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“Character is a talent and a skill in its own right,” Lampard said, addressing the notion that with Richarlison gone, there is a shortage of star power in the Everton ranks. “My gut feeling is that Conor Coady was telling people what to do when he was 12 years old.
“But you have to buy it unless you are a manager fortunate enough to walk in to a club where you see people sitting in the corner who you can tap in to. If you don't see it you have to recruit it,” the manager continued, alluding to the “broken” squad, in his words, over which he assumed control at the end of January.
“You need enough players who will pass on the message of what you are trying to do. You get an hour and a half on the training ground every day but the players will spend much more time than that together. So if you have people who are passing the message on it makes your job a lot easier.
“If I ask what the plan was this summer, it was this: Can we bring more personality into the team? 'Can we be more solid at the back? Can we bring more youth that will develop and get better? I think we have done that. Now it's up to us — and me — to work and show that we are doing a good job.
“Outside the fanbase maybe there is a more casual or lazy view that Everton are big historically and should be in the top eight after the money that we spent a while ago. But it doesn't work that way.
“I am very driven and Evertonians are very driven and want to get back to where we want to be. But it's hard to set expectations because this Premier League is so challenging.
“To think we can go from a relegation battle and solve those problems in a window (is wrong). And you can't solve them in one day on the training pitch. I think Evertonians are very understanding. No one is expecting us to go to the moon.”

We went toe to toe with them, without a doubt. How many times have we done that in recent memory? 

Absolutely, even watching on TV you can feel the connection is back with the fans. We never expect to win every game but at a minimum we demand a shift and we’re getting that from everyone.
Whats most pleasing is we tried to play football against liverpool and matched them for most parts. Not the niggling, dark arts stuff we’ve seen in recent weeks.
This for me was the first real snippet of Frank Lampards Everton and I loved it.

Interesting point made in Frank's press conference I hadnt thought of. Because of the world cup we actually have 6 weeks of games missing before the next transfer window. In other words squad depth is a little less important this year than any other because we don't have nearly as many fixtures to play prior to January. Furthermore we might send 2-3 to the world cup at best so you'd expect a fully fit squad on boxing day coming out of the world cup. 

I hope he has a cracking season with them. Comes across as a really decent bloke, but just don't quite think he suits the Premier league. 

Interesting point made in Frank's press conference I hadnt thought of. Because of the world cup we actually have 6 weeks of games missing before the next transfer window. In other words squad depth is a little less important this year than any other because we don't have nearly as many fixtures to play prior to January. Furthermore we might send 2-3 to the world cup at best so you'd expect a fully fit squad on boxing day coming out of the world cup. 

Interesting point made in Frank's press conference I hadnt thought of. Because of the world cup we actually have 6 weeks of games missing before the next transfer window. In other words squad depth is a little less important this year than any other because we don't have nearly as many fixtures to play prior to January. Furthermore we might send 2-3 to the world cup at best so you'd expect a fully fit squad on boxing day coming out of the world cup. 

Interesting point made in Frank's press conference I hadnt thought of. Because of the world cup we actually have 6 weeks of games missing before the next transfer window. In other words squad depth is a little less important this year than any other because we don't have nearly as many fixtures to play prior to January. Furthermore we might send 2-3 to the world cup at best so you'd expect a fully fit squad on boxing day coming out of the world cup. 

The always accurate Wikipedia haha

FM said ‘judge us at end of window’ 
To be fair I think FL & KT have done very well, some of the deals (as reported) seem incredible bits of business on face value. 
We haven’t bought ageing players for stupid wages, we’ve moved out plenty of players, or at least tried to in some cases too. 
Players in, on the whole, are of ‘a good age’ but everyone seems to have a particular set of traits too. 
Willingness to work hard, and all appear to have good ‘characters’
An extra forward would’ve been great, but even that seems we were either waiting for Broja (?) or the alternatives didn’t tick enough boxes to make them viable.
So we passed and didn’t risk another Niasse, Sandro, Tosun et al 
Next 2 games are shite, and not far a write off, BUT I’m feeling optimistic about the season now. 
I’m also convinced we’ll go on a run after that, which bumps us up the table into the safe zone of mid-table obscurity. 
Finally a transfer plan.
Finally proper due diligence.
Finally something to be excited about. 
 
