Ben Grounds
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Get he doesn’t do mid-season, but Marcelo Bielsa flying in from Brazil in his joggers to propose taking charge of Everton U21s while the first team is 19th in the Premier League, with a view to taking charge in the summer, is perhaps the most Marcelo Bielsa thing ever
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Jurgen Klopp tells Paul Tierney he has “no problems with referees, only you” = no FA charge
Frank Lampard says Liverpool would’ve been awarded a penalty had Salah gone down like Gordon did in a challenge that referee Stuart Attwell did not penalise = Fined £30,000 by FA 👍🏼
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Richarlison comes out on his own to show thanks to the supporters who have stayed behind. A poignant moment after the bedlam
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Victor Anichebe to Sky Sports: “I’ve heard Martinez has been linked with the Everton job… is this some kind of joke?”
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The fans aren’t leaving. Never seen an away end like it. Sheer refusal to let circumstance dictate the club’s future. Sheer determination of Pickford, of Keane when he cane on, not to be beaten. Huge swing but job still not done
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This was Leeds’ bench in their recent 4-1 defeat to Arsenal. Heroes. Every single one of them. Much greater scrutiny needed of Premier League clubs who can’t utilise their academy to field 11 players.
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The bottom line is that Richarlison in the current market, as Brazil's No 9 and with two years left on his contract, is worth £75m as a starting price. Levy's had Bill over a barrel again - and Tottenham don't even need him
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Idrissa Gueye watched all of Everton's games last season, was still in contact with the club, a massive supporter and was hoping they would avoid relegation. He always hoped he would go back to Goodison Park one day as a player [
@MelissaReddy_
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Take nothing away from that early strike, but I've never seen a group of players look less up for a game at this level
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Everton fans in full voice in the opening five minutes here. Spirit of the Blues on loop just like at Leicester last May. Get your coat on…
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Seamus Coleman: “Whatever goes on behind the scenes, the fans always come here to support us and then they need a reaction from us. They pushed us from minute 1 to minute 90. I’ve been here for 12 years and it’s always been that way.”
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Harvey Elliott handles red flare in Carabao Cup final = receives a letter off FA
Richarlison throws a lit flare out of the ground = Charged with improper conduct 🤔
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Everton want to sign Ainsley Maitland-Niles on season-long loan deal from Arsenal.
Club seeking cover at right-back, but it was clear from his cameo when already winning 6-0 this week how much the player sees himself as a central midfielder
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Let’s get the emotions clear.
They lost the league at Goodison Park is pretty good.
We won to move a huge step closer to safety is very good.
But to just beat them again at Goodison, finally, after 13 and a half years is the biggest release.
That’s what tonight is about
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Tunnel access on loop. Scenes from the dugout after Calvert-Lewin’s goal, Townsend limping down the wing, Doucs sliding head first off the pitch, the beers, Davies on the roof and the best bit…
Lampard to Coleman’s kids: “Your daddy is the best man I’ve ever met.” What a club.
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One incident above all epitomised Everton today, 30 minutes in when McTominay tried to lift up Digne. Allan, Doucoure, Mina all stepping in, all having each other’s backs. Coleman would’ve been delighted seeing that. Not such a soft touch under Benitez
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Carlo Ancelotti collects the first piece of silverware of his second coming at Real Madrid on the day Everton sack his successor. Sounds about right
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Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports: "To a certain extent, it's not all on Rafa what's gone on at Everton, but he has a habit of causing chaos at clubs. He's a politician and he's always blaming everyone else."
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Goalkeepers are there to make saves, but sometimes they have no right to do so. As it stands, Jordan Pickford is keeping Everton in the Premier League. Simply outstanding
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James Tarkowski not leaving the field of play until he had celebrated with every member of the coaching staff, even going back to embrace the water-carrier is what Everton Football Club is all about. All for One, One for All. Absolutely superb tonight
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More of this on Saturday:
Holgate wins header ⚽️
Coleman shuts down 🏃🏻♂️
Walcott forces wide 👉🏾
Tosun gets the block in 👏🏻
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Andros Townsend and Ben Godfrey have both travelled south again despite not being in the matchday squad. Great team unity being fostered by Lampard with everyone pulling together to avoid the drop
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Evertonians, everywhere, can enjoy this moment.
