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Everton 1 - 0 Wolves Richarlison

Haha well done Finn. Love the LB... I'm in favor of any starting XI that doesn't include Morgan.

Early still but Kean have a 'mare

Love what Marco has done with Gylfi. Marco's aware, as we all are, that Gylfi hasn't shown up yet. Rather than drop him, give him the armband and try to build him up. Other players should like that approach as well. Bodes well for the squad this year.

Really disappointing because Delph is back and Gomes on the bench. Doubt we'll see delph and gomes together against wolves but happy to be wrong.

Stating the obvious - 1 goal against Palace, Watford and Villa is just terrible. Don't take this the wrong way as I like Marco, however my concern has gone from 1/10 to 3/10. We'er still not sure exactly what he wants. He's always talking about 4-3-3 but it always looks 4-2-3-1. Perhaps it's just the way he describes it but to me those are very different formations. Right now Andre is sitting deeper with the holding mid (god it sucks to see Morgan out there) and Siggy pushes higher up toward the striker. The way i see it Marco is slowly trying to create a system similar to City. One very clearly defined holding mid (Fernandinho/Gundogan/Rodri), two ball playing CMs (D Silva/De Bruyne/B Silva/Foden), 2 wingers (Sterling/Sane/Mahrez) and 1 CF (Aguero/Jesus). City's midfield balance is only achievable because their defense is organized. It's been great to see Marco focus there first. Build from the back and so far it's been encouraging. Keane made a mistake against Villa, that's going to happen occasionally - they were good otherwise and we're the only team to have two clean sheets through 3 games. So with that said here's what i think Marco is trying to create: Fernandinho/Gundogan/Rodri - Delph, Gbamin, Morgan D Silva/De Bruyne/B Silva/Foden - Andre, Siggy, Davies Sterling/Sane/Mahrez - Richarlison, Bernard, Iwobi, Walcott Aguero/G Jesus - Kean, DCL Based on the info we have Marco views Delph as a no.6. The question mark for now is does Marco view Iwobi as a winger or no. 10? Long term what happens when Delph and Gbamin are both fit...is there any chance Andre moves slightly higher up the field and we see Gbamin/Delph/Andre in midfield? Not to get too far ahead as there's an entire season to play but if you hit Marco with some truth serum I would expect next summer we focus on a dynamic, big-money move for Siggy's replacement - if, as I suspect, Marco thinks Iwobi is a winger. SORRY FOR THE LONG POST. LOTS OF THOUGHTS SINCE THAT TRAINWRECK AGAINST VILLA.

Lossl sidibe Holgate Keane baines davies Schneiderlin walcott siggy iwobi kean

Don't google it - I already did Take some guesses as to when we were last top?

Villa 0 - 2 Everton Richarlison

Everton 1 - 0 Watford Siggy

So true. Never replaced Arteta. Gomes closest we’ve come and it’s been near a decade now.

Agreed on all accounts. Keane and Mina looked very solid. Gylfi had a nightmare - doesn’t happen often. Frankly, same old Everton. Gylfi and Séamus missed ‘easy’ chances in the first half, game over from there. We won’t be competing for top 6 until our finishing improves, it’s that simple. What the hell happens next week with our CMs? From 7 bodies down to 2 in 48 hours. Davies and Gbamin left with Delph and Gomes hurt, Schneiderlin suspended, McCarthy sold, Besic loaned.

Palace 1 - 3 everton DCL

Lookman and 5.5m for Iwobi. Are you kidding me?! Marcel has been here a year...too early to suggest he have a statue outside Bramley Moore?

Pennington and Besic loaned out. Schneiderlin likely to stay with no other CM brought in. So looking for Cuco, Bolasie, Mirallas and Cenk/Niasse to leave abroad in the next few weeks. Did we miss something on Connolly? Why wasn’t he sold or loaned?

Agreed to an extent. Ultimately the seller holds the power so if we don’t get the price we want the player stays. The foreign markets (almost) always pay less than domestic anyways.

Completely lost track the other windows end later. Benefits us (uk) teams big time as we can fill squads and then become sellers. Plenty of time to offload most of the names above.

Iwobi would be good. Smalling is a disaster.

So quiet on many names: Cuco Bolasie Connolly Pennington Besic Mirallas Schneiderlin Some rumors: Niasse Cenk

Ok seriously Marcel. Stop. This is absolute robbery. He’s outdone himself again. Just spectacular.

IN: Lossl, Gomes, Delph, GbaminOUT: Vlasic, Galloway, Robinson, Sambou, Lookman, Gana, J Williams LOAN IN: LOAN OUT: Kenny, Sandro, Adedoyin, Dowell, JVirginia, Garbutt, Tarashaj, Bowler, BroadheadYOUTH: Sebastian Kristensen YOUTH pro deals: Ryan Astley, Kyle John, Anthony Gordon, Ellis Simms, Joe Anderson, Einar Iversen, Nicolas Hansen, Kieran Phillips, Korede Adedoyin, Mackenzie Hunt CONTRACT EXT: Davies, Foulds, Ouzounidis, Baines, Mampala, Bowler, BroadheadOFFICIALLY RELEASED: Jags(SheffieldUtd), A Williams, Lavery(Linfield), Hewelt(Meidz Legnica), JHilton(Blackburn), Charsley, Mathis(Rodez), Kiersey(Walsall), Bramall, Renshaw Spent: 55m Received: 67.5m

Maguire to Utd for 80m. Most of the comments on this thread are absolutely hilarious now that it's two years later

IN: Lossl, Gomes, DelphOUT: Vlasic, Galloway, Robinson, Sambou, Lookman, Gana, J WilliamsLOAN IN: LOAN OUT: Kenny, Sandro, Adedoyin, Dowell, JVirginia, Garbutt, Tarashaj, BowlerYOUTH: Sebastian Kristensen YOUTH pro deals: Ryan Astley, Kyle John, Anthony Gordon, Ellis Simms, Joe Anderson, Einar Iversen, Nicolas Hansen, Kieran Phillips, Korede Adedoyin, Mackenzie Hunt CONTRACT EXT: Davies, Foulds, Ouzounidis, Baines, Mampala, BowlerOFFICIALLY RELEASED: Jags(SheffieldUtd), A Williams, Lavery(Linfield), Hewelt(Meidz Legnica), JHilton(Blackburn), Charsley, Mathis(Rodez), Kiersey(Walsall), Bramall, Renshaw

Every foreign club knows we can't get a work permit and if he can't beat out Musa and Ighalo is it really that low? They aren't great players. Musa last sold for 14.5 and Ighalo 20. To Saudi and Chinese clubs. We've beat this to a pulp. The premium paid by UK clubs for UK players is ridiculous. Targett, Mings, Billing, Ayoze Perez, AWB, Ings just stupid money...not to mention the other rumors Maguire, Tarkowski Dunk etc.