Transfer Rumour Theo Walcott

[Efcjake]

For me its a bad signing simply because:

1. he has been on a massive decline this season.
2.He was a pace merchant - they often decline even more repidly that most players.
3. What the **** is our system and what we are building towards?

The last point is the major thing for me. We Dont seem to buying for a certain style of play or system, it just seems like a bunch of individuals trying to kick a ball.

That's exactly what we're doing because we have no clear direction from the top. We didn't bring Sam in because of his play style or system but because he gets enough results to keep a team up and that's what Moshiri was most concerned about.

We're not really "building a team" for a specific style of play, we're signing players Sam thinks can make enough of an impact to keep him in the job come May. If he survives this season then we might begin to see some sort of strategy but everything is short-term at the moment given the uncertainty around Sam's future in the job.

 

[yakublue]

The bulk of our summer signings. the oldest being Keane and Klassen at 24.



1 July 2017 AM Davy Klaassen Ajax £23,600,000 [4]
1 July 2017 LW Henry Onyekuru Eupen £6,800,000 [5]
1 July 2017 GK Jordan Pickford Sunderland £25,000,000 [6]
3 July 2017 CB Michael Keane Burnley £25,000,000 [7]
3 July 2017 ST Sandro Ramírez Malaga CF £5,200,000 [8]
31 August 2017 AM Nikola Vlašić Hajduk Split Undisclosed [16]

I never said summer signings. With Walcott we'll have spent around £125m on Bolasie, Schneiderlin, Williams, Sigurdsson and Rooney. They'll all be on massive contracts.

I'm aware that we've also signed young players, my point was that we've used the bulk of the money we've spent since Moshiri joined on older players.

 

[yakublue]

Or we sign a talented youngsters ( Stones, Lukaku for instance) who we nurture for a few seasons , sell them at a profit, and replace them?

The debate goes both ways, if we sign proven players , if we sign talented youngsters both will need replacing eventually.

Yes we make money off the youngsters, but then, to your point , do we go out and buy more youngsters?, so in fact turning us into a feeder club?

A successful club has a balance of youth and experience.

Go back a couple of pages and look at the majority of our summer signings, all under the age of 25.

Add Siggy ,Rooney and now Walcott and you have a blend of talented youngsters with bags of potential and experienced internationals in their prime ( Siggy, Walcott ).

Sorry to point out the obvious mate, but if you sell players at a profit you can afford to replace them. If you're replacing players with no resale value you're having to get money from somewhere else.

 

[Milkman]

Hurry up Walnut la.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Oh Everton, why do you always let us down

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11210090/theo-walcott-deal-falls-through

missed a trick mate you should have used that for the Terrier deal

 

[fandjango]

Fair amount of vote changing going on
For vote Moved from 65.4 to 66.1 today

 

[BlueStevie35]

Can't be announced yet, Jim White's phone is on charge at the service station so Moshiri can't get through to him yet.

He'll be left disappointed then, Moshiri cut ties with him at the AGM, no more scoops for Yellow Tie

 

[BlueToff]

I never said summer signings. With Walcott we'll have spent around £125m on Bolasie, Schneiderlin, Williams, Sigurdsson and Rooney. They'll all be on massive contracts.

I'm aware that we've also signed young players, my point was that we've used the bulk of the money we've spent since Moshiri joined on older players.

But apart from Willians and Rooney, the players you mentioned would all be considered at their peak (26-29).

Bolasie has had a year-long injury. Schneiderlin has been inconsistent. Sigurdsson was 27 when we signed him.

 

[Eggs]

Fair amount of vote changing going on
For vote Moved from 65.4 to 66.1 today

..just voted. I’m not overly bothered who we sign. What’s important is the Manager has a strategy and team shape in mind. The manager is then accountable for his team. Koeman failed abysmally.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

Is he the same age as mirallas? I think it’s an improvement on him

 

[trueblue10]

Sorry to point out the obvious mate, but if you sell players at a profit you can afford to replace them. If you're replacing players with no resale value you're having to get money from somewhere else.

As you point out sell the youngster to be able to buy.

My question was , who do you buy?

More youngsters? So we end up as a feeder club?

Or

Proven 26-30 year olds who may not get your money back on?


Or

As we appear to be attempting to do, do you go for a mixture of the two?

 

[fandjango]

Cenk seems to
Have let it slip
Quote
"He's really fast, he's a great crosser. I would say it's a massive signing for us."
Let’s have it then Everton

 

[JLW]

He’s going to look like Thierry Henry in training up against Cuco

 

[royalblue66]

He'll be left disappointed then, Moshiri cut ties with him at the AGM, no more scoops for Yellow Tie

Can't they let that Nat Sawyer do it, I like her.

 

[nsno-chris]

He’s going to look like Thierry Henry in training up against Cuco

He’ll never get past king Cuco, NEVER