For what he'd cost there's better out there ultimately. Good player but we have to be getting those players at source, not from a middle-man PL club.
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catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I picked Bissouma out a few weeks ago. He was the best player on the park against us. It's sort of what Liverpool did for a time, paid a premium sure but bought players of a great age, who had good experience and were better than what they had.
There would be a premium but I have no doubt he would be our best midfielder. He's the closest thing I've seen to Gana, but he's 24 and might even have a bit more to his game.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I do get that mate, but I do sometimes wonder if we are really patient enough to buy from source and take the risk with a player. Obviously everything depends on fee, and there are limits, but to pay for a guy who has very little downside and only upside would be a big plus. Before his injury I'd have looked closely at Neto too.
It's all about balance.
We can't do it every window. For example, Godfrey came in as that player last year (I know he played in the Prem, but hardly 'proven' I'd say). But the other players we got, Olsen aside, were either proven in the PL (Doucoure) or proven quality (James, Allan) at the highest level.
Ultimately we'd be paying close to £40/45m for Bissouma, who is a £25m player tops. Same goes for Neto, except you're looking at £60m.
There's definitely a positive to knowing if they can do it or not but as long as the balance in the squad is right I don't think it's too much of an issue.
The main question in this league is physicality - pace, power, athleticism. If players have that, then even if their other attributes are still a bit raw, they usually have enough to get by. Gbamin, if not for his injuries, may have had that. We'll probably never know.
Lord Buckethead
Player Valuation: £35m
Who does he play for mate.
Where are his jarg Youtube highlights?
Mitch Ward's Minder
Player Valuation: £6m
Putting one out there for CF; Chris Wood (Burnley). Double figures each season (best 19/20 14goals/32apps), good in the air and good with feet, gives a different option from game to game. Seen as just a big galloot to some, but could do some serious damage if supplied by the right players (i.e. J Rod). Not all players need to be speed merchants, jut need to know where the onion bag is. He is 29, but someone who isn't reliant on pace he will stay longer in his prime, so wouldn't be as big a gamble as buying a 28yr old Walcott per se.
Prem Stats:
17/18 - 24 apps, 10 goals, 1 assist, 163mins/goal - 7th
18/19 - 38 apps, 10 goals, 2 assist, 260mins/goal - 15th
19/20 - 32 apps, 14 goals, 1 assist, 175mins/goal - 10th
20/21 - 28 apps, 10 goals, 3 assist, 233mins/goal - 14th current
Prem Stats:
17/18 - 24 apps, 10 goals, 1 assist, 163mins/goal - 7th
18/19 - 38 apps, 10 goals, 2 assist, 260mins/goal - 15th
19/20 - 32 apps, 14 goals, 1 assist, 175mins/goal - 10th
20/21 - 28 apps, 10 goals, 3 assist, 233mins/goal - 14th current
His goals come from the same playstyle that gets Dom goals. He'd get about 1 goal the way we play these days.
APN_EFC
Player Valuation: £25m
I get what you're saying but what is he offering different from DCL? It doesnt make sense to me unless it's just to rest DCL
JMT
Player Valuation: £20m
Also one of Burnley's best players and would cost more than he's worth when he'd only be a back up here.
Rollo Tomassi
Player Valuation: £15m
He also scored a good goal against us in the home fixture which definitely suggests he has a bit more technical ability than Gueye had.
It really does seem like Everton are massively reactive rather than proactive in the transfer market
Some of the names i've seen bandied about recently include Lamptey, Anguissa, Pereira and Bissouma. All players that have moved in the past couple of years to clubs and all have seen their value increase.
I think most of us would agree that the level of pressure on players at Everton isn't particularly huge - We aren't typically competing for honours or being hounded by demonstrative fans or owners , we just go about our business.
Surely we could have taken a punt on a couple of these players (or others with similar attributes) when they last moved, rather than waiting for their transfer values to be doubled - or are we just so useless at scouting that we wait for them to do well on MOTD and they decide to throw a bid in?
We have wasted millions and millions on 'proven' talent in the past few years (Walcott, Iwobi, Tosun, Delph, Sigurdsson, Bolasie, Williams etc) when surely we could have filled those positions with cheaper, equally as effective talents perhaps from the foreign market.
Do we seriously not bother scouting anymore? Or is it becoming a forgotten art?
Some of the names i've seen bandied about recently include Lamptey, Anguissa, Pereira and Bissouma. All players that have moved in the past couple of years to clubs and all have seen their value increase.
I think most of us would agree that the level of pressure on players at Everton isn't particularly huge - We aren't typically competing for honours or being hounded by demonstrative fans or owners , we just go about our business.
Surely we could have taken a punt on a couple of these players (or others with similar attributes) when they last moved, rather than waiting for their transfer values to be doubled - or are we just so useless at scouting that we wait for them to do well on MOTD and they decide to throw a bid in?
We have wasted millions and millions on 'proven' talent in the past few years (Walcott, Iwobi, Tosun, Delph, Sigurdsson, Bolasie, Williams etc) when surely we could have filled those positions with cheaper, equally as effective talents perhaps from the foreign market.
Do we seriously not bother scouting anymore? Or is it becoming a forgotten art?
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Buying players from middle men PL Clubs haven't done the top 6 any harm in recent seasons.
Ultimately if our recruitment policy isnt great (which it isn't) I would rather spend £35 million on Bissouma than spend £15 million on some bloke from the Albanian or Turkish league who could be the next Bissouma but also may be the next Andre Gomes - its ultimately a gamble clubs like Brighton can afford to make whereas can we?
Brands has shown he doesnt have an eye for a bargain based on the last 3 years so im all for him spending money on proven quality in this league particularly if FFP becomes less of a worry once USM sponsers the new ground / FFP rules themselves potentially changing.
My point is mate, as much as I like Bissouma, he's not worth the £40/45m Brighton would want from us.
He's a £20-25m player. So go out to another league and get a midfielder for that price who is just as good, if not better.
Zakaria probably would be around that £30m mark, for example, with Gladback not getting Europe, or Boubakary Soumare from Lille.
The fact that these players have ended up at Brighton, WBA and Fulham suggests it's a punt not a lot of other clubs would've taken. Anguissa also cost £22m, which is a hell of a lot for a gamble.
On the the other side you could name Godfrey, Digne, Richarlison, Holgate, DCL as players we've signed and there value has increased massively. Doesn't make up for the load of plop we've also signed over the past few years but we can't be expecting the club to sign every young player who eventually turns decent.
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