News Archive – Nov

McNeil returns to full training

15/11/2024

Dwight McNeil has handed Everton a fitness boost ahead of the visit of Brentford next weekend as he joined Armando Broja in training with the first team today.

Tickets & Travel: Liverpool (H)

15/11/2024

Tickets for sale, requests for spares, ride-share, meet-up information or places to watch from afar for the Goodison derby on 7 December should be posted to this thread. Face value or at-cost ticket sales only, please. Official ticket info Note: We provide this purely as a means of fans letting other fans know of potentially […]

Everton’s PSR nightmare casts a long shadow

14/11/2024

The hope was that Everton's unprecedented points deductions last season for PSR breaches that were deemed to have provided a "sporting advantage" despite the club's parlous financial condition were the end of the matter.

Branthwaite withdraws from England squad

13/11/2024

Jarrad Branthwaite is returning to Merseyside to undergo treatment on a minor problem as his early-season fitness woes continue to affect his availability for club and country.

Wolves (H) Tickets and Hotel Stay for sale

13/11/2024

Due to a change in my work situation I am looking to sell my Sportsbreaks package – 2 adult and 1 child ticket for the home game against Wolves on 4th December, plus a triple room at the Holiday Inn Express in Royal Albert Dock on 3rd December. The total cost was £572, would like […]

Referee David Coote suspended after video goes viral

11/11/2024

Updated Referee, David Coote, has been suspended by the Premier League pending an investigation into desparaging comments he allegedly made on video about former Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp. In the video, which is unverifed but is being treated by PGMOL as genuine and has been circulating on social media today, Coote discusses Klopp’s reaction to […]

Elsewhere On The Web

TFG-owned Roma hire Ranieri as new boss

11/11/2024

Updated While The Friedkin Group await the green light from the various regulatory bodies in the UK to proceed with their takeover of Everton, they continue to grapple with instability at AS Roma. This past weekend, owner Dan Friedkin felt compelled to sack Ivan Juric, the man brought in only weeks ago to replace club […]

The First Twelve Steps

10/11/2024

The first 11 games of the season reveal a team in search of identity and stability. Defensive inconsistency and a lack of attacking power have hindered results, despite some moments of good football

Premier League — Matchweek 11

09/11/2024

Only 4 of this weekend’s 10 Premier League games are being shown live in the UK, with no lunchtime fixture: Saturday 9 November 202417:30 Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City — Sky Sports 20:00 Liverpool v Aston Villa — TNT Sports 1  Sunday 10 November 202414:00 Nottingham Forest v Newcastle Utd — Sky Sports 16:30 Chelsea v Arsenal — […]

Open message to Daily Mail reporter, Ian Herbert, about Graeme Sharp

08/11/2024

For context, this post is in response to Ian Herbert’s follow-up aside from his earlier, much bigger article about the supposed “alienation” of Graeme Sharp that has already been reported and discussed in depth on this site: Graeme Sharp says he’s been hurt and won’t come back to Goodison Park Unfortunately, it’s behind a paywall […]

West Ham United vs Everton

07/11/2024

Abdoulaye Doucouré will be given every chance to prove he is fit enough to feature in some capacity when Everton travel to the London Stadium this weekend to face fellow strugglers West Ham.

Stability at the top

07/11/2024

The advice I was given at the start of my career about the need to create stability at the top was to think of a pyramid.  When the top stone goes on, there are cheers and celebrations; but in reality, the congratulations should go to the architects who designed the base that provided the top […]

What happens when dogs no longer like the dog food?

06/11/2024

There’s no guarantee Sean Dyche can see us through to the end of the season, securing our “survival”. In fact the evidence is clear that in competitive terms Dyche is lagging his peers.

Elsewhere On The Web

Michael Ball: Selecting Branthwaite is a ‘no-brainer’

04/11/2024

Michael Ball says he is “baffled” by Sean Dyche’s decision to leave his best defender on the bench for the last three games. Writing in his latest column for the Liverpool Echo, the former defender says: “You can’t keep a player who you value at over £70million among the substitutes when you’re not winning games. […]

Blunt… to all of this

03/11/2024

The football isn't pretty but, come on, we shouldn't have lost that. We shouldn't have even drawn it.

South Coast Blues

03/11/2024

Another week, another disappointing performance. It isn’t always about the result, but you want to be entertained and see the team perform.

A Positive Step Backwards

03/11/2024

This season needs fixing. A new approach, a better manager. Inspiration for the players.

Saints sucker-punch sinks sorry Toffees

02/11/2024

Everton failed to create many real chances and allowed a rapid Southampton counter to win the game after Beto saw his close-range header smack the face of the bar

Premier League — Matchweek 10

01/11/2024

We pass the quarter point of the season with 5 of the 10 matches this weekend being shown live on TV: Saturday 2 November 202412:30 Newcastle Utd v Arsenal — TNT Sports 117:30 Wolves v Crystal Palace — Sky Sports  Sunday 3 November 202414:00 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa — Sky Sports 16:30 Manchester Utd v Chelsea — Sky Sports  Monday […]