To be fair, at the time, they WERE good times. We had the best manager in history, who had persuaded a genuine world-class player to sign. Allan was very highly regarded after being a key player for Napoli. It felt like we were breaking through...
Very small mate, apparently one of the key criteria we have entered into our new recruitment data analytic algorithm system for player identification and recruitment is the ability to reach stuff off the top shelf at ASDA.
One of the best tacklers in Europe too. His stats are pretty good in this area year after year. I read somewhere that he had 100+ tackles 7 years in a row in Europe, a feat not many have achieved. In my opinion he is underrated not overrated...
Next year is going to be a massive test, for all the criticism he took on here, the last period of time Doucoure wasn’t in the team dropping back to make a midfield 3, our midfield 2 got Mullard.
Gana was (and is) much better than Garner. If Gana was such a liability to the team, then why did his team mates vote him as players player of the year?
Or do the actual players not have your insight.
If you’re talking about 17/18, the mega splurge under Koeman. According to transfer market we spent 158.2 million euros on Siggurdson Pickford Keane Klaasen Onyekeru Vlasic Sandro.
We sold 125.6 mill euros for Lukaku, Barkley, Deulofeu...
With all this disparaging talk of signing the Longstaffs and Soucek’s of the world, I do wonder how this forum would of reacted, if it had been around in the 80’s , to the news that Everton were signing 2 washed up, injury plagued,journeymen...
This is the key really. I don't think it's fully grasped/understood by football people, although some are starting to get it (I think Thelwell actually did).
The PL is the final stop for most players (outside of like 10-12 clubs in Europe). If...
Just to inject a bit of positivity I had a chat yesterday with a guy who specialises in concert sound management at arenas and Stadia across UK and Europe (we are both supporting a charity in very different ways).
His company (and others) where...