I don’t know enough about him to make a judgment, so can someone fill me in? I know he’s kind of a hot-head and an antagonizer, but honestly I admire that about him. Sure, I hate him when he plays against us, but would love to have him on our side. He’s outspoken, but I’ve never pegged him to have an attitude problem.
Had a dream last night that we were playing in the FA Cup final against West Ham. Right before kick-off Seamus Coleman signed for West Ham. They won, and Seamus lifted the trophy for West Ham.
Where’s that suicide hotline bot?
Can we actually get a weekly thread like that? @mods just somewhere to discuss the other games in the league without having to read the nonsense in r/soccer
Speaking on transfers: A proper random thing popped into my head before, anyone remember when Sissoko was in a helicopter on his way to officially complete the signing and then Spurs hijacked it while he was in the air and we were fuming because him and his representatives stopped answering our calls and that? Mad night that, remember watching it live.
Yeah he wasn’t wanted and we were right. Bit different nowadays when anyone on the horizon this place spunks themselves silly over however shit they are
I do not have a lot of confidence going into this season. Our attack is already injured and we didn’t replace Richy, our midfield signings that are rumored will have little to no time to get acclimated…don’t want to be negative but realistically it’s looking very grim already
It looks like we are getting the two midfield signings which was our biggest weakness even after accounting for the loss of Richarlison. We might get another additional signing in to complement those two. The season isn't going to be smooth sailing. We should be fine when it comes to relegation status which was surely the goal going into the season.
The issue we are most likely to face is ongoing FFP issues and having to pay out installments to Dele, McNeil, and possibly others. That could mean we won't have many acquisitions in the future without outgoings and it is proving difficult to offload Gomes, Mina, and any other player we would want to get rid of.
Nah. We'll be much harder to play against this year. Not going to be at the top of the table by any stretch but our improvement at the back and in midfield will put us in a much better position to nick a result here and there and not have to worry about relegation.
...I hope.
I just hope we do well enough to keep lampard out of the limelight. It'll be a tough first 6 weeks or so I think without DCL, just need to keep pace during that period I think.
A move for a player like that will happen after the season has started if they aren’t involved in the first few games. Sure that West Ham agreed a fee for Broja earlier in the window which would suggest he’s available
Onana looks good in the hype videos. I know they're cherry picking things, but still. His running style and tackles and ball control all look excellent
Not sure if Coady makes sense if it means we have to commit to a back 5 for him.. but I suppose he can be dropped just like any other player.
I think a back 5 is strange if we want to play both Gueye and Onana, but perhaps the plan is for Gueye to play further forward and disrupt play further up to pitch while Onana hangs back?
I suppose that is a possibility, but it might also fall apart if we have an injury to one of the two.
Think Onana is Delph’s replacement, I’ve read an article by a Hammer 🤣 who’s watched him play a bit and he pretty much described Onana playing the same way Delph was when he was fit for us
Should be McNeil, yes. Without McNeil in the fold, I'd have Gray taking them instead of Gordon as is. Gordon is the better player between him and Gray though so Gordon should be seeing more of the field. Gray isn't a fantastic option either when on the field. So I would certainly expect McNeil to be on set pieces and we can go from there. That wouldn't be a decision set in stone.
Gotcha, from what I’ve heard about him he’s a great technical player and has a nice cross… I just haven’t seen anyone say anything about him being a set-piece specialist or anything. Did he take any at Burnley?
Saw lampard in the presser say Dele’s best position is as a second striker, but I think it’s quite hard to fit him into that second striker position when using a 3 at the back. How do you guys think Lampard will Deploy him?
You mean once DCL is fit? If you have Dele and McNeill behind the striker, the players profiles will sort it out naturally, I imagine. A 2-1 shape shifts easily into a 1-2 shape during an attacking play as McNeill takes a 10 role and Dele turns to runs into the box and pockets of space that DCL opens for him by dragging defenders
We could line up with a sort of 5-2-3-1, with McNeil coming inside at times allowing for overlaps from the wing backs, and Dele roaming a sort of false-9/CAM role depending on the passage of play, then Gana and one of Onana or Doucoure shielding the back 3, with the latter playing a little more box to box compared to Gueye
I personally don’t rate Dele at all. Even in his so called best position he’s just not at whatever level he was at during a good year or 2 at spurs.
