Wymsey Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 9 minutes ago, les-tah said: Barnes hasnt played for us pre season. he clearly has shown hes not quite ready for us yet. Haven't seen him play much at all, have to admit, but he's apparently highly-rated in both the press and a few on this forum.. As he signed a new four-year contract with the club recently - why not give him some form of opportunity to impress and take a 'risk' on him or James (with the latter having more playing time under his belt?). Despite rating Sigurdsson as a good player in his position, I demand that he plays excellently at the inflated price reported, if we even have a very outside chance of getting him. Hence, my point is really is that we shouldn't go in a bidding war over someone who is experienced but may not improve our squad over the supposedly highly-rated young talent within the club.
Gerard Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 2 hours ago, Babylon said: Would love to find a formation that got Mahrez, Sig, Nacho, Vardy and Slim on the pitch! (Almost impossible). Sigurdsson Iheanacho Vardy Slimani Mahrez Kante Fuchs Maguire Morgan Simpson
Tuna Posted 6 August 2017 Author Posted 6 August 2017 8 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: http://dailym.ai/2fkhad4 Going Everton, time to close thread.
HighPeakFox Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 1 minute ago, Tuna said: Going Everton, time to close thread. Yes, trust the Daily Mail, that's my mantra.
Tuna Posted 6 August 2017 Author Posted 6 August 2017 Just now, HighPeakFox said: Yes, trust the Daily Mail, that's my mantra. Quotes in the article are from Koeman. Says deal is close.
HighPeakFox Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 Just now, Tuna said: Quotes in the article are from Koeman. Says deal is close. I know - am I not allowed to poke fun at the DM?
AlloverthefloorYesNdidi Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 14 minutes ago, Gerard said: I'd forgotten AFTV! Another reason to get excited about the season. Will be a real treat if they dont beat us
Stevosevic Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 20 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said: Yes, trust the Daily Mail, that's my mantra. They are Koeman quotes
st albans fox Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 25 minutes ago, Tuna said: Going Everton, time to close thread. As we were told around 4 bloody weeks ago! this is truly the most nonsensical thread and waste of time I can recall on FT (and there has been a lot of dross over the years!)
vanity Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 5 hours ago, mod hero said: I've seen him play in a front 3 and also in CM for Iceland but he would be wasted playing in one of the wide positions in a 442 It's more for variety, change of pace during the game if we need it. Our attack grew incredibly stale last season. Teams began to play their lines deep and bottle up Mahrez with several defenders, which left us struggling to get shots on goal. If a team gets comfortable defending against a player like Gylfi, he has the ability to be a threat elsewhere. He could move outside, or we could drop Nacho back to pair with him in a Vardy up top/one striker look, or half-a-dozen other things. For me, it is about evolving, getting one-dimensional players off the pitch, and planning to play a variety of ways to make it difficult to scheme for our attack in a way it simply wasn't last season. For me, that looks like adding a credible AM threat, as we're discussing, Gylfi, Hazard, someone from the Spanish League, someone whonis a playmaker first, but who can play different roles in foreard position as well. Then we need a CB who is an excellent defender, strong passer, and at least as comfortable as Maguire bringing the ball out, in that order. We'd instantly add 10% to our time of possession, which would obviously cut 10% from the other side. That would probably be worth an 10-12 points in the standings, we could still counterattack like madmen, but we'd add the ability to methodically move the ball up the field rather than sending a 50-50 ball into the opposing half. Shakey gets it, he knows we need that bad, and we're clearly looking. No more of this daring our backs to bring the ball out crap by simply playing in front of our MF. Far too easy for the other team.
Grebfromgrebland Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 So if this guy is going Everton and we have identified a need for a creative player in the middle and we're willing to spend big on this, who's our plan B. Or if we don't get him then just not bother and wait another year or two and see what happens. It's odd that when we don't get our primary target we don't for an alternative and it costs us dearly. This happened with Keane and we had massive defensive shortfall last season and Silva so Drinkwater had to play injured with Amarty in midfield. Why don't the club learn on this?
les-tah Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 11 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said: Haven't seen him play much at all, have to admit, but he's apparently highly-rated in both the press and a few on this forum.. As he signed a new four-year contract with the club recently - why not give him some form of opportunity to impress and take a 'risk' on him or James (with the latter having more playing time under his belt?). Despite rating Sigurdsson as a good player in his position, I demand that he plays excellently at the inflated price reported, if we even have a very outside chance of getting him. Hence, my point is really is that we shouldn't go in a bidding war over someone who is experienced but may not improve our squad over the supposedly highly-rated young talent within the club. oh yeah hes very very highly rated but if he was ready and they thought he would play for us a few times this season im sure he would of seen pre season minutes!
LinekersApples Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 We never "wanted" GS. We put a bid in that set the price for RM. Rudkin and co are cleverer than you give them credit for
sylofox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 8 minutes ago, LinekersApples said: We never "wanted" GS. We put a bid in that set the price for RM. Rudkin and co are cleverer than you give them credit for No shock here and seems very plauseable. Also explains a 40m bid and no attempt to follow it up. That and we have fvcked it up for Everton drop a 40m bomb then walk away do we have any known ties with Swansea?
dannythefox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 Can we close this now. He's not and never has been coming here.
Sublime_Coatsworth Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 It'd be fvckin hilarious if we stormed in at the 11th hour and snapped him up for £50m. If only to piss off the entitled 'big club' Evington fans
Nick Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 Just now, Sublime_Coatsworth said: It'd be fvckin hilarious if we stormed in at the 11th hour and snapped him up for £50m. If only to piss off the entitled 'big club' Evington fans I'd piss myself laughing.
lifted*fox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 We should just offer £60m to rustle everyone's jimmies.
Detroit Blues Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 Where would Gylfi fit in if we start nacho? Paired with Ndidi in the middle? Midfield 3 with Ndidi and James/Drinkwater?
thybluefox Posted 7 August 2017 Posted 7 August 2017 43 minutes ago, daz*dsb said: We should just offer £60m to rustle everyone's jimmies. Knowing full well Swansea will up the asking price up to £65m anyway. Soz Everton
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