Silva targets core squad of 25

I'd say Baningime, Dowell and Kenny are all as worthy of game time as Davies, Holgate and DCL, so to sign up to 5 of his own AND trim the squad to 22 outfield players requires a hell of a cull.

Such is the modern game.

Still one heck of a cull to limit it to roughly two players for every position.
Wonder when the squad numbers are released as that would give us a great indicator as to who is in his plans.

Good old Everton will have their excuse ready to appease the fans, like the world cup, the new stadium and that no suitors came in with the right bids for the dead wood.

However I am looking forward to seeing if Silva can motivate the players he chooses to keep. Let's hope he gets off to the kind of start that he had with Watford...

Another season of hope beckons and I will enjoy reading the many different polar views on here.

I use to be a optimist, but thanks to Everton FC and been educated by many toffee webbers I feel a bit more like my glass half full is running dry.

I think there is a general agreement on TW on those who should be shipped out and I would be surprised of Silva and Brands didn't have a similar view.

However, my own interest is in the young players he might include in his 25. I have high hopes for Dowell and Robinson; Kenny of course but it will be an interesting list once it has been honed to Silva's liking.

Surely that has to include young players going out on loan.

Hmm?

I'll happily bring a club in for Mr Mirallas and Mr Williams - perhaps dress them as seals, and hey presto - we'd have two less parasites to worry about.

I could then be appointed 'Club' Ambassador.

We'd get no money, and the only transfer would be me to Her Majesty's Pleasure, but surely it should be worth considering Mr Silva?

It is another way of saying

If you are not up to scratch and performing to the required standard you will be out.

Any player going through the motions or coasting will be out.

There will be no hiding place.

Pickford
Coleman
Gaye
Walcott
Richarlison
Sigggy

That's 6 players at best

Hence we need 5 players for a decent 1st team never mind a bit of squad depth

What an abject failure Walsh & Koeman were. Just think, we have still failed to sign a PROVEN and reliable goalscorer since Lukaku

He will know his core squad already. The ones on the outside of it can be trained by another coach like Jeffers or Ferguson.

We won't be buying 4 new players or selling 5 players before the window shuts. Silva will just have to get on with it like most of his predecessors.

GK - Pickford Stek other guy (can't remember his name
RB - Coleman, Kenny
CB - Keane, Holgate, Jags, Pennington
LB - Baines, Robinson
CM - Schneiderlin, Gueye, Davies, Sigurdsson, Dowell, Besic
LM - Richarlison, Lookman
RM - Walcott, Mirallas
CF - Tosun, Niasse, Calvert Lewin.

That leaves Williams, Martina, Klassen, Bolasie to sell
Browning, Galloway and Garbutt to leave somehow.
Vlasic, Connelly, Baningime on loan.

(I've cheated and kept 3 strikers in to make it 23 outfield players)

Then replace with better players as we see fit.

Easy!!!

Where did you see that Schneiderlin has categorically stated that he doesn't want to play for Everton? I can't find any evidence to that effect. His on field performances might make us think that way, but where has he actually said it?

That list has terrified me, especially at how toothless we look up front when it's on paper. Tosun is our only hope and from what I have seen of him he's bang average at best. We absolutely need a striker!

CB's are also shocking and if Pickford gets injured we are also in a right mess.

The good news is midfield seems OK for quality, but that's all we ever buy so why wouldn't it be?

The plus side is that we do have a good core of youth coming through who could benefit from a smaller squad. However this can only happen if we accept that we won't be challenging for anything this year, which I guarantee after one or two indifferent performances will not happen.

Anyway I am optimistic of us playing some good football this season and lets see where we are at seasons end, Nothing could be worse than FS in the dugout on opening.day Sorry for mentioning him wont happen again

The list of outs is pretty clear: Sandro, Bolasie, Klaassen, Mirallas, Besic, Williams, Martina. The futures of Schneiderlin (personally never want to see him ib our shirt again after downing tools last year), Lookman (really hope he stays), and younsters like Pennington, Galloway, Browning (not really a problem if we can't shift them) are all up in the air. While McCarthey's role in the squad is in doubt due to his injury proness (if he could return to the McCarthey of 3/4 years ago, that'd be a huge boost). Vlasic too may well be shifted, but feel he would be best served going on loan to a progressive championship side for 2/3 months. There is a talented player in there somewhere.

Also a key year for DCL and Davies (and to a lesser extent Holgate), this is the year for them to really step up and make their mark.

Only Everton could repeat the folly of such a disastrous management recruitment policy.

Management have known for a long time there's loads of deadwood to shift but we've only managed 2 so far (Robles contract ran out so wasn't exactly difficult to 'release' him). Not an easy task but would be amazed if we managed a further 3 this window let alone as many as they'd like. Not heard any mention of the likes of Williams, Niasse, McCarthy (injured), Martina, Mirallas, Sandro etc being on the move.

Only ones I can see are; Lookman (prob wants to leave), Bolasie (London clubs sniffing around) and Klaason (we are DESPERATE to get rid).

Sandro, no one who wants to buy him will pay him what we are, a loan makes sense.

Youngsters like Baningeme, Robinson, Williams and possibly Kenny should go out.

Besic, Schniederlin, Williams and Bolasie might be players who can be sold as they've shown they can play here in the prem.

Might sound harsh but Baines and Jags could possibly be moved out as I'd imagine they take 𧵎,000 a week between them and if we sign the two lads from Barca then surely we won't need our old stalwarts.

Miralas needs selling but we haven't exactly got clubs queuing up.

Klaassen looks like it's a done deal.

Galloway, Browning and Pennington possibly need moving on too.

You all mentioned that we only have till the end of the English transfer window on the 9th August to sell players. The window indeed shuts to English clubs buying players, but as the rest of Europe didn't agree to moving the deadline, we can still sell to clubs in Europe up until the end of August (apart from Italy).

Please read link below:

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It will be a hard push to shift that many even till the end of August without making some big payoffs – which will no doubt be the case for the likes of Sandro, for example.

That's 㾸M plus his wages blown.

Michael (#49), only Premier League clubs can afford to pay what we would like to get for those players. We might still get rid of many but will take a net loss on each of them the way we did with Klaassen.