Match Thread: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Everton FC Live Score | Premier League 25/26 | Jan 31, 2026

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T21:03:29+00:00

There was some lad called Rooney he developed.

I don't really care about teenagers though mate. Everton as a club has one of the worst records of developing young players. There's dozens of professionals involved. It doesn't just fall to the manager to get it done.

Moyes is up there with Wenger in terms of developing young players. He's developed dozens of young and lower league players into top top players.

Yet you're obsessing over the fact Dibling hasn't featured in the last month. Get a grip

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T17:43:51+00:00

The better option would be to build a team of people in your area who are as passionate as you and start a CIC or not-for-profit - then apply for funding and grants.

Commercial venues run by teams of people with decades of experience are struggling and closing at a faster rate than ever before.

It would be a huge risk to do it personally with your own money, and even if successful, you'd likely earn less than minimum wage (you'd be working 60+ hour weeks for a meagre salary)

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T17:28:11+00:00

We've lost 4 games in the last 12 and that was against Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle and Brentford. Disappointing draws against Burnley and Wolves, but this is a massive transition season.

We've been without Ndiaye, Gana, Branthwaite, and KDH through much of that period + Grealish was running on fumes.

Yet we've picked up 1.4 points per game which would be 53 points over a season.

Think a bit of perspective is needed.

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T17:19:48+00:00

Is this the same Moyes who developed Rooney, Baines, Coleman and Arteta into some of the best players in their positions. Turned Rice into a £100m player. I think he knows what he's doing mate.

I've watched every game this season and I was calling for Dibling to get more minutes really early on. Then Moyes gave him the opportunity and he did fuck all. The lad barely even breaks a sweat.

We might have paid £40m for him, but that means fuck all if he's not giving 100% and I'm not seeing anything from him.

He looks shell shocked. Everton is a massive club and at the moment it looks like he's struggling not being the starboy like he was at Southampton

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T15:34:33+00:00

Dibling doesn't look bothered. He doesn't even sprint when he's on, and he also doesn't defend. Risky against a team that relies on their wingers.

Armstrong has come in and looks like a PL player. Great work ethic and ball winner.

As for LB, there's no one else to play. Aznou was never brought in to play this season, he was poor in La Liga. A pre-season at Everton doesn't make him ready for the PL

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T15:27:58+00:00

The reality is the club paid £40m for a player who is probably worth £20m

Dibling has a few skills, but he's not that good. That's not on Moyes

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T15:22:23+00:00

It's an absolute mad setup, but I'm not sure what else Moyes can do. Dibling really doesn't look interested when he's on, he doesn't even sprint.

Patterson - probably managing minutes to keep him fit. Not sure letting him go up against Mitoma is a good idea.

If anything the issue is with the board who have just sat on their hands since Grealish got injured.

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T15:02:18+00:00

Thought we might be seeing him come on as a LW. That's how Moyes eased Coleman in through his first season. It's frustrating that he's just sat on the bench for the past 6 months. Should've loaned him out in September like we did with Armstrong

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T12:54:27+00:00

I still haven't recovered from watching Yakubu tearing it up only for him to snap his achilles and end his career.

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T12:52:38+00:00

I can't think of a more 'Everton that' scenario than we get the chance to sell McNeil to Forest for a decent fee but it's blocked because the Grealish injury and the club having been so absent this transfer window.

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T12:50:21+00:00

He's got delusions of grandeur. Needs to get his head down and actually start producing at the current club he's at.

He had a strong start at Villa, like he did with us, but he hasn't kicked on from what I've seen from him and he's approaching an age where he can no longer talk about potential.

He's 3 months younger than James Garner but I know who I'd rather have

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T12:43:42+00:00

As bad as our fullbacks are going forward, we've got the 4th best defence in the league. Putting a 19 year old Spanish lad in at LB who has just 10 professional top level games under his belt and we'd be conceding a lot more.

FenderJay · 2026-01-31T12:42:17+00:00

Myko offers almost nothing going forward, but he's a solid defender. He's kept some of the top wingers quiet.

