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Agree needs to be brought through properly.
If he isn't managed properly he will suffer both physical and mental exhaustion and like many many youngsters before him that have achieved first team so early maintaining their form and indeed progressing is far from certain.
Far too many are expecting far too much from him and when he hits that wall, which he will, the support structure needs to be in place and huge allowances made and based on some of the posts on here when others don't perform I do worry.
..I agree, it's hard to see him being the answer.
ijjysmith
Calm
Oh god no. Hewelt is not the answer. Not by a long shot.
But I wouldn't be opposed to getting rid of Stek and Robles and having Hewelt on the bench with mr new keeper in the team.
..that would be high risk. It only takes a serious injury to your no1 and you're stuck with the lad until January.
Hogwild
Player Valuation: £30m
Think we could see Joel leave with Hewelt and Stek kept to go with our shiny, new keeper. That would fall in line with Koeman's 3 keeper concept discussed last summer.
Would rather keep Joel than Stek, but I think Joel wants to go be a #1 (somewhere) and I can't fault him for that.
ijjysmith
Calm
Well there'd be a third option too of course.
...mmm, I think Hewelt will be no3 no1 unless the coaching staff think he's a bit good.
...probably. Only point is whether there's a keeper coming through to the U23s but I presume there isn't, unless Hewelt shares duties at that level.
Darth Toffeeman
Player Valuation: £40m
Armel
Player Valuation: £15m
Apparently it's very likely that David Henen is going to extend his contract and then he'll be loaned out to Standard:
Source: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170523_02894908
Other article: http://www.dhnet.be/sports/football...contacte-david-henen-592300e5cd702b5fbeba3c24
Source: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170523_02894908
Other article: http://www.dhnet.be/sports/football...contacte-david-henen-592300e5cd702b5fbeba3c24
MasonLeeEFC
Player Valuation: £8m
The Times are running the same Gylfi story. Seems wages are the only hold up. Encouraging.
"Sigurdsson stalls on Everton
Gary Jacob
May 23 2017, 12:01am, The Times
Sigurdsson scored nine and created 13 league goals as he helped to steer Swansea away from relegationANDREW YATES/REUTERS
Everton are understood to have agreed a fee of £25 million with Swansea City for Gylfi Sigurdsson — but the midfielder has rejected the Merseyside club’s offer of £100,000 a week in wages.
Sigurdsson scored nine and created 13 league goals as he helped to steer Swansea away from relegation. The Iceland international earns about £80,000 a week at Swansea but is holding out for an increase to £130,000 to join Everton.
Swansea accept that their 27-year-old playmaker is certain to leave and have had interest from other Premier League clubs, including Southampton. Sigurdsson was voted player of the year for a second consecutive season by Swansea supporters last week and also won the award for the players’ player of the year."
Not saying we have or we haven't stalled on wages but if we are to try and push on and compete with the teams above us then we need to start offering good, competitive wages! Some of the teams above us are paying near on double the amount we've allegedly offered Sigurdsson! I'm not for one minute saying we should do that but is giving around £150K a week to top level players too much to ask?!
But hes not a top level player.
Hes a very good 1, but hes certainly not somebody we should break the bank for.
bluesb1970
Player Valuation: £20m
The problem is that talented players like Sigurdsson will be seeing others like Jesse Lingaard getting £140000 and expecting the same. It's the going rate unbelievably!
TheFinnFan
Finners
Sigurdsson wont happend.
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