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Everton January transfer window 2021

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Right back and a pacey attacker would make a world of difference. Can't see it happening this winter though, which will be a massive mistake
 

Why do people mention Grealish as though it's a possibility? He's just signed a new 5 year contract at his boyhood club who are building a team around him - they wouldn't sell to a direct competitor and he wouldn't come to us as it's not as if were excelling right now. Sorry just find it curious
More money and the chance to play for Ancelotti?
 
Sarr from Watford please
I’m not sure we will spend big on an out and out right sided player while we have James. Maybe James will play behind a front 3 in certain home games, but I couldn’t see it in the majority of games. And because of his lack of work rate, it will just put more pressure on Richarlison and he will end up spending a lot of the game in his own half.

james, Richarlison and DCL, with an aggressive competitive midfield 3 is good enough fir us to push for top 6. It’s all about stopping the goals going in at the other end. What they may do in January is buy some one who can play upfront and wide right.

Someone like Florian Thauvin, who does play Mainly right, but can play centre is a good age 27 and will have 6 months left in January.

another option is to go 3 at the back and play James behind a front 2. Or play a diamond with James at the tip, again behind a front 2.
 

Just thinking there.. could the answer be a top class, pacey RW? basically a profile like Richarlison for the right hand side exclusively. Move James into the no. 10 where we can utilise his quality on the ball more and simply drop that 'no. 8' role in the midfield.

Other than that, the only other thing I can think of is simply replacing Gomes, Sigurdsson et al with a better player for that deeper-lying playmaker role.
I absolutely despise 4-2-3-1 but it really does suit us at the moment. James playing on the right and not offering anything in defence is causing the midfielder to be pulled over to that side leaving a hole in the middle. Moving him more central means we can have someone on the right who will be able to give a lot more support.
 
I absolutely despise 4-2-3-1 but it really does suit us at the moment. James playing on the right and not offering anything in defence is causing the midfielder to be pulled over to that side leaving a hole in the middle. Moving him more central means we can have someone on the right who will be able to give a lot more support.
Inclined to agree really. I do think having the option between 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 would help out a lot and, for me, that's dependent on getting a quality RW and a playmaking CM to be able to make both systems work. It's not as if playing the 3 in midfield is stopping us from conceding for fun anyway so may as well subsidise with more attacking/forwarding-thinking quality in the side. We have enough defensive-minded players at the club now in my opinion so we simply need to make the current crop work.
 
I absolutely despise 4-2-3-1 but it really does suit us at the moment. James playing on the right and not offering anything in defence is causing the midfielder to be pulled over to that side leaving a hole in the middle. Moving him more central means we can have someone on the right who will be able to give a lot more support.

Well, in theory, yeah. But that would probably mean Richarlison moving right side and then that takes away from him bursting into the area from the left.

Again, caused by not getting anyone else in in the last window.
 
Well, in theory, yeah. But that would probably mean Richarlison moving right side and then that takes away from him bursting into the area from the left.

Again, caused by not getting anyone else in in the last window.
Yeah, why would Richarlison need to move right? Leave him alone and get someone else on the right.
 

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