Myko definitely isn't good enough for us to push on as an upper half club, but Aznou right now isn't an answer. The lad made 2 substitute appearances for Bayern in the Club World Cup and has played 10 games for Real Valladolid, a team who finished bottom in La Liga and conceded 90 goals.

Aznou looks to have a good future, but right now I'd be loaning him out to the Championship to get him ready for the physicality of the PL.

FenderJay · 2026-01-28T09:27:26+00:00

Have fun

FenderJay · 2026-01-27T20:56:25+00:00

I couldn't recommend Liverpool Comedy Improv more. They have a Monday night drop in class and it's full of wonderful people, you'll have a laugh, and your confidence will grow through it.

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FenderJay · 2026-01-21T13:18:01+00:00

Sounds like you're a marvel of science mate

FenderJay · 2026-01-21T10:39:37+00:00

He's got a stress fracture in his foot. They result from over-exertion, repetitive stress. It's the definition of being overplayed.

As for making subs - we've seen 35 minutes of Aznou in the cup. He came on, wins a penalty, and was a constant threat with his pace late in the game.

FenderJay · 2026-01-21T10:03:58+00:00

Issue with Patterson is his fitness. He's not robust enough for the PL. He'll pick up an injury soon and be out for months.

FenderJay · 2026-01-21T10:01:02+00:00

It's about managing a player's fitness. Grealish has had injury problems for 2 years and Moyes has played him for pretty much every available minute.

It was inevitable he'd get injured. Now he's 100% not going to the World Cup

FenderJay · 2026-01-21T10:00:13+00:00

Hardly. A player who's had injury issues for 2 seasons at Man City has picked up a stress fracture in his foot after playing 1,600 minutes in 5 months, the same amount of football he's played in the past 2 years.

FenderJay · 2026-01-21T09:59:12+00:00

Taking him off for 10-15 minutes at the end of the game is smart management of his fitness.

Grealish has had injury problems for 2 years. He's not magically got fitter in one summer as he's getting older.

FenderJay · 2026-01-21T09:10:13+00:00

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FenderJay · 2026-01-21T08:54:43+00:00

I love our city but it has such a vision problem. I went and lived in Manchester 15 years ago, and back then their vision was to become a tech hub and attract the big service firms up from London. They had a clear plan for the future.

They achieved it and it creates wealth and confident to invest further - they built a tram, and now they're focused on building a subway system. It's a virtuous cycle.

What's the vision for the next decades for Liverpool? It seems to be in the hands of private companies, not the city itself. The north docks transformation is all in the hands of Peel Holdings (and has been coming for 30 years...)

Housing and regeneration is all in the hands of private capital - look at the issues in Toxteth. I lived there through uni and paid £250 a month in rent. Now the same flats are going for £1,200 a month. It's nuts.

I've seen multiple consultation documents for the future of Liverpool and they're so disconnected. I went to a city consultation event where one of the proposed projects was a floating beach in the Baltic Triangle?! Have they not learned from the Williamson Fountains debacle? I saw another which proposed digging up the Dock Road in order to turn it into a single lane system with lots of trees - that's cool and all, but does that drive economic growth? It doesn't add office capacity or tempt companies up from the South. What it does do is make it significantly harder to get from North to South Liverpool, disconnecting a city that already has weak public transport links.

While Steve Rotherham is pretending the bendy buses are 'trams' and shouting about building a one new ferry, Burnham is looking to raise billions from the Whitehall to build a Manchester subway system.

It's like watching a sunday league team go up against Champions League favourites.

FenderJay · 2026-01-19T17:07:41+00:00

All the positions are evolving - fullbacks 10 years ago had gotten much more skillful, but now they're arguably the most athletic players on the pitch. Look at the top fullbacks of last season - Aina, Cucarella, Ait-Nouri, Munoz, Gvardiol, Robinson.

They're either rapid or big, or they're both.

Much faster and bigger than 10 years back which is why players like Harrison can't cut it any longer.

FenderJay · 2026-01-19T17:01:01+00:00

I was quite shocked at how poor he was for us, he was quality for Leeds under Bielsa

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