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NSNO Forums => The Everton Forum => Topic started by: Toddacelli on December 11, 2018, 07:13:47 PM
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I think Gueye has been fantastic for us.
When he came in he was exactly what we needed and what we were missing.
Having said all that - I'm finding him really frustrating this season. He seems to give possession away almost as much as he wins it back - with his age being a factor too, I'm ready to see a replacement come in for him.
Am I in the minority?
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I think Gueye has been fantastic for us.
When he came in he was exactly what we needed and what we were missing.
Having said all that - I'm finding him really frustrating this season. He seems to give possession away almost as much as he wins it back - with his age being a factor too, I'm ready to see a replacement come in for him.
Am I in the minority?
In general, he is a huge asset for away games and the big home games. Against sides who wanna nullify us then he isn't needed as he gets found out
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I love the guy, but am finding it frustrating when he gets caught on the ball or misplaces a pass or two
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I think Gueye has been fantastic for us.
When he came in he was exactly what we needed and what we were missing.
Having said all that - I'm finding him really frustrating this season. He seems to give possession away almost as much as he wins it back - with his age being a factor too, I'm ready to see a replacement come in for him.
Am I in the minority?
He doesn't need replacing, we just need an alternative who is more comfortable in possession to play against those teams that sit deep and don't really try and do anything of note attacking wise
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Think we just need a different system to the 'big' games and games where teams sit back...
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He is great at what he does, but his passing is erratic at best and he offers nothing whatsoever going forward, so in games where Gomes is nullified (aka last night), we may as well not be playing with a CM.
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One of our best performers this season.
May be the case he’s not needed in every scenario though.
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Our goal came from him fizzing it into Walcotts feet to be fair. If we had a midfielder or a ten to do that job and be more proactive then we could afford him to do less.
Gomes willingness to take the ball in tight areas and switch it or dribble with it to evade pressure are helping, but nobody wants to play it into feet or into runs, and we can’t hold it up generally when we do anyway.
Bit embarrassing last night that our forward passing to the strikers was largely Mina or the bloody keeper to be honest.
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Find it a bit odd that when we struggle to break a side down people want gueye replaced. He’s the 1 defensive minded player in our midfield and he’s doing a great job defensively. Surely we should be asking for a lot more from Walcott, Bernard and sigurdsson and expecting a quality striker signed. Gueye really isn’t the problem. He’s probably been 1 of our 3 or 4 best players this season
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Find it a bit odd that when we struggle to break a side down people want gueye replaced. He’s the 1 defensive minded player in our midfield and he’s doing a great job defensively. Surely we should be asking for a lot more from Walcott, Bernard and sigurdsson and expecting a quality striker signed. Gueye really isn’t the problem. He’s probably been 1 of our 3 or 4 best players this season
I don't think it's meant as particularly a criticism of Gana. He does what he does really well, as we all know. It's just whether you can afford to have a player who purely does defensive duties, and generally fucks up any attacking play, against defensive teams.
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I would like to see Silva do a little more experimenting with combinations in midfield.
Gana/Gomes/Davies (for matches where we need Gomes' pressure resistance and a little more bite defensively)
Gana/Gomes/Bernard (to see how we fare with a different playmaker)
Gomes/Davies/Sigurdsson or Bernard (for when we're going to have a lot of the ball)
We're in a pretty stable position overall. A little bit of tinkering could help us develop some tactical variations for dealing with different types of matches.
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He's the one player I think the opposition want on the ball, they either close him down quickly then he loses the ball or they give him enough rope and he hangs himself. Great at winning the ball back, but that's not really football
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Find it a bit odd that when we struggle to break a side down people want gueye replaced. He’s the 1 defensive minded player in our midfield and he’s doing a great job defensively. Surely we should be asking for a lot more from Walcott, Bernard and sigurdsson and expecting a quality striker signed. Gueye really isn’t the problem. He’s probably been 1 of our 3 or 4 best players this season
This is not off the back of last night - this is a general observation from all of his games (that I've seen).
I feel like I'm always cheering one minute when he's won the ball back and cursing him the next for when he's given possession away cheaply and allowed the opposition to bypass him and the rest of our midfield.
It'd be interesting to see if this is something of a confirmation bias I have every time it happens - or if he is genuinely giving the ball away a lot.
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This is not off the back of last night - this is a general observation from all of his games (that I've seen).
I feel like I'm always cheering one minute when he's won the ball back and cursing him the next for when he's given possession away cheaply and allowed the opposition to bypass him and the rest of our midfield.
It'd be interesting to see if this is something of a confirmation bias I have every time it happens - or if he is genuinely giving the ball away a lot.
You'd have to separate his 5 yard passes back to the centre halves, when he's unmarked and could turn with the ball, and anytime he tries to pass the ball forwards or through tight spaces.
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In general, he is a huge asset for away games and the big home games. Against sides who wanna nullify us then he isn't needed as he gets found out
It's this and more of this.
Against about say ~12 teams in the league he's awesome.
Put him up against that shite Newcastle side and he's just atrocious. Silva needs to notice this and bring Davies on at the half when teams do that to us. At least he tries to make the forward pass.
I don't want him gone till we sort out the box to box mid, and even our attacking mid.
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It's this and more of this.
Against about say ~12 teams in the league he's awesome.
Put him up against that shite Newcastle side and he's just atrocious. Silva needs to notice this and bring Davies on at the half when teams do that to us. At least he tries to make the forward pass.
I don't want him gone till we sort out the box to box mid, and even our attacking mid.
Agree with what you're saying, but Davies isn't the answer!
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He's a horse for a certain coarse, bit like Sigg for me, some games he's ineffective others very good, does seem to be giving the ball away a lot lately though..
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Was great up until the last couple of games like the rest of them.
Someone said it in another thread but that fucking Derby seems to have killed us.
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Paris Saint-Germain have reportedly held talks with Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye about a potential move to France.
According to French football journalist Matt Spiro, the Ligue 1 heavyweights are eyeing up a move to sign a central midfielder in January.
He reports that they have identified Liverpool’s Fabinho, Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas and Gueye as potential targets ahead of the transfer window.
