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which is more than can be said for 9 of the other players yesterday Lou!
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
Not impressed with Bolasie, for the money spent (and the interest in Sissoko), this is a worrying sign.
Agree that he appears to work harder than most of them, fair enough, but he is too much of a fancy dan without end product for me, and we had enough of them already.
£28m seems very steep for some Evertonians, including me, but I accept this is the going rate for average these days.
Agree that he appears to work harder than most of them, fair enough, but he is too much of a fancy dan without end product for me, and we had enough of them already.
£28m seems very steep for some Evertonians, including me, but I accept this is the going rate for average these days.
you say he's our main creative outlet toff, he's our ONLY creative outlet lol
not his fault when he lays efforts on a plate like the cross for Barkley whose head suddenly turns into a bloody ironing board at the crucial moment.
I'm not arsed about the fee, we've got him and there's nothing we can do to change the fee. He's trying, doesn't always come off but he's still giving it a go whilst the rest of them do sod all
Couldn't agree more mate.
IF he wasn't the only player trying/able to create, he wouldn't be getting the stick he is IMO - not that he deserves it anyway.
His delivery isn't always great but when he gets the ball into the box (which he does more often than not try to do), he puts in some very good percentage crosses.
Deliveries like that require some more players in the box. We should have 3-4 players in the box, instead we have one (if we're lucky).
He didn't cost £28mil mate but yeh, even so, very expensive.
Is what it is though, like you said. But you say no end product? He's the only one of our wingers who consistently gets the ball into the area.
There's either nobody making a run or its Barkley getting on the end of it missing an easy header...
he's exactly how I thought he would be, in fact he's actually more consistent than I thought he would be I thought we would get 1 world class game followed by 5 poor games. what we've got is no world class game but 7/10 performances. His job is to create and even though he looks ungainly sometimes and can be frustrating he is cresting chances.
Must be tough for him as well because coming from Palace with little pressure to suddenly playing for Everton for big money whilst the rest of the team are horribly out of form. He's still trying and still smiling and must feel the pressure. I think he's done well considering those factors.
Certainly yesterday 2nd half he put Lukaku, Barkley and Lennon to shame for effort and trying to make things happen
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Steve Wigan
Player Valuation: £35m
Belassie is frustrating, but at least he tries to make things happen. If he could think a bit more when in full flow, he would be a very good player. There was an occasion late on yesterday when he drove down the middle ,beating three players...problem was he lost the ball trying to beat another player when there was an easy pass on to put Geri in the clear. It must also be frustrating for him to have so much pace and enthusiasm in his locker, and yet have to put up with the slow, indecisive fannying around perpetrated by Ross Barkley ......Barkley who is red faced and blowing hard ten minutes into most games, without actually exerting himself. Barkley may have ball skills, but he does not have the attitude or fitness levels required in the Premier league. He is of course not alone in that respect...the way Bournemouth approached the game against Arsenal, never giving up, taking the game to the opposition ,and working hard as a team for 90 minutes, put our feeble efforts yesterday to shame. Koeman is cornered now....he has to seriously kick some ass, and get a performance out of this lot against United, or he will lose the crowd, never mind losing the dressing room.
he did at least try -lukaku on that performace would be dropped along with 8 others though!
The prominence of red and orange (failed) yesterday says a lot.
I think he loses the ball far too often. His assists count at the end of the season will look good - but overall I'm not convinced the team benefit.
I think he loses the ball far too often. His assists count at the end of the season will look good - but overall I'm not convinced the team benefit.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
The one that Barkley fluffed was the cross of the highest quality. I can't account for the other red arrows, but unless they were aimless balls to no-one, it could easily be argued that he's putting in excellent crosses and the team simply aren't doing enough to be on the end of them.The prominence of red and orange (failed) yesterday says a lot.
I think he loses the ball far too often. His assists count at the end of the season will look good - but overall I'm not convinced the team benefit.
Bolasie is the type of player will always fall foul of Opta stats, I'm the same way a player knocking sideways passed around in midfield will always have a great pass completion rate. Bolasie is there to speculate. He shouldn't be hung out to dry on his stats.
Mountfield1985
Player Valuation: £8m
Boss.
The prominence of red and orange (failed) yesterday says a lot.
I think he loses the ball far too often. His assists count at the end of the season will look good - but overall I'm not convinced the team benefit.
His overall play is buried in stat's relating to creativity. He's like Paolo Wanchope
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