Ronald Koeman discussion

[hktoffee]

There's something a little bit unsettling about it all tbh.

Agenda agenda.

Attack: Going back to Fraudo's way.
Defence: Getting more bodies in defence than last season.

So it's that easy to discredit Koeman and it is this easy to improve the team. It's like play FM lol.

 

[squonk]

Clearly none of us are paying attention.

 

[Westend Blue]

He was not irreplaceable and was not that good in defending at the time.

Would love to have seen stones under the 3 at back

 

[MikeH72]

Clearly none of us are paying attention.

I just sit there looking at the clouds and listening to my iPod when I'm at the game mate. Thank god we've got GOT's wise old sage to keep us up to speed with what's going on.

 

[4737carlin]

LOL Spurs sold the best player in the league and are now challenging for titles. LOL

Yeah but it's taken them years to do that, Liverpool haven't even got close to replacing Surrez, and those sides at the time of sales had more money and pull then we did right now.
Sell Rom and it will be a few years before he is replaced we are very lucky to have him

 

[hktoffee]

Rom is an irreplaceable goal scorer. He is though, a replaceable player.

What I mean is that Lukaku is irreplaceable, as a scorer for Everton. Stones is replaceable as a defender for Everton. Lukaku's presence is far greatly than Stones. We can get rid of of Stones and it has no influence to the results.

 

[Tony Hibbert's 3rd leg]

Yeah but it's taken them years to do that, Liverpool haven't even got close to replacing Surrez, and those sides at the time of sales had more money and pull then we did right now.
Sell Rom and it will be a few years before he is replaced we are very lucky to have him

Precisely. No arguments about it, it would be terrible for us in the short term. But in the long run? Who knows.

 

[Tony Hibbert's 3rd leg]

What I mean is that Lukaku is irreplaceable, as a scorer for Everton. Stones is replaceable as a defender for Everton. Lukaku's presence is far greatly than Stones. We can get rid of of Stones and it has no influence to the results.

Yeah, Stones only thrives under certain management and ways of playing. Lukaku's goals are irreplaceable individually, I've never seen an Everton player come close to his goal scoring abilities in my life time.

We would absolutely miss his goals. But in the long run, if and when he leaves, it's not all doom and gloom. You have to find new ways. I think people would argue it's the same old of we got rid of him. But it happens when the right price comes in.

I think with the new investment and management that we are better prepared to manage the situation without Lukaku than we were a few seasons ago. Regardless of whether he stays or not, we will make progress.

 

[jinkyali]

Can't remember, ages ago now.

Wow.

 

[Tony Hibbert's 3rd leg]

Earlier point -

 

[Barnfred 55]

He definitely used it at Southampton.

"He went bold with his formation and started playing five at the back. It was either 5-3-2 or 5-2-2-1 or 5-3-1-1. Koeman actually tried it towards the start of the season and they had a bunch of disjointed, frustrating performances."

- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...race-boss-Ronald-Koeman-lead-Saints-four.html

us at Chelsea?

 

[4737carlin]

So has he got manager of the month or what? Hull lost twice, Stoke only won twice, we didnt even concede a league goal and Spurs had 2 draws incluing one with Sunderland.

 

[Barnfred 55]

You do not sell the leagues top scorer and our best player for any money.

At the end of the day we have a contract with Lukaku and can keep him to it if we so please. But what should we do if Rom refuses to sign a new contract by the summer, and we receive bids of £70m+ and he tells us he wants to leave? What would you do mate?

I don't actually think that will happen by the way. I'm hoping Rom will buy in to RK/FMs project and give us more time, plus there's only a very limited number of clubs who could afford him and he may not be in their plans at the moment. I just wondered what your stance would be if it did come to this.

 

[Barnfred 55]

So has he got manager of the month or what? Hull lost twice, Stoke only won twice, we didnt even concede a league goal and Spurs had 2 draws incluing one with Sunderland.

Hope not. It's usually the kiss of death with us. I'm hoping the FA cup loss will rule him out of contention.

 

[TheGhostOfBolasie]

At the end of the day we have a contract with Lukaku and can keep him to it if we so please. But what should we do if Rom refuses to sign a new contract by the summer, and we receive bids of £70k+ and he tells us he wants to leave? What would you do mate?

I don't actually think that will happen by the way. I'm hoping Rom will buy in to RK/FMs project and give us more time, plus there's only a very limited number of clubs who could afford him and he may not be in their plans at the moment. I just wondered what your stance would be if it did come to this.

I'm gonna be honest, I don't think we should sell him for 70,000 pounds. Would be a terrible deal that. Reckon we can easily get a few million for him.