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12 Nov 2014 08:23:53
Does anyone else know if we still kept our old scouting network when moyes left, or did roberto bring his own too? The only reason I ask is because other than the proven premiership players (Lukaku and McCarthy) the other players he has brought in are very injury prone and therefore not really that reliable, two names on the tip of my tongue are alcaraz and kone, neither who have held either a regular starting place in the team, one I'm unsure if he has played more than 60 minutes fof efc! That in itself should be worrying if our transfer budget, while already small, is I suppose wasted on injury prone players. I just feel if you are signing a back up player to the 1st team for the purpose of being a squad player they should have an exemplory injury record and be versitle to playing in a number of positions adequately. To pay 6 mill for kone and ship out big vic was I feel a mistake.
1.) Shipping out Anichebe wasn't a mistake imho - it was surely a good move for for both parties.
The only issue with Kone is that he's been injured for so long and therefore hasn't had any chance to prove himself (or not as the case may be!) in the Everton first team. So many of RM's signings have been criticised at first and then the players have proved themselves in the Everton first team - McCarthy and Barry being two prime examples. As far as I'm concerned, only Joel Robles has not impressed to date - although the jury is still out for me on McGeady. The likes of Atsu are hopefully yet to blossom.
2.) 12 Nov 2014 15:57:14
In the brief games that he has featured in, Kone looks to be a terrible buy. It's been that long so I could be mistaken, but I remember two sitters that he should have buried when he was fit. That could have been down to lack of confidence, possibly to do with getting familiar with his new team mates etc. Every striker needs the boost a goal does for their morale. But, as others have pointed out, my main concern is that he has never been fit to sustain a place in the team. 6m is a lot to pay for an ageing crock
{Ed025's Note - join our boat crew spud.. :)
3.) None of theses players needed scouting there either players he had on loan or worked with, kone signing has just been unlucky but alcaraz has always had his problems butr was a free
4.) Every football club has signed players that have got a serious injury early in their careers with their new club. Whether they paid £6million or 2 burst footballs and a water bottle for the player, it's not the club or players fault. Kone done well at his 2 previous clubs so there's no reason he wouldn't have done well at us . only for his injuries.
27 Aug 2014 12:01:09
Lets put all differences to one side and weigh up etoo's arrival.
1. He's experienced in both title winning teams and champions league winning teams so will add some much needed composure in european and important games.
2. His wages have not broke our bank account so is potentially an astute signing
3. He will pass on his wisdom and experiences to the younger strikers in the club. Notably romelu.
4. He is not going to be our first team starting striker, so is fitness really an issue, added to that is his age really an issue, yes he has lost a step of pace, but even with that in mind, will still out sprint most centre backs in the league, added to that his movement will now make up for that loss of pace as all strikers do at the later stages of their careers.
5. He is etoo, a global superstar who will raise our profile as a club.
6. I prefer to see etoo's name on the team sheet for our europa adventure than any other striker who plays or has played for us because he knows where the net is and will keep romelu fresh for the league campaign. Consider the last time we played in europe and had anichebe up front, also we sold anichebe for 6 million. We also bought kone for 6 mill and look what he's contributed to the squad so far. squat!
7. Finally look in the current market what money buys you, particularly as a striker, who we all know hold a higher yield in the market. There's shane long £12mill, sanchez £38 mill, costa £38mill, ulloa £10mill, ballotelli £20mill and riviere for £6mill to name a few. Given our total cost for etoo is going to be £6mill with wages, I'm happy with the addition.
24 Jul 2014 23:48:34
Been watching some obscure tournament in argentina called the copa libertadores and a couple of players who have caught my eye are hector villalba (19 year old pacey skillful right winger) plays for san lorenzo and the centre forward from the same team angel correa (a raw mixture of tevez and aguero playing style strong but small, pacey and skillful again only 19) 2 players I think we most likely will never sign, but testament that there are gems all over the globe who could become great players, but at the fraction of the price certain premier league clubs would pay for a lallana, a nani, or a tevez. I then later heard there were 4 of their players on the move this summer during argentinian close season. San lorenzo were champions and are losing their players, the one stand out move was correa leaving for athletico madrid. Got me thinking I really should go into talent spotting for efc and see if they'll give me a job
1.) The problem you have with young players from South America is work permits, although with there Spanish and Portuguese backgrounds the other European leagues seem to find a way around that
2.) A few teams from Europe have been looking at Correa. But as stated, work permits would be a problem.
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07 Jan 2015 00:12:49
Why don't we try to sign goalkeeper kristof van hout, 6ft 10 wouldn't need to jump to catch a cross
16 Dec 2014 20:22:45
So we could have the same headache as now. baines/ oviedo/ garbutt, replaced with oviedo/garbutt/ notts county lad. Hmm.
06 Nov 2014 00:25:13
It would have cost them a fair penny more than 60 mill to buy efc. Part of our problem when any prospective buyer is looking at english clubs to take over. Stadium doesn't help our cause either, but the buyer wants to buy a club cheap and invest their money to make the team better, with efc already a partially well set up organisation with good players to attribute towards the value of the club, it's difficult for us to be sold to prospective buyers, particularly when the sellers (kenwright and the other shareholders on the board) want a return on their investment. Added to this our chairman wanting the right buyer to purchase us, and already being a shrewd person not wanting to take much risk on the sale due to the club he owns is the club he supports. With this in mind, until we have a nice new stadium with a good source of income, we will always be overlooked by the buyers.
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20 Jun 2015 13:05:22
Or maybe we are restricting spending due to saving for downpayment for a new stadium or redevelopment of goodison
{Ed025's Note - yeah right!..
04 Mar 2015 08:45:27
Hoddle I feel would be a good replacement too
08 Feb 2015 21:41:16
Rodwell, anichebe, vaughan, duffy, garbutt, browning. All
given 1st team starts in prem games
10 Jan 2015 19:53:48
One left winger who has played well against us on 2 occasions in just this seasons europa is kevin de bruyne. Much better prospect than any player sho has been mentioned, bolasie, januzaj, nolito. Still only 23, has scored 6 goals for wolfsburg this season. I abree a centre back or 2, along with a gk is priority, but if we are talking about a replacement for pienaar on the left, playing garbutt lb and baines lw would do until the e d of the season when we could potentially afford de bruyne or somebody of his quality. What gk and cb would people like to see approached in this transfer window? Finally how about this set up for now:-
joel
coleman stones jags garbutt
besic barkley
mirallas naismith baines
lukaku
07 Jan 2015 00:01:39
Would prefer to see a christmas tree style set up, particularly against city who are going to be a strong midfield unit.
robles
coleman stones jags baines
besic
barkley
mcgeedy naismith mirallas
lukaku.
This will still allow us to play naismith in the number 10 role between their defensive lines, but more importantly barkley able to take the game by the scruff of the neck and command the midfield without being crowded out by 3/4 defenders due to our ever persistant slow build up play by distan, jags and barry. He could pick up the ball in centre mid and drive at defenses (what he's good at) and play through balls for naismith, mirallas, mcgeedy and lukaku.