Confirmed Signing Thierno Barry

[Bedfordblue]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

 

[blueblueskies]

So from that it looks like we're signing very decent potential but we'll need to patient with him, shouldn't be a problem for any of us

He will get the usual 30 minutes before he is written off

 

[blueboy72]

He’s not talking about the SSN Deadline Day incident outside FF.

He mentioned the purple dildo, thought there was only one incident when that happened

 

[mikel_88]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

Just see it like the onana deal with barry having less of the experience. Is the sort of player you would like think going forward we can be that club who pay less and identify earlier.

 

[Pabbers]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

You have just proved why finding them earlier does not exactly work out that easily.

You have used an example of how its not really worked.

Chermiti come in....and was not ready to be thrown in...need much more dev.....the same as Barry would have done.

Now some other team has taken that risk and developed him....we pay more for him, thats how it works.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

We've gutted and replaced our recruitment team from last season though, mate. I do understand that general frustration, but this just seems like good, old fashioned Everton moaning for the sake of it. The new management team like him and we're getting a deal boxed off ASAP. That's a good thing.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

Everything looks obvious in hindsight. Every player signed by every club in the world could in theory have been purchased earlier in their development for less. It's a weird stick to beat the club with.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

You have just proved why finding them earlier does not exactly work out that easily.

You have used an example of how its not really worked.

Chermiti come in....and was not ready to be thrown in...need much more dev.....the same as Barry would have done.

Now some other team has taken that risk and developed him....we pay more for him, thats how it works.

Exactly, scouting is not an exact science and as you go down the age pyramid the number of potentially good players exponentially increases. We could try to sign the next Barry for £15m but that would be much more of a risk than signing a player who has had a successful season in Spain. I would sooner sign someone close to the finished product than take a risk.

 

[brieverton]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

I hope that James Smith and to a lesser degree, Nick Cox will also be asking this question in time. As should Angus Kinnear.

 

[Pabbers]

Exactly, scouting is not an exact science and as you go down the age pyramid the number of potentially good players exponentially increases. We could try to sign the next Barry for £15m but that would be much more of a risk than signing a player who has had a successful season in Spain. I would sooner sign someone close to the finished product than take a risk.

Yea spot on.

Had we signed Barry last season, no way would have have got the game time he needed to develop his game and reputation, no chance.

Villareal have taken that chace, and should reap the rewards of a larger fee, thats surely how it works ??!

 

[SteStocksDJ]

Exactly, scouting is not an exact science and as you go down the age pyramid the number of potentially good players exponentially increases. We could try to sign the next Barry for £15m but that would be much more of a risk than signing a player who has had a successful season in Spain. I would sooner sign someone close to the finished product than take a risk.

Exactly this.

We could have signed him earlier and he wouldn’t have developed as he should have.

However we’re signing him at an age where he can still develop and possibly be sold on for a healthy profit - see Gyokeres

People are writing Chermiti off too soon aswell. He’s barely played because of that injury - and by all accounts he looked sharp in preseason and was set for a run in the team.

 

[Aries]

 

[cjuk87]

I like the part about him being offside often. Nothing fills me with more joy than my offside x times bet coming in, whilst everyone around me fumes "OFFSIDE AGAIN!!! GET ONSIDE LAAAAD!!!!!"

 

[Neiler]

The thing that stands out for me about Thierno is he's huge, absolute unit......but he's unusually athletic for someone his size, thats fairly unique and rare.

 

[Marius57]

Once again, where was our interest when he was moving for £14m last season……
Better yet, was he even heard of when we were spending £15m on Chermiti…..

If we had signed him a year ago, would he have developed in the way he has though? Highly unlikely he would have got enough game time to do so at that age.

Yes we need to find players before the big fees but by doing that we will have a lot more misses than hits, ie Chermiti so far hasn’t exactly excelled when really he could have done with another year of first team football.