Summer transfer window 2023

[Mark barnett]

We should have bought Milner Welbeck Lallana Gilmour Maupay and Aaron Mooy?

They’ve had some very good buys recently but when you look at all their transfers there’s a lot of dross in there that hasn’t made it. That’s not to excuse our poor recruitment before the usual suspects start screeching about it.

Regardless I’m not sure why people always wish to make the comparison with Brighton. If we operated like they did there’d be absolute uproar in the fanbase. Our fans can’t stand it if we sell anyone. Brighton sell their best players every single season and every player there knows it as well. The careers that the likes of Baines Coleman Jagielka Cahill Richarlison Pickford etc. have had with us wouldn’t have happened at Brighton. The second a player puts their head above the parapet they’re gone or will be arranged to be sold the summer after.

Mitoma and Caicedo won’t be at Brighton at the start of next season. Good chance Ferguson and Enciso won’t be either. They might go out and find other players great but ultimately they’ll never ever be a top outfit as they’re just a revolving door stepping stone for players.

Everton might not be remotely close to competing at the top again but the day we just accept that we exist purely as an academy for the top clubs is the day we may as well just pack it all in.

True in theory but we need business plan to stay in league, if we buy well those types of players i.e. Mitoma and Caciedo might stay anyway if not we sell for profit and then buy more proven ones.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

We've been linked with him.

Yes, but (sorry to say it again) was said on View From the Bullens that Ashley Young has been brought in to play 1st choice LB, or to push Mykolenko to improve. We're not in the market for a LB anymore after the Young signing.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Absolute mentalist who lives in an alternate universe

Is that the same alternate universe where you and Mikey assured everyone we were relegated all of last season and were proven right?

 

[Wat Tyler]

He did sign Onana.

Yes and as I said he hasn’t had a great season, if West Ham are stupid enough to offer £60m or something we should sell him as we are clearly utterly desperate for funds.

 

[nsno-chris]

Every club in the world sells players. They don’t all sell all their players all the time.

Lukaku
Rooney
Gueye
Arteta
Fellaini
Gordon
Lescott
Stones
Barkley
Richarlison
Rodwell

All these talents DEMANDED to leave the club

It’s not the same as “oh every club sells players”

 

[nsno-chris]

Is that the same alternate universe where you and Mikey assured everyone we were relegated all of last season and were proven right?

Oh yeah because we glided to safety by one goal, on the last day of the season

James Maddison kept us up

 

[Nymzee]

Yes, but (sorry to say it again) was said on View From the Bullens that Ashley Young has been brought in to play 1st choice LB, or to push Mykolenko to improve. We're not in the market for a LB anymore after the Young signing.

Forgive me if I don't take everything said on that podcast as gospel.

 

[MikeH72]

Is that the same alternate universe where you and Mikey assured everyone we were relegated all of last season and were proven right?

We survived on the final day by the skin of our teeth lol I thought you wanted to be the best and now you’re trying to hold some sort of victory over people because we finished 17th?

 

[Saint Domingo]

Point number 1 on Big Kev’s 120 point plan - BE THE BEST

Hang on so you don’t want to be the best? You don’t even want it as an ambition? You don’t want anyone at the club thinking how we can become the best team in the league again?

What do you want?

 

[MikeH72]

Oh yeah because we glided to safety by one goal, on the last day of the season

James Maddison kept us up

Nick Pope kept us up.

 

[Nymzee]

Nick Pope kept us up.

Brighton being Brighton kept us up

 

[MikeH72]

Hang on so you don’t want to be the best? You don’t even want it as an ambition? You don’t want anyone at the club thinking how we can become the best team in the league again?

What do you want?

Who at the club is thinking that? And what are they putting in place to try and achieve it? Realistically like??

Honest to god, what planet are you on?

 

[nsno-chris]

Point number 1 on Big Kev’s 120 point plan - BE THE BEST

Point number 2, 17th is as good as 1st as long as you believe you’re champions

 

[Saint Domingo]

We survived on the final day by the skin of our teeth lol I thought you wanted to be the best and now you’re trying to hold some sort of victory over people because we finished 17th?

As I said at the time you’d never admit to being wrong but you and Chris were busy bragging about how you’d both forecasted as early as August that we were going down whilst Dyche was hard at work proving you both wrong.

There’s no victory to be had. I don’t know how you can find yourself on a different side than someone who wanted Everton to stay up?

 

[Bebeto]

His wages mean he isn’t going anywhere.

He will go...probably close to deadline day for a pittance and will do well again next season.