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Are Everton a big enough club...

Posted by Cynically Optimistic <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Cynically+Optimistic' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:13 pm

For Tuchel to consider picking Grealish if he plays well?

Fucking hell Sky Sports.
Apparently international players are picked solely on the current perceived status of their club not if they're any good.
Actually I suppose that happens quite a bit.

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Posted by Spart <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Spart' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 10:12 am, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Twas ever thus, Everton have always had the bum's rush from the England setup no matter where we were at the time.

Title winners Kendall and Harvey not making the 1970 World Cup squad and only getting capped once between them in their entire career's

30 goals in a season scorer Bob Latchford earning just 12 caps

Title winner Peter Reid only getting on the pitch in Mexico after Wilkins got sent off and Robson got injured.

Bracewell and Mountfield not even making the squad.

Any more ?

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Posted by fourjays <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=fourjays' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 1:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

Joe Royle was top scorer in the league in 69/70 and wasnt picked for the Mexico squad.
Jeff Astle was, and missed two sitters against Brazil.

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Posted by Chinaski <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Chinaski' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 9:54 am, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Im convinced that there is often underhand influence exerted by certain high profile individuals and organisations in the game when it comes to international selection.
Depending on where a player may be at in his career and what club he plays for, being selected for England can play a massive part in the value of the player.
Take Branthwaite for example- there may be several suitors out there who want to sign him, and he's probably close to full England selection.
If you want to get him for as little outlay as possible, you'd rather do it before he's an England regular, as his value will shoot up, and the selling club will be able to bargain for a higher fee. We could be talking £10M+ easily.
Is it not plausible to imagine the powers that be at the big 6 hold enough sway to say to the FA to hold back on selecting the player until theyve managed to acquire him on the cheap?
Then bang- as soon as he's signed for big 5 you know he's going straight into the England team and their asset has gone up in value significantly.
Call me mad by all means, but I wouldnt be surprised in the slightest that such things go on

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Posted by AndyIsOurKing <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=AndyIsOurKing' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 9:31 am, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Ridiculous though it is, Tuchel said something about picking players that are playing in Europe didn't he ?

Look at some of his choices so far, Quansah, Cholobah, Henderson, Toney. He was still picking Kyle Walker in the summer.

That said, you would like to think Grealish has spoken to him to see what he needs to do to get in the squad

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Posted by Tonytaxi1970 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Tonytaxi1970' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 8:56 am, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Modern football, and the media arse kissing of the Sky 6, is pure vom inducing.

Even if we were in the Sly 6, I wouldn't want Matterface/Champion/Drury/McCoist/Neville/Carra Laaaaaar and co, slobbering all over our collective genitalia.

I hate modern football and what it has become under Sky/TNT/BBC, and the printed rags that follow suit.

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Posted by Kemper Boyd <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Kemper+Boyd' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 11:07 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Who cares?

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Posted by NoelBlakeFanClub <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=NoelBlakeFanClub' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 6:31 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Quite possibly, no? We always see some nobody who's played 5 minutes for Liverpool getting a call up while other players have great seasons for the likes of Palace, West Ham etc. and barely get a look in?

They would ditch Pickford in a second if he ever screwed up...

Grealish is currently on the outside looking in, and he'll need to play at the absolute highest level to push out some spotty no mark who happens to wear the right shirt...

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Posted by Big_Vern <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Big_Vern' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 10:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

Which is probably why England have won the square root of bugger all for 60 years.

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Posted by Iegs <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Iegs' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 11:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

they are proud owners of the “ooh nearly!” shield

why are you so argumentative? this is obvious stuff

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Posted by Spart <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Spart' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 10:03 am, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

Yep, and all the 'ooh nearlys' came when the one manager to stand up against that (Sticking with Pickford, refusing to make TAA first choice RB), was in charge.

*tends Southgate shrine*

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Posted by efcman4ever <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=efcman4ever' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 6:11 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Were we a big enough club 5 years ago when we had Carlo as manager?

The only thing that's changed in that time is we have spent 800m on a stadium that will enable us to spend more on the squad.

Two relegation scrapes and a points deduction and an asset stripped squad (because of the rules that bizarrely don't have an inflation clause) aside we are potentially in a better long term position now than we have been for decades.

How can you tell if someone is a Kopite? If the hat, scarf, T shirt or tattoo isn't enough of a clue, they will have told you within two sentences. Basically, it's a cult.

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Posted by Touching_Cloth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Touching_Cloth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 6:06 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Even as a non Irishman I’d dance a jig if Branthwaite, Grealish and Pickford were somehow able to defect to Ireland.

Tuchel is a complete and utter clown.

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Posted by efc84 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=efc84' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 6:05 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

The BBC sport headline is

Everton seal grealish loan 'coup'

With the coup in apostrophe's. As if to question it haha.

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Posted by fourchette <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=fourchette' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:59 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Ignore the pricks

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Posted by Bigbobsbeard <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Bigbobsbeard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:29 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Grealish could play out of his skin every week and still not make the England squad.

Hardly breaking news to announce Tuchel is a fucking prick.

'Pigs nipples'

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Posted by StringerBellend01 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=StringerBellend01' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Disgusting but hey it’s sky and their cartel who they care about

I wanna moonwalk son but life’s a shithouse

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Posted by Crackers <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Crackers' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

No bias according to Alex…

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Posted by StringerBellend01 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=StringerBellend01' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 9:56 am, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

Oh really!!

I wanna moonwalk son but life’s a shithouse

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Posted by Tom Joad <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Tom+Joad' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:21 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

And there you have it, the bias isn't even hidden anymore it's there for all to see, it's set in stone at sky, the BBC all of them, there was a time when it would have been worded slightly differently along the lines of, is it more difficult? But no more, the league comprises just 6 teams in their eyes.

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Posted by SnafflesBlue <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=SnafflesBlue' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:20 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

It's really not worth watching Sky Sports.
Let alone paying any attention whatsoever to it.
And defo not worth falling for their rage-bait "talking points" and repeating them on here.

It's what they want mate. It's just TalkSport with a budget.

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Posted by Ta La <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Ta+La' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:16 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

When did we move Pickford on???

It's us, not me. Fight inequality.

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Posted by Iegs <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Iegs' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

just look at pickford. he has been flawless for england yet his job is consistently under threat if you believe the press

why are you so argumentative? this is obvious stuff

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Posted by The_Hillbilly <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=The_Hillbilly' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 6:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

It does have traction that stuff. Literally everyone I meet down here thinks Pickford is England's weak link and is completely calamitous.

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Posted by TomOB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=TomOB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 6:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

Same round here. I am a lone voice saying he is good. Most people don’t watch a lot of football unless it’s their own lot the big boys, so all they can remember is Pickford’s occasional clanger for Everton or a goal conceded for England that may not have been his fault but it went in, don’t must’ve been!

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Posted by Silvalining <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=Silvalining' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

And Branthwaites non inclusion

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Posted by GG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=GG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2025, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Are Everton a big enough club..."

Well Pickford blows that theory away

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Posted by BlueMeanie <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/everton-forum/info/user=BlueMeanie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 13, 2025, 1:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Are Everton a big enough club..."

And Quansah instead of Branthwai backs it up

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