Premier League — Matchweek 29

Doh!

No Erling Haaland today.

Unfortunately not an April Fools prank!

Bummer.

City fans booing Robertson because their player, Rodri, complained about Scotland diving during the week, despite Joselu being the worst offender on the pitch, is the most “football fans are stupid” thing ever.

The way both these teams fizz passes into their teammates is on another level to us. We are forever playing forward passes that the attacker has to wait for. These guys just drill the ball to a teammate and their control is invariably perfect. Depressing.

That was more like it!

Well at least five RS players should have been booked just then for surrounding the referee, complaining that Rodrigo should have had a second yellow card. Gobshites.

Since our interest through the afternoon is going to be more concerned with the bottom feeders, I should start listing the other games covered in a blanket of invisibility by the 3 pm blackout, that feature 6 of the Bottom 9:

Arsenal v Leeds Utd
Bournemouth v Fulham
Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford
Crystal Palace v Leicester City
Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Anybody who think referees treat every team equally, should watch this game and ponder how with var etc, Liverpool have not had at least one player (Arnold) sent off, because without a doubt,Everton would not have got away with what he has, especially at City.

Karl, I think the kick to Grealish's head was accidental, but the knee into the back of Grealish's hamstring area was definitely meant. Trent Arnold is shite anyway, so best leave him on and let Grealish skin him down that wing.

Arsenal win
Fulham win
Palace draw
Forest draw🙏🙏

KDB…..2-1.

What a simply brilliant goal!

Tap in finish, but what a ball into the channel and first time cross.

Football at its simplest best.

Tom Cannon scores for Preston - very well taken goal.

The gap in quality between these two teams is massive.

3-1. City are taking the piss out of the RS.

I believe that is called patience and waiting for the moment

Get in 3-1

It's getting better….and better 😁

We want 5

Shite getting tonked now lol

This is not the best City team in recent years, but the Liverpool have really declined this season.

The only thing they are top class at now is diving, cheating and trying to bully the ref.

How Alexander Arnold hasn't been booked is beyond me

There you go, Gapko diving and cheating.

Steve, you're right, what a dive by Gakpo then. Why wasn't he booked for simulation?

Cos he wears a red shirt Rob.

Why didn't Gakpo get booked? The game is bent, he now has licence for another yellow with no red.

Grealish top drawer in this game. Looks at home in.a City shirt now.

I'm not watching, but I'm smiling whilst picturing the simple goal that Michael and Danny, have both described.

Simple football at its finest and most effective, it always brings a smile to my face when I hear the kids describe it as a sweaty goal!

Still makes me laugh/cry that Niasse got punished for that then the rule disappeared.

Let's not forget Niasse's was not even a dead set dive like what we just saw from Gakpo.

Everton's new EiTC facility shown on Sky. About as Kenwright / Baxendale as you could get. Doesn't give us ten extra points per season for being dead good at charity work and being “caring” does it?! Piss boiling twats

Andy Robertson is well liked around the country isn't he!
Booed off, the odious little twat!

RS totally ripped apart, with a great finish by Grealish.

Another really well worked goal. Build up fantastic. City have targeted Lucifer's flanks all match

Fantastic... of course we drew 1-1 with them!

We want five….we etc

Alexander-Arnold getting schooled here.

Beautiful, Grealish

Klopp out?

I remember someone questioning why Stones would want to go to City….

There must be a bomb scare in the Liverpool end, it's emptying very quickly.

TAA is a mere shadow of his former self. Sad, isn't it.

RS will be in deep shit if they miss out on a CL place this season.

Soren. They won't. And if they do, they'll change the rules

Shame Haarland couldn't play, as they might have beaten the RS more easily 🤣

How is it with seven substitutes made, he only added three minutes? I thought it was thirty seconds per substitute plus injury time, or is that another rule changed?

see how many empty seats there were by the end of the game not in the away end, but City fans.

How on earth do they not stay until the end when beating their closest rival over the last 5 years 4-1.

what a shit fansbase, while they play fantastic football, they are not a real football club.

So we need Arsenal, Fulham and, possibly, Wolves to win today?

We need to win on Monday Colin.

another goal for Tom cannon today. that's 4 in his last 7 games, all really good strikes too. he's really doing well and looks to have the tools to progress.

Fran we should have kept him as another option, and that's not hindsight either, our options where so limited it was another ridiculous decision to send Cannon out on loan, we currently have 2 fit forwards, one of which is Neal Maupey!

Fulham 1-0 v Bournemouth

How come Silva is managing Fulham today after receiving the straight red card last game

A well worked dive by Jesus for a pen.
Arse 1-0 Leeds

Penalty for Arsenal, Jesus to take and he scores

So far, so good.

Thats a first a Forest player gets booked for a dive trying to win a penalty

I think Zaha's injury could doom Palace. So much of their attack goes through him.

Yeah even the Forest score works for us given Wolves goal difference.

Mike G - have a look at your FB page - there is an interesting article about baseball at Goodison I sent you to pass on to the other US Evertonians

Arsenal go 2 up

Bournemouth throwing men forward, how they didn't score just now defies belief. Probably get caught at the other end hopefully.

1-1 bad news but absolute peach of a goal

Ooh White scores an Amokachi special into the roof of the net.

Arse 2-0 Leeds

Now Bournmouth score to tie with Fulham

Bournemouth battering Fulham. Rally needed from Silva's team. Palace equaliser.

Leicester 1-0 . Palace in trouble

Yes Simon , I've been watching this second half , Fulham struggling to hold on now.

Palace get an equalizer ..

Leicester scores. CP 0-1 Leicester

Thanks, Gerry. I had forgotten I had a Facebook page. You've given me a reason to go check it out for the first time in years!

How are you doing, BTW? We haven't exchanged posts in awhile. All well?

Not bad - wife going in for op Monday though - she is not doing too well...how's you - family settled now post-covid?

Leeds down 3/ Palace1/1 with leicester

Mixed about Palace really, I think they're in real danger so want them Bournemouth and Saints to get beat every game, but also want Leicester within touching distance, same with Forest, draws for them when they play each other and wins for us gets us away from them all I suppose.

Poo, Bournemouth score, Robinson hesitates.

Gerry, we finally pulled off the miracle. Got the whole family out of China, one at a time. Reunited for the first time in three years. House is full and very, very happy.

So sorry to hear about your wife. Keep the faith. We'll be rooting for her. And you.

PS... my wife requests your wife's name. She'll get her worldwide Buddhist prayer organization on the job chanting for her. Proven success.

Bournmouth are ahead of Fulham drops Everton back down into the relegation zone what a difference a goal makes

Fulham look poor without Mitrovic.

