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1 hour ago, EFC-Paul said:

Firstly no one said otherwise....until now is he fuck Sig Morgan and a fit McCarthy would all be Infront of this lad 

He's not a bad player but he's no more than average at this level and as said "aiming for better" 

Not that it matters as we won’t be signing him.  But completely disagree with this, he would be an upgrade on any of our midfielders except for Siggy.

The stats say the same in most categories, and he can play DM, CM, AM. He is an above average prem player, and dominated the Championship getting in team of the season.

this World Cup has got me worked up!

Could do worse than signing Daniel Arzani, youngest player at the World Cup, playing for Australia and took it to Denmark when he came on.

Aussie Aussie!

Current state of affairs....

Got an assist for the second goal in extra time for Sevilla V Leganes in the Copa Del Ray in a counter attack to seal the game 2-0.

Came on as a substitute.

4 hours ago, TallPaul1878 said:

Don't know what all the fuss is about. This is a smart move for Lookman, it's clear he isn'ttt going to get regular game time and he could do with the experience.

Leipzig are a good side, they play good football and living in Germany will mature him much faster. I'd like to see more of our young players make these kind of loan moves.

If Everton are going to get the best out of Lookman then he needs to kick on. It does young players no good being in a struggling side that is short of confidence.

 

Couldn’t agree more. Hoping he gets a decent run of games. More so, getting thrown in the deep end in another culture, witnout your ‘mates’ around you, is the best thing a young person can do to learn about themselves and to mature quickly.

Well done Lookman.

No doubt he will learn more about playing football than under Allardyce .

Just hoping he is keen to run out for Everton next season.

Rumours circulating that Lookman will be confirmed within 24 hours on loan to Mansfield Town FC for the remainder of the season.

To me it speaks volumes that Niasse has climbed above him in the pecking order despite his know limitations.

His loosing of footing and loose touches were more prominant and frequent than any moments of quality or inspiration this season.

Can’t see anyone purchasing him on his current wages. A loan to keep him developing would be ideal.

3 minutes ago, Bill said:

No chance of Sessegnon, spurs want him. ......  Gibson the same as Keane, looked good last season but nothing special. Dont want any more Mancs unless its Rashford.

No idea who Uth is so i cant pass comment.  not sure about Dembele. and if we had the right players in the right positions around  Sigurdsson Barkley wouldnt get in the team.

All in all i'm not impressed with your selections Paul but everybodys choices would be different.

Everton pay more than Spurs and there is a 1st team place at Everton for the taking, Dany Rose to displace there.

Potentially exciting partnership with Onyekuru whoever the post Baines era LB is.

Gueye is mint on FIFA18, one man wrecking ball as a solo defensive midfielder.

Ange is available. Get him in.

 

https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/ange-postecoglou-resigns-caltex-socceroos-head-coach

Hopping to see a 4-2-3-1 with the right balance.

 

We need a winger, an actually real winger that runs at defences and tries to get in behind the Defense and keeps there width, to play at left mid/wing. (Bolasie would be ideal). I really don’t know who in the squad is capable of this role, Mirallas isn’t the answer, maybe Sandro or Lookman?

This means Baines doesn’t need to make overlapping runs all the time, but is there as an option behind the winger.

At right Mid we can play any of Davies/Siggy/Rooney/Vlasic/Lookman with the option for the player to drift in a little more but the RB must make aggressive overlapping runs to push there Defense back and link up with the RM. Make there Defense work and create space for our plethora of midfielders to work the ball up the pitch.

Ange Postecoglou may be available as of tomorrow. Plays an attacking brand of football, consistently wins titles and is strong if bringning through younger players.

Obviouslly a big step up... 

Win or loose against Honduras tonight, he has fallen out with the FFA and may not coach Australia at the World Cup.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ange_Postecoglou

 

Get him pre-signed ready for next season. Post World Cup  

Joachim Löw

 

58 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said:

Wouldn’t be surprised to see him off to Ligue 1 or a lower table side this January.

Not many lower on the table to sell to.

Would like to see Unsworth given a month as we look for the right manager, not the available one.

 

Any top level managers with an international side that we could pre-sign for after the World Cup?

I’d like to see him take a job with a team in the World Cup.

cue Koeman V Martinez final 😂

Steve Walsh has previously been interviewed outlining the process of scouting and recruiting. 

A big influence on the scouting is they type of player the manager likes, and Steve Walsh doesn’t have final or all say on those players scouted for recruiting.

Is Rooney injured or something, how do none of you have him in the starting line up? Agree with it or not, he is a guaranteed starter against Bournmoth if fit.

The rest of the lineup...

 

Pickford

Martina, Keane, Jags, Baines

Gueye, Schneiderlin

?,  Rooney, Siggurdson

DCL

 

 

Need to start our fringe players and run an alternative squad for the early stages of this cup, if there not good enough to beat a championship side, they aren't good enough.

Our starters need a rest with the gruelling fixture list we have to focus on Europa and PL.

Spurs coming up, big game hope he performs and Everton win, don't care about the rest.

Have a read through of Johan Cruff's first couple of seasons at Barcelona, he brought in Koeman and some big signings in his first season as well as youth players that wouldn't previously be given an opportunity due to there short height.

He adopted his new style of total football, it didn't produce silverware in the first season, but then they dominated.

 

I see Koemans players his bringing in an adaption of this, Rooney, Gylfi, Klaasen, Gueye, Davies, DCL and hopefully Ramirez. They can all defend deep, exchange positions and move forward into the box and provide a goal threat.

 

It will take time, I hope he can make it work because his recruiting seems to be to make his variation of total football.

Did not look good against Chelsea (I won't judge him on that game in isolation)

His first touch when the ball has been played to his feet has been poor in a few games which is concerning. His movement seems ok (from what you can see on TV), but he needs to provide more.

I voted for Ashley williams because he likes cake.

Best display of target man/pressing/selflessness/work rate/engaging the centre halves I have seen in a long long time.

 

Will be a complete forward in my opinion.

I'm hoping so as well, thinking the biggest area of his game that needs work is his finishing right now. Very promising player.

Took the game to them? We only had three shots on target and they only had 10 men for second half.

Yes that's the statistics, I'm commenting on the tactical flow of how the game played out by watching the game. Not summarising it into a shots on target statistic.

 

On that stat, I thought a lot of City's shots on and off target had 1-2 defenders passing on the attacker to reduce the shooting angle, and and Pickford in excellent position to stop the shot. Our defence was very well organised, I was impressed.

 

***Edit***

 

To expand on that, I think this is where Koeman has drilled a lot of work into how Everton defend as a unit, You can't always stop a player, but you can move them to reduce the opportunity to score, I.e Chanel them to the corner rather than opening up the centre of the pitch, to limit the shooting angle with where your body is positioned between the ball and goal.

There looks to be good situational practice as well, when Pickford rushed out shut down a player on a tight angle, the shot was chipped, Everton had 2 defenders on the goal line who reacted to get to that position as soon as Pickford rushed out. This hasn't happen d by chance, it's been taught and practiced.

Great defending as a unit.