The Blue Room

No Everton at the weekend - so Matt and Paddy answer your questions. We look at the stadium situation, whether European qualification would *really* be good for the club, Moyes' future and Youssef Chermiti. Plus - Braiden Graham breaks the fourth wall!

Walter Smith has turned down the mighty Sheffield Wednesday to see if he can win nine league titles in a row with Everton. It would help if the team could score a goal at Goodison before the end of November.In contrast to the summer of 1997 a flurry of exotic signings arrive, but the big transfer news of the season is a seismic departure orchestrated in secret by the nefarious food hamper magnate Peter Johnson.The co-hosts start secondary school, where Kev's bunking off early in his first week to make the coach to Notts Forest, while Liam's meeting Richard Dunne and charming his fellow first years with his student council campaign.Three left-footed centre halves, Walter? Three? That's insane.This episode is in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Gary Lunt and Sean Ponzini for their contributions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warren and Rob are back to reflect on a rough night for the Toffees at Hill Dickinson Stadium again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bournemouth. Again. Matt and Paddy assess an inexplicable eight-minute meltdown that cost Everton three points against the Cherries. We look at Moyes' abrupt press conference and look at the new stadium situation. To finish, we analyse why Everton aren't in for players like Rayan and Truffert given their issues.

Matt, Mark and Dave react to another poor result at home - this time a defeat to AFC Bournemouth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Les and Dave reflect on another great away win and look forward to what could be a great opportunity to push higher up the table - Bournemouth are in good form but have a terrible away record. Everton are in almost equally good form, but patchy at home. Have we got the players to beat the home hoodoo and push for Europe? And does the manager need to make some bold decisions? As ever, the show is brought to you in conjunction with Invisible Wind Factory - get down ahead of Bournemouth for What's the Score? at the Windy #everton #evertonfootballclub #evertonfc #premierleaguefootball #premierleague #fulhamfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt catches up with Megan Feringa to get the latest on a busy time for Everton Women. Brian Sorensen has gone - where did it go wrong for him? We also look at what comes next and whether the move to Goodison Park has really worked for the team? Read Megan's stories: https://tinyurl.com/3pr52c62

Matt, Adam and Dave react to an unlikely three points for the Blues, as they came from behind at Craven Cottage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liam is joined by Evertonian and podcaster Mark Godfrey to journey back to the goal fest that was 1998/99.The pair discuss Walter, round trips from the North East to watch multiple nil-nils, Super Kev and a lodger living in Mark's cupboard.This episode is brought to you in association with the Excelsior.Thanks to Gary Lunt, Niall O'Donnell and Sean Ponzini for their contributions to this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Les and Dave look back at Brighton and ahead to Fulham as Everton's players eye Europe. Should Moyes move away from four centre-backs? And is Gana's inclusion affecting performances and results (the stats suggest so)? Let us know what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt, Rob and Adam wrap up the January transfer window. We look at how the strategy towards young players could change after the signing of Tyrique George. Then we put ourselves in Dwight McNeil's shoes - how will he be feeling when he returns to Finch Farm today?

Matt and Paddy return to reflect on a busy transfer deadline day for the Everton. What will Tyrique George offer the Toffees? And what do we know about the potential option to buy him in the summer on a permanent basis? A penny for Dwight McNeil's thoughts too. Why did Palace back out of a transfer? And can he be reintegrated back into the squad?

Warren and Dave unpack the dramatic draw Everton picked up at the Amex Stadium on the South Coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A draw at home to Leeds was another frustrating result at Hill Dickinson Stadium, but can Everton take some positives from Monday night at least? Matt and Paddy assess the changes made by Moyes for the game and whether they were fair.  We also assess the form of Thierno Barry after his fourth goal in five games. Have there been small signs that he is starting to feel at home on Merseyside? And can his progression be a lesson for Tyler Dibling…and maybe even David Moyes? We wrap up on transfers too. What does Jack Grealish's loan mean for his future? And are Everton in a position to complete any deals before the deadline?

Les and Dave pick through last night's disappointing draw at home to Leeds. Last season's poor home form seems to be carrying on this season, but is Moyes his own worst enemy at home? Should Gana have come straight back in? And what was the three centre-backs for half an hour all about?Let us know your thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Mark react at the Denbigh Castle as Everton salvage a point against Leeds United Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter MacFarlane speaks to Paul Higgs on Liverpool Live Radio about Brian Sorensen, and what's going wrong at Everton Women, following a 6th home defeat in a row in the WSL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warren returns to weekly and is joined by John and Adam. The lads discuss Everton's ability to become more consistent, the balance of the defence and the impact of Jack Grealish's injury. They also preview the upcoming game against Leeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LISTEN IN FULL: https://tinyurl.com/yjzpb9t4 Everton won at Aston Villa and we were able to enjoy it for 48 hours. Then we heard about Jack Grealish. Laura and Liam - fresh from the away end at Villa Park - to talk through a huge result and a devastating injury blow. We also reflect on Dominic Calvert-Lewin's Everton exit as he gears up for a return to Merseyside.

