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Idrissa Gueye is Everton’s £7m bargain! The defensive midfielder was second only to N’Golo Kante last season but is proving it was no fluke via Daily Mail
KIERAN GILL – THE NUMBERS GAME: N’Golo Kante was the Premier League’s top tackler for Leicester last term, while Idrissa Gueye was No 2. Now, though, that's changed.
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Idrissa Gueye – the signing of the summer? via GrandOldTeam
EVERTON have signed some gems in their time, but has any new signing sparkled quite so brightly as Idrissa Gana Gueye?
The Senegal midfielder was hardly the headline-grabbing star most Toffees wanted when he signed from relegated Aston Villa for just £7m.
After what many felt was a disappointing end to the transfer window, some even questioned the judgement of Steve Walsh, brought in from Leicester to oversee the club’s strategy.
But he seems to have got at least one thing right in signing Gueye, who has since earned almost universal praise and quickly become a fan favourite.
Jamie Carragher tipped him as the signing of the summer, Paul Ince insisted he is already “a better player than N’Golo Kante”, and Ronald Koeman claimed “he will become maybe the best in the Premier League” in his position.
It’s easy to see why. Gueye has been just what the doctor ordered for the Blues, snapping into tackles, covering every blade of grass and even showing surprisingly good ability on the ball.
He’s barely put a foot wrong, something some Villa fans have found hard to believe after claims he made too many costly mistakes last season and that his tackling and interception stats overrate him.
Walsh, of course, wanted him at Leicester, and recognised he was just what Everton needed.
Roberto Martinez fashioned a side which dazzled at times. But it’s softness and it’s maddening ability to capitulate under pressure were legendary.
This weekend Everton play Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, where all those faults were glaringly evident last season as they twice blew a lead to draw 3-3 after allowing an equaliser in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
It’s probably safe to say that is unlikely to happen again. Koeman himself is a major reason for that of course, and so is Ashley Williams. But so, emphatically, is Gueye.
He has happier memories of the place too after helping Villa to a 1-0 win there on his debut last August. Only one other player had more touches in that match.
Tom Cleverley first got a glimpse of Gueye when he helped Senegal kick lumps out of Stuart Pearce’s Great Britain team at the London Olympics. He’s likely to see a lot more of Gueye from the bench this season.
But by the time the pair faced each other back then at Old Trafford in 2012, Gueye had already made a name for himself by helping unfancied Lille win a famous league and cup double in France.
In October 2014 he played for them against the Blues in a 0-0 draw in the Europa League, and again in a 3-0 defeat at Goodison that November.
A year later he started for Villa in their 4-0 defeat there, coming off at half time, so his memories of the place before he joined were not exactly joyful. How times change.
Recognising his contribution so far, Koeman was gushing in his praise of Gueye recently, saying: “Of course he wins a lot of second balls, he wins a lot of tackles, but the boy showed his composure in midfield.
“He played the ball left, right, always tried to play the ball forward. It’s a fantastic signing for the club and I hope we keep him for a long time.”
Evertonians everywhere will surely second that. Gueye was born in Dakar, birthplace of the legendary rally, an endurance race in which competitors have to cross dunes, mud, rocks and desert, covering vast distances every day. That somehow seems very appropriate for a player who has not stopped covering every blade of grass since his arrival at Goodison.
Time will tell if Carragher ends up being proved right, but Everton certainly seem to have made one of the signings of the season so far.
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EVERTON have signed some gems in their time, but has any new signing sparkled quite so brightly as Idrissa Gana Gueye?
The Senegal midfielder was hardly the headline-grabbing star most Toffees wanted when he signed from relegated Aston Villa for just £7m.
After what many felt was a disappointing end to the transfer window, some even questioned the judgement of Steve Walsh, brought in from Leicester to oversee the club’s strategy.
But he seems to have got at least one thing right in signing Gueye, who has since earned almost universal praise and quickly become a fan favourite.
Jamie Carragher tipped him as the signing of the summer, Paul Ince insisted he is already “a better player than N’Golo Kante”, and Ronald Koeman claimed “he will become maybe the best in the Premier League” in his position.
It’s easy to see why. Gueye has been just what the doctor ordered for the Blues, snapping into tackles, covering every blade of grass and even showing surprisingly good ability on the ball.
