TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
He can in the final third but ball winning and protecting the defense no shot.
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Confirmed Signing Abdoulaye Doucouré
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Scoring goals was our problem last season tho.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Eh we weren't great defensively. Regardless we have to change the system for goals to come from central midfield. Wingers are the area to improve for that part of it I think.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Seeing as he used to play defensive midfield, thats quite a peculiar comment.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Is it? I'm saying Gueye is way better than Doucoure at defending so the only way he'd have a bigger impact is in the final third. You've made it quite clear you rate Abdoulaye and I just don't see it. He's a forward thinking box to box player at best and that isn't a position we have.
Viennablue
Player Valuation: £1m
According to Transfermarkt last season (All comps) he played:
4 games as a DM
19 games as a CM
16 games as an AM
Certainly versatile, can play a number of Different roles.
I’ll be honest, I like him and think he’d be great for us. Each to their own though.
bitter-no-better
Player Valuation: £25m
Games by position in Prem/Serie a
Doucouré
DM 42
CM 61
AM 24
Allan
DM 100
CM 153
AM 0
If we get both, Allan will be the more defensive midfielder.
Doucouré is very useful as he has experience playing all 3.
Peter The Dog
Player Valuation: £8m
i said earlier that he is an upgrade, but there is something so 'Everton' about this potential signing which gives me the heebie-jeebies. i'm starting to get cold feet about it and hoping that we walk away. just a feeling in my water.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
I guess playing poorly is still technically playing and getting experience. I'm not sure it makes someone useful automatically.
Mutzo Nutzo
Player Valuation: £70m
He's an upgrade on Tom Davies.
Our central midfield will look something like this
Allan = ball winner, midfield general and all round boss snide.
Doucoure = box to box engine, pops up with a few goals
Gomes = Silky playmaker and dashingly handsome
On the bench Gblammo = unknown quantity, he'll either rock up and own the midfield or his legs will explode again after 30 minutes.
Our central midfield will look something like this
Allan = ball winner, midfield general and all round boss snide.
Doucoure = box to box engine, pops up with a few goals
Gomes = Silky playmaker and dashingly handsome
On the bench Gblammo = unknown quantity, he'll either rock up and own the midfield or his legs will explode again after 30 minutes.
There is no doubt that he would be an upgrade on or current midfield option, however that really isn’t saying too much. Given the state we find ourselves in I would rather keep things simple, buy a defensive midfielder who can provide a shield for the defence. I like to think if our defenders had some confidence that when teams broke on us they had some protection who would allow them time to get into position and not be caught in two minds to move out to shut down or stay put and not allow space. At the moment I will settle for a defensive midfielder who can defend.
I still think Gomes can be effective going forward if he had confidence in his midfield partner to make up for slips and mistakes. Having seen that I would like to see Allan at Everton but even he needs a trustworthy partner in central midfield. I am hopeful that if we invest in the best we can afford in midfield we will discover our attack and our defence are not as bad as they have appeared to be.
I still think Gomes can be effective going forward if he had confidence in his midfield partner to make up for slips and mistakes. Having seen that I would like to see Allan at Everton but even he needs a trustworthy partner in central midfield. I am hopeful that if we invest in the best we can afford in midfield we will discover our attack and our defence are not as bad as they have appeared to be.
Deirdre Barlow is an upgrade on Tom Davies.
tnc85
Player Valuation: £8m
Nice summary. Hoping Gomes can get his drive back and carry the ball forward too knowing he has partners to win the ball back if he loses it. He’s played too deep for my liking.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Its like your taking stats of a player whose mostly played in an attacking /forward thinking role last season and discounting the fact they were alwaye seen as a box to box CM and consider their best position to be DM.
Only reason he was pushed forward is because Pearson wanted Will Hughes in the side. Hes not suddenly a number 10.
Hes joining at the same age Gana did and in the same circumstances having just been relegated.
Watford turned down £30mil from us before and quoted £50mil to us and PSG. If he was a terrible player them i imagine they would have taken the cash...
On his day hes an absolute monster and unplayable. Ancelotti needs to get that out of him consistently.
Mutzo Nutzo
Player Valuation: £70m
On the flipside though there will be a lot of pressure on Gomes as he needs to provide the creativity, he needs to find those defence splitting passes. As you rightly stated he has played far too deep to fulfill that role. Hopefully now we can start to see the best of him.
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