Everton Academy, U21s etc...

[TheRam]

The fact that we needed players but we signed 2 who are a year away minimum surely isn't good team building. We needed left back cover now. We needed a right back now. We needed a striker now. We got none of these because the 2 we did sign for them 3 positions aren't remotely close. Let's be really honest here none of us expected them to be this poor or for us to just not to bother with a right back.

If in 18 months it's all worked out then great but I think there's big doubts given how disappointing they've been

Fully expected everything I’ve seen of Barry.

Aznou has played thirteen senior games, what else was you expecting?

Dibling hasn’t had much of a chance.

This is the process of signing younger players.

I keep saying the fanbase doesn’t have the patience and the club doesn’t create the right environment for young players to succeed. Would love to be proved wrong on this but unfortunately don’t see it.

The fans haven’t got a clue how to deal with these players.

[777Kidnappings]

Fully expected everything I’ve seen of Barry.

Aznou has played thirteen senior games, what else was you expecting?

Dibling hasn’t had much of a chance.

This is the process of signing younger players.

I keep saying the fanbase doesn’t have the patience and the club doesn’t create the right environment for young players to succeed. Would love to be proved wrong on this but unfortunately don’t see it.

The fans haven’t got a clue how to deal with these players.

We don't have patience for players who can't contribute when we need players who can contribute. We shouldn't be in a situation where we csnt field a fullback but we've got a 45m winger as sub.

Again you were in the David moyes thread complaining about the same stuff after we drew with west ham

The problem is 2 fold. We needed more now and from what we've seen of all our signings they might never be a profit in any of them. Its a lack of current quality that leads to that lack of patience but mainly it's a complete lack of belief in the scouting and in what we've seen from these players.

[AjaxAndy]

The fact that we needed players but we signed 2 who are a year away minimum surely isn't good team building. We needed left back cover now. We needed a right back now. We needed a striker now. We got none of these because the 2 we did sign for them 3 positions aren't remotely close. Let's be really honest here none of us expected them to be this poor or for us to just not to bother with a right back.

If in 18 months it's all worked out then great but I think there's big doubts given how disappointing they've been

So you want players to come in and immediately impress... Great let's go spend £70m on Waltermade, or the same on a winger and left back.

We couldn't so we bought potential. Even when we tried to buy ready made wingers they all turned us down, and we're talking 4-5 here so it's clear we ended up with the best of what was available to us.

We spent on potential as we all asked the club to do. Any ready players would have cost too much or been a bad age profile... It is what is is, we were limited in who we could attract and although we spent a lot we also bought a lot of players for that money given the high turnover in playing staff

You're also writing them all of as 'now' players but it's fairly obvious Dibling will play plenty as the season progresses and I expect Barry to get lots of minutes too.

Moyes said himself he doesn't even play young new signings much for 6 months so they can settle in first, so I think your expectations of players hitting the ground running and an immediacy for impact are higher than they should be.

[brap2]

Well neither are contributing zip and we're currently 8th ATM so maybe hang on more than *checks notes* 250 minutes of prem football before we piss our kecks.

[The Doc]

Aznou a cheap punt with high potential. Very young.

Barry, disappointing to be fair, expected a bit more, but far from writing him off.

Dibling, not even sure why he's in the same conversation, he's hardly played and when he has he hasn't flopped. Has showed tidy feet and I just know he'll be a banger once he gets going. Ndiaye and Grealish keeping him out of the team understandably.