Pre season friendliest confirmed

[Mallyman]

BBC News - Backlash as travel operator tells Everton fans 'get your steps in' - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qln99dyk9o

Log jam incoming

[Trowel]

Guys...

[Audrey Horne]

Bainaarrrrrrrrrrr

My god.

[Trowel]

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2025/aug ... oma-match/

Baines and Pienaar are added to a squad which includes McCarthy, Theo Walcott, Darron Gibson, Marcus Bent, Andy Johnson, James Vaughan, Mark Pembridge, Steven Naismith, James McFadden, Yakubu, Gareth Barry and goalkeeper Jan Mucha.

The AS Roma squad, managed by Fabio Cappello, is Candela, Amelia, Aldair, Zago, Zebina, Perrotta, Brighi, Pizarro, Lima, Tonetto, Perotti, Delvechio, Tommasi, Balzaretti, Di Biagio, Faty, Maini, Rosi, Scarchilli and D'Agostino.

[TheRam]

Lovely, lovely, stuff.

Was a big fan of Vincent Candela growing up as well.

[dazfrancis]

Guys...

Bigger than Oasis getting back together

[Bluebridge]

Guys...

Bloody hell, I’m going to have to stay now.

[toffee_scot]

That’s a lot of strikers and hardly any defenders.

I like it.

[biziclop]

They should've got Jelavic in just so the crowd can yell JUST FUCKEN HIT IT! at him.

[Bluebridge]

Just looked at the squad for the “leg ends” and we haven’t even got a right back in that!

[dazfrancis]

Just looked at the squad for the “leg ends” and we haven’t even got a right back in that!

Instead of retiring the 23 shirt for Seamus we're retiring the right-back position

[Matt1878]

Surely Ozzie needs to get his boots on and Larissa it in from 25 yards, while commentating us through it on his headset.

[Shogun]

I'd still have Baines for the first team

[TheRam]

Do enjoy watching retired players and seeing just how quickly they lose it.

[kramer]

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2025/aug ... oma-match/

Baines and Pienaar are added to a squad which includes McCarthy, Theo Walcott, Darron Gibson, Marcus Bent, Andy Johnson, James Vaughan, Mark Pembridge, Steven Naismith, James McFadden, Yakubu, Gareth Barry and goalkeeper Jan Mucha.

The AS Roma squad, managed by Fabio Cappello, is Candela, Amelia, Aldair, Zago, Zebina, Perrotta, Brighi, Pizarro, Lima, Tonetto, Perotti, Delvechio, Tommasi, Balzaretti, Di Biagio, Faty, Maini, Rosi, Scarchilli and D'Agostino.

Just imagine the passing range in a Gibson/Barry double pivot at their respective peaks.

Too bad Gibson’s fitness had all but collapsed by the time we signed Barry: