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[rodney trotter]

Coleman in PFA team of the year. Fair play to him

PFA Premier League team of the year: Cech, Shaw, Kompany, Cahill, Coleman, Hazard, Toure, Gerrard, Lallana, Suarez, Sturridge

[Mr. Nakata]

Totally deserved. Mustard has had some season for us. Probably my player of the year, though McCarthy has been brilliant too. This game on Saturday evening is going to be interesting. An Arsenal win tonight and 4th is gone. Spurs can still catch us...what a nightmare that would be...United can as well if they win their last 3 and we lose both of our remaining two. Our performance against the saints was easily the worst of the season. We have a great record against City and home form has been superb, but City will be chomping at the bit. Interesting indeed.

[blewuporstuffed]

Totally deserved. Mustard has had some season for us. Probably my player of the year, though McCarthy has been brilliant too. This game on Saturday evening is going to be interesting. An Arsenal win tonight and 4th is gone. Spurs can still catch us...what a nightmare that would be...United can as well if they win their last 3 and we lose both of our remaining two. Our performance against the saints was easily the worst of the season. We have a great record against City and home form has been superb, but City will be chomping at the bit. Interesting indeed.

i hope everton can make the top 4, it would be great to see a couple of irish players back in the champions league and can only be good for the development of coleman & mccarthy

[From the Bunker]

Totally deserved. Mustard has had some season for us. Probably my player of the year, though McCarthy has been brilliant too. This game on Saturday evening is going to be interesting. An Arsenal win tonight and 4th is gone. Spurs can still catch us...what a nightmare that would be...United can as well if they win their last 3 and we lose both of our remaining two. Our performance against the saints was easily the worst of the season. We have a great record against City and home form has been superb, but City will be chomping at the bit. Interesting indeed.

i hope everton can make the top 4, it would be great to see a couple of irish players back in the champions league and can only be good for the development of coleman & mccarthy

McGeady and Gibson!

[Geoff Tipps]

Totally deserved. Mustard has had some season for us. Probably my player of the year, though McCarthy has been brilliant too. This game on Saturday evening is going to be interesting. An Arsenal win tonight and 4th is gone. Spurs can still catch us...what a nightmare that would be...United can as well if they win their last 3 and we lose both of our remaining two. Our performance against the saints was easily the worst of the season. We have a great record against City and home form has been superb, but City will be chomping at the bit. Interesting indeed.

i hope everton can make the top 4, it would be great to see a couple of irish players back in the champions league and can only be good for the development of coleman & mccarthy

McGeady and Gibson!

McGeady -- sorry didn't see him name checked until too late!

[blewuporstuffed]

Yeah them too 

[Billys Boots]

The plot thickens ... from Soccerway.com:

Council behind new Everton stadium

30 April 2014

Liverpool City Council have again vowed to support Everton with their proposed move to a new stadium.

The Premier League club are planning to leave Goodison Park and play their home games in a 50,000-seater stadium at a site that will also include new homes, education and health facilities.

Walton Hall Park is reportedly the preferred location, but the club have refused to confirm that is the case.

On Tuesday, Everton chief executive Robert Elstone said he has seen "signs" the council, who he described as a "key partner", are supporting the project.

And the body reacted on Wednesday by reiterating that they are behind the project, but are not in a position to pay for it.

A statement from Liverpool City Council read: "Following reports in the media today, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to working with Everton FC in relation to their new stadium proposals.

"As with all large-scale regeneration projects with the potential to create jobs and investment in Liverpool, the city council will look at ways it can support the wider regeneration scheme, but no firm options have been developed in terms of how or where this will take shape.

"This work is ongoing and we will announce the details of the location and support we will be offering once this has been further developed.

"However, we must stress that the city council is clearly not in a position to fund the costs of a new stadium.

"Any investment the council makes would be in a wider regeneration scheme, subject to a sound financial and economic rationale for doing so."

Elstone had spoken on Tuesday of the importance of the council's assistance in seeing the project through.

He said: "The key partner is Liverpool City Council. We're working very closely with them and they're being incredibly supportive.

"The public and private sector mix is important. Support from the public purse whether that's through grants or other forms of subsidy; and whether it's regional, national or European, we have to investigate all possibilities of securing public funding into the project.

"That's one of the reasons why our scheme is so heavily focused on jobs and education and welfare; to essentially support and sustain those sorts of grants and subsidy moneys.

"We'll need commercial partners alongside that to make the whole jigsaw fit together."

