Pelle's agent claims contact with Everton

I'd be worried if he's our first choice striker.

File under - can do much better.

Far rather we went for big frazer, Virgil or Steve Davis.

I think I will follow the Euros instead.

I think you are correct, Damian Wilde # 15

"Kone type signing.
NO THANK YOU."

Anyway, didn't Koeman drop the same player late last season and state the reason was he was sick of him being a lazy arse in training?

I've rated him since his first season at Saints. I was hoping that he would be one of the players we'd be interested in if Koeman became manager. I really hope we sign him.

Pelle is different to anything we've got up top. His hold up play is really good, he's handy in the air and he gets goals, and he would give us that option of being able to go direct and mix it up.

I think he would be a great back up striker. We've still got to be realists. Even City were buying players like Santa Cruz (I believe Pelle's at that level) in the immediate aftermath of having billions invested and we're not even in that bracket of wealth.

He's not at Lukaku's level but he's better than any of the other strikers we've had for the last 10 years apart from fat Yak in his 1st season with us.

As for imagining the likes of the shite, etc not signing him, the shite have form for signing crap from Southampton....Lallana anyone?

I reckon Pelle would fit in well with Barkley and Mirallas.

He is good in the air and with his back to the goal.

Some of the ignorant comments on here about him suggest that people haven't really watched him play. Fair enough as he's not an Everton player, but why dive in and tell us all he's shite?

The negativity of some people on here is frightening.

As a 30 year old with 1 year left on his contract he would represent excellent value, a much needed outlet who could actually hold the ball up and allow the likes of Gerry, barkley, Mirallas etc to push on without the fear that any second later he will have lost the ball due to a bad touch or some 5ft 10 defender shoving him off the ball.

No - he's not the player who will replace Lukakus goals and very occassional big game as such but he will make a fair few realise just how abysmal lukaku has been at many aspects of forward play.

Disregard it as a very lazy and slightly obvious link.

Take it as a sign of a player wanting to join us because he sees us as a club on the move.

Take it as a sign that we're treading the same old path... hire manager from smaller (yes, smaller) club and then bring in some of said smaller club's players.

I hope it's not the third. I just can't see it.

I am going with Ernies # 43 - 2nd suggestion.

On top of that this guy is a top class finisher with both feet and his head. Check it out.

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We are going to have to get a move on unless the out of contract players are going to be offered new deals.

I think we are going to need 5 or 6 quality replacements, and that is if we manage to keep all our present players.

Maybe we can sign another big ego who realises that kone sat on the bench means he can amble around without fear of being dropped.

Or maybe we give ourselves options who can be competition for said "marquee" striker.... maybe then we may see a striker put a shift in. That said, some are just naturally lazy aren't they.

The age is the consideration - would have to be on the cheap (cheaper than the £5 mil wasted on Kone).

http://youtu.be/4dnLyLATF1o

See big Vic has been released by West Brom. Wonder what went on there.

Just to let you know, fellow Evertonians.

As for Kone (I suppose the jury is still out on Niasse, although the foreman has been seen collecting in the votes) I only wish an equivalent to the old "Sale of Goods" Act applied to players. When the merchandise proves unfit for the purpose for which it was sold, the goods are returned and you get your money back.

Anotei lad i'd take is Mitrovic. Bit of a headcase, but certainly has potential. He was hit and miss last season but that was understandable given that it was his first in the PL, his age and the fact he was being managed by mr Umbrella man.

He'd also fit in with Koeman's style of play.

If anyone bids around the 50 million mark for Lukaku, I would snap their hands off.

I would take Pelle and another striker, and let Lukaku, Kone and Naise go.

Pelle scored a brilliant goal at the end of that game. Simply superb technique. Do we sign him up on that basis? Bit like Jamie Beckford, eh?

So, Lukaku will not have the same stats in a different, more balanced, Koeman style of play.

Time for him to go to the highest bidder I think.

"Any decent forward would have scored highly with the amount of support the defensive players gave attackers." – really? My impression was that Baines and Coleman especially were mere shadows of their former selves going forward. Barry and McCarthy are also well down the 'assists' list for last season.

Seems most of our goals actually came via assists from other attack-minded players.