Saint86

You're desperate for this to happen 🤣

Yeah exactly this. The players we are signing now will give us depth and potential. If they come in and play at top 10 level consistently over a 38 game season then they've had blinders. I know its looking like a good summer (and far from the "shambles" some posters feared at the outset 😋), but we still need to keep expectations at a sensible level, otherwise that awful start to the season is going to bring a huge amount of negativity onto this young and inexperienced team we're building!

Watched a load of clips this morning. Lots of midfield tricks - notably has some nice touches, but also an awful lot of loose ones that I think would be punished in the prem. Initially I thought he reminded me of lallana, I.e. has some skill and is used to a more physical league (before reaching the prem). But similar to your view, now my overriding impression is that he plays against league 1 players for a team that made the europa league final, and yet, what was most notable was the lack of quality end product - I.e. chance yielding passes, assists, or goals. Suspect a Nathan redmond highlight real would look similar or perhaps better? 🤷‍♂️

I will have to watch his career from afar 😢💔

Its not the same thing is Ings at saints. Ings was released by saints as a boy... But he came back an had a fantastic season for us before leaving for more money and a club with significantly more ambition and means at the time. He didn't owe us anything really, and we got a lot of money for him. I don't get the bitterness towards ings tbh. Our business model is going to be selling our best players for a profit... 😅. As for kalvin, he loves Leeds but he has still left for a large cheque and to sit on the bench hasn't he 🤣 🤷‍♂️. Actually in that way at least he's done the same as ings.

Catering to the Fifa / FUT crowd. But tbf its not a bad kit.

Thierry small as well!

What? I never read anything about that? But tbh, we would have been in the shite if we had sold him then.

Reckon he's good mates with openda... Just saying.. 🤗😅

I don't disagree. There is a player in there. He needs some coaching and some confidence, but he has the attributes to be a good striker. Perseverance is needed to bring it out. But if he wants to be up north because he hasn't settled, then get it sorted and go sign openda...

If all he cares about is money then fair enough. But looks a mistake from a footballing perspective. If he's as good as rumoured, then he'd likely play for saints this season - after that anything can happen, including a much bigger move that includes game time.

All I heard there, is that we need our own "yellow wall", and we'll basically be the English Dortmund 😄🤘

The Tino buy back is between £35-45m by all accounts. Given his ACL, I think it's unlikely Chelsea will risk it now.

Hah! I think I remember someone else going on about him a few months ago as well, guessing that was you then Convict? I haven't seen us linked with him. But we must be aware - he played along side broja the season before (he's been on a 2 year loan to vitesse) and we surely scouted broja before the loan. I am hoping this is one of the deals that "hasn't been in the media" because I think he could end up being class - and we also can't really lose for what he'd cost. But he is surely leaving brugge this summer (like as not), and was linked to European teams including bologna etc. And that's all gone a bit quiet. It looks like we're going for delap instead - which feels like a bit of a game as he'll probably cost as much, doesn't have anywhere near the same record / experience, and has had a few injury issues lately (which is always worrying in younger players).

He's the modern day Tom cleverly. Every time he gets the ball he'd pass it back with a short pass and stall any build up or or tempo we may have. He's also lightweight and doesn't have the agression or combativness needed for our central mids. It's a definitive no from me. The only exception to that would be whether the club are confident Ralph can light a rocket under him in the same way he did with JWP. At the moment though, he offers very little that we need given the money being quoted.

Openda out performed (albeit similar) Broja at vitesse (last season) and has a bit more first team experience than broja did when he joined us. He still a bit raw but has a lot of potential. He's 22 years old, pacey, composed, very strong, and a good finisher. Would suit our system and will be available for circa £10m. Scored 19 goals in 37 games last year (often making it look easy) and does not want to go back to Brugge. Hope we're at least looking at him! Reckon he's going to be one of those players that gets picked up by midtier club and in a few years is making his name in both European and international football. Could certainly do a job for us given our current strikers' outputs. Also,

Want Openda!!

Love it 😅🤣

Have we ever teased a new contract?

I thought that only applied to under 16s who hadn't signed professional deals?

If they went to longer kit terms, they'd likely have to charge mroe money. Would people pay £75 in say the first season if it was stated it would be a 2 year kit? Then a reduced price for year 2?

The bottom 4 rows cover us to 2010....the rest covers our entire history. Highlights the absolute piss take of regular kit changes.

Ah i didn't realise that infrastructure spend offset it. I always thought that infrastructure spend was excluded - Either way, it means a rich owner could fund improvements to training and stadium works etc, but not pump money in for player wages, agents fees, transfer fees etc. If Everton do not spend they are in trouble. They've lost basically their best players without replacing them. And Lampard is far from convincing as a manger.

He won't be happy, and you also know that MLG will get Jelly at the mere hint that Supersaint posts the twitter links faster 😎

This is my understanding (MLG or someone is free to correct me as i'd genuinley be interested in how it all works) - 😞😬 Regardless of how much their owners are worth, there is a rolling 3year (I think but not sure) cycle. Everton needed to make a sale to meet the spending rules. If they now go out and spend all that money, they'll be in a similar boat next summer. They need to raise extra revenues to increase spending and meet the financial limits. I.e. They basically need to balance their spend over a rolling 3 year period or run foul of the rules. As it is they've sold their best player, and regardless of the rumoured takeover, they can't really strengthen much medium term as it stands.