Welcome to this week’s edition of Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on a game that sees our unbeaten run extend to nine games under David Moyes with another late, late goal. After that a bit of a catch up.
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Good to see you back hope your all well
Hi Paul, I’m going to start with a challenge on the bros – particularly George.
I know we are all busy but to qualify an opinion you have to know or seek to understand some of the details you’re commenting on.
George talked about the warm weather trip being a “party” with “no training”. That’s not fair, it’s not factual and there is plenty of evidence via the EFC site to demonstrate the countless sessions undertaken by the squad.
It’s fine to challenge the outcome but you can’t make such a flippant comment without making some effort to back it up. I know he leaves in the hills of France but I’m sure he has an internet connection – he should try using it to follow the EFC news and training sessions before talking about party time and no training.
He can’t always be the Victor Meldrew of football podcasts 🤣😂🤣
On a more positive note – I’d say it’s clear from DM’s very honest interviews, that he is quickly learning about Tim, Yousef and Armando, so we might well see some changes, particularly Tim & Yousef. They deserves a crack at a starting position but Moyes doesn’t think they have more than 20 mins at the moment.
He was also honest enough to say Alcaraz & Doucoure didn’t work together so I don’t think we‘ll see that again.
I absolutely agree that DM is in a holding pattern. He doesn’t have a full and fit squad and he is tinkering with the line up when and where he can and it’s positive to see. Quality recruitment in the summer is essential. I don’t think any of the loan signings will return other than perhaps Alcaraz.
Great news about the board movements, great news about TFG looking to negotiate a deal on Nelson Dock too. It also seems apparent they may deconstruct Goodison Park to some degree to allow the women’s team to use it for the next decade or so. That’s a brilliant move.
Regards
Keith