Congratulations Mike, good news is like gold dust around here !

Ffs Bournemouth, we're back in the bottom 3, need a win Monday night.

Now Wolves tie with Forest, every one seems to have players who can score

Just need Fulham to get an equaliser then its a very good day if other results stay the same

Goals going in all over the place Arsenal go 4/1 up against Leeds

Fulham have been terrible, stunk the place out this half.

Palace just gone ahead 2/1 against Leicester/ Everton go ahead of Leicester out of the drop zone as i said what a difference a goal makes

Back in the bottom 3,anything but a good day!

Whoops my mistake, posted this before i saw the palace score

Tony, that fa cup defeat to Man Utd has knocked the stuffing out of Fulham. They will be without Mitrovic for a few games, so they are lucky they have enough points on the board not to get dragged into the relegation fight.

Peter, we're not in the bottom three as Palace grabbed a late winner, sending Leicester into the bottom three.

Wonder why the Wolves player was not sent off for spitting in a Forest players face

Palace winning, that could see them safe now. hopefully the win a few more against our rivals. Bournemouth also getting wins when not expected, and playing well while doing it.

Leicester in big trouble. West Ham in big trouble.

we really need to beat Spurs,

Nerve wracking afternoon even though we weren't playing...

Fourth from bottom level with Leeds who have better GD. Only 1 point behind Bournemouth and Forest and 2 behind Wolves now. We can possibly go 13th with a win.

A win monday would be massive. We'd move up to 13th by a point irrespective of West Ham winning tomorrow.

Win Monday important, think I'd prefer Conte in charge of spuds Monday as it had become toxic, hope they don't have a bounce.

Glad to see the only outlet that local Evertonians should be able to rely on for news, are so on point. This snippet appeared at 17:08 tonight. Get some new people in Liverpool Echo!

Everton are now back in the Premier League's bottom three after the results from the matches today.

Bournemouth won 2-1 at home to Fulham - lifting them to 15th and just a point above Everton.

Crystal Palace, Wolves, Nottingham Forest and Leicester all picked up a point in their battle for survival as just Leeds suffered defeat.

Any three teams from 12th downwards can be relegated in this crazy relegation battle in the league.

Thankfully we have fan-sites like this to rely on for 'factual' news.

Monday is yuuuuuuuuuuuuuge for us as is every game now. Everyone of the remaining games will be like a cup final.

I've seen quite a bit of the bottom 6-7 teams lately and my major worry is that they all seem to have better players and style than we do. I know Dyche has them putting in the effort but will that be enough? I hope so but that can only take you so far.

That's a disgrace from the city's newspaper - it's not hard to get right is it!!

A win Monday is essential, losing a real problem.

West Ham may not be at their best but they have 2 games in hand on us. Trying not to be negative but being pragmatic, we are still potentially a bottom 3 side when games played evens out: 2 point from 6 to the Hammers, they go above us on goal difference as things stand today.

As the only recently unbeaten team in the lower reaches, it shows just how perilous things were - still feels like we're in the treacle despite the marked improvement.

Two big games on Tuesday, with Bournemouth at home to Brighton, and Leeds at home to Forest. While West Ham are at home to Newcastle on Wednesday night. Jeez, even next weekend there are massive games down the bottom, with Leicester playing Bournemouth and Leeds playing Palace. I can't cope with all this pressure.

Rob, 3 points Monday takes away a lot of the pain through the rest of the week.

I think we're capable if we turn up.

All we can do is look after ourselves, if we don't we'll get few favours from those around us. It all starts from Monday at 8pm, we need all the fans focus on the team and forget all about Committees and Boards until the season ends.

Will and Barry. I agree, and I'm sticking to my forecast of four points from the next two games, before we play Fulham at home, who it sounds like have booked an early flight to some exotic beach. So seven points from the next three games.

The Potter scam continues. A harmless route one pass turned into an assist by their what 65 (?) mil Cucurella.
Che 0-1 AV.

That was a brilliant flick-on from Cucurella. Best assist of the day.

Anthony #92,The Liverpool Echo is a joke, its about as local as an Oldham based newspaper can be, i.e not remotely local.

The reporters are useless (I won't call them journalists)

A recent (local)court case was a full day behind the nationals, they still link us with Connor Gallagher and Tammy Abraham (Lampard links)in their “latest “ transfer news , this publication is a complete waste of time if you require genuine local news.

With the RS losing today, and the draw between Brighton and Brentford, meaning both those clubs jump above the RS, and into the European places. With Chelsea currently losing, and nowhere near the European places, it would be good to see some new clubs in Europe next season, although one of those new clubs would be the Skunks. Still, you can't have everything! The game between Chelsea and the RS in midweek should be interesting, with a win for either club effectively ending the others of European football altogether next season. Still, that's not our concern at the moment.

No wonder players get upset with the ref, as it is ridiculous what is a foul and what isn't Chelsea disallowed a goals as a player jumped with his hand on the back of a villa player free kick OK. From a corner a Villa player has 2 hands around the waist of a Chelsea player from a corner not allowing him to move no foul.

What odds on a dodgy pen to Spurs on Monday, following a booking for at least onenof our players in the first 5 minutes

Wow, just seen Bayern Munichs first goal against dortmund. The keeper came legging out of his area to clear the ball, and completely missed it, leaving a Bayern player to stroll in and score.

Villa 2-0. Could even go above Chelsea if they win.

What a goal from McGinn of Villa to put them 2 nil up against Chelsea

Great goal.

Not looking good for Harry Potter right now.

Liverpool next for Harrods.

Villa will also go above the RS in midweek if they beat Leicester. Well for fifteen minutes at least!

Unai Emery doing very well with Villa, they look organised, prepared to play a bit of football also ready for a fight. Chelsea might be after him in the summer !

Villa's first win at Chelsea since 2011, Potter clinging on by his fingernails .

Bill, you are not kidding. and to think they sacked Tuchel for Potter.

For the wide variety of odd personnel decisions the Club has made for years, sending Cannon out on loan is not one of them.

Quick, pacy, and can hit the ball with some power and accuracy with either foot, Tom is definitely a prospect. Can pick and make a nice pass, too. Everything is looking on the up for him.

But he is raw still. And just turned 20 years old, a few months out of U-Ball.

Let him develop another season on loan. Dobbin, too.

Branthwaite is the tricky one. Given the position he plays, another year of seasoning would do him good. He's another 20-year old.

Except, again, given the position he plays with his combination of size, strength, and skill, there will be plenty enough interest in him from other clubs. Clubs who know Jarrad's Club has money problems. AND 4 veteran CBs with 2-3 years left on contract.

Of course, if the worst befalls and we go down, Jarrad, Tom, and Lewis will be playing for us next season. So, there's that.

