New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[Paulie]

How far was beto down the list though when you're offering £0 up front, who knows who's top of his list of he's got money to spend

The season before though we chased Che Adams and Broja and ended up signing a midget for £10m+

 

[Neiler]

Thelwell isn’t the answer unless we want to embrace mediocrity

Mediocrity would be an improvement, should be our fist aim.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Is it better to have a bad striker or no striker at all..............

If it was Beto or no striker, even now I'd have Beto here 100%.

 

[jerseytoffee]

Is it better to have a bad striker or no striker at all..............

His goalscoring record wasn't too bad in Italy and there weren't many players on a pay nothing now basis.

I think he was a gamble that didn't pay off.

But at the time DCL was very injury prone and no striker in backup would have been very dangerous

 

[Neiler]

If it was Beto or no striker, even now I'd have Beto here 100%.

That's the thing mate, the choice was Beto Vs Gray or Maupay upfront.

 

[Dr Baxter]

Mediocrity would be an improvement, should be our fist aim.

Absolutely. I'd give my right arm for mid table mediocrity for a season or 2.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Is it better to have a bad striker or no striker at all..............

We signed him 29th Aug.

Window shut I think 2 or 3 days later.

We had to sell that window first/make a profit and defer spend to later.

The season had started.

We were bottom of the league after 3 games, having not scored a goal.

Eventually we sign a player who was available for literally £0 upfront. There's not many of them.

We paid a premium for him, but we would never have signed him if hands weren't tied. If he was a priority he'd have been in earlier.

We have to accept the reality of significant migitating circumstances with Everton the last 3-4 years, caused by ownership.

 

[Neiler]

We signed him 29th Aug.

Window shut I think 2 or 3 days later.

We had to sell that window first/make a profit and defer spend to later.

The season had started.

We were bottom of the league after 3 games, having not scored a goal.

Eventually we sign a player who was available for literally £0 upfront. There's not many of them.

We paid a premium for him, but we would never have signed him if hands weren't tied. If he was a priority he'd have been in earlier.

We have to accept the reality of significant migitating circumstances with Everton the last 3-4 years, caused by ownership.

100%, i imagine all our signings from Carlo forwards were done on the basis of players we could afford and deals we could do - rather then players we optimally wanted to sign.

 

[Taifi gorm]

Harsh to write off any offensive player under dychessaurus. Messi would be too small and Ronaldo a CB 'cause he's good in the air'

 

[Eggs]

Disagree.

The difference then was very likely Calvert-Lewin or no one. Or Calvert-Lewin or Beto.

When we consider Calvert-Lewin's fitness at the time, we absolutely needed another striker.

This isn't like when we signed Tosun.

Makes the difference when such small margins at the bottom.

…no DCL and Gordon playing central striker, we needed a striker more when he bought Maupay 6 games into the season.

 

[sd_1992]

…we needed a striker more when he bought Maupay 6 games into the season. Of course not all transfers work out but I stand by my view that there’s no excuse for buying poor footballers.

I think the scatter brained approach to a striker is what ultimately proves he shouldn’t be doing this job.

Everton currently play long ball football to a target man and have basically since Moyes left (despite any pretence that Silva/Lampard actually tried to play football). Yet in his time here he has purchased back ups to DCL who don’t even remotely fit this style of football and are thus utterly useless even if they would be better in teams that played on the floor.

 

[DanB90]

Get yer Friedkin fingers out!

 

[Daytripper]

Absolutely. I'd give my right arm for mid table mediocrity for a season or 2.

That’s how it started in the 90s, & early 2000s. Every so often, We seem to have calls for stability more than most clubs.

 

[Eggs]

I think the scatter brained approach to a striker is what ultimately proves he shouldn’t be doing this job.

Everton currently play long ball football to a target man and have basically since Moyes left (despite any pretence that Silva/Lampard actually tried to play football). Yet in his time here he has purchased back ups to DCL who don’t even remotely fit this style of football and are thus utterly useless even if they would be better in teams that played on the floor.

…..that Maupay signing said a lot to me, given DCL was injured and we had no central striker for 6 or more games into the season. Crazy situation leaving us so exposed at the start of a season and then bringing in a player totally unsuited to our requirements.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

You can smell it in the air.