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Well, another way to look at it is Brighton signed him for a big fee, because... well he was scoring 25+ goals for a midtable Championship side in Brentford who have a decent eye for a striker like Toney/Watkins.
It become evident he was seeing his contract out and Brighton being a well ran club lately began to transition away from him - Potter clearly rated him though because they wouldn't sell him when we bid for him a year before.
My point is, you get fans desperate to stick the knife in and going over the top saying stuff like;
^ When it's nonsense. Football exists outside of Everton last season.
Still, all this;
Search your posts in McNeil's thread and you'll be saying he's woeful, never a premier league player nevermind a championship player and god knows what else. Maybe try and not be so condemning and conclusive - it's also rarely as simple as just a player being terrible.
The last 3/4 years Everton haven't complimented or helped any player - not one I can think of who I think Everton have complimented/supported. Little wonder we have the likes of Elanga swerving us for Nottingham Forest.
We need to stop setting players up to fail by signing players for strengths and then asking them to do the opposite.
He has no obvious qualities. He can't finish, he can't hold the ball up, he's poor in the air, he lacks pace
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Sounds like I was closer to living my dream of playing for the Toffs more than I thought,why was I born too late?
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Yes but he scored a lot of goals in the Championship once (so did Brett Angell)
I thought he would be better than he has been. I thought he was a 5-7 a year player
Some of the chances he misses are just abysmal though. It's nothing to do with systems or how he's used.
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Alarm bells were ringing when he had the entire goal to aim at and poked it straight at Alisson’s gut in like his second game. That wasn’t anything to do with the system either.
I’ve still yet to hear anyone tell me what system he would actually be good in and what qualities he would bring to that system. Just that we’re “not using him right”. Ok how do we use him then? Brighton’s system apparently was set up perfectly for him and he was the reason they finished 16th despite creating more chances than most of the league.
LEONARD
Player Valuation: £60m
Any potential buyers, after watching his 'performance' v Wigan yesterday, will have walked away quickly.
We are stuck with him, stinking the place out all season.
Must admit, I don't bother watching pre-season games.
Because you know, pre-season.
Did Dyche even watch that one? Saw a tweet saying he was watching the Everton 11 vs Tranmere instead.
Missing clear cut chances on a consistent basis is definitely an issue
I think he had the worst ratio for missing big chances in the PL last season with only 1 goal from about 8 or 9 chances
Dharma
Player Valuation: £15m
Very fair assessment.
See, before Everton he had a better conversion rate than both Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison.
Strange how he's gone to pot since rocking up at Everton.
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Both of them are poor finishers too but they offer other qualities. Nobody has yet told me what qualities Maupay is supposed to offer us.
I am happy to blame the club for a whole multitude of issues, but I'm not sure how it's the clubs fault for a centre forward missing clear chances time and time again.
The biggest issue is recruitment of course. He's nothing like DCL and we need a good centre forward to hold the ball, for the team to be effective.
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