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Also, we know all too well as Everton fans that 'interest' doesn't mean a bid will follow. He supposedly turned down Forest a month ago because he wanted CL football and nothing has happened until we put a bid in this weekend. How long does he wait and how certain is he a CL club will make the...

Who are they then do we think. Luiz/Palhinha/McGinn - and I guess there was Tete - but there's not been that many more links to that profile of player so far. Grealish? Soucek?

Definitely. Increase the fee or offer them a percentage of any future profit. That'll get sorted quite quickly (and, hopefully not, but likely matched by another club). The hard part will be convincing the player if reports of him wanting CL are accurate.

In which case there would definitely be scope for meeting in the middle you would think. If they want the release clause paying (which, to be fair, may as well be their starting negotiating position) then it's not happening.

I could see this being true. Everton pulling back only to return to the table is similar to what the Friedkins did when buying the club and, as others have pointed out, if the cost of the deal is the concern, there's little to suggest Dibling would be any cheaper. But then no actual numbers...

Watching Dibling at Goodison in May reminded me a lot of the version of Anthony Gordon we had. Probably a player in there but he is way off being what we need right now in my opinion. We'd need a senior option as well.

Ah right I get you - Wait and see on that, then. I don't care about him either way. I take everything he shares with a pinch of salt because there are a million different moving parts to a transfer and several differing motivations behind the info that is leaked out. Just find it odd the flak...

Has he ever shared anything that was complete bluster though or is this just cynicism for cynicism's sake? I recently subscribed to their patreon and some of the info is a bit wishy-washy and non-committal, but there's still some decent insight shared. The way I'd look at the situation is...

Further to this, anything he does disclose behind the paywall get shared by members of this forum or aggregators on Twitter etc. It all filters out eventually. Bizarre that anybody would get wound up by it, but I suppose that's what happens in the four days between signings during a transfer...

But if the manager is going to instruct the rest of the team to kick balls at his head all game, he shouldn't be picked ahead of DCL who is better at dealing with that. When you have a manager who plays to his strengths, it's a different conversation. Beto usually performed worse under Dyche...

Not expecting much from today, but Moyes always used to thrive when the squad was thin and we had limited options.

Brought in some good players, brought in some duds - as all DOFs will, a perfect hit rate over three years is basically impossible - but, for me, it's what he hasn't done that's the issue. There's been a need for many years to address the full back areas, and we've not come close to doing it...

I can't make it today so I'm about to put a single ticket on the resale portal. Top Balc.

It's weird that TNT managed to get it for the 12.30. I thought Sky had first dibs on all fixtures and would surely want the last Goodison derby.

If it is to be called off, does anyone have any idea when it might be rescheduled? Liverpool obviously likely to go deep in most competitions, so can't be too many midweeks open.