In recent years we've generally been in the habit of only selling our best or worst players. It's effectively either been the ones worth the most money or the ones we've decided just aren't in our plans at all who get moved on, and anyone in between is just automatically kept. If we want to have success with a player trading model (as recent articles from club friendly journalists have suggested) we probably need to get better at moving on the people in the middle instead, where we can raise money by selling decent players and replacing them for less without it having too much of an impact. The likes of Beto (current scoring spree notwithstanding), O'Brien, Iroegbunam, McNeil, Mykolenko etc would be potential candidates for that at the moment.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
I think the club needs to be brave - but only when they have the recruitment side sorted out. I wouldn't remotely trust Moyes and Kinnear - the overseers of last summer's debacle - to spend any windfall well.
On Ndiaye, I would like to keep him. But if we had a competent recruitment team in place, we are going to have to get creative in the market to take the next step up. I would suggest nobody in our side is irreplaceable. Assuming we keep Pickford and KDH - and a crocked Branthwaite is going nowhere - that leaves big decisions to be made on Ndiaye and Grealish for different reasons.
ToffeeScot
Player Valuation: £25m
Yeah, that's completely fair. We did try that with McNeil and hopefully we try it again with him and Myko this summer.
Just saw a clip saying he's got another 2 years then an option for a 3rd. Decent security that. Would still give him another deal.
I’m still not over that goal being disallowed (even though it was rightly disallowed)
The celebrations were perfect and he is our history maker, first and last goals at Goodison and HD respectively so it would’ve been fitting for him to get the first Derby goal too
It so quickly went from seeing him screaming ‘we built this city’ into the crowd, to var, to kick off, to one down.
So deflating.
The celebrations were perfect and he is our history maker, first and last goals at Goodison and HD respectively so it would’ve been fitting for him to get the first Derby goal too
It so quickly went from seeing him screaming ‘we built this city’ into the crowd, to var, to kick off, to one down.
So deflating.
blueconverse
Player Valuation: £40m
Off in the summer and don't blame him, at least we will make a profit on him to spend on players the manager doesn't want
Benicetoourboys
Player Valuation: £35m
How do you know that?
He plays alongside Dwight McNeil and Thierno Barry mate. You could put prime Thierry Henry in his place and he'd get about the same.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Especially if he has a massive World Cup. The group of death is as much an opportunity as anything.
I pin 0% of the blame on him.
Look at the midfield apart from Dewsbury-Hall: they offer absolutely nothing going forward, and that includes Garner who is supposedly having an amazing season.
From Gueye and Garner you're guaranteed about 2 goals a season maximum, certainly no more than 5 between them (currently 4).
You'll also get about the same number of killer through balls, which is a pitiful number.
McNeil, no need to waste words on him.
Then behind Ndiaye you have a left back who should be consistently supporting him down the left wing by overlapping. We don't have that: We have a 7/10 deferring left back who is 2/10 when attacking.
Ahead of Ndiaye, you have a very poor striker in Beto, and a striker in Barry who would not get near any other starting XI in the division — including full those teams already relegated.
Genuinely what's he supposed to do? He always creates space, wins free kicks, takes on 3/4/5 players. But he can't do it all himself.
You have a manager who refuses to try a new formation or give other players an extended run in the side, a luxury afforded to the likes of McNeil who has been as bad as it gets.
He and Dewsbury-Hall have carried Everton this season and we'd probably have been relegated without them.
kiss the crest
Player Valuation: £35m
probably because he has 3 players constantly marking him with zero support from fullbacks or striking positions
other teams know stick 3 on him as the rest are no threat
Garner isn't much of a sellable asset. You genuinely think teams are going to come to offer £50m for him when he rarely scores or assists?
He's a very tidy player who stands out in a truly awful Everton side.
Anderson of Forest is three times the player.