The French side have been lacking in the middle of the park somewhat this season, with the bargain signing of free agent Lassana Diarra not enough to provide sufficient cover in Thomas Tuchel’s squad.
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The French side have been lacking in the middle of the park somewhat this season, with the bargain signing of free agent Lassana Diarra not enough to provide sufficient cover in Thomas Tuchel’s squad.
*sarcastically shocked face*
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I would like to see Silva do a little more experimenting with combinations in midfield.
Gana/Gomes/Davies (for matches where we need Gomes' pressure resistance and a little more bite defensively)
Gana/Gomes/Bernard (to see how we fare with a different playmaker)
Gomes/Davies/Sigurdsson or Bernard (for when we're going to have a lot of the ball)
We're in a pretty stable position overall. A little bit of tinkering could help us develop some tactical variations for dealing with different types of matches.
I think youll see that over this Christmas period
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I like how they slid Fabregas' name in there between Fabinho and Gana like he's the same type of player.
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I think he’s great but would be up for selling him.
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I think he’s great but would be up for selling him.
Agreed. He's having a great season since he's being used properly but we're going to have to replace him soon anyway.
If PSG make a good offer, we should take it.
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35+ if we can guarantee a replacement.
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They've held talks? Without our permission? Either that's bull or tapping up.... :whistle:
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Big bucks if they want him
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Vastly over rated. If we are to move on as a team we need an upgrade on him. I like the guy btw but he has found his level.
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Vastly over rated. If we are to move on as a team we need an upgrade on him. I like the guy btw but he has found his level.
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Yet you’ve just said we should try and get Danny drink water.
Come on man.
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Vastly over rated. If we are to move on as a team we need an upgrade on him. I like the guy btw but he has found his level.
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You vastly underate him tbh. It's no coincidence a team the quality of PSG are after him and his stats are up there as some of the best in Europe for his position. It's not his fault we lack creativity and it's not fair to expect him to create.
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Vastly over rated. If we are to move on as a team we need an upgrade on him. I like the guy btw but he has found his level.
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His level? Everton or PSG?
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You vastly underate him tbh. It's no coincidence a team the quality of PSG are after him and his stats are up there as some of the best in Europe for his position. It's not his fault we lack creativity and it's not fair to expect him to create.
Every time we are shite offensively half the forum wants our best defensive player replaced
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I think he’s great but would be up for selling him.
Who was better
Olivier Dacourt
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Gana
I remember Olivier and he was a machine but he could also play a bit. The only bad thing was his tackling was shite sometimes.
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Who was better
Olivier Dacourt
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Gana
I remember Olivier and he was a machine but he could also play a bit. The only bad thing was his tackling was shite sometimes.
You'd be better comparing Dacourt to Gomes style wise.
Another crazy comparison would be saying who is best out of Gana and Barry Horne, as they both played a more similar role.
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Jeez - some of these are like the Who Wore It Best memes where you have one person in an orange suit and the other is an actual fucking orange!
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Who was better
Olivier Dacourt
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Gana
I remember Olivier and he was a machine but he could also play a bit. The only bad thing was his tackling was shite sometimes.
This is the shout of a man whos point is drowning fast.
Who was better Gueye or Makelele?
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Rooney or Weir?
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Dempsey or Makepeace?
(Clint & Brian)
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Jimmy McGrory or Danny Cadamarteri?
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Gana is vital to what we do. He tackles, intercepts, blocks, and generally stops the other team getting into any sort of rhythm.
What statistics available over the past 3 seasons suggest that he isn't good enough?
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This is the shout of a man whos point is drowning fast.
Who was better Gueye or Makelele?
Dacourt played for Roma and Inter.
Gueye has played for Villa.
Our fans seriously think we can get top 6 with Gana and Davies in the team and are telling me they are the football experts.
Hahahahahahahaha
Delusional.
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Dacourt played for Roma and Inter.
Gueye has played for Villa.
Our fans seriously think we can get top 6 with Gana and Davies in the team and are telling me they are the football experts.
Hahahahahahahaha
Delusional.
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You want us to sign Danny drinkwater
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Dacourt played for Roma and Inter.
Gueye has played for Villa.
Our fans seriously think we can get top 6 with Gana and Davies in the team and are telling me they are the football experts.
Hahahahahahahaha
Delusional.
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Davies is not our starting CM, but well done for shoehorning your agenda into an argument about a different player. The fact that Gana is being linked with a big club tells you all you need to know
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Dacourt played for Roma and Inter.
Gueye has played for Villa.
Our fans seriously think we can get top 6 with Gana and Davies in the team and are telling me they are the football experts.
Hahahahahahahaha
Delusional.
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Who is telling you they are football experts?
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Who is telling you they are football experts?
I'm a fucking genius like
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Another thread gone completely nuts because of mad random shouts lolol
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40 million for a 29 year old athlete is a no brainer. 100% not irreplaceable and if we invest wisely we'll be better off
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You want us to sign Danny drinkwater
Who won the league and then Chelsea signed him.
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Who won the league and then Chelsea signed him.
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Darron Gibson, Tom Cleverly and Jack Rodwell have also won the league, whereas players like Gerrard never, I know who I'd have preferred us to sign.....
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Drinkwater and Dacourt shouts.
Oh boy lolol
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Who won the league and then Chelsea signed him.
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And he’s played about as many games fir them as I have.
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Who won the league and then Chelsea signed him.
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Nathan Dyer has a Premier League winners medal.
So do Richard Wright, Luke Chadwick, Pascal Cygan, Jérémie Aliadère, Jesper Blomqvist, Jack Rodwell.
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This is absolutely insane
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Tbf Drinkwater was massively important in there title win. Nevertheless, suggesting he replaces Gana is either trolling or misunderstanding footy.
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This is absolutely insane
Yeah but Marco Materazzi mate.
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Tbf Drinkwater was massively important in there title win. Nevertheless, suggesting he replaces Gana is either trolling or misunderstanding footy.
I liked that for the first half.
There was also clamour for him to go to Euro 2016 and surprise when he did not.
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Nathan Dyer has a Premier League winners medal.
So do Richard Wright, Luke Chadwick, Pascal Cygan, Jérémie Aliadère, Jesper Blomqvist, Jack Rodwell.
None of those players literally where the spine behind them winning the league.
