2024/25 Iliman Ndiaye

[TheBigIguana]

I do think Sarr would be a better fit for Everton, yes. As he is a right winger and much better than Gnonto we have wasted time trying to attract to the club.

Actually I'd say that Ndiaye has developed a lof playing under Dyche. The first few matches he looked lost out of possession. Offered nothing defensively. At least there is some effort now, and while he are nowhere near offering the defensive output McNeil and Harrison do, he keeps improving.

The ability to be able to perform basic passing of the ball should be there before the club paid £15 million for him. Ancelotti, Benitez, Lampard and Dyche have all failed to learn Doucoure to pass the ball. Why should we expect that Dyche can learn a 25 year old Ndiaye to master the basics?

There seems to be a thing amongst fans that they love an underdog story. A Niasse that wasn't good enough to play in the Norwegian 3rd division. A Beto that spend his youth years playing grassroots football while working at KFC. A Ndiaye that spent his maybe most important seasons for development playing for Boreham Wood. They've all done well for themselves. They made it. But they all suffer from not knowing the basics they could or should have learned at a good academy.

By all means, he's been OK. He does excite. But I don't really see the high potential others are talking about. He's an upgrade on Demarai Gray. Good enough to start matches for this Everton team. But he'd struggle to get starts more than a handful teams in the league.

Pretty much disagree with every paragraph so I don’t really have time to respond to it all.

 

[knowing your history]

Only exciting thing about the season currently.

He's a street player and real throwback to what this country used to produce in the 70s and 80s. Lovely quick turns and feints that can produce a decent move out of little.

I think he's someone the next manager will get far more out of with a formation tweak as to where he actually plays.

Good thing it didn't quite happen for him at Marseille as this season would be looking completely desperate for attacking quality without him around. Surprised someone like Brighton didn't look at him as he'd be a very good fit for them but then they do have Mitoma still for the left.