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KLAASSEN NEARS BREMEN SWITCH

Everton midfielder Davy Klaassen’s move to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen is close to completion, according to Sky sources.

The former Ajax captain failed to nail down a regular starting place at Goodison Park and is on the brink of making the move to Germany.

Klaassen won’t be involved at Blackburn Rovers tonight.

 

great news, let the exodus begin

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1 minute ago, markjazzbassist said:

KLAASSEN NEARS BREMEN SWITCH

Everton midfielder Davy Klaassen’s move to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen is close to completion, according to Sky sources.

The former Ajax captain failed to nail down a regular starting place at Goodison Park and is on the brink of making the move to Germany.

Klaassen won’t be involved at Blackburn Rovers tonight.

 

great news, let the exodus begin

Cant we offer them a buy one get one free deal so they take Coco as well?

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7 minutes ago, Haiku said:

Shame really it didn't worked out for him. He was a stand out midfielder at Eredivisie and can't even break in as a backup for us, that's quite frustrating. 

It's most likely he doesn't want to be a back up. He'll want to play every week and has probably been told that won't happen, his agent will have fished him around and he just has to weigh up his options.

The pace of the Premiership clearly doesn't allow him to be at his best.

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45 minutes ago, Haiku said:

What's the case with Turkish sides, I can't follow?

They love to move the goalposts. Take Yobo for example. Went over there on loan, they agreed a fee to make it permanent in that loan deal, the loan was very successful with Yobo performing very well, but when it came to making it permanent they all of a sudden wanted to pay a hell of a lot less. Shit like that is a regular occurrence and they’re often more trouble than they’re worth. 

Even getting Tosun here was a bit of a piss take. 

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26 minutes ago, pete0 said:

Think that says more about his teammates not providing him with the ball. Lots of good movement went unnoticed. 

Some players are "too good" in a perverse way to play for us in recent years; I'll likely be shouted down but I'd put Leon Osman in the frame for it. For me he created things and saw opportunities that went over the head of the rest of the team all the time, if he'd have had better players around him he'd have got way more than two England caps.

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40 minutes ago, MikeO said:

Some players are "too good" in a perverse way to play for us in recent years; I'll likely be shouted down but I'd put Leon Osman in the frame for it. For me he created things and saw opportunities that went over the head of the rest of the team all the time, if he'd have had better players around him he'd have got way more than two England caps.

I agree with that Mike, not in his decision making but I always thought Bily could have been a very good player under say a Martinez type 

 

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27 minutes ago, Bailey said:

When I look at his videos from Ajax I think the same but when I look at what he did here I dont. Very strange situation.

We saw nothing from him. 3-4 starts for Everton and a few appearances as a sub. All we judge him for is based on the managers' reluctance to give him time on the pitch. Same happened to Niasse until the striker crisis we had last season. I still believe Klaassen had a place in our team, considering how piss poor our midfielders are, I don't think he's far off their quality. Obviously he had a difficult time settling in the PL, but he's not worse than Schneiderlin I believe. I would rather ship Morgan and keep Klaassen if I was the manager.

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40 minutes ago, Bailey said:

When I look at his videos from Ajax I think the same but when I look at what he did here I dont. Very strange situation.

Never given a run and came into a clusterfuck of a squad. No one did well last year really, not just Davy, think we got rid far too soon. Would’ve rather he had a loan than be sold. 

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4 hours ago, Haiku said:

We saw nothing from him. 3-4 starts for Everton and a few appearances as a sub. All we judge him for is based on the managers' reluctance to give him time on the pitch. Same happened to Niasse until the striker crisis we had last season. I still believe Klaassen had a place in our team, considering how piss poor our midfielders are, I don't think he's far off their quality. Obviously he had a difficult time settling in the PL, but he's not worse than Schneiderlin I believe. I would rather ship Morgan and keep Klaassen if I was the manager.

We saw him a few times in pre-season and a handful of starts and you would expect any player with a future, certainly one that cost £25mil to show something more than the odd good pass. 

You cant really compare him to Morgan because they are very different players, however if you were, you could at least say thay Morgan has proven himself at the club and league. 

Niasse has just proven himself to be a pain in the arse. You cant build attacks off him and so I think Koeman was right in that he is good enough to be a front line striker for a PL club chasing Europe, he just didnt see the benefit of having him on the bench. Klaassen doesnt have any impact value like Niasse does. 

4 hours ago, Matt said:

Never given a run and came into a clusterfuck of a squad. No one did well last year really, not just Davy, think we got rid far too soon. Would’ve rather he had a loan than be sold. 