I'd rather have Lee Carsley than Gana. Tbf that's probably Nostalgia but at least we finished 4th with Carsley.
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Can I ask you, what do you think of this?
https://statsbomb.com/2018/11/idrissa-gueye-powers-evertons-surprising-defense/
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Can I ask you, what do you think of this?
https://statsbomb.com/2018/11/idrissa-gueye-powers-evertons-surprising-defense/
My take on this is that his stats do look very impressive on paper, and I was talking about them to a spurs fan and he said what he'd like to know is how many of those tackles won or interceptions were as a result of him giving the ball away about 5 seconds before, which I tend to agree with. There are other interesting stats which you can read into:
In 117 games he's played we've lost 51, his tackle success is 74% and his duels won are 871 compared to 601 lost. Its hard to tell in my opinion if him being top of the ranking for tackles etc is a good or bad thing or if these are just down to work rate, by rule if you do something a lot more than someone else then you should be top, or near to it, it doesn't necessarily indicate the importance of the tackle /interception and also doesn't go into those duels lost; was he hunting the ball in areas he shouldn't have been meaning he got bypassed and we got massively exposed, which has happened? As I said previously, I think he's a very good player, but I don't think he's irreplaceable
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My take on this is that his stats do look very impressive on paper, and I was talking about them to a spurs fan and he said what he'd like to know is how many of those tackles won or interceptions were as a result of him giving the ball away about 5 seconds before, which I tend to agree with. There are other interesting stats which you can read into:
In 117 games he's played we've lost 51, his tackle success is 74% and his duels won are 871 compared to 601 lost. Its hard to tell in my opinion if him being top of the ranking for tackles etc is a good or bad thing or if these are just down to work rate, by rule if you do something a lot more than someone else then you should be top, or near to it, it doesn't necessarily indicate the importance of the tackle /interception and also doesn't go into those duels lost; was he hunting the ball in areas he shouldn't have been meaning he got bypassed and we got massively exposed, which has happened? As I said previously, I think he's a very good player, but I don't think he's irreplaceable
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This is a good point re: the amount he has to tackle, but I think it’s wrong to look at it like how many tackles did he have to make because of his own fault, it’s more like, how many tackles does he have to make because the teams shape and the amount the opposition are allowed into his zone (deep, central) which means he has to work hard and win it back again and again, in a better side he wouldn’t need to.
But at the end of the day, he does have to for us and he is doing it at an extraordinary level according to this article, and masking the side’s deficiencies.
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https://twitter.com/evertonnewsfeed/status/1082282896864563200?s=21
It would be a good price to get for him, but I think we’ll suffer in the short term without him.
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Sounds like it could be barrios in and Gana out.
Very shrewd business.
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Smells like bullshit to me that
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Sounds like it could be barrios in and Gana out.
Very shrewd business.
apparently this barrios is as bad a passer as Gana though, just like for like really
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Sounds like it could be barrios in and Gana out.
Very shrewd business.
I wonder at what point Morgan realises he maybe needs to consider moving on. Sad as it sounds I'm not sure he's even arsed.
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I wonder at what point Morgan realises he maybe needs to consider moving on. Sad as it sounds I'm not sure he's even arsed.
Last Saturday
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I don't think it's fair to call Gana a "bad" passer.
He's limited, which can cause problems when he's asked to venture into the final third or do anything more than keep it simple, but he's generally good at nailing the passes he tries. He's also much more aggressive at showing for the ball than the more technically gifted players we have in the middle (Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Gomes).
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Going to miss Gana.
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Has anyone seen much of this guy and if so is he any good? The only stats overseen are some poor passing figures which I quickly closed.
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has bocas season finished? We'll definitely be worse off if it has, he wont be ready
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I hope we get a direct replacement and another cm of a different profile, give us more options.
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I hope we get a direct replacement and another cm of a different profile, give us more options.
Big Doucoure, sick of us getting outmuscled in there
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Thiago Mendes of Lille is the latest name linked as a replacement, though also suggested as an alternative target for PSG.
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I don't think it's fair to call Gana a "bad" passer.
He's limited, which can cause problems when he's asked to venture into the final third or do anything more than keep it simple, but he's generally good at nailing the passes he tries. He's also much more aggressive at showing for the ball than the more technically gifted players we have in the middle (Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Gomes).
Yeah he's much better with the ball than he's given credit and he tries to go forward even if it is playing the simple pass
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I'm sure the original link with Gana said it was because PSG were looking for a player on the cheap so that he could fit into their FFP restrictions. If we insist on anything above 25Million they'll probably look somewhere else.
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So, is Gana really a gonner?
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So, is Gana really a gonner?
If PSG meet our price Id imagine so like.
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Bellends on twitter claiming he has agreed personal terms but we are yet to agree a fee with PSG
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Can’t see us flogging Gana without signing a replacement first eh lads. Lads???
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Can’t see us flogging Gana without signing a replacement first eh lads. Lads???
In days gone by I’d say it was highly possible but not any more. Not with Brands as our footy director...definitely not. Would he?? :o
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Can’t see us flogging Gana without signing a replacement first eh lads. Lads???
Don’t see why not. Take the cash if it’s too good to turn down and work backwards from there.
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Don't see why not. Take the cash if it's too good to turn down and work backwards from there.
Yep, don't cut your nose off to spite your face, anything north of 30 I thinks a good deal. Shame to lose him, but he's not irreplaceable
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Morgan can step in....like a new signing :headbang:
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Based on this season, yes. Closing in to 30. Sell to PSG if they put £30 on the table.
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Based on this season, yes. Closing in to 30. Sell to PSG if they put £30 on the table.
e £30 on the table!! Hope can squeeze a bit more than that from PSG 😂👍 maybe another £29,970 maybe.
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e £30 on the table!! Hope can squeeze a bit more than that from PSG 😂👍 maybe another £29,970 maybe.
To be fair, I'd want a bit more than £30k as well. ;)
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To be fair, I'd want a bit more than £30k as well. ;)
Yes, but is it realistic... I know that if Everton had put this much money on the table for a player with pretty much no resale value I would see it as bad buisness. To be fair other clubs are thinking just like u are here towards us now that we have money... No lets get more, they have money to spend!
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With the right scouting we can find a <£10m replacement for Gana. They might not be as good but players of his style tend to be cheaper so if we can get a Kante-like fee for him then we should be taking it all day.
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The only worry really is how reliant we are on him. Lot of responsibility for a new player.
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Yes, but is it realistic... I know that if Everton had put this much money on the table for a player with pretty much no resale value I would see it as bad buisness. To be fair other clubs are thinking just like u are here towards us now that we have money... No lets get more, they have money to spend!
More realistic than £30k? Of course it is. To be honest mate, I was just having a joke as I thought you'd meant to put £29,999,970. Anyway, never mind. :)
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The only worry really is how reliant we are on him. Lot of responsibility for a new player.
Presume if like for like wasn’t around we’d mould to the new balance of styles.
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Presume if like for like wasn’t around we’d mould to the new balance of styles lose 6-2 more often
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Presume if like for like wasn’t around we’d mould to the new balance of styles.
Yeah I think so but either way it means a period of uncertainty coming up.
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Yeah I think so but either way it means a period of uncertainty coming up.
Oh yeah.
Always remains easier to sell good players than it is to buy them.
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So, is Gana really a gonner?
No, I don’t think Arsenal are interested 🤔
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Yeah he's much better with the ball than he's given credit and he tries to go forward even if it is playing the simple pass
For me he can't pass a ball and continuously gives the ball away.
I didn't like Gareth Barry and I have never liked Gana. Both got way more credit than they deserved.
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For me he can't pass a ball and continuously gives the ball away.
I didn't like Gareth Barry and I have never liked Gana. Both got way more credit than they deserved.
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Gareth Barry was a class act mate and there’s no denying that, Gana is limited in his passing but his breaking up opponents play is probably in the top 5 in the world game
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For me he can't pass a ball and continuously gives the ball away.
I didn't like Gareth Barry and I have never liked Gana. Both got way more credit than they deserved.
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And yet you love Scott Broon? I understand your point of ‘evertonians overrate effort and underrate guile’ but your actual judgement of players under that is fucking woeful man.
Also, fun fact : since 2016/17 season, Gylfi Sigurdsson has provided 0.07 more key passes per 90 than Idrissa ‘can’t pass a ball’ Gana Gueye.
I’ve contributed to the view that Gana is limited but in the same breath, he’s underrated and at times has held this side together. I hope he goes to Paris for £35m and wins titles.
Edit : p.s Gareth Barry was better than Andre Gomes.
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Gareth Barry is irreplaceable, amazing player for us, and yet he got plenty of stick from the fans as well
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https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/latest-update-idrissa-gueyes-everton-15662369
At the end it says we’d be open to a sale in the summer as part of a midfield “revamp”.
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https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/latest-update-idrissa-gueyes-everton-15662369
At the end it says we’d be open to a sale in the summer as part of a midfield “revamp”.
I like this.
It’s why we should just consider this season a bit of a write off
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I really liked Barry. Passing range was quite a surprise. Suppose I’d never really taken much notice of him before he arrived. Just one of those players I guess.
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And yet you love Scott Broon? I understand your point of ‘evertonians overrate effort and underrate guile’ but your actual judgement of players under that is fucking woeful man.
Also, fun fact : since 2016/17 season, Gylfi Sigurdsson has provided 0.07 more key passes per 90 than Idrissa ‘can’t pass a ball’ Gana Gueye.
I’ve contributed to the view that Gana is limited but in the same breath, he’s underrated and at times has held this side together. I hope he goes to Paris for £35m and wins titles.
Edit : p.s Gareth Barry was better than Andre Gomes.
Broony as a cult hero/player who would go through a brick wall for Celtic. As a footballing talent he's made the best of his many limitations.
But when I had my season ticket last year I watched Gana continously give the ball away.
Its telling Sigurdsson who can play a bit is getting loads of shit just like Barkley/Stones did whilst Davies, Barry and Gana got all the love in the world. This is something people are starting to say on this forum too especially in the most recent TD thread.
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I really liked Barry. Passing range was quite a surprise. Suppose I'd never really taken much notice of him before he arrived. Just one of those players I guess.
I think he's similar to Milner, when he's one of your own you really appreciate his consistency, professionalism, leadership and dedication, but like you said a lot of what he did goes unnoticed to those outside your club.
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Broony as a cult hero/player who would go through a brick wall for Celtic. As a footballing talent he's made the best of his many limitations.
But when I had my season ticket last year I watched Gana continously give the ball away.
Its telling Sigurdsson who can play a bit is getting loads of shit just like Barkley/Stones did whilst Davies, Barry and Gana got all the love in the world. This is something people are starting to say on this forum too especially in the most recent TD thread.
Every discussion is a circle with you Thomas my old mate.
Who loves Tom Davies on this forum tell me please cause all I see is people slating a 20 year old with 9 appearances this year.
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I really liked Barry. Passing range was quite a surprise. Suppose I'd never really taken much notice of him before he arrived. Just one of those players I guess.
That's a fair point and during his career he was a great player but on the way down with us.
I liked Phil Neville but you had to respect him as he won virtually everything and was a complete winner mentality wise.
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Every discussion is a circle with you Thomas my old mate.
Who loves Tom Davies on this forum tell me please cause all I see is people slating a 20 year old with 9 appearances this year.
I am having to become the Everton equivalent of a Dame Barbara Cartland novel mate it's true, same story rehashed and I don't enjoy it but if it's for the good of the club...
Plenty of Gana/TD denialism in this thread, in the TD thread and generally on this forum and people giving Walcott and GS hell when football wise they are a class above Gana and Davies.
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I like this.
It’s why we should just consider this season a bit of a write off
Yeah.
Also midfield has biggest scope for change.
Gueye, Sigurdsson getting on a bit. Gomes not permanent.
Davies not yet developed and a host of past it/ not under considerations.
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Yeah.
Also midfield has biggest scope for change.
Gueye, Sigurdsson getting on a bit. Gomes not permanent.
Davies not yet developed and a host of past it/ not under considerations.
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Anyone got a fucking razor??
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Big Gana fan who took me by surprise, but a big move to PSG only reinforces the model we seek to employ by young (for the most part) players seeing evidence of players getting massive moves to the elite clubs if they come and play out of their skin.
