I want my players diving.
I want my players crowding the referee.
I want them in the faces and antagonising the opposition.
There is no top team in the world who doesn't do them 3 things.
Richarlison does all of those 3 things and he works himself into the ground to try and claw any advantage he can give to Everton.
If we had even 4 more players in the squad with his attitude we'd be nowhere near going down.
I want my players taking every advantage they can.
Being liked is for losers, I'll take hated and successful any day of the week.
I'll be too busy celebrating wins and not getting relegated to care about what other fans think.
When some (negative) posters state that Richarlison isnt "good enough" or isnt "worth" £70mil+ they then regularly dismiss any interest from the likes of United, PSG, Barcelona and Madrid.
What they then seem to throw in as a 'token' is that he would "fit in well' at Atletico Madrid. Thats the same team which takes on the underdog role in certain matches and uses similar tactics to those we saw in our last match.
Against teams where they have superior players they do play attacking football which they have been moving towards over the past two seasons.
If we played with anything like the desire, mentality and robustness of Atletico while adding young quality players to fit into the system and tactics...
..I'd love it.
I'll tell you who wouldnt love it, the top 6 teams as we'd take far more points off them and compete with them.
If theres any way to have Richarlison extend his contract Id welcome it.