Lobworm
Player Valuation: £5m
I would be sad to see him go. He offers a lot when playing well, and his work on defending corners will also be a big miss. That all said, those stats don't amount to a lot in terms of goals, and if he won't sign a new deal (assuming he's been offered one) then I suppose we need to get what we can.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £40m
Lad reads something on the forums, tweets it to sound ITK, someone posts tweet on the forums, lad reads it on the forums, twe……….
John BCN
Player Valuation: £8m
"Concluded by the first week of June". The window doesn't open until 14th June.
'Watch this space'.... another saying I want eradicated from the Evertonia vocabulary.
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
Could we please spend some of the money to bring Tom Cannon back please?
Baggzio
Player Valuation: £15m
Don’t trust this at all but I’d be happy if it actually came true. Frankly I can see the club happily doing this as Beto and Chermiti are already here.
Not saying they’re perfect replacements but of all areas of the pitch it is where we’re most covered. I’ll also run and hide before I say this but I could see Maupay being used if we can’t sell him, he’d look so much better in a 2 up front, which Dyche has used more this year.
Financially the deal obviously makes sense, again I don’t believe it but if there were any truth in it we should be taking it. He finished the season well but ultimately he’s also not irreplaceable.
JimmyJeffers
Player Valuation: £70m
yes please. Didnt know you were a baker Matthew.
JimmyJeffers
Player Valuation: £70m
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £40m
I suspect the club got an awful lot more match time out of DCL than they were expecting this season. With hindsight people ask why get both Beto and Chermiti when other positions could’ve been strengthened, answer is probably that they were expected to be 1st and 2nd choice for much of the season due to DCL’s prognosis.
I guess then that DCL having a better than expected season of fitness presents a “nice” problem, in that it’s given us more options up front and has increased his value from close to zero 12 months ago.
The dilemma then is what to do now, and if the feeling is that the way he has to manage his fitness isn’t sustainable for 3-4 years maybe it is best to take the “bonus” 25m for him now rather than commit to a contract, even if he would sign.
We've coped with far bigger losses than DCL over the years and we're still in the Premiership.
We'll survive.
knowing your history
Player Valuation: £20m
It's a tough one for sure.
Surely if he goes for 25m and Onana goes for 40m + that's enough to keep running things over the summer and potentially then you keep Branthwaite for another season.
I think that's how Dyche will be looking at it. Fourth best defence in the league so keep that unit and that's the best chance of staying up as they've proven they can keep clean sheets against many of the bottom half and that's a sustainable base to win the games that need to be won.
If this club suddenly has to start winning loads of games 3-2 or 4-3 next season that's how it gets relegated as the firepower simply won't be there. However 6 or 7 wins by a one nil is achievable although needs another goalscoring midfielder/wide player in the squad.
Surely if he goes for 25m and Onana goes for 40m + that's enough to keep running things over the summer and potentially then you keep Branthwaite for another season.
I think that's how Dyche will be looking at it. Fourth best defence in the league so keep that unit and that's the best chance of staying up as they've proven they can keep clean sheets against many of the bottom half and that's a sustainable base to win the games that need to be won.
If this club suddenly has to start winning loads of games 3-2 or 4-3 next season that's how it gets relegated as the firepower simply won't be there. However 6 or 7 wins by a one nil is achievable although needs another goalscoring midfielder/wide player in the squad.
hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
This reminds me of when we sold Ferguson to them, which turned out to be a great deal for us.
knowing your history
Player Valuation: £20m
Was it? The 98/99 was pretty awful up to Super Kev came as a last throw of the dice in the March.
Then of course Ferguson was re-signed 18 months later.
