thomas and I am not in a time-warp, and need to get out at some point!

You reckon Dave Thomas would get a game in the present set up Barry?

Thomas Richards - 7

That's a rhetorical question, right?

Best crosser of a ball, off both feet, I have ever seen Barry.
And I include all the greats in that.

Thomas Richards - 9

I am going to sound a bit daft now. I went to my first match in 1980, Latchford hat-trick, 5-0 against Palace, so never got to see him live probably. If I did it has faded from memory. He may have left by then. We had McBride in.

But, Thomas has often been lauded by those who saw him in the flesh.

Didn't Thomas also form a right sided partnership with Colin Todd for way too short of a time? Right wing was never popular in the city!

Thomas crossed on the run brilliantly. Barnes had that knack too.

Tony Hill -

He was responsible for helping Latchford get a lot of his 30 goals in a season, but I don't think they counted assists those days.

Thomas Richards/Tony Hill

https://www.efcstatto.com/stories/the-latchford-thomas-partnership/

A little research, looks like he assisted 15 of Latchford's goals that 77/78 season.

Wow!

Very sadly Dave Thomas is now all but blind due to a family condition of glaucoma. When we had him he was exciting, relentless and devil-may-care. He "assisted" so many goals, having made himself two-footed, hardly ever wore shin-pads in a time where today's yellow card "tackles" were routine, and was teetotal, the better to play professionally.

I wish him well.

Don Alexander - 14

He also seemed to be something that wingers often aren't - consistent.

Oh, and pretty tough!

Dave Thomas was the best crosser of a ball I've see for Everton or anyone else.

In those days of either rock hard or mud heap pitches he played in baseball boots.

Dave Thomas was the best crosser of a ball I've see for Everton or anyone else.

In those days of either rock hard or mud heap pitches he played in baseball boots.

Two other wingers who, like Dave Thomas, could hit the goal line at speed and put in a magnificent cross were Alex Scott and Johnny Morrissey. I have no doubt that all three would still walk into any team today.

Tony 11

Not with both feet mate

Morrisey was a one off- a winger who scared full backs. Very underrated and a top class player who would walk into the team now, as would Thomas who by contrast didn’t like the rough stuff but was usually quick enough and clever enough to skip out of the way.
As for Alex Scott, he was inconsistent with his crossing but boy did he know how to beat a man, or any number of men dribbling down that right wing.

Dave...quite right...he scared a few. Scarred quite a few as well. Great winger !

Yes Thomas @19. He was wonderful. Tommy Ring in his brief but great time with us was another with a lovely crossing style.

Tony @23. I first went to Goodison around about 1967-68. I clearly remember seeing the Holy Trinity but have too little a recollection of Alex Young. Even though my old feller saw these players too, he always waxed lyrical about Tommy Ring. A bit before my time sadly.