The general consensus on this site has been that Everton need a right winger who has pace. This consensus has built up over the past couple of seasons (as every other part of the pitch has improved). However, I would now say that such a signing is no longer the top priority.
Don't get me wrong, it of course would be beneficial, but it is not of most importance. In my humble opinion, what Everton need more than anything is a striker.
The desire for a winger has generally been coupled with the desire for a change in style. A good number of posters on this site (myself included, highlighted with this woefully incorrect article last year http://toffeeweb.com/season/09-10/comment/fan/13466.html) have wanted a return to 4-4-2, seeing the fast right winger as the key to us moving in this direction. But now?
A World Cup where various forms of 4-3-3/4-5-1 proved sucessful, this, along with Everton's entertaining and relatively sucessful performances in the last half of last season, 4-4-2 has definately been taken off the agenda (for now, that is).
For this reason, I feel that having a reliable, quick centre-forward (no easy task) is of greater importance than having a right winger.
A midfield of:
........Fellaini........Arteta Bily/Cahill....Rodwell....Pienaar
To me that, is top quality, and isn't in dire need of a quick winger (injuries change everything of course). But with Anichebe, Gueye, and Osman all providing options, is this clamour for a right winger still valid? Especially if Coleman fulfills some people's expectations as an attacking full-back. It has goals, creativity, movement. What it lacks in pace it makes up for in quality.
Up front, however, Saha will always remain inconsistent due to his fitness. To challenge at the top you need to have a striker who can play every week and for a whole game. Being a striker is all about form; however, Saha will never be able to get a run of form if he can't play 90 mins.
Yakubu has a very big question mark over his head, and I'm very suprised he hasn't been sold (if West Ham did actually offer £6/7 million, that is). I do not think he will be a forward to take us to glory.
Beckford? Silva? No idea about these, but I don't expect either to exactly challenge for the Golden Boot this season.
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Davey doesn't make too many mistakes and he knows he has a midfield full of goals... so, with a 20-goal guy upfront, then who knows where that will take us? COYB.
Saha will get goals even though he's going to pick up injuries and as Pat said surely one of Gueye, Silva, Baxter and Vaughan are going to come good and get a bit of luck. I know Vaughan is due a bit of luck.
Everton's priority is definitely right midfield and left back. Having a decent pacey winger would give us more attacking options.
Someone who could beat defenders for pace and be able to cut inside. Having Baines being able to overlap with Pienaar and Coleman overlaping with a good right winger and the quality of Fellaini, Arteta and Rodwell through the centre, I could imagine there would be different variations of attack. It wouldn't all be down the wing and crossing it, not with the likes of Arteta and Rodwell in the middle who like to play the ball on the ground.
I'm not a good pool player because I can't hit the ball straight. So what I do is move my balls over the pockets so the other player can't pot his; I usually win.The point being I play to my strengths... so, if we haven't got a right winger, we play one way; if we have, we play another way. If we can't afford a Defoe or a Ronaldo, so be it; play to your strength which in my belief is the midfield.
ps: I heard a rumour that that Salcido the right back could be got for £2mill... fuck me, buy him!
If you feel we should not play to our strengths, I'm sorry but that's a bit silly, like putting Tim Howard up-front!!!
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