I dunno, give it a few months.


As for Moyes, he's a good manager, makes the best out of a fairly limited squad. Don't think he'd be a good manager of a top 4 side, though.

Would you class Liverpool and Arsenal as top 4 sides?

Agree 100%.

Moyes is crap with money when he's had it (that being having to sell players then use it before you start

... He's better with the bargain buys. He's also a master at getting the best out of average players or getting players to fill their potential and more, at least.

Don;t think he's one for ego's either..i.e. Rooney and Lescott. Too many ego's at top 4 clubs..and Spurs and now City.

Money or not is irrelevant to me as a spectator.

Fact is, you've won the same as us over the last 14 years for all the top five finishes and have played as many games in the Champions League proper.

A similar fact is that I, as a spectator, have more chance of seeing those ambitions realised over the next few years.

However, I do accept that your Rugby League team has more chance of winning things over the next few years than mine.

I'd quite like it to be 18th, 19th or 20th tbh











Fantastic. I wonder how long this 'Evertonians are jealous and bitter towards City' will keep up.

Ah well, you keep spending your millions and maybe, just maybe you can equal our league finishing position this season.



It was indeed.

I wouldn't call it a scoff, mind.

To beat your finishing position this season we will probably only have to finish above 12th so it should not be too difficult.

Good one.

You know what I meant

Indeed.

Journalists and Everton supporters give the impression that Moyes has spent very little money. Compared to our recent splurge, I agree. But how much did the likes of Yakubu and Feillani cost? More than a handful of brass buttons, I am sure.

But that is just the point, he has spent very little. Yakubu £12 million or thereabouts and Fellaini £15 million now, in today's market, that is very little money. £27 million is not a great deal now is it.

Think it's more a case of little compared to some other clubs.

Well we're both in the CL, so yeah.

So you do think Liverpool will finish top four.
This season's Premier League is a lot more open with in my opinion seven teams chasing those four Champions League places.
Streets ahead of Italy and Spain in terms of competitiveness.

Well I don't know. I want to wait a couple of months, see how Rafa deals with the rotation of his squad and when we start to hit top fitness. Also, Aquilani is still yet to play. He could be great, he could be average.

City are a laughing stock and have no history.

Everton are respected and have history.

Im not a fan of either, but give me Everton over the face stampers anyday.

Ever heard of a former Everton striker named Duncan Ferguson (1994/199icon_cool.gif?

Face stamping would be a minor grievance compared to his behaviour towards Jon McStay (1994) immediately prior to his transfer south.

Unless you are of course being totally ironic and are referring to "Everton having history" in the admiration sense!

You'll be saying Roy Keane is an Angel next!

Legend.



You have got to be joking?

With an over reaction like this you would be well suited working for the FA. He barely even butted him, scandalous that he went to prison for it. Complete joke. If that is a prison sentence we would have footballers in prison's all over the land. How can you claim stamping on someone's face is minor compared to a headbutt?



We have a history to be proud of I think you will find.

£12m and £15m, one a season.

Compared to....ahem.....£32m for Robinho, £24m for Lescott, £25m? for Adebayor, etc. etc. etc.

And just to prove a point, £30m for Berbatov, likewise for Rooney, also likewise for Ferdinand.

£15m on one player is the highest we've ever spent, compared to the budgets of the top 4, you and Spurs, achieving 5th two years in a row is some good work...also bearing in mind what we lost last year.

Have fun with Lescott.....make sure he gets paid otherwise he'll sulk

Nah, our loudest cheer will be when we win the Europa League....speaking of which, how'd Citeh do last night in that, or in Europe as a whole?



If only you could qualify by something other than the Fair Play League, which is rather ironic given the Moneygrabber saga

Ours is only £20m, maybe Everton aren't as small as they think they are.

Spot on







We normally bring people in for small fee or use the funds raised from a sale like Lescott out for around £24 million and we brought in Distin £5 million, Bilyaletdinov £9 million and Heitinga £6 million.

We don't think we're small. Benitez does but then again Benitez also thinks Glen Johnson is worth £17 million and £139,000 a week so he is a tool.

Don't forget Arteta £2m, Cahill £2m, Jagielka £4m....it goes on



Billy paid off a sizable chunk of that fee with that first corner last night, utterly dropped perfect.....it had to to allow Yobo to score!

You wish he was on that, fella. Johnson is a beast, justifying his price tag so far, whereas Fellaini...

Just wait 'till Moyes finds a role for the afro-topped one



He looks lazy and uninterested but it just seems to be his style, relaxed and, when on form, slick as you like. Decent start to 2009/10

What a first that was for the lad, he was superb. I'd just like to see him with a bit more ball in open play to see what he can do. But couldn't argue with it, just a shame in the second half we had Ossie back on the corners, couldn't beat the first man.

Exactly, all next to nothing and the list goes on Howard, Neville and Saha will have been written off from the Rooney money too. Saw the quote in the paper from Distin today? superb, here it is:













Fantastic. Lovin him already.