Koeman: 'Everything will be fine' in terms of signings

It's understandable and not the manager's fault if the deal doesn't materialise, as there is a huge clamour for these type of players, usually moreso after an international tournament.

There's also the haggling with agents over various clauses, right down to an extra serving of pudding if he eats his vegetables!

Getting the current lot fit, playing in position and motivated might be worth 3 or 4 elevated league placings alone.

A properly fit and organised first team should easily be challenging for top 6. Assuming nobody leaves we have cover in every position, except maybe up top (although I'd like to see what Tarashaj brings) and in the goalkeeper position so in my view we don't need masses of signings.

Personally I'd like to see a bit more trust placed in youth. The likes of Davies, Pennington, Galloway, Connolly, and Dowell all look like first-teamers already and being young should be looking to give everything to be in the first team. If they can have good pre-seasons, Koeman has form for selecting youth so they'll hopefully get their chances.

As for your crack about "cloud cuckoo land" - well, why bother, really? I look forward to a day when we can debate these points without snide comments like that. In saying this I am recalling the absolute shit-storm of abuse I and others experienced for opposing the appointment of ... Sr. Martinez.

We undoubtedly need a new starting GK, I am surprised this has not been addressed yet.

We clearly need to replace the likes of Stones and Lukaku if they leave.

I'd also argue that we need a top class CM, striking cover and possibly a starting LM/LW depending on what Koeman thinks he can get out of Mirallas/Tarashaj.

Did some of you miss the above paragraph, or simply choose to ignore it?

The only ones in Cloud Cuckoo Land are those who misread / misinterpret / extrapolate a point beyond its intent. But then this wouldn't be ToffeeWeb without the odd nark in the park, would it?

This season is one of transition for me. Build a good base and kick on from there. Success won't come overnight.

The other area I believe needs strengthening is centre mid as I think Barry will be off the pace this year but I can see him plugging gaps at the back. Also McCarthy suffered with the same niggling injuries last season.

I don't think we need to panic buy for the sake of spending money. Let Koeman get a good look at what he has see if we have gaps (in his opinion) then target who we want and not who agents want us to have. We now have the finances to be that clinical.

1) I agree with the more optimistic here. We have lost Howard admittedly. Out of the others mentioned, only Osman had anything like a decent role in last years' squad. In Davies I think we have someone who can have a similar impact as Osman did last year anyway in being back up for the first team at 18.

2) I do think we need a goalkeeper. My preference would be for Begovic out of those mentioned who are likely to sign (i am not sure Forster or Butland are in that camp this season. I think Schmeichel is no better than Begovic and more expensive anyway). We do have two goalkeepers in the squad though. I would rather wait for the number one choice in this department, even if it means a few weeks more, than take second best.

I also think we need a new LM and CM. Again though, it isn't as if we haven't got a decent team in the meantime. 'Marry in haste, repent at leisure' springs to mind.

3) Stones and certainly Lukaku have gone nowhere yet. Cross that bridge when you come to it.

4) I do think that we have a good squad and Koeman will improve them anyway simply by being there. Our problem last year wasn't lack of talent. It was lack of tactical nous and belief in the management. I see no change in this.

I'd be willing to spend the most on Butland! He is ready now, and is only going to improve.

If Martinez does get the Hull job – and here's hoping – maybe Ronald Koeman can try offloading the likes of Robles, Gueye, Cleverley, Gibson, Barry, McCarthy and especially, McGeady, Kone and Niasse onto him.

Hull should be guaranteed up to 8 or 9 goals a season shared between Kone and Niasse with McGeady supplying the crosses!

Well of the players listed, 4 hardly played at all last season so it's they won't be missed and Stekelenburg is better than Howard. Stones and Lukaku are still here, for now. As mentioned above we also have at least 2-3 players stepping up from the academy to the first team.

I agree we need to sign players to improve but 2-3 quality signings should be enough to start with as the squad size is okay, assuming the rest of the squad are fitter and better drilled than they were by Martinez.

As for Everton and Koeman and Walsh. I would rather that they took their time. Identify proper targets, no knee jerk signings. Bring in players that are going to add something to what we already have, improve the squad... grasp the Everton ethos. (Simply understand the history and what the club means to the supporters).Does Lukaku even know our history? Or am I expecting too much from modern footballers.

We can all name poor Everton signings. Our buys from Russia have been poor. We bought some utter rubbish in the early 1980s and 90s and what was buying Harper and Belfitt all about in the 70s? Different times, I know but Everton have a long history of poor signings. So I have no problem with Koeman having a good look at our youngsters and all our players before looking to dip into the crazy crazy transfer market. Let's not add any crazy money to some leech of an agents pockets until we identify a proper target. Let's get everything right. Well that's the theory.

I have to agree with trying to get Butland in. That would be a great signing. Restore our tradition of have a great keeper at the club..this lad could be a top top keeper for the next ten years. WTF was Martinez playing at with his selection of keepers? We should have signed Butland a few years ago but there again we should have done a lot of things differently a few years ago. Let's get everything right now.

