James McCarthy

[Jags..class]

If he has a replacement I think he will.

Isn't Gueye his replacement

 

[Raino85]

If we sell him, do we have to come up with a new song for Barkley? I quite like Barkley's song. McCarthy in for that reason only.

He plays alongside funes mori?

 

[Hangleton]

He plays alongside funes mori?

just use the past tense and then improve with a nod to the Beatles.
He played with Lennon and McCarthy.

 

[MikeH72]

Actually allergic to passing forward, he'll go out of his way not to

 

[Jags..class]

Stuff that does my head in

Always passes back

Not a good passer

His vision is poor

He gone backwards for us

 

[kithnou]

Isn't Gueye his replacement

Who knows?

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Looking forward to his first proper crunching tackle of the season

He'll soon have everyone back onside after a couple of those

 

[AndyC]

If he's staying, it's a big season for McCarthy.

He really needs to get back to the form he showed in his first season or risk becoming another member of our "Distinctly Average at best" group that already contains the likes of Gibson and Cleverley... or our "Woeful, need to be gone" group of McGeady and Kone.

 

[BlueToff]

If he's staying, it's a big season for McCarthy.

He really needs to get back to the form he showed in his first season or risk becoming another member of our "Distinctly Average at best" group that already contains the likes of Gibson and Cleverley... or our "Woeful, need to be gone" group of McGeady and Kone.

Yeh agree on this.

I don't think he's actively going to be put on the market, so if he stays I hope he gets back to his best. Still a very good player in there but a) he needs to get out of this 'safety first' approach he's developed, b) stay injury free (not his fault I know).

 

[Nil Satis Niasse Optimum]

Yeh agree on this.

I don't think he's actively going to be put on the market, so if he stays I hope he gets back to his best. Still a very good player in there but a) he needs to get out of this 'safety first' approach he's developed, b) stay injury free (not his fault I know).

Agree with this.

If somebody came in with like 15m for him I am sure Koeman would take the money, but I doubt that'd happen, and selling him for less than we bought him for would be a bit silly.

Still a good player but quickly needs to learn a bit of composure and positivity on the ball. I'm not sure we can blame it all on Martinez, although obviously his backwards-and-sideways approach clearly was of no benefit to the team.

 

[sageyefc]

Ron defo sees through this fraud

 

[kithnou]

Ron defo sees through this fraud

Stevie Wonder would mate....

 

[AndyC]

We need to see more attacking intent from McCarthy if he is to be a serious part of the 'new' Everton under RK.

It's a lot to ask, cos whilst he does work hard, he has to be prepared, willing and trusting enough of his own capabilities to go forward with the ball and link a seven-man defence, with breaking fullbacks to make at least a six-man attack.

And if, as it might, that means he hasn't the gas for a whole game, fine, share it with Cleverley/Gueye/whoever.

On a different tangent and I hope I'm wrong on this, but it looks to me as though RK sees Gibson as the replacement for Gareth Barry... and that to me is bizarre.

Barry loves contact and is very good at it, his speed of release of the ball (because of his vision/experience) is arguably the best in the squad, and his reading and covering second to none.

And none of that is what Gibson has... the one place they converge is their slowness on the turn. Despair.

 

[Bally8]

Looking forward to his first proper crunching tackle of the season

He'll soon have everyone back onside after a couple of those

Then he will pass it back when he could go forward.... Back to realising he's terrible

 

[orly]

I'm still hoping be emerges from his footballing chrysalis as a beautiful Roy Keane butterfly as @Great Dane promised he would