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• Funny You should say that Mike. I seem to recall you triumphantly declaring Carlo had signed an "international superstar" When James Rodriguez turned up here at a similar stage of his career. Just because they are past their best doesnt mean they are no longer Superstars - Although half the kids in Liverpool wouldnt have been able to pick James Rodriguez out in a police line up Lets just suppose you are right and JG is not a superstar. Can you explain why Davey Moyes greed to pay him superstar wages.? I mean we could have attracted some serious, serious, talent for that 300k a week. Your defence is unravelling my stat loving friend That's what happens when you move your own goal posts ...
  Darren Hind in Everton need to utilise the bench better to avoid becoming too predictable
• Mark #73, assuming Beto, Patterson, Coleman and Keane all depart, and possibly Gana as well, I think we'll need 10-12 signings to credibly compete in Europe. If Rohl, George and Grealish are three of them, we will still need four across the backline at absolute minimum, more pace on the wings and of course two forwards. In my opinion the primary question surrounding our spending is not whether Friedkin has the money -- he's considerably wealthier than the RS or Spurs owners, for example -- but what he is allowed to spend under PSR/SCR. If projections that Everton will increase revenues 50% this year are accurate, then the club will generate somewhere around £300m. Under the new SCR regs a club can net spend 85% of its revenues on players. That would give us a budget cap of roughly £250m. I have no idea if that's accurate, or whether Friedkin is in fact willing to spend that much, but it may well mean we will be swimming in more bountiful waters this su...
  Mike Gaynes in Everton need to utilise the bench better to avoid becoming too predictable
• If the lads were at League 1 or 2 clubs without the academy system, id think there would be more getting regular first team football. And if good enough, bought by teams from higher and higher divisions, until ultimately theyre playing Epl with 50-100 games under their belt It would never happen, but there's an argument that a draft system of talent going into league clubs would be a better useage of resources. I often hear that the players are receiving the best coaching in the world and the best facilities. And that without that level of support, players will never go unnoticed into the professional game lile days gone past, as they've missed years of academy development. It begs the question, why the academies are producing so little. ...
  Ian Bennett in Whither Welch if Stones is being considered?
• Isn't the bottom line, based on what I've read here: We have a few more points than our atrocious style of play is worth and how bad Moyes makes some of our players seem as a result. Moyes isn't going anywhere soon because of it. Jack Grealish, according to "AI", is indeed a superstar. ...
  Stu Gre in Everton need to utilise the bench better to avoid becoming too predictable
• Conor #121, yeah, I couldn't find an "Moyes love in" articles either. But the Search function on this site is now marginally worse than the Edit function....
  Eric Myles in Gana's drop-off is becoming a problem
• At 22 if he hasn't made a breakthrough by now it's very much unlikely he will. Most of our academy products never make it at top flight level, many are lucky if they even forge a career in the Championship. People think the step up from the Under 21's to the men's first team and Premier League is a small one, it's not, it's a massive gulf these days and anyone who watches the Under 21's can tell you the same. ...
  Jim Bennings in Whither Welch if Stones is being considered?