2025/26 Merlin Röhl

We could move Merlin on:

Pro's

- avoid fee
- injury prone player
- barely figured all season
- heard on this forum he left for surgery in Germany without clarity with EFC around leave/ treatment. May not be true. if true, it wreaks.
- cements Tim and Gana as holding replacements for, KDH/ Garner
- squad opportunity for Harrison and others, wake up call for Dibling etc

Cons:

- we haven't seen a 'great' Merlin Rohl, which is a shame if he goes on to be that.

6-1 to the pro's. Which means Moyes will keep him to avoid further scrutiny of last summers crappy business, apart from KDH.
 
We could move Merlin on:

Pro's

- avoid fee
- injury prone player
- barely figured all season
- heard on this forum he left for surgery in Germany without clarity with EFC around leave/ treatment. May not be true. if true, it wreaks.
- cements Tim and Gana as replacements for, KDH/ Garner
- squad opportunity for Harrison and others, wake up call for Dibling etc

Cons:

- we haven't seen a 'great' Merlin Rohl, which is a shame if he goes on to be that.

6-1 to the pro's. Which means Moyes will keep him to avoid further scrutiny of last summers crappy business, apart from KDH.
Is this ChatGTP?
 
Yeah, don't understand the negativity either.

He has looked decent in the limited opportunities we've seen so far.

The only thing that's a worry is the injuries.
We've seen too many players feature sporadically for Everton having signed for good money. It's pointless having a player like this, as a manager you'd be too worried to find a place for them in the team because you know as soon as you start relying on them they get injured. That makes for a tricky situation for both manager and player. I suppose if he's happy coming off the bench for 20 minutes at a time there's a place for him, as modern football means most managers change 5 players a match these days.
 
We've seen too many players feature sporadically for Everton having signed for good money. It's pointless having a player like this, as a manager you'd be too worried to find a place for them in the team because you know as soon as you start relying on them they get injured. That makes for a tricky situation for both manager and player. I suppose if he's happy coming off the bench for 20 minutes at a time there's a place for him, as modern football means most managers change 5 players a match these days.
Hopefully not, but yep that is the worry.
 
Yeah, don't understand the negativity either.

He has looked decent in the limited opportunities we've seen so far.

The only thing that's a worry is the injuries.

Thats the point, the injuries.

£2mil+ loan fee and then an £18mil obligation for a clearly injury prone player.

I'm lost why we'd see that as a good deal especially the amount of times over the years weve heard Moyes talk about young players getting to 50 appearances in the top flight.

Even if he went on a run of starting games, who will count on him as he'll likely get injured again.

Precisely why no one came in with bids for DCL
 
Thats the point, the injuries.

£2mil+ loan fee and then an £18mil obligation for a clearly injury prone player.

I'm lost why we'd see that as a good deal especially the amount of times over the years weve heard Moyes talk about young players getting to 50 appearances in the top flight.

Even if he went on a run of starting games, who will count on him as he'll likely get injured again.

Precisely why no one came in with bids for DCL
Interesting how DCL has blossomed away from EFC, too. No knocks or mystery long term hamstring stuff, blah.
 
Interesting how DCL has blossomed away from EFC, too. No knocks or mystery long term hamstring stuff, blah.

He`s stayed injury free, but he`s hardly blossomed has he ?

He had a bit of a purple patch, as he always does and then went back to being the good old DCL who every Everton fan came to know over the years, who couldn`t hit a barn door.

His last two games, he`s skyed a pen for Leeds and missed an open goal with a header for Ingerland, when it was easier to score - hence why he`s been sent back.
 

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