Chimpy Glassman
Player Valuation: £30m
That article is hysterical. Written just to popcorn. Please don't rise to it.
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Everton’s transfer raid on Barcelona for Gerard Deulofeu is a mistake
Jason Pettigrove for Metro.co.ukTuesday 30 Jun 2015 10:44 am
Gerard Deulofeu has joined Everton (Picture: Getty Images)
It was finally confirmed on Thursday that Gerard Deulofeu would be leaving Barcelona on a permanent basis with Everton paying a €6 million transfer fee.
Both the player and those connected with the Toffees seemed more than happy with the deal judging by their respective posts on their official social media channels.
But there’s only one winner in this deal. Barcelona.
Here’s why…
1) He is not a team player
Gerard Deulofeu was at Barcelona since the age of nine. His precocious talents marked him out as special fairly swiftly after his introduction at La Masia.
As he made his way up through the ranks it was noticeable that his natural game hadn’t changed to any great degree.
Sure, he could beat defenders at will and he was certainly an exciting player to watch. And he could score goals that would get you off of your seat everytime.
But his penchant for beating his man, and then beating him again, and perhaps just once more for good measure before scoring or wasting a chance was clearly beginning to grate on his team mates.
Players such as Jean-Marie Dongou who would often find themselves in acres of space centrally but who would never get the chances because Deulofeu wanted the glory all for himself.
Unai Emery at Sevilla, Deulofeu’s last coach before his move, summed it up best when he said to Sid Lowe of The Guardian via Sport: ‘He has incredible qualities but lacks others. Put him out there, one on one and … pfff.
‘But make him play football with teammates, on a big pitch, and it’s hard. He doesn’t have the maturity or capacity for sacrifice yet.’
2) He doesn’t score enough goals
If Deulofeu can’t get his head around passing the ball as needed, then he’ll need to step up to the plate in goalscoring terms.
In the four years since he started playing for Barca’s senior side, and taking into account both moves to Sevilla and Everton, Deulofeu has appeared on 52 occasions.
During that time he has scored four goals. Four.
It’s doubtful that there is another wide player in Europe’s top five league’s with such a poor return.
3) His passing lets him down
When you sign a player from Barcelona you can be fairly sure that you’re getting someone who is adept at passing the ball well right? Wrong.
Aligned to Deulofeu’s reticence to pass in any event, when he does so, his accuracy is poor. His most recent season, 2014/15 with Sevilla, saw a pass completion stat of 72.8 percent perWhoScored.com.
That is worse than the entire Everton squad over the same time frame bar keeper Tim Howard.
Can’t pass, can’t score. What exactly is Roberto Martinez hoping to achieve with his capture?
MORE:
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/30/three...-deulofeu-is-a-mistake-5266939/#ixzz3eXUPM1Ex
Can we all take a lead from mkrudden's book and quote at least part of a linked article please?
Otherwise we just contribute to the click bait.
Thanks all.
The Equaliser
Player Valuation: £50m
....erm...what ?!
bizzaro
LOVE GOT JUST THE WAY IT IS #ALWNV
Everton’s transfer raid on Barcelona for Gerard Deulofeu is a mistake
Jason Pettigrove for Metro.co.ukTuesday 30 Jun 2015 10:44 am
Gerard Deulofeu has joined Everton (Picture: Getty Images)
It was finally confirmed on Thursday that Gerard Deulofeu would be leaving Barcelona on a permanent basis with Everton paying a €6 million transfer fee.
Both the player and those connected with the Toffees seemed more than happy with the deal judging by their respective posts on their official social media channels.
But there’s only one winner in this deal. Barcelona.
Here’s why…
1) He is not a team player
Gerard Deulofeu was at Barcelona since the age of nine. His precocious talents marked him out as special fairly swiftly after his introduction at La Masia.
As he made his way up through the ranks it was noticeable that his natural game hadn’t changed to any great degree.
Sure, he could beat defenders at will and he was certainly an exciting player to watch. And he could score goals that would get you off of your seat everytime.
But his penchant for beating his man, and then beating him again, and perhaps just once more for good measure before scoring or wasting a chance was clearly beginning to grate on his team mates.
