TheRam wrote:
We, as a club have a habit of writing players off very quickly and looking at ways to get rid of them instead of giving them the time needed.
“PSR Tim” went from looking like he couldn’t play football to being our best performing CM in the space of about two months.
I was one of the ones writing him off but you’re on the money here Ram
Cods wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 9:24 pm
Just our scouting, or our organisation as a whole, top to bottom?
I actually suspect we arent really scouting players. Think we probably signed barry primarily because he scored 13 goals in Spain. Probably signed dibbling primarily because there were nice stories that he was the next big thing and worth 100m. I dont think we are much deeper than that. Think we are decades behind in scouting and like you say probably lots of other things too
We need to improve our recruitment as a club and that means we need to attack the process, not the people.
We want to build something that makes other clubs and fan bases say things like ‘Everton always recruit well’ or ‘Everton always identify players well - why can’t we?’.
That’s the goal. Not a witch-hunt. And in terms of the new ownership, it is very early days and the new process building may already have started, so let’s judge over the next few years, not the next few months.
777Kidnappings wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 3:24 am
I actually suspect we arent really scouting players. Think we probably signed barry primarily because he scored 13 goals in Spain. Probably signed dibbling primarily because there were nice stories that he was the next big thing and worth 100m. I dont think we are much deeper than that. Think we are decades behind in scouting and like you say probably lots of other things too
