BernieH
Player Valuation: £35m
Not if the same person got a job at a football club, the money in the industry is hugely inflated and no barometer of talent, I suspect you know this though.
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Not if the same person got a job at a football club, the money in the industry is hugely inflated and no barometer of talent, I suspect you know this though.
That is your opinion, on balance I think it is one not generally shared.
Injuries happen and we are unlucky that we have two long term absentees who occupy key positions in midfield.
I think if you want to be critical of Brands it is that in about three areas he has left the squad light, one of them being central midfield. I think that criticism would be justified.
We also have to recognise the enormous job he faced when he first arrived of having to move on expensive , highly paid players that were not wanted at the club , but you won't accept the job he has done there either.
Nobody is perfect, but unless you give a balanced critique of his overall work while at Everton you can hardly expect your opinion to be regarded as serious.
BillBrasky
Player Valuation: £8m
The Iwobi signing was the first real eye raiser me. It came out of nowhere and seemed like cover for not signing Zaha. Iwobi is a slightly bigger Bernard, both of whom can run, dribble and pass through the midfield but are capable of doing very little in the final third. Not really sure why we need both.
Benedict
Player Valuation: £2.5m
A very fair assessment of the players he's bought, the time period he's had aswell and we are still badly and urgently in need of a good few quality players and this fella still sits on his arse, we can't be giving this fella any more wages, how long does Delphs 100+ grand a week contract last for gods sake, the man needs replacing and quick.
You make a decent point , the fact that DBB is our CEO tells you everything you need to know about the recruitment of talent to Everton and perhaps football in general.
Hopefully we have broken the cycle of recruiting mediocrity with the appointment of a truly world class manager.
Interesting that the appointment was made around the same time that Mr Usmanov sort of declared his hand.
BernieH
Player Valuation: £35m
Hopefully Carlo can change the mentality of the Club, that's what he does, I've no reason to believe given time he can't do the same here. One thing though, no matter who does the negotiating, it must, simply must be Ancelottis call on players.
100% agree
Lowste
Player Valuation: £30m
To me that is a massive failing on Brands part, as simply it shows he has no concept of what attributes players need to play in the Premier League
No.
Brands should pick the players, not a manager that will probably only be here less than 18months.
...that’s fair, but I think the resale valuation is a fair assessment of Brands performance. Form goes up and down, Digne is having a lean time after a quality start, I’m still convinced Mina could be a star with the right partner and there even appears demand for Kean.
For me, our better players are Brands players and it’ll be interesting to see if they feature in Ancelotti’s plans.
BernieH
Player Valuation: £35m
I don't agree, this model has already proven problematic with the DoF/Head Coach wanting their own players. Ancelotti is the name here, he should get the players he wants.
I also believe he will be here long term unless he walks.
strange thing is we've had 2 DoF's now and the best signing/sale we've had in the last ten years was probably a Roberto Martinez signing (Lukaku) and even that was more of a fluke as he wanted Demba Ba on loan initially.
Walsh was an absolute disaster but things ain't looking to clever in Brands camp atm either. He left us criminally short up top and at the back. The midfield really is one of those fluke occurances where both starters get long term injuries so can't hold him accountable for that. Delph simply hasn't been worth the power point presentation Brands supposedly done to convince him to sign and I like Iwobi in the number 10 role, but it's a role we seem to have decided we ain't gonna play anymore and after a promising start he really slipped performance wise.
Lowste
Player Valuation: £30m
Chances are one of them may not be here in 18mths
Chances are Brands will be gone
The players Ancelotti wants are the Hamez and Bales of this world.
He wont get what he wants.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
No, that's wrong. It's bang on £200M.
But even if you were correct, you'd still be in the situation of defending the spending of the best part of £200M on that utter tat he;s brought in.
No one is having this feller anymore mate...only you and a dwindling band of the Dutch helmet's disciples.
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