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He was pants, missed a sitter, continuously failed to deliver a meaningful cross. With money to spend this year replacing his sorry ass is a must.

Interesting comparison with Kante. http://www.squawka.com/news/ngolo-kante-vs-idrissa-gueye-the-arbitrariness-of-football/626298#Uejl7V1C2OH8FFKB.99

I'm going say around 10, he does his refusing after breakfast.

If Walsh has given him the nod then with those stats he looks a good player, who hopefully will have an easier time of it with us than Villa.

Don't forget right back if we are not going to play Davies there.

Please make him go away.

Time we harvest him then...

I have no doubt you are specialists, just not sure what in As the table states Russia are in 7th although not by much.

Thanks for that, so Russia behind France and Portugal in rankings but ahead of the Dutch.

Game of opinions we will have to wait and see, whoever we sign I will be cheering them on.

In terms of money I agree with you, in terms of quality of the league and football played I don't think that Russia are better than France or the Netherlands.

Witsel played regularly for Benfica for 1 season before joining Zenit. Panties are fine thanks for asking, takes a hell of allot more than a conversation about midfielders to get them into a twist.

I guess time will tell on how good he is. Just wondering why you think Witsel is a better option?

But then he dicked us around as he likes those Italian types, hes just a dick tease...

Yep and he played his part in helping Portugal win the Euros proper and plays regularly for Benfica a good European team. You dont get to do those things without being talented.

I would say it is below France, Netherlands and on a par with Belgum.

Carvalho, player of the tournament at the Euro U21's in 2015, played in all but one match in the 2016 Euros and played very well indicates to me that he is a very good player. In my opinion is a better option that Witsel.

Going to stop now as don't want this to turn into the Carvalho thread!

Carvalho played all the matches and minutes at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship. He was elected player of the tournament due to his performances, even though he missed the decisive attempt in the penalty shootout in the final against Sweden, with it saved by Patrik Carlgren after a 0–0 draw in Prague.[21][22][23][24][25] At UEFA Euro 2016 in France, Carvalho was suspended from Portugal's semi-final victory over Wales, but regained his place from Danilo in the final, a 1–0 win over the hosts at the Stade de France.

Where would you put the Russian league in terms of quality and competitiveness in regard to other European leagues?

But is he a better option than other players out there like Carvalho? In my opinion no. I heard Real Madrid were interested as well and did offer a contract, but then withdrew it because he dicked them around and they thought there were better options.

I hope with Koeman and Walsh the number of Niasse's and McGeady's brought into the club will fall dramatically. I think Witsel is talented but I think he hasn't proved himself. He took the easy option of going to Russia, I just don't know if he has the desire to be successful in the UK, I just think he is someone who has coasted through his career. Hope I'm wrong and if we sign him I will cheer him on.

We make up part of Everton, we are the fans. "They", the people who know what they are doing brought you Niasse, and Mcgeady.

From what I have seen in the press he or his agent have had our offer for the last 2 weeks and has been hoping for better offers from clubs in Italy.

The fact that he doesn't believe in the project, that he is just in it for the money. I don't begrudge players earning money, as football generates so much income, also they have a finite time in which to earn money. What I do expect is that they are believe in the club and are too some degree passionate about it. He knew what the offer was but kept us waiting 3 weeks to see if a better offer came in, you know what that makes us - the back up date!