We need to inspire our own, plug weak areas and make a statement...

Koulibaly, Butland, Schneiderlin, Slimani. Introduce youth, sell Stones, Niasse etc and keep Lukaku... Simple.

Our attack is fine. They always scored under Martinez. Any team would be happy with Lukaku, Deulofeu, Barkley, Mirallas, McCarthy (the £30M rated version), Schneiderlin, Besic, Lennon and possibly Slimani.

The last 3 years we always scored goals and played well against the top sides. We just had a confused, soft manager who couldn't coach defense and who couldn't set up a Monopoly board.

Just want to add that I'm an optimist but i'm completely uninspired with the arrival of Walsh. Everybody is riding Ranieri's bandwagon. Ranieri's arrival tightened up and propelled Leicester City, not Walsh. Measure the man since 2011 not since Ranieri's arrival and brilliant man management. Leicester will be fine without Walsh.

Where was the praise for Walsh in 2014-15. 41 points and Vardy's 5 goals in 36 games. 'Oh he will find us bargain basement talent...' So did Moyes. Doesn't make him good enough to be our DoF.

Brave new world. From Monchi to Walsh. If you want to Orchestrate the London Philarmonic you hire Hans Zimmer not P. Diddy. Here's hoping that at least Koeman's the former.

Waiting for them to shove my words down my throat and win something like a true Awakening Giant. I guess over time we will see, but I hope we don't waste the money like Andres Villas-Boas.

Whilst I'm hopeful some of the kids become great Everton players, there's nothing in the present squad that makes me think the top four is achievable.

I trust RK to add to the squad wisely and expect us to be harder to beat next season as a result of his management. If we can close games out successfully and win more home games then we should be in for a better season.

Or do we take our time and sign the players we need at the correct price meaning we go with what we've got for a while? Either way I'm happy to trust Moshiri and Koeman – however frustrating it is!

I'm not fully advocating this but could a cheeky bid for Rooney be the statement to attract other players – huge salary yes, past his best yes but would attract good attention and let's face it improve the team whilst selling lots of merchandise and improving our standing to other suitable players?!

Interesting times ahead! I will continue to log into ToffeeWeb 20-30 times a day hoping for news!

The other point to take into account is Koeman isn't going to make wholesale changes in his first season, he will give the majority of the squad atleast one season. As mentioned already Koeman will get these players back on track and that in itself should elevate us up a few places higher in the table come the end of the season.

We don't necessarily need big names & big egos to make us better – and therefore an "uninspiring" target, such as Gueye, who puts in the hard work and has the right attitude, might just be a bit better, in Koeman's system.

They're just names on a screen.

Managers have scouts out there working on these deals, because A) all of the above matters, and B) the many millions being quoted is actually real money and not a computer game.

Gueye for example is clearly a quality player, who was playing in a shit Villa side last year - comparable to Kante who just went to Chelsea for a lot more cash. The kid obviously has the right mentality, otherwise we wouldn't be in for him.

As for all the other players quoted in the press, and then regurgitated on here......see above.

I have no problem with the way things are going - look before you leap. Everton may have cash to spend, but so does everyone else.

His targets may not be unreasonable but the prices he's attaching to them certainly are.

The likes of Baines, Coleman, Mirallas, Mori, Deulofeu, Jagielka and Barkley are quality players who should be better than last term under RK. Left out Stones and Lukaku as I think they will be sold but will be replaced. We'll hopefully add 2-3 others so that'll be a decent first team plus the youngsters coming through. Other senior players we have are ok to pad out the squad.

Won't win the league anytime soon but Rome wasn't built in a day. RK can't change the whole side in one summer.

This won't happen under Koeman. As far as I can tell, he expects the 10 outfield players to press across the pitch, so we will hopefully see the likes of Barkley putting his foot in.

We were 19th out of 20 teams for interceptions last season, so that tells you all you need to know about our workrate off the ball. A new start for everyone, but we will still end this transfer window with at least 5 new signings.

Despite more money being available I think Koeman will be cautious initially as I believe he has to weed out some of the ''undesirables'' at Goodison (in his opinion).

Things may indeed start to happen between now and the end of August so let's not get too excited about a lot of trash media reports.

GK - New / Robles / Stekelenberg
DR - Coleman / New / Connolly / Kenny
DL - Baines / Galloway / Oviedo / Garbutt
DC - Stones / Jagielka / Funes Mori / New / Browning
DM - McCarthy / Besic / Barry / Cleverley / Davies / Gibson (plus Gueye...?)
AM - Barkley / New / Tarashaj / Dowell
WA - Deulofeu / Mirallas / Lennon / New / McGeady
ST - Lukaku / New / Niasse / Kone

I would rather we took our time and not get dragged into silly season. With a new keeper if nothing else, there's the basis of a decent starting eleven with moderate cover until Koeman has figured the full squad out.

In terms of business, I'd say we need a first choice GK, a backup right back, a backup centre half, a rotation attacking midfielder, a rotation wide attacker and a rotation striker. Six players, only one of them desperately needed before the start of the season.

