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Player Valuation: £15m
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He's gonna be on the team sheet on Saturday, isn't he 
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Don't want to admit I feel the same, but f it, I completely agree. A collision of him, Williams, Keane and Martina would be superb. Nothing too serious, just enough to keep them out for fifteen games.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
For what? A sack of potatoes?
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
Which is ridiculous. Beni already can do what he does. Unless Gana, Beni, Davies, and probably several others are hurt, he shouldn't be on the pitch.
Fansince1988
Player Valuation: £40m
It looks like he could well become the most disliked Everton player in history, but the managers seem to love him he is dire am getting convinced he has something in his contract that if he's fit he plays most games, I really hope Everton wouldn't add them sort of things in a contract but we do become desperate when signing players.We got rid of two bad eggs in January he should have been the third.
Fansince1988
Player Valuation: £40m
If an offer actually did come in for him it was ridiculous not taking it, even with McCarthy injured we had cover so all I can think is Sam rates him, if true that's enough for Sam to be sacked instantly.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Just even thinking about him makes my blood boil
Even more so than Walsh or Allardyce
Even more so than Walsh or Allardyce
The problem is that after the injury to McCarthy you are left with Gueye as the only senior midfielder if Schneiderlin left.
Baningime has played maybe half a dozen senior games and Tom Davies is still a young boy... and has struggled this season. You cannot ask them to carry a team when relegation is still not impossible.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, the injury to McCarthy meant Schneiderlin stayed. Absolutely gone in the summer, unless there is a change of manager.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
you're forgetting Klassen
EFC78
Player Valuation: £25m
As it's been covered repeatedly that the vast majority can't stand him, would be interesting to hear what people think would be a way of turning things around for him and how he could contribute to the team for the rest of the season. Assuming he will stay in the Squad until the summer at least...
I personally think he's a good player that has suffered from losing personnel in the side from last season and being wrongly used by the manager. Of course his performances and attitude have been poor for large spells this season but the manager's must take some blame too. I think the losses of Barkley and Lukaku have really impacted on the whole midfield this season because whatever people think of Barkley, he had the ability to drive forward with pace and both him and Lukaku gave us a threat in the final 3rd.
Last season, we got away with playing Gana and Schneiderlin regularly to good effect, as well as having Davies alongside them. All 3 worked great and I think that's because they were able to play to their strengths and get the ball to more attack minded players. Gana and Schneiderlin are very limited in their creativity and their game relies on winning the ball in the middle and giving it quickly to better players. This season, the only creative player we have in the middle is Rooney and he lacks the pace that Barkley had.
For the rest of the season, Allardyce has to recognise that Gana and Schneiderlin will not work together unless they have someone with pace to pick up the ball ahead of them. In the current squad, Walcott and Vlasic could potentially be that missing link that would compliment Gana and Schneiderlin playing in the same team, but I don't see Allardyce using them in that way. Therefore, he simply has to drop one of them and I think nearly all would agree it should be Gana who starts. So I don't go along with the opinion that Schneiderlin is awful, but like many problems caused by whichever manager we've had this season, he needs to be utilised correctly and what is being tried at the moment is quite clearly not working.
I personally think he's a good player that has suffered from losing personnel in the side from last season and being wrongly used by the manager. Of course his performances and attitude have been poor for large spells this season but the manager's must take some blame too. I think the losses of Barkley and Lukaku have really impacted on the whole midfield this season because whatever people think of Barkley, he had the ability to drive forward with pace and both him and Lukaku gave us a threat in the final 3rd.
Last season, we got away with playing Gana and Schneiderlin regularly to good effect, as well as having Davies alongside them. All 3 worked great and I think that's because they were able to play to their strengths and get the ball to more attack minded players. Gana and Schneiderlin are very limited in their creativity and their game relies on winning the ball in the middle and giving it quickly to better players. This season, the only creative player we have in the middle is Rooney and he lacks the pace that Barkley had.
For the rest of the season, Allardyce has to recognise that Gana and Schneiderlin will not work together unless they have someone with pace to pick up the ball ahead of them. In the current squad, Walcott and Vlasic could potentially be that missing link that would compliment Gana and Schneiderlin playing in the same team, but I don't see Allardyce using them in that way. Therefore, he simply has to drop one of them and I think nearly all would agree it should be Gana who starts. So I don't go along with the opinion that Schneiderlin is awful, but like many problems caused by whichever manager we've had this season, he needs to be utilised correctly and what is being tried at the moment is quite clearly not working.
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