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Former Lille sporting director Luis Campos tells Sky Sports that Christophe Galtier would be a good choice as Everton manager.
“He likes to build a side with quality and youth. He is someone who can develop a team ethic. He has all the qualities to coach in England.”
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Demarai Gray: "As soon as it left my foot, I kind of knew. Myko [Mykolenko] made more space by making the run down the outside. We should be proud as we stuck to the game plan. We showed great character. We've got quality in the team and there's positives to take."
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Gary Neville on why Rafa Benitez suits Everton...
"If you go to Goodison Park, they don't want 100 or so passes at the back before a goal, they do want crosses, pressure building, set-pieces, they want the game to be quicker. I think Rafa will play that way."
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Offside? Seem to remember a goal against Man Utd being disallowed for this…
Jesse trying his best to curl up in a ball and not block the shot was superb 😂
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Ancelotti: "At the start of the season, no one could say after 26 games Everton would be there in the top five so this is well deserved from my team."
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And Everton placing Marcelo Bielsa as a front-runner as their new manager, knowing he requires weeks to assess the squad, and ignoring the gift of a six-week World Cup break to approach him sooner, is also the most Everton thing ever
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Rafa on winning over fans: "From the start, the reception has been great. We're in the period of social media and anyone can tweet something but the reality is we've been in the city for a while and I know what Scousers want. Now they are enjoying & we're fighting together."
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Lampard on pitch invasion: "If it's done in the right way, and there aren't scenes like we had the other night, let them run onto the pitch. That's what is football is about. What are we going to do? Handcuff them to the seats? So long as they behave themselves, no problem."
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Getting Donny van de Beek in as Frank Lampard’s first signing with Everton not playing would be the best weekend of the season by quite some distance
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That Coleman clip of him getting the goal-kick in the last minute hit me hard. Just like when he offered the mascot his jacket. He is Everton’s player of the season. He is Everton’s man of the decade. He is all of us. Class. So long as he stays at this club, we have a chance
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Everton are not interested in sending Moise Kean back out on loan this summer. The striker is part of a phased return to pre-season training due to Covid quarantine rules.
He will stay at Everton unless an offer for a permanent transfer comes in that is deemed acceptable
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Everyone talking about that Milner tackle and not when Neymar ran across the pitch and left him on his arse 🤔
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Martin Keown calling Idrissa Gueye “Trezeguet” and saying he’s “come into his own” at PSG has ended me. Nothing Everton and Villa fans didn’t already know tonight. Best player on the park by a mile
#PSGCITY
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Lampard: "It's always a team effort and Jordan made two big saves in the first half and an outstanding one at the end. It felt outstanding. His quality makes the save. Jordan is England's No 1 for a reason and he absolutely showed it today."
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Roy Hodgson couldn’t be bothered to walk across a pitch to thank his supporters on Saturday. Everton fans waited 20 minutes after full-time to celebrate with Frank Lampard on Sunday. There will be 7,000 of them at Vicarage Road tonight despite an allocation of 2,000. Levels
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Paul Tait and Leighton Baines currently taking training at Finch Farm but Anthony Gordon and Amadou Onana haven't reported for duty
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Hard not to revisit Seamus Coleman’s damning assessment of Everton’s last trip to Wolves. No hiding place after Ancelotti’s worst day in office but Wolves showed they were the benchmark. Better quality now but it all starts with the right attitude
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We can try to work out precisely which of the “recent decisions” Everton have brought forward as evidence of incompetent refereeing.