Tom Cannon, nice goal. Plus interception, run, and pass to set up teammate's shot.

Link

And that's Rogers sacked

Can a football match get much worse? West ham v Southampton is dour!
We are better than these 2.

Brendan Rodgers has left Leicester.

Jeez, this VAR check is pathetic.

WTF took the VAR official so long to make a decision, a perfect still frame of the ball being struck. It needs to be shown on the screen for the fans as well

Its a shame that West Ham supporters have to pay to see this, they could go to any park and see a better game

Not surprising Rob, wonder who Leicester will turn to. One of the relegation avoiding specialists has just been taken off the market (Woy). Perhaps they're desperate enough to talk to Big Sam?!!

Surely Potter will be the next to go… I'm amazed that he's still at Chelsea tbh.

The model is perhaps starting to reveal something deeper about itself I think, about the game.

With Bodgers gone, this is now 12 in this league this season; over half. 7 of 9 (now where have I heard that before?) of the bottom clubs have changed manager this term and are... fighting at the bottom.

Food for thought?

I really hope that Rogers made them pay, basically a nice guy and a very good coach. I'd have him at Everton in 5 minutes.

Martin, so would I, he got them 5th twice and a FA Cup in 4 years.

Joe, and then they stopped supporting him.

Martin, Joe, on one hand show the standards they were aiming for.

Wasn't one of the first things he done was put a picture of himself up in his office?

Followed by getting his teeth done and leaving his wife for a younger impressionable club employee?

No thanks.

Rodgers a nice guy? Really? A good coach, yes. Better than most recent Everton managers, yes (but not hard). But a nice guy? Always thought he was a smug and arrogant bastard, personally.

Danny, He had a three foot portrait of himself on his living room wall, with a spotlight on it just in case you missed it.. Even my own kids would think I was a loon if I did that. Come to think of it, they do anyway, so it would make any difference.

Luis Nani ex Man U went one better, apparently he had a life size statue of himself in his house.

Narcissist... if I put a portrait of myself like that on the wall I could imagine my lad's reactions.

It would go along the lines of..."Take that down, dad, you're making yourself look a twat!"

Tony #127, wow, sounds alright to me I will have to get one of those (not Nani). I bet he never gets any problems with burglars…..

I remember the police being called because his son was outside his mistresses house, who was also a Liverpool employee at the time, with a cricket bat, when Liverpool were going for the league, and nothing whatsoever was reported about this in the national press.

That same week, I was on my way to Southampton with Everton still in the running for the Top 4. After stopping at a service station, out of the corner of my eye I spotted the headlines of one national newspaper with front page headlines telling us that Ross Barkley was being threatened by a local gangster!

Leicester played Everton off the park earlier on this season, but I suppose our tactics helped them because they were given the freedom of Goodison Park that day.

Great result for Newcastle, but they've just ruined another apres ski song for me. "Hey Baby" added to Sweet Caroline.

Jeez, have the skunks won something? Big lap of honour for winning a league match.

Newcastle jumping the gun thinking they've secured top four already.

I do not understand these people being negative about having a statue of themselves on display.

My grand and great grand children had a statue of me made in my backyard. The only problem was when it got warmer it melted and my Everton Cap was soaking wet.

Bill, haha!

I think the defining factor is whether one has a statue or painting awarded, or commissions one for themself.

Will,

I commissioned this statue it cost me some chocolates and ice cream though.

Second Premier League manager sacked today, with Chelsea getting rid of Potter.

Potter to Leicester wouldn't surprise me.

And another one bites the dust!

Guess Potter's fingernails broke…

Potter Expelliarmus

I thought Frank Lampard was a belated sacking, but there have been amazingly another six since then. Still nice work if you can get it ! I think our accounts showed a 10.5m hit for the disposal of Benitez and his team last year, so it's hard to sympathise too much.

All we need now is for Klopp to be fired and await the Sun's sport page headline:
Potter - Rogers - Klopp...

Brent, I'm still thinking about the The Sun back page headline that never was when Manfred Kuntz's golden goal was disallowed in the Euro 96 semi!

Paul they would have had a field day with that one.

“Stefan Kuntz has embraced his name's brilliance since becoming general manager of Kaiserslautern, by signing both Danny Fuchs and Florian Dick”. He's taking the piss, surely.

SSN are saying Chelsea paid Brighton £21m in compensation for Potter and his staff. Now comes the compensation for their sacking of the same people. The Brighton owners must be wondering how they got so lucky !!

Wonder if Rodgers will be heading back to his home and kicking Bingo out?

The trap door remains open and the results this weekend could have been worse however a decent result against Spurs would be really welcome.

The Spurs have a good record at Goodison but then many teams have done well here over the last few seasons so we need another result like the Brentford and Gunners games.

A draw wouldn't be bad as some of our remaining fixtures are winnable but we can't afford to leave anything to chance.

It's all very close but if Simms can continue his work and DCL possibly returning soon the good results may come to keep us safe especially as the Foxes are now in freefall.

OK, make that 13 sacked this season. Pretty silly. Imagine an industry or business sector wherein 65% of the senior operating staff are apparently generally not good enough.

We'll know it's all over when the first AI manager system is announced.

I can "only" count 12 sacked this season

Chelsea x2
Leicester
Southampton x2
Palace
Wolves
Everton
Bournemouth
Villa
Leeds
Spurs

Who am I missing?

I thought that Doctor Who and his leprechaun would survive until the end of the season. Does it matter that much whether they finish 6th or 11th?

Neil @149,

I think its 13 departures rather than sackings so Potter from Brighton is the 13th.

I'm not normally good at predictions but I never thought Potter was a good fit for Chelsea and it was doomed to failure.

He went from a club that is respected for being well run. Low profile, low expectation in comparison and afforded time.

You can't knock him for taking the opportunity. His ambition would have taken him somewhere eventually. But the expectation and cut-throat nature of Stamford Bridge was a jump too far.

Leicester could be a decent fit for him. Not that it matters, but he is from the Midlands, I believe.

What the Potter saga has shown is that what makes a successful side is not only a decent coach but mainly a competent and dynamic board such as Brighton have. No manager will make Everton a top side now because our board are incompetent and as dynamic as the average slug. It is always the owners and board that are behind poor clubs and almost never that a great coach alone is behind a successful club. Rather than Everton's policy of sacking managers we would have been far better sacking the owners and boards. I really hope that Sean keeps us up but we'll be back again next year with this board driving the bus. Relegation is not about the 3 worst teams in the EPL it is an amazingly exciting competition with all of the clubs in the bottom 12 taking part. Absolutely amazing. We aren't out of it yet neither even though we have improved.