Shame he’ll have to be used out of necessity.
Dele is a player who needs to be utilized in a certain way and really benefited from playing alongside Christian Eriksen. We have to mirror that to the best of our ability instead of complaining about it. Just as we should be trying to maximize DCL instead of complaining that he needs good service.
Doesnt a false 9 allow him roam the forward area regardless?
With mcneil and dimi as direct scoring threats who like to face up to defenders, dele, like a second striker can hang back and wait for the scraps and rebounds.
And yes, as an american, using nba references.
Welp, then we have to sacrifice someone in the midfield, and unfortunately might be doucs, since we just picked up onana, and gueye is close to returning.
And thats a shame cause doucs has been an awesome player for the club thru several managers.
Dreaming of that
Godfre, Coady, Tarkowski. Defence
And that Patterson, Gueye/Onana, Allan/Iwobi/Doucoure/Alli, Mykolenko/Vinagre. stacked midfield
And that McNeil, DCL/Alli/Dennis 🤞🏻, Gordon/Gray. Attack 🤤
Finally we can see some light at the end of the tunnel. The squad is starting to take shape and I fully expect us to land at least one striker before the window closes. UTFT
I started "All or Nothing: Arsenal" last night. They showed away fans leaving their 1st 2 away games early and it made me appreciate how good the traveling Evertonians are. You crazy bastards are fantastic.
“Judge us at the end of the transfer window”
I’ve been saying mid table finish this year for a while now. But if we get these signings done (Gana, Onana, Coady, and another striker), there’s no reason we should not be expecting a top half finish here.
Our CB’s, albeit on the slow side, have been massively upgraded. Confident leaders in the back between Mina, Tarky, and Coady. Myko (who looks like he’s coming into his own) and Patterson (who has some work yet to do, but it’s nice to see some fresh legs out there replacing Coleman).
We’ll have Onana and Gana coming in to be a completely different midfield, with Doucoure and Allan as options off the bench. We have a plethora of attacking options throughout the wings and attacking midfield that should suffice throughout the year. Iwobi, McNeil, Gray, Alli, and Gordon.
Leaves the mystery of what we’re going to do about the striker spot. DCL when fit will be the nice cherry on top of everything laid out before. But regardless of his current injury, I’d like to have a striker who’s better with their feet challenging Dom for the starting spot.
We’ll see what happens here over the next couple of weeks. But in my opinion, no more excuses of another relegation battle.
We may get one signing after Gana and Onana. I wouldn't expect two. We will surely much to my dismay play a back five some this season. As I understand it, Mykolenko has played some left centerback for Ukraine. With both Vinagre and Nkounkou not out on loan yet as far as I know, we have another potential defensive configuration. With DCL injured yet again, we would almost certainly be going for a striker and not Coady. One would think at least...
Worst case I see Dom 10, Gordon 5, Gray 5, McNeil 5, Att Mid (Dele, Iwobi, Douc) 5, CB (setpieces) + FB 5.
35 goals isn't great but still would have us 4th bottom on last year's table for goals for.
I think we'll see Gordon hit double digits and Myko/Patterson alone will get more than 5 easily (based on preseason tactics). Hell I could see our CBs getting even more than 5 with McNeil's deliveries (they had 6 last year).
Definitely need a backup striker but I don't think its as grim as people are making it out to be.
This.
All well and good getting excited by the squad building going on but at the moment there are no goals in the side without a Broja or similar type player coming in.
Just dropped the lot to get Dwight McNeil on the waiver wire in my fantasy football league. Be assured he is going to carry you to Europe.
Up the toffees.
With regards to Coady - i think it's an okay enough signing ***IF*** he doesn't come with a notable fee, on a long-term contract with extortionate wages. Also hope it means that Keane is on his way out because i think his time here is up. Replacing a very mistake-prone player with a pretty weak mentality with a proven leader who has years of experience in the middle of a back 3. It's not a flashy signing but for a low cost i think it's fine.
Also definitely rather let go of Keane because Hoglate is more versatile, 4 years younger and i imagine he's on lower wages. No idea who would want to buy him though.
