Transfer Rumour Hayden Hackney

[davids]

They have a lot of central midfielders including a young player like Archie Gray. He would have a far greater chance of regular first team football in the premier league with Everton (even with Moyes as manager).

Moyes doesn't play youngsters though.

 

[Lanolin]

Yes they should definitely be made in order of priority otherwise you run the risk of not filling your most important positions like we have done for god knows how many windows. There is nothing more important than a right back after spending a full season without one and with a world cup just about to start. Granted we do need a defensive mid as well to take over from the ageing Gana.

Center Forward is a priority too as Barry is a complete dud and it takes Beto half a season to get going. Best he could be is backup.

There are obviously quite a few positions that need sorting out and this lad is one of them and will be a decent signing but i just don’t trust Everton's way of doing it one bit. I wouldn't be surprised if they leave the right back till the end and bollox it up again.

I can just imagine how well it would go down if we missed out on signing someone who went on to light up the Premier League and it turned out we'd had a deal agreed but weren't allowed to complete it because the fans wanted us to tie down Kenny Tete on a free first.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Moyes doesn't play youngsters though.

He doesn't.



^ An he took Dibling off at half time.

Quite clearly, David Moyes prefers experience - and experience is coming back in fashion, don't you know?!

 

[MikeH72]

I can just imagine how well it would go down if we missed out on signing someone who went on to light up the Premier League and it turned out we'd had a deal agreed but weren't allowed to complete it because the fans wanted us to tie down Kenny Tete on a free first.

In this hypothetical world we’re a competent organisation that can do more than one thing and talk to more than one person at a time though.

 

[OlDirtyBluenose]

Especially the striker…there’s no way we can have Barry on the pitch next year

A new striker is so important for me, almost as important as decent fullbacks.

Doesn't matter how much we strengthen other areas, if we still have Beto and Barry as our striker options next season we'll struggle to score goals and win matches.

 

[davep]

He doesn't.



^ An he took Dibling off at half time.

Quite clearly, David Moyes prefers experience - and experience is coming back in fashion, don't you know?!

You think he should have stayed on?

How many games did Armstrong start when he came back?

 

[Lanolin]

In this hypothetical world we’re a competent organisation that can do more than one thing and talk to more than one person at a time though.

That's the thing though, we're either competent or we're not. Doing things in a different order won't make us more or less competent so it's completely irrelevant. It does nothing to change how good the business is or how likely it is to get done, all it means is you get to say 'phew we signed a right back' earlier. If we're incompetent then there's a very good chance that right back will be rubbish, so what have we gained? Nothing.

 

[Swagger]

Moyes doesn't play youngsters though.

Is 24 years old really that young?

 

[ValBlue]

A new striker is so important for me, almost as important as decent fullbacks.

Doesn't matter how much we strengthen other areas, if we still have Beto and Barry as our striker options next season we'll struggle to score goals and win matches.

Again, Moyes being the main obstacle to this, but we’ve got a super promising young lad there in Graham who must be chomping at the bit for a chance. If we shift Beto and Barry surely we can put together a bid for an actually competent striker to start with Graham as the understudy on the bench. He simply cannot be any worse than Barry.

 

[Swartzy]

Fair, still extremely concerned over the center backs and striker apathy they seem to have though

Especially the striker…there’s no way we can have Barry on the pitch next year

Sign as many CM's as you want, but with Keane and Tarks behind it wont change anything.
They suck us so deep, whereas players like Branthwaite can move us about 5/10yrds forwards just from the base. Which might sound small but is a massive difference, especially in transition/countering

 

[pfim]

Yes they should definitely be made in order of priority otherwise you run the risk of not filling your most important positions like we have done for god knows how many windows. There is nothing more important than a right back after spending a full season without one and with a world cup just about to start. Granted we do need a defensive mid as well to take over from the ageing Gana.

Center Forward is a priority too as Barry is a complete dud and it takes Beto half a season to get going. Best he could be is backup.

There are obviously quite a few positions that need sorting out and this lad is one of them and will be a decent signing but i just don’t trust Everton's way of doing it one bit. I wouldn't be surprised if they leave the right back till the end and bollox it up again.

Everton didn't get a RB last summer because it wasn't a priority to one man, not because players were signed in the wrong sequence.

 

[chippy1722]

He doesn't.



^ An he took Dibling off at half time.

Quite clearly, David Moyes prefers experience - and experience is coming back in fashion, don't you know?!

So Moyes was proved right then.

 

[ValBlue]

Everton didn't get a RB last summer because it wasn't a priority to one man, not because players were signed in the wrong sequence.

If I remember correctly (please say if wrong), Tete was the player we first made an official offer for? So RB was at the start of the ‘sequence’ in some ways. But he knocked us back and as you said, Moyes thought we were abundant at that position with exclusively square pegs

 

[pfim]

If I remember correctly (please say if wrong), Tete was the player we first made an official offer for? So RB was at the start of the ‘sequence’ in some ways. But he knocked us back and as you said, Moyes thought we were abundant at that position with exclusively square pegs

Yes, correct. We offered an out of contract player and then gave up on the position.

This sequencing line of thinking is bizarre.

 

[chippy1722]

Again, Moyes being the main obstacle to this, but we’ve got a super promising young lad there in Graham who must be chomping at the bit for a chance. If we shift Beto and Barry surely we can put together a bid for an actually competent striker to start with Graham as the understudy on the bench. He simply cannot be any worse than Barry.

Graham shouldn’t be anywhere near our starting lineup and if he is the club are a joke.

He’s not good enough, not strong enough and not experienced enough. He’s will join our impressive history of young strikers who’ve been ruined by our fans expectation and being thrown in. We’ve had much much better young strikers who’ve played in the reserves which is about 10 levels higher than the kids league he’s played in and they had better records and still struggled.

The lad needs a pre-season with the first team and then to go on loan and given time to reach his potential. He’s no Rooney, no one is he was a freak and it’s harmful that he’s used as a guide for any young lad since.