CB Fry

Do you write the narration on Springwatch?

7/10. Solid, if workmanlike, contribution. Won't win any awards but bluntly effective.

Textbook.

Everton fans on Twitter right behind their man.

They've had a pig of a fixture list but still nice to see the Dugouts in the relegation zone.

Yes. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/watch-birmingham-city-fan-gets-13594520

Didn't a Birmingham fan get a tattoo of Twitchy's face on his leg about a week ago?

Will be fascinating to see how Pellegrino will approach a game against one of the big guns. We should be solid enough to make a game if it, but not convinced we have anything in us to nick it. So 0-0 then.

Expertly coached by Eric Black.

Someone's been in the Nutella jar.

It's a new record for the earliest sighting of the inevitable Alpine "it's easy to say in hindsight" routine.

Shane Long is starting so that means goals goals goals.

Sammy was a superb appointment by Les Reed.

Everton are, like, so brilliant aren't they? They're really brilliant. #belovedtoffees #glagowkissofdeath

The Glasgow kiss of death. Norwich and Rick V-W tearing up the league = FAIL Stoke, will always be a higher level than us = FAIL Palace win the transfer window = FAIL He's still fighting the good fight with his beloved Toffees and is a role model in not being one of those knee jerk merchants. He will always give mangers of Everton time to bed into the role and not make a judgement until maybe 150 games in. He can't possibly FAIL again, surely?

To be honest, I was taking the pi ss, but thanks anyway.

Do a ****POSITIVES**** thread about your beloved Toffees to cheer yourself up.

"So despite all the talk, Moshiri has done F all so far..." No ambition.

Just jumped on a random page on the Atalanta match thread: "At what stage are we officially allowed to start bed wetting" In fairness Koeman always decent against the big boys so could get a result on Sunday. Rooney v Lukaku in the not-celebrating-a-goal face off.

No worries.

Nah, Cortese did it all. He admits not understanding football before he appointed Pardew but within days after appointing Pardew he immediately became a football expert and personally scouted and signed Dean Hammond and Rickie Lambert and Cortese's historic links with Crystal Palace give him a real head start on personally signing Jose Fonte.

Thanks for replying to my post about him appointing Alan Pardew and Pardew signing those players, not an Italian banker. Well done on trimming my post to remove that bit as well - a true craftsman. Cortese "developed his philosophy" later, very obviously influenced by the football people at the club. ie Sir Les.

Everton in their last 5 games across all competitions: DDLLL Without a goal for 314 minutes.

In the TalkSport interview the Italian said he knew little about football and recruited Pardew because he was an available good candidate - he had no particular vision at point. Therefore it is pretty easy to surmise that the signing of top drawer lower league proven performers - Lambert, Fonte, Hammond - was jack sh it to do with an Italian lawyer. His football "vision" came later. I wonder, really really wonder, who was the single biggest influence on that....?

In some people's dream scenarios, we would never ever have sold him and he be our front line central defender leading us to the Champions League.