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Everton Transfer Thread 2016

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Like Christmas Eve is this. Instead of another 24 hours they should have the deadline set for 6 AM so we could all awaken stress-free to the bounty of signings we have been expecting, whilst the elves at Finch Farm have been beavering away all night.
Best deadline signing was Fellaini - it wasn't until about 8 AM the morning after the night before that I realised we signed anyone at all!
 

You can show ambition even if you don't succeed. I would think making serious, documented attempts to land the Witsels and Carvalhos and whoever else is already a step forward, whether they sign with us or not. The point is the club wouldn't have even tried for that level of player in years past. This year we simply don't have the things they want, like CL football or whatever the hell Witsel was asking for other than money.

Of course I'd still like a couple boss signings tomorrow.
 

suey_11 said:
Not we, it's been well documented in the media that we would be spending big and investment would be made to the squad.
Media, journalists respected posters on varying forums and surely they would have had word from the club about our ambitions under the new owner.

So we believed the hype, I'm going to say something really controversial, even though we were going backwards with Martinez world live to see what he would have done in this window.
I believe we'd be happier than we are now.
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I suspect that to be right. They gladly surfed the wave of popularity created for them.
 
catcherintherye said:
Great post mate. There will be a lot of posts tomorrow and a lot of anger especially if we don't ring in some faces tomorrow. I'll probably write some critical pieces. It shouldn't extend to you or any other posters though. In the same way people's anger at martinez shouldn't be used against people like Davek, he has an opinion but isn't the cause.

This window hasn't gone to plan. I think you hit the nail on the head when you say it's been hard for us to sell Everton. When you boil it down we are a club who hasn't won a trophy for over 20 years.

If there was one criticism of this window I'd say we've been to slow to adapt to that reality. That our money and ambition alone without much to back it up hasn't been as easy to sell. If we can finish top 6 next season it should be a lot easier. I think though, we have probably not reacted quickly enough.

I do also think we are moving through the stages of change slowly. I would say we are still in transition to be the club Moshiri wants us to be. Rightly or wrongly he hasn't looked to clear out all of the old guard. Many see that as a bad thing. Yet would people have really wanted Unsworth, Fergusan, the youth academy staff, the sense of identity to the city being thrown away? Deep down I think most people were quite happy to have a slower transition but are far less happy when bits we don't want have to be kept on. I do think though, elements of the old guard and practices of not closing deals haven't helped.

Longer term all anyone can reasonably ask for is that lessons are learnt and improved next time. Sometimes in business a deal doesn't go your way, despite you doing not an awful lot wrong. The key is not to keep repeating the same mistakes while still remaining true to yourself.

Moshiri seems like someone who entrusts people with responsibility and will act accordingly when they don't deliver. I would imagine some of the bungled approach won't be repeated. Money will be available at future windows and we will again strive to get business closed earlier.

I do think the mythical 2nd investor who may come will make a big difference. As will Walsh bedding in, our climb up the league and also a potential appointment of David Dein (Arsenal fans still don't think they've recovered from losing him).

Criticism should follow if we don't secure some key targets tomorrow. Im not massively alarmed with the net spend stuff as I think we can all see it's not "sell to by" it just happens to be the two figures correlate. I think we've probably missed a good opportunity having sold Stones to move our wage bill up but as suggested above, the long term plan didn't play out as we thought. Either way I still think that was sensible business all round.

My concern is the transfer strategy has looked slightly muddled and we don't close deals effectively. Hopefully with everyone in their roles for January and more movement in the boardroom both can be rectified going forward. There is an inevitability about it.

I would finally say people can and should be critical but this doesn't automatically mean Moshiri is awful or been shown up. There's progress being made all over the club that as yet hasn't been matched on player recruitment. I'm confident it will catch up. Lets hope any criticism is measured and also doesn't fall down to pinpointing individual posters whatever their viewpoint. With the greatest will in the world, however strongly you feel in any direction it is really not supporters on a forum who have caused any problems. We are just commentators.
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The esk, and various other "ITKs" are the people who bear a large responsibility for raising people's expectations though. They have been telling us how amazing this window was going to be. Can anyone really say that we wouldn't have been able to attract the players we have signed this summer? If so, we were in a worse state than I thought. If you raise expectations and talk about new realities and that then fails to materialise you have to expect and, frankly, accept the flak that comes with it. Maybe tomorrow will change everything, who knows, certainly not our "ITKs" who have called nothing in months.
 

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