Yeah I don’t get paying £10million for a RB that can’t get in the Rangers team in January and expecting him to be taking Coleman’s place. We need someone ready to come in and improve the team. Highly unlikely until FFP burdens have eased.
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We need full backs - they are by far the biggest priority. After that, a midfielder with athleticism would be the next biggest requirement. But I wouldn't sign anyone in January if the right players aren't available, and I agree that they usually aren't in January.
We are going to be midtable. There's no point wasting money on short term fixes when everyone knows the manager will not be here long anyway. I'd wait to the summer, but we have to actually be proactive. There can be no more second chances for players or contract extensions handed out. We need a complete overhaul, and that means about 10 need to go.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
Great post. Can’t blame Rafael or any manager for wanting to sign immediate hits but it doesn’t lend itself to long term squad building.
The short termism foisted on managers, is to a large extent, the rationale for the role of a director of football. Having read your post, I’d say the obvious thing is to appoint a director of football who can provide continuity, take a long term strategic view to squad building and act as a bridge between managers…
Whatever the exact roles and responsibilities are between, manager, dof, Moshiri - it has been an unmitigated disaster. Any competent director should be looking at that arm of the operation, see it’s failing and act. Either by making personnel or structural changes or both. The fact we haven’t, after 5 years of it not working, doesn’t give me any confidence we won’t just keep repeating the same mistakes.
Re January, would rather get nobody if it’s more sticking plasters to the squad. Wait until the summer when players contracts expire, try to offload Gomes, Iwobi etc and then sign players, as you say, that might be around for the next 5 years.
Where have I judged his career - he’s had a great career.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Maybe let the professional footballer judge what’s best for his future.
Rather than what some box room virgin ‘hopes’ for .
Nyhus
#EvertonNorge
I wonder how much we could realistically get for them.
Keane, maybe 20m
Holgate, 10-20m
Davis, 10-15m
Gomes, 10-15m
Mina, 30-40m
We’d have to pay someone to take Iwobi, i think it would be wiser economically to use him to cut the grass at FF. At least he’d serve a purpose.
Nice of you to crop out the benevolent reason I hope he doesn’t play again. It’s been nice lately with you not posting - far less tosh for me to read.
Who would pay £70m for Keane, holgate Gomes and Davies ? I mean I’d love it to happen but I just can’t see it
Stephenlloyd
Player Valuation: £40m
Under the current financial climate. I would cut your valuations in half.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Will never have a better opportunity to sell either of Keane or Holgate with Newcastle flush with cash on the hip.
CB & CM priorities for me.
RB + RW next summer.
CB & CM priorities for me.
RB + RW next summer.
Sorry I forgot you not only know more than the player, his advisors, medical staff but his family as well.
You benevolent know it all.
LocalNative
MOSHIRI OUT
Absolute dreamland with those prices mate. No chance anybody pays £30m+ for Mina given his injury record and his contract expiring in 18 months.
Who on earth is gonna pay up to £15m for Davies too?
The only two I can see would be possibly Holgate and Gomes, both I suspect would be loans with options to buy though.
Yeh how evil of me hoping he keeps his heart in good shape for the rest of his life.
Nyhus
#EvertonNorge
Yeah, youre both probably right. Keane, Holgate and Davis are all English and count towards the homegrown quota, but I doubt anyone would bother paying extra for them just for that. Mina is the only good player out of the bunch.
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