Everton release squad numbers for 2017-18

Niasse got a number! He might even have a locker...

No Kenny. Pickford number 1, Robles 33, Keane 4, Bolasie 7, Sandro 9, Klaassen 20.

Is it because the young ones can play any time, no need to register?

If the reason is because Kenny is going on loan to another club then Koeman will be starting the season with a big black mark off me.

Dowell (as with eg Davies) is listed in 1st team and U23s. Too much going on to sort the squads (and lockers) yet, I guess.

These links have not been updated to include the info of the newly released squad numbers for the coming season.

I predicted before the previous weekend that the tree would be shaken in the coming week and we would see which apples fell from it. With Keane, Sandro and Rooney in and Lukaku out, it duly was.

Seven more weeks in this transfer window yet. I anticipate a few more ins and outs before the end of August. They are still needed, not least of all a serious goal scoring replacement up front.

Plenty of time then for the final squad to undergo more changes.

Our new secret weapon?

Niasse has a shirt number? Is Ronald forgiving this guy and going to use him as a secret weapon. I doubt it but the lad did some half decent things for Hull last season so maybe as a late sub sometimes he may help the Blues unless he is loaned out again.

He will work hard for the team.

Sorted then .

So who is the back-up left-back? Is Baines the only left-back in the squad?

Our summer spending-spree has only just got started!

Indeed the only player associate with the club I'd like to see flop completely is our former striker. Perhaps we could buy him back after a year for 㾶 million, then sell him to Chelsea for 𧴜 million.

Even given there are (I think) seven under-21s in there, this still looks a bit overweight to me. I think we can afford to lose at least 2-3 of these, even with the Europa League cover to account for.

Seriously though, the lad has conducted himself perfectly, when others wouldn't. Still don't think Koeman wants him, but if no one comes in for him, and he gets a few sub appearances, he may show what he can do. See what happens anyway.

All a bit of a lottery really! :-)

Glad to see Niasse has a number. It is usually a fullback's number. So maybe he will be leading the way through the hole blowing up the linebacker so Ross or Wayne can run the ball in over the goalline.

It may well be that he is not good enough; it may be just a ploy to get a decent fee for him as being part of the squad, but at least he has been shown some respect.

I would assume the plan is still to try and move Niasse on. I imagine, best case scenario, he's this season's Kone – a guy who's technically part of the first team but doesn't sniff the matchday squad unless there's a slew of injuries/absences. But who knows? Maybe an opportunity will present itself and he'll seize it.

This also appears to be the end of the road for Shani Tarashaj. Can't say I'm surprised – classic regime change casualty – but I'm disappointed we never really saw what the kid could do.

Although I wasn't the biggest advocate of re-signing him, I'm hopeful our prodigal son won't have to be warned about his 'refuelling' habits too often! Must admit he does look energised, at least in spirit.

Re squad size, I think it's a few too many if we are planning to play the youngsters a bit more and certainly we need an upgrade for the likes of Mirallas/Lennon, Niasse and a back up left back if we are serious about progressing, and I made a few suggestions on this on the Squad Analysis thread.

If not, someone needs to give him a serious talking to.

No number for Garbutt again. See ya.

Don't hold anything against him that he said when he thought he was headed someplace else.

The kid was linked to Arsenal, could have signed, stated he liked them when talking up Henry who was his idol.

Williams is a kopite, it was once probably his dream to be a red, he's probably said it at some stage too.

Means nothing, he's now a blue, happy days.

ps: Squad numbers out doesn't mean the young lads won't get a number, but I'd imagine some will get season long loans to be ready for the future.

Old story, Colin, he's signed for 5 years I think. PSG also wanted him reportedly.

Now, Niasse, I feel bad for him. We all respect how he has conducted himself after being left empty-hearted. Seems like a lovely guy, so much nicer than the 'proper goal-scoring guy' we just sold to the team that took our previous 'proper goal-scoring guy' who has just signed back for us now he is no longer a goal-scoring guy, just like lovely Niasse who also is not really a goal-scoring guy.

Anyway, Niasse has a number. It appears to be the maximum number of goals he is likely to score if he stays with us and plays every game until 2023...

Come on, he is a nice guy. But he is not a 'guy'. But if he he proved to be 'one of those guys' well I will eat my cheesecake. But only if I have frozen it and defrosted it over a 24-hour period within its given shelf-life. And I don't think that is going to happen.

Baines's output is along with an ageing frame is on the wane. With Koeman's preference for width from the full backs, I actually think its more important than many think, moreover with Coleman missing too.

Gibbs from Arsenal, despite his injury record, could provide a job-share with Baines. Robertson of Hull is a possibility too.

