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• To expand on my previous post, if the increased amount of turnovers in the oppositions half is due to some of the new players just happening to be much better at niggling the opposition’s defenders into coughing up possession rather than a shift in mindset / tactics, then the rest of the team won’t necessarily be set-up to take full advantage....
  Si Cooper in Everton have a pressing problem
• Grealish is the best thing to have happened to Everton in years. He is class. The best footballer we have. The only good thing about having Moyes here right now is he will fight tooth and nail to try and keep him and he will sulk like a good un to make sure Kinnear signs him up. If we don’t sign him we will stagnate and have zero creativity once again...
  Mark Ryan in Everton are badly missing Jack Grealish
• “Just winning the ball back high upfield cannot be the target.” It could be…. it shouldn’t be, but it could be....
  Si Cooper in Everton have a pressing problem
• The FLY-fishermen from Stamford bridge, Derek!...
  Tony Abrahams in Everton are badly missing Jack Grealish
• I’m not sure we have an exact replacement for Gana, whose real strength is (was) as a constant disrupter of opposition attacks. He is of a type with the likes of Makelele or Kante. Garner is the closest because he is definitely a dogged tackler, but we also need him to be orchestrating attacks so it’s quite difficult to not want to use both at the same time. I see ‘defensive mid’ as different to ‘box to box’ and actually think it would be a waste of his tendency to make darting runs to put Dewsbury-Hall in the deepest role. Iroegbunam has athleticism but forgets to move the ball on to players who are better in possession as soon as possible after he’s won the ball. I haven’t seen enough of Rohl to fully grasp his best attributes. Gana should definitely be spending a much greater percentage of his time on the bench, but I’m really not sure of the best midfield recipe we should be seeing much more of....
  Si Cooper in Why it's time for Everton to move on from Idrissa Gana Gueye
• Tony @ 10; Chelsea will just convert that debt to Hotels, put them on Mayfair or Park Lane, have the Woman's team buy them and lease them back for buttons, Lo and behold the debt becomes an asset* *according to my Ladybird book of Accounting Jiggery Pokery by J R Hartley....
  Derek Thomas in Everton are badly missing Jack Grealish