terryefc
Player Valuation: £10m
I'd like to see him next to Beto against West Ham.
He has shown glimpses but needs a confidence booster.
He's gotta fill out and be stronger- and we don't really have a year for him to do this whilst playing up front on his own.
He will be a top player - as will Dibling - but we need to support them both and show some patience.
Play them in home games too until they bed in.
He has shown glimpses but needs a confidence booster.
He's gotta fill out and be stronger- and we don't really have a year for him to do this whilst playing up front on his own.
He will be a top player - as will Dibling - but we need to support them both and show some patience.
Play them in home games too until they bed in.
Agree will take him time to adapt older and better players than him have been shocked by the speed and athleticism of the prem,(look over the park there German lad)
Need to give him time and space to grow he seems on interviews to be a quite character so might need to settle into his environment.
ElGato
Player Valuation: £15m
Don't get the criticism tbh. Some nice touches and link up play yesterday that completely evades beto. Better in the air as well, won more flick ons and looked more of an aerial threat in the box. What he gives away to Beto in physicality he more than buys back in guile. Also a much better presser; helped to funnel the Wolves build up play around the back into some traps, which we won the ball back from (we just didn't do anything with it).
Did as much as Beto did in a half, and the latter had a better run of it with the quality he had in behind him and the extra fatigue of the players he was up against.
I wonder if he hadn't have got booked whether he'd have been removed. Probably not, but needed to learn his lesson. And that was such a foul, got absolutely flattened (a foul that was given in identical fashion to the same centre half about a minute later, infuriating how inconsistent the game was refereed by Poorson). Another lesson, however - to expect that kind of physical contact and either beef up to take it, or adapt his game to evade it.
Did as much as Beto did in a half, and the latter had a better run of it with the quality he had in behind him and the extra fatigue of the players he was up against.
I wonder if he hadn't have got booked whether he'd have been removed. Probably not, but needed to learn his lesson. And that was such a foul, got absolutely flattened (a foul that was given in identical fashion to the same centre half about a minute later, infuriating how inconsistent the game was refereed by Poorson). Another lesson, however - to expect that kind of physical contact and either beef up to take it, or adapt his game to evade it.
GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £70m
You have to wonder what the thought process was amongst these millionaire decision-making directors at Everton.
Situation: You have a single striker in the squad, and he is crap. He's a big tall gangly fella with a terrible first touch. You have £30m to strengthen your options, knowing that you cannot get it wrong. What do you do?
A. Invest the money in a more experienced striker, proven or not in the Premier League, that would at least offer something different than being all legs and a target for hoofball football.
B. Spend all £30m on one unproven lad from abroad in exactly the same mould as your current, crap striker, and simply hope he'll be able to hit the ground running in his first season, knowing that if he doesn't then the team is in big trouble.
C. Split the available funds between two up-and-coming strikers that each offer something different, perhaps a speed merchant and one with a clinical record in his short career so far. £15m each should get two interesting prospects from abroad.
(Obviously there would be further options open to the club, loans with options, obligations, selling players to generate more money, etc.)
I have no idea how they thought option B was the way to go. They are surely sorely regretting that now.
Situation: You have a single striker in the squad, and he is crap. He's a big tall gangly fella with a terrible first touch. You have £30m to strengthen your options, knowing that you cannot get it wrong. What do you do?
A. Invest the money in a more experienced striker, proven or not in the Premier League, that would at least offer something different than being all legs and a target for hoofball football.
B. Spend all £30m on one unproven lad from abroad in exactly the same mould as your current, crap striker, and simply hope he'll be able to hit the ground running in his first season, knowing that if he doesn't then the team is in big trouble.
C. Split the available funds between two up-and-coming strikers that each offer something different, perhaps a speed merchant and one with a clinical record in his short career so far. £15m each should get two interesting prospects from abroad.
(Obviously there would be further options open to the club, loans with options, obligations, selling players to generate more money, etc.)
I have no idea how they thought option B was the way to go. They are surely sorely regretting that now.
N0L1M1TK
Player Valuation: £8m
For me was obvious he wasn’t ready for the step up. You could tell from his YouTube best of highlights he was massively raw.
If you look at his time at Villarreal it wasn’t what people are making it out to be.
All but one of his 11 goals last season came against the bottom six in La Liga. 3 in one game against Leganes who were relegated.
Crazy really when you look at the minutes he played.
Not ready for the premier league. Could he be? At 22, I think it will be a massively defining season. I’d still start him over Beto, but that’s not a compliment in the slightest.
If you look at his time at Villarreal it wasn’t what people are making it out to be.
All but one of his 11 goals last season came against the bottom six in La Liga. 3 in one game against Leganes who were relegated.
Crazy really when you look at the minutes he played.
Not ready for the premier league. Could he be? At 22, I think it will be a massively defining season. I’d still start him over Beto, but that’s not a compliment in the slightest.
Clarky cat
Player Valuation: £35m
Did you read that on here from one of the resident oracles after his first 5 minutes in the shirt?
I called him gash when we were first linked so I'll just stick with that.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
What makes you say ‘he’ll be a top player’? I haven’t seen anything in him to suggest this is a certainty tbh.
Hasn't impressed me yet but I would like us, the three behind him to support him more and make a few chances for him before I judge him. Saying that he has to be able to get in the right places to take them chances, it's a two way street.
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