Everton seal signing of young Swiss forward

However, if as reported that this signing is all the business we will be doing in the January window, then I will be really angry if we sell Naismith without immediate replacement.

Bringing in untried youngsters who will not be part of the rest of this season is OK if we retain our squad. But if Naismith who has value is allowed to leave then we are surely a weaker squad. We now have Cleverley, McCarthy and Coleman injured from the defence and midfield. No one is sure about Lukaku's knock yet.

Once more we are taking chances before we strengthen...what is up with this boardroom ?

Can we afford to really sell Naismith this month now?.

If we could get him on a Lukaku-style loan and nab him in the summer it would look a pretty impressive and more balanced front line.

How on earth would you know? I'm completely with you that we need to sign striking cover for Lukaku but I'm encouraged to see us landing this kind of highly-regarded talent at a young age.

We've done a great job of scouting fantastic young defensive talent here in England but haven't picked up many gems from the Continent, in part because it's harder to get them to relocate and the German clubs tend to have closer ties. If this is the start of us getting this kind of player in young and cheap, then I'm all for it.

Besic, Galloway and Deulofeu all have something else in common; they are exceptionally strong characters.

I wouldn't be surprised if the same goes for Foulds, Rodriguez and this lad. Welcome to the club.

Apparently a report in Germany from his time at Dortmund suggests he is rather weak mentally, hence why the Germans were happy to send him back.

I don't have qualms with all these future prodigies but if we really want to get anywhere anytime soon we need players in their 20's, experienced who have either plied their trade in the Premier League or in the top leagues abroad and have some pedigree.

But he is part of the 'Martinez Project' so will have a couple of seasons to prove his worth.

Anyway, this 5'-9" lad is a secondary striker in the Kone / Naismith mould. Average speed, average strength but quite skilful with an eye for goal. Of course, the chief scout and Martinez can see things in him that we can't. His intelligence and character being top of the list.

He is also dead right about Martinez giving him individual coaching. Besic went the same route and has spoken about it. How Martinez helped him build up his physical strength and coached him for the No 6 role. We all saw the results against City although the No 6 role will not be properly implemented till McCarthy returns and Barry is allowed to be subbed after 60 minutes or so.

We now have competition between Henen, Leandro Rodriguez and Shani Tarashaj with Unsworth and Joe Royle searching for Academy lads to better them. In all my years, I've never known such a buzz around the youngsters. Most will move to smaller clubs but hopefully one or two will make it with Everton.

I watched the England U19s not so long ago. We had both fullbacks, Kenny and Connolly with Ledson coming on in midfield for the 2nd half. The rich clubs had no-one. Our boys excelled and Connolly was MotM.

Fully behind Martinez in building for the future by buying young and developing them to play in the club style – it was a decent strategy for Arsenal.

There's always a richer club trying to buy your finished articles (Ronaldo, Bale, Suarez), so just make sure you've got more coming through.

Unless we've got money to burn, we can't buy a Lukaku every window.

We now, unlike previously to be sure, have what I would deem a "business plan." We're buying young and affordably – kids who our scouts and manager feel have the quality to rise to the next level. They either make it with us, get sold for one hell of a profit, or get discarded with very, very little economic exposure.

We're creating a production line. It's absolutely fantastic business, fantastic business acumen, and a fantastic way for a club our size to move forward.

Long, long may this type of signing continue and if you can't see more than the next game into the future opposed to 3 to 5 years ahead, I suppose you won't understand this approach and will be underwhelmed.

Not me.

What about my main point? If Naismith is allowed to go, should we not have a signing in place before letting him go?

I see this kid from Albania as perhaps future potential but not ready for the first team until he has spent some time with us at the end of the year. Even then he may not make it.

Henen is with Fleetwood so is out of the picture. Holgate and Foulds look good and both have English league. experience and are more ready to play.

If we let Naisy go before we sign someone ready for the first team then I find this ridiculous.

The club's financial position compared to even a few years ago is absurd in comparison. And having some of these players break through will keep it that way, even if the Premier League money bubble bursts at some point.

It's not exciting he's staying with Grasshopper. I agree. And digressing, what kind of fucking name is that for a football club??

It's exciting we have a plan which adheres to a "conveyor belt of potential and young talent."

Regarding Naismith he's got to go. I love the guy but he's not playing and we'll do better to save on his wages and sign young kids like we've done with Tara.

I don't see the criminality of letting go of Naismith. Emotionally I've never seen a guy work as hard and I love him. But our lineup is just fine without him.

If Lukaku got injured and was out for weeks, I personally feel we're no worse off with Kone leading the line than Naisy. I'm also entirely comfortable with Mirallas popping up top. Holgate would work fine in a pinch.

The thrust of my post is the approach now being taken by Everton. It's one eye to the future. We really are buying well – it's like prospecting. And some of these lauded kids will come good. I think it's a fantastic business model for us. And Tara is a shining example of that.

I think he'll be used more as wing that comes inside and links or 10 rather than an out an out striker

Of course if we had a long term injury to Lukaku we might struggle a bit – but Naismith is hardly a like for like replacement anyway and I think we have enough talent in Kone and Mirallas who are just as effective as Naismith.

Of course what we really need now is a replacement for Kone as a more reliable back for Lukaku – but going back a few seasons we would have been delighted with Kone leading the line, back then it was Jelavic, and before Jelavic... Count Dracula??, Tim Cahill/Fellaini pressed into service? We've come along way boys.

Pity we couldn't get Demerai Gray from Birmingham.

I am sick of us letting players leave before bringing players in. I want us to use the money that was not spent on Yarmolenko on a player ready for the first team.

But if he's an, erm, "fox in the box" who's he playing with? We must play one up front at every age group?

He's a player I'd love us to sign too and mentioned a few times on he forum. I think he fits the brief for a Martinez signing (a young rising star with bags of potential) we've been credited as one of the clubs who will be in for him. And like Sam Byram, he's in the last season of his contract so only a development fee to pay this summer.

The way Rom's playing I think the possibility of him leaving is pretty certain unless we actually win a cup and the mooted American takeover happens.

I think Embolo could potentially be a good replacement for Rom if he was to leave. But whether he goes or not, I think Dembele should also be signed whatever the outcome.

That's Bobby for you. A fine scout and youth development coach who finds himself managing a Premier League team. A man for one-off successes in cups but not for consistent competitiveness.

I hope he gets it all joined up and urgently. That would be nice.

I actually saw more to like watching this kid coolly slot them in than I did watching Yarmolenko with all his fancy step-overs, turns and drag backs.

If he's got the right attitude (and that certainly seems to be something that most of Bobby's signings have in common), then I have high hopes that we will see him banging them in at Goodison in the 2016-17 season.