He’s barely put a foot wrong, something some Villa fans have found hard to believe after claims he made too many costly mistakes last season and that his tackling and interception stats overrate him.
Walsh, of course, wanted him at Leicester, and recognised he was just what Everton needed.
Roberto Martinez fashioned a side which dazzled at times. But it’s softness and it’s maddening ability to capitulate under pressure were legendary.
This weekend Everton play Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, where all those faults were glaringly evident last season as they twice blew a lead to draw 3-3 after allowing an equaliser in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
It’s probably safe to say that is unlikely to happen again. Koeman himself is a major reason for that of course, and so is Ashley Williams. But so, emphatically, is Gueye.
He has happier memories of the place too after helping Villa to a 1-0 win there on his debut last August. Only one other player had more touches in that match.
Tom Cleverley first got a glimpse of Gueye when he helped Senegal kick lumps out of Stuart Pearce’s Great Britain team at the London Olympics. He’s likely to see a lot more of Gueye from the bench this season.
But by the time the pair faced each other back then at Old Trafford in 2012, Gueye had already made a name for himself by helping unfancied Lille win a famous league and cup double in France.
In October 2014 he played for them against the Blues in a 0-0 draw in the Europa League, and again in a 3-0 defeat at Goodison that November.
A year later he started for Villa in their 4-0 defeat there, coming off at half time, so his memories of the place before he joined were not exactly joyful. How times change.
Recognising his contribution so far, Koeman was gushing in his praise of Gueye recently, saying: “Of course he wins a lot of second balls, he wins a lot of tackles, but the boy showed his composure in midfield.
“He played the ball left, right, always tried to play the ball forward. It’s a fantastic signing for the club and I hope we keep him for a long time.”
Evertonians everywhere will surely second that. Gueye was born in Dakar, birthplace of the legendary rally, an endurance race in which competitors have to cross dunes, mud, rocks and desert, covering vast distances every day. That somehow seems very appropriate for a player who has not stopped covering every blade of grass since his arrival at Goodison.
Time will tell if Carragher ends up being proved right, but Everton certainly seem to have made one of the signings of the season so far.
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What The Papers Say – 24 September via Official EFC
The views on this page are taken from the local and national media and do not necessarily reflect the views of Everton. Idrissa Gueye and Yannick Bolasie feature prominently in Saturday's national new…
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Bournemouth vs Everton – The Preview via Everton Arent We
It was the best of times, it was the…blurst of times?
Dammit, Everton.
A thousand monkeys constantly having pops at goal would have taken many attempts to slip and inadvertently lob the goalkeeper, as Steven Naismith did on his Goodison return. That, plus a late sucker-punch, knocked us out of the League Cup. Again. 56 years since the first one. While we haven’t been in all of them, it still works out as around half a century of bowing out, pretending it meant nothing, and moving on. Not a great day for the whole ‘nothing will be the same’ spiel.
Let’s not wallow in it for too long, though, and let’s not get caught up in the Naismith debate. Yes, he deserves a lot of praise and respect for his time at Everton, more his sterling community work than a playing stint that lurched between unerringly cool finishing and underwhelming ineffectiveness, but applauding going 1-0 down at home to a Championship side is never going to sit right with me.
I’m one for focusing on the positives though. We’ve got 13 points from a possible 15 in the league. Idrissa Gana Gueye is wearing the royal blue and putting opponents on their arses left, right and centre. We’ve got quite a friendly run of fixtures too, so Big Stand FC fans can wail that “YER HAVEN’T PLAYED ANYONE DECENT SO IT DOESN’T COUNT” line for a bit longer. Arsene Wenger has kept Arsenal in the top four for years by picking off the weaker sides, so it’s not a bad way to be doing things. If we’re going to be flat-track bullies we’ll pick up a lot of points – and that’s not to say that we couldn’t beat the bigger teams either.
We dealt with Middlesbrough very well, responding to Stekelenburg getting knocked over yet again – a man that big should not be hitting the deck more than Charlie Brown going for a punt. It was a blatant foul, of course. We look much more swift and efficient in attack – Bolasie brings an extra yard of pace, but his crossing has also been good considering no winger ever gets every cross right. Lukaku claiming the third goal is pure snide, which is great frankly, because a striker foaming at the mouth for every goal he can get is nothing but a good thing. It was Gareth Barry’s day of course, and a goal to mark his 600th Premier League appearance was well deserved. The man is pure class. He seems to have found the Fountain of Youth, so I look forward to him running the show as we win the league in 2045/46.
