Confirmed Signing Jake O'Brien

[blue to the bone]

My memory is bad, who would you say was the first real stand out "foren" Everton player?

Warzycha !

 

[Paul Rideout]

….and the RS team at that time had, Hanson, Souness, Doglead and maybe a few more.

Steve Nichol, Ray Houghton (I know he played for RoI, but only because when he had to choose he thought he’d never be good enough to play for Scotland)

 

[davek]

….times change, Dave. I’m sure we both remember the influence Scottish footballers also had.

Oh aye. Loads of Scots. Probably more Scots than other nations...and that was when they were decent too.

Scots
Irish
Welsh

in that order, I think we've had in terms of non-English players.

 

[blueblueskies]

I saw a few games Lyon played when they were at the bottom of the league around November and he looked like a walking mistake tbh, think he gave away a few penalties and odd own goal so not much different from Keane. Lyon improved massively when they signed Matic in January window and think O'Brien lost his place.

However he is still young and I assume the plan is to ease him in off the bench and in cup ties. Ultimately Tarks played every single game last year and think Branthy only missed one match after he broke in against Wolves so basically the season rests on those two playing as much as is realistic.

Then in a years time O'Brien will hopefully have featured more and be ready to step in if Branthwaite isn't renewing.

Looking at his stats he got into the team in October after being on the bench at the start of last season. Played every minute till the end of season apart from missing one game through suspension so didn’t lose his place

 

[Goat]

Warzycha !

Can anybody "beat" that?

 

[toffee82]

Can anybody "beat" that?

Van Den Hauwe

 

[Brownie]

Hmm.

 

[Goodison87]

Exiting young prospect this lad. I’d be made up if this happens.

 

[Goat]

Van Den Hauwe

You arent wrong, but im excluding him for these reasons.



Born in Belgium with an English mother, Van Den Hauwe was brought up in London, and joined Birmingham City as an apprentice in July 1977.

As a player with British citizenship born outside the UK, eligibility rules of the time meant that Van Den Hauwe qualified to play for the national football team of any of the four Home Nations—England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

 

[chippy1722]

For some reason this is the first signing I’m actually excited about! Could be a real talent here.. hopeful on the others if course.. let’s get it done.

I wonder how long until we take that excitement away.

 

[Mrtallywacker]

My memory is bad, who would you say was the first real stand out "foren" Everton player?

Muller was a cracking player until HMRC ruined him my son.

God bless.

 

[Goat]

Muller was a cracking player until HMRC ruined him my son.

God bless.

A truly amazing story.

The Müller Saga

At the start of the 1994/95 season, Everton were in desperate need of a high-quality striker. They sold Tony Cottee to West Ham and needed someone to replace him and accompany budding 21-year-old s…

www.efcstatto.com

 

[Onesize]

I'd be concerned if he was coming to start for you guys. He was a good player at Palace but I dont think anyone thought he was cut out for the prem. He is not fast.

May have improved massively at Lyon though. I've not seen him play since he left and had plenty of big clubs after him.

 

[Goat]

I'd be concerned if he was coming to start for you guys. He was a good player at Palace but I dont think anyone thought he was cut out for the prem. He is not fast.

May have improved massively at Lyon though. I've not seen him play since he left and had plenty of big clubs after him.

According to Wiki, he didnt play a single game for you, is that incorrect?

 

[Bedfordblue]

Why didn't we buy him from Palace for £1m instead of £18m from Lyon a year later?

Once again, we’re paying (comparatively) big money 12m after a move.
Also odd he couldn’t get a sniff at Palace.

Anyway, if we get him over the line, welcome Jake and good luck