Everton Transfer Thread 2016

[Fansince1988]

I struggle to believe we had anything that could have resembled a carefully calculated strategy

We have probably been to cautious which isn't a bad thing really, but to succeed you do need to take some risks which Sisokko would have been.

 

[bluewally]

We spent a whole lot less than Stones + Sky. Meet the new boss same as the old boss.

Yeah blow it all at once. Don't put any aside for new stadiums or wages or anything else. Blow 30m on sissoko and 40m on joe hart

 

[BlueToff]

Yeah there'll definitely have to be a review of what went wrong. Did we chase targets too far above our current status for too long? Did all the talk of our rich new status and big transfer fund allow us to be used by agents for better deals. Why didn't any of our plan b and c options come off. Why leave complicated 3rd party owned deals until the last couple of days to resolve?

Up until the Arenal and West Ham defeats last season I really wanted it to work out for Martinez. But the fact is, two back to back bottom half finishes and no European Football has definitely been a factor in our failure to land the first choice targets, and this is something the board are going to have to consider going forward, and we may become far more brutal if managers aren't perfomrning.

I think we need to be brutal with Elstone and Kenwright personally.

Elstone needs to leave.

Bill can't be involved in deals anymore.

As much as I believe @The Esk was informed otherwise, I think the window has proved that they're both involved in some capacity. This needs sorting ASAP, either way.

 

[blulouie]

We're no better than the Geordies

Horsepunchers r us.

 

[bicycleheader]

I loved Stones too mate but you need to let him go x

Never!

Its like they took away my PS4 and gave me a colouring book....and also AIDS

bolasie ffs

Transfer Window Rating -633/10

 

[bluewally]

Either you know what you are talking about and we have naive, incompetent fools running our transfer strategy or you know nothing and who cares what you think. Either way we are screwed.

Based on what? The media? One player choosing a champions league club over a club who finished 11th

We aren't exactly an attractive prospect at the minute. Takes time to get the shine back

 

[mahermi1]

Yeah there'll definitely have to be a review of what went wrong. Did we chase targets too far above our current status for too long? Did all the talk of our rich new status and big transfer fund allow us to be used by agents for better deals. Why didn't any of our plan b and c options come off. Why leave complicated 3rd party owned deals until the last couple of days to resolve?

Up until the Arenal and West Ham defeats last season I really wanted it to work out for Martinez. But the fact is, two back to back bottom half finishes and no European Football has definitely been a factor in our failure to land the first choice targets, and this is something the board are going to have to consider going forward, and we may become far more brutal if managers aren't perfoming

Lot of truth in that, common sense post.

 

[Jack29]

10 minutes and we really have done nothing.

 

[windymiller]

Well enner is better than arouna

Is he? Based on what? Certainly not any definable evidence. Garbage signing.

 

[BlueToff]

Either you know what you are talking about and we have naive, incompetent fools running our transfer strategy or you know nothing and who cares what you think. Either way we are screwed.

Best start to the season in a decade.

Very good manager, squad has improved overall (not to the extent we needed perhaps to be challenging for top 5/6, but that's where a good manager comes in). Looking sharper and the most 'underachieving' squad that we've had in years is now appearing to be playing to relatively close of its potential.

But yeh, the end is nigh.

 

[bluewally]

we needed more additions mate, but yes you are right (in the grand scheme)

It isn't an excuse for a poorly executed end of the window though.

Was it poorly executed. Who knows. Ron plays it close to the chest.

Maybe he looked at the craziness and decided to keep some of his powder dry until January

 

[blulouie]

How's that relevant to our fans attitudes and inability to sign anyone despite being supposedly loaded? The fans have been giving it the large one about we're gonna do this and that, the ITKs the same, all that's missing is taking out shirts off and punching a horse.

Hahaha

 

[BlueToff]

Is he? Based on what? Certainly not any definable evidence. Garbage signing.

He's scored and assisted double the goals in the past 2 seasons than Arouna has in 3...

 

[Fansince1988]

We spent a whole lot less than Stones + Sky. Meet the new boss same as the old boss.

The players we want don't want to come here or their clubs won't sell at the moment, there's not much that can be done about that.

 

[Duncan Disordely]

I think we need to be brutal with Elstone and Kenwright personally.

Elstone needs to leave.

Bill can't be involved in deals anymore.

As much as I believe @The Esk was informed otherwise, I think the window has proved that they're both involved in some capacity. This needs sorting ASAP, either way.

The time to sweep the board the clean of the old regime has to be now.