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Go to bed. dg
joking, not joking.
First 11 captain? Cresswell for me. But no idea who if he isn't in the side. Maybe Ogbonna?
He hasn't bought an out-and-out striker because he doesn't see a striker as necessary
He's going to play a "Fantastic Four" of attacking midfielders (Antonio was a winger at Forest) which allows him a greater level of flexibility when picking a starting XI
The window for me has been pretty good and we can't say that Moyes has not been backed but I do feel we could have done with an attacker. It;s not as easy as simply wanting a player as they simply may not have wanted to come, but I would have rather had Abraham than both Kral and Vlasic. I am excited about Zouma because I think he brings pace at the back, I can see Vlasic getting involved but I am not sure Kral will get much game time unless injuries come, Nobles final season may not see many introductions now I feel.
Just to be clear, this is my weak attempt at a JOKE.
Please don’t.
So I actually think Moyes sees the striker role as not only necessary, but important. The fact that he didn't sign one in January because he wanted to get the right man in the summer suggests that it is a key position to him.
I think what he's done is make sure we have a good mitigation in place until that right man is available. I suspect getting a new striker lined up will be Rob Newman's priority between now and next summer.
Also, a shout out to GSB. They seem to have backed Moyes to get what he wants, and Sullivan appears to have stayed out of ‘selecting the team’. Maybe the PAI Capital thing has given them the necessary kick to do something.
The other player we could have done with is someone who can play LB and LWB. I know we have options there, but they generally involve playing someone out of position.
So a much better window than I feared, but the lack of adequate forward cover is a concern for me, and one that must be addressed in January as we'll be losing Benrahma to AFCON, assuming it's actually going to take place.
Good window imo. Four quality players in to bolster an already decent squad. 7/10.
It's the business we didn't do that I'm a bit disappointed with. Like you, I thought a LB/LWB and a striker on top of what we did would have made for the perfect window, but we didn't quite get there.
Will be interesting to see what funds are made available to Moyes in January, if any. But for Slacker's mental wellbeing, we'll leave that discussion for another day.
Trust in the Moyesiah, he won't let us down.
Imagine what the Barcode chat rooms must be like this morning!
I remember Everton never really having strikers. He turned Cahill into one, he used Fellaini as one, but other than Yakubu they never really had goal scoring strikers.
Obviously it’s an important position, but the weight of goal scoring responsibility in a Moyes team is shared throughout the squad.
I get that we have goals but we still need a focal point, someone to press and keep defenders busy. I guess we’ll see if Bowen or Vlasic can do that. Cahill and Fellaini were big physical presences and I’m not sure any of our backups are.
After that, it was always less than half. 2020/21 was the lowest % of league goals scored by strikers under Moyes' Everton or West Ham (21%, 13/62), and it was also the second smallest ever reliance on a single goalscorer (16% of our goals scored by our top scorer, in 2009/09 only 15% of their 55 goals were scored by Marouane Fellaini).
I think he wants a great striker, but he's aware there aren't many of them around, and knows that if you gamble they don't often score you many. If that's the case, it's better to spread the load than rely on one expensive misfit (i.e. Haller).
James Beattie top scorer 2005-06 (11 goals)
Andy Johnson 2006-07 (12)
Louis Saha 2009-10, (15) joint 2010-11 (10)
Jermaine Beckford joint 2010-11 (10)
Nikica Jelavic 2011-12 (11)
Plus Marcus Bent, Victor Anichebe and others who were less successful
When he took over from Walter Smith he had Duncan Ferguson, Tomas Radzinski and Kevin Campbell
https://www.kumb.com/article.php?id=44089
Just someones opinion.