Silva has his own issues which we shouldn't ignore, yet this is a huge part of the overall problem. Our strike line is woefully under the required standard.
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ijjysmith
Calm
We bought Yannick Bolasie for £27m mate. We could definitely buy you.
That's correct but not the whole story.
It's virtually impossible to buy a 25 goal a season striker. There aren't many and they certainly won't come to Everton.
We got lucky cos he matured with us and found his top form. We gave him that platform to develop.
It amazes me that he's now wasted at Utd like so many top top players who sit on the bench of the top four.
When he left the plan was to buy top players around him plus a striker. We were going to spread the goals around.
Obviously this was disastrous as the players we bought weren't good enough.
The point is we didn't have to replace Lukaku as long as the new players around him could fill the gap.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Hate this bloke.
Done a better job turning me away from Everton than fat sam which speaks volumes about his managerial ability.
Done a better job turning me away from Everton than fat sam which speaks volumes about his managerial ability.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
He's like McCarthy the less he plays the better he becomes in fans minds.
Sadly it'll take a drumming in the derby for the vocal minority pleading time/transition to realise this blokes a wet blanket.
Stop it now.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Walker
Silva
Smith
Alladyce
Martinez
Koeman
Royle
Moyes
From worst to best since the 90's. When Silva is inevitably peddled either this season or next I'll not have one redeeming memory of him.
Atleast under the others you could point to atleast one good memory or game. Even fat sam had the vermin spewing at the pit when we got that undeserved 1-1 draw.
Koeman should be top of that list for the devastation and lasting damage he did to the club. For which we are still paying the price and will continue to do so for seasons to come.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Would say it was more Walsh than Koeman tbh. Koeman still got us 7th with about 14 points gap ahead of 8th. He had that 4-0 drumming of Man City and 6-3 belter against Bournemouth.
Silva has been underwhelming in every sense.
smileychap
Player Valuation: £10m
Decent Europa runs, decent FA cup runs, purchases / loans made (lescott, Cahill, explain, Arteta, jags, Baines, Coleman, yak, distin etc) played for years, made us profit. CL qualification rounds, seriously!
He did it on nothing, and improved players like carsley and was a bit unlucky on Gibson.
I get his dour outlook sometimes felt like lack of ambition, but he drove a club with relatively a quarter of what we're wasting now, much further. His legacy in that grit, organisation and quality (especially defence) was enough for a team led by Martinez (defensive no- mark), with the addition of Lukaku to a points tally that in other years would be CL outright.
He's available, he has the qualities to rebuild what has drained from the club since he left.
What are we prioritising otherwise? A faddish splurge on overseas players. I can't see what culture as a team and club we're building that's preferable (whilst also demonstrably inferior on the pitch).
I'm Not saying his jobbing around sociedad, Sunderland and West ham was great.
But what he did here was, and that mantle has been taken up by Leicester, Watford, Bournemouth who with a greater mix of longer serving players and a greater% of British and home grown players are better performing, more successful clubs than Everton. Commercially, too.
Food for thought.
I think we have a touch of the Newcastle and Villa about us. Too big to get in trouble? Once that culture of' acceptable' takes hold, compromise is everywhere.
I don't recognise the values I saw and heard at Goodison under Moyes. If mosh were to reassess we are VERY vulnerable.
Darth Toffeeman
Player Valuation: £40m
Koeman came here for the money.
Wasted a kings ransom, whilst informing Lukaku from day one he was wasting his career here and alienating Ross.
Whether those were the correct assumptions, if you are employed on big wages with the understanding of making this club competitive, you do not take a half hearted approach, with golf trips every 5 mins, and unsettle the clubs stars.
He was a stain on the club.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
He was however he was still better than Silva. I'll not have one fond memory of this season if he left tomorrow whereas I sure as hell had more enjoyment watching us in Koemans first season (same as Martinez)
Everton_Gary
Player Valuation: £15m
Fixed it for you, slow down when typing next time
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