BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
What I would have gave for Prince Oumar coming off the bench bumbling round rather than Rondon at times this past season, we might have been safe by March through sheer confusion earning us points
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Crystal Globetrotters.Palace had 4 more points with one less win than Hodgson managed. Their best player was on loan last year but are in a great spot apparently.
Well so far Newcastle have signed the left back they had on loan and some 19yr old striker. Villa have bought a CB who’s 29 from the Spanish league . Kamara looks a good signing so let’s see how he does
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Brighton have finished now 9th while still never having a forward better than Trossard who I don't think even gets into our team automatically. If one of these days they can strike gold on a forward like they have elsewhere they really can be the team that finishes 7th. So for me they haven't necessarily peaked but also there is no guarantee they'll ever go higher.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
That's probably fair.
I'm not convinced Lampard is worse though, or at least worse for Everton. Silva managed games very badly for Everton, however good a coach he was.
I probably agree on the team, especially if we lose both DCL/Richarlison. That's probably why a signing like Tarkowski, who stabilised us for a period of time makes sense mate.
That's my my big fear following what you essentially advocate mate (which I broadly agree with) that we dont have the flexibility to take such a risk on short term performance. Tarkowski will likely help keep us up, and away from pressing danger.
We still have a reasonably group of younger players, who will hopefully improve with coaching, and I think Lampard will benefit from a pre season.
Iwobi, Gray, Gordon, Mykolenko, Holgate, Patterson, Godfrey are all ok PL level players who can get better. It's not a bad base.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
Those players are hard to find though mate. Maupay also does a lot of good stuff for them, outside of the goals. Bit of a conundrum for them.
They finishes 9th with less points than we got for 10th the season before. I think they'll be ok, but probably slightly over performed.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
The ages of those players are 26, 25 (birthday is this month), 22, 23, 25, 24. Most are not going to improve much if at all. And the four oldest all have hundreds of first team appearances.
For me we don't have a young group at all. We have Gordon, Myko, Patterson (who hasn't played), Branthwaite (who isn't ready and will be loaned most likely) and the possibly a wild card or two like Onyango or Nkounkou.
The balance is way off and Tarkowski just adds to it. You can sign younger players who are decent to start and get better. For example Vitalii Mykolenko. He's not a world beater now and might never be but he's also perfectly fine the exact same as we're hoping Tarkowski is. But there is none of the upside there.
25 is 3 years from a players peak, so they will all improve in the next 2 or 3 years.
Stop projecting the wrong view that players dont improve past the age of 25, its horse manure.
Jamie Vardy was playing non league football at 25.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Oh look we're back to "massive outliers make my point"
Hungary had a goalkeeper who was 40 and wore sweatpants at the Euros a few years back so we should sell Pickford and get Rene Higuita in goal.
is Gomes faster than Winks?
BainesontoastNEW
Player Valuation: £40m
His name is Gabor Kiraly mate and he's a certified sweatpants legend.
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
It's hardly outliers when it happens all the time though. Every prem player is an outlier because they're the elite
Gordon aint exactly Mr. Prolific to be pkaying as second striker
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