Cenk Tosun signs - Confirmed by the club

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Could have played in the derby.. dunno if I’ll evee forget that.

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Absolute nothing fee in this day and age.

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They've done a big song and dance about it today on snap chat and instagram, like it's the first time

Prob reading too much into it

It’s not a bad shout. These training pics are usually regular I thought.

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I can moan all I like he’s still getting money lashed on him tomorrow to bag

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Echo the above, looked alright looking forward to playing someone shite at home so we might possibly make a chance for him.

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"so many Turks" is a bunch of fake twitter bots that were deployed by Besiktas to generate excitement among the Everton fanbase for the proposed transfer.

When you consider the money at stake and the very low cost these days of deploying fake accounts on social media, it's almost more surprising that this kind of tactic hasn't been adopted sooner.

What do you reckon @Ridge, you with me on this one?

Really big if true.

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Yeah I’d like to see him start, be nice if Theo could lay a couple on for him, don’t think I’ve seen him have a chance to shoot yet.

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G U N M A N

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Yeah I like him.

Gets involved in the game, seems to have a good appreciation of general play etc.

It’s hard physically when you come from a top team in a lower league.

You come from somewhere that’s less physically demanding anyway and where your team has generally had most of the ball, to a league where because teams generally just play the ball back up the pitch if there’s any sort of pressure, there’s always something going on which means lots more running where there’s not much benefit at the end of it.

Anyway...

Love a shot in off the underside of the bar.

Most prem ready striker at the club by a mile.

One of his strengths in turkey was his physicality so it’s going to be hard adjusting to defenders who can compete better - showed some great hold up today though.

And of course give him a view at goal and he’s bagged which is a great sign.

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Embarrassing this.

Don’t understand why people make some
of the shouts you see in this thread. Tosun > Lukaku / Campbell > Lukaku.

It is possible to like a player without launching into hyperbole.

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Thought he was very good, most complete striker performances we’ve seen all year imo.

Won challenges, hounded down defenders, linked up really well at times (the Baines one-two was excellent), and took his goal really well.

Yeah he doesn’t look like a Jamie vardy pace machine or incredible technique-wise, but he played well imo.

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Deffo got Jelavic vibes, but frankly should have had a hatty today if DCL had set him.

Not amazing athletically. Incidentally I was impressed by DCL’s runs in behind, looks in very good shape, natural athlete with good technical ability.

If DCL could bag he’d actually be a well better player than Cenk imo, but Cenk looks to have a ruthless streak which is priceless.

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I joked about the Jelavic thing but don’t really see it, Tosun looks a lot more physical.

If we’re conparing him to former strikers then I’d go for Yakubu.

No don’t see that tbh.

Jelavic was OK technically but not great, physically not quite enough for the prem long term st the level we wanted to get to.

Not seen a lot of Tosun so far of course and I have been impressed, like the look of him, but comes alive in the six yard box, looks a good instinctive finisher, but physically nothing to write home about but puts a shift in and doesn’t shy away.

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Look at some of his goals for Besiktas . No way is the lad just a poacher . If we play him thinking that's all he is then his scoring will soon come to an end .

One of his big features for besiktas was that he took a lot of shots, variety of angles, both feet as well.

Looking forward to seeing that side of his game; make half a yard and boot through it.

Needs a proper song this lad, come on, put your heads together lids.

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Nah no point dropping Bolasie, he’s stuck two right in the mixer for us back to back weeks, and has given Liverpool torrid times in the past.

I’d play Cenk and DCL and tell the wingers to whip crosses to the back stick. Take van dijk out of it with the flight of the ball and capitalise on Gomes/TAA being less capable than him.