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Ronald Koeman discussion

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royvernon39 said:
I've given this EFC team selection malarky a lot of thought as RK is obviously occupied on something else and here goes.

Gotta go with players in form and not those who have been brought in and are not doing the job. Plus in spite of having 4 or 5 no.10's there
is no clever midfield play and whoever plays upfront is poorly supported.

DCL and Niasse start up-front.
On the left, Silgi, Davies, Gana, Vlasic.

The defence can sort itself out. A 4-4-2 with power and running upfront. No Rooney to get in Gilfi's way and youth in the form of Vlasic and Davies. Gana- who has not been great this season- gets the job as the midfield holder.
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..that takes us from 4 no 10s to none. Can only see Niasse exploiting the space beyond DCL, which is fine but it's asking a lot of your two central midfielders to shield the back four and have an impact in the top third. I really don't get the Sigurdsson on the left shouts. I suppose it's all about opinion but why pay £45m on your prime target and then play him where he's least effective.

I'm still of a view that we have good players but too many are 'samey'. Bolasie will provide something different but he needs to find a blend, players who compliment each other in the way Baines and Pienaar did. The answer is difficult to find but it's why managers are paid so much.
 

Norwegian Cow said:
can you cut it down to 3 sentences?
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'Everton spent upwards of £100 million this offseason — yet Koeman’s grand attacking scheme against mighty Bournemouth was to have a free-signing right-back, who was third-choice at a mid-table team last season, whip crosses into a 20-year-old, a 5-foot-9 aging former superstar, and a creative midfielder forced into a winger’s role. And when that didn’t work, Koeman had no plan B.'
 
BlueToff said:
Sissoko would have improved us last year and this.

NEA.

He's got pace, power and he's good on the ball and in the tackle - when he can be arsed he's one of the best midfielders at driving forward in the league.

He just rarely can be bothered.
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Sissoko/Barkley/Lukaku/Bolsie would have been quite the menace task force right there.
 
mccole said:
Every game this season Koeman has changed every element of the starting XI.

Some have been injuries but mainly to adapt to other teams but he needs to stop now and keep a solid XI and formation.

Pickford
Kenny
Holgate
Williams
Baines
Davies
Gueye
Sigurdsson
Sandro
Rooney
Vlasic
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There's no way on gods green earth Koeman will pick a team without Schnederlin in it if he's available.
Same applies to Keane ( anyone know when he's back )

Till Coleman and Bolassie are back he should go 3/5/2 as Saturday proved that DCL needs someone up alongside him to be truly effective
Sat also proved that as of now Holgate is not experienced enough to play in a 2 man CB pairing
Kenny and Baines will give you width and crosses and Rooney / Sandro /Naisse playing off DCL
Gana and Morgan DM and Siggy as a 10
 

Brisan123 said:
There's no way on gods green earth Koeman will pick a team without Schnederlin in it if he's available.
Same applies to Keane ( anyone know when he's back )

Till Coleman and Bolassie are back he should go 3/5/2 as Saturday proved that DCL needs someone up alongside him to be truly effective
Sat also proved that as of now Holgate is not experienced enough to play in a 2 man CB pairing
Kenny and Baines will give you width and crosses and Rooney / Sandro /Naisse playing off DCL
Gana and Morgan DM and Siggy as a 10
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Supposedly should be back for the Burnley game mate.
 

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