Recent content by Magus

Outrageous. You tell your old man I'll see him in Morrison's car park for some OAP shadow boxing (weather permitting).

I actually meant to delete that reply but somehow posted it instead. I still think he is just stating broadly the same thing.

Isn't that what he was saying in a roundabout way ?

I think it was definitely the case that he became very disillusioned during his later years at Everton. He seemed genuinely disgusted that standards dropped so quickly from the glory years through mismanagement and lack of investment, and he lost his mojo. I saw him speaking at one of those fan...

He couldn't have a worse name for a strong scouse accent - I still shudder about the way some kopites pronounced Mascherano.

I thought he saved against us, but Latchford netted the rebound.

It is defeatism, pure and simple, and the main reason I didn't want him back. He doesn't believe we can be a top team again.

I think it is perfectly reasonable to dislike the way he left. I didn't begrudge him the chance to move on to better things, but the secrecy and the pictures of him skipping away from Bill's office didn't reflect very well on him. I don't think he is back for the long haul, but I have been...

I think his initial impact on the team and fans is the stuff of legend. I understand why people don't want to afford him that status given his short tenure, but he remains a genuine home-grown star as far as I am concerned. I didn't like the way he left, or his silly antics when playing against...

Oh OK, I thought that the tilted version was to increase the capacity of the South Stand rather than just a design feature, but I am sure you have better knowledge of the details. I had downloaded the original application on my old laptop but it conked out a while ago and I didn't manage to...

It wasn't a massive difference but the original design showed the roof of the south stand tilted higher to accommodate few extra rows of seats. It will be shown in the original planning documents, but I don't really want to trawl through the planning portal. Maybe one of our more dedicated...

Well they did remove the tilt from the original design, which probably affected the lines of the finishing edges on the south stand, so we will never know.

They didn't need to dribble past him, just knock it forward and beat him for pace. It is likely to be more of an issue in the league. I don't have a down on the lad, I just don't think he is strong or fast enough to be an effective premier league full back.

Allowing for the quality of the opposition, I still think he was the pick of our defenders and looked confident and composed most of the time. I also liked the no-nonsense way he hoofs the ball clear when things get dicy in the box. Very basic instinct, but we often look disorganised and...

Decent going forward last night but regularly skinned defensively. I had some hope for him when he first came, but I think he is just too lightweight for the prem. We definitely need new full backs asap.