Steven Naismith

Furey1878 · November 30, 2015

ijjysmith said:
Bet he starts tomorrow. For some reason.

If it's him playing off Lukaku with Barkley playing deeper, I could live with it.

CynicalBlue · November 30, 2015

Let's be honest we rarely sell players and I believe our squad will suffer from his departure.
Yeah we talk about Yarmolenko etc but they are not coming and certainly not in January. He is a solid squad player who gives everything for the shirt and pops up with vital goals.
Let's lose the snobbery like the Redshite and actually praise him on his positives.

Haston · December 1, 2015

mikeh72 said:
He will. And we won't string 3 passes together in the final third for the 60 minutes he's on the pitch, then he'll go off at 1-0 down and we'll turn it round to win 2-1. Standard

Standard? When did that actually happen?

I wouldn't start him tonight, unless Barkley is dropped deeper. I think Martinez should play his strongest team, with a semi final at stake and the next game not for 6 days. We know that Hoel will play and obviously McCarthy injured. I would bring in Mirallas or Cleverley and rest Kone, the rest should stay the same, unless Baines is back?

MikeH72 · December 1, 2015

Haston said:
Standard? When did that actually happen?

I wouldn't start him tonight, unless Barkley is dropped deeper. I think Martinez should play his strongest team, with a semi final at stake and the next game not for 6 days. We know that Hoel will play and obviously McCarthy injured. I would bring in Mirallas or Cleverley and rest Kone, the rest should stay the same, unless Baines is back?

Happened against West Brom but we were actually 2-0 down and won 3-2

hktoffee · December 1, 2015

I hope the ￡8m offer still stands. Maybe shown him out of the door as he wants first team footie along with McGeady and sign Yarmolenko.

Titus Bramble · December 1, 2015

I wonder how he feels about that Norwich offer being rejected right now. He'd have got a lot more minutes for them than he has for us so far this season and probably for the rest of the season too.

Haston · December 1, 2015

mikeh72 said:
Happened against West Brom but we were actually 2-0 down and won 3-2

Haha yeah you're right, we were 2-1 down when Kone replaced Naismith, and the rest is history! Fair enough, fingers crossed we don't give them a 2 goal start tonight!

blueblue · December 1, 2015

I don't think that any sensible person wants Steven Naismith sold.
But, is Steven Naismith happy to accept a role at Everton that is becoming ever more peripheral.
Apart from the run he got after the Chelsea hattrick he has been very much on the outside this season.
I think he is a good professional and wants to play every week. I don't think he will rock the boat in January to force a sale,
but for the right offer he may be released and I do believe he will leave in the summer.

sageyefc · December 1, 2015

blueblue said:
I don't think that any sensible person wants Steven Naismith sold.
But, is Steven Naismith happy to accept a role at Everton that is becoming ever more peripheral.
Apart from the run he got after the Chelsea hattrick he has been very much on the outside this season.
I think he is a good professional and wants to play every week. I don't think he will rock the boat in January to force a sale,
but for the right offer he may be released and I do believe he will leave in the summer.

Any sensible person should want him sold for 8 mil

Raino85 · December 1, 2015

sageyefc said:
Any sensible person should want him sold for 8 mil

This completely

I agree that he is a hard worker and is probably great to have in the dressing room and it seemed he helped Stones alot during the Chelsea saga!
But 8 million for a 30 year old forward who isnt much cop bar popping up with a goal here or there!
I would cash in on that if the offer is still on the table and see what young strikers we have around the european leagues as back up/help for Rom

WarringtonBlue · December 1, 2015

Put him in the box and he scores. Good at heading, good at finding space, massive snide. Up front with a goal behind he's a great option to have off the bench

Haston · December 1, 2015

I'm sure the lad accepts that the team picks itself at the moment so he will have to be patient and bide his time. I still think he has a role to play this season, even as an impact sub.

Huyton Layne · December 1, 2015

Gonna start a petition as there seems to be a lot of interest in this thread to have the points we won against Chelsea to be reduce to a draw.

The bile spewed in this thread by some whoppers is disgusting. Give your heads a wobble.

Haston · December 1, 2015

Layne said:
Gonna start a petition as there seems to be a lot of interest in this thread to have the points we won against Chelsea to be reduce to a draw.

The bile spewed in this thread by some whoppers is disgusting. Give your heads a wobble.

Yeah some players are given more leeway than others. Naismith scores a hat trick against Chelsea and earns begrudged praise from some on here. Next time he misplaces a pass he's the worst player on the planet again!