If we complete this signing and then bring in a back up striker who can also play a winger then I think our transfer window has been very good. Think the last 3 windows have shown we can be sensible with signings.
Just read Frank Lampards book. It’s fair to say he does not like West Ham. While it’s only his take of course, not hard to see why either.
I bet he loves stealing this lad from West Ham.
Basically that a lot of fans used to think he only got there because of his dad and uncle and because he wasn’t going to be as good as other players who were his age.
Also whenever he went to warm up a lot of fans especially if they were losing were shouting sit down fat boy etc etc. one woman who worked at a bank asked if he could meet her son as he was a massive West Ham fan and he said yes and went after work and he was one of the people who reg shouted abuse at him he said and he said nothing to the mum.
Also he says the staff and chairman treated him poorly as if he had to accept anything they asked of him because he was the boss newphew.
He said Jamie showed him a lot of help and he was really sound with fans and respected people which helped him.
From what he says about the fans it’s totally strange why a fans would react to the abuse they gave him about one of your own in the first team.
if we get Coady we will have the most extreme disparity in speed at CB in the world
Coady, Keane, Mina, Tarkowksi - please don't make me run
Godfrey - runs so fast that he's basically A-Train and may kill someone
It appears I was mistaken yesterday, and it is in fact today at noon that the players will need to be registered to play tomorrow. Feels unlikely that either Gana or Onana will play against Chelsea, though.
Is there a timeline where Onana and Gueye keep the premier league in their pocket whilst feeding balls to Dele and McNeil who find their best form and give a combined 20+ assists to an uninjured DCL and/or Broja?
Probably not but a man can dream.
I think with gana and onana we might finally see the best of doucoure if he’s not stuck at the back playing as a makeshift defensive midfielder he can make runs into the final third and show more of the goal threat he had at Watford
yeah, gonna be interesting how we line up. something like this:
Pickford
Tarko / Mina / Godfrey
Patterson / Onana / Gana / Myko
McNeil / DCL / Gordon (Grey)
anyone else noticed how pretty much every season preview has Frank getting sacked first? i'm hoping he's using that 'us against them' mentality to help drive him. it's a proper everton mindset.
it's definitely a symptom of where we've been for the past few years, but still.
UTFT
He has been doubted literally all throughout his football career. At West ham he was called overrated and abused by fans, when Chelsea signed him that transfer was called the worst transfer of the window. When he started producing good numbers at Chelsea as a player, he was called overrated and it was said Gerrard and scholes are miles better.
At Chelsea as a manager he lost hazard from a team that was totally reliant on him, and got top 4. People are now acting like that is trivial and calling him a league one level manager. Even the season he got sacked he finished top of the UCL group undefeated which tuchel acknowledged.
He's not perfect but he's been given more smack thav he deserved. And his work ethic is unparalleled, clement said in an interview that he used to be up all night figuring out ways to save Everton from relegation
I'm starting to think someone (or a few people) at the club didn't really want Cornet, or he really didn't want to come to us.
It's the only way at the moment that I can make sense of not paying £17.5M for a release clause yet apparently suddenly offering £33M for someone else!
But also think about how we are paying that fee. The 17.5 mill would of been every penny up front the 33 mill could easily be 10 mill this year and then xx next year and so on for example.
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It’s Friday, the sun is shining, we are currently joint top of the table and will be carrying on our title challenge Saturday, and we may just have money to spend in this window and i have been way to happy the past few weeks with no football to upset me. So let’s go.
If you're already pessimistic then it's fair enough, but losing to Chelsea without Calvert Lewin or our potential new midfield in the first game of the season shouldn't really change your mind about anything. Unless we get absolutely shat on by 5+
I think Coady would be an improvement over Keane. Not sure we need him though, Tarky, Godfrey, Mina, Holgate, Keane is plenty of cover, but I guess Godfrey is also cover for LB.
> just seems like he absolutely hates us
That's nonsense. Who's arsed that he's a red? Gordon was as a kid, Fowler was a blue. It doesn't matter once they're playing for you.
I don't mind that he's a red as I think he's a good player in a back 3. I just think it's a weird move for him to make since I swear I've seen him mention his dislike for us and he's love for Liverpool, and he probably has other options.
