tolmie's hairdoo
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Jose will get his man ;)
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Jack Rodwell
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paphos-mcfc
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tolmie's hairdoo said:Jose will get his man ;)
Yip JM knows talent when he see's it!
citizens_1976
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I don't see the fuss with Rodwell at all! There's no point just going out and buying an english talent for the sake of it!
If we were to look at a young english player, I'd look at Whickham over the next few months, see how he progresses.
If we were to look at a young english player, I'd look at Whickham over the next few months, see how he progresses.
corrigan of norway
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With Rodwell, we could also look at Kyle Walker, Leighton Baines, James Tomkins, Gary Hooper and Beram Kayal, these are good young players, who can up the intensity in the team.
This he is certainly not going to do. If we get him, then Toure and Lescott have to be off. I think he will become a fantastic CD. Put him next to Komps with Boateng and Boyatta backing them up.Greenjob said:No substance to this story as usual. However, would the finances at our disposal be enough to get him through the door?
Gollam is a Taggart pschophant and would no doubt exercise some influence if for no other reason than to:
a) Point score with his wankfest
or
b) Continues to sulk over the Lescott fiasco?
Great potential though and could provide the spark needed in the middle to aide David Silva.
I like the idea because he is English and will actually play intelligently in defense. But in midfield he will not be a difference maker.<br /><br />-- Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:26 am --<br /><br />And to satisfy Bringbackswales "In my opinion!" :P
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From the mirror:
Everton face 'nuclear option' of selling Rodwell
Published 23:00 02/03/11 By David Maddock (1) Recommend
While the words of David Moyes tried to play down Everton's disastrous FA Cup exit to Reading, his face told a very different story.
The Goodison boss knows he faces a stark choice as the reality of his current problems are laid bare.
Unless he finds a top-class striker, his side will always be undermined - even if they do have the quality to beat sides like Chelsea.
But to find the £20million or so it will take to recruit the player, or players, he so desperately needs, he will have to sell a member of his current squad.
In all reality, perhaps only two current Everton players would command that sort of fee.
One is Marouane Fellaini, who is now out until the summer with an ankle injury but, when fit, is crucial to the performance of the current team.
The other is Jack Rodwell.
Moyes does not want to sell the teenage midfield prodigy, but with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Real Madrid interested in the 19-year-old's immense potential, Rodwell could command a fee well in excess of £20million - just as Wayne Rooney did when he left Goodison.
And while Rodwell has rich promise, he is not yet remotely central to the operation of the Everton team, in the way Fellaini is.
Indeed, Rodwell is still a peripheral player who has yet to prove he will fulfil his massive talent.
Selling him would be devastating, but only to the psychology of the club, not the function of the team.
Indeed, it would raise the funds to take Everton forward - as Rooney's sale to Manchester United did six years ago.
It would be a massive gamble, and an almost nuclear option Moyes would prefer not to employ, but if it gives him the players he needs to turn Everton's own rich promise into tangible results, it may just be the only option.
The Blues' boss attempted to present a measured, calm response to the calamitous home defeat by Championship side Reading, which has extinguished the last hope of honours - and honour - this season, and asks some serious questions about the direction of the club.
But beneath the calm exterior, Moyes was simmering close to boiling point.
His mood was betrayed by his gaze, which had the wide-eyed look of someone close to the edge.
It's little wonder, given the exasperating schizophrenia his side have shown this season.
How can a side that won so magnificently and courageously at Chelsea in the previous round surrender so limply to Reading?
How can a side who outfought the champions - and did a similar number on Manchester United and Arsenal this season - be bossed by a Reading side hardly renowned for their physical approach?
It defies belief, and clearly Moyes was disbelieving last night.
Privately, he suggested he didn't want to say anything he would later regret, but equally, he also seems close to the point of accepting major changes are required to his squad, because they have been given too many second, third and fourth chances this season... and failed to take each one.
"I know there are still situations where we are not good enough to win lots of games, and I know that is not going away, even if there have been signs we are getting better," he said.
"We were short in quality [against Reading], and that has been evident this season. It is something we have been aware of, and something that has remained even when we have had good results."
Moyes is thinking specifically of the lack of strength or depth in his strike-force. He can get away without a killer in front of goal against sides such as Chelsea, because a different type of game is required.