Couldn't agree more Martin.

Allardyce and Benitez aside, and depspite my gritted teeth with the latter, we've been pointing the finger at the wrong sacrificial lambs for too long and letting those who are seemingly controlling our demise get a free pass.

It has turned. The wrath and attention of a large part of the support base is now where it should be.

I know not everyone will be in agreement, but my opinion is that Moshiri will stay. We may well need his money and commitment.

But if that absent board are still in place one day after the final ball is kicked this season, then he is more naive that I thought.

Will @ 148: We'd end up with HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey...if he isn't already Installed as Owner

I got up today thinking I've had enough of speaking about the appalling way that our club has been run for decades, but the fact that this board are still here now, tells us everything about the sorry state we are currently in.

I've heard of speculate to accumulate, but with regards Everton, we can only speculate because we haven't got a clue what is around the corner, and because we don't trust this present regime, then most of us have a feeling right now, that it isn't going to end well.

Hopefully tonight can give us something to scream and shout about, and get us focusing on the football because god knows we need it right now

Neil 149, might be Scott Parker ? I'm losing track.

I see 2 more Premier league managers have been sacked bringing the total to 12 managers and still a few weeks left. Bohely said he wasn't going to be like Abramovich, but paid Brighton £21m in compensation for Potter, paid Tuchel £12M redundancy payments, and I would imagine Potter will get something similar. This was always going to be a big ask for Potter and on top he probably had little say in the players Chelsea bought, to give a guy 7 months is ridiculous.
I think Moyes got 7 months at Man Utd, whether Potter or Moyes were up to the huge job of managing these clubs is open to question, but you wonder what the thought process was of the men that hired them then sacked them 7 months later.

Brian #158, I think Moyes record shows that he was really only upto the manager job at little Everton, a nice little club with no expectations and a quaint Chairman who also loves the club and its old fashioned pre war values.

WHU fans want him gone also.

Joe, yes. Done what was necessary to start with.

But once the expectation grew, as you would expect at a club like Everton, the double act couldn't cope.

He told Manchester United supporters they aspired be like Manchester City. Now I've seen Prince Phillip and politicians drop the odd PR gaffe, but that has to be up there with them in endearing himself to the natives.

West Ham have already sacked him once. I don't think the second coming is far away.

Danny you probably gather I'm not a fan. But I was genuinely wanting him to succeed at Sunderland as I have a family connection in that area. It also didn't help his situation at United when he was asking Ferdinand to look at Phil Jagielkas positioning. Rio admitted he thinks Jagielka is a very good player, but thought I know my role and how to perform, as his medals show.

I wish we had the horrible past three years that West Ham fans have had to put up with!

Fair point Christopher, but having Moyes, as your manager, is like watching the end of Jim Bowen's Bullseye, and those fatal words, come and have a look at what you could have won!

Danny #160

I know you're a big fan of pedantry...West Ham didn't sack Moyes.

Joe #161

I thought Ferdinand later publically admitted that story about Moyes didn't happen.

Well I never realised I was a pedant Brendan.

A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism, accuracy and precision, or one who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning.

Okay, I'll give you that he technically wasn't sacked. They didn't renew his contract and parted their ways to be more factually correct.

I do know from good sources that he was not liked or respected at United.

Joe @161, I have a couple of very close Sunderland supporting friends. I think his mistake on Wearside was trying to take Everton up there with him

He relegated them.

Ooh I just heard about Potter. I was going to wait for the game ro light one up. Fuck it, the party starts now. I may wear a black turtleneck in honor Maybe a beatnik cap too like the one in the Grauniad comic strip Ta Ta Graham West Ham will still have you.

Based upon what I have seen to date there is a level beyond which Moyes cannot take a team. He has still got time to prove me wrong but it's becoming more and more unlikely. He sets up to play counter attacking football, even against bottom of the table Southampton his team played in that manner yesterday. His instincts are first and foremost not to lose the game.

Tony always refers to the salary levels at our club compared to those at other clubs in the League during his tenure and that based upon same he achieved the results that he should have achieved. Unfortunately, since his departure no other manager ended up obtaining that level of performance. Indeed if you compare him with Keoman then he is a world beater.

In fairness to Benitez, salary level comparisons are not relevant to his tenure, he never stood a chance given the cards he had to play with when he arrived through the door. He did some good and could see the incompetence of those who had employed him.

Now it time for total focus on tonight!

Forest ahead at Leeds.

Looks like forest gone 1 up

A Leeds win would be better for us I think. That, will push Notts F. further down with a worse GD than us.

Leeds equalise

Poor defending from forest

Poor by the goalie, Bill. He just pushed a shot straight back into his six yard box while all his defenders just stood and watched it.

Chelsea should be 2 up against the other lot

Villa go 1 up

Ollie Watkins again. He's on fire.

Now Brighton go 1 up

If scores could all stay exactly like this, would be just what we want (except for RS conceding).

*and Leicester go and score.

Leicester score 1-1

The chances Chelsea are getting they should be 2/3 up. Lampard watching

Leeds 2-1. Results going ok so far.

Leeds go up 2--1

Need Villa, Leeds and Brighton big wins

Are G/D helping us I think Rob

C'mon Brighton and Villa. Leeds drawing doesn't hurt us too much, does it?

Forest and Bournemouth are ten and eleven retrospectively worse off than us, Bill. Forest have a nightmare of a run in, and I can't honestly see them picking up many more points. If we can still be above either of them two at the end of the evening……………….then 🤞🤞🤞🤞

Is retrospectively the right word?

Age catching up OUR OUR G/D

Them 2 + Southamton have worst G/D than us don't they Rob

Yes, Bill. Southampton currently six worse off at the moment. Wolves also have an inferior goal difference to us.

Well the good thing Rob is Dyche has a better chance of improving it than Lampard did

Not sure I want Leeds to win, think I'd rather they both lost points…..bizarrely though, as that'd put both of them above us.

Shit this relying on others crap. Really miss the days when it's as simple as singing the blues.

Leeds should be out of sight. Missing chance after chance.

Red card for Leicester, come on Villa!

Fingers crossed, we'll be out of the bottom places with games played finally squared up. Though we will still need wins, going unbeaten gradually starts to pay dividends.

Leeds had a breakaway and unbelievably, the referee stopped play for a foul on Bamford and show a yellow card. Terrible refereeing.

Villa 2-1

Leicester down 2-1

Get In Villa. Nothing plastic about Traore.

Villa 2-1 up

Just need Chelsea to find the net to round off a decent night

Love it Henderson and his keeper getting at each other

Brighton 2-0.

Strange pen for lester lol.