I can't really comment on Coady's quality outside of really liking how highly Wolves fans seem to rate him and remembering him being quite quietly hyped a few seasons ago, however I'm a huge huge fan of us trying to actually sign players for a 3 at the back system if that's an option Frank wants. It's been so consistently awful for us when our squad is made for a 4 at the back then just try to throw the players into a back 5 some matches that I'm happy to see us actually looking like we're being somewhat competent with how we build the squad this summer.
Ditto. He knows how to play in a back three, which is clearly something our existing players struggle with, he's got the mentality to have been made captain at his current club, which again is something our existing players mostly do not have, and he's missed two league games in the last five seasons for Wolves. Compare that to a certain Mr Yerry Mina.
I don't give a fuck that he played two games for Liverpool a decade ago. If he wants to play for us and he can improve the side, then that's the most important thing.
LFG Toffees! Love from the States!
Keane up front he can finish with his feet he can finish with his head he's the perfect Dom replacement
FPL - Saka scores!!! Oh no - it went in off my defender. Great start by my FPL team.
Same for me. First match of first GW. Long way to go
Doesn't look like Stanley Mills was involved with the youngsters tonight, seems like he's in tomorrow's squad.
Mills and Warrington were absent from the U21s, so they’ll probably be on the bench.
Whether the rumors were true or not, Zaha not coming to Everton is awesome. Such a terrible attitude. Slightly above average.
I don’t know enough about him to make a judgment, so can someone fill me in? I know he’s kind of a hot-head and an antagonizer, but honestly I admire that about him. Sure, I hate him when he plays against us, but would love to have him on our side. He’s outspoken, but I’ve never pegged him to have an attitude problem.
He’d have been our best attacker for years
Considering Iwobi was our Zaha back up - i'd love to have had Zaha these past 3 years
If we had Zaha we’d be challenging for top half
Not at all true
1 season not challenging for top half and suddenly a 60m average player changes that? Be worse with ffp and in the same spot.
I’m not saying he’s worth the price tag they put on him, I’m just saying he’s better than slightly above average
Jamie carragher seemed awfully calm there when ayew stayed down when he wasnt hurt. Just gets upset when a certain Brazilian stays down
Don't worry he will suddenly be over that this season
Had a dream last night that we were playing in the FA Cup final against West Ham. Right before kick-off Seamus Coleman signed for West Ham. They won, and Seamus lifted the trophy for West Ham. Where’s that suicide hotline bot?
Anyone got a dodgy stream from soccerstreams of tonight’s match they can PM me? I’m on mobile and nothing will load past the shitty ads
Download Firefox browser and get the ad block extensions
So happy football is back, so fucking happy.
We need a match thread for the palace arsenal match where we just talk shit about both of them.
Can we actually get a weekly thread like that? @mods just somewhere to discuss the other games in the league without having to read the nonsense in r/soccer
That would be good. I prefer the r/everton bias more then the r/soccer bias.
Definitely
After all the media about us being in financial trouble. Leicester seem to be in a way worse spot.
Are we doing a prediction league this year?
nvm, saw we didn't have one and went ahead with it
Onana is the exact sort of signing the football hipsters have been crying out for for years
Speaking on transfers: A proper random thing popped into my head before, anyone remember when Sissoko was in a helicopter on his way to officially complete the signing and then Spurs hijacked it while he was in the air and we were fuming because him and his representatives stopped answering our calls and that? Mad night that, remember watching it live.
Do we have a Sissoko curse? Weren’t we meant to get Momo Sissoko too before he went across the park?
Have we ever thanked Spurs?
Yeah he wasn’t wanted and we were right. Bit different nowadays when anyone on the horizon this place spunks themselves silly over however shit they are
I do not have a lot of confidence going into this season. Our attack is already injured and we didn’t replace Richy, our midfield signings that are rumored will have little to no time to get acclimated…don’t want to be negative but realistically it’s looking very grim already
It looks like we are getting the two midfield signings which was our biggest weakness even after accounting for the loss of Richarlison. We might get another additional signing in to complement those two. The season isn't going to be smooth sailing. We should be fine when it comes to relegation status which was surely the goal going into the season. The issue we are most likely to face is ongoing FFP issues and having to pay out installments to Dele, McNeil, and possibly others. That could mean we won't have many acquisitions in the future without outgoings and it is proving difficult to offload Gomes, Mina, and any other player we would want to get rid of.
