WTF is Steven Warnock doing on MOTD? Where do they find these no hope RS players from? They must have gone through every RS player over the last 20 years and are now just scraping the barrel. At least they tempered a red with a blue this week.
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Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
Leicester have won the league recently. Whether we like it or not, that means they have modern history of following through and becoming winners. So it's plausible that they could win again, in the minds of pundits. We, by comparison, have a modern history of abject failure and a puffed-up pride that's weirdly needy, as if only the approval and admiration of others can validate our sense of self. Let's just win some trophies.
I remember how ridiculous the idea of Manchester United qualifying for the European Cup seemed in 1992. Twelve months later, it was a reality and soon the idea of the European Cup without them seemed even more ludicrous. We've got to change the narrative ourselves. A pat on the head from Carra cannot do that work for us.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
To be frank, I'm more concerned by those in the media who speak poorly about us that have played for us. I'm talking about people like Alan Stubbs and Leon Osman, fellows who were deeply ordinary players playing for deeply ordinary Everton sides in a period of historical underachievement and stagnation. The type of fellas who would never have played in an ambitious or successful period in the club's history but who could tenuously bask in the reflected association with Dean, Ball, and Southall.
The only Everton people I want talking about us in the media are fellas who won big with us - and there are not many of those left now. Funnily enough, Andy Gray has improved immeasurably on us since we got Carlo in and showed a bit of seriousness. He now talks about us in terms of higher standards and expectations. Under Moyes, through no real fault of the manager, we were reinvented as a sort of storied Coventry City, plucky underdogs with a bit of history. Since then, the narrative - even from our own - has been that we had to sell the likes of Rooney and 7th would be a great season.
So, until we can get our own house in order, I wouldn't be too bothered by other clubs' moutpieces.
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Peter Crouch seems to be on every other TV programme.
Alan Whittle
Player Valuation: £70m
Well, big result for them at Palace yesterday...
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Fwiw I think Everton have decent representation on telly these days, Cahill, Osman, Kilbane, even Lineker and Lescott to an extent.
The problem is more the overwhelming bias towards Liverpool and the unnecessary overexposure, I feel more for literally any club outside the “top 6” and us, Leicester and maybe Newcastle.
How hard is it to just find an ex player for every team? Most of them will have been media trained to some degree and it’s literally the easiest payday in football so not many would turn it down.
The problem is more the overwhelming bias towards Liverpool and the unnecessary overexposure, I feel more for literally any club outside the “top 6” and us, Leicester and maybe Newcastle.
How hard is it to just find an ex player for every team? Most of them will have been media trained to some degree and it’s literally the easiest payday in football so not many would turn it down.
No way!
Mkjjones
Player Valuation: £8m
Media bias? Here's a good example article.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
Truth about VAR could cost Liverpool dearly in Premier League title race
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side have had eight decisions overturned against them, compared with only three in their favour
Media bias? Here's a good example article.
Truth about VAR could cost Liverpool dearly in Premier League title race
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side have had eight decisions overturned against them, compared with only three in their favour
It says "so rightly or wrongly VAR cost Liverpool 4 points in the game against Everton & Brighton"
Erm you'll find those decisions were right you deluded muppet of a journalist
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
I agree to an extent we do have inflated pride as a fan base over sized compared to our recent achievements. I don't need validation I just expect some nod to our existence. Leicester did win the league but they also fell away last season they probably have a better squad and more of a record the last few years fair enough, I still see them as Top four challengers rather than title. But to not even mention our good run is weird? When we were above them at that moment. I don't expect them to say we are title chasing just acknowledge us but whatever as you say there is a reason they don't, we have badly underachieved and failed for decades we need to be consistent for years, only then will we get any be grudging respect because the media have their favourites.
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ForeverEverton
Player Valuation: £50m
Which was a bit rich seeing as they were taking 2 minutes to take a long throw in, the lad taking it was getting a towel and towelling down the football for every throw......
Phil Rodgers
Player Valuation: £500k
We're treated like some elderly parent who's spoilt children have packed off to the nursing home and forgotten about.
Depressed myself a bit there with that analogy.
Depressed myself a bit there with that analogy.
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