Jeremy Corbyn though, eh. That should trigger ‘cult’ trending on Twitter. Hopefully it’ll also set into motion some sort of unity in fighting the real enemy, as they cackle from atop their ivory towers.
And that’s as good a segue to talking about Bournemouth as you’ll get.
There’s more from me, but this week’s guest diatribe is from Joe Jones:
“Jack Wilshere.
[Poor language removed] off Jack Wilshere. Honestly. Aside from all Liverpool players he is by far the player I hate most in the premier league. Imagine having to go to school with him. He’d have been a cocky [Poor language removed] who acted solid around his mates then flapped it when he got confronted. And he probably would be chatting up that nice girl you sat next to in art. And then offered her a ciggy round the back of the sports hall and asked her to his mates party Friday night. And then got off with her while you sat at home watching Blind Date with yer ma. And then he’d come into school Monday morning and told everyone how great he was and how he played for Arsenal. Well the joke is on you now mate. You’re playing alongside Andrew Surman and Steve Cook. Managed by Eddie Howe. Career ruined by injuries. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bloke. I hope you fail at Bournemouth, you Stone Island wearing, earing sporting, full of yourself little prick. Only Sandra, your mums mate stuck in a loveless marriage would touch you now.
Jack Wilshere rant over. 3-0 Everton this one. We will be looking to bounce back strongly from our horror show midweek, and I expect Lukaku to continue his run.
Also, in case I didn’t quite get the message across…
[Poor language removed] off Jack Wilshere.”
So, while Joe jams pins into the nether regions of his Jack Wilshere doll, let’s discuss this bunch of Little Englanders we’re playing. Bournemouth are quite likeable as a club – good manager (and a Blue) who didn’t sacrifice principles for survival tactics last season and saw the benefits of it, plus a mish-mash of Premier League rejects and Football League success stories. They’ve all got an eye on Artur Boruc in goal, mind, because they’ll only accept having so many of them in their town. Smith, Cook, Francis and Daniels form a defence destined to be playing Championship football quite soon. King, Surman, Arter and Stanislas in the midfield – alright, Arter’s decent. Stanislas was last year’s ‘[Poor language removed] player who nets against Everton’ recipient, and Surman is nailed on for it this time. Wilshere might feature too, and Callum Wilson up front. We should beat them – and if we are beating them, make sure it actually happens before you run on the pitch.
The fans are on the pitch, they think it’s all over…oh hang on a sec, it’s not. Bournemouth have scored again.
That game was up there with the worst of Roberto Martinez’s spell in charge – ineptitude at the back, a lack of discipline and fitness throughout. Ronald Koeman values the qualities we lacked on that fateful day higher than anything, so there’s no way there’ll be a repeat. Right? Stekelenburg in goal, Coleman, Williams, Jagielka and Baines at the back. No shoehorning Funes Mori on the left, thankyouverymuch. Gueye and Barry, Bolasie, Barkley and Mirallas probably. Lukaku back in the side and up front.
Ross Barkley is a discussion for another time. I’ve left this preview dead late, so I’m calling it quits here. After this are Palace, Burnley and West Ham, with a visit to those mings so stubbornly refusing to relinquish top spot in the middle. Another win here and the royal blue machine can roll on, leaving midweek disappointment firmly in its wake.
Nice and easy then Everton.
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It was the best of times, it was the…blurst of times?
Dammit, Everton.
A thousand monkeys constantly having pops at goal would have taken many attempts to slip and inadvertently lob the goalkeeper, as Steven Naismith did on his Goodison return. That, plus a late sucker-punch, knocked us out of the League Cup. Again. 56 years since the first one. While we haven’t been in all of them, it still works out as around half a century of bowing out, pretending it meant nothing, and moving on. Not a great day for the whole ‘nothing will be the same’ spiel.
Let’s not wallow in it for too long, though, and let’s not get caught up in the Naismith debate. Yes, he deserves a lot of praise and respect for his time at Everton, more his sterling community work than a playing stint that lurched between unerringly cool finishing and underwhelming ineffectiveness, but applauding going 1-0 down at home to a Championship side is never going to sit right with me.
