Quote Originally Posted by Zippity View Post
It does, Raga.

I'm conflicted over DCL. On the one hand, i think he could be a very good player for us under Eddie. On the other hand, his injury record is poor and our recent track record would make this a big gamble.

Added to that is your very good point about buying from the premier goods aisle rather than the bargain basement (to paraphrase). ffp obviously comes into play but we need to spend 'proper' money on a second choice striker and not do it on the cheap.
Totally agree Zip.

The old phrase 'buy cheap buy twice' comes to mind. I'd rather see us sign 2 or 3 isak, Bruno level rather than 5 DCL duds.

A player like DCL gets hype because he's English. The only 2 seasons he's scores more than 10 qe during covid, behind closed doors.

He's not been fit. However, last season he was fit. Started 28, played 32 in total last season scored 7.

Yes Everton are comically bad these days but 7 goals for a player who will be on £130k+ a week is an appalling return. If he was a tip striker he'd have banged in 15-20 and thr top clubs would be circling.

Toney Scores 4 in 17 for Brentford and he's been out the door since before he got banned for gambling.