Lampard pleased with summer's transfer business

We must hope though that Maupay does okay. He may surprise us with a few goals and a fighting attitude. Brighton fans seem to rate him. Without talisman Richarlison I do think we are weaker up front. We must pray that Calvert-Lewin can get fit and stay on the pitch.

I for one ain't too unhappy we never got Broja. 6 in 32 for Southampton and, though I don't know much about him, he was hardly ever mentioned.

Brereton Diaz, I am delighted we never got, poor goalscoring record apart from one season and I don't care what anyone says, he wouldn't have cut it in the Premier League.

Yes, we are a bit light up top but, if Frank is happy, so am I.

Yet, I do believe, Frank has missed out on signing a quality striker or 2. But to have Rondon sitting on the bench is a clear reminder.

Maupay misses sitters for fun (shocking signing). McNiel was poor last season for Burnley and has started this season in the same vein. Would much have preferred Cornet -who would've cost the same price - and has more pace and goals to offer.

Gray blows hot and cold. Gordon needs to Improve his end product. DCL can't be relied upon to keep fit.

I don't know the exact financial constraints the hierarchy have to work under... but I would feel much more confident if we'd have signed another striker and goal-scoring winger on top of what we already have.

Of course every manager would love a quality goal scoring striker - they'd be lying to say otherwise.

What we have after the transfer window is a significantly stronger squad and one that actually has a fighting chance to finish in the top 10.

"We've not bought a striker"... really? We have bought Maupay. Don't know if you've noticed but he's a centre forward or 2nd striker.

" Yeah but Maupay is shit and can't score"... really? He's no worse than Richarlison.

Sick of this constant negative bullshit.

Im a lot happier with the squad now than I was at the end of last season, but until we win a few games, then the pressure is going to intensify. We will see.

Looking for to seeing Garnercand Maupay.

We've improved significantly, wisely, and relatively economically.

I was worried about a relegation battle up until about 2 weeks ago.

I'm not worried in the least any longer. That kind of tells you all you need to know. We're a much, much better squad now.

Thelwell has done brilliantly in my opinion. Not just average, but brilliantly. The focus on a striker is understandable, but there's 11 men on the pitch, not one.

- Huge improvement at CB position with Coady and Tark
- Massive overhaul in central midfield with quality and youth
- A dependable striker alternative that's a clear upgrade to our current back up player
- A 21 year old wide man with real potential in my opinion
- 7 new players in a complete overhaul, and throwing in Myko and Patterson it's basically a new team

It's not easy to pull this off. And so many young players with sell-on value, all the while improving areas of the pitch we needed improvement in, at really good pricing from a business perspective. This is what Thelwell does, and he does it well.

Very, very happy with the window.

For God's sake. support the team!!!

I think we need to stay patient because it is unlikely to happen overnight. But, to me, we are showing incremental game by game improvement. When was the last time we were leading 1-0 at half time in 3 away games in a row?

The passion is clearly there from the players and manager. Get behind them as we did last season and we are going places.

UTFT

For the first time in years we seem to be planning and thinking about the transfer strategy to build for the next few years.

Once we get a few more points on the board, we'll feel more comfortable.

That starts tomorrow. Eat them alive Goodison and make them feel uncomfortable. Make our lads stand 10 foot tall.

Spirit. Forever.

Yes this is the first derby for a long time where I feel whatever happens we will put in a effort. Even if things go wrong I don't see Coady, Tark, Onana, Gordon etc throwing the towel in like the Schneiderlin types

I'm not getting up to watch a 7:30am kick off to watch us lose!!

Have a great day tomorrow mate. Bring the points home.

I don't want to put the mockers on this one so was actually trying some reverse psychology. You are not going to see us lose tomorrow, it will be a great start to your day over there.

UTFT

Us mortals make opinions. Many of them differ.

Those paid to make decisions are the decision makers.

Lampard and his management team have made decisions based on how and where they can operate in the market.

Maybe they don't think Simms is quite ready.

To my point, they are the decision makers and they will be judged on the decisions they have made and will make.

"Since 2016, Gana has made over 150 more tackles than any other Everton player; a crazy stat when you consider that he hasn't put on a royal blue jersey since 2019."

Yeah, I know, he's three years older. But quality is quality. And now Onana has a master to learn from.

Maupay isn't a world beater buy he's a hard worker who knows the league and should settle immediately.

I'm interested who people think we should have been getting as a third striker. Bearing in mind Lampard plays with 1 up front and 2 wide attackers, who exactly is going to come knowing that DCL is first choice when he's fit? There's an argument for saying we should have kept Simms but then he'd have got limited gametime which would have stunted his development. With the way our finances are/FFP, I think its perfectly fine to have Rondon as our third striker, he can be physival for the last 20 mins of a match.

I do feel we're short a winger but we know we had financial restraints and the Joao Pedro bid shows they are aware of the need for another in the long term.

Be positive people, we've got some snide and organisation at centre back at last and a batch of promising new midfielders. Its a big if but if DCL can come back fit and get up and running in a few weeks then we could have a solid season and then look to build next year.

City, Chelsea and the RS only each have 2 strikers.

Indeed in the modern game you need versatile forwards. It's not like wingers and strikers in an old 442. That's why Richarlison was so important - he could play anywhere across the attack.

We need to find a high quality forward in the future - but this must be someone who has the ability to be better than DCL - not just cover.

Most fans, if not all fans, will get behind the team, not just in derby games; we proved our worth last season. We kept Everton in the Premier League, I don't ever doubt that, and we will be there for them in every game, especially those fans who travel everywhere to see them, season after season, with very little reward.

They are absolutely brilliant, so talk about us getting behind the team – I want to see an Everton team that gets behind the fans and fuckin' play for us, game after game, we haven't had one like that for a long time. Let them prove themselves to us starting today fighting from the first to the last minute of the game, come on you Blues get in there and have a fuckin' good go.

Nonsense.

He brought in a centre-back on loan and one on a free. Name better strikers we missed out on for similar expense? If we had money I'm sure he'd buy strikers but we don't.