Decent results so far, as good as could be expected. I thought Forest, Southampton, Wolves we're looking weak recently, now Leicester and Bournemouth are looking vulnerable. West Ham, Leeds, maybe Palace, hopefully us will get a few more points ahead of that lot.

Chalked off. Thank you VAR!

Fucking get in. Villa win. Leeds win. Brighton 2 up

Results concerning us are all going the way I had hoped for, thank you very much.

West Ham have games in hand but, with the extra 2 European games and some really tough fixtures, they could be well in the mire.

Couple of Chelsea goals now and the night will be complete.

Bournemouth and Southampton have both been stealing points recently. Brighton immense. Villa flying under Emery

Well, those results went as well as they could have done.

I don't feel comfortable saying it, but a Newcastle result tomorrow would be welcome. Needs must.

Bul ultimately, we have to look after ourselves.

Harrods v Lucifer, I'm not really bothered.

This Chelsea team is like having grade A ingredients for a chocolate but not knowing how to mix them together. That is what Forest Gump would say lol.

Good night for us. Obviously Leeds and Forest was a tricky one as to who we wanted to win. For me, Leeds winning is better. Either team would go above us with a win, and both would have done with a draw. Looking at Forests remaining fixtures, and I can't honestly see them getting many more points, so it's best to keep them below us.

I second that Rob. Leeds win is the best outcome for us.

A good evening - we have it all in our own hands, for now.

Anything at Old Toilet would be massive, win best of course, but with Leicester and Bournemouth playing each other and Saints facing City, home or not... it's another big opportunity for us. Forest away at Villa too.

Shows how important point was yesterday. Would be amazing to get 3 points off either of the Manchester teams.

This weekend could be massive. Villa v Forest, Leicester v Bournemouth, Leeds v palace, wolves v Chelsea, Southampton v Man City and Fulham v West Ham. We play first at Man Utd, and there can be no greater incentive to climb to the giddy heights of, probably thirteenth, and pile enormous pressure on everyone else down there.

Frank Lampard in advanced talks to return to Chelsea until the end of the season.

We managed to recover from Kane's histrionics and the Doucouré red card, but Leicester City were not so fortunate.

I thought the two yellow cards that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall received last night, both for fouls on Ashley Young, were soft. But Ashley Young made the most of both of them, and Villa made the most of the extra man by getting the late winner.

As a footnote, Young has made a career of diving and exaggerating contact. If memory serves he was one of the pioneers of “throwing out a leg”. Some legacy. How referees and other players are not wise to his methods and ethics is beyond me.

I did say a while back, I could see Lampard ending up back at Chelsea after leaving Everton. I wonder if this is an interim basis or long-term?

If long-term, he'll be sacked again inside 6-9 months

If Lampard gets the job, I hope he goes and wins them the Champions League, Rob!

It's happened to Chelsea twice before but Frank would definitely have to up his game to make it a hat-trick because, let's face it, he should have been removed from duty after losing 7-1 on aggregate to Bournemouth just before the World Cup.

Kunal,

It sounds like it's only until the end of the season.

Tony,

I can't see Chelsea beating Real Madrid but, either way, I'm not really bothered.

Firstly, Chelsea are not getting past Real Madrid.

Secondly, this just proves that 95% of club owners are just idiots. They don't even employ footballing people to get the right profile of managers in.

I thought Lampard's return to Chelsea was a belated April Fool but he's 1/6 on with Skybet.

Boehly obviously thinking "What would Everton do?"

On Chelsea, we know what this means, don't we? All the big names, Enrique, the Bayern dude, Simeone… maybe even Pochettino, told them to do one outright or asked for terms that would force Boehly's hand with the DoF structure.

They said publicly they were starting early to beat out potential competition. They could not even get the principals on the phone, I bet.

Eddie baby looks like he has a "sit back and frustrate them" setup early. Hammers in gear early… I bet Newcastle sucker-punches them.

Skunks ahead.

There we go. Get Moyes out with that!

Was that the fucking Macarena? Deserves a card.

Wilson left unmarked.

I don't know what the world's coming to….wanting the Barcodes to win.☹️🤦🏼‍♂️

2-0. Well onside.

It is worse than that. We want them to win by 10 goals!

Moyes could be gone tonight.

I thought Moyes was a defensive coach?

That left-back was sleeping. Now Hammers have to get into ‘go ahead and fuck me' position.

Another goal and the redundant bubble machine will blow a gasket!

Bill, how much is a bottle of Fairy Liquid nowadays?

So Hammers have Fulham away, Arsenal at home with some Euro Genk games. Then they have several matches with relegation-fighting clubs. Looks good. Oh yeah, Liverpool in that run as well.

Rob, it depends on what country you live in.

I wouldn't have a clue anyway!!

Dale, I'm glad you see Liverpool as a club fighting relegation. 😁😁😁

Well Rob
as due to circumstances I am chief cook and bottle washer in the house and it is $4.99 Canadian or in pounds 2.38

Good one Rob. Must have been a Freudian slip.

Bubble machine revived

Did someone say Frank was in line for the set piece coach position at Newcastle?

thought the keeper was at fault should have punched it away

Zouma mistakes ball for cat.

Will …that makes Pope's punch a cat flap ?

Oh, please, I read somewhere that Frank would take over Chelski for the rest of the season... We need more silliness involved with our fight to survive, so GO!, I guess... ;P

Tony :-)

If Pickford had made that mistake he would be slaughtered by the press

What a bizarre Premier League season this is proving to be.

If there's any truth to the Lampard rumours, this would imply Everton's plight was all down to factors other than Frank. OK...

What rumour Will? It's on the BBC about Frank and Chelsea.

Btw that second Newcastle goal is the answer to the question ‘why did they wait so long to raise the flag for offsides?'.

Lamps to Chelsea... NEVER saw that one coming.

Our friend Tim Howard on NBC is absolutely in shock.

Dale, I get that, it was really close, but it's these ones when it's blatantly offside, yet the linesman still doesn't raise his flag. Linesman are no longer taking responsibility for their decisions, as they know VAR will bail them out.

Mike

It's so weird. They sack him. He goes to Everton and gets sacked again. Now they bring him back having hired and fired Potter at a cost of 15 million in the last few months. I know you're a fan of Boehly but whatever he might have done in the US, so far he looks a lot like Moshiri 2.0 in the prem.

Ray... exactly.

3-1. Hammers totally shoot themselves in the foot, gifting Wilson his second goal

I hope the Chelsea players see a weak organisation and attempt a stealth takeover of operations by playing well enough that Boehly cant get rid of Frank. Then as player values plummet with next year's results the agents get twitchy and start some small fires.

That never took long, why do we never get chances like that 22sec

For once. Come on Newcastle.