The FA Cup holders are given a seemingly benign 3rd round draw against Stockport County, who used to have the closest football ground to the River Mersey don't you know.Right back is becoming a problem position with Earl Barrett injured, and Matt Jackson unfancied, so some midfielders and a young centre half fill in admirably while we wait 7 (seven) weeks for Marc Hottiger's work permit to get faxed.Joe, maybe it was a sign.This episode is in association with The Excelsior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Les and Dave attended an event with the Premier League Football Operations Department and PGMO to discuss and debate the issues in the game's officiating and VAR. The panel: - The technical Director of the PGMO Board, Howard Webb - Head of community and public engagement, Chris Foy - The Premier League's Director of Football Operations, Simon Morgan Let us know your thoughts. Also, the lads discuss the impact Grealish's injury could have on Everton following another brilliant away win. But did O'Brien, Garner, Rohl, Armstrong, and Barry's performances suggest there's a lot to be optimistic about for the future? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reasons for celebration aplenty on this week's Byline. Paddy is back. It's his birthday. It's Harrison Armstrong's birthday. And Everton conquered Aston Villa at Villa Park. Thierno Barry bagged the winner to cap off a superb performance from the Blues. We take a closer look at the midfield options after James Garner's latest dominant display.  Then we focus on January transfers. Does this performance change anything? And do they keep Harrison Armstrong around?

Dave, Les and Rob discuss a quality performance from the Blues at Villa Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 31 sees us go back 31 years to where it all began. Big Joe Royle's coming back for more with his team of FA Cup winners. And he's added a bona fide superstar to the ranks. Not you, Craig Short.

LISTEN IN FULL: https://tinyurl.com/3bv5288n After the worst week so far at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Matt is joined by Adam and Foxy to assess the damage. What approach to Everton take in the transfer window after being dumped out of the FA Cup? And what will that mean for Barry and Beto? The fourth-kit fiasco is also slammed - well, at least by two of us - and we moan about VAR after the latest shambles in the League Cup.

With Paddy still absent - last spotted in a Noosa drinking spot - Matt is joined by the Liverpool Echo's Everton correspondent Joe Thomas this week. We assess where the defeat to Sunderland leaves the team. Keep powder dry for the summer? Or chips in in the transfer market in the race for a European place? The new fourth kit is also on the agenda. Should Everton play in anything other than royal blue at home? Read Joe's piece: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/everton-cant-avoid-honest-conversations-33205868

What could have been a memorable week of football that saw Everton move up the table and progress in the FA Cup has turned out to be a disaster. On the pitch, the team looks devoid of ideas and players lack confidence, and the manager is once again dampening expectations. Off the pitch, some fans are struggling to adapt to the new surroundings, and the club released a navy and pink that will only be synonymous with another early FA Cup exit. The timing of the (let's face it, needless) fourth kit couldn't have been worse, given comments from Tom Beahon, co-founder of Castore, who last week said: "We live in a capitalist society [not entirely true], if people couldn't afford it, those prices wouldn't be charged." Les and Dave go in on all that and those horrific penalties. We'd love to know your thoughts on it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LISTEN IN FULL: https://tinyurl.com/3pcatfae Matt, Mick and Rob are back to get plenty off their chest after the 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers. We look at the struggles at home lately and what the actual aims should be for the rest of the season.

Everton toiled to a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Les, Ian and Steve react at the stadium, while Dave and Matt have their say on a tough night for the Blues.

The Everton rollercoaster continues! Giulia Bould joins Matt on the podcast this week with Paddy in Australia. Unfortunately they have a challenging afternoon to reflect on. What went so wrong against Brentford in the 4-2 defeat? And why have Everton already suffered three heavy defeats at Hill Dickinson Stadium against mid table teams? We also look at the transfer window. What are Everton expecting? What do they need? And how do you cover them?

Les and Dave pick through another woeful home defeat for Everton. Once again, Moyes has needlessly changed a winning team, and it's seen Everton slump to a third heavy defeat at home to mid-table opposition. Is it down to the manager? Should he be doing better against teams around Everton, even with limited resources? And can he put it right ahead of a huge week of league and cup games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt, Dave, Mark and Mike react to the loss to Brent fire . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Les is joined by John, Paul, Sam, Foxy, Ian, Liam, Ed (2026 edition), and Dave for the 2025 Mailbag Royal Rumble - questions picked from each month of the last year as we head into the new one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a win for the Toffees! Les, Rob and John react to a huge win for Everton at Nottingham Forest.

After a brief chat about Burnley and the latest Everton penalty controversy, Matt and Paddy take stock after a busy year and ahead of a busy month. How active will Everton be in January? How active should they be in January? And how much progress has the club made over the last 12 months?