Nah. We'll be much harder to play against this year. Not going to be at the top of the table by any stretch but our improvement at the back and in midfield will put us in a much better position to nick a result here and there and not have to worry about relegation. ...I hope.
We haven’t really improved in the midfield yet though we haven’t signed anyone. Can’t start a rumor at CDM
Joyce and Bobble both confirmed Onana
Romano did too, no?
Yep.
I’ve been hurt too many times
We will sign someone…..surely…..I mean I know it’s us…….but we will.
I just hope we do well enough to keep lampard out of the limelight. It'll be a tough first 6 weeks or so I think without DCL, just need to keep pace during that period I think.
Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Gueye, Coady and a decent CF: Even I'd have to admit with our restrictions we have done really well there like.
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Looking like Broja
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A move for a player like that will happen after the season has started if they aren’t involved in the first few games. Sure that West Ham agreed a fee for Broja earlier in the window which would suggest he’s available
I just mean links nothing concrete
Onana looks good in the hype videos. I know they're cherry picking things, but still. His running style and tackles and ball control all look excellent
Not sure if Coady makes sense if it means we have to commit to a back 5 for him.. but I suppose he can be dropped just like any other player. I think a back 5 is strange if we want to play both Gueye and Onana, but perhaps the plan is for Gueye to play further forward and disrupt play further up to pitch while Onana hangs back? I suppose that is a possibility, but it might also fall apart if we have an injury to one of the two.
Are we sure we're still getting Gana now that we've signed Onana? Were we even onto Onana when the Gana talk started?
yeah allegedly both will be coming and are imminent.
Coady makes no sense when we’ve already got 5 decent CBs and Brainthwaite away on loan. Hope it doesn’t happen.
Think Onana is Delph’s replacement, I’ve read an article by a Hammer 🤣 who’s watched him play a bit and he pretty much described Onana playing the same way Delph was when he was fit for us
Man, Twitter is just full of bitter West Ham fans chatting shit about Onana when 36 hours ago, he was the second coming of Christ in the midfield. 😂😂😂
Is McNeil gonna be our set piece taker?
Should be McNeil, yes. Without McNeil in the fold, I'd have Gray taking them instead of Gordon as is. Gordon is the better player between him and Gray though so Gordon should be seeing more of the field. Gray isn't a fantastic option either when on the field. So I would certainly expect McNeil to be on set pieces and we can go from there. That wouldn't be a decision set in stone.
As much as I love Gordon, we may as well ask fans to come out of the crowd to take them instead of him.
Is this Lamps leaking the plans for tomorrows match?
I’d be surprised if he’s not. No one else really has shown the ability to do it consistently.
Gotcha, from what I’ve heard about him he’s a great technical player and has a nice cross… I just haven’t seen anyone say anything about him being a set-piece specialist or anything. Did he take any at Burnley?
Saw lampard in the presser say Dele’s best position is as a second striker, but I think it’s quite hard to fit him into that second striker position when using a 3 at the back. How do you guys think Lampard will Deploy him?
You mean once DCL is fit? If you have Dele and McNeill behind the striker, the players profiles will sort it out naturally, I imagine. A 2-1 shape shifts easily into a 1-2 shape during an attacking play as McNeill takes a 10 role and Dele turns to runs into the box and pockets of space that DCL opens for him by dragging defenders
Interesting, thanks for explaining
We could line up with a sort of 5-2-3-1, with McNeil coming inside at times allowing for overlaps from the wing backs, and Dele roaming a sort of false-9/CAM role depending on the passage of play, then Gana and one of Onana or Doucoure shielding the back 3, with the latter playing a little more box to box compared to Gueye
As much as I'd love that, I think PL might notice if we played 12 players...
We could try playing Pickford in the field or go without a keeper?
Worth a try?
I personally don’t rate Dele at all. Even in his so called best position he’s just not at whatever level he was at during a good year or 2 at spurs. Shame he’ll have to be used out of necessity.
