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Everton January 2025 Transfer Thread

Zatara said:
One of us is under/over-estimating the impact of the stadium sponsorships and new ownership.

If Southampton are sat in the relegation zone would Dibling still be open to potential championship football? I was told the same about Archie Gray staying and he moved to Spurs (in theory we'd be a better option for gametime). Likewise would Sunderland be open to a deal where Rigg plays out the season with them?

For me, I'd be looking to build a young team over a 3 year period -- I dont see the value of having a new stadium and not having a plan for growth and it seems like Roma had a similar plan for quality players joining in their early 20s while were a way behind that.



I think its all about mentality and if players want to stay in their hometowns then they dont have the mentality to be 'the best they can be'. Also if Dibling for example couldnt take to London itself then its a bit different to Liverpool and the surrounding area.

The Scandinavian & Scottish players are typically low cost but also a high risk as they may not be good enough. We can see with Dibling that he's a premier league player and clearly Rigg looks to be on that trajectory as well.

I'd rather we took that approach even if it cost a higher amount for several positions.

Once we have the 'future' mapped out with high potential players in and around the 11 we can then take a few punts on these other types.
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For every successful kid from the championship there is a failure.

Being a standout there is no guarantee - so I reject your 'on the same trajectory' comment, anyhow you're comparing him to someone getting 6/10 starts for the worst team in the league (bar us).

Bowen would have been a surer comparable... as he's actually done it for a decent team for multiple seasons.
 
Eggs said:
….added point with Keane is whether we’d let him leave given the obvious lack of confidence in O’Brien. I actually think there’s more chance of him being offered another 2 years (whether he accepts it or not is another matter).
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Our transfer policy clearly doesn't mesh with our coaches desires.

Left hand is definitely not working with the right hand right now.
 
Paul Rideout said:
Our transfer policy clearly doesn't mesh with our coaches desires.

Left hand is definitely not working with the right hand right now.
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…I think the transfer detail I posted probably concur that they’re either not on the same page or Thelwell is not acquiring the quality Dyche wants. He complained again post-match about the lack of quality in attacking areas whilst suggesting the defence is ok.
 
Paul Rideout said:
Our transfer policy clearly doesn't mesh with our coaches desires.

Left hand is definitely not working with the right hand right now.
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The problem is sacking our manager every 12-18 months then hiring another who sets out his team completely differently, requiring players with different skill sets.
We get players in on huge long term contracts who are useless as soon as the next manager turns up, and then we can’t get rid of them.

We need either more realistic shorter term contract or to stop sacking our sodding managers.
 

NeilMorepies said:
The problem is sacking our manager every 12-18 months then hiring another who sets out his team completely differently, requiring players with different skill sets.
We get players in on huge long term contracts who are useless as soon as the next manager turns up, and then we can’t get rid of them.

We need either more realistic shorter term contract or to stop sacking our sodding managers.
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we need dyche out for a start
 
NeilMorepies said:
…just like we needed Lampard, Benitez, Lampard, Fat Sam, Silva and Martinez out, and all their players hung around the Club for years like Kebab farts.

It has to stop.
We’ve been stopping after the next sacking for years now.
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So let's just keep any of them managers that look like they are about to relegate the club.

Sounds like a plan.
 
Eggs said:
…I think the transfer detail I posted probably concur that they’re either not on the same page or Thelwell is not acquiring the quality Dyche wants. He complained again post-match about the lack of quality in attacking areas whilst suggesting the defence is ok.
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Dyche complaining about lack of quality in attacking areas is quite frankly absurd. He'd get a nose bleed with anymore than one truly attacking outlet in Ndiaye.
 

NeilMorepies said:
The problem is sacking our manager every 12-18 months then hiring another who sets out his team completely differently, requiring players with different skill sets.
We get players in on huge long term contracts who are useless as soon as the next manager turns up, and then we can’t get rid of them.

We need either more realistic shorter term contract or to stop sacking our sodding managers.
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It’s definitely doesn’t help. What should be happening is the Director of Foorball hires the manager to have synergy in strategy in alignment with his philosophy.
 
jinkyali said:
Dyche complaining about lack of quality in attacking areas is quite frankly absurd. He'd get a nose bleed with anymore than one truly attacking outlet in Ndiaye.
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Or even try him in a two uptop with dcl or whoever instead of a cb as a cf.
Paul Rideout said:
It’s definitely doesn’t help. What should be happening is the Director of Foorball hires the manager to have synergy in strategy in alignment with his philosophy.
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Not even that big of a fan of thelwell but agree really need to stick to a plan now, the jan window wont really fix everything but the players we do get need to be given a chance and be bought in to have qn impact in this team now not like obrien who got for the future
 
NeilMorepies said:
…just like we needed Lampard, Benitez, Lampard, Fat Sam, Silva and Martinez out, and all their players hung around the Club for years like Kebab farts.

It has to stop.
We’ve been stopping after the next sacking for years now.
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Cack managers need sacking tho. I don’t think there’s that much evidence to suggest that sticking with a cack manager brings success.
 

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