Everton Transfer Thread 2016

[Quim]

It's definitely looking like the Team Happy Clappers is going to lose and Team Pampers is going to win.

He went for Gueye when we had Barry, Besic, davies and mccarthy in place. Don't know about you but I'd see a second forward as much the more essential figure we need in.

The only one gueye is similar to is McCarthy and it looks like we are going to swap the 2 with £10m in the bank. I agree we need a forward and I accept you are not happy. But you surely you cant criticise the club for good business. Gueye has had no bearing whatsoever on our ability to or not to bring a forward in

 

[wainy]

Kenwright was always judged by his net spend, or lack thereof. Just saying.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

This has been mentioned several times, but we should remember how City's soending looked the first couple years of their wealth. They were not buying the best players in the world, they we buying the best from lower level clubs in england and abroad. They had a bigger net spend for sure, but they also have never been able to move on young talent for huge fees like we have. Before we go screaming and throwing our toys around like children about broken promises, lets remember that they were all media and fan speculation and that we have spent near 50 million in one window and landed 3 additions to the starting xi.

We could only dream of the near £200m Mansour spent in the first 12 months of his reign.

 

[Seanjd]

"Effective" Bolasie. Crack on mate.

Give him time. Wasn't that long ago you were getting excited about Niasse cause you thought he was similar in style to Bolasie. Let's hope not.

 

[everton2004]

At the start of the window until around about half way through they said there was going to be a big net spend and loads of top players and that team pampers should stay calm and be patient.

Well it looks like they were wrong and Team Pampers were right.

Now that they are saying what we were after is progress not net spend is nonsense. That's changing the goal posts.

Yes - that's what we were all hoping for......and it still could happen.....there are two days left of the window.

No, utter nonsense regarding the "moving the goalposts". It is called being realistic. At the end of the day, the "goalposts" you mention are set by Moshiri and the club. None of these "goalposts" have been made public by the club - everything on here is pure speculation:

The "£100M warchest" - speculation.
"We're going to sign loads of boss players to make a statement" - speculation.

What makes the difference between us and the bedwetters are we can see the progress that has been made with the management and the squad - and the plans for the stadium are to be announced in due course. I'm happy with that progress. The only person you can blame for you wetting the bed over this whole situation is yourself. You're getting all upset because Everton haven't delivered on promises they never made. Deal with it.

 

[andy4efc]

Just a coincidence then?

How do you know that we set £50m as a target? which if we did, we've got by the way with only £2.5m in installments. You don't.

NEITHER do I, it's all speculation, the papers don't truly know either. Quite frankly nobody on this forum knows what Moshiri is like as a business, what his targets are specifically (only time we've heard from him was a bout investing in the team and build a new stadium). It's the exact same with the £100m nonsense, at no point have Everton stated we will invest this amount.

One thing to consider though, If you're going to use speculation as fact then look at it from this perspective.

We turned down £34/40m from Chelsea for Stones (according to papers). Ever thought that maybe we turned them down because we wanted the extra money that would go to Barnsley?.. So in a year's time, we've not only stood our ground but also got that extra money for Stones so that we get the full £40m towards him.

None of us know, and people are making judgements based upon paper talk and no actual facts or statements from the club.

Personally we have just got £47.5m for a defender who's been fairly poor for two seasons. That is excellent business and should not be viewed otherwise.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Let him rot in the ukraine.

This

 

[Seanjd]

"Effective" Bolasie. Crack on mate.

He will be rather more effective than Cleverly or Kone were in the same position.

 

[Milk]

No neither did I. Or tomorrow.

It'll be another mad scramble on deadline day. All well and good if you have your main targets already in and you're just looking to top up and strengthen, another thing entirely when the biggest signings you've needed to make all summer (GK, ACM, second striker) are nowhere in sight.

It's lamentable. It really is. It was sold as 'the new dawn' earlier this summer this regime. Is that what anyone's seeing right now?

What worries me by leaving it this late, is that we'll panic into paying stupid wages just to get the signature. What happens then when the player turns out to be beans a la Niasse or a has been like Schweinsteiger on massive wedge.

 

[Mickey]

We have to get another striker in. Can't be having another season of Rom starting every game.

 

[davek]

Look, if you have the chance to improve an area for that amount of money, do you turn it down because you have a couple of players in that position already? It looks as though Gueye is more effective than any of Barry, McCarthy, Besic or Davies. A striker will come. We still have time.

...you get your primary targets in and tinker about with that later.

GK
ACM
2nd Striker.

All crucial, none in. Two days to get them. Ninety days since the window officially opened.

Unimpressive.

 

[andy4efc]

We have to get another striker in. Can't be having another season of Rom starting every game.

Competition is vital.

 

[MurrayColm]

What if and just go with me but what if the text Jim White got was from Moshiri and that we will be the busiest club on deadline day ... That we bring in 3/4 top first team players that have ability to go straight into first team so instead of a " marquee" signing we get 3/4 solid additions that will make people sit up and say " Everton could be contenders this season " .. I'm not saying one 60/70 million pound player but yet few 25/30 mill players ... I know it's a bit out there but if you were Moshiri would you not like to show off your new club ... Coupled with Kieman as manager and Steve Walsh as DOF ... Get people talking about the " new Everton " and the term plucky little Everton is well and truly gone ... Mad theory I know but who who knows

 

[Blues Harp]

Some people just cannot wait to have a go at Koeman, Walsh, Moshiri et all - biggest improvement was getting rid of El fraudo and his henchmen

 

[chicoazul]

This is like walking in one of them wild west saloons where chairs are being thrown about and slaps being handed out.

grabs a bourbon on corner of the bar and admires*