Why Leicester and not Everton?

[Eggsyblueskin]

Let’s see wait and see where they finish before we go overboard on the praise.
There’s a long way to go yet.
Also worth remembering they were recently title winners anyway.

 

[Deleted member 38674]

In July, I made a comment about Leicester in the transfer thread that they would be excellent this season and that, pound for pound, they had a better team than us.

Needless to say, folks said I was on a wind up, I was laughed at and called all sorts by the Clique and all the ‘Top Blooz’. The post I made asserted the following:

Schmichael > Pickford
Pereira > Coleman
Maguire > Keane
Evans > Mina
Chilwell < Digne
Ndidi = Gueye
Tielemans > Gomes
Maddison > Sigurdsson
Barnes > Bernard
Vardy > DCL
Albrighton < Richarlison

Now, I’d argue, reassessing all that. You could possibly argue that Mina has been better than Evans. I’d rather have Evans over Keane and I’d 10000% have Soyuncu over Mina. There’s also a very strong argument that Chilwell is better than Digne.

As we don’t have Gueye anymore, Ndidi is far better than anything we have to offer in the middle of the park. And, although I wouldn’t swap Rico, there’s not a lot between Ayoze Perez’ performances and his this season. It’s certainly much closer than Albrighton.

Leicester are an excellent team, a well run club, who have been on the cusp of something excellent for a season or two but haven’t had the right man to elicit that from them. Going to do well this season, possibly even top four.

 

[marsh]

Because we are cursed

 

[orly]

Everton have been in panic mode since they sacked Roberto. At least when Roberto was here, he had a plan. But with each subsequent manager, plans have changed, new players brought in, old players have left, they've gone from Koeman to Allardyce to Marco Silva. Other teams have had consistent development, but Everton have continually chased the short term solution and had to start over each time. Made worse by many of Steve Walsh's signings, that beg the question whether he was actually competent at his job? It just feels like Everton couldn't get the targets they want, and made panic buys. Who spends 24m on a player like Davy Klaassen and then barely gets a game. He's not the only one. Like either they were ready to swindle Moshiri's money because he was a new fish, or there's money under the table for these deals to go through.

Leicester on the other hand seems like they've been making sensible decisions with their team. You know they must have something decent going on, if players like Vardy end up staying and not leave at the first sign of success.

While I'm not sure about Martinez having a plan, this is a great post.

Just look at the Kean signing for example. There seems to be no plan for integrating him into the team at all. He's not even getting a reasonable run of minutes in a match, so unless they are hoping he is going to learn it all in training, how can he ever hope to improve?

Not seeing any evidence at all that Brands is installing any kind of club culture at the moment.

 

[FOXINPEACE]

Nope I ain't taking the bait lol

 

[JJK]

They have a better team and manager that knows how to play them. Not hard is it.

 

[orly]

Nope I ain't taking the bait lol

Great, so go and get back in your sock then you dweeb.

Seriously this is what happens when we let these "in peace" opposition fan meffs on here.

 

[arbok]

While I'm not sure about Martinez having a plan, this is a great post.

Just look at the Kean signing for example. There seems to be no plan for integrating him into the team at all. He's not even getting a reasonable run of minutes in a match, so unless they are hoping he is going to learn it all in training, how can he ever hope to improve?

Not seeing any evidence at all that Brands is installing any kind of club culture at the moment.

Martinez did well in his first season, but teams sussed him out in the second and third season and he didn't change his ways and rightly sacked, same as he was at Wigan. His Lukaku signing at least hinted at his vision of his team.

It seemed like they were eager to give Kean more minutes early on in the season, but the last few weeks they haven't really used him.

I think its fine to give Brands more time, it seems like this season he's been trying to get younger players, and that's a good thing.

 

[orly]

Martinez did well in his first season, but teams sussed him out in the second and third season and he didn't change his ways and rightly sacked, same as he was at Wigan. His Lukaku signing at least hinted at his vision of his team.

It seemed like they were eager to give Kean more minutes early on in the season, but the last few weeks they haven't really used him.

I think its fine to give Brands more time, it seems like this season he's been trying to get younger players, and that's a good thing.

Lukaku signing hinted at one thing, sure. Alas the Snivelley, McGeady, Funes Mori, etc etc etc hinted at something else entirely.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Also....

I fully stand by the fact we shpuld have signed Jonny Evans from West Brom a couple of seasons ago. He's extremely under appreciated and it still baffles me united let him go. He'd walk into their defence now.

 

[Lelouch]

because we've hired chancers and it's blew up in our faces and now we're paying the consequences.

 

[Blue Piper]

Just remember.
A. It's still October, and
B. Slimani

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It's a shame, because their fans are rats. I want the fall to be hard.

 

[kenada_blue]

The spine of their club is much better.

Rodgers is a great manager.

Vardy is a great striker.

They have a solid back 4 who recognise they need to defend well.

They recruit sensibly at sensible prices.

They do everything better than us.

Two out of those are correct.

Let's all not have this panic attack over a side that's finished above us once in the prem so far.

They've a goal scorer and a better manager. Simples.

 

[LostLegend]

Latest in what will probably be a long line of clubs that overtake us while we continue to Everton things up.