Howmanheyman 43923 Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 2 hours ago, Craig said: When you consider Wharton & McDonald played alongside each other for 3 years, that's some return from our defence. As Alex points out McDonald was the penalty taker for a couple of years so that explains some of them. He's another one we missed (alongside Goddard) following the summer of 1988 and we never adequately replaced. IIRC he got the hump because McFaul kept playing him as a right winger when he preferred right back. McDonald had his best season for us in 87-88 so off the back of that season Everton paid half a million iirc so off he went, he used to get a bit of stick from the boo boys and got called Spotty until that last season when it died off a bit. After reading about the drinking culture at Everton when he went there and a distrust of new players from the older ones I'm not that surprised he didn't do much as I think at that point Kendall was hitting the sauce quite a bit and I'm sure he was a quiet lad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12372 Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 9 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: McDonald had his best season for us in 87-88 so off the back of that season Everton paid half a million iirc so off he went, he used to get a bit of stick from the boo boys and got called Spotty until that last season when it died off a bit. After reading about the drinking culture at Everton when he went there and a distrust of new players from the older ones I'm not that surprised he didn't do much as I think at that point Kendall was hitting the sauce quite a bit and I'm sure he was a quiet lad? I've tried a few times over the years to rationalise what the thought process was that summer in terms of transfer dealings. IIRC we went into the summer trying to persuade Gazza to stay - at least publicly we were. Robertson had already been signed in the March so I think the intention was for him to potentially play with Gazza instead of replace him. I wonder if it was McFaul's 2nd attempt to replace Beardsley after the disaster that was Glyn Hodges. Hendrie I assume was intended as McDonald's replacement on the right wing with Anderson to be first choice full back. Spending over £1.5m on Beasant & Thorn I never understood. I know McFaul wanted to sign a certain Peter Schmeichel 12 months earlier but the board didn't back him but Beasant's / Wimbledon's style was so far removed from how we played it just didn't make sense to me. Fairly certain Thorn coming on board pissed Peter Jackson off who was soon on his way back to Bradford. As for replacing Goddard, I can only assume they earmarked Michael O'Neill to play alongside Mirandinha as opposed to instead of him. Given the language barrier, Mirandinha's selfishness and O'Neill being only 19 at the time I think the Beasant / Thorn money would have been better spent on a direct replacement for Goddard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dougle 4598 Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 3 hours ago, Howmanheyman said: Frank Hudspeth, 19*, Newcastle United. *Probably iPhone 4 in the hand there too. Ahead of his time that lad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 3629 Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 Non-penalty goals per 90: Woltemade - 0.52 Ekitike - 0.47 Gyokeres - 0.34 Pedro - 0.32 Sesko - 0.31 Non-penalty xG per 90: Gyokeres - 0.43 Woltemade - 0.38 Ekitike - 0.36 Pedro - 0.36 Sesko - 0.32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12573 Posted yesterday at 10:21 Author Share Posted yesterday at 10:21 It is a lot more congested than this stage last season. We're middling at creating and putting away our chances. Completely middling at preventing chances and preventing goals. So, we're entirely middling. I guess the positives are: We're yet to hit our stride and we're not cut adrift from the pack chasing the European spots. we're still in the CL, the FA Cup and the League Cup too. Wissa returning might be an answer up front, the window is coming and we've money to spend, and we're going to be utterly unaffected by AFCON. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28533 Posted yesterday at 10:41 Share Posted yesterday at 10:41 Good shout that regarding AFCON Teams losing players; Inbred Cunts - 6 the same number as their fingers Man Ywenited 3 Burnley 3 Fulham 3 City 2 Forest 2 Spurs 2 West Ham 2 Wolves 2 Everton 2 Brentford 2 Palace 1 Liverpool 1 The rest 0. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12573 Posted yesterday at 13:54 Author Share Posted yesterday at 13:54 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Good shout that regarding AFCON Teams losing players; Inbred Cunts - 6 the same number as their fingers Man Ywenited 3 Burnley 3 Fulham 3 City 2 Forest 2 Spurs 2 West Ham 2 Wolves 2 Everton 2 Brentford 2 Palace 1 Liverpool 1 The rest 0. Looks like Everton will be most impacted, then Bournemouth in terms of Goals and assists. Sunderland are losing first team players, but not regular goal scorers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London 371 Posted yesterday at 13:57 Share Posted yesterday at 13:57 1 minute ago, The Fish said: Looks like Everton will be most impacted, then Bournemouth in terms of Goals and assists. Sunderland are losing first team players, but not regular goal scorers. Let's hope Ghana make it to the Quarters. We've got Bournmouth at home in the FA cup on the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28533 Posted yesterday at 14:07 Share Posted yesterday at 14:07 14 minutes ago, The Fish said: Looks like Everton will be most impacted, then Bournemouth in terms of Goals and assists. Sunderland are losing first team players, but not regular goal scorers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobbySol 420 Posted yesterday at 15:40 Share Posted yesterday at 15:40 1 hour ago, London said: Let's hope Ghana make it to the Quarters. We've got Bournmouth at home in the FA cup on the same day. Ghana didn't even qualify, so they'll do well to! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12573 Posted yesterday at 15:51 Author Share Posted yesterday at 15:51 11 minutes ago, NobbySol said: Ghana didn't even qualify, so they'll do well to! fucking hell, I blame the AI-ification of normal google searches. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 16172 Posted yesterday at 16:12 Share Posted yesterday at 16:12 2 hours ago, The Fish said: Looks like Everton will be most impacted, then Bournemouth in terms of Goals and assists. Sunderland are losing first team players, but not regular goal scorers. Sunderland are losing their steel though. It would be like us losing our entire first choice midfield (last season obv, they’re already missing this season). Xhaka is going to be lining up with Chris Rigg for a few weeks and getting kicked to fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12573 Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago 2 hours ago, Dazzler said: Sunderland are losing their steel though. It would be like us losing our entire first choice midfield (last season obv, they’re already missing this season). Xhaka is going to be lining up with Chris Rigg for a few weeks and getting kicked to fuck. Have to admit I don't know loads about them, but even without AFCON I think they're a Xhaka injury away from trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London 371 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 5 hours ago, NobbySol said: Ghana didn't even qualify, so they'll do well to! I blame @The Fish for including him in the spreadsheet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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