Of course we’d like to be able to keep the vultures at bay, but we’ve got to play the long game here.
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Not having that Gueye losing the ball a lot.
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Not having that Gueye losing the ball a lot.
Because he doesn't, his passing range is not 100 % but his presence in the middle of the park is missed when he's not there, people see what they want to fit their agenda and fuck all else. Simple really, Gana would run through walls to make sure he's winning the ball, he gives his all every game but because he can't ping 40 yard passes to the forward player then he's shit.... Fucking bollocks man.
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PSG have made Idrissa Gueye their main transfer target. Apparently talks between the two clubs started late last week and PSG manager Thomas Tuchel has spoken to Idrissa Gueye (Source - L’Equipe)
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Sounds like he’s on his way according to reports in France.
Was happy to stay, but has had his head turned. Fair enough that like.
Get the replacement in first though. Could well be a blessing in disguise.
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Replacement or no replacement if they offer good money then take it. If we're writing this season off as a rebuilding exercise I'd rather we kept our powder dry until the summer and get our main targets at prices that work for us.
16 games left plus whatever the cup run brings. We can get by with what we have left if necessary, even if it means changing things around to bolster the middle of the park a bit more.
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Reports suggesting Tuchel has already spoke to him, if that's the case then it's tapping up
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Yep. Anything around £30M and over we should be selling.
I feel more secure with Brands at the helm we will find a replacement.
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Reports suggesting Tuchel has already spoke to him, if that's the case then it's tapping up
Doesn't apply to the big clubs remember
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Sounds like he’s on his way according to reports in France.
Was happy to stay, but has had his head turned. Fair enough that like.
Get the replacement in first though. Could well be a blessing in disguise.
If for £30 m let him go , Mcarthy will do untill the end of the season.
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Imagine watching this midfield with big James McCarthy in there, haha Jesus.
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Doucoure has told L’equipe that he is leaving Watford. Only linked with us and PSG. If Gana is off to PSG then 2+2 = 345.....
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If for £30 m let him go , Mcarthy will do untill the end of the season.
I agree in principle, theres just no evidence to suggest he'll make it to the end of the season
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If for £30 m let him go , Mcarthy will do untill the end of the season.
No he bloody wont.
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Schneiderlin's time to shine
Hahahaha
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If for £30 m let him go , Mcarthy will do untill the end of the first half of his come back game.
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If we don’t get a really good replacement in that midfield without Gana is a train wreck
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I think if Gana goes so does the FA Cup dream
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Dont think he will go without a replacement coming in.
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Brands won’t let him go in this window unless he’s confident that his replacement is either a younger, like for like superhuman ball winner, or a player with superior qualities in other areas
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Brands won’t let him go in this window unless he’s confident that his replacement is either a younger, like for like superhuman ball winner, or a player with superior qualities in other areas
Or if the offer is too good.
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Or if the offer is too good.
I wonder what we would view as too good to turn down
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If the rumours are true that hes had talks with Tuchel, looking for a house in Paris etc then I think we're probably at the point of needing to negotiate the sale. Going to PSG for him would be absolutely amazing and something he warrants for years of dedication. Yes, he will be a loss for us (but not irreplaceable), but you'd have to ask where his head would be after the transfer window closes if this does fall through.
I get that hes under contract, but hes not and Evertonian, hes given his all for us and any of us in that position would want the same.
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Is Baningime fit again?
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If we sell him for £30 m, I bet my right gonad we'll have to pay more than that for his replacement
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If we sell him for £30 m, I bet my right gonad we'll have to pay more than that for his replacement
Of course we will this is Everton, not in it to make money mate!
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Doesn't apply to the big clubs remember
True. But there is always FFP at least 
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If we sell him for £30 m, I bet my right gonad we'll have to pay more than that for his replacement
If it's someone younger and as good or could turn out to be as good then it's no problem if we do.
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Unless Joe Parkinson has got his knee fixed, I think we'll struggle without him
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Unless Joe Parkinson has got his knee fixed, I think we'll struggle without him
😭 absolute tragedy he finished when he did. Probably my second favourite ever Everton player
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absolute tragedy he finished when he did. Probably my second favourite ever Everton player
Yes loved joe Parkinson quality
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
Yes, must be so useless and offer nothing that one of the richest clubs in the world wants to purchase him ::)
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
Genuinely one of the worst posts I’ve read on here.
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
Wow, just wow
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
WTF? That has to be a piss take post.
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No piss take at all. Why do you lap up media rubbish about PSG etc etc. and trot it out like it was fact? Mind you if they really do want to pay the media quoted price then wow grab the money.
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
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No piss take at all. Why do you lap up media rubbish about PSG etc etc. and trot it out like it was fact? Mind you if they really do want to pay the media quoted price then wow grab the money.
Did you witness the Spurs game when he was missing? That should tell you all you need to know about how valuable he is to our first 11.
Your post is absolute rubbish mate.
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No piss take at all. Why do you lap up media rubbish about PSG etc etc. and trot it out like it was fact? Mind you if they really do want to pay the media quoted price then wow grab the money.
Where have I mentioned PSG or 'trotted' it out like fact? I just can't believe your original post. But, if that's how you see him, so be it.
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It’s all gone a bit weird
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It’s all gone a bit weird
Our fanbase is weird
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He can pass accurately.
It's the range that's lacking.
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Because he doesn't, his passing range is not 100 % but his presence in the middle of the park is missed when he's not there, people see what they want to fit their agenda and fuck all else. Simple really, Gana would run through walls to make sure he's winning the ball, he gives his all every game but because he can't ping 40 yard passes to the forward player then he's shit.... Fucking bollocks man.
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I'm not trying to fit an agenda. It is a genuine observation from me (and my own limited interpretation of the game).
"Gana would run through walls to make sure he's winning the ball, he gives his all every game" - Agree 100%
I'd also add that we are far, far better with him than without him. And I love him at Everton and contrary to what some other posters seem to be saying - I think he will be very, very hard to replace. How people think we can pick a replacement up for £10M in a lower, European league - I have no idea.
But I do think he gives possession away a lot more than he should.
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
Ffs. ..