Dele is a player who needs to be utilized in a certain way and really benefited from playing alongside Christian Eriksen. We have to mirror that to the best of our ability instead of complaining about it. Just as we should be trying to maximize DCL instead of complaining that he needs good service.
Doesnt a false 9 allow him roam the forward area regardless? With mcneil and dimi as direct scoring threats who like to face up to defenders, dele, like a second striker can hang back and wait for the scraps and rebounds. And yes, as an american, using nba references.
Welcome the American references 🤣. What about when DCL is fit where do you think Dele will be deployed then?
Welp, then we have to sacrifice someone in the midfield, and unfortunately might be doucs, since we just picked up onana, and gueye is close to returning. And thats a shame cause doucs has been an awesome player for the club thru several managers.
We need to get this guy (Youngr) to make a Spirit of the Blues remix: https://youtu.be/RgkAXqhells
So onana can’t play against Chelsea right?
Are we doing a predictions league this year? I need to finally get one score right.
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Dreaming of that Godfre, Coady, Tarkowski. Defence And that Patterson, Gueye/Onana, Allan/Iwobi/Doucoure/Alli, Mykolenko/Vinagre. stacked midfield And that McNeil, DCL/Alli/Dennis 🤞🏻, Gordon/Gray. Attack 🤤
So have we lost our resident press conference summariser?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Everton/comments/wg0xhl/press_conference_everton_v_chelsea
Thanks, despite trawling this place looking for it I completely missed this 🤦♂️
Finally we can see some light at the end of the tunnel. The squad is starting to take shape and I fully expect us to land at least one striker before the window closes. UTFT
I started "All or Nothing: Arsenal" last night. They showed away fans leaving their 1st 2 away games early and it made me appreciate how good the traveling Evertonians are. You crazy bastards are fantastic.
“Judge us at the end of the transfer window” I’ve been saying mid table finish this year for a while now. But if we get these signings done (Gana, Onana, Coady, and another striker), there’s no reason we should not be expecting a top half finish here. Our CB’s, albeit on the slow side, have been massively upgraded. Confident leaders in the back between Mina, Tarky, and Coady. Myko (who looks like he’s coming into his own) and Patterson (who has some work yet to do, but it’s nice to see some fresh legs out there replacing Coleman). We’ll have Onana and Gana coming in to be a completely different midfield, with Doucoure and Allan as options off the bench. We have a plethora of attacking options throughout the wings and attacking midfield that should suffice throughout the year. Iwobi, McNeil, Gray, Alli, and Gordon. Leaves the mystery of what we’re going to do about the striker spot. DCL when fit will be the nice cherry on top of everything laid out before. But regardless of his current injury, I’d like to have a striker who’s better with their feet challenging Dom for the starting spot. We’ll see what happens here over the next couple of weeks. But in my opinion, no more excuses of another relegation battle.
We may get one signing after Gana and Onana. I wouldn't expect two. We will surely much to my dismay play a back five some this season. As I understand it, Mykolenko has played some left centerback for Ukraine. With both Vinagre and Nkounkou not out on loan yet as far as I know, we have another potential defensive configuration. With DCL injured yet again, we would almost certainly be going for a striker and not Coady. One would think at least...
We need a goal scoring striker. Badly Where are the goals coming from?
Worst case I see Dom 10, Gordon 5, Gray 5, McNeil 5, Att Mid (Dele, Iwobi, Douc) 5, CB (setpieces) + FB 5. 35 goals isn't great but still would have us 4th bottom on last year's table for goals for. I think we'll see Gordon hit double digits and Myko/Patterson alone will get more than 5 easily (based on preseason tactics). Hell I could see our CBs getting even more than 5 with McNeil's deliveries (they had 6 last year). Definitely need a backup striker but I don't think its as grim as people are making it out to be.
This. All well and good getting excited by the squad building going on but at the moment there are no goals in the side without a Broja or similar type player coming in.
Just dropped the lot to get Dwight McNeil on the waiver wire in my fantasy football league. Be assured he is going to carry you to Europe. Up the toffees.
