chrismpw
Player Valuation: £70m
Not really. I chose not to recognise your irony font for comedic effect.
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Lob
Player Valuation: £50m
Joyce's criticism about Gomes is meaningless to me tbh. It is only what you would expect from an obvious kopite (when you look at his twitter) as it is built into their dna to be divvy's when it comes to talking about the blues. They just cannot have us doing well with anything whatsoever. You can look at stats all day long but it doesn't mean cack when compared to what actually happens on the pitch and i seen enough from Gomes last season to know beyond doubt that he is quality and he makes Everton a better team when he is on the pitch. Anything less than 30 million is a steal in this current inflated market for a player of his quality and experience and his value will undoubtedly double or triple in a short time just like Richarlison's has.
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MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Just wait til they sign Digne and Brands.
Snake pit
Player Valuation: £950k
Maybe its a lady doctor and she just wants to hold his balls and get him to cough for the 1789th time
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
So read the article now... I’m can we honestly say he’s wrong? I and one or two others said after a handful of games it’s too soon to just pay huge dosh in Jan as it was too soon to tell. He then went on a very average run of games but improved with the team at the end. Very happy to see him coming in.. at the right price! But chaps.. he was far from perfect... I have no idea the point of the article beyond trying to take him down a notch.. but doesn’t make it not true.
Heard from my mate who collects the golden goal money, that we’re leaving it late to save on the wages. Every day we leave it, the more we save. Should be announced the day before the Palace game. He’s been right on every tip he’s given me, was first to know about us signing Martina.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
The move gathered impetus with a switch of play. André Gomes collected the ball on the half-way line, surveyed his options and, spotting Seamus Coleman in space, played a pass out to Everton’s right flank.
And then, rather than admire his work, he followed the attack as it progressed. Coleman into Cenk Tosun, a neat lay off from the striker and Gomes was back involved.
A touch to completely bypass Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Rúben Neves, two more to create the opportunity to shoot and, then, a battered finish from just inside the penalty area high into the net.
It was a snapshot of everything the modern-day midfielder should do.
The only disappointment was that Everton did not see more of that from Gomes last season. That goal in a 3-1 home defeat by Nuno Espírito Santo’s side went alongside one assist (in a 2-2 draw at home with Watford) and one “big chance created” in 27 appearances in the Premier League.
For context, Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré scored five goals, registered six assists and created eight “big chances” in 35 matches, Neves scored four for Wolves, produced three assists and made four “big chances” in 35 games and Lucas Torreira’s figures at Arsenal were two, two and three respectively in 34 appearances.
Ross Barkley, the former Everton midfielder, scored three, assisted five and created four big chances in 27 games at Chelsea and Dan Gosling, another ex-Goodison Park player, scored twice, created one assist and made two big chances in 25 games at Bournemouth last season.
Equally, Nemanja Matic managed one goal, no assists and created no big chances in 28 appearances for Manchester United.
Gomes’s superb goal against Wolves was his only strike of the campaignGARETH COPLEY/GETTY IMAGES
Everton will, of course, expect Gomes’s figures to improve in the 2019-2020 campaign as they put the finishing touches towards turning his loan move from Barcelona into a permanent agreement.
A deal of around £22 million to £25 million (plus a further £2 million should manager Marco Silva guide the club into the Champions League) appears good business in this modern, money-flushed era, although Everton had the field to themselves.
Tottenham Hotspur’s interest in Gomes faded (Everton will say because the player favoured remaining on Merseyside and Spurs will argue they have other targets) and West Ham United’s bids seemed doomed to fail from the outset.
However, true value will only come to fruition if the Portuguese international steps up and finds another gear, influences matches on a regular basis and flourishes under the responsibility he will be handed.
Silva, who marshalled Everton astutely in the closing weeks of the season and motivated players whose season had effectively flatlined weeks earlier, has a big part to play here.
He must look to smooth away the rough edges that persist in the make-up of the 25-year-old and ensure his time on the ball, and work off it, is channelled more effectively and efficiently.
Only six players who had played at least 500 minutes in the Premier League last season covered more ground than Gomes who, on average, ran 12.26 kilometres per 90 minutes.
As he showed against Wolves back in February, he is capable of breaking from deep and, when the time is right, must challenge himself to take up the positions which drive the team forward and not merely move from side-to-side.
Throughout his career with Benfica, Valencia and Barcelona, he has never been a prolific goalscorer with his best return five in 41 appearances in 2015-16 for Valencia. It is an area ripe for improvement.
Gomes, alone, will not transform Everton from the side that finished eighth into something more substantial. In many respects, they have spent to standstill and must target defensive recruits, with a permanent deal for Chelsea’s Kurt Zouma difficult, and also a forward in order to address that persistent flaw.
Yet Gomes will find a second season at Goodison Park brings with it rather more pressure. A player who is easy on the eye must move on from dealing in the singular.
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The full article for those who wanted it.
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Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Watch his performance at Anfield and then tell me again how important whatever stats Joyce is wanging on about are.
DanEFC92
Player Valuation: £90m
Taking 2 weeks to edit a pony new signing video.
FTY
Player Valuation: £80m
I want an Oscar worthy video
Black and white shots of him looking sad in Barcelona, quick montage of last season (inc EiTC stuff), then he turns up at the airport, there’s 2 flights on the board: one to Gatwick one to JLA, then it goes black for a bit n fades to Andre and Contract Dave putting pen to paper
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
I kind of agree. It isn't crazy to say maybe he should provide more going forward and not just passing through midfield and it isn't crazy either to suggest he could win that ball back a bit more. I'm not mad about bringing him back but at the same time I'm wouldn't have been upset if we went elsewhere either. I know Marco likes him a lot though so for now that's enough I guess.
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
Agreed. There's a chap on the Royal Blue Podcast that's the same, stating he needs more goals and to be higher up the pitch. But that's not Gomes' call to make. If Marco wants him as the deep lying playmaker, taking the ball off the CBs whether just outside our 12 yard box or on the half way line, he can't be expected to also be in the final third hurting opposition 25 times a game.
To me, his chief responsibility is getting the ball through crowded midfields to Sig', Richarlison and Bernard. If he can do that, and break the lines by running through them more often (like vs Liverpool), we'll see a top balls midfielder without the stats. And providing we use our EYES, we'll all appreciate him for it.
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