jamiemaher85 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 ^^^ Apparently Pandev can play out left as well as upfront. I didn't know this before today. If McFaddenpants goes then Pandev or Arshavin would be ideal replacements, both are much better players than Jimmy Mac anyway IMO, but i can;t see us moving for them unless we let go of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evertonfc92 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Arshavin ive watched him a bit on youtube and he looks a really talented player dont need a striker thow IMO even if we sell james ahh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yeah... Pandev can defo play wide left, which would give us some balance to let Pienaar play centre or even right-ish. Cause to sell Arteta maybe, especially if he is at his highest value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Arshavin ive watched him a bit on youtube and he looks a really talented player dont need a striker thow IMO even if we sell james ahh well... From what i've seen of Arshavin he plays more like a creative attatcking midfield role than a striker, he can play across the midfield. I think he'd be a very good signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Competition for Timmy then? I dunno, I don't think I'd trust Arshavin out wide (where we need cover for Pienaar) and think that our forwards are good enough cover for Timmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yeah... Pandev can defo play wide left, which would give us some balance to let Pienaar play centre or even right-ish. Cause to sell Arteta maybe, especially if he is at his highest value. Ive never seen Pandev play so got no idea what hes like but I think Piennar is too lightweight to play in the middle and I would hate to see Arteta go at any price. We need to be improving the squad not selling our best players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Arshavin ive watched him a bit on youtube and he looks a really talented player dont need a striker thow IMO even if we sell james ahh well... Wouldnt like to go down to just AJ Vic and James V, especially considering the amount of games we hopefully will have to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Ive never seen Pandev play so got no idea what hes like but I think Piennar is too lightweight to play in the middle and I would hate to see Arteta go at any price.We need to be improving the squad not selling our best players Pienaar is as about as lightweight as Osman, surely? Plus, if Arteta is gonna go eventually - which he has already come about as close to admitting to as he could without saying it out right - then we need to sell him when he is at his highest value and hope that we can get someone in to replace him as well; right now, we probably as about as attractive a club to join as we have been over the past five years and we need to use that to attract certain types of players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Pienaar is as about as lightweight as Osman, surely? Plus, if Arteta is gonna go eventually - which he has already come about as close to admitting to as he could without saying it out right - then we need to sell him when he is at his highest value and hope that we can get someone in to replace him as well; right now, we probably as about as attractive a club to join as we have been over the past five years and we need to use that to attract certain types of players. Precisely! Would you want a cm combo of Ossie & Piennar? As for Arteta , where are you getting your info from, ? he has just signed a five year contract and is on record as saying he loves the club and wants to stay. Even his agent has said this week that he doesnt want to go. That doesnt sound like a player we should be showing the door. He is by far our most ceative player why do u want him to go? Tim Howard probably wants to return to the States eventually shall we get rid of him aswell? We are never going to move forward if we are a selling club, we should be building the team around Arteta not trying to make a fast buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 "Everton may move for Blackburn's David Bentley" - just read this in today's Sunday Times - not a bad source... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 love bentley in our side, wouldnt come cheap though i wanted us to sign him years ago when he was leaving arsenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) Precisely! Would you want a cm combo of Ossie & Piennar? As for Arteta , where are you getting your info from, ? he has just signed a five year contract and is on record as saying he loves the club and wants to stay. Even his agent has said this week that he doesnt want to go. That doesnt sound like a player we should be showing the door. He is by far our most ceative player why do u want him to go? Tim Howard probably wants to return to the States eventually shall we get rid of him aswell? We are never going to move forward if we are a selling club, we should be building the team around Arteta not trying to make a fast buck No. I never meant a combo of Ossie and Pienaar. How about Cars and Pienaar? Or Vogel and Pienaar? Albelda and Pienaar? Hell, put Manny into the mix somewhere. I think Pandev would be a better option on the left than anything we have right now and so he would be first choice, which means we can then fit Pienaar in elsewhere... ALSO if we have Pandev then Pienaar and Ossie and others can provide competition for each other, no? I don't WANT him [Arteta] to go. But, he has already mentioned that he would love to play for Atletico Madrid