Cannon deserved a shot over Maupay
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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I make us big second favourites. Just because we have no goals outside of wonder strikes from Gray.
What we have here is a football club that's standing aside to lose games.
Thing is this is how it should work:
Owner/board > DoF > HoR/manager
Owner and board tell the DoF the overall aims of the club and then leave it to the DoF to implement that strategy across the club. Including recruitment policy.
The manager and HoR, under the direction of the DoF, go about implementing a coaching/management style and then scouting and ultimately deciding on players.
I keep banging on about it but for me Thelwell's biggest failing was not having a HoR in place for the summer. He's trying to act like a DoF should, and that's good. But if you've not got that crucial position filled then you're making a rod for your own back.
Apparently the job has been accepted by the candidate they wanted, yet that happened 10 months into his time as DoF and it still hasn't officially been announced, as the person hasn't yet started. So as it stands, Thelwell has to take the brunt for recruitment. Lampard can take his blame for insisting he prefers English players/PL experience and Thelwell can take the blame for not being able to come up with better than he did.
It's absolutely right to send Cannon out on loan, btw.
That's a different argument to Maupay, who simply doesn't fit the way most of the rest of the squad are capable of playing.
We've got £1.5m for Broadhead. Up to £3m if add ons included (promotion is one of them).
It's not a bad deal at all.
Just on that top list, ultimately yes the lack of quality is a huge gulf and that's a problem.
On the flip side some of those players cost a lot of money and are part of the problem to why Everton ended up in such a crap financial situation. As much as I love James and wish we had kept him, btw.
On GS, well literally everybody hated him.
Probably right for his development right now, but I wanted to see if he offered more than Maupay. I think there is a good chance he would have been a better option.
I know it was only a one off game but he was the only player in the league game down at Bournemouth who looked interested
chippy1722
Player Valuation: £35m
It seems obvious that Maupay and McNeil were Thelwell signings, given that those deals only happened because the clubs were willing to take small upfront payments, and he is in charge of the actual recruiting.
Frank was probably after a couple of Chelsea players which never materialised.
chippy1722
Player Valuation: £35m
Cannon, Simms and Dobbin wouldn’t have done any worse than Maupay.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
It’s a drop in the ocean of what we need but it’s still a well negotiated deal if so- for years lads of similar ability have just walked out the door for nothing. A step forward towards an academy that does more to pay for itself.
The manager and DoF, for the first time at Everton, were on exactly the same page as to who they wanted. There was no 'this is Thelwell, this is Lampard'. They worked together to sign off on each player. Obviously, within a confined remit. They really wanted MGW, they thought they had it done. What then worries me is when it didn't happen, they rushed into signing McNeil.
The issue is, that's what a Head of Recruitment and manager should do, and then present to the DoF who makes the call in regards finances, if the player fits the overall strategy etc. That's how it should work.
Thelwell has never been a Head of Recruitment. He's never been a scout. So that's why it was urgent to get an experienced Head of Recruitment in.
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
Absolute mess again
When are they announcing the HoR
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