I think I’ve seen enough of the striker audition to conclude that Beto is the only one really capable of leading the line in this team. He’s hit and miss - he’ll be mightily relieved Grealish scored that - but it’s gotta be him from now on. Give Barry minutes when we can, but start Beto.

The Hill Dickinson effect. Show some direct incisive play, the crowd will appreciate it and get behind you. Atmosphere sounds fantastic. Up The Fucking Blues. 😂

Dear God will Sky stop miniaturising the screen so it’s too small to follow to show goals I don’t care about.

At least we’ll get 4 seconds of injury time added on for this Palace injury.

Last thing we needed losing our best goalscorer.

It’ll be a miracle if we get something out of this after those Palace chances. COYB

Looking forward to the next bit where we go 0-2 down and then buck our ideas up/Palace ease off and we pull it back to 1-2 FT and all tell ourselves we have some positive momentum to take into the next game.

It’s pretty clear we’re going to have to improve if we’re to get something out of this game. Palace a cut above, better-drilled, more likely to score. Need to get further up the pitch and get Ndiaye, Grealish and Dibling on the ball.

The only thing better than a top quality Indian on a Saturday evening is a top quality Indian on a Saturday rounded off with an injury time winner for someone against Liverpool for the second week running.

Best centre forward at the club 😇

““Normally he scores in this situation,” Daniel Farke said” … does he? Maybe for one season under Carlo…

Added Time karma?

We got exactly what we deserved from our approach to that game. Manager completely out of touch with the fanbase tonight. Oh well. #Everton

Moyes has shit his pants now, here comes the real team 😂

I’m looking forward to some insightful analysis about the legality and practicality of a future UK govt stripping ILTR from people who will often have spent many years and paid many £££ to obtain it.

That Haaland run. Not realistic, too fast and powerful. Nobody can do that. The match engine needs some tuning.

Well we have them a game, at least. I suppose with hindsight playing with ten men in the first half wasn’t such a good idea.

So Village Street @ #Everton. Very nice decor, modern etc but seriously devalued as we arrived @ 1pm and there were absolutely no seats anywhere at all for my ten-year-old and I either in the “street” bit or any of the pubs. For the price paid, that was a disappointment. Great view from Upper West!

Transfer deadline day, when you keep refreshing your feed for news of signing/bidding for a player you’d never heard of an hour before.

Well look at the sneaky Toffees pulling rabbits out of hats overnight, when fans were resigning themselves to the misery of only having signed JG, KDH, TD and co... #UTFT

Has a new crisis club for 2025/26 just been born…? #AstonVilla

So City seem unlikely to be “back” then. Over to you Arsenal!

Up the goalscoring toffees who can even afford to concede a couple of soft goals. #UTFT

It’s been almost inevitable we’d end up signing Soucek since the day Moyes walked back into Goodison Park, just get on with it, some fans will moan, others will see the upside, just get it done so we can all move on and comes to terms with it in our various different ways 😂

As things stand I wouldn’t be sending Harrison Armstrong out on loan.

Think the phrase is LOL?

Enjoying Grealish popping up everywhere demanding the ball, playing the little one-twos, encouraging the rest of them to play football. Huge influence.

Newcastle’s striker predicament. One player has downed tools and is nowhere to be seen. Another target now playing for the opposition. And the stand-in sent off. I shouldn’t laugh, but…

Exciting signing. Mr Dibling makes exceedingly good decisions, clearly. #UTFT

As a first summer signing, Soucek would have seemed depressingly unambitious. But in the context of KDH, JG, TD and co it would be a solid signing adding experience and instant goals and assists. Hard to imagine WHU letting him go though, they might need him to stay up…

Did Grealish give the ball away even once? Exceptional ball retention. #UTFT

England’s No.1

Barry too raw, my arse. Great strike from Garner. #UTFT

Keane the new Jarrad. Tarkowski the new Keane. This CB whack-a-mole is doing my head in.

England’s No.1.

I expect every team is going to fancy themselves in the role of party-poopers when they visit HDS, so here’s to an intimidating atmosphere, no underestimation of a quality Brighton side and an early goal or two! #UTFT

Assuming #Spurs don’t screw this up they’ll be thinking they could have a great season now. They’re making this look Eze.

So, Tyler Dibling. I feel like we’re currently in the “Eze to join Spurs zone”. Just get it signed #Everton!

#EFC Thoughts. Needed much more from the supposed ball-retainers, looked v lightweight esp first half. Beto didn’t really provide the runs/outlet. Penalty decision not a howler IMO, can see why it was given, Tark leaning towards ball, but lucky for Leeds. If not given it wouldn’t be a scandal.

Pretty much got what we deserved for that first half. You can’t put in a half like that and expect anything. #Everton

“On social media, I've been flooded with messages from Everton supporters. That's another reason why I chose Everton” I love this, well played blues 😂 Now let’s do the same to, I dunno, Fofana?!

I know we’ve got holes to fill but it’s nice to be on this side of the fence, chasing players, than the usual worry about who we’re going to lose, such as Newcastle are currently going through with Isak. Makes a change!

Bluesky went down just after I submitted my face for age verification. Sorry about that, it is early though.

When does the football season start again? 😂 (yes yes I’m aware of that other thing starting today)

I guess Spurs will be Spurs, Levy will be Levy and it’s no surprise, but I wonder if wasn’t a bit premature given there seems (at least from the outside)to be a bit of spirit/togetherness that culminated in the ECL win that might have been worth nurturing/seeing where it led? Those PL stats though…

I can’t remember a bigger precedent for a clubs fans seemingly so united in their desire for their manager *not* to be sacked as Spurs currently.

They should have a special rule when a team is this good and so easy on the eye and just play another 30 mins of extra time. Dreading when this finishes and no football until August!

Well that was a comedy MOTD analysis of NUFC vs EFC, apparently it was all down to Pickford. Jokers.

Villa’s Collina moment.

Finally one of those shit floated aimless crosses results in a goal. A stopped clock etc 😂