I still don’t rate him nearly as highly as you.  The game you lost heavily a week or two ago he was at fault with two of the goals ( at least ).  Sry, but that’s my view. 

Is it four years?  I would never have guessed if asked. Seriously, that surprises me.  As you say, it’s about time he restarted his career and gave the club what they’re paying him for.  As you say facts don’t lie so I grudgingly () accept your points.  Willingly actually.  You know your club better than me! 

I remember rumours of this... Way back when.

Brushed off of course, at the time, but...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy8yp1nqd21o

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Very much a "sliding doors" moment Donny.  The Everton board over the years have a very long charge list of failures in getting the right manager and cocking things up. Not exactly their fault that Revie stayed at Leeds of course.

Probably even worse than missing out on Revie was a few years later in 1977 when Bobby Robson had agreed to take the Everton job. Being the gent he was he wanted to tell Ipswich first and expressly stated that the news not be made public until he was ready. Then that numpty John Moores released the news to the press anyway and Bobby changed his mind.
Brian Clough was then linked with the job and was hot fav with the bookies to take it but he slipped through our fingers as well Oh what might have been.

Funnily enough, although they didn't win a trophy that Everton side in 1977/78 under Gordon Lee was my favourite ever to watch in pure footballing terms. Great entertainers they were. It never really occurred to me at the time that Bobby or Brian may well have won things with them !

Suspended for two, so we are short of two key players plus him for Celtic on Saturday.
Injury/absence was always going to be our biggest foe in this title challenge.  To lose these two both at once is a massive blow, whatever the manager might say.

No way they will pay that kind of money Mr S.  It's a shame for Jack and will surely put the kybosh on his World Cup dreams.
Time for Dibling maybe to step up and fill the void. Not sure if Moyes trusts him enough yet. Ndiaye will be back (all being well) for the Leeds game and will probably go on the left wing although McNeil can play there too.

Sad news on Tommy Wright   RIP

I watched Tommy in the late 60s/early 70s immaculate defender. As you say Dixie the greats are disappearing fast as time goes by.

West, Wright, Wilson, Kendall, Labone, Harvey, Young, Ball, Royle, Hurst, Morrissey. Sub Husband or Whittle probably my favourite line up from those days.

Yes he did Honcho, his last ever England game was that ill fated Quarter Final v West Germany

Any clues?

Ok, but your orignal reply had 'me' at the end of it so was curious that you were an ex-player. Its disappeared now which is even more odd.

Yes when I looked it said  - Thanks.  Good player but had big competition at the time. me   So I naturally thought you were the competition. I must be seeing things in my old age. Anyway lets hope they tonk Leeds on monday but ojur home form is abysmal currently.

Hi Dixie, sorry I wasnt saying they were the 70's title winning team just my favouriteplayers from that era (66-70) as I was born in 1959. I probably wasnt specific enough. Of course we fell off the rails dramatically after that title win (probably due to selling Alan Ball and Cattericks ill health) and I had to endure my teens growing up waching Liverpool win everything until 1984 of course.

Yes oh to have my hero Bob Latchford in todays side and Duncan McKenzie. But we have Beto and McNeil, at least Barry appears to be impproving a little.

It was one of the biggest travesties of justice in FA Cup history Honcho. Clive Thomas had an ego the size of Jupiter and always wanted to be the star of the show, he was our most well known ref but just look at the catalogue of controversies in his career - two of which involved Brian Hamilton. On that fateful day the semi final was locked at 2-2 with not long left when Hamilton diverted a cross with his body (hip i think) past Ray Clemence for what should have been the winner. Not one Liverpool player appealed but the dastardly Thomas blew up for who knows what ?   The linesman kept his flag down but initial feeling was Thomas somehow from his position had given offside, then that was changed to Hamilton handballing because Thomas "sensed" that's what he had done (god give me strength) - it was nowhere near his hand. Thomas even colluded with the linesman after the game saying "we have to get our story straight here" which tells you all you need to know. Many years later Thomas actually admitted he was wrong, bit late now mate ! The mild mannered Bobby Robson hated him, very telling.

Bob Latchford's biography is a great read, obviously deals with his Everton days but also Birmingham, Swansea and England as well as his life after the game. How much would he be worth now? Many younger fans will say Bob who? But he scored more goals than any other player during his top flight career (1972 to 1983), a superb centre forward. It makes you weep to see some of the millionaire numpties masquerading as strikers these days whereas a legend such as Bob (and others of his time) struggled big time after his playing days were over.
Reading his book reminds me of how unlucky the side were at times during the 70s, they really should have won at least one league title, maybe two. Great memories though.

Can't really think of Clive Thomas without
thinking of Treorchy... Motd used to caption
refs with their birthplace for some bizarre reason.

Also Thomas the Book, lol.

He certainly had a few controversial moments.

Not least when totally out of his depth in European semi between
Holland and Czechoslovakia, and reffing Brazil in world Cup.

Famous as well for blowing for time and disallowing a goal from a corner in a World Cup match between Brazil and Sweden (for Brazil) saying time was up when the corner was taken even though the rules stated the play had to run its course.

When asked after that semi final why he had disallowed the goal, he originally would not clarify the reason why, all he said was "an infringement occurred ". So what was it then !
Took him some time to come up with the line that he had sensed a handball - not sure the laws of the game say you can do that Clive
To rub it in further the Welsh windbag gave Liverpool a soft penalty in the replay which led to them opening the scoring.

In the 1975 semi replay between West Ham and Ipswich he chalked off two Ipswich goals with the score at 1-1, including another Hamilton effort which he said was offside even though the linesman did not flag. Bobby Robson was apoplectic and called for an enquiry after the match, Thomas was then furious himself and the two held a mutual dislike for each other ever after. The usually affable captain Mick Mills would never shake hands with Thomas again.

That disallowed Brazil goal in 1978 had big repercussions - it meant they did not win the group and faced Argentina in the 2nd round and of course they lost that match.

Branthwaite back in the matchday squad I see.  Good luck to him.
Patterson benched so not 8mpressing Moyes it seems.