But when the likes of Reading have come to Goodison and stuck men behind the ball, it has led to frustration as Everton simply don't have the means to break open the wall built in front of them.
Moyes pleaded for a top class-striker in the summer, but the current stark financial situation facing most Premier League clubs ruled that out - and the same will apply this summer.
Which leaves Rodwell as the likely answer to his problems.
Sign him up Roberto!!!
Everton face 'nuclear option' of selling Rodwell
Published 23:00 02/03/11 By David Maddock (1) Recommend
While the words of David Moyes tried to play down Everton's disastrous FA Cup exit to Reading, his face told a very different story.
The Goodison boss knows he faces a stark choice as the reality of his current problems are laid bare.
Unless he finds a top-class striker, his side will always be undermined - even if they do have the quality to beat sides like Chelsea.
But to find the £20million or so it will take to recruit the player, or players, he so desperately needs, he will have to sell a member of his current squad.
In all reality, perhaps only two current Everton players would command that sort of fee.
One is Marouane Fellaini, who is now out until the summer with an ankle injury but, when fit, is crucial to the performance of the current team.
The other is Jack Rodwell.
Moyes does not want to sell the teenage midfield prodigy, but with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Real Madrid interested in the 19-year-old's immense potential, Rodwell could command a fee well in excess of £20million - just as Wayne Rooney did when he left Goodison.
And while Rodwell has rich promise, he is not yet remotely central to the operation of the Everton team, in the way Fellaini is.
Indeed, Rodwell is still a peripheral player who has yet to prove he will fulfil his massive talent.
Selling him would be devastating, but only to the psychology of the club, not the function of the team.
Indeed, it would raise the funds to take Everton forward - as Rooney's sale to Manchester United did six years ago.
It would be a massive gamble, and an almost nuclear option Moyes would prefer not to employ, but if it gives him the players he needs to turn Everton's own rich promise into tangible results, it may just be the only option.
The Blues' boss attempted to present a measured, calm response to the calamitous home defeat by Championship side Reading, which has extinguished the last hope of honours - and honour - this season, and asks some serious questions about the direction of the club.
But beneath the calm exterior, Moyes was simmering close to boiling point.
His mood was betrayed by his gaze, which had the wide-eyed look of someone close to the edge.
It's little wonder, given the exasperating schizophrenia his side have shown this season.
How can a side that won so magnificently and courageously at Chelsea in the previous round surrender so limply to Reading?
How can a side who outfought the champions - and did a similar number on Manchester United and Arsenal this season - be bossed by a Reading side hardly renowned for their physical approach?
It defies belief, and clearly Moyes was disbelieving last night.
Privately, he suggested he didn't want to say anything he would later regret, but equally, he also seems close to the point of accepting major changes are required to his squad, because they have been given too many second, third and fourth chances this season... and failed to take each one.
"I know there are still situations where we are not good enough to win lots of games, and I know that is not going away, even if there have been signs we are getting better," he said.
"We were short in quality [against Reading], and that has been evident this season. It is something we have been aware of, and something that has remained even when we have had good results."
Moyes is thinking specifically of the lack of strength or depth in his strike-force. He can get away without a killer in front of goal against sides such as Chelsea, because a different type of game is required.
But when the likes of Reading have come to Goodison and stuck men behind the ball, it has led to frustration as Everton simply don't have the means to break open the wall built in front of them.
Moyes pleaded for a top class-striker in the summer, but the current stark financial situation facing most Premier League clubs ruled that out - and the same will apply this summer.
Which leaves Rodwell as the likely answer to his problems.
Sign him up Roberto!!!
BlueCityfan
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Bulldoglikeapproach said:From the mirror:
Everton face 'nuclear option' of selling Rodwell
Published 23:00 02/03/11 By David Maddock (1) Recommend
While the words of David Moyes tried to play down Everton's disastrous FA Cup exit to Reading, his face told a very different story.
The Goodison boss knows he faces a stark choice as the reality of his current problems are laid bare.
Unless he finds a top-class striker, his side will always be undermined - even if they do have the quality to beat sides like Chelsea.
But to find the £20million or so it will take to recruit the player, or players, he so desperately needs, he will have to sell a member of his current squad.
