Pretty much agree with all of that. I watched Dowell in televised matches and followed a Forest forum thread. He was often criticised by their fans for going missing and rarely played 90 mins initially. Once he got up to full fitness , played 90 mins, usually as a 10 in the central position his whole game improved. His hat trick against Hull and his general play when they beat Arsenal were indeed sublime. For a number of those games he was their best player. But Forest had lots of weaknesses, and when they started to lose , changed their manager then he became almost a luxury . In a decent Championship side he could be the catalyst that helps a team to the PL, but he’d struggle in a side trying to avoid relegation.
Ok mate. I'll rephrase it for you.
They are not good enough for Everton. Quite clearly. Even for our bench. So would you suggest we keep and pay them just because they are young and supporters of the club? We'd be in a terrible financial situation if you were in charge.
Ok mate.
Worse players than Tom Davies have picked up title medals at this club. He may not be top drawer but there needs to be an avenue for local players to get into the mix.
What if they're rubbish?
Not the point I was making, Tom Davies is the least of our worries at the moment.
He's part of the deadwood. He earns a lot less than the likes of Schneiderlin, McCarthy et el, but he's still on a wage and is nowhere near up to the required standard. Thus, he should be punted, Evertonian or no Evertonian.
