Everton Summer transfers 2021

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Stephenlloyd said:
I see it slightly different
Abs obviously things will change if certain players are moved on, like a CB. I’m not sure we will sign 3 attackers. Maybe one out and out wide player and another who can play wide and central.

I definitely think another quality central midfielder will be added, we’ve seen how poor we are in that position, when we lose Allan & Doucoure. And even last night they both payed, but weren’t really dominant.
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...sometimes I take a step back and look at the mid-80s team as a decent blueprint.

The game is a bit quicker now but 3 of that back four had Rolls Royce engines. Two CMs who rarely crossed the half-way line but hunted in a pair and gave possession to players who play.

Two wide midfielders who made a telling contribution with goals and assists. A central striker in the DCL mould and one who plays off as a partner.

Perhaps we try and complicate things at times. I have no idea what shape that team was last night, except we generally had 9 players behind the ball.
 
Zatara said:
I think hed be good behind a front 3 swapping with Richarlison on the left during games.
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If we can get a player like that (or perhaps Pereira) in alongside a really direct winger, then we can jib Bernard and Iwobi off and have no worries about numbers and have immediately improved.

Get a CM in and out go Gomes and Delph, in an ideal world, and as I'm saying in the Sigurdsson thread, he then becomes that other option who we know can offer something in terms of productivity whether from open play or not.
 
Eggs said:
...sometimes I take a step back and look at the mid-80s team as a decent blueprint.

The game is a bit quicker now but 3 of that back four had Rolls Royce engines. Two CMs who rarely crossed the half-way line but hunted in a pair and gave possession to players who play.

Two wide midfielders who made a telling contribution with goals and assists. A central striker in the DCL mould and one who plays off as a partner.

Perhaps we try and complicate things at times. I have no idea what shape that team was last night, except we generally had 9 players behind the ball.
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I think if you throw pace into our squad - real, proper running power - then you have a template for when we can sit deep and look to counter. We already do it, but we don't have enough threat on the break so often have to rely on set-pieces or one moment of quality.

But if you throw in more threat, then the template is there.

We can't do that in every game though which is where my concern at the other end of it comes in. Because we look completely clueless in an attacking sense and that isn't just about players. It has to be worked on more. I'm sure Carlo knows this and I know he's trying, but whatever he's done so far hasn't worked, at all, bar the start of the season in the 4-3-3, but we really need James fit for that and we need to see a solid midfield and a flying right-back - and I know we don't have the latter at the club yet.
 

BlueToff said:
If we can get a player like that (or perhaps Pereira) in alongside a really direct winger, then we can jib Bernard and Iwobi off and have no worries about numbers and have immediately improved.

Get a CM in and out go Gomes and Delph, in an ideal world, and as I'm saying in the Sigurdsson thread, he then becomes that other option who we know can offer something in terms of productivity whether from open play or not.
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Hed be good and then aim for a right sided player.
 
Eggs said:
...sometimes I take a step back and look at the mid-80s team as a decent blueprint.

The game is a bit quicker now but 3 of that back four had Rolls Royce engines. Two CMs who rarely crossed the half-way line but hunted in a pair and gave possession to players who play.

Two wide midfielders who made a telling contribution with goals and assists. A central striker in the DCL mould and one who plays off as a partner.

Perhaps we try and complicate things at times. I have no idea what shape that team was last night, except we generally had 9 players behind the ball.
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The mad thing is ancelotti ended his first season at club, well half a season. Playing 442. And I generally thought he would build for that system in the summer. He talked about how he liked that system, from
A defensive point of view. And Milan used it, in that great team of the late 80’s and 90’s

yet this seasons he’s tried every system under the sun. James doesn’t suit 442. Richarlison can only play as one of the 2 strikers in a 442. So I’m not sure what he will do this summer. It’s a worry of this constant changing of system and playing players in different positions, every other week.

You can’t have continuity, changing the team and system every game
 
Stephenlloyd said:
If we’ve only brought 2/3 players in and are scrambling around on deadline day for a couple of loans, then next season could end badly. We need 5/6 starters IMO. And i include a starter as a player who can influence off the bench abs is capable of staying in the team and putting Richarlison or DCL on the bench for 10 games.

It was me saying going for Gilmore isn’t a good idea IMO. I think he would mainly sit in our bench. I don’t think Carlo is going to use a 19yr old week in week out, that’s got 11 games under his belt. I think we will buy a midfielder, but he will have experience IMO.
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we shall live in hope mate
 

davek said:
In all honesty, there isn't an Everton player I'd be desperate to retain. You know, desperate in the way we were to retain Rooney or Lukaku or to keep Cahill's career going.

We could sell the lot and start again and not lose any ground.

It's that poor.
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I said before that I’d only keep Godfrey and DCL because it’s such an arse-ache buying guaranteed goals. The rest as you say are all massively replaceable
 
Stephenlloyd said:
The mad thing is ancelotti ended his first season at club, well half a season. Playing 442. And I generally thought he would build for that system in the summer. He talked about how he liked that system, from
A defensive point of view. And Milan used it, in that great team of the late 80’s and 90’s

yet this seasons he’s tried every system under the sun. James doesn’t suit 442. Richarlison can only play as one of the 2 strikers in a 442. So I’m not sure what he will do this summer. It’s a worry of this constant changing of system and playing players in different positions, every other week.

You can’t have continuity, changing the team and system every game
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4-2-3-1 with James on the middle of a 3 or 4-4-2 with James as a 10 beside an out and out striker is to me the only ways to accommodate Janes
A 4-4-2 diamond might work but you need 2 exceptional FBs and a top class DM for that to work
 

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