MarkSFC

Not sure Chambers would. Not been a fan of Dier for England at CB but perhaps he might just be the right choice (IF actually possible) given his ability to play CM too. He might just be a good option as might stay for a few years. But not seen any links....wondering where the link has come from. Or has someone just suggested him?

No goals. No assists. Terrible player.

Precisely. I'm excited by the combination of Armstrong, Broja, Adams, and Tella.

Very strong. 45m for two players who were going to leave for nothing in 11 months. Progress is difficult to see for the short-sighted.

Unless.....he knows we've already signed "others"!!!!! (Clutching at straws!!)

Me too....

15m for the Vestergaard in 2020 is maybe a bit too little. 15m for the Vestergaard at any other time here is waaaaaaay too much🤣🤣🤣 Am intrigued to see who we replace him with.

Ralph addressed that question in the forum yesterday, explains that the squad we have is set up for 4222, and that 5 at the back is not his preferred system because it is more defensive and slower in the build up (we all saw that with England this summer😴😴😴). He gave a comparison that Chelsea can do it because of the players they have. He also made the point that this does not mean we won't be flexible if needed.

Just bought a ticket, going on my own (from Leeds), first time to Goodison, needed to knock it off the list before it's knocked down!! Any advice on where is best to park?!!

Yeah I'm not really seeing a "stopper" in Diallo, yet. Much more a distributor. We need another Romeu type for sure.

Yeah it might cost too much to improve directly on Romeu. But the fact that Ralph has stated he wanted to keep Lemina suggests he wants someone else there. We were horribly exposed without Romeu last season and although Diallo will improve I'm not convinced another sustained period of his absence will be suitably coveted again. We should be looking at someone who will essentially takeover by the end of next season.

Not that I've seen. Like Vestergaard he can't be many days back from his holidays so perhaps that's why. Who knows but I really hope we get another strong DCM.

Thomas Delaney fits the bill but more CM than CB and if Vestergaard goes I'd assume it will be a CB who can do the CM role.

That wasn't actually stated. They never got asked specifically and either cleverly or by accident never mentioned CM. Ralph only mentioned LB and it possibly being a youngster if we get one and that we have enough in tbe no 10 type role and does not want to block Tella (when asked about Lookman). I'd be surprised if we do not sign a CM. And a CB when Vestergaard moves on.

I bloody hope so seeing as he's a striker🤣🤣🤣

Of course not!! If we signed Messi and Ronaldo there'd still be moaners🤣🤣

So if we do sell JWP for say 50m (Ithink it should be higher but doubt they will go higher) and Vestergaard for 20m, add that to the Ings money and suddenly we c.100m "to spend". If this allowed us to get Abraham (my top striker pick), this Broja kid permanantly(who looks exciting), Ox on loan, Delaney, Doig (or another LB), a CB and even a GK, I reckon that would be worth it. As good as JWP is, I'm more concerned with the overall strength of the team and the squad.

I'm in your camp overall that Bednarrk is no more than average but I so think that him and Vestergaard were both shown up by the absence of Romeu for so many games in the 2nd half of the season. More protection in front and he should be fine. I like Salisu alot and if we could possibly find someone of his ilk again that would be great.

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True but better to have than not in this situation I'd think.

Clearly he is the "second" player mentioned and bot the permanent replacement for Ings. This is quite exciting. As for experience he is a full international and played in the Eredivisie last season 30 times scoring 10 goals and in a team that finished 4th.

Some ONE??????

Unlikely!! And you realise the Liverpool one is Neco?!! No difference though in Spanish scouse or welsh accents I expect🤣🤣

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Williams

We never win the first game and we never win at Everton so it's like a free hit, so don't worry🤣🤣