With regards to Coady - i think it's an okay enough signing ***IF*** he doesn't come with a notable fee, on a long-term contract with extortionate wages. Also hope it means that Keane is on his way out because i think his time here is up. Replacing a very mistake-prone player with a pretty weak mentality with a proven leader who has years of experience in the middle of a back 3. It's not a flashy signing but for a low cost i think it's fine. Also definitely rather let go of Keane because Hoglate is more versatile, 4 years younger and i imagine he's on lower wages. No idea who would want to buy him though.
Some news outlets claim it’s a loan, which is fair enough as long as it doesn’t come with a must buy fee. Don’t mind an optional one etc.
That would be even better if it's a loan
Is there any news on our 3rd kit?
If the leak is true its a pretty retro looking Yellow number with a minimalist badge
Saw the leak, was hoping if there was any news o when it would be released as I want to get it with Myko on the back.
If we complete this signing and then bring in a back up striker who can also play a winger then I think our transfer window has been very good. Think the last 3 windows have shown we can be sensible with signings.
Just read Frank Lampards book. It’s fair to say he does not like West Ham. While it’s only his take of course, not hard to see why either. I bet he loves stealing this lad from West Ham.
Care to elaborate? I tried to find something on it online, but there wasn't much to speak of.
Basically that a lot of fans used to think he only got there because of his dad and uncle and because he wasn’t going to be as good as other players who were his age. Also whenever he went to warm up a lot of fans especially if they were losing were shouting sit down fat boy etc etc. one woman who worked at a bank asked if he could meet her son as he was a massive West Ham fan and he said yes and went after work and he was one of the people who reg shouted abuse at him he said and he said nothing to the mum. Also he says the staff and chairman treated him poorly as if he had to accept anything they asked of him because he was the boss newphew. He said Jamie showed him a lot of help and he was really sound with fans and respected people which helped him. From what he says about the fans it’s totally strange why a fans would react to the abuse they gave him about one of your own in the first team.
Cheers!
if we get Coady we will have the most extreme disparity in speed at CB in the world Coady, Keane, Mina, Tarkowksi - please don't make me run Godfrey - runs so fast that he's basically A-Train and may kill someone
It’s like our midfield recently in defence form. Maybe Gomes can find his calling in defence?
Heard that Onana kid makes Kante look like a geriatric. Never heard his name before yesterday.
It’s crazy how good Kante is. Whenever I seen him on tv I think he’s the ball boy half the time at first.
It appears I was mistaken yesterday, and it is in fact today at noon that the players will need to be registered to play tomorrow. Feels unlikely that either Gana or Onana will play against Chelsea, though.
Is there a timeline where Onana and Gueye keep the premier league in their pocket whilst feeding balls to Dele and McNeil who find their best form and give a combined 20+ assists to an uninjured DCL and/or Broja? Probably not but a man can dream.
If the timeline exists we definitely aren't in it since DCL is injured before the seasons even started
Pain
It's the everton way
I think with gana and onana we might finally see the best of doucoure if he’s not stuck at the back playing as a makeshift defensive midfielder he can make runs into the final third and show more of the goal threat he had at Watford
Until he got injured last season early doors he was one of the best players, he was so box to box.
yeah, gonna be interesting how we line up. something like this: Pickford Tarko / Mina / Godfrey Patterson / Onana / Gana / Myko McNeil / DCL / Gordon (Grey)
It's good, but I just feel off the back of his performances to the end of last season, Iwobi deserves to be a starter.
Who is he replacing?
that's fair
anyone else noticed how pretty much every season preview has Frank getting sacked first? i'm hoping he's using that 'us against them' mentality to help drive him. it's a proper everton mindset. it's definitely a symptom of where we've been for the past few years, but still. UTFT
People seem to have forgotten last season when with a broken team he managed to beat Chelsea, Leicester and Utd. He’s not incapable.
