Summer transfer window.

[RomanReigns]

If Barca ain’t buying rashford then ngl I’d have him here in a heartbeat

 

[RomanReigns]

They should have enquired about Ili. We’d have probably accepted £20million because we are shrewd operators.

Sade’s next hit single - shrewd operator

 

[Marcus Kendall]

If Barca ain’t buying rashford then ngl I’d have him here in a heartbeat

He's on astronomical wages

 

[windymiller]

He's on astronomical wages

And has no interest in joining Everton. Other than that, though......

 

[Toffeepot]

If Barca ain’t buying rashford then ngl I’d have him here in a heartbeat

Same
Not gonna happen though

 

[RomanReigns]

He's on astronomical wages

More or less than grealish?

 

[Marcus Kendall]

More or less than grealish?

Similar, Grealish wanted to join though whilst Rashford will be looking higher or even he might try and rehabilitate at Man Utd

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Id ban every single person who makes this same, hilarious post. Soucek and Wilson, oh the originality

Yes, tedious and not one of them funny

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Every year after the end of a season this place gets toxic for a few weeks before it settles down... every year.

That said , I do think DM has questions to answer. With thirty games played we were in prime position to get a European spot, even a CL place was not out of the question as we saw with Bournemouth who were below us around the 30 game mark and barely missed out on a CL place.

I do accept that we have a small squad and some players never got the rest they needed, but there were players who were not given any chance never mind a fair one. This was understandable earlier in the season when results were good but later in the season we saw a resistance to any change which eventually caught up with us.

Apart from anything else it became unfair to the players.

Jake O Brien who was never more than a stand in right back was forced to play there for the entire season just about and it caught up with him at the end
Harrison Armstrong was kept at the club in January, played for a while, did well and was then all but ignored until the end of the season. He could probably have played the Garner role allowing JG to play right back at times.

Tyrique George certainly deserved more chances than were given to him, he offered a level of pace we didn't otherwise had but just wasn't trusted by the manager.

I can only guess that both Dibling and Aznou must be really poor in training , there can't be any other explanation for players to be so obviously ignored when the squad is so short of bodies.

I have long accepted that DM will start as manager next season although I would have prefeeerd it if we had brought in Iraola( I think this was probably never realistic as it seems the AC Milan job was probably his from quite some time back).

I don't think DM is in as strong a position as he was some months ago, I doubt there will be any contract extension talks until after next Christmas, if at all.

The transfer dealings will also be interesting and will be quite revealing... we will see from the players that both come and go how much control DM has.

All this names being linked ( and creating unrest amongst an irritable fanbase) are best ignored as just about all will never happen.

Good post
Another season of DM is another season this club loses ground to clubs that were not even in our sphere in the past. At some point we will be just another club, important only to ourselves

 

[davids]

Mate, good research but you are still making my point. The manager failed to get good performances out of the team, even though because of his ineptitude in both cups, they played less games than most others. A few players could have done with a break when their form faltered but your manager had zero ability to use his whole squad and in the end the whole team reflected him...they looked tired, uninspired and boring.

When he has given young players their chances they've not been up to it. You can't field players just for the fun of it. They obviously don't show anything at Finch Farm if they were tearing it up and not getting a chance there'd be uproar in the dressing room,but by all accounts it's a happy ship.

 

[davids]

I dont...their performances reflected their manager's personality- dour, predictable and passed it.

And yet they managed it v Chelsea and Villa etc. And three quarters of the game v City He must have a split personality.

 

[1878blues]

Every year after the end of a season this place gets toxic for a few weeks before it settles down... every year.

That said , I do think DM has questions to answer. With thirty games played we were in prime position to get a European spot, even a CL place was not out of the question as we saw with Bournemouth who were below us around the 30 game mark and barely missed out on a CL place.

I do accept that we have a small squad and some players never got the rest they needed, but there were players who were not given any chance never mind a fair one. This was understandable earlier in the season when results were good but later in the season we saw a resistance to any change which eventually caught up with us.

Apart from anything else it became unfair to the players.

Jake O Brien who was never more than a stand in right back was forced to play there for the entire season just about and it caught up with him at the end
Harrison Armstrong was kept at the club in January, played for a while, did well and was then all but ignored until the end of the season. He could probably have played the Garner role allowing JG to play right back at times.

Tyrique George certainly deserved more chances than were given to him, he offered a level of pace we didn't otherwise had but just wasn't trusted by the manager.

I can only guess that both Dibling and Aznou must be really poor in training , there can't be any other explanation for players to be so obviously ignored when the squad is so short of bodies.

I have long accepted that DM will start as manager next season although I would have prefeeerd it if we had brought in Iraola( I think this was probably never realistic as it seems the AC Milan job was probably his from quite some time back).

I don't think DM is in as strong a position as he was some months ago, I doubt there will be any contract extension talks until after next Christmas, if at all.

The transfer dealings will also be interesting and will be quite revealing... we will see from the players that both come and go how much control DM has.

All this names being linked ( and creating unrest amongst an irritable fanbase) are best ignored as just about all will never happen.

The dibling and aznou situation has to be the worst. I mean Dibling showed some glimpses when he did play. Aznou one is mind blowing. Nothing against #19 he gives his all for us but he is easily one of the worst footballers in the league - to a point where I question how he got to a professional level.. never mind Everton! Surely aznou was worth a go at the likes of Burnley at home to give fans an idea behind what it is

 

[preposterousvelios]

When he has given young players their chances they've not been up to it. You can't field players just for the fun of it. They obviously don't show anything at Finch Farm if they were tearing it up and not getting a chance there'd be uproar in the dressing room,but by all accounts it's a happy ship.

Young players that have barely played for the club have potential to improve as they play more and bed in.

McNeil was turning in awful performances every week while keeping his place in the team.

After seeing Rohl get a chance and be pretty good at the end of the season i don't think we should be writing off any of the players signed last summer because of them not playing.

George looked our best forward at the end of the season and couldn't get on the pitch for more than 15 minutes at a time.

 

[Bluewolf]

Good post
Another season of DM is another season this club loses ground to clubs that were not even in our sphere in the past. At some point we will be just another club, important only to ourselves

Are we not already there?

We're not even important to our owners by the looks of it.

Seems like all they care about is roma

 

[Saint Domingo]

Young players that have barely played for the club have potential to improve as they play more and bed in.

McNeil was turning in awful performances every week while keeping his place in the team.

After seeing Rohl get a chance and be pretty good at the end of the season i don't think we should be writing off any of the players signed last summer because of them not playing.

George looked our best forward at the end of the season and couldn't get on the pitch for more than 15 minutes at a time.

We could go absolutely crazy and maybe use pre season to give these young players confidence playing together in a system.

Or maybe we could just spend thee thirsty of it looking less fit than a pub team, get beat by everyone, lose the first few games, then eventually start to resemble a PL team at the end of September.