Aidan

3 hours ago, Hafnia said:

Some of our fans fuming cos he’s a kopite….  Ever seen many of our players kicking off like this over the redshite getting calls?  Welcome to the club connor 

https://youtu.be/5J4v_gpwNbg

Imagine the fume if we'd have signed him last summer!

12 minutes ago, Palfy said:

I asked myself and the answer was it was still a penalty. 

If you read my post you'll see I wasn't disagreeing with you.

16 minutes ago, Palfy said:

Definitely a pen you can’t pull players back in the area they are going to go down. 

But do we get that pen at the other end that's the question you need to ask yourself. Those fouls happen countless times a week in the box and the vast majority are not given as penalties.

4 hours ago, Goodison Glory said:

Don't get me wrong I hyped about this signing (particularly as it came out of nowhere)....but he seems to have a trait of sliding and extending his (long) legs...hopefully the quicker prem league won't see him rack up the yellow cards (or worse)

For some reason this triggered a thought in my head about how good Hibbo was at slide tackles.

56 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

 

But we've all seen him play, he has a lot more to his game than just this. He is a good defender, but lacks a lot of pace. Would obviously suit a 3 man defence.

I would imagine if we spent £35m+ on a player he would be expected to start the vast majority of games. But at 20 years old, he's only started 11 games in the Ligue 1 (21 subs appearances on top of this, totalling 1350 minutes).

He's clearly highly thought of, but I'm not expecting him to come in and vastly improve our midfield right away.

On a positive side it would be nice to have an absolute powerhouse in our midfield, something we've lacked since Fellaini. He's 6'5 and looks really quick too, and seems to have good technique.

Suggests we're still in the market for another CB.

8 hours ago, Matt said:

Maybe this is why Gana isn't done yet?

1 hour ago, c1982 said:

We’d need both. Lampard said Gana and another - most just presumed Billy Gilmour on-loan and not a €40m powerhouse though!

Paul Joyce confirmed that Onana would be in addition to Gueye.

Makes you wonder why he'd prefer us to be honest.

£££?

11 hours ago, RPG said:

I’m not disagreeing with you but can you imagine how Rondon would feel in that situation? Its like Pickford getting injured and putting Coleman in goal ahead of Begovic.

I don't think we should start weaker players out of sympathy.

38 minutes ago, Goodison Glory said:

Where did this "Ali up front" mantra come from. I've never ever considered him capable of leading the line. A central support role - absolutely - but leading the line....that's asking a lot.

I'd love to see some details on our loan agreements for young attacking players  - are they paying 100% of the wages, can they be recalled from loan? 

He seems to have scoring instinct, would still rather him than rondon.

Club is a shitshow

I actually really like the badge. Still, nothing can be worse than the 2013 Nike badge.

52 minutes ago, RuffRob said:

I do hope VAR is a little kinder to us this season - think we definitely suffered a little bit last season. 

I would think we will start of this game set up much like we did against the big 6 last season - counter attacking. Will be nice to see us hopefully be a little better in possession than we where last season, but this is very early days and Chelsea is a tough start. 

It a passionate and hardworking effort for 90min from all the player is what I am hoping to see above anything on the first day, which hopefully we set the president of how we go out on the pitch for the rest of the season. Lets make Goodison the most horrible place for any teams to come to. 

I'd like to see us better in possession, but I still don't see how we do that with the midfield we currently have.

6 minutes ago, AlbanyNYToffee said:

Tbf Maguire is absolute rubbish haha

I was waiting for that. Yeah agreed, he is a bit trash

Probably one of the better options we can have to back up Dom. Not sure he'd want to play second fiddle though. It's hard for any team to find a quality experienced striker who is happy to come off the bench and take his chance, let alone a mid table team.

1 minute ago, Btay said:

Funny when people turn their nose up signing players from relegated teams but him and Richie have been our two best transfer of the Moshiri era.

It's bollocks. Nonsensical. Just shows how thick some fans are. Because James Milner, Jagiekla, Wijnaldum, Robertson, Maguire, Richy, Gana, Roy Keane are all rubbish aren't they? The team got relegated, a squad of 20+ players, not the individual. Stick Ronaldo in the Norwich team last season, they'd probably still go down, doesn't make him a bad player does it?

Signed for 8, sold for 30, signing him back for 8.

5 hours ago, Shukes said:

I continued watching him as I thought he was excellent for us. I watched PSG use him much more effectively than us.

Have seen him play once for PSG I think. How did they use him?

What worries me is that running around annoying the opposition was the best part of his game. If he's lost that, which he will eventually with age, he literally has nothing else to offer.

It's not like he's going to adapt his game and become a Gareth Barry. I think he will improve the squad in the present, but for how long I'm not so sure about. Doesn't feel like a sensible singing for me.

5 hours ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said:

I spent 25 years in the Royal Navy, mostly based in Plymouth or Portsmouth so I know exactly what you mean!

Didn't know that Dunc, I was based at HMS Collingwood for a couple of years. Love that part of the country.

Didn't want Rooney coming back, definitely dont want that rat coming back.

I hope he comes back, I've missed this thread.