It's a small world "Pearces", Billericay is my local club as well.
I used to go all the time was there when they go promoted to conference south away at Margate and when they lost the play off final on penalties. Went to Grays away a couple of weeks back when there was no football. New chairman is putting some money in the old chairman was a Spurs fan !
Accepting an offer and him saying he doesn't want to go are different things. No problem accepting an offer of 32m for a player with an injury record like his and a return on investment of over 15m+. If he doesn't want to go then it goes no further. If AC feels we don't want him by accepting a 32m offer then so be it.
“It’s certainly not the Club that has asked an agent to try and sell him. That’s not the case. I suppose Andy would have been flattered as it’s nice that people have a good opinion of you, but me and him didn’t talk about it at all.
“We haven’t been bombed with offers from China, so it hasn’t affected me or Andy.
“It wasn’t like we had three or four offers for our players from China. I heard the rumours and saw it in the papers but it didn’t affect any relationships with the players or with Andy, so that’s it basically. There is nothing to talk about there.”
It's a small world "Pearces", Billericay is my local club as well.
I used to go all the time was there when they go promoted to conference south away at Margate and when they lost the play off final on penalties. Went to Grays away a couple of weeks back when there was no football. New chairman is putting some money in the old chairman was a Spurs fan !
I used to work in the Nat West in the High Street many, many moons ago and got drunk in the Red Lion often . I also took my now wife on our first date to the Red Lion.
That was Valencia's 2nd goal, he scored his first against Saints at the beginning of January, he started the following game against Leicester in the Cup, was left kicking his heels on the bench for five games and has come on as a substitute for the last three games.
If Koeman thought he had more to offer he'd be playing a far bigger part by now, with only two months left in the season he's well down the pecking order behind Barkley, Mirallas, Davies and Lookman.
I agree. Up to a point. Although managers often prefer (all other things being equal) to play their own players rather than loanees, which could be a factor.
WHU_Champo - Valencia is a winger. He played purely as a winger through his youth and for his first club Emelec, then was tried as a striker by his international manager after their main striker died in 2013. He was subsequently played up top by his second team Pachuca for one season before we bought him July 2014.
I like him as a player when he's on form and confident as he is very direct and can hit the ball extremely hard with little backlift. I like that he's unpredictable, quick, and can run with the ball well. Unfortunately, he is inconsistent and is physically a little weak getting pushed off the ball too easy, and his football brain sometimes speaks English; thinks Spanish; yet tries to read a Dutch manual. I still feel if he bulked up a little bit and upped his consistency he could be a useful player for us, predominately LW of a 4;2;3;1 cutting in and pinging it with his right. However I will trust Slav's judgement if he cashes in in the summer.
Moore_than - didn't see your message until after I posted: I agree that its hard for him to get into an Everton team that is currently playing well and that have a wealth of options in attacking positions. Of course as they are playing well, they will always pick permanent players over loanees. ;ok
Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna, 34, is looking at a return to London, with West Ham manager Slaven Bilic hoping to sign the Frenchman on a free transfer. (Sun)
I think he's definitely better than anything we've got at the moment, and I like him. BUT seems like another stop-gap arrangement, rather than planning for the long term.
Lukaku has publically stated that he wants Champions League football on a regular basis for the last three seasons so it not much of a surprise that he doesn't want to sign another contract with Everton
I would love him to go to Arsenal tbh. I really want Arsenal to be competitive again, and all it would take is a couple more players in the right positions. A team like the one below would be awesome to watch.
Chelsea have Costa and Batshuayi with Remy coming back from loan in the summer, unless someone moves out then that's going to be an awfully talented and expensive bench.
Lukaku has scored 20 goals in 29 games this season, he's failed to score in 14, roughly scoring every other game and the longest he went goalless was four games from 5 November to 4 December
He had a dry spell of 11 games at the end of last season and scored 25 in 18 games of the other 35.
I think Everton will be extremely gutted if he goes. They've never really had a top striker until now. If we had a striker who was lazy and finished off other people's work and got 15+ goals a season I'd be delighted
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All it would do is send a message to Carroll that we don't want him.
It's a small world "Pearces", Billericay is my local club as well.
I used to go all the time was there when they go promoted to conference south away at Margate and when they lost the play off final on penalties. Went to Grays away a couple of weeks back when there was no football. New chairman is putting some money in the old chairman was a Spurs fan !
If AC feels we don't want him by accepting a 32m offer then so be it.
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bsad.. fixed it for ya ;biggrinFrom Slav's presser: Read more at http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/march/02-march/bilic-carroll-should-be-fit#REeEY0Ort7hcpVOk.99
We didn't want to sell him; he didn't ask to go. There weren't any offers.
I used to work next to the Red Lion ;biggrin
If Koeman thought he had more to offer he'd be playing a far bigger part by now, with only two months left in the season he's well down the pecking order behind Barkley, Mirallas, Davies and Lookman.
I think hes gone, especially as Slav likes to play 1 up top and Valencia is neither a lone front man or a winger
Hope we can flog him in the summer for a decent fee
I like him as a player when he's on form and confident as he is very direct and can hit the ball extremely hard with little backlift. I like that he's unpredictable, quick, and can run with the ball well. Unfortunately, he is inconsistent and is physically a little weak getting pushed off the ball too easy, and his football brain sometimes speaks English; thinks Spanish; yet tries to read a Dutch manual. I still feel if he bulked up a little bit and upped his consistency he could be a useful player for us, predominately LW of a 4;2;3;1 cutting in and pinging it with his right. However I will trust Slav's judgement if he cashes in in the summer.
Well, he was born two years later you see, and so...
Oh, I see.
;yercoat
Interestingly, they report that his current deal has a £15m buy out clause. ;hmm
I would love him to go to Arsenal tbh. I really want Arsenal to be competitive again, and all it would take is a couple more players in the right positions. A team like the one below would be awesome to watch.
Cech; Bellerin Mustafi Koscielny Monreal; Ndidi; Walcott Ramsey Cazorla Sanchez; Lukaku
Lukaku has scored 20 goals in 29 games this season, he's failed to score in 14, roughly scoring every other game and the longest he went goalless was four games from 5 November to 4 December
He had a dry spell of 11 games at the end of last season and scored 25 in 18 games of the other 35.
That's the kind of "streaky" I wouldn't mind
While you were typing that I was over on Transfermarkt looking at the same data ;ok
He's an amazing goalscorer but it does come in waves
He's been a revelation for Everton but no one is super gutted he may be leaving
Not sure what we are missing, get the impression he's a bit lazy, and just finishes off what others are creating
He's an unbelievable goalscorer and young, but he's not the type of guy who'll win you the league or champions league
Whatever happens I'm just jelous we have no chance, shouldve tried for him when he was at chelsea
Hence why we were never in for him.