2018/19 Kieran Dowell

[Goat]

...and binned him after he'd been the best player we had in pre-season.

Doubt that'll happen under Silva, do you?

Probably, the lad cant pass it 5 yards.

 

[davek]

Probably, the lad cant pass it 5 yards.

TBF, you thought Coutinho was trash.

 

[Goat]

TBF, you thought Coutinho was trash.

He is.

 

[Goat]

Subbed off for Martina, says it all, enjoy Leyton Orient lad.

 

[Tubey]

He's like a good version of Sigurdsson.

 

[Goat]

He's like a good version of Sigurdsson.

An utterly comical comment.

 

[Sir Alan]

He's like a good version of Sigurdsson.

Don’t bell saying that the minions will be at you soon calling him “Siggy”.

In all seriousness though can’t see how Siggy fits into the team. His passing is a weak point.

 

[DanEFC92]

The boy did well today.

 

[Eggs]

..i’m a fan. amazed he didn’t smash one in today but he did plenty of that last July and got sent on loan. It’s pointless sending him and Connolly on loan again. Use them or sell them.

 

[KaiserEFC]

He has a cultured left foot. Something that hasn’t been said at Everton for a very long time

 

[jceverton]

What I've always liked about Dowell is his ability to play forward passes.

There are so many midfielders who just recycle possession. He actually goes for passes.

The stats people I like said his passing profile (where he picks up the ball, where he plays the passes) is the closest match to Kevin De Bruyne. Nowhere near as good obviously but KDB at 21 wasn't KDB at 26.

In a 4-3-3 you need midfielders who can pick out the runs from the front 3.

He’s the only midfielder weve got who can do that, we just need a little patience with him so that he can fully develop into the player a lot of us think he can be. Twenty starts this season in all games would be great. Then he can really establish himself the following season.

 

[coltefc]

He’s the only midfielder weve got who can do that, we just need a little patience with him so that he can fully develop into the player a lot of us think he can be. Twenty starts this season in all games would be great. Then he can really establish himself the following season.

Hope his left peg is as good as sheeds

 

[jceverton]

Thank goodness we have a manager who looks like he''ll cherish talent like this.

Those two Visigoths before him would have punted him to Burscough Town if they'd still been here.

Exactly, I’m not Silva’s biggest fan but it’s a major step forward that we’ve got a manager who likes to play positive attacking football. He’s the type of manager we should have appointed after Martinez. Hopefully the likes of Dowell and Lookman will really benefit from having Silva here.

 

[jceverton]

Hope his left peg is as good as sheeds

I actually think there’s not much in it. The boys got talent, we just need a bit of patience.

 

[davek]

Exactly, I’m not Silva’s biggest fan but it’s a major step forward that we’ve got a manager who likes to play positive attacking football. He’s the type of manager we should have appointed after Martinez. Hopefully the likes of Dowell and Lookman will really benefit from having Silva here.

That has to be the hope mate. That's also what's been implied we'll get too: astute signings plus academy players getting their chance if they show they're able to play in the first team. Sounds fair enough to me, and a huge step forward in attitude from the Koeman/Allardyce era.