I’m one for focusing on the positives though. We’ve got 13 points from a possible 15 in the league. Idrissa Gana Gueye is wearing the royal blue and putting opponents on their arses left, right and centre. We’ve got quite a friendly run of fixtures too, so Big Stand FC fans can wail that “YER HAVEN’T PLAYED ANYONE DECENT SO IT DOESN’T COUNT” line for a bit longer. Arsene Wenger has kept Arsenal in the top four for years by picking off the weaker sides, so it’s not a bad way to be doing things. If we’re going to be flat-track bullies we’ll pick up a lot of points – and that’s not to say that we couldn’t beat the bigger teams either.
We dealt with Middlesbrough very well, responding to Stekelenburg getting knocked over yet again – a man that big should not be hitting the deck more than Charlie Brown going for a punt. It was a blatant foul, of course. We look much more swift and efficient in attack – Bolasie brings an extra yard of pace, but his crossing has also been good considering no winger ever gets every cross right. Lukaku claiming the third goal is pure snide, which is great frankly, because a striker foaming at the mouth for every goal he can get is nothing but a good thing. It was Gareth Barry’s day of course, and a goal to mark his 600th Premier League appearance was well deserved. The man is pure class. He seems to have found the Fountain of Youth, so I look forward to him running the show as we win the league in 2045/46.
Jeremy Corbyn though, eh. That should trigger ‘cult’ trending on Twitter. Hopefully it’ll also set into motion some sort of unity in fighting the real enemy, as they cackle from atop their ivory towers.
And that’s as good a segue to talking about Bournemouth as you’ll get.
There’s more from me, but this week’s guest diatribe is from Joe Jones:
“Jack Wilshere.
[Poor language removed] off Jack Wilshere. Honestly. Aside from all Liverpool players he is by far the player I hate most in the premier league. Imagine having to go to school with him. He’d have been a cocky [Poor language removed] who acted solid around his mates then flapped it when he got confronted. And he probably would be chatting up that nice girl you sat next to in art. And then offered her a ciggy round the back of the sports hall and asked her to his mates party Friday night. And then got off with her while you sat at home watching Blind Date with yer ma. And then he’d come into school Monday morning and told everyone how great he was and how he played for Arsenal. Well the joke is on you now mate. You’re playing alongside Andrew Surman and Steve Cook. Managed by Eddie Howe. Career ruined by injuries. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bloke. I hope you fail at Bournemouth, you Stone Island wearing, earing sporting, full of yourself little prick. Only Sandra, your mums mate stuck in a loveless marriage would touch you now.
Jack Wilshere rant over. 3-0 Everton this one. We will be looking to bounce back strongly from our horror show midweek, and I expect Lukaku to continue his run.
Also, in case I didn’t quite get the message across…
[Poor language removed] off Jack Wilshere.”
So, while Joe jams pins into the nether regions of his Jack Wilshere doll, let’s discuss this bunch of Little Englanders we’re playing. Bournemouth are quite likeable as a club – good manager (and a Blue) who didn’t sacrifice principles for survival tactics last season and saw the benefits of it, plus a mish-mash of Premier League rejects and Football League success stories. They’ve all got an eye on Artur Boruc in goal, mind, because they’ll only accept having so many of them in their town. Smith, Cook, Francis and Daniels form a defence destined to be playing Championship football quite soon. King, Surman, Arter and Stanislas in the midfield – alright, Arter’s decent. Stanislas was last year’s ‘[Poor language removed] player who nets against Everton’ recipient, and Surman is nailed on for it this time. Wilshere might feature too, and Callum Wilson up front. We should beat them – and if we are beating them, make sure it actually happens before you run on the pitch.
The fans are on the pitch, they think it’s all over…oh hang on a sec, it’s not. Bournemouth have scored again.
That game was up there with the worst of Roberto Martinez’s spell in charge – ineptitude at the back, a lack of discipline and fitness throughout. Ronald Koeman values the qualities we lacked on that fateful day higher than anything, so there’s no way there’ll be a repeat. Right? Stekelenburg in goal, Coleman, Williams, Jagielka and Baines at the back. No shoehorning Funes Mori on the left, thankyouverymuch. Gueye and Barry, Bolasie, Barkley and Mirallas probably. Lukaku back in the side and up front.
