Ashtonian
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So if we finished bottom half again this year and southampton finished top 6, would we still be a better option next year?
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I meant the one who plays at Sporting mate haha
I've not seen much of Porto so couldn't judge. Boly was half-decent for Braga, Andre Andre is a cool name.
I don't even...
Sporting midfielder.
Their captain, is basically a box-to-box player who would be boss as a Barry replacement.
Can also take free-kicks.
Good at the passing. Gets forward and scores / provides goals.
Ashtonian
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How does that alter what i said?
We are a huge club, except expecting success, or in this case, expecting better players off the back of it is very different.
Nil Satis Niasse Optimum
Player Valuation: £20m
Why sign a goal-scoring, free kick-taking, effective box-to-box player when we could play crybaby Mr Only-Players-When-He-Feels-Loved Ross Barkley instead?
So mean.
Im just saying, we need a presence up top, somebody with a bit of guile, power, pace and above 6 foot, somebody like Zlatan.
Admit it, you havent watched Brahimi, hes a 1 in 20 player.
We should only be interested in the 11 players I listed yesterday in my hot list.
It'd be also pointless signing any African player that would be missing for up to a month anyway
brieverton
Player Valuation: £40m
Surely it's the clubs idea of where we are going, and how this is presented to players, that is the critical factor, for the potential signings we pitch to?
Not including the tier of elite players, we have a big space to play in.
I can accept that if Walsh had been hired earlier last summer (which was unrealistic), and we avoided the duplication of effort, and what seems general confusion in strategy, we might have convinced one or both of Witsel and Carvalho to join, Mata and Kouibaly always seemed far less realistic to me.
It's a pity that our earlier momentum has come to a shuddering halt, as being on a good run would have helped in January. But we still have points to win before then.
I don't think Koeman is the personal draw that many would have thought he was for players, but if we can show we intend to invest serious money, be competitive with wages, and actually want to achieve things, then that, on top of the potential new stadium, sell-outs at Goodison, and general good reputation in English football, should all help.
I don't think we are in a position to make signings of a sort that would make other clubs sit up and take notice, it's the impact of the signings we make towards the team as a whole that will be more important as I see it in this rebuilding phase.
Not including the tier of elite players, we have a big space to play in.
I can accept that if Walsh had been hired earlier last summer (which was unrealistic), and we avoided the duplication of effort, and what seems general confusion in strategy, we might have convinced one or both of Witsel and Carvalho to join, Mata and Kouibaly always seemed far less realistic to me.
It's a pity that our earlier momentum has come to a shuddering halt, as being on a good run would have helped in January. But we still have points to win before then.
I don't think Koeman is the personal draw that many would have thought he was for players, but if we can show we intend to invest serious money, be competitive with wages, and actually want to achieve things, then that, on top of the potential new stadium, sell-outs at Goodison, and general good reputation in English football, should all help.
I don't think we are in a position to make signings of a sort that would make other clubs sit up and take notice, it's the impact of the signings we make towards the team as a whole that will be more important as I see it in this rebuilding phase.
I meant the one who plays at Sporting mate haha
I've not seen much of Porto so couldn't judge. Boly was half-decent for Braga, Andre Andre is a cool name.
Ahhh. he is the one we have been linked with a few times, no?
Is he a playmaker and does he come with back-heels and through-balls installed?
Oh and @Ashtonian if you keep lobbing about kopite shouts I'm gonna ring the registry office and tell them you're wanted for sex crimes with animals so that the old bill are waiting to arrest you when you arrive for the wedding.
Ashtonian
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I haven't called anyone specifically a kopite here
With Gana, Besic and now Bolasie missing defo.
We need players that are ready to go, fit, firing and in form, hence my hot list that Steve Walsh should be studying as a matter of utmost urgency.
BlueLlama
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What type of animal?
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