[Sheedy]

with the defeat for spurs now practically ensuring Europa league football for everton next season and with the very unlikely chance of finishing in the top 4, there is only one result to round off the day....c'mon city!!!

[brokencrossbar1]

with the defeat for spurs now practically ensuring Europa league football for everton next season and with the very unlikely chance of finishing in the top 4, there is only one result to round off the day....c'mon city!!!

Surely you would be pushing for a draw just to rubberstamp the whole thing!

[laoislad]

with the defeat for spurs now practically ensuring Europa league football for everton next season and with the very unlikely chance of finishing in the top 4, there is only one result to round off the day....c'mon city!!!

True fan fair play.
Once a blue always a blue.......

[Mr. Nakata]

Good game. Strange atmosphere at Goodison, The Hart save and dzecko goal at start of second half proving decisive. But that was drama from start to finish. Will there be another twist? If city don't win it now, they don't have any bottle. Guaranteed 5th position for the toffees. Well done lads. Martinez a breath of fresh air. Great appointment and I am looking forward to next season already and a few city breaks in the Europa. Nil Satis...

[Mr. Nakata]

Good finish for the toffs. Now it's a summer of Gaa and the world cup for a month. Happy days. Roberto has had a great first season. I'm optimistic for the years ahead. We will need to sign Lukaku or someone else who can rattle the onion 16 times. Will 20m be enough? Will he want to sign for us or does he want champions league...It's hard to know what lies ahead, but we'll need plenty of signings that is for sure.

[Sheedy]

brilliant season, most points since 1987. some brilliant football played throughout the season. Roberto has been a breath of fresh air. hopefully we can add to the squad and push on from this next season. 'allez, allez, allez ooh, everton fc, roberto's blue army'.

[Fuzzman]

Were any of ye over this year at a game?
I was lucky enough to go to the Arsenal home game with my 2 oldest kids (6 and 5) along with another lad with his 2 kids. Great day all round except Dublin beat Tyrone and we missed out on the league semis

I have to be honest though I was delighted Liverpool didn't win the league despite us playing well v City. They were probably the most entertaining team all year but with 2 brothers Pool fans you will have to excuse my anti Liverpool bias.
If you read the Liverpool forums after the Everton v Man City game they would soon change your mind as well.
Had they won it they probably would have got stronger but now the talk is will Suarez now move to  Madrid or somewhere else? If he does they'll not do as well next year.
Lukaku did well to score 16 goals as is the best striker we've had in years but my God he's got a brutal touch and doesn't like running too much. Unlike Naismith he's not a grafter and I'd be happy if we signed someone like Bony or Remy instead but can't see us having the funds as usual
I think Barkley is totally over-rated and is lucky he is going to the World Cup. He goes missing a lot in games but every so often has that moment of magic like the goal v Man Shitty

[imtommygunn]

Was at the spurs game. It was a poor enough game which should have been won only for Lukaku getting injured( which was kind of his own fault)

Having been at a good few Moyes games(probably 6 or 7) - and I'd have a lot of respect for what Moyes did during his time - I thought the standard of football was a step above what we had previously.  There's a lot more movement, a better standard of passing and the standard of the players in general seems to be that bit better. Mirallis not being so injury prone this year has been a massive bonus.

Lukaku I would agree is very very raw. He scores a lot but there's a lot of ball bounces of him as you say. Still I really hope we can get him.

Barkley is good. He dipped a bit more towards the end of the season. To me he was the reason Chelsea beat us ast Chelsea but he seemed to grow in confidence from the arsenal cup game when he did that great run for the goal. I thought how he picked himself up was a good sign.  IN the spurs game I went to he was a sub and the difference he made to the team was massive. He adds an attacking side very few midfielders do. Still a lot to learn mind you and hopefully doesn't suffer from the english hype bandwagon.

Over the year 5th was about right based on the squad but on the best 11 I think we're top 4. We just don't have the cover. The liverpool game was a blip but exposed that the likes of Alcaraz just isn't cutting it . The contribution of Distin cannot be overstated with the ground he covers. Two or three of those goals against LIverpool just wouldn't have happened with him there. 

Plusses...
Mirallis fitness
Naismith's improvement was fantastic - went from a nobody to a guy who should probably start, or at least play, every game.
Stones , Barkley and Coleman development.
Martinez and his positive attitude.

Minuses
need more cover
we should have beat liverpool the first game.
Martinez was great but against man city and palace he set us up wrong

I think there will be some pressure to sell some players this summer as there will be plenty come in.