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• We still don\'t know for sure if Grealish is coming or not, it\'s looking more likely not. If that\'s the case we need George to step up on the left.rnI hope also that Dibling can show us why we valued him at £40m, if they do that will go a long way to making us competitive. I expect Beto and Barry to score enough goals between them if they get more opportunities.rnOur midfield is looking good, I\'ve no concerns there, but our defence is another matter.rnBranthwaite unfortunately has been injury prone so anything can happen there, O\'Brien has hardly played at centre back recently and our other two have probably seen better days. Mykolenko is OK without being outstanding plus we have Aznou who might make the grade.rnAt right back it\'s looking increasingly doubtful that we will sign one, we are obviously trying to, but don\'t seem to be able to get any over the line. rnI feel sorry for Patterson, ok he\'s getting paid for sitting on his backside but he mu...
  Raymond Fox in What we need to see from Everton in the final week of pre-season
• Probably another game with O\'Brien at fullback, why not start Rohl at right back and play O\'Brien in his natural position beside Branthwaite, and see how more offensive we are, instead of playing Tarkowski and playing deeper in defence. Rumours that Tarkowski is going to be our new captain, if Moyes makes him captain, he\'ll be starting every game, so back to our leader\'s safe and conservative line-up? ...
  Christy Ring in Stuttgart vs Everton - Match preview and team news
• Apart from the shockingly unsolved right back problem it is a disgrace that we have only two strikers; Beto who is at best a useful impact sub and Barry who is a dud and should should have been loaned or sold by now.rnGraham will simply not get a game as long as Moyes is still here.rnMeanwhile McNeil has still not been sold!...
  Ian Pilkington in What we need to see from Everton in the final week of pre-season
• The amount of air time this right back subject gets seems excessive to me. I know I am in the minority, but I personally like how Moyes tries to develop future players by giving them games out of position. Jake O'Brien will have got a huge amount of development playing out of position for a whole season rather than sitting on the bench. His overall ball control, fitness and distribution has improved dramatically, even if he won\'t ever become a right-back. Overall what did we lose as a team playing Jake instead of Nathan Patterson? Probably very little, Patterson\'s best season for us was in 2022-23 where he started 14 times, notching up zero assists.Now looking ahead to this season, I can see we are overstocked in the central midfield, with Garner, Norgaard, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Alcaraz and Hackney all fighting for places. And for all Rohl\'s qualities, he probably doesn\'t get in the side ahead of Dewsbury-Hall, Garner and Norgaard or ...
  Dan Brierley in Everton's deal to sign Alistair Johnston hits a brick wall
• I agree with Stu #7. Three weeks to the start of the season and we ended last season dreadfully with Moyes complaining of the lack of depth in the squad and we have brought in only two players who are new to the squad. We need at least three new players and two of those are at right-back (one plus cover), and a centre-forward who can score 20 in a season....
  Mal van Schaick in What we need to see from Everton in the final week of pre-season
• So frustrating being an Everton fan these days. I\'ve been one for 70 years and realize that I may never see a great team here again after Howard Kendall\'s great squad of the 1980s.So many managers since then and so many failures. To cap it all, they bring Moyes back after all his failings at Man Utd, Sunderland and Sociedad.Yet another Summer of apparent inactivity and apathy by the ownership will convince us that getting into the top echelons of the Premier League table will be very difficult.There is a nucleus of good talent at the club but failure to address the obvious weaknesses up front is unacceptable.I, like everyone else, would love to see Beto and/or Barry become regular goal scorers but it seems obvious we have seen the best of them... which is mediocre mostly....
  Tom Bowers in Everton's deal to sign Alistair Johnston hits a brick wall