2017/18 Davy Klaassen

orly · August 5, 2017

banno said:
You don't like him at all do you?

I like you Banno. I hope you like me too.

BlueToff · August 5, 2017

hetion said:
This would make plenty of sense if we were buying a proper clever passer. Rather than Gylfi who literally creates as much as Gana in open play. I just don't get it. Literally swap either of Rooney or Gylfi out for a proper playmaker and it all fits.

Both. Crap stats are crap. Good stats are good.

Gylfi does create from open play though. He doesn't 'run' games as such, but he's extremely effective in the final third and has the vision and skill to open up gaps.

I'm not saying he's going to solve every issue, but he'll definitely help

davek · August 5, 2017

BlueToff said:
Gylfi does create from open play though. He doesn't 'run' games as such, but he's extremely effective in the final third and has the vision and skill to open up gaps.

I'm not saying he's going to solve every issue, but he'll definitely help

...should think he would for an eye watering £50M.

banno · August 5, 2017

orly said:
I like you Banno. I hope you like me too.

are you coming on to me?

course I like you

chicoazul · August 5, 2017

slinks in for threes up*

hetion · August 5, 2017

BlueToff said:
Gylfi does create from open play though. He doesn't 'run' games as such, but he's extremely effective in the final third and has the vision and skill to open up gaps.

I'm not saying he's going to solve every issue, but he'll definitely help

He just doesn't though, which is where all my huffing and puffing about this stems from. For creating good goalscoring chances from open play in the prem last year he was 160th (!!) in the league. I'd go on but it's not the Sigurdsson thread. I've been umming and ahhing about collating all the analysis about it for a post/thread as I find it really interesting but I'm not sure there's any point.

Goat · August 5, 2017

“I did not want to be thinking about a move until the end of the season. I wanted to concentrate on Ajax’s games and sometimes you read about clubs but I told my agent not to tell me until I ask.

“Then I had heard the Everton manager wanted to talk to me. When the moment came I thought this is big. After that it happened quick. Ronald lives just ten minutes from my home, so when he went back to Holland in the summer I went to his house in Bussum.

“The conversation was maybe an hour and he gave me a good feeling. The manager explained his plan and the club’s ambitions and the style of play. He presented a picture and it was good for me.

“I spoke to a few people, thought about the situation and then in the end I decided yes, I wanted to go to Everton.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ssen-interview-dennis-bergkamp-always-player/

davek · August 6, 2017

MorgsGoat said:
“I did not want to be thinking about a move until the end of the season. I wanted to concentrate on Ajax’s games and sometimes you read about clubs but I told my agent not to tell me until I ask.

“Then I had heard the Everton manager wanted to talk to me. When the moment came I thought this is big. After that it happened quick. Ronald lives just ten minutes from my home, so when he went back to Holland in the summer I went to his house in Bussum.

“The conversation was maybe an hour and he gave me a good feeling. The manager explained his plan and the club’s ambitions and the style of play. He presented a picture and it was good for me.

“I spoke to a few people, thought about the situation and then in the end I decided yes, I wanted to go to Everton.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ssen-interview-dennis-bergkamp-always-player/

“I felt United did what was best for them to play against us and it worked for them. They scored two lucky goals, but once they were ahead we had to go at them. “Our team was not big or physical and that made a difference.”

Probably the most fanciful analysis of that final imaginable.

Happy Nick · August 6, 2017

His performances so far remind me off Fellaini when he first played for us. Largely anonymous. It looks like he will need some time to bed in. Hopefully he will get up to speed soon, you can sense that he is a quality player but it is not happening for him just yet...

sageyefc · August 6, 2017

Play him further forward where his qualities can actually be utilised

Osamabindiesel · August 6, 2017

Looks lost on the field. Koeman forcing pegs into square holes

orly · August 6, 2017

hetion · August 6, 2017

MorgsGoat said:
“I did not want to be thinking about a move until the end of the season. I wanted to concentrate on Ajax’s games and sometimes you read about clubs but I told my agent not to tell me until I ask.

“Then I had heard the Everton manager wanted to talk to me. When the moment came I thought this is big. After that it happened quick. Ronald lives just ten minutes from my home, so when he went back to Holland in the summer I went to his house in Bussum.

“The conversation was maybe an hour and he gave me a good feeling. The manager explained his plan and the club’s ambitions and the style of play. He presented a picture and it was good for me.

“I spoke to a few people, thought about the situation and then in the end I decided yes, I wanted to go to Everton.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ssen-interview-dennis-bergkamp-always-player/

Wouldn't we all love to know what that is eh.

zandvoort blue · August 6, 2017

Adjusting to the faster pace and greater strength required. He'll be fine.

Rooney and him on the same pitch isn't working- too similar and they end up compressing the play in the centre of the pitch instead of stretching it.

Needs a striker ahead of him too