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I would like to start a debate about the general presumption that brining in loads of new faces to a team will work immediately. Why do people assume that throwing money at a situation (by this I mean buying 7 or 8 players) will suddenly make a team the best in the world?

When I was at school and a new player was brought to our team, they would have to start by standing on the sideline. Then if the team was winning they never got a chance, which was only fair to the current squad of lads and an easy decision for the manager to make ? don?t fix something that ain?t broken and all that. The new player would get to know the lads and impress the manager enough in training to persuade him to give him a couple of appearances as a sub, say. If after this initial period the player had settled in, tried hard and played well enough would they be given a start. The decisions would be harder for the manger if 6 new players where signing on for the new season as the manager would not know their style of play or how they would fit in to the team / system. The transformation in the second instance would obviously take longer as there are more lads in the equation. Now I know this is a primitive example, but take a look at Spurs; they finished 5th last year, which you could say was a good season. So basically the players that they had did OK. Why therefore does Jol think that by releasing a load and bringing a load in that they will do better? (£16m for Bent is ridiculous I know?!!!!) Surely the transformation needs to be smooth; yeah get rid of fringe players that never contributed last year but keep the nucleus of the team that you had. Put the newer players on the bench and make them WANT to win their place; make them hungry for it; make them earn the right for a place in your team and at the same time reward the hard work the players from the previous year by keeping that team intact ? at first. If a player can swan in and out of a team, how does that look to the long-term squad members and the players that try and work for the club? There are injuries and players wanting to leave that you can?t account for of course, but you get my point.

What I am trying to say is that admittedly Moyes dithers sometimes, but all he wants are players that want to play for Everton and put the effort in to win games for our club. He won?t be robbed or pushed in to buying players he doesn?t want or need. This I think shows that he is a strong character.

Yes, we do need players but we are now bidding and hopefully Moyes will get his men. Have some patience and make your mind up after a few months eh? I think he knows what he is doin??
Andy Callan, North Shields     Posted 16/08/2007 at 12:01:48

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