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One player. There's still 5 first team players, 6 with Delph. Not many clubs have that big of a change over in 2 seasons. Silva is deflecting his poor preseason on the man who makes his job easier. If results don't go our way he'll not get any leeway this season even if we don't make any further signings. 
He's not taking ownership of poor performances. Silva is constantly blaming everyone but himself. He's not Everton. 

Klopp also bought Mane, Matip and Wijnaldum in his first summer transfer window. In his second, he bought Salah, Robertson and Oxlade-Chamberlain, followed by Van Dijk the January after. Klopp has done what most managers do at a club, impose a preferred playing style partly through acquiring players suited to it. Silva is trying to do the same, and if he says he needs five more players to improve on what we did last season, I see no reason not to accept that - especially as it is obvious to everyone that he inherited a horribly imbalanced yet bloated squad which, when you remove the dead wood, is threadbare on quality in key areas. 

Zouma is irrelevant as he is no longer at the club, Walcott even more irrelevant as he was brought in by the previous administration and has hardly suggested in 18 months he's of the quality we need to improve. Yeah we've brought in 6 new first team players since Silva arrived. But what's wrong with him saying we need more? Hardly being rude imo, just being ambitious. And recognising the weaknesses in the squad Bailey does an excellent job of detailing. 

Klopp also bought Mane, Matip and Wijnaldum in his first summer transfer window. In his second, he bought Salah, Robertson and Oxlade-Chamberlain, followed by Van Dijk the January after. Klopp has done what most managers do at a club, impose a preferred playing style partly through acquiring players suited to it. Silva is trying to do the same, and if he says he needs five more players to improve on what we did last season, I see no reason not to accept that - especially as it is obvious to everyone that he inherited a horribly imbalanced yet bloated squad which, when you remove the dead wood, is threadbare on quality in key areas. 

Zouma is irrelevant as he is no longer at the club, Walcott even more irrelevant as he was brought in by the previous administration and has hardly suggested in 18 months he's of the quality we need to improve. Yeah we've brought in 6 new first team players since Silva arrived. But what's wrong with him saying we need more? Hardly being rude imo, just being ambitious. And recognising the weaknesses in the squad Bailey does an excellent job of detailing. 

Klopp also bought Mane, Matip and Wijnaldum in his first summer transfer window. In his second, he bought Salah, Robertson and Oxlade-Chamberlain, followed by Van Dijk the January after. Klopp has done what most managers do at a club, impose a preferred playing style partly through acquiring players suited to it. Silva is trying to do the same, and if he says he needs five more players to improve on what we did last season, I see no reason not to accept that - especially as it is obvious to everyone that he inherited a horribly imbalanced yet bloated squad which, when you remove the dead wood, is threadbare on quality in key areas. 

Nogs point is key about the squad. If you take into account the first team players only you have:
GK - Pickford, Lossl, Stek (sorted)
RB - Coleman, Holgate
LB - Digne, Baines
CB - Keane, Mina
CM - Gomes, Delph, Schneiderlin, McCarthy, Gueye
AM - Siggy, Davies
LW - Bernard
RW - Richarlison, Walcott
CF - DCL, Tosun, Niasse
I appreciate that you could play Holgate at CB but I only just about trust him to do a job at RB. Davies could play deeper, but his best position is floating around further upfield. Gueye looks likely to go and it remains to be seen whether Baines can stay fit enough to be a able deputy to Digne. Throw in that we dont have a striker that has proven he can score more than 10 goals a season (without being shite in every other department - Niasse) then the squad is in a very strange and transitional period.
Of the young lads, the only ones I think look capable of playing any part this season are Gibson, Broadhead and Adeniran, however all 3 will benefit more from a loan and playing week in week out. They certainly wouldnt be ready to come in and play every week without making mistakes and hampering the team.
In my opinion we need at least 1 winger, 1 proper striker and 2 centre backs this season. In the future we need another 10 (as I dont see Davies being quite good enough to hold that position down on his own at the moment), a both full backs. We will also need a winger to replace Walcott as well over the next couple of seasons as well as a 3rd striker.
I am gutted that it doesnt look like we can get Zouma, he could have covered CB and RB. Im not sure there are many other CBs around the league that would fit the bill. I am still a fan of Lascelles, but I am not sure how he would fit in with our style of play. He could tank under Bruce with Rafa's tactics making him look better than he is. I think Christensen is a decent CB and would fit in. I still like Ake too and if anything Bournemouth's way of playing makes him look worse. That is probably the lot though.
Staying with Bournemouth I would also look at King who can score and create, decent pace, strong with good technique, and Fraser who works hard, creates and can finish (aka Scottish Bernard with a goal in him). At Chelsea, I do wonder whether it would be worth trying to loan Abraham for a season if there were no other options. I think he would score a few in a half decent team and he 'might' do more than Tosun and Niasse would. I wouldnt be confident about it though.
Zaha would be an excellent signing for the right money. Reports are that we have put an offer in around the £50mil mark which I think is very reasonable and it could be similar to last summer where we wait and see if Palace crumble at the prospect of the player wanting away.
At Watford cases could be made for both Doucoure and Gray. I like the former but not sure he would be available but I wouldnt be convinced the latter would be much of an upgrade for the price, but he would be better than Tosun. West Ham have a few attacking players on the books now, so you could look at Lanzini but again would he be available and is he the same player having been on and off the treatment table a lot recently.
That is just an overview of the players in England but the pool is really shallow so you either have to put up a lot of money like we are with Zaha or take a chance of transforming a player like we are trying to with Delph. I just hope there are lots more available players abroad!
 

