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Dave (#104), I would be “happily dissatisfied” with 200 years being knocked off . but only if that was the reward for every season since 1995! 🙂

Mark, so anyone over 20 is not considered a young player.

Anzou came on against Roma in pre-season. We lost 1-0. Why because he missed the guy he was marking. And that was in a friendly. Imagine if it was in the PL

Dibling. 4 starts. Twice hooked at half time because he was not doing anything – either in attack or defence.

Armstrong. So who would you drop? KDH? Garner? He is a central midfielder and we all moaned about him being put on the wing.

George – one start and hooked after we turned 1-0 into 1-2. Scored? Assists?

Moyes first stint saw the likes of Rodwell, Anichebe, Rooney, Barkley all play before they were 20. Since he left we have had Stones, DCL, Tom Davies, Galloway, Gordon, Moise Kean, Branthwaite and that is it.

Here is a good question – How many games did teenagers start under
Dyche – 2 (Chermiti & Dixon)
Lampard – 3 (Branthwaite)
Benithus – 1 (Branthwaite)
Ancelotti – 9 (Kean & Gordon)
Marco Silva – 4 (Kean)

Moyes last season – 10. The last manager to start more teenagers was Sam Allardyce with 14 (Tom Davies)

Don’t think this is a Moyes problem. It is a Premier League Manager problem. But hey, we all want to have a moan and this post will now be ignored because the facts don’t fit with the narrative. Brave people will say – Oh, maybe we are wrong.

The £40 buy out is ridiculous because that’s just setting a low price that could immediately be triggered.

If he doesn’t want to sign a much improved contract with what we consider an appropriate buy out price, he’s taking a big chance with his future. An injury like the Ekitike one would be catastrophic physically and financially.

If he was my son, I would be telling him to get out of here, because the forward players are dire and the manager is a dinosaur. I wouldn’t want him wasting his prime years scrambling back when he could be a shining light in an attacking team, challenging for trophies and being properly rewarded.

David @ 39, we are never going to get the best whilst Moyes is in charge. Ndiaye is our current best player and it’s not even close.

But, if we do sell him, he will be replaced with an ageing, premier league experienced, grafter. As Moyes covets these types.

Ndiaye gets one sixth of the wages Grealish gets but does twice as much work up and down that wing, both wings and in the middle, why not swerve Grealish and then there is £225,000 wages to play with next season, I hope we sort it out with Ndiaye’s agent and he stays but I think he will be gone during the summer and Everton will be glad to use whatever fee we get for him but Everton will be the losers here.

Yes his form dropped off after playing nearly every game for Everton and helping his country to win the African Nations cup, same as James Garner who never missed a minute of the league games all season.

I wish Ndiaye the very best of luck whoever he plays for next season— I hope it is with us.