My top three this season:
1. Rodri handball not given
2. Romeu handball not given
3. Richarlison pen overturned vs Spurs
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Anichebe: “He finished fifth in his first season with David Moyes’ team. People don’t remember what happened before. There were protests to get him out of the club. You’re going from one toxic situation to another.”
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The message from Everton fans to the Premier League: You cannot ignore us. We shall not be moved
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Anichebe on whether Rooney would be ready for Everton job: “I think he would be. He’s a fantastic manager. He’d get the respect straight away from the players. He’s had limited resources at Derby and is doing a fantastic job. He grew up at Everton so knows what’s expected.”
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Hard to truly quantify just how important Doucoure has been for Everton this season but no player has covered more distance in the Premier League this season (91.3km)
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So excited about Lampard working with Dele Alli. The club has delivered in every aspect today and supporters will be rightly excited about the potential for success generated by three massive coups in the space of just 24 hours. Every part of the club deserves immense praise
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Doucoure was all over the pitch today - covered 11.62km, the furthest distance of any player, and made a game-high three key passes.
James' two goals today also were no fluke - he's been making those runs since he joined - and he managed ONE sprint!🤝
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Alan Stubbs on
@SkySportsNews
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Everton DoF Kevin Thelwell: “Myself and Frank continue to work closely with our Chairman, who has unrivalled experience in player negotiations and we are confident that, together, we will secure the further quality we’ve targeted between now and the end of the month.”
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Doucoure injury a significant loss. Has produced more sprints than any other central midfielder in the Premier League this season (371) and has run 35km further than any other Everton player
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It’s 9.30pm. At this very moment last week, something very magical happened
@CalvertLewin14
🦋
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Moise Kean’s £17m sale in isolation will be seen as one of the worst pieces of business in Everton’s recent history but with a year left on his contract, the fee enables Benitez to bring in the right profile. Kean, in every aspect, was not
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Alan Stubbs to Sky Sports: "Anthony Gordon has flattered to deceive even towards the end of last season. There's not been any end product and his goals and assists haven't come. I hope Everton can reinforce the team and give it a lift with a busy end to the window."
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Brilliant insight from Thomas Frank, showing his players to stay nice and narrow. A minute later, the Villa centre-half Ezri Konsa walks out through the middle of the pitch and scores
#SummerSeries
#AVLBRE
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The reality is if Everton lose their next two home games but beat Palace in the Cup, the fans would fill their end at Wembley twice over in the semis.
That is the reality of this fanbase but the players seem to fear them rather than any sense of it being taken for granted
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Benitez on penalty incident: "We have this conversation before. The first one is Dominic and the second one is Richy. I'm pleased Dominic scored and everyone has to be happy. The first one in every game is Dom. If we have a second penalty in a game, it will be Richarlison."
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Doucoure produced arguably his worst performance in an Everton shirt yesterday and it was no surprise it came without Allan by his side. Totally exposed. Back five was a strange selection at home vs team that has been far from prolific and whose strength is central midfield
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Lampard was heard telling his players to "enjoy the ball" in his early training sessions, but eight defeats in his opening 12 games forced him to move away from his preferred style.
Tarkowski's arrival would go a long way to solving the defensive issue...
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54 minutes on Sunday, Everton in possession and Coleman telling Delph and Allan to play on with Bernardo Silva down in the box. Forget the possible penalty check, kicking the ball out when you have 20 per cent possession? A minute later, Rodri scores. Everton too nice, again
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Is Kevin Friend the reason why Everton can’t put away the team 19th in the Championship? What would Peter Reid say?
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Patterson has the perfect mentor in Seamus Coleman but this sorry saga puts even greater pressure on Mykolenko, who doesn’t speak English and has no experience of British football. To think Everton have their ready-made replacement is delusional
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For all the spectacular missteps, not reappointing David Moyes is the biggest mistake Everton have made in the past five years.
