Rate Everton's Transfer Window

[sanctioned]

8/9, think 8 is a bit more fair although I am very pleased. I think we could have used another winger/attacker and another defender (rback or can fill in), but really can't complain. Our quality has improved almost across the board.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Yeah, a whole position that was known to be problematic (full backs aren't important is also certainly a great take) will now not be a problem at all, all year, with no one to cover for it, based on "hope the 1 player we have doesn't get injured".

Something something chains and weakest links or whatever, but that doesn't matter for us I guess.

It wasn't problematic when we had top 6 form and a great defensive record there last year after Moyes joined. Here is a list of the main right backs we have had since 1992

• Matt Jackson
• Paul Holmes
• Earl Barrett
• Marc Hottiger
• Jon O'Connor
• Steve Watson
• Tony Hibbert
• Phil Neville
• Séamus Coleman
• Jonjoe Kenny
• Djibril Sidibé
• Nathan Patterson
• Ashley Young

Out of all of those players the only ones that I would take over JOB are Watson, Coleman and Phil Neville.

 

[preposterousvelios]

One thing I will say is that along with improving squad depth and quality - which we have - we have avoided a lot of those hostage-to-fortune deals that the likes of Villa have now indulged in. Martinez is dropped, now has to stay, they miss out on Grealish yet take Sancho on loan, etc...

Lots of weird moves from them which suggest a level of chaos.

I really really want that Villa fan that used to post on here to rock back up so we can all laugh at him.

He was absolutely adamant that there was absolutely 0 chance of them having PSR issues, and that we were all just jealous of their upward trajectory.

 

[FTY]

Tryna remember the last time I'd have given the window anything 8 or above on Deadline Day Boxing Day

Maybe 18/19? Richy, Digne, Bernard, Gomes, Zouma and Mina with the latter 4 being on the last day

 

[Ufotone]

A solid 9 for me....

All things considered, a great window

Last season we had about the 4th best defense with poor attacking options, I'm much more confident of scoring goals now with much better attacking options and practically the same defense.

Obviously we still need a new right back, strange that it wasn't sorted

 

[LostLegend]

Not sure I can put a number on it. We wont really know how successful or unsuccessful it has been until much later in the season.

Will Rohl, Dibling & Barry turn out to be good signings? Will not bringing in a right back come back to haunt us?
I guess we will find out.

On the surface, it looks to be a fairly decent window.
Grealish has been an instant hit, keeping Charly Alcaraz for such a low fee is a good bit of business, KDH looks a shrewd signing and the ones mentioned above look like they have a lot of potential.

Not bringing in a right back worries me though. We saw wheat happened when we lost Mykolenko for a couple of games, should O'Brien take a knock, that could really put us in a difficult place defensively, considering defense is where we have looked the most shaky so far.

 

[SJB]

 

[Cameron Manning]

I put 7 I would have thought 7.5 would have been fairer, but no option for that.

I had the window down for a 6 but with the Rohl signing I’d increase that to 7 or even 7.5, I think the versatility of the new signing could make a big difference to our performances.

 

[MrD]

8 would have been 9 if we signed a right back

 

[DualityNSNO]

It wasn't problematic when we had top 6 form and a great defensive record there last year after Moyes joined. Here is a list of the main right backs we have had since 1992

• Matt Jackson
• Paul Holmes
• Earl Barrett
• Marc Hottiger
• Jon O'Connor
• Steve Watson
• Tony Hibbert
• Phil Neville
• Séamus Coleman
• Jonjoe Kenny
• Djibril Sidibé
• Nathan Patterson
• Ashley Young

Out of all of those players the only ones that I would take over JOB are Watson, Coleman and Phil Neville.

All of the right backs you've listed are right backs.

Great defensive record is fantastic - we were atrocious going forward as we had no width. It's 2025 and 4 CBs across the line leaves you toothless upfront, as evident by the past ~4 years.

Also "we had a great defensive record" when we had a full back and then a winger as a second full back sitting on top of each other either side - if we didn't have a great defensive record we might as well stop existing. That said, the record was actually better under Moyes as well, and we played actual football, or tried to at the very least.

So yes, 30 years ago maybe it wasn't that important - however, since the 00s - from the list, Hibbert was great in defence and provided crosses from deep, Neville was a filler in every sense of the word but did an okay job and Coleman spoiled us all by being consistently great for years until the leg break.