Ross Barkley is a discussion for another time. I’ve left this preview dead late, so I’m calling it quits here. After this are Palace, Burnley and West Ham, with a visit to those mings so stubbornly refusing to relinquish top spot in the middle. Another win here and the royal blue machine can roll on, leaving midweek disappointment firmly in its wake.
Nice and easy then Everton.
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Rom Passed Fit For Bournemouth via Official EFC
Ronald Koeman has made six changes to the side that exited the EFL Cup against Norwich as Everton face Bournemouth, with Romelu Lukaku fit to start. The Blues line-up with Maarten Stekelenburg in goal…
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Bournemouth 1-0 Everton via BBC
Everton lose in the league for the first time under Ronald Koeman as Junior Stanislas gives Bournemouth a deserved home victory.
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Bournemouth 1-0 Everton: Junior Stanislas’ sublime effort gives Eddie Howe’s men a deserved victory at the Vitality Stadium via Daily Mail
SAM CUNNINGHAM: There is something about playing Everton at home that gets Bournemouth’s Junior Stanislas going. The winger scored the decisive goal of the game after 22 minutes.
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SAM CUNNINGHAM: There is something about playing Everton at home that gets Bournemouth’s Junior Stanislas going. The winger scored the decisive goal of the game after 22 minutes.
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Junior Stanislas earns Bournemouth deserved home victory over Everton via The Guardian
Ronald Koeman had said it would be crazy to consider Everton as title contenders and his team did little to endorse those lofty hopes here, as they fell to their first Premier League defeat of the season. For Eddie Howe, this was a true Bournemouth performance, one full of intensity and energy, as his side recorded back-to-back home wins for the first time in the Premier League since March. Howe apologised to the supporters for his team’s dismal performance in the defeat by Preston North End last Tuesday, but was never in danger of having to do similar here.
Bournemouth set the tone from the first whistle, the striker Callum Wilson glancing a header narrowly wide after 61 seconds. After five minutes there was Andrew Surman’s crunching challenge on Gareth Barry. Then Wilson easily evaded the attention of the Everton captain Phil Jagielka, racing through on goal before Maarten Stekelenburg, the Everton goalkeeper who turned 34 on Thursday, smothered to allow the visitors a moment’s respite. The bite of the Bournemouth midfield was all too much for Everton, who were overawed by the magnificent Harry Arter, undoubtedly the man of the match, Surman and Jack Wilshere, who was substituted late on to a standing ovation.
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Ronald Koeman had said it would be crazy to consider Everton as title contenders and his team did little to endorse those lofty hopes here, as they fell to their first Premier League defeat of the season. For Eddie Howe, this was a true Bournemouth performance, one full of intensity and energy, as his side recorded back-to-back home wins for the first time in the Premier League since March. Howe apologised to the supporters for his team’s dismal performance in the defeat by Preston North End last Tuesday, but was never in danger of having to do similar here.
Bournemouth set the tone from the first whistle, the striker Callum Wilson glancing a header narrowly wide after 61 seconds. After five minutes there was Andrew Surman’s crunching challenge on Gareth Barry. Then Wilson easily evaded the attention of the Everton captain Phil Jagielka, racing through on goal before Maarten Stekelenburg, the Everton goalkeeper who turned 34 on Thursday, smothered to allow the visitors a moment’s respite. The bite of the Bournemouth midfield was all too much for Everton, who were overawed by the magnificent Harry Arter, undoubtedly the man of the match, Surman and Jack Wilshere, who was substituted late on to a standing ovation.
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Bournemouth 1 Everton FC 0: Disappointment for the Blues as they slip to defeat at the Vitality Stadium via Daily Post
Ronald Koeman's men suffer first Premier League defeat of the season
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Koeman: First half not good enough via NSNO
Everton boss Ronald Koeman says that his side were poor in the first half as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth today.
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Stanislas strike ends Everton run via Sky Sports
Everton lost their unbeaten start to the season as Junior Stanislas netted a thumping winner for Bournemouth in a 1-0 victory on Saturday at the Vitality Stadium.
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Everton lost their unbeaten start to the season as Junior Stanislas netted a thumping winner for Bournemouth in a 1-0 victory on Saturday at the Vitality Stadium.
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Stanislas strikes to torpedo Koeman’s unbeaten start via ToffeeWeb
Blues have no answer to forward's 23rd-min. strike
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