Squad core (Captain/Playmaker)

Zatara · June 27, 2015

Mirallas OFF
Pienaar 1 year left and almost finished
McGeady USELESS
Deulofeu just signed

Need 4 wingers and we may have ONE capable player...yet thats "filling the squad with wingers"?

Ok mate.

SpurtingLesbian said:
yeah but his post above are just the right side of noncesense

His determination to fill the squad with wingers and play 4-3-3 in the other thread does show a certain amount of ROLFing though...

Zatara · June 27, 2015

Yep, but we have old heads:
Baines jags osman etc all there now...

3 seasons time this lot will be 22-29. Not so young...

Bryan said:
That a very young looking side, lad.

SpurtingLesbian · June 27, 2015

Zatara said:
Yep, but we have old heads:
Baines jags osman etc all there now...

3 seasons time this lot will be 22-29. Not so young...

Aye, but this is Everton lad, how many of that lot will Bill have sold by then?

Zatara · June 27, 2015

If he sells them, then we replace and add to the core...Fellaini out / McCarthy in...Mirallas out a top playmaker / left winger in..

But we need to keep focus on the core and keep building it with quality.

Edit : also so many players will leave in next 12months.

SpurtingLesbian said:
Aye, but this is Everton lad, how many of that lot will Bill have sold by then?

Goat · June 27, 2015

Utter danger this fella.

Deleted member 28206 · June 27, 2015

Zatara said:
Yep, but we have old heads:
Baines jags osman etc all there now...

3 seasons time this lot will be 22-29. Not so young...

So you prefer to try them when they are young and see how they develop?

mkrudden · June 27, 2015

MoutsGoat said:
Utter danger this fella.

Lad, remove yourself from @chicoazul will you - you're 1/4 as funny and as 1/10 as insightful, oh and "stay on topic" too, you're embarrassing yourself as per.

Stones and McCarthy are the next captains I think, however I'd like to see Barkley, as long as he gets back on track this season, given some incentive to be our (whisper it quietly) our Gerrard for years to come.

Nothing wrong with Jagielka as captain though for the forseeable.

chicoazul · June 27, 2015

I'm four times funnier and ten times more insightful than @MoutsGoat.

That's possibly the nicest thing anyone has every said to me on here.

I know that it still leaves me half as funny and a quarter as insightful as the rest of the forum but still it feels good. Thank you @mkrudden.

TheBigIguana · June 27, 2015

Zatara said:
If he sells them, then we replace and add to the core...Fellaini out / McCarthy in...Mirallas out a top playmaker / left winger in..

But we need to keep focus on the core and keep building it with quality.

Edit : also so many players will leave in next 12months.

Why do you put the quote at the bottom of your posts?

roydo · June 27, 2015

TheBigIguana said:
Why do you put the quote at the bottom of your posts?

He needs a new phone.

chicoazul · June 27, 2015

TheBigIguana said:
Why do you put the quote at the bottom of your posts?

Post Of The Month.

chicoazul · June 27, 2015

roydo said:
He needs a new phone.

That's an excuse akin to the dog eating your homework, the bad throbbing cockcheese.

Furey1878 · June 27, 2015

[Poor language removed] leave our kind alone you [Poor language removed]!

TheBigIguana said:
Why do you put the quote at the bottom of your posts?

SpurtingLesbian · June 27, 2015

It's like a Campanologist's Convention in here tonight.

Bells everywhere..

orly · June 27, 2015

Zatara said:
Martinez has made the point several times about our future 'core'. I think when he joined he must have had a 5 season plan based upon current squad and funds available each season.

Were coming into season 3 now and it looks like a MAJOR squad overhaul has been successful giving us this long term core:

GK - / Robles
LB - Garbutt
LCB - Galloway
RCB - Stones / Browning
RB- Coleman
CM- Besic / McCarthy
CM - Barkley / Cleverley
LW -
AM -
RW - Deulofeu
FW - Lukaku

We also have players like Ledson and Henen who should come up into the squad over the next 3 seasons to bulk it out at least. They may look like kids above today but in 3 seasons coleman would be 29 and Galloway 22 with the others in between.

As is clear, we need a GK, LW and AM(playmaker) to add to the list so its likely that the LW/AM may be the same player as the other centre midfielders can play a variety of positions.

I think though we lack a real leader there, maybe Stones or McCarthy? The best captains for me have been:
Keane who was a beast
Beckham led by example
Terry has been a winner

Who is there who can stand out to be the future captain?

Also we dont have a 'Cantona' type, someone like him, Kinkladze,Juninho,Bergkamp who can turn the game in our favour.

That i imagine would be the playmaker Martinez will sign from the continent as he has stated (NOT CLEVERLEY!!!)

Could the leader and playmaker be the same player Martinez would sign this summer or would McCarthy or Stones be able to take the armband?