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If we get offered £30m or above for him, I'd sell him. You're never going to get offered more than that for him, so he's peak value, and all players are replaceable.
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If we get offered £30m or above for him, I'd sell him. You're never going to get offered more than that for him, so he's peak value, and all players are replaceable.
That's fair in terms of valuation - probably will never get more for him. However, we don't have to sell to buy anymore. I think we should only sell him if we can get a player that better fits Silva's system and improve our squad as a whole. If we can't do that then we should hold onto him until we find that player.
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That's fair in terms of valuation - probably will never get more for him. However, we don't have to sell to buy anymore. I think we should only sell him if we can get a player that better fits Silva's system and improve our squad as a whole. If we can't do that then we should hold onto him until we find that player.
Yes fair point. I agree that we don't need to sell to buy. Having said that, we do have a responsibility to be a little more financially prudent than the last few seasons, if we're going to be sustainable and successful. Part of that is selling people aged 29, when you get large, profitable bids. He's a very good player with notable limitations. He's replaceable and we need to rebuild the midfield. This season is very much a transition, flux season, so it might be the right time to sell and maximise value.
I'd also put the feelers out to see if anyone wants to pay £25-30m for Gylfi, and just start the entire midfield from scratch.
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I’d love it for a Chinese team to give us untold millions for Gylfi.
Still though...I’m so torn over him. Did mine eyes deceive me or was he playing as a deeper pivot in the second half? Get the ball, lose his marker and spray it or through ball to the wide men?
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He's a really good player, and his output this season has been decent, but maybe it just doesn't work and we should accept that.
I think it was fair for Silva to try to make our midfield work with the options we have, because we do have good players and it was reasonable to try it, but the balance never seems to really work properly.
So maybe it's better looking at his team like a construction job, and maybe the best move he can make it just to rip the midfield out altogether and build it as you want it, rather than trying to refine an imperfect set-up.
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Definitely the way to go.
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
Haha he’s probably our best player. Now clubs make mistakes in the market but it would be 1 hell of a mistake for PSG to sign a player not only not good enough for them but not good enough for us or actually any premier league team.
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If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
What the absolute fuck.
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If we get offered £30m or above for him, I'd sell him. You're never going to get offered more than that for him, so he's peak value, and all players are replaceable.
Apart from Rom by the looks of it of course
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Apart from Rom by the looks of it of course 
................there's a programme on Sky showing his greatest goals ,mostly for Everton. Some games he won single handed especially when he had dreadlocks it seems. Fantastic player in those days ,now seems to have gone off the boil.
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................there's a programme on Sky showing his greatest goals ,mostly for Everton. Some games he won single handed especially when he had dreadlocks it seems. Fantastic player in those days ,now seems to have gone off the boil.
Everton showed his goals against Bournemouth, some boss finishes in that game, 1 in the first minute aswell
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Yes fair point. I agree that we don't need to sell to buy. Having said that, we do have a responsibility to be a little more financially prudent than the last few seasons, if we're going to be sustainable and successful. Part of that is selling people aged 29, when you get large, profitable bids. He's a very good player with notable limitations. He's replaceable and we need to rebuild the midfield. This season is very much a transition, flux season, so it might be the right time to sell and maximise value.
I'd also put the feelers out to see if anyone wants to pay £25-30m for Gylfi, and just start the entire midfield from scratch.
All valid points and I agree with them. Think we need to make Gomes an Everton player and then build the midfield around him. Think Gylfi and Gana don't form a balanced midfield when combined with Gomes.
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The funny thing with Rom is that a lot of people spent his entire Everton career moaning at him/about him for not being better, rather than just accepting his limitations and being glad we had him, for his strengths.
Eventually we need to start to take a look at ourselves as a club and a fanbase, and wonder if there might be summat wrong with us. We slag our best players off for not being better than they are, we get on young players' backs, we get on managers backs very quickly.
I realise people might not like those sorts of comments, and the fact that I don't live in the city anymore, or go to the game every week undermines the points I'm making for some people. But still, taking my personal situation out of it, is it true?
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Our fanbase is weird
The best shouts are player [xyz] is shit. We shouldn't be selling them for less than [insert huge fee].
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The funny thing with Rom is that a lot of people spent his entire Everton career moaning at him/about him for not being better, rather than just accepting his limitations and being glad we had him, for his strengths.
Eventually we need to start to take a look at ourselves as a club and a fanbase, and wonder if there might be summat wrong with us. We slag our best players off for not being better than they are, we get on young players' backs, we get on managers backs very quickly.
I realise people might not like those sorts of comments, and the fact that I don't live in the city anymore, or go to the game every week undermines the points I'm making for some people. But still, taking my personal situation out of it, is it true?
Spot on
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Imho ...still don't understand the Gylfi shouts ...tbh hes the most prolific midfielder by a country mile will finish on double figures again...when was the last midfielder to do this in our shirt . ..yet still getting shit weekly for not being better .
Our fans are a shambles at times .
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Imho ...still don't understand the Gylfi shouts ...tbh hes the most prolific midfielder by a country mile will finish on double figures again...when was the last midfielder to do this in our shirt . ..yet still getting shit weekly for not being better .
Our fans are a shambles at times .
He hasn't been playing as a midfielder though.
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😭 absolute tragedy he finished when he did. Probably my second favourite ever Everton player
Was gutted too mate, often wonder what could have been with us. I thought he was that good. Same for Norman Whiteside, didn't see him as much though, I was proper young then.
I Genuinely think Gana is the best we've had in that sort of position since him
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Imho ...still don't understand the Gylfi shouts ...tbh hes the most prolific midfielder by a country mile will finish on double figures again...when was the last midfielder to do this in our shirt . ..yet still getting shit weekly for not being better .
Our fans are a shambles at times .
Most of that criticism is for not actually playing like a midfielder.
He spends a lot of time chasing the ball high up the pitch, doesn't show for the ball much in possession, and doesn't play many passes. All of this while our midfield is terrible and doesn't control games.
He ultimately plays more like a forward and getting into double figures (aided by penalties) is a pretty meh return for a forward. Hence, why so many of us talk about him like he's a meh player.
