2020/21 Marcel Brands

[Martin Alvito]

I understood his role was to develop the playing staff to support the first team.
Currently the first team is stagnating if not declining.

A 50% increase on last season's point total at the halfway point (22 to 33) with a game in hand is 'stagnating if not declining.'

Are you sure you didn't mean to post that on RAWK, mate?

 

[CJR]

No improvements, DCL scoring has dropped due to lack of chances, no positivity from the bench, players injured or suspended without a suitable replacement brought in.
That’s my view - without Allen to look forward to coming back (and Doucoure suspension) where do you see us improving?
Brands not really evolving the first team squad,in the past 20 odd days - where there have been very few games and plenty of time to integrate new additions.
However he’s improved his dyke vaulting record

What an absolute loads of nonsense double the points we were on at the same points last year, better defensive record, more goals, scored, better football, Digne, Dacoure, Goddfrey, Mina, Iwobi, Richarlison, Allan, James, Gomes, all signed for the first team by Brands. Squad still needs work obviously put we are moving forward at pace at this point finally, on target for a club record 72 points at this stage compared to 49pts last year, we have won 10 games this season already compared to 13 the whole of last season, so to say we are stagnating is nonsense and we need to get out of the habit of loans and panic buys in January they never work.

 

[NeilA1878]

Well I’ll bow to your knowledge on the cause, but the result is that we can’t sign U18’s from abroad (including Europe).

Or Ireland, which is a huge problem for Irish footballers. Expect them to start turning up in the Bundesliga and across Europe in 5 years

 

[Mrtallywacker]

What an absolute loads of nonsense double the points we were on at the same points last year, better defensive record, more goals, scored, better football, Digne, Dacoure, Goddfrey, Mina, Iwobi, Richarlison, Allan, James, Gomes, all signed for the first team by Brands. Squad still needs work obviously put we are moving forward at pace at this point finally, on target for a club record 72 points at this stage compared to 49pts last year, we have won 10 games this season already compared to 13 the whole of last season, so to say we are stagnating is nonsense and we need to get out of the habit of loans and panic buys in January they never work.

Club Premier league record my son.

God bless.

 

[NeilA1878]

This man is possibly going to shift Bernard, Tosun, Bolasie and JJK, which is fair play but he simply can't leave us with kids who Carlo won't simply trust rightly or wrongly, it's negligence.

We would be left with Digne, Nkounkou, Godfrey, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Coleman, Allan, Gomes, Davies, Doucoure, Delph, Iwobi, Richarlison, James, Gordon, Sigurdsson, Calvert Lewin plus Gbamin... Which you are right, is probably one or two short. I'd expect us to bring in a couple on loan if those four left. But I suspect the 'ins' are already lined up, but are dependent on those outs being completed first.

 

[NeilA1878]

This man is possibly going to shift Bernard, Tosun, Bolasie and JJK, which is fair play but he simply can't leave us with kids who Carlo won't simply trust rightly or wrongly, it's negligence.

We would be left with Digne, Nkounkou, Godfrey, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Coleman, Allan, Gomes, Davies, Doucoure, Delph, Iwobi, Richarlison, James, Gordon, Sigurdsson, Calvert Lewin plus Gbamin... Which you are right, is probably one or two short. I'd expect us to bring in a couple on loan if those four left. But I suspect the 'ins' are already lined up, but are dependent on those outs being completed first.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Be fuming if he doesnt expoloit the South American market for gems like he's famed for now that its easiet to sign them.

Done well to get rid of the dross, esp if Tosun and Bernard leave alongside Bolasie. Besic nerds to doone too.

 

[Tin-Tin]

So can we add Godfrey to his list of quality recent additions with Nkounkou and Branthwaite?

 

[COYBL25]

I understood his role was to develop the playing staff to support the first team.
Currently the first team is stagnating if not declining.
Not a good window for him so far,
Novcompetition for the forwards will bring in complacency. Only competition is at CB, which is no coincidence are performing very well

 

[Bluestar]

Or Ireland, which is a huge problem for Irish footballers. Expect them to start turning up in the Bundesliga and across Europe in 5 years

Or getting Uk passports via Northern Ireland?

 

[Saint Domingo]

Players he has permanently moved out of the club since he arrived:

18/19: Klaasen, Funes Mori, Browning, Connor Grant, Robles, Rooney

19/20: Gueye, Lookman, Vlasic, Onyekeru, McCarthy, Galloway, Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Mirallas, Hewelt

20/21: Schneiderlin, Dowell, Garbutt, Stekelenburg, Sandro, Pennington, Bolasie, Baines, Niasse, Martina, Tarashaj


This is a humongous list of players and shows how much of a job it has been to get a stable squad of players together at Everton. Finally we now have a core of some players that we don’t immediately want to get rid of. Decent teams should just be adding a few in and a few out every season yet we have had to do massive spring cleans every single season since Brands has arrived. There are an awful lot of wages tied up in that list of players above the majority of which were in no way good enough to play for us. It’s only a good thing that they’ve been moved out of the club. Sure he’s made some poor guys (Bernard, Delph) and got very unlucky with injury on some (Gbamin, Gomes) but compare the list of names below to the ones above.