In all reality, perhaps only two current Everton players would command that sort of fee.
One is Marouane Fellaini, who is now out until the summer with an ankle injury but, when fit, is crucial to the performance of the current team.
The other is Jack Rodwell.
Moyes does not want to sell the teenage midfield prodigy, but with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Real Madrid interested in the 19-year-old's immense potential, Rodwell could command a fee well in excess of £20million - just as Wayne Rooney did when he left Goodison.
And while Rodwell has rich promise, he is not yet remotely central to the operation of the Everton team, in the way Fellaini is.
Indeed, Rodwell is still a peripheral player who has yet to prove he will fulfil his massive talent.
Selling him would be devastating, but only to the psychology of the club, not the function of the team.
Indeed, it would raise the funds to take Everton forward - as Rooney's sale to Manchester United did six years ago.
It would be a massive gamble, and an almost nuclear option Moyes would prefer not to employ, but if it gives him the players he needs to turn Everton's own rich promise into tangible results, it may just be the only option.
The Blues' boss attempted to present a measured, calm response to the calamitous home defeat by Championship side Reading, which has extinguished the last hope of honours - and honour - this season, and asks some serious questions about the direction of the club.
But beneath the calm exterior, Moyes was simmering close to boiling point.
His mood was betrayed by his gaze, which had the wide-eyed look of someone close to the edge.
It's little wonder, given the exasperating schizophrenia his side have shown this season.
How can a side that won so magnificently and courageously at Chelsea in the previous round surrender so limply to Reading?
How can a side who outfought the champions - and did a similar number on Manchester United and Arsenal this season - be bossed by a Reading side hardly renowned for their physical approach?
It defies belief, and clearly Moyes was disbelieving last night.
Privately, he suggested he didn't want to say anything he would later regret, but equally, he also seems close to the point of accepting major changes are required to his squad, because they have been given too many second, third and fourth chances this season... and failed to take each one.
"I know there are still situations where we are not good enough to win lots of games, and I know that is not going away, even if there have been signs we are getting better," he said.
"We were short in quality [against Reading], and that has been evident this season. It is something we have been aware of, and something that has remained even when we have had good results."
Moyes is thinking specifically of the lack of strength or depth in his strike-force. He can get away without a killer in front of goal against sides such as Chelsea, because a different type of game is required.
But when the likes of Reading have come to Goodison and stuck men behind the ball, it has led to frustration as Everton simply don't have the means to break open the wall built in front of them.
Moyes pleaded for a top class-striker in the summer, but the current stark financial situation facing most Premier League clubs ruled that out - and the same will apply this summer.
Which leaves Rodwell as the likely answer to his problems.
Sign him up Roberto!!!
I would like him too. We need english home grown players. Real madrid intrested? No way thats a joke! They didn't mention City? he has been linked with us recently too.
Manchester City will begin preparations for life in the Champions League by bidding for Everton's Jack Rodwell.
The England Under 21 midfielder had been expected to sign for Manchester United this summer but interest from Old Trafford has waned in recent months.
City, though, have been tracking Rodwell as Roberto Mancini reshapes his squad for the stiff challenges they will face next season.
Everton have repeatedly maintained that they do not want to lose their best players and Rodwell undoubted falls into that category.
But manager David Moyes will have to raise money in order to revamp his own squad and Rodwell, who only signed a five-year deal 12 months ago, would command a transfer fee in the region of £20million.
Money is not a problem for the FA Cup finalists but they could try to tempt Everton with a cash-plus-player deal that may feature Emmanuel Adebayor or Craig Bellamy.
Rodwell's progress this season has been compromised by a series of fitness problems and he has scored only one goal in 26 appearances.
He is still expected to play a key role for England's Under 21s at the forthcoming European Championship and Moyes believes going to Denmark next month will be good for the 20-year-old.
'Jack has had a few injuries which have disrupted things but he is coming along fine,' said Moyes. 'It's a good tournament for him to be involved in and I'm happy for him to be playing.
'I've got no problems with it. The problems may come next year for the lads who play for the full month. It will be like it is for the England senior boys, who went to the World Cup last summer.
'There will be an effect but hopefully it will help his development.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z1M5L5Hsf0
highly unimpressive when we played that lot last Saturday.