Players such as Jean-Marie Dongou who would often find themselves in acres of space centrally but who would never get the chances because Deulofeu wanted the glory all for himself.
Unai Emery at Sevilla, Deulofeu’s last coach before his move, summed it up best when he said to Sid Lowe of The Guardian via Sport: ‘He has incredible qualities but lacks others. Put him out there, one on one and … pfff.
‘But make him play football with teammates, on a big pitch, and it’s hard. He doesn’t have the maturity or capacity for sacrifice yet.’
2) He doesn’t score enough goals
If Deulofeu can’t get his head around passing the ball as needed, then he’ll need to step up to the plate in goalscoring terms.
In the four years since he started playing for Barca’s senior side, and taking into account both moves to Sevilla and Everton, Deulofeu has appeared on 52 occasions.
During that time he has scored four goals. Four.
It’s doubtful that there is another wide player in Europe’s top five league’s with such a poor return.
3) His passing lets him down
When you sign a player from Barcelona you can be fairly sure that you’re getting someone who is adept at passing the ball well right? Wrong.
Aligned to Deulofeu’s reticence to pass in any event, when he does so, his accuracy is poor. His most recent season, 2014/15 with Sevilla, saw a pass completion stat of 72.8 percent perWhoScored.com.
That is worse than the entire Everton squad over the same time frame bar keeper Tim Howard.
Can’t pass, can’t score. What exactly is Roberto Martinez hoping to achieve with his capture?
MORE:
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/30/three...-deulofeu-is-a-mistake-5266939/#ixzz3eXUPM1Ex
The author of that article is a bell who doesn't understand football.
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
Everton’s transfer raid on Barcelona for Gerard Deulofeu is a mistake
Jason Pettigrove for Metro.co.ukTuesday 30 Jun 2015 10:44 am
Gerard Deulofeu has joined Everton (Picture: Getty Images)
It was finally confirmed on Thursday that Gerard Deulofeu would be leaving Barcelona on a permanent basis with Everton paying a €6 million transfer fee.
Both the player and those connected with the Toffees seemed more than happy with the deal judging by their respective posts on their official social media channels.
But there’s only one winner in this deal. Barcelona.
Here’s why…
1) He is not a team player
Gerard Deulofeu was at Barcelona since the age of nine. His precocious talents marked him out as special fairly swiftly after his introduction at La Masia.
As he made his way up through the ranks it was noticeable that his natural game hadn’t changed to any great degree.
Sure, he could beat defenders at will and he was certainly an exciting player to watch. And he could score goals that would get you off of your seat everytime.
But his penchant for beating his man, and then beating him again, and perhaps just once more for good measure before scoring or wasting a chance was clearly beginning to grate on his team mates.
Players such as Jean-Marie Dongou who would often find themselves in acres of space centrally but who would never get the chances because Deulofeu wanted the glory all for himself.
Unai Emery at Sevilla, Deulofeu’s last coach before his move, summed it up best when he said to Sid Lowe of The Guardian via Sport: ‘He has incredible qualities but lacks others. Put him out there, one on one and … pfff.
‘But make him play football with teammates, on a big pitch, and it’s hard. He doesn’t have the maturity or capacity for sacrifice yet.’
2) He doesn’t score enough goals
If Deulofeu can’t get his head around passing the ball as needed, then he’ll need to step up to the plate in goalscoring terms.
In the four years since he started playing for Barca’s senior side, and taking into account both moves to Sevilla and Everton, Deulofeu has appeared on 52 occasions.
During that time he has scored four goals. Four.
It’s doubtful that there is another wide player in Europe’s top five league’s with such a poor return.
3) His passing lets him down
When you sign a player from Barcelona you can be fairly sure that you’re getting someone who is adept at passing the ball well right? Wrong.
Aligned to Deulofeu’s reticence to pass in any event, when he does so, his accuracy is poor. His most recent season, 2014/15 with Sevilla, saw a pass completion stat of 72.8 percent perWhoScored.com.
That is worse than the entire Everton squad over the same time frame bar keeper Tim Howard.
Can’t pass, can’t score. What exactly is Roberto Martinez hoping to achieve with his capture?
