January Transfer Window 2023

[MikeH72]

Wouldn't give Lampard a penny to spend, he would waste it anyway

Would you give Kevin Thelwell, our director of football who deals with transfers, money to spend though?

 

[Maltese_Falcon]

Apart from Haaland, I've yet to see a football anywhere close to father's level. They're always hyped up in their teens due to the famous dad but pretty much always end up massive flops and go in the abyss. Jordi Cruff, Justin Kluivert, Alex Bruce are a few that spring to mind

 

[ToffeeTim]

Be great to get a proper number 10 or creative centre mid.

Number 10s dont work any more. Need pacey ball carrying forwards who can play across the front line

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Would you give Kevin Thelwell, our director of football who deals with transfers, money to spend though?

Are you suggesting the manager has no say?

 

[Dixie1sixty]

Close thread until after saints game because they're not signing anyone knowing that it's likely we'll have a new manager if a few weeks.

 

[Yarrgh]

@Maltese_Falcon Good call on Maldini. Michael Owen from across the park notably eclipsed his father's achievements too.

 

[allen]

Are you suggesting the manager has no say?

Thelwell will definitely be here in February, and he's been around the club and the players as long as Lampard.

He knows what the squad needs. Or he should do. If we're trusting him to be DoF, we ought to trust him with transfers.

 

[john jako]

Number 10s dont work any more. Need pacey ball carrying forwards who can play across the front line

We need someone who we can rely on to create chances. Some teams get away with it as they can rely on their fullbacks. We can’t do that. I don’t trust gray to put high level of performances in for long. He’s been proven to be hot and cold.

 

[kiss the crest]

What little transfer budget we have the club want to spend on getting Lampard out and Dyche in.

The club that keeps on giving

 

[MikeH72]

Are you suggesting the manager has no say?

I’m suggesting our director of football is in charge of signings?

 

[Bez2k2k]

Nobody seems to understand at the top of the club what is required. Under Carlo we had:

James Rodriguez
Richarlison
Sigurdsson
Lucas Digne

We have replaced these players with:

Gray
McNeil
Garner/Dele Alli
Myklenko

When are people at the top of the club going to wake up and realise they are signings players who can’t even get into the teams we are signing them from. In Myklenko’s case, he was the wrong signings to replace an experienced premier league left back. We would have been better with Aaron Cresswell.

Surly at say the beginning of December Lampard sits down with Thelwell and the board and they say ‘who do we need?’ ‘What have we got’ and they start making enquiries, dare I say it… Liverpool style, highlighted Gakpo, got him, signed, sealed, delivered and played the other night. We are we consistently dragging our feet. Surly we have highlighted some players early and all we should be doing now is negotiating with their clubs. It’s just so poor. We are playing Southampton on Saturday in a relegation battle and they have already signed an experienced, creative, Croatian midfielder who is known for scoring worldies and he was 7million. 7 million!!!!!! I would have had him everyday of the week.

Let’s also hold Lampard accountable. If he didn’t want the players such as Ali and McNeil he should have been stronger in his position however if he green lighted them then he is as accountable as the board in my opinion. He’s not had zero money to spend, he’s just spend all of the money so poorly in a typical Everton manager way.

Depressing.

 

[neil999]

Simms in, cannon out AND Broadhead sold, sensational from thelwell so far, makes you wonder what the next crazy thing is up his sleeve #excite

 

[MikeH72]

Close thread until after saints game because they're not signing anyone knowing that it's likely we'll have a new manager if a few weeks.

This implies that Lampard is safe no matter what after the Southampton game, even if we get trounced in our next few games after that, so if we beat Southampton then we’re allowed to make signing because he’s deffo sticking around for the season then. What an awful strategy.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Simms in, cannon out AND Broadhead sold, sensational from thelwell so far, makes you wonder what the next crazy thing is up his sleeve #excite

Pickford out and Shilton in I bet.

 

[coollino]

Simms in, cannon out AND Broadhead sold, sensational from thelwell so far, makes you wonder what the next crazy thing is up his sleeve #excite

sadly, most only care about NEW players and not what is right under their nose.