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Cahill didn't play like a midfielder either. Neither did Kanchelskis, goalscorers don't as a rule
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Cahill didn't play like a midfielder either. Neither did Kanchelskis, goalscorers don't as a rule
Cahill was the furthest forward of a 5 man midfield which catered for that advances midfield role.
Siggy is playing that far forward in a midfield 3 which doesn't allow for it and leaves us with 2 in the middle of the park.
I really rate Siggy but how we're playing right now doesn't suit the personnel we have and it's showing in the results.
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Cahill didn't play like a midfielder either. Neither did Kanchelskis, goalscorers don't as a rule
Don’t forget inchy mate lovely little player
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He hasn't been playing as a midfielder though.
And I for one am glad ...someone is actually getting forward scoring goals ....pretty sure that's where he's being told to play ...certainly not as an out and out forward, in fact a typical AMC ...it's not Gylfi's fault nobody else is contributing assists and goals from the further midfield .
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Most of that criticism is for not actually playing like a midfielder.
He spends a lot of time chasing the ball high up the pitch, doesn't show for the ball much in possession, and doesn't play many passes. All of this while our midfield is terrible and doesn't control games.
He ultimately plays more like a forward and getting into double figures (aided by penalties) is a pretty meh return for a forward. Hence, why so many of us talk about him like he's a meh player.
For a meh (best attacking mid since fuck knows when )player we would be fucked without his contribution this year .
Also thanks for proving my earlier point . :thumbsup:
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For a meh (best attacking mid since fuck knows when )player we would be fucked without his contribution this year .
Also thanks for proving my earlier point . :thumbsup:
You can see the argument that having a midfielder who goalhangs is sound when he gets you 10 a year, but unfortunately leaves important gaps elsewhere, can’t you?
It’s not a case of take them 10 goals out and we’d drop positions is it, that’s what we all slagged Steve Walsh off for when he said ‘without Lukakus goals we’d be in the same place’ - it doesn’t work like that.
A team is the sum of its parts and as incredibly talented Gylfi Sigurdsson is, he apparently has to be carried tactically and that’s causing us problems.
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For a meh (best attacking mid since fuck knows when )player we would be fucked without his contribution this year .
Also thanks for proving my earlier point . :thumbsup:
It’s his lack of contribution elsewhere that’s hindering us though.
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Cahill isn't even a fair comparison because he won headers and harassed defenders in a way that actually earned the team possession in final third.
I know Sigurdsson works his socks off without the ball but it doesn't do much for us the way he's currently being deployed because he rarely wins anything high up the pitch. When you factor in the lack of touches, he's basically a passenger who contributes the odd great goal or through ball. He either has to play deeper where we can use his work rate to greater defensive effect or he needs to be dropped. We can't keep carrying him in his current role while opponents walk through our midfield and create numerical advantages against our back line every week.
Also, six open play goals really isn't that hard to replace. I bet Lookman would get that many given 1800 minutes.
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Lookman, now we’re talking.
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It’s his lack of contribution elsewhere that’s hindering us though.
So how exactly is he hindering us....would Davies get anywhere near him for output ?...if not who else .
I'm not saying he is a world beater by any means but he is all we have in that mould and a double figure output (by the end of the season)albeit with 2pens will be better than we had for years from the midfield .
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Football doesn't work like that, adding and subtracting goals scored by individual players. Individual stats help us learn about players but success is still contextual.
Obviously, there's no way Davies would score as much as Sigurdsson. But here are some things he can help with:
- Preventing the opposition from cutting through us at will. Davies is useful defensively and with a better defense, we don't need to score as much to win.
- Providing our defenders and midfielders with another option in possession so that opponents can't take Gomes out of the game and put all of the heavy lifting on Gana, the CBs, and the fullbacks (like they have been since December). Davies is one of the best in the squad at moving without the ball and making himself available to his teammates.
- Forcing the team to play a little deeper, giving the front three more space to work. Imagine how much more effective the likes of Richarlison, Bernard, Lookman, and Walcott would be if they weren't facing packed defenses all the time. Here's where you recover those "lost" goals.
Nobody can say for sure if all of those things would happen but it would be a worthwhile experiment, at least.
Silva's spent the last month tinkering around the midfield -- mixing up the attack, mixing up the defense, adding a defender, subtracting that defender, mixing up the attack again. It's time for him to try something to get a grip in the middle of the park.
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Our fanbase is weird
Nowt as queer as folk.
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Our fanbase is the same as other fanbases.
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Our fanbase is the same as other fanbases.
Apart from starved of success, which does breed narks.
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Our fanbase is the same as other fanbases.
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Cahill isn't even a fair comparison because he won headers and harassed defenders in a way that actually earned the team possession in final third.
I know Sigurdsson works his socks off without the ball but it doesn't do much for us the way he's currently being deployed because he rarely wins anything high up the pitch. When you factor in the lack of touches, he's basically a passenger who contributes the odd great goal or through ball. He either has to play deeper where we can use his work rate to greater defensive effect or he needs to be dropped. We can't keep carrying him in his current role while opponents walk through our midfield and create numerical advantages against our back line every week.
Also, six open play goals really isn't that hard to replace. I bet Lookman would get that many given 1800 minutes.
Agreed re: closing down.
Would argue that Cahill's link up play and combinations are far superior to Sig's as well.
Sigurdsson's biggest asset is that he can score from anywhere within 30 yards basically consistently as anyone. This means he must be closed down and opens teams up a bit.
However, he is really not good enough at moving towards the ball and providing quick link up with the midfield get us further forward and create angles that allow for through balls.
Cahill, for all his limitations moved to the ball and played it on quickly. He had a good understanding of where his teammates where/where going and got them involved.
Perhaps being a limited player meant that he knew he had to bring the ball in and keep it moving.
We certainly lack midfield presence and are lucky that Gana covers so much ground. Think Silva will need to rework the midfield this summer to improve the balance.
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Football doesn't work like that, adding and subtracting goals scored by individual players. Individual stats help us learn about players but success is still contextual.
Obviously, there's no way Davies would score as much as Sigurdsson. But here are some things he can help with:
- Preventing the opposition from cutting through us at will. Davies is useful defensively and with a better defense, we don't need to score as much to win.
