2025/26 Vitalii Mykolenko

[FCBarça]

I know he will but it's killing us. Genuinely how bad could Aznou be

 

[Duncan’s Pigeon Loft]

Today was yet another reminder that we hired Rafael Benitez, an avowed enemy of the club, and let him replace Lucas Digne with this absolute cabbage.

And then sacked him a week later. What an absolute shitshow

 

[Clarky cat]

Low block or bench. Genuinely horrible watching him try and overlap and cross the ball.

 

[The T-Dex]

Low block or bench. Genuinely horrible watching him try and overlap and cross the ball.

Couldn't even low block properly yesterday mind.

 

[Drico]

Wouldnt make a championship side imo

He's the latest in a long line of Everton Premier League stalwarts who found/would find the Championship a struggle. See Holgate and Godfrey.

We wonder why we keep hitting our heads - at best - on our mid-table ceiling this past decade, but then you look at many of the players who wear our colours... Mediocrity writ large.

 

[COYBL25]

He's the latest in a long line of Everton Premier League stalwarts who found/would find the Championship a struggle. See Holgate and Godfrey.

We wonder why we keep hitting our heads - at best - on our mid-table ceiling this past decade, but then you look at many of the players who wear our colours... Mediocrity writ large.

Because we have to buy young players who show promise relatively cheaply and hope we can develop them - see Barry.

Sometimes it works out - Braithwaite / Stones, sometimes it doesn’t.

 

[hallamblue]

Because we have to buy young players who show promise relatively cheaply and hope we can develop them - see Barry.

Sometimes it works out - Braithwaite / Stones, sometimes it doesn’t.

Not really comparable, Branthwaite £1m, Stones £2m, Barry £25m.

 

[COYBL25]

Not really comparable, Branthwaite £1m, Stones £2m, Barry £25m.

Hence why I used the word “ relatively “

 

[Drico]

Because we have to buy young players who show promise relatively cheaply and hope we can develop them - see Barry.

Sometimes it works out - Braithwaite / Stones, sometimes it doesn’t.

We need to get better at that, so. There is no improvement if we don't.

 

[hallamblue]

Hence why I used the word “ relatively “

I'm not sure what £25m is relatively cheap compared to? For a club at our level £25m should buy an established first team player.

 

[COYBL25]

I'm not sure what £25m is relatively cheap compared to? For a club at our level £25m should buy an established first team player.

It`s the price of an " average " Premier League player or a promising youngster.

 

[hallamblue]

It`s the price of an " average " Premier League player or a promising youngster.

Exactly, an "average" Premier League player, which is a level above 1/2 of our players. Barry, however, is nowhere near as good as an average Premier League player, he wouldn't get into Norwich's team!

 

[BigBeto1]

When you look at the right and left the problem is exactly the same. Was Myko always a left back because awkward technique looks like he’s a player out of position

 

[Mr Happy]

When you look at the right and left the problem is exactly the same. Was Myko always a left back because awkward technique looks like he’s a player out of position

I think he might have played Ice Hockey

 

[Saint Domingo]

let’s not pretend Digne wasn’t a complete defensive liability. The few times he ever was in position he was just waltzed past with ease. Mykolenko had a bad game yesterday but there isn’t half some revisionism over Digne.