MORE:
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/30/three...-deulofeu-is-a-mistake-5266939/#ixzz3eXUPM1Ex
hahahaha that's hillarious - such drivel make me laugh. it started off brilliantly saying barca were the only winners. 6m euros! how can they be considered winners from that? they've just won the treble - 6m is absolute pittance to them, they won't even notice it.
i don't think the author realises dela has only just matured from being a teenager - he's expecting him to be the full package. stating the wingers goals scored fact - that's more than atsu, mcgeady and pienaar got for us last season so it is an improvement!
The Equaliser
Player Valuation: £50m
It is so devoid of any resemblance with reality that I'm convinced it was written by someone on RAWK. Unfortunately you cannot reach that conclusion until you have actually read it.
bizzaro
LOVE GOT JUST THE WAY IT IS #ALWNV
My minds already gone to jelly
AaronTheBlue
Player Valuation: £60m
officially a blue as of today
The Equaliser
Player Valuation: £50m
Congratulations sir.
I'm overly excited at the thought of him signing permanently for us. Being the worst judge of footballing talent since the LFC transfer committee it no doubt guarantees he will be utter dung for us.
But can dream for a moment until Everton are allowed to crush our aspirations out of us again. Coming soon.
But can dream for a moment until Everton are allowed to crush our aspirations out of us again. Coming soon.
bizzaro
LOVE GOT JUST THE WAY IT IS #ALWNV
They say the first step on the road to recovery is admitting you've got a problem.
Well done mate. Well done.
Chang Elephant
Forum God
Clicked on the link on NewsNow expecting some sort of insight contractual/financial criticism of the deal. But no, just some bellend rambling why he doesn't think Del's a good player. Great journalism ffs.Everton’s transfer raid on Barcelona for Gerard Deulofeu is a mistake
Jason Pettigrove for Metro.co.ukTuesday 30 Jun 2015 10:44 am
Gerard Deulofeu has joined Everton (Picture: Getty Images)
It was finally confirmed on Thursday that Gerard Deulofeu would be leaving Barcelona on a permanent basis with Everton paying a €6 million transfer fee.
Both the player and those connected with the Toffees seemed more than happy with the deal judging by their respective posts on their official social media channels.
But there’s only one winner in this deal. Barcelona.
Here’s why…
1) He is not a team player
Gerard Deulofeu was at Barcelona since the age of nine. His precocious talents marked him out as special fairly swiftly after his introduction at La Masia.
As he made his way up through the ranks it was noticeable that his natural game hadn’t changed to any great degree.
Sure, he could beat defenders at will and he was certainly an exciting player to watch. And he could score goals that would get you off of your seat everytime.
But his penchant for beating his man, and then beating him again, and perhaps just once more for good measure before scoring or wasting a chance was clearly beginning to grate on his team mates.
Players such as Jean-Marie Dongou who would often find themselves in acres of space centrally but who would never get the chances because Deulofeu wanted the glory all for himself.
Unai Emery at Sevilla, Deulofeu’s last coach before his move, summed it up best when he said to Sid Lowe of The Guardian via Sport: ‘He has incredible qualities but lacks others. Put him out there, one on one and … pfff.
‘But make him play football with teammates, on a big pitch, and it’s hard. He doesn’t have the maturity or capacity for sacrifice yet.’
2) He doesn’t score enough goals
If Deulofeu can’t get his head around passing the ball as needed, then he’ll need to step up to the plate in goalscoring terms.
In the four years since he started playing for Barca’s senior side, and taking into account both moves to Sevilla and Everton, Deulofeu has appeared on 52 occasions.
During that time he has scored four goals. Four.
It’s doubtful that there is another wide player in Europe’s top five league’s with such a poor return.
3) His passing lets him down
When you sign a player from Barcelona you can be fairly sure that you’re getting someone who is adept at passing the ball well right? Wrong.
Aligned to Deulofeu’s reticence to pass in any event, when he does so, his accuracy is poor. His most recent season, 2014/15 with Sevilla, saw a pass completion stat of 72.8 percent perWhoScored.com.
That is worse than the entire Everton squad over the same time frame bar keeper Tim Howard.
Can’t pass, can’t score. What exactly is Roberto Martinez hoping to achieve with his capture?
MORE:
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/30/three...-deulofeu-is-a-mistake-5266939/#ixzz3eXUPM1Ex
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