Everton Sign Theo Walcott

[buededw1]

People like Walsh are paid a lot of money to have a good grasp on these things.

Clearly, our transfer dealings have been very poor on the whole under Walsh/Koeman. It's all well and good saying every flop was promising when we signed them, but if you're spending £150m, you gotta expect some bang for your buck.

I get completely where your coming from,

Good post chap.

You do know though that every player we sign isn’t good enough for the Ebepton don’t you?

GOT’s arl arses have decreed it so.

They are either not good enough, too expensive, too stop gap, too unproven etc etc

If the club actually listened to the fan base of here we’d be lucky to get a full XI out on the pitch

haha i'm learning very quickly mate!!

 

[Paul E]

I think if most people are honest they would have thought the following, before we bought the below players:-


Sigurdsson 45m - Expensive, but a great player. Even the spurs manager said he would want him in his side
Schneiderlin 25m - Great at Southampton, better than we currently had, could be an unreal signing.
Walcott 20m - Better than we have, and in the current climate 20million is cheap for him.
Williams 12m - Had been brilliant for both Swansea and Wales, with pundits like Rio Ferdinand saying both Arsenal and United should target the player, especially at 12million.
Bolasie 24m - a lot of money at that time, but again gave us something different, and had a lot of potential.

Michael Keane 25m - Was a great signing, man u, liverpool both bid for him.
Tosun 27m - great goal scoring record, but an unknown who's been bought in a crazy market.
Sandro 7m - Spains best young forward!!! a steal
Gueye 7m - why do we want him!!!! both the Manager and DOF got slated for this signing, and has been a great success.
Klaasen 23m - ajax captain, dutch international... could be great.
Pickford 25m - overpriced, but could be great

I think at the time these players were bought, most of the reason for signing there players were justified. No one could had known that williams would had been as bad. Schneiderlin would have depleted so much as a player. Keane, would had been half the player he is. Sandro and Klassen wouldnt had been able to adapt.

You mentioned seri and the next word was "could" be amazing. Or he "could" be the next Klassen.Hindsight is a great thing!

Finding a Mahrez and Kante is a difficult thing todo, and if it was easy eveyone would be doing it.

He also missed out on Salah for less than Sigurdsson. Viewed as the signing of the season.

Harry Maguire for less than Keane. Now City want him.

Gibbs went for £6m. Robertson £9m. All whilst they spent £24m on Klaassen

Failed to bring in a forward we desperately needed.

Some of the players you mention “could be great” are actually far from great. Establishing their ability to settle and make a difference is part of his and his teams role. They have failed on many levels.

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

The price?

I hate to say it but in this market that is what he is worth.

Well both him being a Guardiola target and his price. Mendy and Walker were both fullbacks playing at the highest level domestically and in Europe week in week out and playing better than just ok. They also never got dropped for a player like Milner and both were on the very low side of 50m. Robertson isn't even half the player Mendy is when fit and not as good as Walker who can be atrocious at times. Adding onto that the fact that Alex Sandro is going to be the sought after fullback of the window I'd say you're talking out your backside or a rs yourself.

 

[buededw1]

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He also missed out on Salah for less than Sigurdsson. Viewed as the signing of the season.

Harry Maguire for less than Keane. Now City want him.

Gibbs went for £6m. Robertson £9m. All whilst they spent £24m on Klaassen

Failed to bring in a forward we desperately needed.

Some of the players you mention “could be great” are actually far from great. Establishing their ability to settle and make a difference is part of his and his teams role. They have failed on many levels.

I used the word "could" because i feel everyone felt the same, hence why pundits predicted us to get into the top 6 or even 4.

its not a case of missing out on salah for sigurdsson, its the fact no player would leave Roma for Everton. Sadly liverpool can attract that kind of talent.

I think if you asked most mangers & fans before the start of the season, who would you want Maguire or Keane, 90% would had chosen Keane, hence Liverpool and United bid for Keane and not Maguire.

Again we may had been in for Robertson, but he would always had choose Liverpool. Gibbs i think is a terrible player, if we had signed him there would had been outrage!!!

The striker situation was a mess, but i honestly feel Giroud massively fxxxxx us over and i feel Koeman may had been a big influence on the signings. Lets judge him on this window, Tosun and Walcott are a really good start.

 

[Hibbo]

Good haircut atm.

 

[LiamG]

Well both him being a Guardiola target and his price. Mendy and Walker were both fullbacks playing at the highest level domestically and in Europe week in week out and playing better than just ok. They also never got dropped for a player like Milner and both were on the very low side of 50m. Robertson isn't even half the player Mendy is when fit and not as good as Walker who can be atrocious at times. Adding onto that the fact that Alex Sandro is going to be the sought after fullback of the window I'd say you're talking out your backside or a rs yourself.

The going rate for a FB target City want is around 60m. Your opinion is irrelevant since it's only Pep's judgement that matters. If Pep wants him thats how much they will get.

 

[ijjysmith]

Here’s a picture of Theo Walcott with Ross Barkley.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Talked well during the press conference. Lets hope he shows he has more in the top 2 inches than the average player when he gets out onto the pitch also.

 

[Death]

So essentially Wayne Rooney signed Walcot.

 

[Death]

Good haircut atm.

Needs to be more receding hairline blonde for my taste.

 

[nsno-chris]

Here’s a picture of Theo Walcott with Ross Barkley.

lollollollollollollollol

 

[Big Fat Sam]

So essentially Wayne Rooney signed Walcot.

I think Wayne deffo got Walnut on board like

 

[ijjysmith]

So essentially Wayne Rooney signed Walcot.

One more than Walsh has ever achieved. Well in Wayne.

 

[CRIMHEAD]

The game has changed though. You can no longer setup with just 6 defensive players and four attackers. You can either set up with a high defensive line and press high up the pitch, play a low block and get men behind the ball and bring teams onto you, or play a mid block where you allow teams to come so far up the pitch and then look to get in their face win the ball back and counter.

I think Unsworth's tenure showed that we don't have the pace at the back to play a high line, we don't have the energy levels to play a mid block so for me BFS will look to get men behind the ball, make us hard to break down and then look to the likes of Siggy and Rooney to get it forward quickly to Tosun and Walcott.

It won't be pretty but it has the potential to get us results without exposing the back four. That for me is what Sam meant when he said we would be more boring.

And therein lies the problem. We HAVE to sit back because our defenders cannot defend in space. Even worse, we are slow AND short. So trying to be aggressive and wins balls back in our own end will require some degree of fouling and we cannot defend set pieces. A new LB and playing Keane and Holgate could solve that to some extent.

 

[Abraders]

Dunno where he's gonna play tbf upfront or out wide?

I'd slot him out wide...

Gana Rooney
Bolasie Siggy Walcott
Tosun