Everton Summer Transfer Thread - 2022

[billyblue80]

Villa had more forwards on the pitch today than we have in our squad that's why we lost. Yes we have some improvements at the back and midfield but it will count for nothing if we can't convert.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I dont like it when my negative predictions come true but this was inevitable when we tried to replace Richarlison with defenders and a non goalscoring forward in Mcneil

People did their usual things of getting wildly carried away just because we were signing footballers. It doesn't matter who, just that we signed some players.

People keep saying we have a plan. Well what on earth is the plan? To play for nil nil every week? To park the bus with slightly better defenders?

There is no plan. Or at least there is no good plan or the wrong plan. Nothing has changed other than we had to sell our best player this time round.

 

[billyblue80]

I don't think it is just the attacking play that has cost us. It hasn't helped, but for 80 minutes there we were playing on the back foot and you're looking for attackers to make magic instead of controlling a game and building pressure. That's not solved even if you toss Haaland up top.

No and I agree, we were too defensive today not sure we have a team capable of dominating the ball either. But if you have a clinical forward he scores two goals today at least from the breaks we had and incidents in the box.

 

[billyblue80]

We had the worst midfield in the league entering the season I think signing players in this area is completely in line with what we needed.

And DCL getting hurt opened up the gap at striker which only happened two weeks ago. Maybe we should have prepared more for that but spending 30m on a forward while we had to trot out Doucoure every week would look well worse for me.

I'll keep saying it you need more than one forward and relying on one that was out for large swathes of the season was asking for trouble. But that's Everton

 

[TheBigIguana]

I'll keep saying it you need more than one forward and relying on one that was out for large swathes of the season was asking for trouble. But that's Everton

Yeah the problem is Rondon is here taking up space and it is hard to just sign more on top

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

I dont like it when my negative predictions come true but this was inevitable when we tried to replace Richarlison with defenders and a non goalscoring forward in Mcneil

People did their usual things of getting wildly carried away just because we were signing footballers. It doesn't matter who, just that we signed some players.

People keep saying we have a plan. Well what on earth is the plan? To play for nil nil every week? To park the bus with slightly better defenders?

There is no plan. Or at least there is no good plan or the wrong plan. Nothing has changed other than we had to sell our best player this time round.

But the transfer window has not yet closed.
It would seem sensible to at least await the end of our dealings before trying to discern a plan, or lack thereof.

 

[blarger]

The striker market is baron. Even the clubs with loads of money are looking at scraps.

 

[ToffeeTim]

But the transfer window has not yet closed.
It would seem sensible to at least await the end of our dealings before trying to discern a plan, or lack thereof.

If the league hadn't started this point would be fair but we will have played 5 league matches when the window shuts.

 

[catcherintherye]

I dont like it when my negative predictions come true but this was inevitable when we tried to replace Richarlison with defenders and a non goalscoring forward in Mcneil

People did their usual things of getting wildly carried away just because we were signing footballers. It doesn't matter who, just that we signed some players.

People keep saying we have a plan. Well what on earth is the plan? To play for nil nil every week? To park the bus with slightly better defenders?

There is no plan. Or at least there is no good plan or the wrong plan. Nothing has changed other than we had to sell our best player this time round.

I think the plan is to harder to beat, which we are. But we definitely need more quality at the top end.

On the plus side, Onana is going to be a handful, if we can get him in the right areas.

 

[GoldenToffee]

How come Buendia - a midfielder - is able to waltz behind our three central defenders to slot home, yet our squad full of midfielders cannot score a goal between them?

 

[Mr Happy]

The striker market is baron. Even the clubs with loads of money are looking at scraps.

*barren

 

[billyblue80]

Yeah the problem is Rondon is here taking up space and it is hard to just sign more on top

Not sure I agree we need a different type of forward even if DCL was fit we need more of a wide forward who runs in behind and also another target option.

 

[GoldenToffee]

I think the plan is to harder to beat, which we are. But we definitely need more quality at the top end.

On the plus side, Onana is going to be a handful, if we can get him in the right areas.

That's going well. 100% loss rate so far.

 

[billyblue80]

How come Buendia - a midfielder - is able to waltz behind our three central defenders to slot home, yet our squad full of midfielders cannot score a goal between them?

Because he has quality. At least Onana looks like he has some

 

[TheBigIguana]

Not sure I agree we need a different type of forward even if DCL was fit we need more of a wide forward who runs in behind and also another target option.

If it were up to me I'd have shopped DCL around while healthy in an attempt to not play hoofball ever again