Everton Transfer Thread 2016

[Number_25]

Not even arsed, I just look forward to have something to get genuinely depressed about again come August.

COYB.

 

[Westland]

In my youth it was so easy to stand up and pronounce smugly
who was sane and who was crazy, who was wrong and who was right.
Who was numbered with the angel and who saw Esk as God almighty
who was good and who was evil, who wore black and who wore white.
Now the years have taught me better, right or wrong just doesn't matter
they are just words the WUMs can scatter to hide their bloody hands
and what is truth or what's illusion, what is order or confusion
Who is winning, who is losing ?
It just depends on where you stand.

*apologies to Eric Bogle

Awesome.

 

[riddick]

Because we've been unable to close a deal on a grade A star early on to show our intent. That would have been the trigger to attract other top drawer players who would actively want to join the club.

As it stands, we've done nothing, other than see a star player want out in John Stones and sign a reserve goalkeeper for nothing.

Currently, nothing has changed at Everton at all, which is alarming. I'm not one of those who panics needlessly, and have repeatedly said over the last two weeks that it's still early in the window - but now we're in the second half of July, our inactivity is becoming a concern. The difference between us and our supposed rivals in this 'new era' is they have established top-tier squads and didn't need to make a statement - we, on the other hand, really did need to, and we haven't.

It's not quite panic stations, but if we don't start acting in the next seven days then we're in trouble IMO. We can't go into August with our transfer activity being absolutely identical to "old" Everton.

The frustrating thing about the highlighted is, it doesn't even seem like we even have any links to players. We have ITK's saying Mata and Witsel here, TEF saying Leno, but not one place is really saying "it's on!". You'd think SOMEONE would have leaked stories about us by now.

 

[Tubey]

I'm trying to stay positive. We've a new owner, a new manager and, if what we're told is true - we are trying to completely restructure the way way the club is run. We don't have a DoF in place yet and that may be delaying any dealings also. There also appears to be a lot pf time and money going into the new stadium finally (again if we believe all the talk on here) and the Euro's were taking place making dealing with players harder maybe?? and of course we are only get the likes of Ross, Rom and Stones back now and Koeman may want to speak with those players before making movements in the market (Stones departure seems a case of when not if). I keep reminding myself that Rome wasn't built in a day.
That said i would have thought, if Moshiri and team really wanted to make a statement of intent then at least one major signing would have been made. The big boys are now making major movements so if we want to complete for top 4 we do need a rocket up our @rses.

But that is once again a massive indictment of Moshiri's Everton - and once again symptomatic of the impression that we simply can't get anything done at the moment.

Perhaps I'm wrong, and we'll see a flurry of activity and go into August with our muscles well and truly flexed, but we're leaving it perilously late to do so. In a standard transfer window, I'd accept dealings being done as late as early August - but not this one. This really had to be a 'statement of intent' transfer window, and that meant the new owner coming in and stamping down with a Robinho-esque blockbuster signing quick with little fuss.

 

[COYBL25]

minutiae
mɪˈnjuːʃɪiː,mʌɪ-,-ʃɪʌɪ/
noun

1. the small, precise, or trivial details of something.
   "the minutiae of everyday life"
   synonyms: details, niceties, subtleties, finer points, particulars, specifics; More

Thanks as always Neil x

 

[toffeejack]

Prem ins/outs so far:

not jealous of anything there really. Apart from spurs and possibly united. West ham may have done alright so far, but nothing to get too excitied about.

 

[Number_25]

In all seriousness, we're not big enough at the moment to attract world-class players.

A top half finish next season is a must, and we have the players that can do that already.

 

[Talisman]

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss?

 

[Sapie88]

Let's face it lads, we'll be lucky to stay up next season.

 

[Tubey]

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss?

I can safely say Ronald Koeman would not have spunked £13m on Oumar Niasse.

So no, not the same as the old 'boss', although that word loosely applies to the embarrassment that was Martinez.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Because we've been unable to close a deal on a grade A star early on to show our intent. That would have been the trigger to attract other top drawer players who would actively want to join the club.

As it stands, we've done nothing, other than see a star player want out in John Stones and sign a reserve goalkeeper for nothing.

Currently, nothing has changed at Everton at all, which is alarming. I'm not one of those who panics needlessly, and have repeatedly said over the last two weeks that it's still early in the window - but now we're in the second half of July, our inactivity is becoming a concern. The difference between us and our supposed rivals in this 'new era' is they have established top-tier squads and didn't need to make a statement - we, on the other hand, really did need to, and we haven't.

It's not quite panic stations, but if we don't start acting in the next seven days then we're in trouble IMO. We can't go into August with our transfer activity being absolutely identical to "old" Everton.

It sounds like we've literally thrown money at Witsel to be fair

9 times out of 10, that gets a player. He's just dragging his heels. That's not really the clubs fault

 

[COYBL25]

My uncle has a dog, he says his brother has a cousin who works for some newspaper: apparently we're in talks with one or two really long noses.

He never ever names anyone mate, but he will give you the general gist of what he hears is happening. He's very rarely wrong and he is extremely well respected in his field. So in answer to your wum, it's not the same as getting some ITK stuff from the bog cleaner at Finch Farm.

SO THERE X

 

[Tubey]

In all seriousness, we're not big enough at the moment to attract world-class players.

A top half finish next season is a must, and we have the players that can do that already.

When the Arabs came to Man City, they were a nothing club. They immediately signed one of the perceived best players in the world in Robinho within hours, gazumping Chelsea in the process.

We, on the other hand, have done nothing. Which is increasingly suggesting the investment from Moshiri is generally not going to get the job done. Arguably, he's arrived at the wrong time.

 

[Westland]

The frustrating thing about the highlighted is, it doesn't even seem like we even have any links to players. We have ITK's saying Mata and Witsel here, TEF saying Leno, but not one place is really saying "it's on!". You'd think SOMEONE would have leaked stories about us by now.

We aren't in any of the major newspapers as far as I'm aware. It's all hype generated from these forums as far as I can see.

 

[Tubey]

It sounds like we've literally thrown money at Witsel to be fair

9 times out of 10, that gets a player. He's just dragging his heels. That's not really the clubs fault

There's no proof of that. In fact, there's no proof we've bid for absolutely anyone.