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Just read that back to yourself.
Absolutely howling here.
Not sure what you think is so funny really.
13 Goal contributions vs 11 for Digne last season.
Guessing you think Digne isn't productive either.
Spadge Vernacular
Player Valuation: £70m
Death
I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
Only... lolz
Just read that back to yourself.
Absolutely howling here.
Bristol Blue
Player Valuation: £15m
It’ll probably be that he hasn’t trained properly with the team so needs a few more sessions. A bit like the Harry Kane excuse on Sunday
Voodoo Billy
Player Valuation: £2.5m
When he arrived I thought he might be the magic ingredient we needed and, to be fair, he has shown glimpses of that. But the last few months have proved that he's something of a luxury who might do a job for us occasionally but his lack of availability on a consistent basis surely rules him out as a player that a manager can build a team around, and his lack of work-rate means that others need to step up theirs, although the added energy from Townsend and Grey might help with that.
*14, actually (for James)
and @Bebeto hmmm, depends if the players have been fully vaccinated
I guess a lot of them won't have been.
The rule change only applies to those with two vaccine does, and if they were at least two weeks previous too.
So for example, only people who were double vaccinated by/on August 2nd/3rd would currently not have to legally isolate if they were a contact of someone who had tested positive
If it's good enough for a Prince . . . . .
“I’m in the dressing-room with the under-23s but I don’t have a locker."
“The other players have where they put their stuff but I don’t. I come with my bag and I just have a place I know. I put my bag down, I train and after, I put everything in my car and go home.”
“I’m in the dressing-room with the under-23s but I don’t have a locker."
“The other players have where they put their stuff but I don’t. I come with my bag and I just have a place I know. I put my bag down, I train and after, I put everything in my car and go home.”
NathDogg
Player Valuation: £40m
Probably because Benitez told him to sling his hook or he knew what was coming following their time together at Real!
I agree that there are a few factors that may be at play, but by far the biggest is the manager not wanting the player. The club would have made it work if Benitez wanted him to stay, it's stupid to think otherwise. He is known world wide commercially, and was front and centre on the home kit launch - don't for a minute think the club are the main driver of this.
Also, and this has me puzzled, if James is such a lazy, feckless, slow, one paced, injury prone, ineffective fraud of a footballer, who didnt do anything of note wearing an Everton shirt, as many are saying on this forum, how is he one of our "few saleable assets?!"
Who in their right mind would bother taking a chance on such a flop? What am I missing?
Based on that logic, I'd sooner have iwobi ahead of James, cos he's never injured and runs faster...
Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
Interesting contrarian take. When we had good movement and return passing, Rodriguez made things happen. Think that ball that Rodriguez shot out to Coleman on the wing, which Coleman fired right back into the center for a goal. I think that was the Palace game early on, and that DCL netted.
You're correct that, after the opening stanza, we never had enough of that.
Iwobi's skill level is so low that he is probably not even a replacement Prem player, but your thesis that he may be more valuable to this club than James at present may have merit. That would tend to explain why Rodriguez reportedly wanted to get to Atletico even before Carlo left.
It would also more charitably explain why Benitez wants James out than "because they butted heads". It would mean that Benitez sees that, as things stand, James is a waste of wages and that he feels he can get better return on those funds.
I hear what you are saying , but call it the cynic in me it seems every decision the club are making nowadays is very much the wrong one.
I cant abide seeing a top quality player leave the club but they seem content to keep Iwobi , Delph , Kenny , Gomes & Davies.
As it stands James is way down the list of many problems we have at the moment.
Because on his day he's magical.
He's the definition of a 'glass cannon'. A luxury player. He's one of the few genuinely world class footballers around, but unlike the others he breaks down constantly. So it's the risk/reward ratio - do you have him and hope he has enough 'moments' to justify his cost, or do you not bother because you can't reliably build a team around him.
If we were a top side, he'd be worth it for the X Factor. But we don't, so on balance, for me, he's not worth keeping.
There's no one to "blame" for this situation. Benitez needs to manage the club his way, it's what we've been screaming out for - direction. Ancelotti was allowed to bring in Allan and James, Benitez doesn't want the latter for how he'll set up. That's fine. It is what it is.
Just on the bit in bold - 14 direct goal contributions, most chances created from open play etc - we need to replace that.
Also, Everton didn't have one player in the top percentiles (whatever that means) of ball carriers on Saturday. I don't think that's a tactical think by RB, I just think we didn't have those players (and don't have them in the squad).
I don't really see my post as being contrary? James can't run with the ball. He moves around players okay but then needs to release a pass. As you say, start of last season the movement was there, in a system which suited Digne, DCL and Richarlison. Second half of the season it wasn't.
Anguissa is a good ball carrier and I'd be happy with him in midfield, though not sure he offers creativity as such he gets the ball into the final third so could be a good option for that role. It's something we need in midfield, and imo that should be a three-man midfield for solidity and balance and to let players do what they're good at.
However, Gbamin had good progression stats from 18-19, so could he do that job? Meaning we could go and add another attacker (or attacking mid) to help with the creative burden?
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