2023/24 Amadou Onana

[Huyton Layne]

If he's going, get him gone. So many holes to fill and that 30 odd in the psr books will help a lot.

 

[Axlswhk]

He will do well for Villa under Emery but 50m is a good deal for the club.

I suspect his ego is too big for Villa. They will be in for a shock after 5 games.

 

[Sean Ashley]

No hard feelings if he goes. No doubt he will do well at Villa.

 

[PhilRegan]

Wasn't expecting villa to be honest

 

[ValBlue]

It’s very very funny that people are hanging on to a single goal and using it to try and define our style.

Yes mate we don’t score a lot of goals from hoofball because hoofball is a bad way to try and score goals. But we do hoof the ball a lot. We do not take risks in possession. We do not play through teams regularly.

And fwiw that doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. You said it yourself, many goals come from winning the ball high up (I wouldn’t agree that we’re the most adept at it but I digress) so avoiding that has merit. I just think we can be honest about what it is. We are not a team that places much emphasis on the midfield playing lots of passes and controlling a game.

I lost count of how many times we’d win the ball back in our own half in a good position and the very first pass to move up the field quickly would be dogshit. We lose the ball, pressure stays on.

How many counters we threw away because the midfielders are allergic to a through ball.

You’re right when you say we don’t place much emphasis on the midfield passing it, but in those key occasions where we need that pass in midfield, I have almost zero faith that they will be made with any sort of consistency, if at all.

The fact that Pickford’s kicking was a better bet than any of the midfielder’s passing was grim.

 

[nsno-chris]

It’s very very funny that people are hanging on to a single goal and using it to try and define our style.

Yes mate we don’t score a lot of goals from hoofball because hoofball is a bad way to try and score goals. But we do hoof the ball a lot. We do not take risks in possession. We do not play through teams regularly.

And fwiw that doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. You said it yourself, many goals come from winning the ball high up (I wouldn’t agree that we’re the most adept at it but I digress) so avoiding that has merit. I just think we can be honest about what it is. We are not a team that places much emphasis on the midfield playing lots of passes and controlling a game.

We don’t play through teams because the system is so rigid; we hoof it to a centre forward who has no support because again, the system is rigid. The football on offer is absolute dog and I find it utterly weird that people try to defend it

 

[efcste97]

No hard feelings if he goes. No doubt he will do well at Villa.

No hard feelings at all, 50m for a player dyche obviously doesn't fancy. I think he'll push on under Emery though, he's far more suited to his style and could be a great replacement to Douglas Luis.

 

[Blue_in_london]

Prob should have ideally sold him few weeks ago to ensure no issues with PL next season re. our finances. Though Villa didn't have the cash then / hadn't performed at euros at that point?

 

[Drico]

A great move for us.

The abiding memory of Onana in an Everton shirt will be a proposterous penalty that threatened to derail our entire season.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Not seen much of that if I'm honest mate.

Just watch the YouTube video of the goals we scored last season. Amazing how many of them come from us winning the ball in the opposition half and releasing players quickly.

 

[Saint Domingo]

It’s really not as different as you want it to be I’m afraid

I’m starting to doubt you even watch Everton

 

[TheBigIguana]

I’m starting to doubt you even watch Everton

It’s actually the opposite I think, people don’t remember as much what these other clubs looked like when they were playing very similarly.

 

[Saint Domingo]

It’s actually the opposite I think, people don’t remember as much what these other clubs looked like when they were playing very similarly.

Can’t really take you seriously when you’ve said we don’t pass forward and only hoof it. A rather simplistic binary view of a complicated game.

 

[micknick]

A great move for us.

The abiding memory of Onana in an Everton shirt will be a proposterous penalty that threatened to derail our entire season.

always find it so weird when fans say a great move for us. It’s a great move if we sign better players than him. That will be when we say it’s a good move

 

[Ming the Merciful]

Not arsed he's gone in the slightest if it means we keep Branthwaite this season.

Always thought he was too big for the club but his performances didn't back that up.

His cheerleading to the crowd was Phil Neville levels and means nothing unless you're backing that up on the pitch which by and large he didn't.

He definitely has potential to be a class player but also potential to just arrogantly Lukaku his career also.

Disappointed fee isn't bigger but it's not outrageously low and the sell on clause is something I've wanted for our sales for some time now.

He won't be particularly missed, provided adequate replacement is identified.