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[stommo]

A fair assessment.


Everton's transfer policy since billionaire owner Farhad Moshiri started bankrolling the club in 2016 has been a scattergun shambles under managers Ronald Koeman, Sam Allardyce and Marco Silva along with directors of football Steve Walsh and Marcel Brands.

The arrival of James Rodriguez at Goodison Park has shown the pulling power of Carlo Ancelotti
The arrival of Carlo Ancelotti has not only brought a focused strategy but an A-list manager whose presence alone attracts players who would not, in other circumstances, entertain a move to Everton.

This means that despite finishing 12th last season, Ancelotti has been able to sign Colombian superstar James Rodriguez from Real Madrid, the outstanding Brazil midfield man Allan from former club Napoli and Watford's Abdoulaye Doucoure.

Ancelotti has rebuilt Everton's midfield, which was a matter of urgency, while also adding two highly promising young talents in left-back Niels Nkounkou from Marseille and Norwich City's England under-21 central defender Ben Godfrey in a £25m deal.

He has also brought in Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen from Roma on loan to put pressure on error-prone England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

It has resulted in a magnificent start to the season, topping the Premier League table and winning all seven games this season, reaching the Carabao Cup quarter-final.

Everton have also offloaded high earner Theo Walcott to Southampton and Moise Kean's unproductive spell has ended with a loan move to Paris St-Germain.

All in all, this looks like a brilliant window.

 

[BornBlue76]

After the trio of Allan, Doucoure and James, we should remember that GK, RB, Striker were merely secondary to sorting out that midfield. With DCL's performance, striker requirement was lessened, and with injury to Holgate we needed a central defender. We all know Pickford is woeful at times, but with the midfield protecting the defence now, and them being able to do their job more effectively because of it, he should be less exposed. Kenny here now as RB cover doesn't inspire me, but he's only young and might develop on the training ground under Ancelotti.

9/10. And that's an excellent score. Roll on the next window and try to strengthen the weaker positions and lack of depth in the squad. Also I happy to see what's going on on the pitch in the meantime. Good times Everton wise, good times indeed. I hope to be writing the same at the end of next transfer window.

this summary is spot on ...

DCLs transformation has reduced the need to invest in that Lukaku replacement here and now and bought us more time to focus on that midfield.
I feel that RB position will become more urgent sooner rather than later but with Coleman showing his what form it also could be put on the back burner for a season.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

A fair assessment.


Everton's transfer policy since billionaire owner Farhad Moshiri started bankrolling the club in 2016 has been a scattergun shambles under managers Ronald Koeman, Sam Allardyce and Marco Silva along with directors of football Steve Walsh and Marcel Brands.

The arrival of James Rodriguez at Goodison Park has shown the pulling power of Carlo Ancelotti
The arrival of Carlo Ancelotti has not only brought a focused strategy but an A-list manager whose presence alone attracts players who would not, in other circumstances, entertain a move to Everton.

This means that despite finishing 12th last season, Ancelotti has been able to sign Colombian superstar James Rodriguez from Real Madrid, the outstanding Brazil midfield man Allan from former club Napoli and Watford's Abdoulaye Doucoure.

Ancelotti has rebuilt Everton's midfield, which was a matter of urgency, while also adding two highly promising young talents in left-back Niels Nkounkou from Marseille and Norwich City's England under-21 central defender Ben Godfrey in a £25m deal.

He has also brought in Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen from Roma on loan to put pressure on error-prone England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

It has resulted in a magnificent start to the season, topping the Premier League table and winning all seven games this season, reaching the Carabao Cup quarter-final.

Everton have also offloaded high earner Theo Walcott to Southampton and Moise Kean's unproductive spell has ended with a loan move to Paris St-Germain.

All in all, this looks like a brilliant window.

and lets not forget Sandro........

 

[Igloo1]

I didn't expect them to have the short-term impact that they have quite honestly. I think what has impressed me most is not just buying good players, it's that those that have gone straight in have been real leaders - something we've really lacked. They will make us so much more competitive.

I'm also pleased with the progress of Gordon. All in all there's a lot to be optimistic about. Let's see what Carlo has in store for January, but I think we will likely buy again in order to push on for CL places.