Confirmed Signing Thierno Barry

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Thanks to Kenwright / Moshiri there are two reasons we can't make a statement signing.

1 position in the PL in recent years doesn't lend itself to statement signings

2 we haven't the dough to make statement signings

There is a third reason

3 if we had the money then no doubt PSR will be used by the PL to stop us making a significant signing
 
As I see it, the lad is a goal scorer, excellent in the air and at 6f 5 is going to be a real handful. Lots of folk get hung up on holding the ball up (which he will improve on) but the thing that excites me most from what I’ve seen is how he plays off the shoulder and makes runs in behind. As I’ve said before, playing against a striker with his back to goal (DCL) is bread and butter for a defender, but playing against a striker playing off your shoulder is a nightmare and helps create space and opportunities for clever players to pass/move into. This move points to a more aggressive/attacking Everton which we’d all surely welcome 🙏
 

As I see it, the lad is a goal scorer, excellent in the air and at 6f 5 is going to be a real handful. Lots of folk get hung up on holding the ball up (which he will improve on) but the thing that excites me most from what I’ve seen is how he plays off the shoulder and makes runs in behind. As I’ve said before, playing against a striker with his back to goal (DCL) is bread and butter for a defender, but playing against a striker playing off your shoulder is a nightmare and helps create space and opportunities for clever players to pass/move into. This move points to a more aggressive/attacking Everton which we’d all surely welcome 🙏
Don’t we already have a striker in Beto that does the same thing? If you’re saying his hold up play is a bit pants then Beto is the same. The only difference is maybe his strike rate but in this league who knows. £30M plus is a lot for a similar striker to what we already have.
 
Don’t we already have a striker in Beto that does the same thing? If you’re saying his hold up play is a bit pants then Beto is the same. The only difference is maybe his strike rate but in this league who knows. £30M plus is a lot for a similar striker to what we already have.
They are a worlds apart in the way they play. Tall and black, same player obviously 🙄
 
Anyway the latest on Barry now is that we have "accelerated" the deal, we're almost at Glacial speed now lads, I've gone damp with excitement and have that familiar tingle around my ballsack just before my wife gets one of her headaches and says good night love...:Blink:
 

Anyway the latest on Barry now is that we have "accelerated" the deal, we're almost at Glacial speed now lads, I've gone damp with excitement and have that familiar tingle around my ballsack just before my wife gets one of her headaches and says good night love...:Blink:
Almost 01 July; time to pull your finger out.
 

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