I agree that everyone struggled but Davy just didnt do anything. Never close enough to his man defending and easy to play around, not good in tight spots under physical pressure, slow, and whilst his movement is good, the defensive nature of this league and the physicality of most teams doesnt suit him in that he is great at moving into space on the counter but not so much against two banks of 4. Ideally I think he needs to play deeper and break forward (like he did for WB for that goal). You want him starting attacks from deep and then breaking forward to cause a threat in the box, not starting as a 10 and moving horizontally instead of vertically. You cant play him that deep in the EPL because he is weak and not a great tackler.

I dont doubt that he is a good player but he just doesnt seem suited to the league and if a 4th manager didnt fancy him I think it says it all. 

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A damn shame. He never really got a fair chance here. But he - and also some other of our players - was locked in a terrible system dictated by Allerdyce. And of course also Koeman is to blame. I think Klassen has a bright future. I'm sorry it will not happen in EFC.

I wish him the best of luck in 1. Bundesliga.

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11 hours ago, Cornish Steve said:

I shall never ever understand why Everton thought Crooked Sam was a good fit. Surely, everyone who ever thought about it for more than two seconds knew that.

I don’t ever think for one moment he was going to get past the end of the season, the board just made sure we were not going to get relegated, whether right or wrong they eventually got to were they wanted to be even if they had to go the long way round. 

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18 hours ago, Cornish Steve said:

I shall never ever understand why Everton thought Crooked Sam was a good fit. Surely, everyone who ever thought about it for more than two seconds knew that.

If Sam was the difference between us getting relegated and surviving I would have no problems with hiring him.

The reality is I don't think he was required and as a result we suffered a bit for it.  But none the less I'm not gonna pretend I wouldn't suffer him to ensure survival. 

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On 17/10/2018 at 01:05, Cornish Steve said:

I shall never ever understand why Everton thought Crooked Sam was a good fit. Surely, everyone who ever thought about it for more than two seconds knew that.

Panic

13 hours ago, hafnia said:

If Sam was the difference between us getting relegated and surviving I would have no problems with hiring him.

The reality is I don't think he was required and as a result we suffered a bit for it.  But none the less I'm not gonna pretend I wouldn't suffer him to ensure survival. 

This. 

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14 hours ago, hafnia said:

If Sam was the difference between us getting relegated and surviving I would have no problems with hiring him.

The reality is I don't think he was required and as a result we suffered a bit for it.  But none the less I'm not gonna pretend I wouldn't suffer him to ensure survival. 

Spotty dog Haf. 

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18 hours ago, hafnia said:

If Sam was the difference between us getting relegated and surviving I would have no problems with hiring him.

The reality is I don't think he was required and as a result we suffered a bit for it.  But none the less I'm not gonna pretend I wouldn't suffer him to ensure survival. 

Let's not give the guy credit for saving us from relegation. Just about any manager could have done that. He ruined the mentality and confidence of key players, was arrogant and uncaring, set back the progress of our youth, and was altogether the worst match between team and manager I think I've ever witnessed. His values and the club's values are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

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9 minutes ago, Cornish Steve said:

Let's not give the guy credit for saving us from relegation. Just about any manager could have done that. He ruined the mentality and confidence of key players, was arrogant and uncaring, set back the progress of our youth, and was altogether the worst match between team and manager I think I've ever witnessed. His values and the club's values are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

Steve I don't think anyone is giving him credit for anything, you originally asked why did Everton give him the job some gave their opinion as to why they thought he was given the job.

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11 minutes ago, Palfy said:

Steve I don't think anyone is giving him credit for anything, you originally asked why did Everton give him the job some gave their opinion as to why they thought he was given the job.

Several have given him credit for "keeping us up", because he did. That can't be argued with, we finished 8th, but it was no thanks to him. The point is that he wasn't needed, was a complete mismatch and had a detrimental effect on the club. Anyway, he's gone now and hopefully long forgotten. 

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People give Jags and Keane credit for the second half of the season. That was all Alladyce. They were shite under Koeman and more expansive tactics. 

Alladyce brought Walcott and I'm glad he did as second half of the season at least we had some one with pace to get you off yoyr seat. Other than him and Pickford the season was a fucking pain to watch and that is all down to Walsh and Koeman. Boggles the mind that Alladyce is the scapegoat for them two shitsters. 

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8 hours ago, pete0 said:

People give Jags and Keane credit for the second half of the season. That was all Alladyce. They were shite under Koeman and more expansive tactics. 

Alladyce brought Walcott and I'm glad he did as second half of the season at least we had some one with pace to get you off yoyr seat. Other than him and Pickford the season was a fucking pain to watch and that is all down to Walsh and Koeman. Boggles the mind that Alladyce is the scapegoat for them two shitsters. 

No one is saying he's a scape goat  for them, they're saying he wasn't required. I still don't buy into the idea that Walcott signed because of him, regardless of what he's said.

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