2024/25 Tim Iroegbunam


Leaving his positive initial impression to one side, just look at the sheer difference in the worlds of Aston Villa and Everton.

Both teams needed to find a way to help their PSR sheets, so essentially traded more or less unwanted youngsters to each other.

One side has already sent their youngster out on loan as they neither want nor need him this season.

The other side, Everton, has replaced a player they've just sold for £50m - to Aston Villa - with their new youngster and it's clear that he actually is the replacement that we assumed would be brought in to such a crucial area of the pitch.

Absolute shambles. I can already hear Dyche again covering for the club with a "Well we didn't expect Tim's performance level to be so high, so we didn't feel like we needed to add more to that part of the squad."

Again, tens of millions will have gone missing.

Usually you regretfully sell your best players for a large amount of money so that you can plug numerous gaps you've got in your squad - we've sold Onana and still don't have a capable right back, have an appalling left back and no backup, don't have any pace in the squad at all or a player that can score goals.
 
The crazy thing is this kid was meant to be a throw-in nothing when we swapped with Dobbin. He's so far ahead of our other youth players it's terrifying.

Bit harsh. He had 40 games at QPR in 22-23.

Last season not much but he was trying to get in ahead of all of Kamara, Luiz, McGinn and Tielemans so vast difference in quality to what is here.

When one of the young lads plays 40 games for a championship club then they'll be seriously ready to play prem football.

Think Tom Cannon will be starting for Leicester tomorrow night so that's a good example given he did well at Preston but had to be sold for FFP.
 

This is what happens when the manager shows his confidence in a player and backs him. Dyche is capable of getting good play from young players. There are other young guys that can use that backing and confidence in the squad right now.
 
This is what happens when the manager shows his confidence in a player and backs him. Dyche is capable of getting good play from young players. There are other young guys that can use that backing and confidence in the squad right now.

Would have been interesting if Garner had been fit mate, I honestly believe he would have started and Tim on the bench.
 

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