Laura and Connor share their thoughts from Turf Moor after a 0-0 draw with Burnley, before Matt and Dave delve into what went wrong. Why is the attack stalling at the moment? And why weren't the Blues awarded a penalty for handball?

We've sat on this one for a while waiting for 95/96, and now we're proud to release, on St Stephen's Day for you SOBs, Kev in conversation with the one and only St Vespaluus, aka Ste Porter.Ho fuckin' ho! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christmas scheduling means we've merged Blue Monday and The Weekly for Blue Christmas (thanks for the name, Rob H). Les, Dave and Warren look back at Arsenal, ahead to Burnley, and ask how high Everton can go in the second half of the season. We also discuss the atmosphere at the new ground - were you a fan of the tifo? Was the atmosphere really any better at Goodison? Let us know your thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Paddy look at the future of Dwight McNeil after his return to the starting XI on Saturday night. There are reports that Sean Dyche is keen to sign the out-of-favour winger, but can Everton afford to let him or go? Or is there no way they can turn down a decent offer? Harrison Armstrong's future could be impacted by any approach. David Moyes seems to be softening in his stance on a potential recall in January. We start the show with an anniversary though. It's been a year since the Friedkin Group took full control of the Blues. What has gone well and what could be better from their first year?

Matt and Dave take a look back at the 1-0 loss to Arsenal at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Why were the Blues so poor in attack? Should Everton have had a penalty after Saliba's foul on Barry? Should Dibling start at Burnley?

Matt reflects on a tough night for Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt is joined by Arsenal supporter Laura Kirk-Francis to preview the clash at Hill Dickinson Stadium this weekend. We look at the recent wobble in the Gunners' form, Mikel Arteta's progress as a coach and what kind of talent Everton's injury-ravaged squad will need to stop on Saturday. Follow Laura HERE.

Warren is joined by Les & Paul where the lads talk about the upcoming Arsenal game and assess the potential ways in which Everton could get a result. Also, in what has been a pivotal year for Everton Football Club, the lads look back on 2025 and some of the best moments that have happened during the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ending three hexes in three weeks wasn't doable for Everton. Stamford Bridge remains the least happiest of all their Premier League hunting grounds. Matt and Paddy assess some of the collateral damage from that defeat. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Jack Grealish have picked up injuries at the worst possible time for the Toffees, with Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gueye now off to Africa Cup of the Nations. We take a closer look at Tyler Dibling's peculiar situation ahead of what will be a big month for him and look at James Garner's contract situation after he and Moyes played down rumours an agreement was imminent. Good Times quiz: https://x.com/goodtimesefcpod/status/1999172322750566906?s=20

It was back down to earth with a bump for the Toffees in a very familiar feeling defeat at Chelsea, where Everton rolled out all the hits – played really well in spells, just lacked a cutting edge, conceded against the run of play, the lot. Are we expecting too much from Everton? Where did it go wrong against Chelsea? And how do the Toffees line up against Arsenal, given the lack of midfield options?

Rob, Keith, Kate, and Les discuss their top five favourite albums of the 80s in this monster edition of the Kick About. Let us know what you think of their choices and what would make your shortlist of five? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt, Dave and Josh react to a frustrating day for the Blues at Chelsea. Everton huffed and puffed to no avail in a 2-0 defeat. Did we learn anything new in defeat? And how concerned should we be concerned about Dewsbury-Hall and Grealish injuries?

Warren is joined by Dad & Lad duo Paul & Mark McParlan to reflect on Everton's great win against Forest. They also discuss the FA Cup draw, the impact of losing players to AFCON and preview the Chelsea game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kev's driving/flying home for Christmas with a case of Spanish flu that threatens to rule him out of Everton's trip to Old Trafford, where the Blues are looking for a 12th win in 14 games. Elsewhere, Liam is so bored by a routine 1-0 home win that he's moved to begging for ale money outside St. John's precinct just to feel alive again.We talk Pro Evo penguin suits, abundances of Americans, and are left to wonder just who was on the fifth pen that never was against Fiorentina. This episode is in association with The Excelsior. Thanks to Sean Ponzini, Gary Lunt and Niall O'Donnell for their contributions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LISTEN IN FULL: https://tinyurl.com/yatahd8m We continue to rejoice in Everton's fine recent form. Matt and Mick look at the main factors in the four wins from five games - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has plenty to do with it - and look at how the team could change for the trip to Chelsea.

Er, so about last week. We take it all back. Seven days on from fretting about Everton's festive fixtures, Matt and Paddy are back to reflect on two wins, two clean sheets and a team on the charge towards European places. Thierno Barry was the goalscoring hero - what has been behind his transformation? And is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall as good as any midfielder in the country at the moment? We also look at a monumental win for Everton Women, who stunned Chelsea in the Women's Super League on Sunday.