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In either Schneiderlin or Barkley's position. One of which isn't signed yet and the other who isn't doing enough to be guaranteed a starting place.
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
No Jake.
Doesn't have to play that far up, could play a little deeper like an Arteta or Fabregas. These type of players seem to have disappeared or have been pushed up the field to make room for grocks as every team now requires two defensive midfielders at all times.
You can up other people's bids? That could be fun. "Everton have tonight upped Liverpools bid for Troy Deeny to 450m"
Has Barkley been getting into the team on merit?
People go on about our wingers being inconsistent but he has been just as ineffective as most of them this season.
Last season/summer I wouldn't have thought about it.
Fansince1988
Player Valuation: £40m
I would be very surprised if Barkley is sold and on the basis of his last few games with a better midfield behind him, I'd be very surprised if Koeman doesn't persevere with him in till the end of the season to see if he comes good. If we were to go out and get someone IMO it would have to be someone like Mata, I think to sign a player of his stature in this window is very unlikely.
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Stays Indefinitely.
I think it is worth pointing out here that Koeman has no qualms about sticking Barkley on the bench. I'm sure if Schneiderlin or Gueye were playing crap that they'd get the same treatment.
I'm just putting forth an argument for a particular-type of player that doesn't line up with my idea of Schneiderlin.
Ashtonian
Banned on request
lol
Suprised we aren't just scouting players who can punt the ball 50 yards at a time haha
Agreed, I don't want him going anywhere. I don't think he has to start every week without earning it though.
Koeman's already done it and he'll do it again. I was just trying to highlight that positions are up for grabs in his eyes.
Not saying to sell him. I'm just saying that his starting place isn't untouchable and that he has to deliver consistently to stay in the team.
This.
I like Sig, but as always people are missing the point in regards to how the manager wants to play.
Looking at S'ton, Tadic was often utilised as the de facto 'playmaker' over the past few years, but he was hardly played central. He's a winger who creates, but he had Mane, Long, Pelle etc around him pressing.
Koeman then had three 'runners' in midfield, but he didn't have a playmaker like Barkley in the squad.
Now, he does, but in order to fulfil that role, Ross needs to be played deeper. He needs space. Now, we also have Rom, who needs support around him.
So, we need two 'wide forwards' to play either side of Rom and do the pressing/neat link up play, and then we can have the three in midfield who provide the energy, but among those three we'd have Ross to pull the strings and if he has players like Gueye, McCarthy/Besic (if still here/fit) and hopefully Schneiderlin (Davies long term) around him we've got the perfect package to also mix it up in game.
That may look like a 4-3-3, but it's also easily switched to a 4-4-2.
It's a huge shame re. Bolasie as he gave that bit of width but also that pace and power up top. But injuries happen and he isn't a natural forward, so it doesn't change the need for that.
Options would always be great, and if Koeman wants to go 4-2-3-1 we need a proper 'no.10'. It's what was missing from Martinez's side for two years once Pienaar got crocked, but we look to be heading in a different direction now, albeit slowly.
That being said, I'd happily take Sig if he was an option.
Hes nothing like The Clev, Gibson or even McCarthy, he has more to his game than them all.
IMO.
Well Koeman did express an interest in the boy Gabi, which would be the attacking pivot in the centre or at least that type of player, somebody to do the leg work up top, link the midfield to the attack and could play alongside Lukaku either alongside him in a duo or even on the wing as a 3 with somebody like Depay on the other side.
As I say I think Koeman will buy options this window, players that allow us to play 4-3-3, 3-4-3, 3-5-2 and of course 4-2-3-1, each formation, if the correct players are bought, would allow us to be a danger down the middle and also from the wings.
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