As someone who scraps around and relies on the good nature of fellow Everton supporters to help me a lot with tickets, I can't help but notice the empty seats in the London Stadium. Maybe it's the white seats that make it stand out more.

If anyone doesn't fancy Old Trafford, let me know.

You're right, Bill, we sometimes have to wait as long as about 35 seconds after kick off to score. 😁😁

I thought Emerson was Brazilian. Looks Uruguayan the more I see of him.

Well, if THAT doesn't get Moyes sacked, nothing will. That's just plumb embarrassin'.

Kieran #261, you're right. I never would have expected the guy not to hire somebody who knew something about the game. Ego does strange things.

Or as Hunter S. Thompson wrote, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

Commentator just mentioned that the hammers have 5 more games against the top 8 plus European games

Bill, but who would they bring in at this late stage. Big Sam possibly?

Fulham, Arsenal, Liverpool, man United and Brentford, Bill. Need them to qualify in Europe as well.

Rob Ours was a well worked goal, that one was given to them on a plate

Damn Half of our GD with Hammers could have been erased already. Losing by two at home is ok but come on.

Luke Shaw subbed before half time for Man Utd. Anyone know why?

Joe he is about the only one that hasn't been mentioned to take over 1 of the premier teams manager less

Bill, I see what you mean now.

Rob

Limped off injured

That guy is on.

Rob according to Sky it is a suspected hamstring

Cheers Kieran and Bill. I only noticed cos he's in my fantasy football team, and I saw he'd only played 36 minutes tonight.

Frank lampard going back to Chelsea until end of season. Why on earth did they sack Thomas Tuchel?

Wonder if Everton included a clause in Lampards dismissal that if he was employed by another club within a certain time period, the compensation due to him would reduce accordingly?

Chelsea are still in range, maybe they'll be one of the bottom three.

Didn't think West Ham would get caught up in the thick of it but just looked at their run in and it's very tough

Brendan, you would hope our board would think of that, might save us a million. On second thoughts …

It was there again WTF Newcastle. Get one on the far post

Genius tackle by Guimares before the goal. That was a John Collins special there

West Ham fans streaming out in their thousands. Still over ten minutes to go.

How embarrassing

Another gift for Newcastle. WTF was Fabianski doing?

...the 4th goal

Oh dear.

Oh well.

Good result for us.

Hilarious, comedy goal, Moyes's face makes it even funnier.

Another howler by a keeper Moyes looking disappointed, lots of empty seats, I think the bubble has burst

Moyes gone tomorrow?

West Ham have a really tough run in, they really look in danger.

Be absolutely bonkers if West Ham and Leicester, 2 expected to challenge top7/6, get relegated. Their squads are so much better than anyone else down there, but they both look utterly demoralised and lack the fight and character for this type of situation. also both clubs have (had for Leicester), managers who both fans and players seem to have lost faith in, but the manager stayed put.

Moyes looks even worse with a white background, of seats

Fans shouldn't leave that way. It's their right, but...

No fish supper for Moyes tonight.

Well West Ham being dragged in, I so hope they go down, not a fan of their owners, or them getting a free expensive stadium.

Phil Parkes, Tony Cottee, Trevor Brooking, John Lyle and Bobby Moore are only people I've respected.

5-1.

Moyes looks confused.

Apart from the Newcastle fans and stewards, is there anyone left in the ground?

Just walking through West Ham defense

Joe, it's one of the worst stadiums I've been to. Hate it.

Fucking beautiful pass. Guimares to Joelinton? Great finish as well.

Joe, they've been a pretty decent club but as in a lot of cases today, things are not what they were.

Apart from the Newcastle fans looking like a COVID 19 game

The mad world of football. A few months ago Frank was getting sacked after a smug Moyes and West Ham won. Two months on and Moyes is on the brink of getting sacked whilst Frank Lampard is getting the Chelsea job.

I think half the West Ham team left early with the fans... Taxi for Mr Moyes!

Moyes will define gone tomorrow, you can't recover from that mauling

Yes Brent agree, pitch is half a mile away.

Is this the players trying to send some kind of "message"?

They look almost deliberately crap.

This result will be worth a position to us soon.

Will Moyes get out of there still the West Ham manager? He must be hanging on by the thinnest of threads now.

It really is mad 9 teams are scrapping it out with 9 games to go

Joe # 271
West Ham may be looking at Fat Sam to stay in the premier.

It's a terrible football stadium Brent.

I feel closer to the pitch at St James' Park and that's saying something.

That would fatsamstic with Frank at the Bridge as well. Good times.

Couldn't be another sacking... could there? Getting awful late in the day.

Delighted for Ings.

Strange league this season if we had beaten the hammers we would have had 30pts and the hammers would be second from bottom, But overall most results have been good for us

If we'd have done the obvious and sacked Lampard earlier, Soton and Wolves would have probably been 6 points and we'd be just about safe. Could be the biggest of Moshiri's many mistakes.

I guess Frank will be sending Everton a letter of thanks for firing him

Mike 321, I was quite vocal on the issue of getting rid of Frank, but there weren't many shouts for him to go ahead of the Wolves match. He should have gone immediately after though.

Daniel Podence facing a potential six match ban for his alleged spitting at Brennan Johnson last Saturday. Could be a big loss for wolves if found guilty, because he has scored 25% of their goal so far………..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65196238

Some real poors goals gifted by West Ham, literally gifts. Wouldn't be surprised if Moyes is sacked before the weekend.

Positive atleast there GD has taken a knocking and wins for Newcastle and Man.Utd means the RS will almost certainly miss out on CL.

Rob, I saw that, one of their best players, they'll struggle without him. Frank Lampard can do us a favour now, by giving Chelsea a lift and beating them on Saturday.

Surely Moyes will go. Still feels like if new managers at Leicester and West Ham get any kind of bounce then they'll be able to do enough.

We're still very much in the mix. 4 games against rivals will go a long way to deciding our future.

Southampton, Forest and Bournemouth clear favorites now... but things change quickly.

Moyes looked a beaten man last night and downtrodden.

I suspect he's lost the team.

Declan Rice was understandably not a happy man. I didn't actually think Newcastle were particularly great. The easiest 5 - 1 they'll ever get. They were as wasteful as West Ham in possession. But goals win matches as the old adage goes. They were more clinical when it mattered.

The odd thing is that on paper, West Ham have a decent squad / team.

But then I think we have. Not world beaters, but decent when organised and motivated.

A result against United and then pick up the points in the following matches.

That result has to be damaging for West Ham. It goes either way for them now. They capitulate or come out fighting like a wounded animal.