- Providing our defenders and midfielders with another option in possession so that opponents can't take Gomes out of the game and put all of the heavy lifting on Gana, the CBs, and the fullbacks (like they have been since December). Davies is one of the best in the squad at moving without the ball and making himself available to his teammates.
- Forcing the team to play a little deeper, giving the front three more space to work. Imagine how much more effective the likes of Richarlison, Bernard, Lookman, and Walcott would be if they weren't facing packed defenses all the time. Here's where you recover those "lost" goals.
Nobody can say for sure if all of those things would happen but it would be a worthwhile experiment, at least.
Silva's spent the last month tinkering around the midfield -- mixing up the attack, mixing up the defense, adding a defender, subtracting that defender, mixing up the attack again. It's time for him to try something to get a grip in the middle of the park.
Your basing this on a player who ,when he has played this year has failed to nail a place down in the squad on a regular basis or even do half the things your asking for .....he was dubbed against Lincoln at half time because we were being over run by a league two side .
I agree with your premis just don't agree that Davies is the player to carry that forward in the slightest .
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Football doesn't work like that, adding and subtracting goals scored by individual players. Individual stats help us learn about players but success is still contextual.
Obviously, there's no way Davies would score as much as Sigurdsson. But here are some things he can help with:
- Preventing the opposition from cutting through us at will. Davies is useful defensively and with a better defense, we don't need to score as much to win.
- Providing our defenders and midfielders with another option in possession so that opponents can't take Gomes out of the game and put all of the heavy lifting on Gana, the CBs, and the fullbacks (like they have been since December). Davies is one of the best in the squad at moving without the ball and making himself available to his teammates.
- Forcing the team to play a little deeper, giving the front three more space to work. Imagine how much more effective the likes of Richarlison, Bernard, Lookman, and Walcott would be if they weren't facing packed defenses all the time. Here's where you recover those "lost" goals.
Nobody can say for sure if all of those things would happen but it would be a worthwhile experiment, at least.
Silva's spent the last month tinkering around the midfield -- mixing up the attack, mixing up the defense, adding a defender, subtracting that defender, mixing up the attack again. It's time for him to try something to get a grip in the middle of the park.
Your basing this on a player who ,when he has played this year has failed to nail a place down in the squad on a regular basis or even do half the things your asking for .....he was dubbed against Lincoln at half time because we were being over run by a league two side .
I agree with your premis in theory just don't agree that Davies is the player to carry that forward in the slightest had done nothing in the past season and a half to say he could in the future either ....loads calling for him to be loaned ,which I don't agree with either, but only as we have no one else .
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Has he gone yet then?
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Football doesn't work like that, adding and subtracting goals scored by individual players. Individual stats help us learn about players but success is still contextual.
Obviously, there's no way Davies would score as much as Sigurdsson. But here are some things he can help with:
- Preventing the opposition from cutting through us at will. Davies is useful defensively and with a better defense, we don't need to score as much to win.
- Providing our defenders and midfielders with another option in possession so that opponents can't take Gomes out of the game and put all of the heavy lifting on Gana, the CBs, and the fullbacks (like they have been since December). Davies is one of the best in the squad at moving without the ball and making himself available to his teammates.
- Forcing the team to play a little deeper, giving the front three more space to work. Imagine how much more effective the likes of Richarlison, Bernard, Lookman, and Walcott would be if they weren't facing packed defenses all the time. Here's where you recover those "lost" goals.
Nobody can say for sure if all of those things would happen but it would be a worthwhile experiment, at least.
Silva's spent the last month tinkering around the midfield -- mixing up the attack, mixing up the defense, adding a defender, subtracting that defender, mixing up the attack again. It's time for him to try something to get a grip in the middle of the park.
Koeman thought it worked that way.
“Productchivitee”
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I don't think anyone is saying Gana is crap at all. Maybe if our team was blessed with a wonderful midfield with attacking players who can score goals, then a "water carrier" like him, even one who often passes to the opposition, would be fine. Obviously he can't be sold without a decent replacement. Some people are intolerant of opinions different from their own.
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I don't think anyone is saying Gana is crap at all. Maybe if our team was blessed with a wonderful midfield with attacking players who can score goals, then a "water carrier" like him, even one who often passes to the opposition, would be fine. Obviously he can't be sold without a decent replacement. Some people are intolerant of opinions different from their own.
He doesn't often passes to opposition and it's not opinion, it's a fact.
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Don't be silly. It is not "fact" it is merely your opinion. You are perfectly entitled to hold that opinion too.
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I don't think anyone is saying Gana is crap at all
If you can't pass accurately you can't be good enough for this league. Running around, closing down, breaking up play is not much use if you give the ball back to the opposition. Championship is OK for him. He cost us little from a relegated club.
Are you two separate people on the same account?! ???
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PSG prefer Dacoure apparently
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Are you two separate people on the same account?! ???
No. I am trying to track back from a get rid mentality just because he annoys me so much with his bad passing. In our last game he passed straight to a Bournemouth player about 10 yards away. The reality is he would be fine if he had top players around him, and his limitations would be less problematic. If it was true that a monster bid was coming in. then it would be good business to sell as long as a better replacement can be found.
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Don't be silly. It is not "fact" it is merely your opinion. You are perfectly entitled to hold that opinion too.
His passing accuracy is 86% this season. It's a fact. Or in your opinion it's 38?
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Davies is one of the best in the squad at moving without the ball and making himself available to his teammates.
This - all day long.
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I'm saying this as a big gana fan but
It's not necessarily that he's passing is inaccurate in terms of giving the ball away. For me his passing isn't quite spot on.
Quite often a player will have check his run because ganas pass was slightly behind. Also the passes aren't crisp enough. I think it's a reason we all jizzed at gomes first few games. His passing was quick and crisp and super accurate.
You see the top 3 at the moment and every pass is spot on. Bang exactly where they want it to be. And super fast. Gana is not a great passer of the ball lads. Despite What the stats say. He's not the only one btw. And he makes up for it woth his other attributes. But the top midfielders for the top sides are several brackets above gana for passing.
And because they are they keep the ball better and don't necessarily need someone with ganas qualities defensively.
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I wonder what his pass accuracy is when he's passing forward rather than across the back.