The Everton Sentinel
Match17 Aug 2030
Nobody wins at Everton
16 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Player ratings19 Aug 2030
Nobody could get near Iliman N'Diaye
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Tempers go at Everton
Iliman N'Diaye was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Words at Everton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jarrad Branthwaite is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Real improvement from Freddie Murdock at Everton
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Freddie Murdock is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Everton
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market19 Aug 2030
Everton promote Robert Martin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Martin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Aug 2030
Everton promote Timothy Carter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Carter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Aug 2030
Everton promote Henry Murray from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Murray has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Stephen Bailey steps up from the Everton academy
- Squad Nathan Patterson gets it from the manager
- Loan watch Harrison Armstrong wants to come home