Last night made me really concerned with the lack of depth we have, Kean and James were both of course out but it looks as though they’re both set for moves from the club so I won’t include them in anything around this post. I wanted to refrain from speaking about Sigurosson but there’s every chance we won’t see him in an Everton shirt ever again.
We only had five senior players missing the game yesterday, Davis Delph, Mina, Godfrey and JPG. As the season unfolds and we work through busy periods of the year we’re going to end up with much longer injury lists and more outs than we had last against Brighton.
I appreciate our home record and our drop in form is equally to blame in the second half of last season but look at what happened when we got some injuries and what that turned the quality of players and age/experience of players on our bench.
I understand it’s obviously a large ask but I think the club needs to secure at least four new players before the window shuts, a backup striker, an additional winger, someone who can play as a CAM/CM and a RB. In a dream world I’d also like another a back up LB who can do do a shift at CB and then loan out Nkounko but I know that’s not going to happen with FFP and the time remaining before deadline.