Everton Summer transfers 2021

[Bob Elstone]

Tbf we tried that and signed players like Toshun, Slowmes and Kean.

If you want the best you have to pay for it - Utd signed Bruno Fernandes and haven't looked back.

If FFP is scaled back and we get that USM naming rights deal on the new ground + good money from selling Kean, Bernard, Kenny etc no reason why we shouldn't be going out bringing in players like Bissouma, Danny Ings, Bailey, Koulibaly even if it costs us £35-40 million per player in the process.

We sign ings and guarantee he’s out for the season with a training ground injury

 

[Bob Elstone]

Our scouting is pants.

leicester seem to know what they are doing. Picking up good young players without paying huge amounts

 

[Mkjjones]

New transfer policy: Sell everyone, buy anyone. Also buy a new medical team ASAP.

 

[Nymzee]

Far too many lists for a Tuesday morning.

 

[Sharpattack]

We need a new RB. I'd keep Coleman as back up but like Baines before him, he needs to drop to the bench. It's long overdue
Harsh on DCL. I don't have a problem with him starting games. He's getting better and when we play to his strengths he score goals - yes Palace was poor but he's been feeding off scraps most the season and is still just shy of 20 goals. Not sure we're going to get a better unless we spend serious money. That said, we do need competition for him, someone to put pressure on him, not simply back up.
Gylfi, Gomes and Iwobi should be sold - they're not good enough. Iwobi is awful, Gomes hasn't been the same player since the injury sadly and Gylfi's legs went years ago. He's spent.
Davies makes the bench at best but lets be honest, would any team above us - bar maybe West Ham have Tom in their squad? If we;re being ruthless he'd be out the door this summer.
I'd sell Keane in a heartbeat. I just don't think he can get any better and he's one of the few players we wouldn't miss who has some sort of sell on value. He falls into the same camp as Pickford for me. Can go several games and look really good, look like they've turned a corner and then they switch off for a second and we're punished. And sadly, like Pickford that one mistake normally leads to more in quick succession.

These are who survive the summer for me – Bold being potential starters
GK: Pickford, Viginia
RB: Coleman
LB: Digne, Nkounkou
CB: Godfrey, Mina, Holgate
CM: Allan, Doucoure, Gbamin (because we can’t sell the kid), Davies.
LW: Richarlison
RW: James
CF: DCL

It’s scary how short we are. In a perfect world we'd replace Pickford but i can't see that happening. We need a starting RB, maybe 2 attacking CM who can travel with the ball and drive the team forward (hate to make the comparison but a Barkley type). A right winger, a left winger and a striker. Pace is key in all those positions. It's be interesting to see how Nkounkou progresses. He may be sent out on loan. Maybe Simms comes back and offers backup to Dom, he's doing well at Blackpool but personally I'd like to see him out on loan maybe at championship level. The game time seems to be doing him good.
Massive summer ahead, no two ways about it. we don't need just numbers, we need first team quality.

I agree with almost everything you said except perhaps DCL. I’d certainly keep him, but he shouldn’t be starting.

 

[Toast]

 

[RomanReigns]

So basically uncle uzzy needs to get his big coin sack out this summer

 

[sageyefc]

Speaking sense

 

[Jebus_lives]

He's right. Although we arguably have "just spent money". The trick is spending money on the right players.

 

[TheBigIguana]

The problem is the solution can't be simply buy better players. You actually have to have a process for how you're going to do that.

 

[Jo3Fr3sh]

Probably will be sold. How’s he doing in the Championship?

Sorry the last game affected my noggen.

 

[Nymzee]

"explain me through" don't half butcher the English language these cockneys.

 

[BlueToff]

The problem is the solution can't be simply buy better players. You actually have to have a process for how you're going to do that.

Yeah I mean there is this too.

Tbf, Carlo has improved our better players, imo. In my mind, DCL, Mina, Keane (to an extent), Digne, Godfrey, Holgate have all improved under him. Richarlison is probably as good as he was but isn't as crucial as he was under Silva, because we don't press enough.

But then there's a fair lot of the squad who have not improved at all.

It seems to be a combination of them not being up to it, and Carlo not really knowing how to improve them too/playing a way that just doesn't work with these players.

What is clear is we can't afford more mistakes of the past.

 

[Nymzee]

At this point reckon the club should just hire me as a scout: https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/todays-football-2017-18-season.97322/post-5725940

 

[MikeH72]

About time Sigurdsson was called out in the media.