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Really think I’m watching a different game I think that was a decent 45 and we are very unfortunate to be behind, in fact I would say we are unfortunate not to be in front Just hope we come out in the second half as give it another go and don’t just crumble Cant believe the stick Danjuma is getting , he is literally our only creative force, why would you take him off? For me the only mistake he made was not passing in the 4v2

Why? Danjuma is the only creative player we have on the pitch and looks the most likely to get a goal or assist Think we have played well here and do not deserve to be behind

Get in!

That bench today just highlights how poor the squad depth is

According to Alan Myers it’s a straight loan with no obligation to buy but no loan fee and a break clause so we can try to buy him at any point

Yeah I think the starting XI looks much stronger. Young is an upgrade on Myko, hopefully this will be a breakout season for Branthwaite and he looks like he will better than Coady/Keane/Yerry(due to his fitness issues) Danjuma and Harrison look like they can both add goals/assists so are also a plus but the biggest bonus is actually having a CF Problem is the squad is still shite, we aren’t going to have many options from the bench to influence games and we are only a couple of injuries away from disaster Hopefully there is money in the pot to address that a little bit in January

I’m sure I read it’s basically just a break clause. So there is no obligation/option to buy as such but we can cancel the loan and negotiate from scratch if we want to buy him

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-transfer-27639163

It would be lunacy to let him go now, we just need to think what would the Everton board do? The way he has been frozen out makes me wonder if something has gone on in the background that we don’t know about He isn’t injured and he gave an interview after he came back from the Gold Cup with Jamaica that seemed to indicate he was looking forward to the season ahead with Everton but since then there has been no sign of him He is one of the few players left who is capable of creating something out of nothing so he needs to integrated back into the squad, starting with this afternoon

Still trying to work out whether we are weaker or stronger after this window Defensively there is no question we are massively weaker, and given how shambolic we were last season that in itself is a scary thought . Young is an upgrade at LB but we are far worse off at CB. Hopefully Tarks form picks up and Branthwaite has a breakout season and both stay injury free otherwise we are fucked Same as in CM, but maybe if Garner gets a run there maybe he ca add something , but think Danjuma, Harrison and Beto improve the attack Wafer think squad just got even smaller so we need a lot of luck with injuries and suspensions between now an January

Another positive from this window as long as we haven’t paid off his contract

Forest are surely following in our footsteps, and have maybe even outdone us in how not to recruit ? They have been throwing money all over the place on average players and offering wages way above their station ala Jesse Lingard I’ve lost count of the amount of players they have signed in the past few windows , I think they have as well because they have forgotten to pay half of them! Think it’s only a matter time before FFP clips their wings as well ….. now if you would have said Brighton!

I think hate is the wrong word, he clearly devides opinion but I think he is underrated by some and I can’t get my head around people almost celebrating him leaving Yes business wise it’s a good deal but it leaves the squad weaker in a footballing sense Im not claiming he is a great player but I think you are missing the point when you say he only stood out because all of our creative players had left, apart from the fact his stats stack up favourably with everyone outside the top six not just at Everton My concern is exactly that all of our creative players have left, surely getting rid of another one can’t be a good move?

Fuck me that’s scary!

good job we have just swooped in and signed another one then! https://x.com/frazfletcher/status/1697716821132976241?s=46&t=1wM_xvx1NFbXaZSqIaj30A

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/brighton-and-hove-albion/brighton-midfielders-exit-confirmed-by-roberto-de-zerbi-with-wolves-and-everton-interested-4277881

Yes it’s open until 07/09 but we surely can’t afford to let him go now, we are down on numbers as it is

I would probably rate this window 6/10, would have been an 8/10 had we not lost Iwobi without a replacement and I would have preferred Cannon to have gone on loan But all in all it was a quite positive window, think Danjuma and Harrison will prove to be shrewd buys and we finally look to have a decent CF in Beto . I think Young is also an upgrade on Mykalenko Surely the lack of incoming transfers today means Gray is staying put, I would have been a little disappointed if he had left If Deli Alli can get back to any kind of form he could be the one to provide a bit of creativity playing behind Beto in a 4-4-1-1

He has only been here for 4 seasons so I don’t think it’s generous at all. Think he played some of his best football under Lampard the season before last and was again one of our best players last season. I’ve not looked but I would imagine he has figured quite prominently in the MOtM votes on here for the past 2 seasons Even if you ignore his stats I think with a squad as small as ours we will miss his versatility as well Agree it’s a no brainier to accept the bud under the circumstances but we will miss him

I would be vey surprise if the two deals are linked, £22m is a good deal for them and they don’t appear to be short of cash Also think they were looking more at Hojbjerg and McTominay as Palhinha’s replacement rather than Iwobi

I didn’t really watch him at Arsenal tbh so can only go by what I’ve seen in an Everton shirt and yeah his first 2 seasons were poor but I think he has been one of our best and most consistent players since then

He is comfortably our most creative player over the past 2 seasons and I think if he had movement in from of him his stats would be even better https://x.com/pdh86/status/1696611084587688222?s=46&t=1wM_xvx1NFbXaZSqIaj30A I know there are still a few hours left for Thelwell to pull a rabbit out of the hat but I just don’t think this squad is brimming with creativity hence why I think he will be missed

That’s some bot if it can write an opinion piece!

Is that still not reporting on what he has had to say ???? How can it be clickbait if they are quoting him? There is no misleading headline to try to lure you in, the article is exactly what the headline indicated it would be about

No doubting it’s a good deal for us under the circumstances but this move definitely weakens the squad, especially if there are no further additions