Everton won’t be parting company with Niasse this month

[Eggs]

At this point, I'd be starting him ahead of Tosun/DCL. Ease DCL back in and manage Tosun to avoid destroying the lad.

For whatever reason his raw ability is getting goals... take away his goals this season and things would look a lot worse...

..I actually wonder if Niasse is more effective off the bench. It’s good to have that ammunition in reserve.

 

[Stuartisitc1878]

..I actually wonder if Niasse is more effective off the bench. It’s good to have that ammunition in reserve.

totally agree. We've tried starting him and his limited ability makes him easy work for most defenders. Bringing him on late on - full of running against a knackered defence (assuming we've done enough to tire a defence out) is a much better option.

 

[chrismpw]

His 6 league goals has led to 8 points picked up.

Do the maths and we'd be dead and buried.

We don't deserve you, Oumar.

Fixed for you.

And true enough.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Trouble is when we start him he doesnt perform, he's an impact sub, like we are charging him up in the dugout then pull the pin and throw him on when we need to change things up.

Exactly this.

 

[anton66]

His 6 league goals has led to 8 points picked up.

Do the math and we'd be dead and buried.

We don't deserve you, Oumar.

If we stay up, he should get Fat Sam's £1M bonus.

 

[Dunc's elbow]

Good, scores goals and has a great attitude: his two and only valuable attributes.

 

[Khalekan]

Tom Ferguson submitted an update to GrandOldTeam's homepage

Everton won’t be parting company with Niasse this month

Sam Allardyce has confirmed he has no interest in letting Oumar Niasse leave Everton in January.

It was previously thought the Blues were willing to listen to offers for the Senegalese frontman and the likes of Crystal Palace and Brighton were sniffing around for his signature.

But Niasse’s seventh goal of the campaign which saved Everton’s blushes against West Brom on Saturday seems to have swayed Big Sam into keeping hold of the centre forward, for now.

When asked about Niasse’s future Allardyce said: “No I can't let Niasse go, there's no danger of that.

“The hardest thing to come here in January is to come and play upfront.

“And there is no way we can let Oumar go.

“We've given Dominic the weekend off because of the huge amount of games he's played the fatigue he's suffered so we said go and chill, rest and recharge your batteries and come back.

“We need those three between now and the end of the season. We haven't had a lot of goals, we're trying to increase our goal-scoring capacity.”

I should think not.

Player of the season, Oumar, IMO

 

[People75]

Im glad. After this weekend, im glad we keep him

 

[sageyefc]

Even more remarkable than his goals per minute ratio is the fact he's achieved it while barely feeding on scraps, give him proper service and enough chances and he'd probably have double the goals he has

 

[jinkyali]

When he has time to think, hes hopeless.

When he doesn't, hes great.

 

[Kever10]

Oh, no doubt he knows where the goal is when inside the box. Outside the box though he is utterly, utterly awful. Couldn't trap a bag of cement.

I don't think he's as bad as some make out. He works hard, moves intelligently, and often plays the simple ball, something a lot of others seem incapable of doing. His control has improved a lot as well. He still has moments where he makes mistakes, but we have £70m worth of shitty midfielders who that applies to as well. He's no less affective on the ball than Slugurdsson, and at least when he runs he actually moves closer to his intended target.

 

[Jamiednm]

He's the only outfield player worthy of a locker at the moment. Moving him on in January would've been madness.

Also, his finish at the weekend was superb.

 

[Papa Shango]

I don't think he's as bad as some make out. He works hard, moves intelligently, and often plays the simple ball, something a lot of others seem incapable of doing. His control has improved a lot as well. He still has moments where he makes mistakes, but we have £70m worth of shitty midfielders who that applies to as well. He's no less affective on the ball than Slugurdsson, and at least when he runs he actually moves closer to his intended target.

His close control is actually pretty good, he seems to find a way to get by players in tight spaces. I was fuming when he got past the West Brom defender at the weekend and he blatantly handballed it.

He is a much more useful player than people give him credit for. His passing is erratic more than generally poor and he takes up really good positions and most importantly he MOVES for a pass.

 

[gonetomorrow]

He's lucky. That's handy if you're a striker.

Or a general, according to Napoleon.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

He's our Tebow