I said at the times they bought them both that we missed out massively on tripper and Davies. Both would have been good deputies to Coleman and baines and then taken over (especially in baines' case) within a couple of years.
But no, we ended up with seven wingers, seven central midfielders who don't attack or defend and five players to play number 10. As well as, no backups for our full backs, meaning we had to dip into the youth team/martina.
Davies in particular in my opinion mate. Trippier is excellent as well. I am bit cautious on buying from Burnley in general if i am honest as i think players play above themselves there, Dyche gets every ounce out of players and its deceptive, like we see with Keane.
You have to question the clubs decison making in recruitment i know its stating the obvious, but even selling Oviedo who was the epitome of good left back cover was a bit mad.
Simply put Everton havent matured into a club who know what to do with resources, i cant remember the last time we had a balanced squad, probably when
Moyes when here and even then we lacked depth.
As for left backs, i think Cresswell at WHU would be prefect for us, given what we are looking for. Unlikely but there is a better player in Cresswell then what he has shown since joining WHU and their boom and bust life as a PL club. Uo and down the byline, great engine, wicked delivery, set pieces and a decent defender.