The Autopsy?

[superpull]

We cant really handle injuries to any of them not all of them. ANM was originally a midfielder wasnt he? We shall see how good or bad he is. Im not passing judgement because im not sure ive ever seen him play.

I don't think he will be a world-beater, don't get me wrong.
It's just that i woke up and thought the world was ending this morning, but i've been stewing and fuming about it all day so i thought i'd zoom out a bit.

The squad is in a fragile shape. You have been one of the most vociferous as to just how poor some of the players have been for the amount they cost.
I've generally agreed with you. Today feels like the first day though - the sheer amount od deadwood we have got rid of. Survived financially and have managed to end up with a squad of really good players (i.e. worth something) who have bags of potential to show it on the pitch too.

I will caveat this with:
it is despite the transfer committee, not because of it that this squad looks like a good foundation.
I fully expect and demand sackings due to how they fucked up the latter half of this window.

[blueToffee]

I hope we have the option to recall Aznou as needed, because I think he could fill in at LW if we needed to rotate George there.

I think the question mark over the kids/new additions is really the biggest right now. We need those players to replace the 15 goals over the season that Beto and Ndiaye gave us (or let’s kindly say 7-8 ish for the first half of the season and hope we get another striker in January. So Johnson, Hackney, George, Dibling need to chipping in with actual goals and assists for this to work. It’s a step up as really Johnson is the only one to have a proven track record there, although his recent form hasn’t been great which is why he ended up here to an extent.

Can they do that? Who knows right now.

[Bumble]

Some of these young lads are going to step up to the plate and thrive on the increased responsibility and others will sink.

Up to them to show us which ones are which.

[777Kidnappings]

I don't think he will be a world-beater, don't get me wrong.
It's just that i woke up and thought the world was ending this morning, but i've been stewing and fuming about it all day so i thought i'd zoom out a bit.

The squad is in a fragile shape. You have been one of the most vociferous as to just how poor some of the players have been for the amount they cost.
I've generally agreed with you. Today feels like the first day though - the sheer amount od deadwood we have got rid of. Survived financially and have managed to end up with a squad of really good players (i.e. worth something) who have bags of potential to show it on the pitch too.

I will caveat this with:
it is despite the transfer committee, not because of it that this squad looks like a good foundation.
I fully expect and demand sackings due to how they fucked up the latter half of this window.

I think the problem is 2 fold. Hanging by a thread in terms of injuries but beyond that (and granted its not really what the topic is) how do we trust them to do anything in the next windows too

Where we are is a bit of a mess. Where we could have been when they were bidding for richarlison and zirkzee shows they've no strategy and no composure

[Goaljira]

Outside of Arsenal and City, who could handle injuries to their starting left back, centre half, winger and striker simultaneously?

Even with those 4 out, I've definitely watched worse Everton teams. But for anything more than a single match it doesn't bear thinking about.
Johnson
George KDH Rohl
Hackney Armstrong
Garner Tarkowski O'Brien Maitland-Niles
Pickford

[TheRam]

I just think the squad looks badly shite and feels like a group of players who can easily be sucked into trouble.

[Cozzie]

Yeah it's poor light on numbers without doubt.

Give it a few games where we see a huge bunch of round pegs into square holes.

[AjaxAndy]

First half of the transfer window was actually really good. We signed Rohl, George, Hackney and Johnson for a combined £54m (approx).

The second half we signed Grealish and AMN, whilst losing multiple players, although the only one who actually really made a difference to the team was Ndaiye. Beto also just by being an actual striker, but I'm not convinced he's a loss really.

First half given what we spent was probably an 8.5/10.

Second half 1/10 and I'm being generous there just based on us getting Grealish and an RB.

If we could have just had a satisfactory second half, a 5 or 6/10 I think people would be optimistic about the season ahead, yet now it feels like the atmosphere is going to be toxic as fuck.

As others have said, maybe Moyes uses this to his advantage and creates an us against the world mentality, but even if that happens and the season ends up half decent, change needs to happen, because no one has any faith this won't happen again next summer.

[The Doc]

Outside of the numbers, my biggest fear is a lot of the younger talent aren’t as good as we’d hope.

George for example, looks great, very talented but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he starts to frustrate with his lack of productivity.

Hackney as well, seems decent enough but I don’t see him really making his mark in the midfield.

I think we’ll see Rohl upfront before we see Johnson or George there as well.

We probably will see Rohl up front, I hadn't thought of that. Once AMN settles in.

[777Kidnappings]

First half of the transfer window was actually really good. We signed Rohl, George, Hackney and Johnson for a combined £54m (approx).

The second half we signed Grealish and AMN, whilst losing multiple players, although the only one who actually really made a difference to the team was Ndaiye. Beto also just by being an actual striker, but I'm not convinced he's a loss really.

First half given what we spent was probably an 8.5/10.

Second half 1/10 and I'm being generous there just based on us getting Grealish and an RB.

If we could have just had a satisfactory second half, a 5 or 6/10 I think people would be optimistic about the season ahead, yet now it feels like the atmosphere is going to be toxic as fuck.

As others have said, maybe Moyes uses this to his advantage and creates an us against the world mentality, but even if that happens and the season ends up half decent, change needs to happen, because no one has any faith this won't happen again next summer.

8.5 out of 10 is incredibly generous. Brighton, brentford and Bournemouth must be getting regular 20 out of 10s

[AjaxAndy]

I just think the squad looks badly shite and feels like a group of players who can easily be sucked into trouble.

I don't just purely because we have the likes of Grealish, KDH, Garner and Branthwaite.

We also have other good players, and the starting 11 is far better than probably most seasons in the past few years.

An injury crisis though would change that massively, so understand the concern.

[Kerryblueboy]

Can’t wait to see 2 keepers on the bench on Sunday

[TheRam]

I don't just purely because we have the likes of Grealish, KDH, Garner and Branthwaite.

We also have other good players, and the starting 11 is far better than probably most seasons in the past few years.

An injury crisis though would change that massively, so understand the concern.

Three of those players have all had long term injuries in recent years.

To keep all of them fit for the season is highly unlikely.

The drop off from Brathwaite to whoever comes in is huge.

There is no replacement for garner. He’s the only one in the squad who can play that role off the ball.

I’ve seen better teams get sucked into it.

[brap2]

I just think the squad looks badly shite and feels like a group of players who can easily be sucked into trouble.

It’s obviously very very poor from a quality pov. Only reason I was into Balogun is because he is at least quality so like overpay sure but we’re getting a bit of quality…but look at the fucking state of it??

Desperately need George and maybe Dibling to have miraculous seasons of development.

[blueforyou]

A full strength squad:

1) Pickford
2) Maitland-Niles
3) Mykolenko
4) Tarkowski
5) Branthwaite
6) Garner
7) Armstrong
8) Hackney
9) Barry
10) Grealish
11) Dewsbury-Hall

Travers; Keane; O'Brien; Norgaard; Rohl; Alcaraz; George; Dibling; Johnson

Our whole first team squad...