I do like you, RD. That's pretty much exactly the kind of thing I'd have replied. Typing oversight rather than deliberate solecism.
I'm going to come back to you and ask you what you think about this after the season finishes Having said that, seems Richarlison only really had a dozen or so good games for you, so I can sort of understand why you think this - if Deulofeu manages as many as that next season you'll have got more out of him than anyone ever has
So if a footballer doesn't perform consistently by the age of 24 then they never will? Right-o. He is a better player than Richarlison at the moment that's for sure!
Pukka punctuation this time. Excellent. I do come on here more for the grammar than the footie but have any of my compadres mentioned zonal marking at corners? Your defence, as I remember it, combines various Private Godfreys with young Private Pike. I would fear for them attempting the zonal approach.
It's hard to tell with Richarlison. The work ethic was always good, but his lack of composure needs to be drastically improved. His finishing is quite poor based on what he did last season. Definite potential though. I just think Deulofeu is a better footballer than him.
Exactly this. Richie gets far too easily flustered. Composure wholly absent in front of goal. Geri appears more, er, languid.
And back to perfect. This is the verbal equivalent of a mazy Richarlison dribble. Switching first one way, then the next
Thanks for the mention nisman, but I'm too tired to write out my thoughts in full until the morning. What I will say in short is that we've absolutely done them up like kippers. I honestly can't believe Everton have been so f***ing stupid. Did they do NO research on this lad whatsoever? I's still in shock that they fell for it. £45 f***ing million for Richarlison? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
All this love for this Everton fan on here is sickening. Now we've been paid, he should **** off back to his Silva, Richarlison and An*y Gr*y posters immediately. Stat.
Already settled in to a bedsit in Toxteth, feels at home reminds him of his Brazilian slum. Already had his bike stolen and held up by a 12 year old for his new wrist watch which was a gift off the Snake.
Mostly he grafted. Grafting is not a £35m+ quality. He is quick, but technically pretty rubbish and outrageously uncomposed. Couldn't beat a man after the first few months, no goals or assists basically from December - may. He could come good - his composure may improve, he will no doubt benefit from a rest and maybe will be less sulky at Everton, but you would think they'd would be players for that kind of money who wouldn't be such a huge risk. They don't care about money obviously with Moshiri in charge, but it isn't half a stupid amount of money for someone who has basically proved nothing. A £35m+ punt seems pretty dumb no matter who is backing a club. Good luck to him, I hope he does well. I feel we have got his peak career value before his career has started, so no need for bad feelings. He might well improve hugely and go on to be a very good signing. Anyway, good news for us. Hopefully we don't go to Belgium for replacement.
35 to 50m is a rather daft fee, but if he does well get 15 goals + assists (combined not 15 goals and some assists on top) then he'll be worth it. Of course the desired outcome is he does nothing but look fancy for 5 games before getting benched. Everton fans get impatient with Silva and they sack the snake by xmas. It will be interesting watching everton this year, thats for sure. For us? I think we've already replaced him with Ken Sema and Delofeu. We can afford to pay over inflated prices on another Andre Gray type forward, or maybe a spanish Andre Gray. I don't think getting Batshuayi etc at peak price level with mega wages is a good move. Or an aging Giroud type whos just seeing out a career and is only here for a paycheck.
Richarlison is just raw power and speed at the moment, that’s it. He’s incredibly reactionary in front of goal, he has no composure at the moment, he cannot think about what he is doing and slot the ball in the corner, he just can’t do it. I know they are different types of player, but compare him to Peyrera, he can finish calmly inside and outside of the box, it’s second nature for him to be able to just bend a ball into the corner of the goal. That’s the big problem for Everton at the moment, for him to come good he needs to spend hours and hours and hours on the training pitch ala Beckham and Ronaldo just working on being able to instinctively put the ball in the net. Not just wildly thrashing at it in the moment as if he’s surprised he got the chance in the first place.
I'm not convinced he ever will either - he's clearly not the brightest bulb, both off and on the pitch.
I think more that he is instinctive and can bend it in or head it in or beat a defender. Its when he has time to think it goes wrong. Can you teach someone to be composed in front of goal? For that price i wouldnt be taking the chance.
His finishing is poor, something you can work on but if it's down to composure then that's a whole new mental side of things which you've either got or not. He has got all the tools physically though, strong, good in the air, pacy, skillful. Worth a risk if you have the dosh. I'd rather have seen him stay and be 100% committed but it was clear from the initial spell when he was playing well that he had bigger clubs in his mind, this effected his game and maybe he had his head turned here and there, the irony of it all is if he had blasted through the season like he started he would have caught the eye of the big clubs, now instead he's off to Everton. There could be a groundhog day with both him and Silva there, if they both do well they won't want to hang around long or they could both flatter to deceive and Everton go back to square one. Going back to big Sam for a manager and finding out Bolasie is a better winger and wasting a lot of money in the process
Edna: the Richarlison funds are showing on our HSBC account Sir. Gino: Excellent! Get Belgium on line 1 and let's go shopping!
I know, phew. What I don't understand is how they've paid literally top top dollar for a player only they were interested in. To me it's the equivalent of getting £90 million for Gray, that's how bonkers it is. I know last season they proved their transfer policy was scattergun but this one takes it to a whole new level. So, as someone who watched the lad quite closely at times, what are they getting for £45 million, (still can't believe I'm typing out that figure). Well he got completely sussed before Silva got his head turned. Did he try to become tactically better once defences worked him out? No, he just fell over more. Don't tell me as Watford fans that most of you weren't cringing at some of his dives. Then there's the sulking. Sulking, seriously, it's what I might expect my 13yo to do if he misses a couple of chances, not a professional footballer. By the end I wanted to slap his miserable sulky face. The sulking on pitch shows his personality clearly, it's flawed. Then there's the heading, or lack of it, I did wonder sometimes if he's got a head shaped like a 50p due to the weird angles the ball comes off it, especially in front of goal. Composure? Nope, that's not part of the package either. I think we all wanted him to do well, (I liken it to Man City fans and Sterling), but the longer the season went on the more anonymous he got and it slowly dawned on us that he wasn't the special one. Away games I don't know why they even took him. Tired? Give me a break. He was under zero pressure at Watford, zero, now he's Evertons star signing with all the scousers expecting miracles and due to the much bigger status they have, (it's true, don't shoot me), it'll be a car crash. The question you have to ask is have Everton just signed the new messiah or have they pi**ed £45 million up the wall? Hey, here's another theory, maybe it's a complete compensation package cunningly disguised as a transfer. It'll end badly and you can quote me on that.
Everton fans seem desperate to drive down the price of the transfer even though no one really knows the fee. Basically we have sold them a dud. He has talent but like others have said zero composure. I really dislike his manner and I certainly wont miss his sulking. If I had been looking to sell him I would've taken anything over 20-25m the way his form tailed off last season. To get somewhere between 40-45m is absolutely sterling work by Gino and Co. Most important thing now is bringing in some players to continue to build the squad.