Klopp also bought Mane, Matip and Wijnaldum in his first summer transfer window. In his second, he bought Salah, Robertson and Oxlade-Chamberlain, followed by Van Dijk the January after. Klopp has done what most managers do at a club, impose a preferred playing style partly through acquiring players suited to it. Silva is trying to do the same, and if he says he needs five more players to improve on what we did last season, I see no reason not to accept that - especially as it is obvious to everyone that he inherited a horribly imbalanced yet bloated squad which, when you remove the dead wood, is threadbare on quality in key areas. 

Klopp also bought Mane, Matip and Wijnaldum in his first summer transfer window. In his second, he bought Salah, Robertson and Oxlade-Chamberlain, followed by Van Dijk the January after. Klopp has done what most managers do at a club, impose a preferred playing style partly through acquiring players suited to it. Silva is trying to do the same, and if he says he needs five more players to improve on what we did last season, I see no reason not to accept that - especially as it is obvious to everyone that he inherited a horribly imbalanced yet bloated squad which, when you remove the dead wood, is threadbare on quality in key areas. 

I disagree. Its about execution. He cant kick the ball. They kept Sevilla quiet but gave away a stupid penalty and then couldnt finish decent chances. The team is set up far better than it has been for ages, but the players have to do their bit.
I dont know enough about the Mainz team and I doubt you do either but our team was shite. We didnt have any forward players. Walcott hid from the ball and even when he had a good chance didnt want to take the shot on. Midfield was solid enough to start with but the full backs had already played and the CBs were a Championship RB and a kid. The team that finished was dreadful and I suspect most of them wont be Everton players in 2 years time. In fact Im not sure anyone other than Davies, Lossl and Adeniran will ever play more than 5 first team games in that time. 

Matt - my memory of that Portuguese side was that they were very well drilled defensively with a set of players who were clearly very good at carrying out a tactical plan. Which is why every top club in Europe is now falling over themselves to sign Portuguese players, they are brilliantly coached from a young age to be highly effective. Yes, having a world class goalscorer helps, but Ronaldo was hardly Maradona in 86 in that tournament. He just did what he always does, bangs in goals. 
Pete - the thing with Messi is it isn't just his goals, and his goal scoring record is up there with the best ever. He is also a creative genius, he has vision and the ability to weight a pass like very few other can, he can dribble, he has sublime touch. Goals are just the icing on the cake. And you can't blame him for Argentina failing to live up to expectations, they've been a consistent let down since 86. That late 90s post Maradona team was wonderful on paper, won nothing. The 2006 team they took to Germany led by Riquelme, best side to watch in the tournament, lost. Argentine football as a whole has a bigger chip on its shoulder than England even. Messi's record of losing three major finals with them isn't bad! 
Anyway, back to Everton - when does the PL start again?! 

See I have to take issue with this. What tournaments has Ronaldo won at Man Utd, Real Madrid, Juventus and Portugal with rubbish players around him?? 

See I have to take issue with this. What tournaments has Ronaldo won at Man Utd, Real Madrid, Juventus and Portugal with rubbish players around him?? 

I will be very gleeful if that’s the case. 

