4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Like lukaku did?If I was a player from abroad and went in for an interview to sign for Everton, and the first thing I see was Kenwright. I would walk straight out.
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Like lukaku did?If I was a player from abroad and went in for an interview to sign for Everton, and the first thing I see was Kenwright. I would walk straight out.
Well Dan Purdy - who has been head of scouting (I believe) has the job.That just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Given our track record I don't see anyone here who is even remotely up to that job, certainly none of our scouts have really shown they deserve to be promoted to the role. It's a role that for me should be given to someone with a proven track record (and a very good black book of contacts) of finding players who have shown they can go on and improve regardless of age/nationality. Similar to Dyche in a sense that we need to just get someone who actually knows what they are doing.
I think the issue is that whilst under the current ownership model we are always going to have Kenwright wanting to have a look at every transfer that goes on as he still feels a need to be involved and then you have Moshiri and Kia also hovering about in the background. I just don't see Thelwell or any other DoF/Head of Recruitment being able to setup any kind of scouting programme (not one that they want) without interference from above sadly.
He came from Chelsea?Like lukaku did?
Brands gave summaries of both summer windows in 2018 and 2019, which I remember really appreciating at the time.We didn't really bar one AGM.
Thelwell hasn't spoke since his first club interview, apart from when providing quotes to the website for signings.
He's doing a good job, much to the annoyance of some.Tarkowski on a free was boss business
Onana is one of the signings of the summer
McNeil could probably improve under Dyche
When you consider he also targeted Kudus and Danjuma but just missed oot on both I have confidence in him long term to bring in some decent signings when our finances improve.
Patience is needed - Big Kevs got this.
Well I sure hope our only centre forward who also has an Andy Carroll-esque injury record, isn’t currently injured. I’m sure Big Kev would’ve planned for this scenario and ensured we were fully covered.
Centre forward is the most expensive position to fill. The last thing we need are more 'cheap' solutions that in reality end up costing us a fortune, and offer us nothing.
It seems pretty obvious to me that we're shopping within certain limits, and unfortunately getting a decent forward in within those limits is tricky.
I much rather this patient approach than the previous years of scatter-gunning anything that became available with wads of cash.
In the long run this is the only game to play.
Tarkowski on a free was boss business
Onana is one of the signings of the summer
McNeil could probably improve under Dyche
When you consider he also targeted Kudus and Danjuma but just missed oot on both I have confidence in him long term to bring in some decent signings when our finances improve.
Patience is needed - Big Kevs got this.
It’s not patient though is it? We were throwing desperate bids around on deadline day. And we’re still buying the wrong players, why did we buy Neal Maupay? Simply ignoring something and not bothering to buy a player is not a good strategy, I couldn’t possibly disagree more.
We were throwing bids around but I wouldn't call them desperate. We refused to overpay and have our pants pulled down.
Desperate is paying 100k+ per week for Ramirez, Rooney, Schniederlinn, Walcott, Bernard and not too far behind for Delph. There's a good argument Mina and Sigi fall into that bracket also.
That's always going to happen when you largely insist on buying in the "PL experience" marketWe had our pants pulled down in the summer instead when we paid £35m for McNeil and Maupay.
It all just depends on whether the club allows them to get on with their role. Everton seem to have a view of the DoF role, and the scouting dept which is contrary to the general view of his that role should operate. I remember Moshiri saying he went to Turkey with Steve Walsh to scout Tosun…..he should not have done that….nothing to do with him as owner, so it is difficult who is doing a good job from a bad job because of the consistency and level of interference from vested interest partiesWell Dan Purdy - who has been head of scouting (I believe) has the job.
I think it's stupid too.
He's, again, very well regarded. Maybe he'll turn out to be ideal for it. But it felt like we needed fresh ideas and impetus.