Gerard Deulofeu

zzr45 · January 23, 2017

This must be how my teachers felt when I left school. You just want to give him a shake and tell him to apply himself, but now he's off out the gate.

2 years he'll be on the dole queue/playing in some backwater country.

argietoffee · January 23, 2017

JLW said:
Ye watched a bit of the Roma game last night and it wasnt slow at all, but then still got bored and turned it off

I watched Milan vs Napoli on Saturday.
Fast paced.
Cracking match.
I can imagine there are about 350 games a season out there and a sample size of one may not be the most reliable.

davek · January 23, 2017

One of the two most gifted players in the Everton squad gone.

That's not something anyone should celebrate.

He is a very gifted player and hopefully Milan will use him often and allow his talent to bloom.

rochdaleblue · January 23, 2017

davek said:
One of the two most gifted players in the Everton squad gone.

That's not something anyone should celebrate.

He is a very gifted player and hopefully Milan will use him often and allow his talent to bloom.

He is a talent that there is no doubt. But he has played for a number of managers in recent years and has been unable to nail down a starting berth in any of them. That should tell you something. Such a shame as talent wise he is right up there, but obviously lacks application and fitness to be a consistently good player.

bluestevon · January 23, 2017

davek said:
One of the two most gifted players in the Everton squad gone.

That's not something anyone should celebrate.

He is a very gifted player and hopefully Milan will use him often and allow his talent to bloom.

All the talent in the world doesn't matter one jot if you haven't got the attitude and fintess mate

Everyone starting now seems to have greatly increased their workrate and stamina - Deulofeu still looks goosed after a couple of sprints in a game

Don't know what the issue is, but never seen a footy player tire that fast at his age

Will boss it if he is in a dominant team in a league that he can get away with a few minutes running here and there and the rest coasting, but in a serious competitive league which is going more and more towards high workrate/pressure footy,. he's a fish out of water

blueblue · January 23, 2017

I am very sorry to see him leave, he was my favourite player in the squad. I loved the way he played football.

However, he is at another crossroads in his career and he needs to start convincing managers at the top level of what he can offer.
Barca have let him go, Sevilla did not keep him and now Everton.
Italy will be an interesting challenge for him as defending is regarded as much as an art there as is attacking.
We all know that Geri and defending are a combination that so far have not mixed terribly well.
Either way, I wish him well. I genuinely hope he does well.

davek · January 23, 2017

rochdaleblue said:
He is a talent that there is no doubt. But he has played for a number of managers in recent years and has been unable to nail down a starting berth in any of them. That should tell you something. Such a shame as talent wise he is right up there, but obviously lacks application and fitness to be a consistently good player.

He's 22 and he's played for Everton, Seville and now AC Milan. Also, those players with bags of talent take their time to find maturity. They have WAY more going on decision making wise due to the vision they have and that can be their undoing.

davek · January 23, 2017

blueblue said:
I am very sorry to see him leave, he was my favourite player in the squad. I loved the way he played football.

However, he is at another crossroads in his career and he needs to start convincing managers at the top level of what he can offer.
Barca have let him go, Sevilla did not keep him and now Everton.
Italy will be an interesting challenge for him as defending is regarded as much as an art there as is attacking.
We all know that Geri and defending are a combination that so far have not mixed terribly well.
Either way, I wish him well. I genuinely hope he does well.

I'd like to know why ours didn't persevere and try and get the talent out.

Will Dowell go a similar way because he needs work done on him that the coach and his staff dont have the expertise to bring out?

I do hope this doesn't turn into a bonfire of flair.

davek · January 23, 2017

bluestevon said:
All the talent in the world doesn't matter one jot if you haven't got the attitude and fintess mate

Everyone starting now seems to have greatly increased their workrate and stamina - Deulofeu still looks goosed after a couple of sprints in a game

Don't know what the issue is, but never seen a footy player tire that fast at his age

Will boss it if he is in a dominant team in a league that he can get away with a few minutes running here and there and the rest coasting, but in a serious competitive league which is going more and more towards high workrate/pressure footy,. he's a fish out of water

It;s not attitude it's decision making. He's 22. If you had his skill you'd need a bit of time to figure out what ball is best to play where and at what time, and when it's best to release/retain the ball.

This stuff about 'he wont work' is 'kin depressing. Besides being at best a half truth it really does emphasise some dog of an interpretation of football and how we should have ALL our players playing.

kenada_blue · January 23, 2017

Bye Geri.

Wanted you to be special here

nsno-chris · January 23, 2017

A little sad to see him hold up the Milan top

Love you Geri

Joey66 · January 23, 2017

upthetoffees said:
Personally would have loved to see him dominate in a Championship team. Then again the diving may be even less acceptable there. Could have seen him doing well at Newcastle if he did like 20% more stepovers/game.

Ha ha very unfunny!

blueblue · January 23, 2017

davek said:
I'd like to know why ours didn't persevere and try and get the talent out.

Will Dowell go a similar way because he needs work done on him that the coach and his staff dont have the expertise to bring out?

I do hope this doesn't turn into a bonfire of flair.

I wonder about Dowell as well Dave. I would like to see him go out on loan and see how he does.
In preseason 15/16 I was hugely impressed with him , but not really in preseason 16/17 where he seemed very peripheral to the game.

We have seen with Barkley in the last couple of weeks how he has upped his game, defensively and offensively and I think this is the challenge Dowell faces and the challenge Geri failed to meet.

davek · January 23, 2017

blueblue said:
I wonder about Dowell as well Dave. I would like to see him go out on loan and see how he does.
In preseason 15/16 I was hugely impressed with him , but not really in preseason 16/17 where he seemed very peripheral to the game.

We have seen with Barkley in the last couple of weeks how he has upped his game, defensively and offensively and I think this is the challenge Dowell faces and the challenge Geri failed to meet.

It's ALL confidence with that lad: call him out and try and humiliate him in public and he goes from bad to worse. Leave him be and play in a team that's getting more on the ball than they had been and he's a standout.

Omarza · January 23, 2017

davek said:
One of the two most gifted players in the Everton squad gone.

That's not something anyone should celebrate.

He is a very gifted player and hopefully Milan will use him often and allow his talent to bloom.

My thoughts exactly and couldn't have said it better myself.