 

About 24M if you include future add ons for Garner (and Richie the other way) 

IN: Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Maupay, Gana, Garner (Approx. net spend: 91 million pounds)
OUT: Richarlison (Approx. net revenue: 60 million pounds)
LOAN IN: Vinagre, Coady
LOAN OUT: JVirginia, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin, Broadhead, Gibson, Dele, Gbamin, Nkounkou, Gomes

Out of contract end of 22/23 season: Begovic, Lonergan, Mina, Seamus, Allan, Davies, Townsend, Rondon
Squad for 22/23 right now:
GK: Pickford, Begovic, Lonergan
RB: Patterson, Coleman
CB: Tarkowski, Coady, Holgate, Mina, Godfrey, Keane
LB: Mykolenko, Vinagre
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Allan, Davies, Garner, Gana
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray, Townsend
ST: DCL, Rondon, Maupay
Squad for 23/24 right now:
GK: Pickford, J Virginia, Crellin
RB: Patterson
CB: Tarkowski, Holgate, Godfrey, Keane, Branthwaite
LB: Mykolenko, Nkounkou
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Garner, Gana, Gomes, Gbamin, Dele
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray
ST: DCL, Maupay

IN: Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Maupay, Gana, Garner (Approx. net spend: 91 million pounds)
OUT: Richarlison (Approx. net revenue: 60 million pounds)
LOAN IN: Vinagre, Coady
LOAN OUT: JVirginia, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin, Broadhead, Gibson, Dele, Gbamin, Nkounkou, Gomes

Out of contract end of 22/23 season: Begovic, Lonergan, Mina, Seamus, Allan, Davies, Townsend, Rondon
Squad for 22/23 right now:
GK: Pickford, Begovic, Lonergan
RB: Patterson, Coleman
CB: Tarkowski, Coady, Holgate, Mina, Godfrey, Keane
LB: Mykolenko, Vinagre
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Allan, Davies, Garner, Gana
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray, Townsend
ST: DCL, Rondon, Maupay
Squad for 23/24 right now:
GK: Pickford, J Virginia, Crellin
RB: Patterson
CB: Tarkowski, Holgate, Godfrey, Keane, Branthwaite
LB: Mykolenko, Nkounkou
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Garner, Gana, Gomes, Gbamin, Dele
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray
ST: DCL, Maupay

Gordon’s contract doesn’t expire until summer ‘25.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53981857

IN: Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Maupay, Gana (Approx. net spend: 76 million pounds)
OUT: Richarlison (Approx. net revenue: 60 million pounds)
LOAN IN: Vinagre, Coady 
LOAN OUT: JVirginia, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin, Broadhead, Gibson, Dele, Gbamin, Nkounkou

Out of contract end of 22/23 season: Begovic, Lonergan, Mina, Seamus, Allan, Gordon, Davies, Townsend, Rondon
Squad for 22/23 right now:
GK: Pickford, Begovic, Lonergan
RB: Patterson, Coleman
CB: Tarkowski, Coady, Holgate, Mina, Godfrey, Keane
LB: Mykolenko, Vinagre
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Allan, Davies, Gomes, Gana
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray, Townsend
ST: DCL, Rondon, Maupay

Sorry gents. I'm on it!

IN: Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Maupay, Gana (Approx. net spend: 76 million pounds)
OUT: Richarlison (Approx. net revenue: 60 million pounds)
LOAN IN: Vinagre, Coady 
LOAN OUT: JVirginia, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin, Broadhead, Gibson, Dele, Gbamin, Nkounkou

Out of contract end of 22/23 season: Begovic, Lonergan, Mina, Seamus, Allan, Gordon, Davies, Townsend, Rondon
Squad for 22/23 right now:
GK: Pickford, Begovic, Lonergan
RB: Patterson, Coleman
CB: Tarkowski, Coady, Holgate, Mina, Godfrey, Keane
LB: Mykolenko, Vinagre
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Allan, Davies, Gomes, Gana
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray, Townsend
ST: DCL, Rondon, Maupay

IN: Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Maupay, Gana (Approx. net spend: 76 million pounds)
OUT: Richarlison (Approx. net revenue: 60 million pounds)
LOAN IN: Vinagre, Coady 
LOAN OUT: JVirginia, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin, Broadhead, Gibson, Dele, Gbamin, Nkounkou

Out of contract end of 22/23 season: Begovic, Lonergan, Mina, Seamus, Allan, Gordon, Davies, Townsend, Rondon
Squad for 22/23 right now:
GK: Pickford, Begovic, Lonergan
RB: Patterson, Coleman
CB: Tarkowski, Coady, Holgate, Mina, Godfrey, Keane
LB: Mykolenko, Vinagre
CM: Onana, Doucoure, Iwobi, Allan, Davies, Gomes, Gana
W: Gordon, McNeil, Gray, Townsend
ST: DCL, Rondon, Maupay

Yeah @AlbanyNYToffee start pulling your fucking weight around here

Quick reminder on outgoings - the windows in Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Greece and Russia all open beyond September 1 so we shouldn't immediately panic if Gomes, Allan and Rondon are still in the squad. 

Didn’t we sign Baines, Jagielka and Pienaar in the same window? 
That would take some beating for me. 

Quick reminder on outgoings - the windows in Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Greece and Russia all open beyond September 1 so we shouldn't immediately panic if Gomes, Allan and Rondon are still in the squad. 

Not to go overboard or anything, but we're going to win the league.
It'll be close though.

Quick reminder on outgoings - the windows in Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Greece and Russia all open beyond September 1 so we shouldn't immediately panic if Gomes, Allan and Rondon are still in the squad. 

4 unbeaten, and last year all 4 would've been games we'd have lost. Progress, if a little frustrating.