2019/20 Marcel Brands

[jazzy]

Bernard - no end product
Iwobi - nothing else needs to be said
Mina - a CB who cant keep pace with attackers
Delph - a fake hardman never out of the treatment room
Gbamin - a no mark from a no mark league
Kean - utterly hopeless, a striker that never strikes
Gomes - decent, but not a consistent performer
Richarlison - decent but inconsistent (a Silva player at Watford and almost certainly not down to Brands in any case)

Digne - the only class player he's bought


It is a pitiful haul of inadequacy. £250M for THAT.

Can there really be anyone making a case for Brands' purchases, much less retaining him?

Totally correct

 

[jazzy]

Issue is though, what if it doesn't work out and we're looking for a new manager again? That likes to play with different profiles of players? We're going to be in this cycle forever if we don't start to do things properly.

If Carlo , one of the greatest managers ever , is given a decent budget and free hand and can't bring success to Everton we may as well give up.

 

[Nymzee]

I meant kean as well you know, but if you want to be a pedant hats off to you.

It's not pedandtic when we have a crap player called Keane in our squad and people on the forum regularly accuse Brands of signing players he didn't.

 

[davek]

Thing is it not just who he got, its who he didnt get, the striker, the centre half we needed another more then Iwobi and a striker with more experience then Kean.

Indeed.

 

[Glasshalffull]

Bernard - no end product
Iwobi - nothing else needs to be said
Mina - a CB who cant keep pace with attackers
Delph - a fake hardman never out of the treatment room
Gbamin - a no mark from a no mark league
Kean - utterly hopeless, a striker that never strikes
Gomes - decent, but not a consistent performer
Richarlison - decent but inconsistent (a Silva player at Watford and almost certainly not down to Brands in any case)

Digne - the only class player he's bought


It is a pitiful haul of inadequacy. £250M for THAT.

Can there really be anyone making a case for Brands' purchases, much less retaining him?

Not necessarily agreeing with every word and syllable, but surely this is undeniably broadly correct. A worry.

 

[BernieH]

In fact, the whole 'cult' surrounding Brands is mystifying. Not one single signing of his has been a success. Keane was the big one, but by Christ he has been ruined.

Ancelotti does not sign players, he actively wants a DoF in position or someone who deals with transfers because he point blank refuses to talk to agents. Brands is needed.

 

[Peter The Dog]

Brands is needed.

On what are you basing that on? He has done nothing to improve the squad. The signings under him have been horrendous. He is wasting Moshiri's investment.

 

[BernieH]

On what are you basing that on? He has done nothing to improve the squad. The signings under him have been horrendous. He is wasting Moshiri's investment.

Basing it on the fact I've just read Ancelottis book and he doesn't do transfers himself mate, if not a DoF a CEO but he does not get involved and will not speak to agents.

 

[Peter The Dog]

Basing it on the fact I've just read Ancelottis book and he doesn't do transfers himself mate, if not a DoF a CEO but he does not get involved and will not speak to agents.

Fair play.

If Ancelotti is not interested in the recruitment process then Brands is proving that he doesn't have the competence to do it for him.

I honestly think Brands is useless. Name a player he brought in who is any good.

 

[BernieH]

Fair play.

If Ancelotti is not interested in the recruitment process then Brands is proving that he doesn't have the competence to do it for him.

I honestly think Brands is useless. Name a player he brought in who is any good.

I think the difference here(at least I hope) is Ancelotti, will pick the players he wants and Brands does the negotiating, rather than a mish mash of the managers players and the DoFs players.

I like Mina, Digne, Bernard, Gomes and Richarlison, I think they are all better than what we are seeing.

 

[Peter The Dog]

I like Mina, Digne, Bernard, Gomes and Richarlison, I think they are all better than what we are seeing.

Good Lord. You want shooting!

 

[JJK]

Bernard - no end product
Iwobi - nothing else needs to be said
Mina - a CB who cant keep pace with attackers
Delph - a fake hardman never out of the treatment room
Gbamin - a no mark from a no mark league
Kean - utterly hopeless, a striker that never strikes
Gomes - decent, but not a consistent performer
Richarlison - decent but inconsistent (a Silva player at Watford and almost certainly not down to Brands in any case)

Digne - the only class player he's bought


It is a pitiful haul of inadequacy. £250M for THAT.

Can there really be anyone making a case for Brands' purchases, much less retaining him?

When put together like this. Dear me, another transfer guru who specializes in gathering garbage.

 

[tommytowne]

If Carlo , one of the greatest managers ever , is given a decent budget and free hand and can't bring success to Everton we may as well give up.

As will Carlo himself.
I said at the outset of the rumour of him coming here, that Carlo had nothing to lose but his reputation.

 

[BernieH]

Good Lord. You want shooting!

All good players, who have been playing for a manager who wouldn't change his system, and partners for their positions of sufficient quality were not obtained but they're all good players.

You need putting down if you can't support anyone.

 

[Peter The Dog]

You need putting down if you can't support anyone.

Nothing to do with support, just expressing my opinion.