Dominic Calvert-Lewin watch

[GrandOldTeam]

And like politely, I did a list of strikers/attackers we have had post Lukaku. Outside of Richarlison, nobody is even close to DCL.

So it was very obvious it would be difficult to replace him. Once you let go of your biases.

I've done it a few times the past few months - the whole list. Didn't include Richarlison, I consider him a winger for us;

We've signed 1 capable centre forward in Calvert-Lewin in over a decade since signing Lukaku.

Any I've missed from the below?

• Broja
• Sandro Ramírez
• Enner Valencia
• Thierno Barry*
• Dominic Calvert-Lewin
• Samuel Eto’o
• Chermiti
• Josh King
• Cenk Tosun
• Oumar Niasse
• Beto
• Neal Maupay
• Salomon Rondon
• Moise Kean
• Arouna Kone

*could yet prove capable...

So should we never have tried?

We should have only let him go, if we knew we could improve on him. I didn't think we could, and wasn't confident in our ability to do so - especially given the number of transfers we needed.

We didn't know we could improve on him - we wanted Liam Delap at the time ffs.

Ultimately, you agree with me;

I agree with you that we should have signed him.

It's especially obvious with the benefit of hindsight of having Barry as the alternative, who we can all now admit is Stracqualursi levels of bad.

 

[Efcjake]

Im referring to the discussion this summer that you seemed certain of.

Sometimes it's just easier to admit you were wrong about a player. Let the grudge go. He's always been a very good player when fit. It's very obvious.

He's been very good this year and Beto hasn't. I've no problem admitting it.

I'm pleased he's scored half of what he managed over the last four years in four months at Leeds. It shows to me he wasn't putting the effort in here and he was right to move on.

 

[catcherintherye]

He's been very good this year and Beto hasn't. I've no problem admitting it.

I'm pleased he's scored half of what he managed over the last four years in four months at Leeds. It shows to me he wasn't putting the effort in here and he was right to move on.

It probably shows, as people stated he was injured a lot here, and for the rest of it played for Sean Dyche. Who we all said is not a very attacking manager is he?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

He's been very good this year and Beto hasn't. I've no problem admitting it.

I'm pleased he's scored half of what he managed over the last four years in four months at Leeds. It shows to me he wasn't putting the effort in here and he was right to move on.

Beto scored for Udinese.
Barry scored for Villarreal.

Maybe they just aren't putting in the effort this season...

 

[Efcjake]

I think the point is, we could have probably kept DCL and 1 or 2 others to make the summers work a bit easier?

Could that 30m have been better spent on say a right back and say number 6 or backup centre back?

Joyce told us all he had stalled a contract offer that was in front of him until the last month of his deal when he started his PR campaign changing his tune about wanting to stay.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin set to leave Everton after contract talks stall

The 28-year-old forward is out of contract at the end of the season after extension offer was taken off the table when management structure at club changed

www.thetimes.com

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is set to leave Everton after negotiations on a new deal stalled.

The 28-year-old striker is out of contract at the end of the month and an extension that had previously been offered to him earlier in the season was taken off the table after a change in the management structure at the top of the club

On June 9th the OS was still saying we were trying to get a deal done.

The Club is offering new contracts to Seamus Coleman and Idrissa Gana Gueye, while we continue to liaise with representatives of Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, with the current deals of all four players expiring at the end of June.

They took the offer off the table because they weren't negotiating with us.

He didn't want to be an Everton player or he would still be one.

 

[catcherintherye]

Joyce told us all he had stalled a contract offer that was in front of him until the last month of his deal when he started his PR campaign changing his tune about wanting to stay.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin set to leave Everton after contract talks stall

The 28-year-old forward is out of contract at the end of the season after extension offer was taken off the table when management structure at club changed

www.thetimes.com

On June 9th the OS was still saying we were trying to get a deal done.



They took the offer off the table because they weren't negotiating with us.

He didn't want to be an Everton player or he would still be one.

I don't take Joyce seriously. Kenwright hack.

He would have been an Everton player if we wanted to keep him. We didn't. That was a mistake.

Our loss is Leeds gain, as I said in the summer.

I seem to remember you saying he wouldn't get a PL club . You're track record is like a litany of innaccaracies really.

 

[Efcjake]

It probably shows, as people stated he was injured a lot here, and for the rest of it played for Sean Dyche. Who we all said is not a very attacking manager is he?

Whatever excuse you make for it, 16 goals in four years is horrific and indefensible.

I wouldn't be rushing to bend over backwards to throw a wage increase at that lad when he didn't want to know for months.

I think it's been handled for the best, we made our offer and he stalled us and decided he didn't want it.

I strongly suspect it was at least level with what he's earning at Leeds.

 

[Efcjake]

I don't take Joyce seriously. Kenwright hack.

He would have been an Everton player if we wanted to keep him. We didn't. That was a mistake.

Our loss is Leeds gain, as I said in the summer.

I seem to remember you saying he wouldn't get a PL club . You're track record is like a litany of innaccaracies really.

Just keep living in your own reality then pal. There's no point talking with you.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Never known an ex-player get so much attention.

 

[Benicetoourboys]

I know, I've considered myself told off by him.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I don't take Joyce seriously. Kenwright hack.

He would have been an Everton player if we wanted to keep him. We didn't. That was a mistake.

Our loss is Leeds gain, as I said in the summer.

I seem to remember you saying he wouldn't get a PL club . You're track record is like a litany of innaccaracies really.

spectacular selection here.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Whatever excuse you make for it, 16 goals in four years is horrific and indefensible.

I wouldn't be rushing to bend over backwards to throw a wage increase at that lad when he didn't want to know for months.

I think it's been handled for the best, we made our offer and he stalled us and decided he didn't want it.

I strongly suspect it was at least level with what he's earning at Leeds.

Will have gotten a significant sign on bonus turning up scot free on leeds books. Also didn't sign so early so as to take every penny up till the contract cut off which was extended to August was it?
Football is a business, we got turned over with gosling, we got sold a pup with sandro, how gbamin passed a medical with one knee is an anti miracle. We feel the loss because we follow Everton more closely, and because of the finance situation we don't have the means to absorb an andy carroll type loss, or...

 

[Nymzee]

He rattles the lot of ya

 

[helpimonfire]

He will still end up gash.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Much as I agree with this, I do struggle to justify to myself why so many managers have failed to get a reasonable goal return from our strikers.

Because our managers have been absolutely pants.