couldn't agree more - bet he doesn't give a monkeys about the comments - I recall when Norwich City first went into the big time ie the old 1st Division in the early 70s one of their stalwarts Dave Stringer,who went on to manage the club who lived just around the corner from us in the village stuck with his Hillman Imp whilst all his team mates who were then earning a decent wedge went for the Ford Granadas,Jags etc He had /still has a swish house but the memory of the rusty old Imp in the driveway will never leave me.

Everton are either leaving it very late or in a worse financial mess than I thought. To go into a transfer window stating you need to strengthen and then sell 3 players who could be considered first teamers and not signing anyone is a tad silly.

Saw an interview with him about a year ago where he said he had very little time for the circus that follows modern day football. Seemed like he had his feet firmly on the ground and his head screwed on with comments like football isn't a real job and players get paid far too much.

David Wheater in at Bolton.

Just hope that doesn't signal Gary Cahill's exit.

According to Sid Lowe on Twitter (Guardian football journalist who lives & works in Spain)
"Pennant, the truthhttps://www.aragon2.com/n-1403-407-verdad_coche_Pennantrl (article in Spanish)

But when faced with truth or legend - always print the legend

And if it's car being provided for him the tax charge on it will be negligible too

Sid Lowe?

Does anyone speak Portugese:

From the Sporting Lisbon website:

"Eric Dier, defesa central dos juniores do Sporting, foi cedido por empréstimo, até ao dia 30 de Junho de 2011, ao Everton. Esta é uma oportunidade para o atleta crescer numa conjuntura competitiva mais exigente.
O jogador tem contrato com o Sporting até 2013."

You need to calm down a little....

Yes, we haven't signed anybody yet, but in reality we have actually lost 1 player, Pienaar, and that made financial sense.

Yakubu, rightly or wrongly, wasn't in Moyes' plans and as for Vaughan, he hasn't been in the manager's plans since about 3 years ago....Moyes has been trying to offload him for ages, but the lad kept getting injuries, so he was burdened with him.

I don't quite get this supposed need for a big squad....When we almost did the treble in '85, we used about 15 or 16 players all season.

All big squads do is produce unsettled players. Small squads produce unity.....I've never understood why clubs waste millions in wages on guys who spend most of the year warming a bench?...

Well you keep thinking that whilst your club scrap for mid-table and probably won't win a single thing, whilst those with big squads will forever try and compete on all fronts. I am highly disturbed if you can't fathom why clubs have deep squads.

Oh, I listen to all the guff that the managers come out with when their sides are struggling....Tired squads and all that...

Just makes me laugh, that when Liverpool were dominating European football in the 70's and 80's and playing upto 70 games a year, you could practically name their first team, week in, week out....In fact, I still can now.

Same goes for other successful sides of that era, like Villa, Forest, Ipswich, Everton, etc.....All this 25 man squad thing is a complete cover-up for under performing managers....