2023/24 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[Spadge Vernacular]

How long does a player need to prove himself?? He's had more than enough time, regardless of injuries. We should be able to attract a more productive centre forward. It's no excuse saying that he contributes to the team in other ways. We need a goalscorer.

I'd give him three more seasons to prove the doubters wrong.

 

[Swartzy]

Thank you kindly @MJA
Another kid's found his 'middle finger' on here..
Grow up and just say you disagree.

 

[Swartzy]

Wow and another from @Goodisongang . What is it, play day today..

 

[JimmyJeffers]

He's just not worth what he is demanding in wages. Simple as that. And this is before we factor in how many matches he will inevitably miss through injury.

What’s he demanding? Sorry if I’ve missed this. Seen lots of different figures about

 

[roy vernon]

It's reported he was all in for Newcastle but they couldn't agree his wage demands and they wanted Wilson out first.

He's in his last 12 months. So financially needs selling or he needs to sign a new deal. Can't let him wind his contract down.

Can't stop him from running his contract down if that's what he wants to do and that is the problem.

 

[MJA]

Thank you kindly @MJA
Another kid's found his 'middle finger' on here..
Grow up and just say you disagree.

Thought it was the appropriate response to the garbage you posted.

 

[matty1878]

We are miles better with him in the team as a lone CF. Goals or not, he's a nuisance for opposition CBs.

Hes clearly been managed badly with fitness and injuries, which Dyche seems to have identified.

I hope he stays and signs a new deal. I don't understand the aggro he gets.

yup

 

[Goat]

 

[windymiller]

This is a player that many have already stated is no longer a kid with potential but this is him as a finished article.

What we need to ask ourselves is do we think he is worth the money he is asking, is our striker for the next however many years and can we find better?

For me we have to cash in, this will be the last time we are getting money for him and if it’s ten goals a year his asking salary does not justify that, he has only had one good year and failed to kick on.

We need to stop being too loyal, be a bit more ruthless and use Beto, Chermiti and dares to say it Maupay until we find that elusive striker, I am sure there are plenty of European strikers that would come to the prem for half DCLs reputed salary and if we get him on a loan to buy its win win win for us.

Clubs are not queing up to buy him so we are obviously asking too much, re-jig the asking price and get rid , the offer should be taken off table, he has had long enough to mess us about, take ownership of the situation and slot him into the under 23s if he does not want to stay, he has earned enough out of the club and we need to earn from him.

That's all fair enough but I would add one other question, which is who, realistically, can we replace him with given the resources available to us? I agree that he's probably not worth what he's asking from us but none of our other forwards appear to be up to the task of replacing him as our lone forward and, if we manage to sell him for ~£20m, is there someone out there for that sort of fee that can come in and be our main man straight away? That's without considering Thelwell's seeming blind spot in terms of recruiting forwards. It's a difficult situation. I'm not sure there's any right answers.

 

[Simon Buttle]

That's all fair enough but I would add one other question, which is who, realistically, can we replace him with given the resources available to us? I agree that he's probably not worth what he's asking from us but none of our other forwards appear to be up to the task of replacing him as our lone forward and, if we manage to sell him for ~£20m, is there someone out there for that sort of fee that can come in and be our main man straight away? That's without considering Thelwell's seeming blind spot in terms of recruiting forwards. It's a difficult situation. I'm not sure there's any right answers.

For £20m Id be astonished if there wasn't someone in the French or Belgian leagues we could go for.

 

[windymiller]

For £20m Id be astonished if there wasn't someone in the French or Belgian leagues we could go for.

I'm sure there is someone there that looks promising. It's whether they would want to come here rather than somewhere else and if they could hit the ground running. Like I said in my OP there's no perfect answers. What we do know is that DCL can do the job we ask of him, is there someone else out there who also could do that job, probably, and is there someone who can do that job and add more goals, possibly. It's a hard and lonely job playing up front for Everton the way we play.

 

[Goat]

For £20m Id be astonished if there wasn't someone in the French or Belgian leagues we could go for.

We paid 25m for Beto, 27m for Tosun.

 

[windymiller]

We paid 25m for Beto, 27m for Tosun.

Our track record with frontmen has been dreadful. Really dreadful.

 

[Goat]

Our track record with frontmen has been dreadful. Really dreadful.

1.5m for DCL is the pick of the bunch tho.

 

[catcherintherye]

1.5m for DCL is the pick of the bunch tho.

I find the narrative around DCL a bit odd. He is like another Coleman or Cahill for us. An absolute bargain who has done really well, in an unexpected way.

Since we bought Dom in, we must have spent hundreds of million on strikers, and none have more goals than him.