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Everton Transfer Thread 2016

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Mosh Pit said:
Need to re-tweak my expectations of transfers. We're not getting the Mata,Witsel calibre of player. Although i told every redsh*te i know that they were apparently done deals.

It hurts. But i'm optimistic for the future. But it still hurts.
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I think alot of us feel this way. i suppose that why people are so fed up with the lack of top transfers.
 
Gabbiadini (20), Kone (20), Schneiderlin (25 and deadline day surprise) and done*. That is our 3 in. ST, CM and CB sorted and net spend ends at ~65M.

All quite reasonable.

If Steks can't hack it (i think he can, but time will tell) then go for a keeper in January. A better, more organized defense will do wonders for any keeper anyhow and i think we are locked in to have a better, more organized defense......

Mosh, Billy Boy, Ronny K and Stevie Wonder go sort it out and make it happen.

*note - none of this is sauced, just wild a$$ speculation. Course given the tendency of sauced items to go tits up it may prove just as reliable.....
 
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Hogwild said:
Gabbiadini (20), Kone (20), Schneiderlin (25) and done. That is our 3 in. ST, CM and CB sorted and net spend ends at ~65M.

All quite reasonable.

If Steks can't hack it (i think he can, but time will tell) then go for a keeper in January. A better, more organized defense will do wonders for any keeper anyhow and i think we are locked in to have a better, more organized defense......

Mosh, Billy Boy, Ronny K and Stevie Wonder go sort it out and make it happen.
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Sauced?
 
Mosh Pit said:
Need to re-tweak my expectations of transfers. We're not getting the Mata,Witsel calibre of player. Although i told every redsh*te i know that they were apparently done deals.

It hurts. But i'm optimistic for the future. But it still hurts.
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i know exactly how your feeling. when @The Esk said ' mata done. witsel done.' i was txting all my redshite mates and laughing at them for paying £36m for mane!

regret doing that now.

shoulda known better.

Everton, THAT!
 

Everton Skeleton.webp
 
Hogwild said:
Gabbiadini (20), Kone (20), Schneiderlin (25 and deadline day surprise) and done*. That is our 3 in. ST, CM and CB sorted and net spend ends at ~65M.

All quite reasonable.

If Steks can't hack it (i think he can, but time will tell) then go for a keeper in January. A better, more organized defense will do wonders for any keeper anyhow and i think we are locked in to have a better, more organized defense......

Mosh, Billy Boy, Ronny K and Stevie Wonder go sort it out and make it happen.

*note - none of this is sauced, just wild a$$ speculation. Course given the tendency of sauced items to go tits up it may prove just as reliable.....
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could get very interesting this transfer window!
 
Rico Toffee said:
It's been a weird summer. It was always probably going to be weird because of such a massive shift in resources, personnel, and expectations. I've been prone to dreaming of the lottery ticket scenario where a who's who of names landed win us and we began to simply cruise to top of the table. The reality has certainly not been that--as we've learned hard lessons about how having money, a great manager, and even an accomplished DoF can't erase the damage that years and years of underperformance and general mediocrity have done to the outside perception of Everton to many top players--especially continental players who've been bombarded with the same 4-5 English teams they see playing in CL every year.

And while we like to explain it away as simply that some other team can offer CL and we can't, it's more than that. Years of poor performance has damaged the brand of Everton. And while we can roll our eyes at concepts like "brand", it certainly matters in the fine margins of competing for high end players in a high end market that--let's face it--we're newcomers to.

Having said all that, it seems apparent the effort and the right pieces are being put into place. Koeman was always going to be the most significant piece added and the financial investment and endeavor to get him here has already changed the mindset of the club, the players, and the supporters. Even if we made no more acquisitions before next Wednesday (which I HIGHLY doubt), this roster is already in a far better place than it was across the board. The biggest vulnerability is that we need more quality to handle inevitable injuries and I'm hopeful to see more added. But I suppose my major point is that while I've had my days of frustration during this new era and new process, I've never been more optimistic about the future of our club. This doesn't mean I won't curse getting jilted at the altar by some player over the next few days, but now it won't be because I think we're being cheap or have incompetent people running the operation. It'll be because we're now tasting what it's like to be at the big table in terms of player recruitment. We'll win some. We'll lose some. But it's great to finally be in the game. It's where Everton belongs.
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Excellent post.
 


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