We just never replaced him at all, not effectively, not any way, and this "it's not important" is bizarre, as him and Baines were our most important players for about a decade, providing goals and assists consistently. "It wasn't problematic" because we had genuinely good to world class players there for decades and you overlooked it, is what I'm getting.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

All of the right backs you've listed are right backs.

Great defensive record is fantastic - we were atrocious going forward as we had no width. It's 2025 and 4 CBs across the line leaves you toothless upfront, as evident by the past ~4 years.

Also "we had a great defensive record" when we had a full back and then a winger as a second full back sitting on top of each other either side - if we didn't have a great defensive record we might as well stop existing. That said, the record was actually better under Moyes as well, and we played actual football, or tried to at the very least.

So yes, 30 years ago maybe it wasn't that important - however, since the 00s - from the list, Hibbert was great in defence and provided crosses from deep, Neville was a filler in every sense of the word but did an okay job and Coleman spoiled us all by being consistently great for years until the leg break.

We just never replaced him at all, not effectively, not any way, and this "it's not important" is bizarre, as him and Baines were our most important players for about a decade, providing goals and assists consistently. "It wasn't problematic" because we had genuinely good to world class players there for decades and you overlooked it, is what I'm getting.

Do you expect us to challenge for the top 4 this year? Although JOB’s primary job isn’t as a fullback he is more than adequate there. It isn’t some major glaring weakness which is going to stop us finishing top 10 which should be our aim this year. Improving our midfield/attacking options will have a far bigger effect on our points total than if we signed a decent right back. So what I’m getting at is we needed to sign lots of players on a limited budget and I think we signed them in areas of the pitch that will improve us more as a team and will give us a higher points total. If we had unlimited funds then that is a different matter but we don’t. I think we prioritised the right areas given the players we have in our squad already. I wouldn’t swap any of our signings for Tony Hibbert.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Do you expect us to challenge for the top 4 this year? Although JOB’s primary job isn’t as a fullback he is more than adequate there. It isn’t some major glaring weakness which is going to stop us finishing top 10 which should be our aim this year. Improving our midfield/attacking options will have a far bigger effect on our points total than if we signed a decent right back. So what I’m getting at is we needed to sign lots of players on a limited budget and I think we signed them in areas of the pitch that will improve us more as a team and will give us a higher points total. If we had unlimited funds then that is a different matter but we don’t. I think we prioritised the right areas given the players we have in our squad already. I wouldn’t swap any of our signings for Tony Hibbert.

Missed the point by about a mile mate, but you do you, whatever.

Just hope we have no injuries at all and hope for the best, as it is, as we have no obvious weaknesses in the team, I understand. We're currently playing Michael Keane - the backup to the backup - as Branthwaite is injured and JOB has to play out of position, btw.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Does it bother anyone else that we don't have anyone allocated to number; 3, 4 or 8 from number 1-11?

1 Jordan Pickford

2 Nathan Patterson

5 Michael Keane

6 James Tarkowski

7 Dwight McNeil

9 Beto

10 Iliman Ndiaye

11 Thierno Barry

12 Mark Travers

15 Jake O’Brien

16 Vitalii Mykolenko

18 Jack Grealish

20 Tyler Dibling

22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

23 Seamus Coleman

24 Charly Alcaraz

31 Tom King

32 Jarrad Branthwaite

34 Merlin Röhl

37 James Garner

39 Adam Aznou

42 Tim Iroegbunam

53 Harry Tyrer

 

[smileychap]

7
The lack of a proper RB and an experienced RW ( not obviously TD) are my unique concerns.

Goal: 7. Ok money for an OK keeper, but was it a priority?

Defence: 0 defence ( failed any reinforcement ). JB unfit . Patterson will be away off it if playing.

Midfield 7: Tim Iroegbunam looks too be coming back " it's like a new signing", yawn. But is a factor, if Moyes sees something he likes there. Jack awesome, KDH a prospect. No right sided player or obvious holding player

Up front, got Barry 8.

A factor is we also shed some weight, and squad guff.

So 22/40 points

A great right sided player in lieu of Travers is the bit I don't get.

 

[DeucesWild]

I'll give it a 7. While a RB was clearly needed, when you take into consideration where the club has been the last few years and how bad the vibes around the team had been during that time frame, I find it hard not to be optimistic.