This is one of the worst posts I've seen for a while, I do wish you hadn't picked a user name so similar to mine, as people might think it was me posting this rubbish.
…risk assessment is a necessary discipline. Football is a contact sport so risk is always a factor but in some cases the risk is much higher than others. The club needs to be hard-nosed in managing high risk.
anton66
Player Valuation: £50m
Tax deductible.
malcson
Player Valuation: £10m
Thought he had another 2 years, my mistake. In that case play him minus one game that triggers the fee IF he has recaptured any form
Blue Smoke
Player Valuation: £1m
I imagine dyche feels like he's been shafted by the board with all these late sales going into their coffers and not on players. He ought to try Dele (if and when he's up to speed and up for the fight), and almost force the club to honour spending 10 million on him.
They've no excuses having sold what's considered our attacking midfielder in iwobi.
But as said, Dele needs to be busting a gut on the training field.
They've no excuses having sold what's considered our attacking midfielder in iwobi.
But as said, Dele needs to be busting a gut on the training field.
I agree with you, we've been poor in dishing out ill advised contacts in the past to entice players to Everton, however:
He's already under contract.
We're already paying him.
He can play a handful of games with no additional financial burden on Everton.
He might perform and earn an additional 20 games (and maybe even potential new deal - a long shot)
He might perform to a standard that doesn't convince Everton, but another club may take him on loan in January reducing our wage spend.
If we don't play him (at all, as you and others are advocating) it's almost certain we're stuck with him and his wages until he walks out next May.
It makes zero sense. Get him fit, get him on the pitch and see what happens.
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The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Key to paying the ten million is what contract extension comes with it, I doubt we would hand it over knowing he would walk out the door for free in the summer. If he agrees to a year extension at a reduced rate with a relegation clause then it would make it more attractive to us.
Plays anything like he used to and we also have the opportunity to move him on in the summer to recover those costs. Whatever happens you are right he should be given those 6 or so games in the best possible condition to showcase what he can do. I would be arranging behind closed door games for him to get him match ready before he steps out as a first team team player for us. If we look really good during those games and are taking more points than before then there is a world I can see where we pay Spurs the money just because it'll work out cheaper than flirting with relegation.
…totally disagree but there you go.
…amazed some posters even entertain the thought of giving him a new deal.
Personally, I don’t see any logic in it even given the La La Land scenario that he’s still got something to offer. He needs to be given a big swerve and off the books asap.
Mrbluenose
Player Valuation: £6m
Will be very interesting to see what happens if Dele performs well in games just shy of the trigger point.
I feel like if Dele can get his body and his head right it’ll be for the rest of the season not just for 7 games
Dele makes 100kpw until end of season no matter what happens
He doesn’t need to play any football to make that happen
If he gets himself ready to play in the premier league again it’ll be because he wants his career to last longer than this season and wants a new contract somewhere
I would agree there’s a risk factor if we’re looking at offering him a new contract next year but until that point, if he plays well enough in six games for us to pay 10m for the next 20 then I don’t see much risk in that. And if we’re talking about keeping him past this season that’ll be a great problem to have because it’ll mean we’ve had some Dele in form!
Mrbluenose
Player Valuation: £6m
I've got no time for rich, dumb footballers wasting their talent and drifting through their contracts.
But after that interview he deserves a chance, if behind the scenes he shows that he wants one.
As a few have said now, he needs to be working his arse off in training and be that old snide horrible Dele on the pitch that I used to hate watching play against us because he got goals and assists but also got stuck in and would’ve been horrible to play against.
Narntwinnysivven
Player Valuation: £950k
Still got a feeling he might be suffering with one of those premier league approved “long term injuries”
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
It is like this...we have rubbish players that don't win games so any hope is better than none. He has a 6 game audition where if he flops there isn't a question whether we pay or not, if he does well then why wouldn't you? We aren't talking about signing him up on a 5 year deal, all short term stuff.
