BirkenheadBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
It’s not “recent” experience. It’s been true forever. If there’s bad news rumoured about Everton, it’ll be true.
It’s an immutable law of nature.
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It’s an immutable law of nature.
Its also about money though
He can't magic up money that isn't there.
If we'd spent on MGW, we'd have our versatile forward in... but we'd have little else to play with.
What if we'd have paid £25m for Broja? What do we do about those two midfielders we need to buy?
I'm not making excuses, this is just our situation. The plan has always been to get a forward in. In an ideal world, they should have had it done sooner. Even in this far from ideal world, they should have had it done sooner. But they haven't. And it's because we are trying to stretch every penny as far as it can go.
They might now have a very hard decision to make, and go and spend big on a forward. But as I've said, if they do, then we will be relying on getting others out before we are able to do any more business. So we'll have to accept that.
But you've already decided its terminal, he's damaged goods and the manager is a fool for not having seen it 6 months ago and and not packing him off to some unsuspecting mugs (as if a medical wouldn't have shown the issue up).
I'm not disagreeing that he COULD turn out to have an injury problem, but you've already stitched him up in a body bag. He's had one bad injury. So did Gbamin, and VVD - with quite different outcomes.
Ffs calm down and stop trying to play the 'I told you so' merchant, the medical genius and the holier than thou clearly-more-savvy-than- Lampard (with 20:20 hindsight) manager.
@Barnfred 55 injury was suffered yesterday apparently
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Im not disputing that mate - Big Kev Thelwell is up against it with our FFP situation.
My issue is more the manager building the team around DCL as still being our no1 striker. Even if we bring another forward in it'll likely be a 2nd choice option or someone like Cornet who's not a natural CF but can play there like Richarlison did.
DCL at present time cant string more than 2-3 games together without a niggle or "precaution" keeping him oot.
At this stage he should be 2nd choice but due to our dire finances we can't afford a quality 1st choice therefore the tough decision should have been made by the manager to put him in the shop window or someone else be it Gordon or whoever to allow us to spend.
I agree with that, but if is the case there would be absolutely no reason for the club to be creating a smokescreen to discourage offers.
For flips sake. He doesn't seem to be able to build his old strength up. Had hardly any presence when he back last season.
Everton cannot currently afford a player who is a guaranteed better striker than a fully fit DCL mate.
Because DCL is actually a very good player. I see your point, but we simply do not have the cash or the attraction to go and get someone better. Honestly, they aren't coming to Everton unless we pay wages that we can't afford - which is what has got us into this mess.
There's other ways you can do it, you can buy players who are versatile enough to play different roles, or you can go and get someone like Broja who could develop into being better than DCL. But those players cost money we don't have... or, which is also definitely the case, are just not quite available yet but in 3 weeks' time very well might be.
DCL is effectively worthless on the transfer market until he proves his fitness over a prolonged period. Top teams wanting a top striker will not be interest in a striker that is not fit. The good team just below the top teams can't afford to commit to massive wages and a long contract for a player that can't prove his fitness. No club will cough up a transfer fee for DCL. If he has a good season then next summer he may get bids but this year he will remain an Everton player imo
Gomes Gbamin Mina and others need to be sold as well. We need to find solutions whatever way we can. This is all about staying in the premier league now. Its embarrassing and pathetic but thats where we are. If we don't sign a goalscorer then we are going to get relegated.
Azza
Player Valuation: £80m
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
This is the main thing it's not his fault all our hopes rest on him. That's the clubs fault. I hope it's not a bad one. We need to rally around him if it is.
Selling Gomes Gbamin Mina for 20m combined really doesnt help us, it leaves us with 20m to replace 3 players and try buy a Striker.
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