Obviously that gets added to if Stones and/or Lukaku go, but we'll get hefty fees for them to replace them.

Koeman has done this at Southampton before and they always punched above their weight, so I'm still quietly hopeful.

Obviously if Stones and Lukaku go then replacements are needed, but talk of them going is still media conjecture and hype at the moment.

They simply put it around that we're interested and ready to make a move... next thing the player signs a greatly improved contract... and the agent scores too!

I hope we take it as seriously as possible and play hard to win.

Koeman as things stand IMO is worth an extra 10 points next season and if he says be patient signings are coming then thats exactly what he means.

We can put forward as many names as we want on a wishlist but there are a large number of factors in any deal.

Does the player want to come to us?

Does his agent want him to come to us?

Is he the right fit for what we want and need?

Are his wage demands reasonable and will not upset the status quo?

Has he got the right personality that will not break the harmony in the camp?

Is the fee being demanded sensible (stupid question I know)?

We have to trust RK and Steve Walsh to do the right thing and take us forward.

It upsets me that there are already Evertonians knocking Steve Walsh. FFS lads he is one of us now and has only been here 2 weeks.

We should only buy players who will make us better. If we buy a right back, it should be someone who has Seamus Coleman worried for his first team place. If we only want a back-up then Connolly, Kenny, Stones, Tom Davies, Pennington, Browning and Mason Holgate have got it covered (throw in McCarthy, Besic and Lennon if you like).

Stekelenburg will probably end up as a back-up, but at time of signing is a serious contender for the no.1 jersey. All new signings must be serious contenders or they're not worth buying.

Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will Everton's reputation. COYB

So if Koeman gets the players properly fit and can do even a slightly better job tactically than Bobby did then we will be much better off this season.

Assuming that Stones and Lukaku stay (it's looking more likely that Lukaku will stay) then I would say that perhaps we need another striker to challenge/partner Lukaku and possibly a GK. We have plenty of youth players coming through, Galloway, Pennington, Davies, Garbutt, Dowell (Dowell looks quality to me) to name a few.

Koeman has form for selecting youth so I hope these lads get a decent pre-season under their belts to challenge the first-teamers to up their performances. Maybe a marquee signing in CM would lift the squad a bit but I don't believe it's absolutely necessary given that we have Mo, McCarthy and Barry available...not to mention psycho-eyes if he can stay fit for any period of time. I'm not convinced by Idrissa Gueye (even if it's based on his surname alone).

I can't think of a single Villa player let alone one I'd want us to buy ;-) Plus I hear that Tarashaj looked in decent nick last night. I thought he was a striker but from comments I've seen he looks like a decent no.10. So all in all I feel we have a bit more strength in depth from youth rather than from "big names" and I would hope that the youth players would be a bit more hungry than perhaps established big name players would be.

Blow all of the money on Koulibaly – the man's a rock. You could put my aunt Nellie in goal because Koulibaly and Funes Mori would give us the best central defense in the Premier League.

Think it's inevitable things will go on well into August, other teams working out the same problems, who's staying who's going... there isn't a lot of movement period currently, let alone incoming to EFC.

We're probably already in the "they'll pay extra for so and so" category, so it's a case of more patience I'm afraid.

I'm inclined to believe RK knows who he really wants and will have a realistic opportunity of getting them. We are fishing upstream now, but there'll be bargains for those who don;t just check "who's for sale.com".

IMHO we need . 1st choice GK, no.10 & striker..leave the rest for now.

NSNO.

May I introduce you to Mr. Gareth Clarke @ 22.

Black - Kettle -Pot. I always get them confused.

Only joking... Have a goodnight mate.

The future's bright, the future's Orange (and Blue)

This season will be a season of transition, so I hope the fans give him the time to spend the money wisely, and not all of it in the next 2 weeks (panic buys like Niasse etc).

Pace and bite in midfield is required. Last season was not all about Martinez. Some players failed to step up. It may take a season or two to see Koeman's team.

I think I am right in saying Klopp at Anfield was doing no better than Rogers on the field months after he had joined Liverpool, it was what he was doing on the training pitches and preparing for the next few seasons was what will count, the same will apply to our new manager.

Eh ?

Name the club.
Quote the price.

When you can, then fine.

Otherwise, it carries as much weight as . . .

"Everton to build new stadium in hollowed-out volcano. Farhad Moshiri strokes white, deaf, blue-eyed tomcat!"

Patience is required as he assesses the situation but I have a feeling that, by the end of August when the true nature of the transfer merry-go-round unfolds, Koeman will have the additions that he has concluded we need at that given time.

I read today that Chelsea have upped their bid for Rom to £68 million and if true then it will be hard to prevent the move. I don't want him to leave but, if his heart is set on going, then so be it. Same with Stones unfortunately but I do think that, given his age and potential for development, we should hold out for more than what Man City are currently offering.

I cannot see Mr Koeman being mugged off by anybody – so keep the faith!