He has a squad that cost 800m to build, please stop pretending hes working with scraps.
Its actually embarrassing.
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Its actually embarrassing.
PaddyJames
Player Valuation: £25m
So is people saying we've got a top 4 squad (or had one last season). Even more embarrassing are the clowns still not getting behind our manager. It's absolutely pathetic. Beyond embarrassing.
Remember, plenty of that 800 million was absolutely wasted.
Im not a kopite mate, so I dont support Kopites, hence I will never get behind "our" manager.
I made an effort to abstain from abusing him weekly and just doing what I know as an Everton fan and support the club.
Weirdly I can support the club and not suck the manager off and make excuses for him, some of you should try it.
For the record I dont think the squad is good enough to challenge the top 4, but I think its good enough to finish 6th, but people only know how to hate our players whilst showering the kopite in charge with praise and giving him a pass.
Weird if you ask me, but hey, it takes all sorts.
Come on mate our squad isn't really up to much at all when compared to the bigger sides in the league
I'd argue it's verging on thread bare right now actually
Couple of injuries and/or a suspension to some players in the starting XI and we'll be struggling
It's not an absolute disaster of a squad, but it 100% needs some serious work
I'm not going to fall over myself to give Benitez a pass if we start stanking up the joint, but fair's fair at the end of the day. He's not got an especially impressive selection of players to work with here and I think we'd all agree he'd need backing next summer if we were thinking logically
Unfortunately our recruitment dept seem to have lost any appreciation of the difference between cost and worth over the last 5-6 years.
Its not even close to the likes of City, Utd and Chelsea, who have benches that would walk into any side in world football, also the shower over the park have a very good manager, some very good players and a great system. Other than that I look around the league and I dont fear or think we are lesser than the other teams.
PaddyJames
Player Valuation: £25m
I hope one day you'll read that back and realise just how sad that is mate.
Our starting XI isn't bad and should be able to give most a game
Our overall squad is severely lacking in depth
Just 2-3 injuries to core players all at once and things could turn south quickly
That's not on Benitez, that's on Brands etc for not getting him what he needed
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I can see United.
Henderson is slotted in to be De Gea's successor, but they historcially have chopped and changed on GKs and I'd see them going for Pickford.
PaddyJames
Player Valuation: £25m
I can't think of many of our players who get into any of the top 4's starting 11 when everyones fit. Digne over Luke Shaw.... Thats about it.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
A squad that finished 10th under the genius you threw your hand with.
Unlikely really.
Outside the 4 sides I mentioned most teams will struggle if you remove 2-3 players, even Liverpool are goosed if Salah, Mane and Jota get injured.
But yes, the squad has holes in it, but as I said the other day, we do have some very good players and we beat most sides last season, bar 1 or 2.
Digne gets in the City side cos their Left Back is doing time mert.
But at no point have I claimed we have a squad that should compete with the top 4.
So which is it, Carlo did a bad job or the squad wasnt good enough?
You cant have it both ways, its 1 or the other.
The irony of you saying I threw my hand in with Carlo whilst you fawn over a fat kopite is breathtaking.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Digne
Richarlison
DCL
...would all hold down a place in Chelsea, City, United.
....looking down the PL pecking order, those 3 plus
Doucoure
...would get in that Liverpool team
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