Everton Summer transfers 2021

[AsiaAsia82]

RB
RW
Attacking CM who can create against poor teams

do it Marcel

 

[TheBigIguana]

Carlo doesn't.

I'd imagine he does in the manner I mean. I don't dislike rotation but I would like a more consistent system. I think he would agree we just aren't to that point as a squad.

 

[catcherintherye]

You actually can to a large extent, of course it would never be the same exactly, but a top team would have a system that would only need to be tweaked for the specific issues on the day.

For a club like us, in our position, that would be really naive in the short term though.

 

[degsy]

RB
RW
Attacking CM who can create against poor teams

do it Marcel

KDB it is then

 

[TheBigIguana]

For a club like us, in our position, that would be really naive in the short term though.

I'm really not sure that's true. Doing it to throw away results maybe.

 

[Brisan123]

You actually can to a large extent, of course it would never be the same exactly, but a top team would have a system that would only need to be tweaked for the specific issues on the day.

Even Pep with the players at his disposal will change tactics players and formations to suit different games

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Even Pep with the players at his disposal will change tactics players and formations to suit different games

I think with Europe and doing in well in the cups, you have to rotate, there’s no real option.

Will be interesting to see if James, Davies & Coleman are fit for Thursday.

But having a settled 11 always makes a massive difference. Over the last few year wolves, Leicester and Liverpool are the 3 teams that seemed to pick the same 11, 9 games out of 10. Injuries obviously have had a big impact on Liverpool, wolves haven’t had that many but have struggled to cope.

Leicester to be fair have had a few and coped very well.

This years settled team is West Ham, who apart from Antonio missing a few games. It’s the same 11 most weeks. They’ve since added Lingard. But it makes a huge difference if you can pick a settled team and even More so if it’s your best 11.

I don’t think we’ve had our best 11 available since the 5th game.

 

[catcherintherye]

Even Pep with the players at his disposal will change tactics players and formations to suit different games

Pep kind of has a settled system overall, but he has the best players, and the most money to sign replacements if needed. So it makes sense for him to have the view "we are Manchester City, if we do what we do well, we will win" so focus on a single system.

Sides at the bottom, are always going to be the weaker team, so again it makes sense to learn a simple system, you use every week, as you are the underdog every week.

We are the epitome of a side in then middle, who have always sat on our own island between the big 6 and the rest. It makes no sense for us to have a single system. If we are not creative against the top teams we will lose, and if we are predictable against the poorer teams they will find solutions for us.

I do get that it works in Germany, but in Germany they have a culture where they give their coaches time,andmost of the similarly sized clubs to us are not at risk of relegation if they have a bad season (and it's not as catastrophic).

 

[catcherintherye]

I think with Europe and doing in well in the cups, you have to rotate, there’s no real option.

Will be interesting to see if James, Davies & Coleman are fit for Thursday.

But having a settled 11 always makes a massive difference. Over the last few year wolves, Leicester and Liverpool are the 3 teams that seemed to pick the same 11, 9 games out of 10. Injuries obviously have had a big impact on Liverpool, wolves haven’t had that many but have struggled to cope.

Leicester to be fair have had a few and coped very well.

This years settled team is West Ham, who apart from Antonio missing a few games. It’s the same 11 most weeks. They’ve since added Lingard. But it makes a huge difference if you can pick a settled team and even More so if it’s your best 11.

I don’t think we’ve had our best 11 available since the 5th game.

Thats a great point, and you've seen this season with Wolves and Liverpool, when a few injuries occur they do plummet.

To a degree Leicester have avoided this fate, but it's only really now they have had some mounting injuries, this is really going to be the litmus test for them. I could see them struggling like last season.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Even Pep with the players at his disposal will change tactics players and formations to suit different games

He's tinkered with things but once he finds the set up he largely sticks with it. And fwiw I always found that he lost CL games more often when he got scared and changed things in a meaningful way for a specific threat than when he just believed in his standard game.

 

[windymiller]

Have Sporting unearthed the next Fernandes?

Sporting Lisbon appear to have struck gold with a former Wolves youngster who has a better scoring record than Bruno Fernandes.

www.bbc.co.uk

if he's better than fernandes then we need to be all over this in the summer

Buying a player at the height of his hype for loads of money is so 2017.

 

[Terrarian]

I think rail companies are in charge of transfers, im sat on oxenholme station n its £2.30 for a can of coke, ridiculous. Transfers something something

 

[MisterJ]

Everton three players short of 'open title race' challenge

Barring ludicrous dominance, another summer of excellent transfer business could see Everton challenge for the title…

www.football365.com

Looks like others have noticed the same thing...

 

[TheBigIguana]

Everton three players short of 'open title race' challenge

Barring ludicrous dominance, another summer of excellent transfer business could see Everton challenge for the title…

www.football365.com

Looks like others have noticed the same thing...

Pickford made two important saves in two games so the previous two years of being terrible aren't an issue anymore is some stunning logic. Which apparently is also a popular view around here now.

I still see 4-3-1-2 as the best option for us because it puts our best players (namely Richarlison, Digne and James) in positions to succeed. And if you take last night's team and swap James in for Gylfi I'd say the 3 positions most in need of an upgrade remain RB, GK and central midfield. If we aren't going to commit to that setup we need a RW too. But GK and RB are absolute must signs for this window.

 

[riddick]

Pickford made two important saves in two games so the previous two years of being terrible aren't an issue anymore is some stunning logic. Which apparently is also a popular view around here now.

I still see 4-3-1-2 as the best option for us because it puts our best players (namely Richarlison, Digne and James) in positions to succeed. And if you take last night's team and swap James in for Gylfi I'd say the 3 positions most in need of an upgrade remain RB, GK and central midfield. If we aren't going to commit to that setup we need a RW too. But GK and RB are absolute must signs for this window.

Pickford has always been an exceptional reactionary keeper. He's EXCELLENT at things that take no time to think about, just to react. His downfall has always been not these issues.