Silva: New signings predicated on player sales

Marco must be relieved to exchange words in idle transfer talk and not about his own performance. Everyone knows that players will have to be sold to fund any incoming purchases. Only when definite sales take place will a transfer in be considered.

I am more interested in how Marco's escape plan is coming on, and the selection of players to make it workable.

We're left in this weird position whereby we can't score goals, we have no proven striker on our books whatsoever and we still haven't replaced Lukaku (and I don't mean with another 20+ man (that the fans can moan about) I mean with any proven goalscorer). I still can't believe we let him go without replacing him And I still can't believe that we Still haven't replaced him! What a dogs dinner!!

Instead we have Calvert-Lewin to look forward to up front. A decent footballer but not a prolific nor proven goalscorer. Brilliant. Another boring crap waste of a season.

How boring being an Everton fan. How utterly crap and miserable. We don't ever beat any top teams. We don't ever win anything. We don't ever play any consistently free flowing or good football for both halves with an end product. And we rarely excite the fans with goals.

Wonderful!!!

And word of warning: all of these players are so-called 'proven players', as opposed to signing 'risk' potential. (With the exception of Niasse who was just a bizarre signing.)

We need rid of all of the above, and to be replaced by 2 players of real quality.

Tosun to a team like Palace or Huddersfield for 㾶-15 million. Niasse similar for ٣-10 million. Sandro to anyone, just anyone who'll take him for a subsidised wage. Bolasie for ٣-10 million. Walcott for 㾻-20 million to a West Ham, Southampton or the likes.

Then sign 2 players in the mould of Malcolm, Pavón, Pepe, Abraham, or Luan.

You forgot Besic, Schneiderlin and Williams... lol.

Looking at those forwards signed:

Sandro 0 goals.
Tosun 7 goals.
Walcott 7 goals.
Bolasie 2 goals.
Niasse 9 goals.

Total: 25 goals

Lukaku on his own got 27 in his final season, and many on here said he would be easy to replace.

We have a surplus of players, who have proved not only they were overpriced in the first place, but are on ludicrously immoral wages, which even if they were decent, which in most cases they are not, makes it even harder to move them out.

The annoying factor in all this is that the useless managers who brought about this fiasco, have all been generously compensated for ridiculous decisions and performances, on and off the field.

Of the signings from the previous 3 regimes, only Pickford and Lookman are players we could probably sell for a profit. Maybe Vlasic. And Calvert-Lewin and Holgate, who were signed for a nominal fees as 18-year-olds.

In would be at least one proven Premier League striker even on a short term fix until summer.

It didn't work too badly under Moyes getting short term fixes.

What I see when I look at Everton right now is a very jaded, clueless fatigued squad that looks like it will seriously struggle to get over the line.

We need fresh blood to inject some new life into the squad.

Of all the obvious names mentioned (not Pickford & Keane, harsh) the one I feel could do something is Vlasic.

He came here very young. There's a talented player there. When the loan is done, he should get another go. We could do with a player like that for another option.

I hope someone does but can you see anyone in this league taking Tosun for 㾶 - 15 mil after the lack of impact?

Its going to have to be Turkey to get 㾻m. Preferably back to Besiktas, which represents the best chance of minimising any loss.

Walcott will be another for the ever-growing "㾶 million drop in valuation" club as well.

I think Bolasie will be around a 㾻 - 20 million drop in valuation. Good grief.

Steve Walsh. Holy fuck. I work in an office and even I knew Bolasie was over-priced by 㾶 million, the wrong age and not very consistent.

They're clueless because we don't have a finisher.

All the good approach play isn't worth a damn without a goal and now they've lost belief.

And we can't improve the situation.

What a joke. Bored of it.

Maybe we could do a special offer a "Buy one, get one free" deal: Him & Tosun.

I agree! That's why I think we should be looking for someone to just come in and at least do the job short term, a seasoned performer who could add a bit of presence to the team; I dare say someone like Deeney or the mentioned Austin.

Hardly world beaters but more than a focal point than what we currently have there now and certain games need a certain approach. Then in summer we could really go hell for leather in our top class striker search (although bear in mind the summer window itself is shorter nowadays).

I'd move Tosun on it just hasn't worked and I don't think the English league suits him Apparently he's valued at 㿀 million by us (a bit steep) so maybe we'll do a deal close to that with a bit of luck.

If anyone takes Niasse it's going to be for around ٢-7 million which again we just have to take; another player who needs a move away.

Of course, the huge wages some of these players are on makes it even more difficult to move them on.

Marco Silva knows he may have little time to get it right at Everton

Having said that, the club may have offered him a contract but he may have fancied the non-league set up in Scotland.

Anyone got some happy pills?

Anyone know a good tattooist? I'm thinking of getting 'happy clappy' done on my forehead and 'low standards' done on my arse.

I'm sure the missus will agree.

Yes, transfer fee payments are nearly always spread over the contract. However, the practice of signing players and consistently flogging them at a significant loss is clearly unsustainable.

Is anyone able to confirm whether something I think I read years ago is still in place? When there's a transfer between English or British teams does half the transfer fee have to be paid immediately?

An injury prone Austin? No thanks.

Some interesting valuations considered for Tosun and Niasse on here, especially when an untried, injured Solanke went for 㾿M. Taking that into account, how much would Calvert-Lewin be worth, according to the ToffeeWeb experts? He has scored goals despite everything so why is he a lesser player than Solanke?