Your starting full backs should be 3 and 2, wide midfielders; 11 and 7. 9 and 10 upfront with the 9 as the finisher and the 10 as the creator in most teams but here your 9 should be able to win a header too - 9 would be vacant if I was allocating the numbers to the squad we have currently.

5 and 6 are centre-halves and 4 and 8 centre-midfielders. 1 is obviously the goalkeeper but 12 is the backup keeper, never 13 which, in my view should be retired altogether unless a skate punk like Mo Besic wants it to match his 'ink'.

Fill in the rest yourself. Night.

Rats and Mountfield/Watson – 4 and 5.

Nothing too much should be read into that as they have retained their squad numbers from last season and Premier League rules allow a club to add as many 'homegrown' players under 21 at January of the season to the core 25-man squad they have to submit before the league kicks off.

The squad that flew out today to Tanzania also should allay fears on the young 'uns being overlooked.

Maarten Stekelenburg, Mateusz Hewelt, Chris Renshaw, Tom Davies, Phil Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Callum Connolly, Jonjoe Kenny, Michael Keane, Muhamed Besic, Leighton Baines, Morgan Schneiderlin, James McCarthy, Davy Klaassen, Gareth Barry, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Joe Williams, Kieran Dowell, Kevin Mirallas, Wayne Rooney, Aaron Lennon, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ademola Lookman, Matthew Pennington, Yannick Bolasie.

Ross and Funes Mori haven't travelled as, according to the club site, they are receiving treatment for injury, but Bolasie has travelled. Robles hasn't travelled, period. Could soon be on his way out, possibly.

Pickford, Holgate and Sandra have also not travelled as they are still on extended leave due to their involvement in the recent U-21 tournament.

I would wish him all the best, but please promise, you (Ross) you won't come back!

What do these once haters of the board who claimed they are stashing cash and all the Blue Union bollocks think now!

And as for AC Milan and those players with 90-99 on their back. FFS.

Remember the days of spreadbetting on shirt numbers scoring goals, bookies would have loved this range of numbers. I assuming they no longer do this bet.

I really do not want to start an old debate but, in my view, Mr Moshiri was Bill's dream. A cash cow who will allow Kenwright to live his dream on the cheap.

How much do you reckon?

Blue Union was mainly a failure, but they only had Everton Football Club at heart — hardly a crime.

Nobody holds any board to account... certainly not long-suffering supporters. Boards just do what they want — Kenwright just did what he wanted.

Anyhow, this is a new board, a new set-up, a new era. No need for any Blue Union "bollocks".

Mr Moshiri arrives and debts are cleared.

Oh sorry, biggest blue Kenwright got him on board.

Let's see how that one works out in the fullness of time.

Tory Carter hung around for too long and – while I have respect for him and his passing – with the 89'-on cabal utterly failed to transition into the Premier League era.

But he had the dignity and decency to take a back seat when the time came. Still there. Still important. But more of an emeritus.

Do the fecking same, Kenwright. This is the Moshiri era – not the Kenwright era.

Love that! Your bias depends on your age I suppose and mine is based on the 4-4-2 era.

To answer your point about No. 5, I guess while it was called centre-half it was, in today's parlance, a defensive midfield player.

Yet we seem to be ecstatic about it.

An onion up the sleeve to induce a few tears when talking about Everton used to win people over. I think most are on to him now.

Remember that signing five or more players on long term contract is a far bigger expenditure commitment than just continuing to pay two players' salaries. We're investing heavily – there's no doubt about that.

Kenwright is frequently quoted as having wealth of 㿊m, chicken feed in comparison to pretty much everyone else in the Premier League, but the important thing to note is that this will alzzt on the last quoted value I saw of 𧴷m, his wealth pretty much is the stake he has (had).

So he put no cash in because he hasn't got any.

I'm a bit of a stickler for proper squad numbers... seeing Paul Ince wearing No 9 used to piss me off no end!!

And I'd have preferred our new striker (Giroud/Dzeko) to have the No 9 shirt over Sandro. For some reason he just doesn't strike me as a No 9 type player. I prefer the big target men sort to have that number.

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I wear 2 in rugby, but for totally unknown reasons I can't stand it as a football number, and especially can't stand it on a player who isn't a fullback.

Interesting squad number tidbit: Australian hockey great Jamie Dwyer, who is not a goalkeeper, wears/wore the No 1 jersey. That really gets on my tits.

Leicester City won the Premier League due to the same players playing week-in & week-out. As with Chelsea last season – hardly any rotation crap. We are already getting overloaded with midfield players, they all want play every week so some will get pissed and lazy.

Better to have a small group of quality players who play every week, baring injury, than a big group of average players who rotate every week. Bench players can be taken up from our hugely successful youth teams – or else that effort is a waste of time if they're never challenged to step up.

On squad numbers.

Squad numbers.

Some things I will just never understand.