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deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
How much does he earn a week?...for doing what?
one could ask the same for half as dozen of his teammates
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
I feel sorry a little for Martinez in this. Sounded like he was tracking the player for years and never able to get him.
Finally does and he just doesnt have the motivation/temperament to grab the bull by the horns and make a success of himself.
Shame.
Sunderland in the Jan transfer window. *taps nose*
Finally does and he just doesnt have the motivation/temperament to grab the bull by the horns and make a success of himself.
Shame.
Sunderland in the Jan transfer window. *taps nose*
benditlikebainesy
Player Valuation: £750k
Starts tonight.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
No idea why he was signed and no idea why Lennon was signed either....
Seems bizarre to sign wingers like this...
Seems bizarre to sign wingers like this...
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Allardyce isnt stupid...
Martinez must have been after him for ages, the only positive in this is that perhaps targets like Yarmolenko are still being hunted.
But then that would mean Deulofeu/McGeady/Lennon/Mirallas/Yarmolenko which is far too many wide players (not discounting cleverley either).
Really need to chop a couple.
Martinez must have been after him for ages, the only positive in this is that perhaps targets like Yarmolenko are still being hunted.
But then that would mean Deulofeu/McGeady/Lennon/Mirallas/Yarmolenko which is far too many wide players (not discounting cleverley either).
Really need to chop a couple.
McGeady was a low money gamble at a time when we had few wingers - he can put in good crosses, score some lovely goals (the Leicester one and the two for Ireland vs Georgia were all skillful) and he works hard to protect his fullback.
It hasn't worked out for either party but can see the original reasoning behind the signing.
I was skeptical of the Lennon loan but his workrate seemed to reinvigorate a team that was going through a bad time and he provides a good option in some games. Don't think we need both of McGeady and Lennon but if McGeady hadn't been injured think he could well have left in the summer.
Think my affection for Deulofeu is well known but it is good to have a squad of players that offer different attributes in the same position so you can change tactic depending on the game.
That's all true at least for the minority of occasions. For the majority of the time he's absolutely woeful: lots of step overs but no end product at all.
Lennon is a strange one as well. As you mention he seems to reinvigorate teams and his work-rate is unquestionable, especially tracking back.
However, there are still doubts in my mind regarding what he offers in terms of going forward. How often does he cross? Beat a man?
I'd much rather have Aaron here rather than Geeds and he works effectively against certain opposition, but he can in some aspecrs be limiting.
Lionel Naismith
Player Valuation: £6m
Watch him play boss tonight & everyone will always have rated him
I don't really understand the hate on McGeady to be honest. I know he's very infuriating as he's obviously talented but as a squad player to cover for injuries/suspensions? I'm happy enough with him. He cost us nothing except wages but he can't be wasting the wages anymore than Gibson/Pienaar are at the moment. If we sold him we'd only have to spend money to replace him with another squad player. We need depth not just a starting XI.
As I say it hasn't worked out but the talent is there. There was a spell at the start of last season where I though he was really beginning to settle in and he had an excellent run of games but think he got overtired and then injured and lost all form from then on.
He seems very much a confidence player and, a bit like Jelavic, think he'll have to leave Everton to regain his.
royvernon39
Player Valuation: £15m
I agree we have too many wingers on the books but I have a soft spot for mcGready as he has the magical touch (sometimes).
Del boy on the right and mc Gready on the left. That could be fun.
Del boy on the right and mc Gready on the left. That could be fun.
orly
Please check with me for Blammo criteria
Bit harsh for Del to have to do the work of two effective players though
pablo 1878
Player Valuation: £8m
Depth can't mean just numbers for the sake of it, surely. It means the player who comes in can do a job when called on, and also they put pressure on the player in the team who is ahead of them in the queue
McGeady just hasn't shown he can do this enough. I think he knows it as well
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