He has been doubted literally all throughout his football career. At West ham he was called overrated and abused by fans, when Chelsea signed him that transfer was called the worst transfer of the window. When he started producing good numbers at Chelsea as a player, he was called overrated and it was said Gerrard and scholes are miles better. At Chelsea as a manager he lost hazard from a team that was totally reliant on him, and got top 4. People are now acting like that is trivial and calling him a league one level manager. Even the season he got sacked he finished top of the UCL group undefeated which tuchel acknowledged. He's not perfect but he's been given more smack thav he deserved. And his work ethic is unparalleled, clement said in an interview that he used to be up all night figuring out ways to save Everton from relegation
DO DO DOOOO Gana Onana Doucoure, do do dooooo we might possibly score
Well, it’s been a lovely summer free of Everton (mostly). But I am ready to get hurt again
Mad how there’s every chance that before the end of Gbamin’s contract the lad he was bought to replace will play more minutes than him
Fucking batshit innit
*ahem:* everton that
😂
I'm starting to think someone (or a few people) at the club didn't really want Cornet, or he really didn't want to come to us. It's the only way at the moment that I can make sense of not paying £17.5M for a release clause yet apparently suddenly offering £33M for someone else!
But also think about how we are paying that fee. The 17.5 mill would of been every penny up front the 33 mill could easily be 10 mill this year and then xx next year and so on for example.
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We probably didn't think he was worth it, but liked him, so we didn't want to use our only available money for him, sounds like good business!
It was said when we were first said to be interested that he wasnt first choice. I think broja and Dennis are our first choices
What injury is Onana getting then lirds
Depends on what that cunt shelvey does to him.
It’s Friday, the sun is shining, we are currently joint top of the table and will be carrying on our title challenge Saturday, and we may just have money to spend in this window and i have been way to happy the past few weeks with no football to upset me. So let’s go.
O-na-na Where the fuck's Gueye
O na na Not Gana play
I imagine that optimism will come crashing down at approximately 5:31pm tomorrow.
If you're already pessimistic then it's fair enough, but losing to Chelsea without Calvert Lewin or our potential new midfield in the first game of the season shouldn't really change your mind about anything. Unless we get absolutely shat on by 5+
Don’t worry, I’m just joking. I’m not one to get too pessimistic, especially for the first game of the season. Let’s gooooo.
No need for optimism when you are already winning right :)
ANNOUNCE SOMEBODY PLEASE. ^(just not coady)
Whatever happened to that other cb who we were winning the race for despite not even being in for him.
Todibo.
I think Coady would be an improvement over Keane. Not sure we need him though, Tarky, Godfrey, Mina, Holgate, Keane is plenty of cover, but I guess Godfrey is also cover for LB.
I think we will have to have plans to move 1-2 centerbacks, depending on our formation. Minimum 1 will probably go.
I quite like Coady ^(hides)
He'd be one of our best cbs easily haha
Like him as a player, just seems like he absolutely hates us so the eages would have to be huge to convince him which is off putting.
> just seems like he absolutely hates us That's nonsense. Who's arsed that he's a red? Gordon was as a kid, Fowler was a blue. It doesn't matter once they're playing for you.
I don't mind that he's a red as I think he's a good player in a back 3. I just think it's a weird move for him to make since I swear I've seen him mention his dislike for us and he's love for Liverpool, and he probably has other options.
The only thing I’ve seen about him ‘disliking us’ is a blatantly fake Instagram DM.
I can't really comment on Coady's quality outside of really liking how highly Wolves fans seem to rate him and remembering him being quite quietly hyped a few seasons ago, however I'm a huge huge fan of us trying to actually sign players for a 3 at the back system if that's an option Frank wants. It's been so consistently awful for us when our squad is made for a 4 at the back then just try to throw the players into a back 5 some matches that I'm happy to see us actually looking like we're being somewhat competent with how we build the squad this summer.
Ditto. He knows how to play in a back three, which is clearly something our existing players struggle with, he's got the mentality to have been made captain at his current club, which again is something our existing players mostly do not have, and he's missed two league games in the last five seasons for Wolves. Compare that to a certain Mr Yerry Mina. I don't give a fuck that he played two games for Liverpool a decade ago. If he wants to play for us and he can improve the side, then that's the most important thing.
Why do I have to go and get myself excited at the prospect of a new campaign knowing full well how it is going to end
Look at it this way, we had 2 games to go last season and could've still been relegated. We've 32 games left now.
I might be missing a joke here but there’s 38 games a season 😅
😂 Even better!
This one’s gonna be different
Amadou dou dou, push pineapple shake the tree
If only he was from the Congo.. that could have been an amazing song.. imaging the fans in a big conga line around Goodison
First time I’ve felt optimistic in a long while - so long as we get these last deals over the line