Don't see anyone getting near Man City or Liverpool again. Spurs should be comfortable for a CL spot, as good as anyone on their day but don't have the depth of squad for a title tilt imo. After that it's anyone's guess. Expect Solksjaer to flop and be sacked by Xmas, Lampard could go either way at Chelsea, flounder without Hazard or galvanise a talented squad with talented kids and surprise a few people. Arsenal are nothing special, Leicester could do very well under Rodgers, Wolves will probably find Europa football harms their league form, like most do. 
As for us... I still think the squad is woefully light. I was hopeful we'd have done a lot more business at this stage, including shipping more out, but that's what happens when you have players on wages no one wants to pay. I think until a few contracts expire we're hamstrung. Wouldn't be surprised if its another frustrating season ending in a 9th/8th place finish, without some major changes in the coming weeks I don't see the squad being better than that. More optimistically, Silva really proves himself with what we've got, we get on a role and make a serious push for top 5 as other teams flounder... 
At the other end of the table, Newcastle nailed on to go down. Rest will be a real dog fight, wouldn't be surprised if West Ham got dragged into it again. All 3 promoted clubs have a chance of staying up. 

If I read correctly we didn’t sign our first player last year until July 24th and the vast majority would say we had an excellent window. A lot of players were gone for major tournaments as well. Patience. 

Considering some of the names people pluck out of thin air and talk about like they'll make us a top 4 team, dunno why anyone would be anything other than made up at the prospect of signing a 29 year old utility player who has won two league titles and has a 20 England caps for £8m. I just can't see any negatives. 

Considering some of the names people pluck out of thin air and talk about like they'll make us a top 4 team, dunno why anyone would be anything other than made up at the prospect of signing a 29 year old utility player who has won two league titles and has a 20 England caps for £8m. I just can't see any negatives. 

Can Moshiri keep his nose well and truly out of transfer policy please. 

Can Moshiri keep his nose well and truly out of transfer policy please. 

You do realise that Arsenal, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle, Sheffield United, Spurs and Watford haven't made signings either? Ironically, we are one of the teams that have signed a player so far this summer so I'm confused as to how with all of this information at hand predictions are being made about the window being ''last minute'' and criticisms of Brands are coming to the front for not acting fast enough in the market.
No South Americans will be signed as the Copa America is currently underway. It is incredibly unlikely that national teams will allow players to skip training to discuss contracts and transfer fees with domestic clubs which is fully understandable. We've also had the Nations League taking place recently so anyone taking part in that (basically the best players from the top leagues of England, Portugal and the Netherlands) will now be on holiday and thus not available for negotiation. As an example, look at Matthijs De Ligt who is absolutely nailed on to leave Ajax this summer but as of today hasn't moved anywhere. 
If the rumours are true, André Gomes is set to sign within the next few days which will take our signings up to two for the summer - not bad when you consider all of the above. If we are sitting with just two signings come August then by all means throw some criticism at Brands, Moshiri and the rest but at the moment I think it's borderline bonkers to be panicking about our summer business. Take a deep breath!

Pure nonsense. You don't run in behind your full back expecting him to be sat on his arse. If Gana had rushed over, he'd have left a huge gaping hole for a Liverpool player to run into, for Salah to slip in and get a free shot at goal. Which you'd have then blamed Gana for. So he is doing exactly what your criticising him for - marking the space on the edge of the box.
If Gana does anything wrong, he doesn't fly into the tackle to try to prevent a goal, I assume because he doesn't want to give a penalty - pointless, because Salah scores anyway. But to blame him because Martina gets dumped on his backside is laughable. 
Now back to the thread topic, please. 

Pure nonsense. You don't run in behind your full back expecting him to be sat on his arse. If Gana had rushed over, he'd have left a huge gaping hole for a Liverpool player to run into, for Salah to slip in and get a free shot at goal. Which you'd have then blamed Gana for. So he is doing exactly what your criticising him for - marking the space on the edge of the box.
If Gana does anything wrong, he doesn't fly into the tackle to try to prevent a goal, I assume because he doesn't want to give a penalty - pointless, because Salah scores anyway. But to blame him because Martina gets dumped on his backside is laughable. 
Now back to the thread topic, please. 

Pure nonsense. You don't run in behind your full back expecting him to be sat on his arse. If Gana had rushed over, he'd have left a huge gaping hole for a Liverpool player to run into, for Salah to slip in and get a free shot at goal. Which you'd have then blamed Gana for. So he is doing exactly what your criticising him for - marking the space on the edge of the box.
If Gana does anything wrong, he doesn't fly into the tackle to try to prevent a goal, I assume because he doesn't want to give a penalty - pointless, because Salah scores anyway. But to blame him because Martina gets dumped on his backside is laughable. 
Now back to the thread topic, please. 

It's sensible player management from the club. Holgate did OK by all accounts at West Brom, he will get playing time as back up RB/CB so a chance for him to test himself at Prem level again. But no point having him and Kenny as back up, so now it's JonJo's turn to see what he can do at a big club in a big league.