Confirmed Signing James Rodriguez

Shibbywiggles · August 31, 2020

Wat Tyler said:
Why did they sell Kanchelskis? Can’t even remember

Word was Kanchelskis was owned by Ukrainian gangsters which is why he was moved on so much which kinda stopped him achieving all he could as a player sadly

Bluestar · August 31, 2020

Old Blue 2 said:
You never saw the Ball/Kendall/Harvey side...?

Kanchelskis did less for the club than Graeme Sharp, for starters...

I didn’t see the holy trinity, but I did see Sharp. Yes he did more, but Kanchelskis was just electric. With him and Limpar in the there was excitement. We won the Derby too.
I loved Sharp, he was a superb number nine, one of my favourite players. He’d be drummed out of here now though for not tracking back / pressing etc.

Bluestar · August 31, 2020

Wat Tyler said:
Why did they sell Kanchelskis? Can’t even remember

He pushed the move through if I remember

Wat Tyler said:
Why did they sell Kanchelskis? Can’t even remember

i think he pushed the move through for a pay off.

BlueStevie35 · August 31, 2020

blueblueday · August 31, 2020

mos6141 said:
Structure of the deal is clearly not conventional and why do you take Kevin Phillips opinion as gospel?

I don't, but he's obviously a better judge of player than me or you! It wasn't just him though as some afternoon presenter on Talksport (Hawksby and Jacob's) said it was a strange one for us to pursue as well! Obviously they will be proven wrong and he will score 15 from the wing this season!

It just seems like we target players year after year who have been out of favour. I remember when we bought players who were riding high, such as Cottee. He was the top scorer in the league at the time and we beat Arsenal for his signature.

matty1878 · August 31, 2020

Shibbywiggles said:
Word was Kanchelskis was owned by Ukrainian gangsters which is why he was moved on so much which kinda stopped him achieving all he could as a player sadly

Yearh he owed loads of money or something?

matty1878 · August 31, 2020

Neiler said:
That dude clearly doesn’t understand Everton, if there is a 10% chance it could go wrong, it will go wrong.

but it won’t

matty1878 · August 31, 2020

Bullens Rd said:
There's been a huge, huge mix up here I'm afraid. Not quite sure how it's got this far, but we're not signing James Rodriguez from Real Madrid.

Who we're actually signing is Jay Rodriguez from Burnley, and it was a struggle to get even that over the line as he didn't want to move to a team lower down in the division.

Still, J Rodriguez, welcome to Everton! I think the esk was right all along.

NA

TheNinja · August 31, 2020

blueblueday said:
I don't, but he's obviously a better judge of player than me or you! It wasn't just him though as some afternoon presenter on Talksport (Hawksby and Jacob's) said it was a strange one for us to pursue as well! Obviously they will be proven wrong and he will score 15 from the wing this season!

It just seems like we target players year after year who have been out of favour. I remember when we bought players who were riding high, such as Cottee. He was the top scorer in the league at the time and we beat Arsenal for his signature.

Times change mate

ossie_21 · August 31, 2020

Bullens Rd said:
There's been a huge, huge mix up here I'm afraid. Not quite sure how it's got this far, but we're not signing James Rodriguez from Real Madrid.

Who we're actually signing is Jay Rodriguez from Burnley, and it was a struggle to get even that over the line as he didn't want to move to a team lower down in the division.

Still, J Rodriguez, welcome to Everton! I think the esk was right all along.

Surely people can be that upset by this Jay Rodriguez/Joe Allen double deal

BornBlue76 · August 31, 2020

Charles Hawtrey said:
and Mike Pejic

And Martin Keown

Bluewolf · August 31, 2020

tonka1878 said:
For all the people that Instagram followers is an important quality, you should be prepared for him to lose a few when he changes from white to Blue and Bernabeu to Goodison.

Not really that many. People are more likely to follow the player over the team now a days apparently.

Look at when Ronaldo left real Madrid, they lost 6 million followers on their social media accounts and juventus gained them.

Obviously that's Ronaldo we're talking about but I think the point still holds water.

blueblueday · August 31, 2020

Blue Shoes said:
Interested to see kevin Phillip's managerial record vs ancelotti.

Ancelloti was on the downward slope. None of the giant clubs wanted him anymore. We gave him a gold crusted retirement package. I hope he's not just relying on old acquaintances from a few seasons back to help us back into the big time!