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  3. Kevin Mirallas

    in General Football and Sport Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Makis

    TSF doesn't think too highly of Mirallas.

     

    http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/the-secret-footballer/23667/kevin-mirallas-pays-the-penalty-for-selfish-spot-kick-failure/#slide-1

     

     

     

    And after all that, one player breaks rank and decides that he should be the hero. In a couple of the teams that I’ve played in, Mirallas would have been pinned to the changing-room wall at full time while the rest of the squad gave him a painful demonstration of what it means to belong to a team. Obviously, minus Baines who, as we know, doesn’t like confrontation.

    It will piss off the Everton players far more if the club now breaks its wage structure – whatever that is – to keep Mirallas at Goodison Park. As a player, he will know that. But for some footballers, the lure of cash on the horizon in what is a finite career far outweighs the togetherness and selflessness that can so help a squad in pursuit of success.

  8. James McCarthy

    in Rumourama - Everton Transfer Rumours

    Posted

    I dont get all this adulation for James Mccarthy he's a footballer who runs and runs he doesn't score he's not creative £20m and dembele show me the money it's a no brainer.

    You only have to look how many points on average we get when he plays and when he's not to see his importance. Parkinson was a bit similar, what did he ever do on the pitch? Yet we almost doubled the points average when he was playing.

  9. Squad Shake Up

    in General Everton Discussion

    Posted

    I checked those ages and you have to remove all the youngsters from that list who haven't really played a part, including Browning to get to that average age. Just removing Distin and Pienaar who are almost certainly not with us come next season drops that average to 27.1. Take Eto'o off as well and average is down to 26.8. And remember that bringing anyone under that age in would push that average further down.

     

    It's more interesting to look at various positions and how we are covered. Do we have immediate needs for certain positions, i.e. is the first choice needing replacement soon? Do we have a replacement already?

     

    GK: Howard, Robles

     

    Looks like we need a keeper.

     

    RB: Coleman, Hibbert.

     

    No immediate need, as long as Coleman is not sold. Hibbert is getting on, but we have a few youngsters who can also cover.

     

    LB: Baines, Garbutt, Oviedo

     

    Well covered if Garbutt signs a new contract.

     

    CB: Jagielka, Stones, Distin, Alcaraz, Browning, Galloway

     

    Could use someone to replace Distin. Alcaraz is a cheap fourth choice CB.

     

    CM: McCarthy, Barry, Besic, Barkley, Osman, Ledson, Naismith

     

    Pretty well covered for defensive mid. Barry is getting on and has looked slow but Besc has really stepped up. Ledson will need some playing time eventually. Osman is of limited use but will probably see out his career at Everton. Attacking mid could use more variety but this depends on the type of wide players that are brought in.

     

    Wide midfield: Mirallas, McGeady, Oviedo, Pienaar, Osman

     

    Our problem area. Even if Mirallas stays there's not much here.

     

    Forwards: Lukaku, Kone, Eto'o, Naismith, McAleny

     

    Eto'o looks unlikely to stay beyond this season. Kone is getting on and questions remain if McAleny is good enough. Naismith is better suited playing behind the attacker. So we could use someone here.

     

    We won't bring in half a dozen or more players first choice players. It's not even a good idea, look at how clubs who do this kind of things struggle.

  12. Has Martinez got it wrong?

    in General Everton Discussion

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    Spot on !

     

    Statistics, certainly within football are waste of time, total job creation, to be spouted by idiots when they have nothing else to say!

     

    Player x covers 7 miles during a game, which is better than player y who covers 5.Thing is the stats don't tell you player x had his finger up his arse for 3 miles and didn't make one usefull contribution to the game.Thing is he most be better than y because of distance covered.

     

    Another well spouted stat is passes made, player x made 28 during a game, player y made 56, no mention of length of pass, quality of pass, was he under pressure when he made it, did it lead to anything !!

     

    Headers won during a match !.....how close was the defender, was he fouling him, how good was the cross/pass, sun in his eyes, strong wind.....it's endless.

     

    Shankley, clough etc would probably be able to show certain people what they could do with their list of stats!

     

    I don't want the stats from Mondays game against WBA, I want 3 points, I just want to see my team put in 100%.

     

    Though I'm sure someone will tell me that according to stats most will only put in about 72% :crying:

    The teams do look at very precise stats but they are condensed to simple forms for simpletons like you.

  15. Tv Revenue - what's the restrictions?

    in General Everton Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Makis

    I watch every match that's not on TV on the Internet but would gladly give the club 200 for a high quality service.

    I don't see why clubs can't arrange this kind of service.

     

    If I could buy a season ticket that would guarantee me HD matches but also give the option to book empty seats two weeks in advance to give others a chance if booking the seat I would do it no question.

    That's because Sky and BT would not be happy about it and they pay an absolutely massive amount of money to the League.

     

    If this was done, it would mean the current TV deals would be much smaller. The revenues would be divided much more inevenly. Clubs like Manchester United would get a huge, huge boost in their income with their ridiculously large fan base while smaller clubs would get a lot less than they get now. Even Everton would probably make a lot less than now while ManU would probably make ten time more than currently.

     

    IIRC there are plans to show every Premier League match in the future, however, but still through Sky/BT/someone else.

  23. Who can replace Martinez?

    in General Everton Discussion

    Posted

    You're basing every managers ability on revenue that way though....You're suggesting before every season starts we should just look at finances and that's where each club will end up. I'm suggesting that good managers go above and beyond their finances! You can't keep saying he was down there because he had no money. If he was THAT good he wouldn't have been fighting relegation EVERY season!

     

    I see Swansea's wage bill has been continuously one of the lowest in the league. They've been a much better side than Martinez Wigan.

    Statistics tell that's more or less the case. There are very few cases where a team has outperformed the revenue expectations. Correlation is extremely strong.

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