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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #525 on: August 19, 2024, 03:26:48 AM »
My Toffee mate said Tim played really well in an otherwise dire(Dyche) performance.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #526 on: August 19, 2024, 06:30:01 AM »
Got the same feedback from my old Evertonian mates.

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« Reply #527 on: August 19, 2024, 08:49:00 AM »
Same here from my mate. Said he was the best of a bad lot, and won every ball that came anywhere near him. Passing was shite but he got a good reception because they like a grafter.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #528 on: August 19, 2024, 09:11:24 AM »
Rewatched the whole match yesterday, Onana was absolutely outstanding, I can see why Emery wanted to bring him in.

Put himself about in the middle, was everywhere, really really impressive debut.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #529 on: August 19, 2024, 09:13:14 AM »
My Toffee mate said Tim played really well in an otherwise dire(Dyche) performance.
I think we got the worst of that deal.  We have them a PL ready player and in return got a youngster who I would wager will never start a league game for us.

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« Reply #530 on: August 19, 2024, 09:50:39 AM »
Interview’s like a really intelligent young man, physically he’s clearly a beast but with a silky touch.

I’m seriously impressed, could he be our Patrick Vieria or Yaya Torure?

Funny you mention viera was just chatting to one of my gooner mates and he said onana reminds him of a vieria type. Said isnt on same level just yet but wont be long until he is.

Onanas going to be class in the next few years under emery

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #531 on: August 19, 2024, 09:52:51 AM »
Same here from my mate. Said he was the best of a bad lot, and won every ball that came anywhere near him. Passing was shite but he got a good reception because they like a grafter.

Funny that, basically the inverse what I thought his strengths and weaknesses were.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #532 on: August 19, 2024, 09:53:57 AM »
My Toffee mate said Tim played really well in an otherwise dire(Dyche) performance.
I think we got the worst of that deal.  We have them a PL ready player and in return got a youngster who I would wager will never start a league game for us.

We will sell him on though and Tim wasn't good enough for us. For Everton he may be,.but not for the Villa. We are way past his level.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #533 on: August 19, 2024, 09:56:55 AM »
Tim wouldn't play for us. Onana and kamara ahead of him. He would get virtually no game time and his value would drop. Good deal for all parties

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #534 on: August 19, 2024, 10:05:30 AM »
Same here from my mate. Said he was the best of a bad lot, and won every ball that came anywhere near him. Passing was shite but he got a good reception because they like a grafter.

Funny that, basically the inverse what I thought his strengths and weaknesses were.

Same here. I guess a player's passing game is never going to get the chance to shine in a Dyche team though.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #535 on: August 19, 2024, 10:05:38 AM »
Tim wouldn't play for us. Onana and kamara ahead of him. He would get virtually no game time and his value would drop. Good deal for all parties
That's not really the point I'm making.  I just think a PL ready midfielder like Tim is worth a lot more than Dobbin - hence I think we got the worse end of the deal.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #536 on: August 19, 2024, 10:06:16 AM »
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Leaving his positive initial impression to one side, just look at the sheer difference in the worlds of Aston Villa and Everton.

Both teams needed to find a way to help their PSR sheets, so essentially traded more or less unwanted youngsters to each other.

One side has already sent their youngster out on loan as they neither want nor need him this season.

The other side, Everton, has replaced a player they've just sold for £50m - to Aston Villa - with their new youngster and it's clear that he actually is the replacement that we assumed would be brought in to such a crucial area of the pitch.

Absolute shambles. I can already hear Dyche again covering for the club with a "Well we didn't expect Tim's performance level to be so high, so we didn't feel like we needed to add more to that part of the squad."

Happy days.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #537 on: August 19, 2024, 10:13:12 AM »
Tim wouldn't play for us. Onana and kamara ahead of him. He would get virtually no game time and his value would drop. Good deal for all parties
That's not really the point I'm making.  I just think a PL ready midfielder like Tim is worth a lot more than Dobbin - hence I think we got the worse end of the deal.

It's six of one in my opinion. Iroegbunam was never, ever going to get a regular run for us, so the £9m was decent money. Dobbin had actually played in more games for Everton than Tim had for us. It was very much a mutually convenient PSR deal.

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #538 on: August 19, 2024, 10:40:51 AM »
Same here from my mate. Said he was the best of a bad lot, and won every ball that came anywhere near him. Passing was shite but he got a good reception because they like a grafter.

Was he the same mate that told you Onana had a 50p head?  ;)
Took less than four minutes to rubbish that one!

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Re: Amadou Onana - Signed
« Reply #539 on: August 19, 2024, 10:42:41 AM »
Tim wouldn't play for us. Onana and kamara ahead of him. He would get virtually no game time and his value would drop. Good deal for all parties
That's not really the point I'm making.  I just think a PL ready midfielder like Tim is worth a lot more than Dobbin - hence I think we got the worse end of the deal.

It's six of one in my opinion. Iroegbunam was never, ever going to get a regular run for us, so the £9m was decent money. Dobbin had actually played in more games for Everton than Tim had for us. It was very much a mutually convenient PSR deal.

Yeah, it's difficult to assess without knowing the details, but the £9m we got was worth a lot more to us if it got us over a line on PSR.

I think the proof in the pudding will be what happens to Dobbin in the next 18 months or so. If he ends up just hanging round and getting released, that's one thing. But for all we know we might make a good profit on him in the future.

 


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