Meanwhile, we focus on our own destiny, which is in our hands.

to the earlier comments about Allardyce. I would be very surprised if he went to WHU as they hate him as much as we do.

I think Brenda Rodgers believed he should have become Man Utd manager or Chelsea manager when those jobs were available and has been sulking his way through the season, dragging a decent Leicester squad down with him.

Moyes did what he did with us, built up a very good team on the cheap - and then didn't know how to make it better, buying expensive Aguerd and Scamacca based on physical characteristics (height) rather than how they actually play (like Kroldrup and Beattie). Both players unsuitable for his system.

These are now two demoralised clubs.

Impossible to know how this plays out other than Southampton look gone. They have had too high a turnover of players and thrown a number of very high quality young players in all together - rather than give them time and a more settled team to bed into.

All in all, its going to be close but we have as good a chance as the other 9 teams in trouble and we're in a decent rhythm too.

Weird season though.

Moyes will be sacked after that humiliating score line in front of their home fans. Tbh he was on borrowed time anyway, so I expect that result to be the final nail in the coffin.

And Lampard looks like he'll be taking the reins at Chelsea again until at least the end of the season.

I just wish I had shares in the manager-merry-go-round… it's the most profitable fairground in Britain.

Looking back now, I'm delighted that West Ham, beat us in what was to be Frank Lampard's last match, because otherwise I believe Moyes would have got the sack, meaning he would have been a free agent, once we eventually got rid of Lampard.

Loads would have been happy to have David Moyes back, which just goes to show how much our ambition's have been crushed, over many mediocre years.

Our club was on its knees, it still is in many respects, but respect is the word I'm thinking about, when I think about the way Sean Dyche, has approached the Everton job. He's given thousands of downtrodden Evertonians, massive belief, at a time when we were at one of our darkest hours.

Keep going Dychey, keep trying to help plucky little Everton, turn back into one of the finest footballing institutions in this country, and put us back where we belong.

Working hard, fighting and even trying to compete to win major honours, once again, is what Everton football club, should always be about. Not listening to a chairman who has overseen the longest barren spell in the club's history, talking about good times and highlighting relegation battles that Everton only got through, because of the spirit of the blue masses in the stands.

Lampard back to Chelsea! Crikey, nothing succeeds like failure.

Peter (333), You never said a truer sentence and it's been like that for a very long time, being made multi millionaires for being failures time after time and still being offered jobs where they can become very successful failures again.

The results of those in and around us since Monday couldn't have gone much better. Also all apart from West Ham the other teams have lost that game in hand advantage they had over us. Also I think goal difference might still have a big part to play in who gets relegated, of the 9 clubs that are in the relegation mix Wolves -19, Forest - 28, Bournemouth - 30 and Southampton - 24 are all worse than our -18 goal difference.
I am sure there will be many twists and turns for all the clubs involved in the relegation battle, and not every week will the results always work out in our favour. I know many look ahead at our and our rivals fixtures to try and work out the different scenarios, but if football was predictable nobody would watch.
Everton a goal down with minutes left and only 10 men on the pitch looked like there was no way back, against a top 4 side, but a wonder strike changed those thoughts.

A good set of results since we finished up on Monday evening. I am quietly confident that we will finish above the following:

Southampton
Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest
Leicester and
West Ham

The only fly in the ointment is a possible points deduction.

I know it was the EFL but when did Wigan get their points deduction a couple of seasons ago?

Anyone seen the Newcastle fans being interviewed on Twitter? When asked did they think Newcastle were bigger than Everton the answers should be kept for posterity. Apparently, we are a small, insignificant club compared to them.

What money does to some, eh?

Tony @332 I am assuming the 'plucky little Everton' narrative was irony in your post? I'm not always good at picking up on that in text. I agree SD is doing a good job and he feels like the right fit for us.

However, I don't agree that Moyes coming back would have been an indicator of our ambitions being crushed over the years. I think there are plenty of other examples of that, some could argue us desperately scrambling for Dyche would have indicated that a few months back? Praying for survival each season is probably the biggest indicator of our crushed ambitions surely?

I have been really impressed by Dyche since his appointment, I am glad he's here over Moyes. However I have always thought Moyes work for us previously was unappreciated by many on here. He overachieved on a shoestring for a decade (bar a couple of seasons, no mean feat) our then loftier (and less crushed) ambitions just meant that we were dissatisfied with his achievements. We were really good 40 years ago don't you know!

I hope and pray Dyche keeps us up and is given some money to spend on at least 3 key positions for next season, I could see him having us sitting comfortably in mid table mediocrity - something we'd all take in a heartbeat?

Barcodes did us a favor. Would like to have seen a bit more daylight between us and the bottom three but more confident of results now and the way upcoming fixtures are arranged.

Manure is another tough one coming up but after beating us twice already maybe it's our turn now like the Bournemouth game at the end of the season although we don't want to leave it that late to have to survive.

Colin unfortunately at this space in time they are correct. History is exactly what it is History, and Everton have been kidding themselves for decades. I don't like Koeman at all, but he did say one of Evertons problems is living in the past. This is the one good thing Kenwright is good at.

Dave 334, and they've now uttered the fateful words 'legend at this club.'

From BBC Sport;
He walks in with a big grin on his face. He's a very happy man, thinking, 'I can't believe how stupid these people really are.'
(Ok, I added the last bit.)

Joe Mc. The barcodes may have half a point but that would be generous. They may have Saudi money and be the only club in the city but can't compete with us, ever

They haven't won the league since 1927 or the FA cup since 1955. To be frank won next to nowt in my (almost) 60 years on this planet. ask them when EFC were ever in the third tier of football, erm never.

A bit like Spurs who haven't won the league since '61 full of of piss and vinegar.

Rob H can do this better, Big club my ARSE

Joe 340, when Newcastle claim to be a big club it causes the rest of the football world to considet what it means. At which point Newcastle fans and other polemicists need to state specifically what they've won that makes them a big club.

We'll chat about something else while they work that out.

Newcastle can claim one big thing - home support/attendance.

That's where it ends.

We'll be matching that in 18 months time Will.

If there is one set of supporters Sky can't wait to gush over more than Lucifer's Children, it's the one club City Geordies.

Then again, all that Satan's spawn give them apart from a rendition of that nauseating song from the Devil's hymn book before applauding themselves and sit down. apart from when the choreograph when they play Manchester City these days.

On Everton, I got a message off them saying I wasn't able to get a season ticket because I don't collect rewards. Cheeky shits, I do and have a membership number. The email contained the wrong membership number.

I've responded.

