2017/18 Ademola Lookman

[ADT]

Surely if big fat Sam didn’t think he had a future at Everton he would have sold him?

 

[DanB90]

Should get good money for him cos we paid good money if the Gerrrmans are daft enough to pay our price. Then our new manager signs someone better. He got little support from the fans here anyway so no wonder he was glad to leave.

Nonsense mate, I boo’d him far less than the other players.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I hope we hold on to him

 

[DanB90]

Surely if big fat Sam didn’t think he had a future at Everton he would have sold him?

Be reckless of the club to let Sam decide which players are shown the door permanently, given the shortness of his contract.

 

[Brent]

I hope we keep him. He seems to have amazing speed. One of the few on the team.

 

[riddick]

Again I'll ask why he shouldn't have played for us when we're throwing Bolasie out there every week who's regularly put in 3/10 performances...He'd likely offer more threat than Rooney or Davies as an AM in certain games when we actually need someone to create on their own. I agree he SHOULDN'T be considered a PL starter, but for us, we've got enough dross that he at least should've been seeing regular minutes and growing here.

Considering we ALSO have Vlasic and don't play him over Bolasie, there is no guarantee he would be getting more game time.

 

[Papa Shango]

Not starting games but he’s got 2 goals in 270 minutes of time and those goals have won his side 4 points. And we couldn’t find him minutes because...?

Sounds like someone at our club currently who scores whenever he gets minutes yet he is still deemed as not good enough...

 

[APN_EFC]

Again I'll ask why he shouldn't have played for us when we're throwing Bolasie out there every week who's regularly put in 3/10 performances...He'd likely offer more threat than Rooney or Davies as an AM in certain games when we actually need someone to create on their own. I agree he SHOULDN'T be considered a PL starter, but for us, we've got enough dross that he at least should've been seeing regular minutes and growing here.

even if he had, say 30 mins every other week, and 10 mins or so, and then U23 action, I think it would be useful. I am sure it's hard to manage young players Under the age of 22/24 who have had a taste of first team action, but I wish we had a proper director of football who managed their careers and encouraged them to be patient - it's surely better - unless you're an exceptional player like Ronaldo/Messi - to have a good base in developing squads, and get onto the first team scene at the right time, rather than being on the fringes.

I know this is fantasy football stuff, but I would manage Vlasic, Lookman, Dowell, DCL, Davies, Kenny, and maybe connolly and holgate like this

Think of them on one month cycles, they should make:
2 x Matchday squads
2 X U23 matches
2 X subs appearances of around 15 or 30 mins

obviously this won't always work out, but in our team I think that each of them can be a legitimate understudy to our 'senior players'

What do people think? I know it might be a nonsense idea, but i'm just trying to think that the biggest problems you have in retaining young talented players are:
- patience (keeping them long enough in your squad)
- loyalty
- managing expectations
- keeping their fitness and physical development on track
- managing their confidence, talent and progression

(PS it's a shame about Browning, Penningtonand Galloway - they're just rubbish now are they?)

 

[carolinablue232]

Considering we ALSO have Vlasic and don't play him over Bolasie, there is no guarantee he would be getting more game time.

Yeah. Not arguing if he would have. I’m arguing that he should have.

 

[riddick]

Yeah. Not arguing if he would have. I’m arguing that he should have.

Well THAT part is a definite "of course".

 

[carolinablue232]

Sounds like someone at our club currently who scores whenever he gets minutes yet he is still deemed as not good enough...

Yeah, that’s a weird one. Think he’s gonna make the Senegal WC squad?

 

[Goat]

Get the little dwarf out of my club.

 

[Papa Shango]

Yeah, that’s a weird one. Think he’s gonna make the Senegal WC squad?

Could do, he was in their last squad, got a lot of competition for his place though.

 

[DanEFC92]

Wicker man for everyone involved in this sorry affair.

 

[Encoder]

Wicker man for everyone involved in this sorry affair.

Yes force them to watch the Nic Cage version. Truly no greater a torture (unless you're drunk/baked)