Richarlison, Digne, Mina, Allan Doucoure James Godfrey Nkonkou Branthwaite Kean Gbamin Gomes Bernard Iwobi Olsen

I’d much rather have the names on the list below than the names he’s moved out of the club. He’s not done a perfect job but for the first time in a long time better players are joining the club than the ones leaving. That leads to improvement.

 

[COYBL25]

Players he has permanently moved out of the club since he arrived:

18/19: Klaasen, Funes Mori, Browning, Connor Grant, Robles, Rooney

19/20: Gueye, Lookman, Vlasic, Onyekeru, McCarthy, Galloway, Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Mirallas, Hewelt

20/21: Schneiderlin, Dowell, Garbutt, Stekelenburg, Sandro, Pennington, Bolasie, Baines, Niasse, Martina, Tarashaj


This is a humongous list of players and shows how much of a job it has been to get a stable squad of players together at Everton. Finally we now have a core of some players that we don’t immediately want to get rid of. Decent teams should just be adding a few in and a few out every season yet we have had to do massive spring cleans every single season since Brands has arrived. There are an awful lot of wages tied up in that list of players above the majority of which were in no way good enough to play for us. It’s only a good thing that they’ve been moved out of the club. Sure he’s made some poor guys (Bernard, Delph) and got very unlucky with injury on some (Gbamin, Gomes) but compare the list of names below to the ones above.

Richarlison, Digne, Mina, Allan Doucoure James Godfrey Nkonkou Branthwaite Kean Gbamin Gomes Bernard Iwobi Olsen

I’d much rather have the names on the list below than the names he’s moved out of the club. He’s not done a perfect job but for the first time in a long time better players are joining the club than the ones leaving. That leads to improvement.

I’m surprised he’s got anytime left to order taxis, book restaurants and hold doors open tbh.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Players he has permanently moved out of the club since he arrived:

18/19: Klaasen, Funes Mori, Browning, Connor Grant, Robles, Rooney

19/20: Gueye, Lookman, Vlasic, Onyekeru, McCarthy, Galloway, Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Mirallas, Hewelt

20/21: Schneiderlin, Dowell, Garbutt, Stekelenburg, Sandro, Pennington, Bolasie, Baines, Niasse, Martina, Tarashaj


This is a humongous list of players and shows how much of a job it has been to get a stable squad of players together at Everton. Finally we now have a core of some players that we don’t immediately want to get rid of. Decent teams should just be adding a few in and a few out every season yet we have had to do massive spring cleans every single season since Brands has arrived. There are an awful lot of wages tied up in that list of players above the majority of which were in no way good enough to play for us. It’s only a good thing that they’ve been moved out of the club. Sure he’s made some poor guys (Bernard, Delph) and got very unlucky with injury on some (Gbamin, Gomes) but compare the list of names below to the ones above.

Richarlison, Digne, Mina, Allan Doucoure James Godfrey Nkonkou Branthwaite Kean Gbamin Gomes Bernard Iwobi Olsen

I’d much rather have the names on the list below than the names he’s moved out of the club. He’s not done a perfect job but for the first time in a long time better players are joining the club than the ones leaving. That leads to improvement.

3 players who I was sad to see go, 2 because of potential (Vlasic & Lookman) and one actual first team player (Gana) ...but understandable why they all left.

The rest we don't miss, so it's commendable that he managed to shift this quantity of unwanted.

 

[AussieToffee11]

Players he has permanently moved out of the club since he arrived:

18/19: Klaasen, Funes Mori, Browning, Connor Grant, Robles, Rooney

19/20: Gueye, Lookman, Vlasic, Onyekeru, McCarthy, Galloway, Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Mirallas, Hewelt

20/21: Schneiderlin, Dowell, Garbutt, Stekelenburg, Sandro, Pennington, Bolasie, Baines, Niasse, Martina, Tarashaj


This is a humongous list of players and shows how much of a job it has been to get a stable squad of players together at Everton. Finally we now have a core of some players that we don’t immediately want to get rid of. Decent teams should just be adding a few in and a few out every season yet we have had to do massive spring cleans every single season since Brands has arrived. There are an awful lot of wages tied up in that list of players above the majority of which were in no way good enough to play for us. It’s only a good thing that they’ve been moved out of the club. Sure he’s made some poor guys (Bernard, Delph) and got very unlucky with injury on some (Gbamin, Gomes) but compare the list of names below to the ones above.

Richarlison, Digne, Mina, Allan Doucoure James Godfrey Nkonkou Branthwaite Kean Gbamin Gomes Bernard Iwobi Olsen

I’d much rather have the names on the list below than the names he’s moved out of the club. He’s not done a perfect job but for the first time in a long time better players are joining the club than the ones leaving. That leads to improvement.

Absolutely, spot on!

 

[Saint Domingo]

3 players who I was sad to see go, 2 because of potential (Vlasic & Lookman) and one actual first team player (Gana) ...but understandable why they all left.

The rest we don't miss, so it's commendable that he managed to shift this quantity of unwanted.

When you consider that we still have Besic, Kenny, Baningime, Walcott, Kean, Lossl, all still on the books but not playing at all and presumably not really wanted by the hierarchy then there’s still an awful lot of work to go to get rid of these players before we even get into then trying to move out players that are in the squad and are being used but probably not good enough long term.

Pickford, Coleman, Davies, Delph, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Tosun.

It will still take a few windows before the squad has more useful players in it than deadwood.