Len Hawkins @22

Defoe? Behave yourself, if he was still good enough, Bournemouth wouldn't have shown him the door.🙂

Our season is over so we should just concentrate on getting the best money we can for the deadwood we have. Preferably sell but better getting some loan money if that's all we can get.

Perhaps that should be the budget to spend on a stop-gap striker in the window.

No, mate. English transfer fees are now the same as it was felt that foreign transfers had an unfair advantage. What does make English player valuations inflated is the homegrown significance due to the limits on EU and non-EU players allowed in your squad.

It's why we see so many European teenagers in the UK. If they play X amount of games from the age of 17 here in England, they're homegrown.

Players such as Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Lukaku, Fabregas fall into this category so the 17-man limit isn't affected by them.

Eddie Howe also signed a Liverpool winger (I can't recall his name) for silly money and he's failed to hack it.

If Howe is choosing these players himself, it really does bring his judgement into question.

By the way, what's the name of that Bournemouth player that everyone would sign tomorrow, perhaps he was scoring too much to bring in Defoe and they wanted his wages off the outgoings.

Schneiderlin is a prime example of the calibre of player that Everton have been fooled into signing. Bad signings and bad decisions have crippled the Club's development and there is much more mid-table pain and mediocrity before this shitstorm created by the bagman Walsh, fraudulent Koeman and carpet-bagging Allardyce.

We are 11th, we don't score goals, we don't win many games, and we rarely put two decent halves together. Words. The AGM was full of them, as it has been over the last few years. Action? Results? A sign of genuine progress? Not so much....

We can and should beat Bournemouth. We really need too. We are just 9 points off relegation. Those players who improved the squad so much in the summer need to step up and start showing us early signs of their value.

Others need to stop the personal errors and recognise the urgency of stopping a dire run of results with strong performances. Unless we stop sliding, we will be in trouble, real and genuine trouble and I can't see the list of quality players wanting to come here being a long one.

But it's just more words, isn't it? The only progress is winning. It needs to start soon.

Ajay #9, Spot on about Keane. He is useless and has been so under our 3 latest managers. Definitely not worth the money we paid for him.

Not saying the current crop are great but they don't get a heap of chances, like Lukaku, who played in a much better side than we have today.

Our approach play is slow and ponderous in most cases and side to side and backward which gives the opposition time to regroup. On the odd occasion we do break quickly, we tend to put it in the net.

I'd like to see a top-class striker too, but I'd also like to see us create a lot more chances than we do. Frankly, I don't see much difference from last season and the table never points lies. I think Marco Silva needs time but we have bigger problems than just a striker.

Rondon would be a good target man, but he would only be as good as the service he receives, like any other forward.

Austin has stated that he is happy on the south coast and would not want to uproot his family even if we wanted him. Gray was in a different league to Austin and Austin would cost daft money anyway.

Regardless of the Bournemouth player “everyone would sign tomorrow”, Defoe went for nothing. No Premier League club were interested, Cardiff, Huddersfield etc – clubs who can't buy a goal – didn't bother. Why not?

Calvert-Lewin worth 㿊 mil? Really? More like ١ mil if that he is a poor Championship player at most.

Saying that, I hope he proves me wrong... but I can't see it.

Are you for real?? And the Austin, Defoe calls??? Fuck off!!!

"Spot on about Keane. He is useless and has been so under our 3 latest managers. Definitely not worth the money we paid for him."

Erm... bollocks, mate.

I was at the 1968 FA Cup Final when Jeff Astle's goal won the Cup for West Brom.

I remember Joe Royle, Jimmy Husband, John Hurst, Ray Wilson and other great Evertonians of that era.

Today, it is so hard to be an Everton fan... but: Once a Blue, Forever a Blue... it is a disease; I just love Everton.

Please get a striker in before the end of the Transfer Window and let us all be happy and enjoy being Everton fans again.

It is painful to watch a team you have supported for 52 years and even today the frustration of waiting till the last few minutes to beat a second rate team in Bournemouth.

I live in The States now and my heart goes out to Evertonians going to work and listening to Red Shite supporters.

Maarten Stekelenburg
Morgan Schneiderlin
Cenk Toson
Oumar Niasse
Ashley Williams
Yannick Bolaise
Kevin Mirallas
Sandro Ramirez
Cuco Martinez
Muhammed Besic
Shani Tarashaj

Thats 11 players to get rid still and need to buy Gomes if we can and replace Kurt Zouma as Chelsea are not willing to sell. So much work to be done!

As for challanging for silver wear not in my life time... so I'm glad I was lucky enough to have witnessed the golden era of the '80s.

Marco is under pressure judging by results and performances..

The win against Bournemouth still showed to many weaknesses and most fans came away not feeling optimistic...

That shadow across the park is getting bigger and darker. Spurs loss to Man Utd is a blow too...

Can the Red Shite get through a season without hitting a loss of form... I feel it's their year.

As for being an Evertonian, it's a lesson in life to know that you only have the ability to change your perspective on how you feel about life... no amount of planning, wishing, or hoping will ever change the outcome of karma.

Yes, I did see that thankfully, but what a scary list of players to try and get rid of.

Apparently, he's very promising and that is what we need to do. Just like when we signed Lukaku. Stop gaps are no use as we're not going down so we must build around youth. Exciting young players who are hungry.

Well have to wait and see if he can hit those heights again, but he'd command a big fee and be one hell of a gamble. As someone who thought he was the man to replace Lukaku, I would advise against it now.

But is it Julio or his son? Hmmmm....

Start again with a football man (Marcel Brands), build a proper squad, then think about spunking 𧺬m on a new ground.

Or am I being obtuse?