Yep, and hopefully by then we'll have a fit again Holgate, an almost fit again Godfrey and even Keane to call on if needed.
No benefit at all in giving Mina a retirement tour.
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No benefit at all in giving Mina a retirement tour.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
Personally offer him out on loan in January, least we'd get some of the wages covered and maybe an ok loan fee - even say 750k and 50% wages paid would see us recoup an extra 2m back.
Every little counts
AussieToffee11
Player Valuation: £8m
Still has a role to play this season.
He is an excellent player, I am glad he remains in the squad.
Unfortunately, he is completely unreliable, but thankfully, we are no longer in a position to rely on him. It will simply be a bonus if he can string some fitness together.
He is an excellent player, I am glad he remains in the squad.
Unfortunately, he is completely unreliable, but thankfully, we are no longer in a position to rely on him. It will simply be a bonus if he can string some fitness together.
Coady, Tarkowski, Holgate, Godfrey are the four first choice defenders I think.
Michael Keane is there as well but I think he will want to leave as he is not getting a game .
Mina will move on as well and in January would be my guess.
Michael Keane is there as well but I think he will want to leave as he is not getting a game .
Mina will move on as well and in January would be my guess.
larrygobfiend
Player Valuation: £40m
If he can somehow get fit, maybe just use him to close out games for the last 20 minutes
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Dont think we can trust him to do that, besides it means inviting the other team onto us....and also implies were winning!!
TimHowardsBeardJuice
Player Valuation: £30m
If he were to put together a run of two years, mostly healthy (30+ starts in PL, is my arbitrary definition), he'd start at CB every week for any team in the PL other than the top handful where rotation is common, and in those he'd be at the top of the rotation.
This is from 17 Nov 2021:
How important is Yerry Mina for Everton?
A statistical look into Everton’s performance with and without the Colombian defender
royalbluemersey.sbnation.com
Those are massive differences in win percentage, goals conceded, and points per game. As good or as vital as other players might be, I doubt if anyone on the roster would exceed those.
Same article has a bunch of other stats showing him to be vastly better than our other CBs (at the time) in just about any statistical measure - including as a goal threat from set pieces, and preventing same in front of our goal.
Eye test proves the same. Look at any game thread from the periods where he had a good run in the side. He dominates, although he has a nervy moment from time to time.
If he were healthy, there's no doubt in my mind that he'd be elite at the PL level.
Internationally, he was a main piece of the Colombia side that won its group in the 2018 WC and took eventual semifinalist England to pens in the round of 16, when he put one past Pickford in stoppage time to bring his side level. He featured in the last three Copa America sides for Colombia, including in 2021 when they made it to the semis before losing to Argentina on pens. In his club career in Colombia, he got on the international radar by winning the Copa Sudamerica, the South American CL equivalent, with Independiente Santa Fe, the only time a Colombian club has ever won that competition which is dominated by clubs from Argentina and Brazil as you'd expect.
As far as his leadership, again check the game threads of the (all too brief) runs where he was playing well. I remember a game early in the last season where we went to Leeds and drew 2-2, at a time where Leeds were flying high. Mina wound up Bamford all game long and neutralized him and the whole side fed off his presence. That's just off the top of my head. You'll find a few armband shouts in the vaults.
The only thing keeping him back is his inability to stay healthy.
So yeah, I can understand disagreement, but I'll stick with my belief that if he were healthy he'd be world class. Unfortunately, he isn't, so he isn't.
It's turning sentimental and romantic with mina, a bit like besic . I think unfortunately it will end quite similar too
Minas greatest contribution has been winding this fella up.
Not sure it's worth 6m a season mind.
Not sure it's worth 6m a season mind.
YoboCopter
Player Valuation: £40m
Just realised
Ive fully forgot about this fella
Shows how well coady and big tarks are doing dont it
Ive fully forgot about this fella
Shows how well coady and big tarks are doing dont it
Verbal Kint
Player Valuation: £35m
Would have been sold if he hadn't got injured. With Brantwaite back next year, we could see Keane/Mina/Holgate all gone.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Easy to do, waste of a squad number
I'll be honest - I'd completely forgot he existed
ParkhallToffee
Player Valuation: £750k
Don't play him, keep him fit and maybe we can give him away in Jan, save some wages.
Back in training apparently. Good to know that we don’t have to immediately throw him into the team as soon as he’s available to have a chance of having a semblance of a defence, he can sit on the bench and be 3rd choice and called upon when necessary.
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