Will, you're right, the only thing about the skunks being bigger than us is their capacity, which is just over 52K. In about eighteen months time, we will have a bigger capacity than them, so we will be, and in fact even now, are a bigger club than them. As some have already said, the last time they won the league was a staggering 96 years ago, there is not a person alive on this planet who will remember that. It's 68 years since since they won a domestic trophy, and an unbelievable 54 years since they won a trophy of note. Ok, they won the championship twice in 2010 and 2017, but they are not top flight trophies, so do they really count?

As for Spurs, any team that lists the Norwich and Ipswich hospital charity cup wins in their honours list just to boost that list is definitely clutching at straws…………..Spurs a big club…………….My Arse!

For me there are only 3 really big clubs. Man utd Arsenal and the rs.

Paul - shocking!

Man City home game put back twenty four hours to Sunday 14th May, with a 2pm kick off. Game will be live on sky. Had a feeling this game would be moved anyway due to the Eurovision Song Contest being held on 13th May.

Mid table mediocrity is good for a lot of Evertonians after the shite we have had to endure Steve, but it's a long way away from what I want for my Everton, mate.

Moyes did a decent/half decent job without any real pressure for years, imo Steve, and considering he left us with a decent team, his last away win came on the 2nd January of his final season in charge.

OR - Moyes did a great job, and he got plucky little Everton punching above their weight for years, but couldn't quite break that glass ceiling that was invented, although he genuinely couldn't be blamed for this, imo.

Maybe it was somewhere in between, but eleven seasons he was here, because the Evertonians got kidded that he was doing a great job. (He was doing a great job for Bill Kenwright ) He never won an away game at any of the top 4, which shows him to be nothing more than a flat-track bully imo, but it's all about different opinions obviously.

Rob,

it hasn't helped having our capacity "Safety" reduced down the years either. We didn't get so long with our big capacity following the new main stand before it started.

I know there were darker periods for football attendance generally in the past but we have lost so much over the years with a sub-50 then sub-40k limit.

Rich club = Big club? Not in my book. The likes of Chelsea, Man City, Newcastle are nouveau riche upstarts. Like Paul H, the above three he mentioned, and us, are the true, historical giants in English football.

Where was city when Dixie was banging in 60 goals? Where were Newcastle when we almost did the treble? Where were Chelsea when big Bob Latchford scored his 30th league goal? No fucking where!!

I know we obsess about our past but it's still longer and more glorious than any of those teams. As for media darlings, Spurs? Fucking laughable that lot. Haven't won shit for years.

I hated Ronald Koeman, but if he said this, then he was definitely right about one thing during his absolutely disastrous tenure at Everton, Joe Mc.

The alarm bells probably started when he wasn't allowed to bring Sammy Lee, with him to Everton, and it wouldn't surprise me if this veto, stopped Usmanov & Moshiri, listening to Bill Kenwright, when they inexplicably decided to appoint Rafa Benitez, as our manager?

There's no love lost between Evertonians and those Geordie maggots, (courtesy of McVicar!) so hopefully we can punch a little hole in their top four aspirations, which is another night match at Goodison, I'm sure? before we beat Man City, to help Arteta's - Arsenal, win the league!

I couldn't have kept a straight face whilst saying this a few weeks ago.

Tony, a yank request, expand on McVicar please.

The past is bollocks. History, a heap of dog shit.

We're a club that's almost totally defined by its fans. Nothing we've done on the pitch has been worth a rat's arse for a generation.

We sing “if you know your history” as if it makes us something special. Like a bankrupt former millionaire deludedly thinking they're better than actual current billionaires. It's desperate stuff.

We're the ruins of a big club. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon FC, if you like. Moshiri, as the ‘acceptable' face of our utterly terrifying real owner, has taken a club that was ripe for rejuvenation and royally fucked it to within an inch of its life.

Paul Hewitt, go and wash your mouth out with dirty dishwater and gargle before swallowing. Then take a few Hail Marys.

Manchester City has never caught on and they can't fill the Etihad.

Chelsea are as plastic as they come with their many one time visiting supporters who have probably been to Stamford Bridge on fewer occasions than me but have been to the club shop.

Newcastle. They think they are Manchester United in black and white stripes for some reason, egged on by their Sky Groupies. Very high and condescending opinions of themselves.

Tottenham. Nice new stadium. That's about it.

I will struggle to get a season ticket or even a match day ticket at Bramley Moore, which will be sold out just as our away allocation is week in, week out. And that is in tough times.

When we get through this latest episode and we start to compete for trophies again, we will show the footballing world what a big club looks like.

The footballing world world may not like it as we are not as fashionable as the upstarts.

We are Everton.

It's a film based on a true story about a Cockney armed robber, (someone from London) called John McVicar, (played by Roger Daltry, from The Who) Dale, and when he's in jail in the North East, with a load of other London boys, they are always referring to the screws, (prison officers) as Geordie Maggots.

It's definitely worth a watch, even if it's just for the soundtrack, mate👍

Colin #337, dirty money in particular.

Dale & James 343/4. Yes I certainly agree with the wider picture, Manchester City in over 100 years before Sheikh Mansour won just 2 league titles. Since Mansour 6 have been won in the past 10 years. The game of Football is now rotten to the core!

McVicar. A film starring Roger Daltry portraying the life of notorious criminal John McVicar.

McVicar, in the movie, referred to our Northern friends as "Geordie maggots" a term I have used myself since the day I watched the film.

Beat me to it Tony. That's what I get for not refreshing often.

Tony Shelby,

I think we should ditch "if you know yer history". I've said it many times.

We are still a big club, but one that has been badly run.

As were Aston Villa and Newcastle. Manchester City and Leeds in the 3rd tier.

It doesn't mean we can't come back. Once the changes needed are made.

This board is on life support and clinging on when the obvious is staring them in the face. They are not wanted.

They have ostracised the lifeblood of our club. The supporters. There is no forgiveness. No going back. There is only one direction they can head in. It's called the exit door. And it is one way.

Meanwhile, We will still be here.

Not about football, but that sound you can hear is my father turning in his grave. The BBC are not even showing highlights of the Masters. A tradition of the biggest names in golf flushed down the pan, they have at least shown highlights since 1967 until, yeap 2023. BBC are too busy promoting the Women's Finalissima!

Alright Tony and thanks Brian, I was ready to slate Daltrey since he was a yobbo to his Whomates but now I can get some nostalgia I saw the Who in 75 with Keith Moon in full phase and they were my early rock heroes until I found that Mott album.

And Joe, the LIV dudes ruined the party.

Blood money as well, Mike.

15 goals in 16 games!!!! Maybe we should have bought this striker!!!!

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/04/06/remarkable-stat-proves-cenk-tosun-is-in-form-of-his-life-after-everton-exit/

Makes you wonder how absolutely crap their league must be...