Everton Summer Transfer Thread - 2022

[MKEvertonian]

I may well have seen them mate. Sorry I don't recall them specifically.

I do agree with you 100% though. 5-2-3 would be absolutely suicidal for us, we simply don't have the type of midfielders needed for it and the ones that fit the bill are way beyond our financial means. The personnel we have available (more importantly, the ones we'd want to keep) lend themselves to a 4-3-3 and we currently only need one good DM and one good wide attacker (right sided) in order to field a stronger first XI than we did last year.

After those two arrivals we'd then be able to improve the first XI in a number of ways (subject to selling some high-wage, low contribution players like Mina, Keane, Gomes and Gbamin to clear more space on the payroll and build a modest transfer budget). Bring in another CM, a second DM and another forward who can play centrally AND wide right, and suddenly we're distinctly improved.

Pickford

Patterson - Tarkowski - Holgate - Mykolenko

Iwobi - NEW DM - Doucoure

NEW RW - Calvert-Lewin - Gordon/Gray

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Iwobi midfield, gordon and gray STRIKER?!?

 

[Tree13]

And then in game two onwards injuries set in and we have Davies, Holgate or Godfrey has DM and Rondon up front

And where do we wedge in Dele in the new RW role?

See my comments (in the post you quoted) about bringing in a second DM, a CM and a forward who can play CF and RW. We need depth, but we should create depth by signing players who are better than the current weakest players in our best current starting XI. Our best current starting XI is the one in the post you quoted.

Alli doesn't fit in a 433 or a 523. He's either the most advanced midfielder in a diamond, or a very advanced 10 in a 4231, or a second striker in any formation with 2 up front. In fact, he's probably a better CF than Rondon.

 

[billyblue80]

Anyone new linked i have seen Onana talked about,

No, apart from Onana he mainly talked about Dennis(interesting he added that he could be available for 18m) Broja, and MGW. Winks was mentioned but we didn't want to add an obligation in the loan so we have walked away for now. Gomes and Mina available but nobody matching our valuation yet.

 

[Tree13]

Iwobi midfield, gordon and gray STRIKER?!?

All Iwobi's better performances have come in midfield. It sounds crazy, yes. But do you ignore it, and play him in a less effective position?

Gordon and Gray, in that lineup, are on the left wing... it's clearly a 4-3-3, frandling.

 

[Nymzee]

Iwobi midfield, gordon and gray STRIKER?!?

Can you read? It’s Gordon & Gray at left wing, A.K.A. their actual positions.

And it’s Iwobi in a midfield 3 where he played his best football for us last year.

 

[Curtis]

Anyone new linked i have seen Onana talked about,

Onana seems like fantasy he's been linked with arsenal and it truly pains me say it west ham. Two superior teams

 

[Goat]

Can you read? It’s Gordon & Gray at left wing, A.K.A. their actual positions.

And it’s Iwobi in a midfield 3 where he played his best football for us last year.

I think I have more chance of making my debut then we have of playing 433, like.

 

[Nymzee]

I think I have more chance of making my debut then we have of playing 433, like.

Kev would have to write a new hit sequel to his book.

 

[Tree13]

From Derby they can't afford to ask 6 million.

Quite obviously I wouldn't object to us paying less.

 

[riddick]

Jason Knight from Derby.

Central midfielder, 21 years old, current contract expires in June 2023. Something like £6m would get him, I reckon.

I seriously don't understand how we seemingly haven't inquired about him. He's got to be really cheap.

 

[Tree13]

I think I have more chance of making my debut then we have of playing 433, like.

Right at this very moment, with the current squad, that's our most effective setup. Plus we can immediately upgrade it by bringing in better players at two specific positions, and those same two upgrades would also then allow us to switch to a 4231 with Alli or Iwobi playing in the 10 position.

If Lampard wants to switch to a 343, a 523 or a 532 then two things have to be considered:

Firstly, the best current XI in any of those formations is weaker than our best current XI in a 433.

And secondly we would need more than two new first XI players to achieve the same upgrade that two new faces in a 433 would achieve.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Right at this very moment, with the current squad, that's our most effective setup. Plus we can immediately upgrade it by bringing in better players at two specific positions, and those same two upgrades would also then allow us to switch to a 4231 with Alli or Iwobi playing in the 10 position.

If Lampard wants to switch to a 343, a 523 or a 532 then two things have to be considered:

Firstly, the best current XI in any of those formations is weaker than our best current XI in a 433.

And secondly we would need more than two new first XI players to achieve the same upgrade that two new faces in a 433 would achieve.

All our CBs stink and we want to put three on the field. I truly can't understand it.

 

[Curtis]

I seriously don't understand how we seemingly haven't inquired about him. He's got to be really cheap.

And from what i saw incredibly versatile. Seems like he can play all over the middle and front of the pitch. Even played once at right back

 

[Curtis]

All our CBs stink and we want to put three on the field. I truly can't understand it.

If we play a back three , holgate is definitely going to part of it...

 

[RomanReigns]

Deles gonna be Richy’s replacement ain’t he and moshy is gonna pocket the 60 mil and run and hope no one notices