benpicko Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 The most biased piece of writing about the friendly? (I don't want to give the author the title of 'journalist') http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/five-things-learned-everton-fc-7516453? That's got to be the worst piece of writing I've seen in a newspaper. First sentence: 'Luke Garbutt is a bit good: The youngster did he best Leighton Baines impression during the first half tonight...' They had another article a few days ago where they claimed we had no following over there at all and that nobody seemed to recognise our players as they slipped out of the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 The most biased piece of writing about the friendly? (I don't want to give the author the title of 'journalist') http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/five-things-learned-everton-fc-7516453? Of course it is, it is about what Everton have learnt from the friendly, you won't see the Leicester Mercury going on about how good Luke Garbutt was. Don't see the issue, it is a Liverpool paper giving Everton fans what they want to know, and that is the positives from the friendly. Admittedly it is poorly written, and the bit about the fans was weird though, how can you say Everton fans are born not manufactured, then go on about the amazing Everton fan base in Thailand. I thought it was going to be a dig at their being loads of Thai Leicester fans and the only Everton fans were English, but no they have a better quality of Thai fan, and totally not manufactured by their sponsors and pandering to the Asian market by signing Asian players and plastering Asian sponsors all over their shirt. No they definitely grew up watching Duncan Ferguson and Neville Southall, they even have a Thai version of their official site FFS. But if I was a Toffee it is what I would want to know about the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted 28 July 2014 Author Share Posted 28 July 2014 We should all remember it was Singha versus Chang and Singha won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxsake Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Morning all, I've just returned from Bangkok having travelled in Thailand for a month. At the time I had no idea but I boarded the sky train in Bangkok last night to be greeted by a carriage full of Thai men and women wearing Leicester shirts (some real, most fake) and carrying Leicester flags. A lot of the women had also gone fox-face paint crazy. I'd always known that king-power was a brand associated with Thailand but had no idea that the locals would take to Leicester like they did. It was quite amazing really and i'm sorry I didn't take a photo. Anyway congratulations on your 1-0 win. I happened to be on the flight home with the whole Everton squad. Sylvan Distin looked particularly moody. Your friendly Charlton fan. Thanks mate - good luck for the season ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Vardy's pace is going to be fvcking scary for a lot of defenders this season, his movement is so dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midland_red Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 I thought that was a mildy encourageing result - I thought we would lose 2-1 actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicesterseddon Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Of course it is, it is about what Everton have learnt from the friendly, you won't see the Leicester Mercury going on about how good Luke Garbutt was. Don't see the issue, it is a Liverpool paper giving Everton fans what they want to know, and that is the positives from the friendly. Admittedly it is poorly written, and the bit about the fans was weird though, how can you say Everton fans are born not manufactured, then go on about the amazing Everton fan base in Thailand. I thought it was going to be a dig at their being loads of Thai Leicester fans and the only Everton fans were English, but no they have a better quality of Thai fan, and totally not manufactured by their sponsors and pandering to the Asian market by signing Asian players and plastering Asian sponsors all over their shirt. No they definitely grew up watching Duncan Ferguson and Neville Southall, they even have a Thai version of their official site FFS. But if I was a Toffee it is what I would want to know about the game. Spot on. I have no idea why so many posters on this forum get so wound up about some of the reporting of our club elsewhere. Local media are local media. The stuff about the Thai fans was laughably needy. I mean, come on, who actually cares? English football is a massive brand in Asia, and all Premier League clubs are seeking to exploit that to commercial ends. I think most Leicester and Everton fans would agree that on the whole, the whole process of going out there and acquiring 'fans' who want to buy the shirt is a bit tacky and just a little bit tiresome. Because we've been outside of the media spotlight for so long, some of our fans seem to get so excited about the idea that our club has fans in Thailand. The excitement will soon wear off when we're out there for weeks in each pre-season, forcing our players to go through gaudy 'signing sessions' and flogging themselves for avaricious sponsors. Don't get me wrong, the wonderful people of Thailand have just as much of a right to support our club if they want to. But let's not kid ourselves - most of them will only have a superficial enagagement with the club, that will disappear if we spend much time outside of the PL or if the current fashion for English football out there quietens down. Roll on the start of the real season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 OUR THAI FANS ARE BETTER THAN YOUR THAI FANS... proper scousers them. Laughable really Since we've been gone every premier league clubs seems to have gone up their own arse ten fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Ulloa wasn't awful, he just never saw much of the ball. He's not going to be chasing about like Vardy and Nuge, he's there to get on the end of crosses.... which most of the time failed to beat the first man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Speaking of Luke Garbutt - he'd be a very decent loanee and could solve our LB issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Speaking of Luke Garbutt - he'd be a very decent loanee and could solve our LB issue. Garbutt, No butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shade Posted 28 July 2014 Share Posted 28 July 2014 Nugent's volley strike was pretty much world class! Never thought I'd put those three words in the same sentence. Could the Prem plan be Nuge and Vardy to start and if winning take them both off, stick an extra man in midfield and put Ulloa up front on his own? which three words, nugent's pretty world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Kirkup Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Is there any full game highlights of the match (Not just GTF's goal); would love to see the nugent volley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpicko Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 Is there any full game highlights of the match (Not just GTF's goal); would love to see the nugent volley. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=673165299442893 9 minute highlights, if the link works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Kirkup Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 Thanks alot. Cant believe how fast Vardy is and I now know what the new shirt looks like with someone with a bit of chub (GTF)before I buy it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Fox Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 "Please don't let Everton sign Lukaku before we play them again" If that's what they were praying for then I'm sorry to say it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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