one day and so it only makes sense to sell him when he is at his highest value... now I didn't say that that was this season or even the next, but eventually he would go and maybe if he did decide he wanted to leave this summer then we had better get someone in to take his place don't you think? You don't understand; I'm not talking about selling our best players straight away. Instead, I am talking about being realistic if our most valuable player wants to leave one day. Edited January 7, 2008 by Calico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Why would pienaar Play @ CM? he aint a CM. I can see where ur coming from about ARty but if we sell him when hes at his peak we will get alot for him but would you not Prefer to have him here at EFC when he is at his peak? i know i would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I would prefer to have him here, yes. But if he really wants to leave then there is little that can be done IMO And Pienaar has played CM on numerous occasions; he certainly wasn't a left-winger when he came to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) he got moved to LM cos he cant play CM? or am i wrong? Edited January 7, 2008 by jacko1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 he got moved to LM cos he cant play CM? or am i wrong? He probably got moved to LM simply because he has a left foot tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Pienaar was a CM at Ajax and Dortmund, i imagine he has gone to the left as we had no lefty in the team, and we still dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) Yup. The kid is two-footed, but played as part of a middle three in a 4-3-3 with Wesley Sneijder and Ajax looked pretty damned good. Now, seeing as we play five across, I don't see why he can't be in the middle. Edited January 7, 2008 by Calico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueboy122 Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Y are we talking about arteta leaving he has just signed a contract he loves the club. you dnt make a good team by selling ur best players its all well and gud sayin sell arteta bring in manny and bently or who ever but we dont no if this will upset the balance of the team. lets concentrate on what we have got. am sure alot of players in are team wud lik to play for their boyhood clubs. lescott may one day play for villa or who ever he supported. this doesnt meen its nesserily going to happen does it? however i agree manny wud be a great addition to the squad but were wud he fit in and who wud u drop for him? correct me if i am wrong but wen we got manny in on loan last team i remember him being portrayed as a lik a carsley figure. defensive midfeilder. wa wud u say manny is: creater,winger,defensive mid etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 id say manny is a midfielder, doesnt need to be tagged as a creator or defensive as he does well at both imo but defo not a winger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yeah, Manny is definitely more of an all-rounder, but you could say he plays a little deeper than, say Arteta, Cahill or Pienaar. As for Arteta, he was born in Basque country and began his footballing career at Barcelona so I'm not sure if Atletico is his actual boyhood club. However, he has already said that he will end up at Atletico and, in my opinion, I think there is little chance of him not doing it; apart from anything else it'll give him a much better chance of being selected for the Spanish national team as well as live in his native country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 he's a centre mid or in fm or champ terms an MC.... he's not attacking, he's not defensive, he's just in the middle to link it all up and make stuff happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Just thought I would put this out there but what about a sneaky loan bid for Defoe? Been told he can leave Spurs and only got 6 months left? Need cover on a loan basis if possible for Yaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Just thought I would put this out there but what about a sneaky loan bid for Defoe? Been told he can leave Spurs and only got 6 months left? Need cover on a loan basis if possible for Yaks I don't rate Defoe at all so I wouldn't want him here ever, but that's just my opinion. Add to it that he seemingly has absolutely no fucking ambition, he's happy to sit on the Spurs bench and even though he's been told he's surplus to requirements the idiot still wants to stay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Just thought I would put this out there but what about a sneaky loan bid for Defoe? Been told he can leave Spurs and only got 6 months left? Need cover on a loan basis if possible for Yaks He's got 18months left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Daily Mail... Everton are lining up a £600,000 swoop for Ipswich striker Danny Haynes. They watched him in action in for the Tractor Boys in Saturday's FA Cup defeat by Portsmouth. Haynes has hit three goals in five League starts this season. Everton have been hit by Yakubu's departure to the African Nations Cup. WTF? Where do they get their journalists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 cant we buy a decent center mid instead of strikers in lower leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 how bout manny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 lol. that will do i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 how bout manny He will do nicely thanx Craccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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