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Alan Stubbs on SSN: "Too much blame has been placed on managers but there's so much wrong at Everton right now from boardroom level right the way through to the pitch. It's perilously close to the Doomsday scenario. This is the most fearful I've ever been as an Everton fan."
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Digne had 3.5 years left on his contract. France international at his peak, with 19 days left of the window. £25m is nothing for one of the league’s most creative defenders. Benitez wanted him gone, but club were in no position to hold out for a bigger fee. Perfect storm
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Frank Lampard: "I wouldn't say I'm frustrated, I'm relatively happy. If you can't win, you mustn't lose. We were secure in the game, created a lot but probably for us when we entered the final third we didn't have the cutting edge and weren't as zippy."
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Lovren asked
@DominicKing_DM
if he was an Everton fan and questioned his understanding of football when challenged by his view on the penalty in the mixed zone.
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Leaving Toney out of tonight’s game having called him up seems utterly ridiculous. Only two games left to try out options and Southgate halves his chances of learning if he is capable of working off Kane or filling in for him in worst case scenario in Qatar
#ThreeLions
#ITAENG
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Time’s up, but Evertonians have had some good times haven’t we? Like the six-week World Cup break.
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Let’s be clear on this, the officials at no point during the delay communicated with each other on whether James Milner has gone to play the ball. They simply ‘narrowed their options’ by focusing solely on Coady
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Announcing a new deal for Pickford on the day Richarlison leaves would be very Everton, who need to get back to acting like a big club
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Lampard: "We have to be level-headed as I can sense the frustration in the dressing room. When you think about where we were a few weeks ago, if you'd offered us this situation then we'd have taken it."
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The five-sub rule is a nonsense. Then, and certainly now. Premier League caving into the moaning elite. Numerous examples of tight Champions League and FA Cup games that have ultimately favoured those with greater resources.
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Draw Fulham in possibly the last QF at Goodison on a four-game winning run, equalise in the final moments, win the toss to get the Gwladys Street, win the toss to take the first pen, have one kick to win it (which he’d have picked)… and you do this
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Niasse has become an overnight cult hero but if his journey has taught us anything it is not to rush to criticise Klaassen among others
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Gary Neville very strong on the situation at Everton on his podcast: "There is no doubt they are the equal of Tottenham, Chelsea, Man City... but they need the new ground now as they're so far behind."
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No sympathy for Southgate on his defensive crisis when he has blindly ignored two centre-halves who have played superbly together all season in front of his No 1. The idea that calling up Branthwaite was too soon and that England are indeed Euro 2024 favourites is pure fantasy.
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In signing Sigurdsson, Ronald Koeman has spent £227.4m in 14 months at Everton, £90m more than David Moyes did in 11 years at the club
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Nathan Patterson coming on for the final 20 minutes in Scotland's Nations League game against Armenia
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Nine saves from Jordan Pickford away at Southampton with 15 minutes still to play. Nine. Against a midtable side with little to play for. That’s the worry. Everton’s hopes of staying up rests entirely on their home form
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Lampard: "We deserved a point at least on an afternoon when a lot of things went against us. We showed character, discipline and created chances which isn't easy against West Ham. If we carry on in that vein, things will go in our favour and we'll be OK."
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Ancelotti seemed keen to downplay how influential James can be to this Everton side but a mightily impressive start
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Match of the Day say the Premier League Match Centre has admitted it was the wrong decision to give Southampton a penalty for Andre Gomes’ challenge on James Ward-Prowse
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Sky Sports News has been told Wilfried Gnonto has made himself unavailable for Leeds as the player is unhappy at being unable to seal a move to Everton so far this summer (
@SkySportsLyall
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Everton’s improvement in all areas compared to the same stage as last season.
Distance covered 40km more is significant in light of Richarlison’s comments on the intensity in training
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Lampard confirms Keane was taken off at half-time not due to concussion but due to feeling unwell.
"Michael has been unwell for some weeks and he put himself up for selection. We don't have options in that area of the pitch."
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