Column 12comments | Jump to last This article may have been recategorised and is therefore no longer available at this URL. You can try to find the updated link in the article archive. Share article: Reader Comments (12) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Ray Robinson 1 Posted 18/05/2021 at 20:41:53 Great resumé Lyndon. He may turn out to be a fantastic acquisition in monetary terms but I never saw anything in him to suggest he would ever shine at Everton. An enigma! Brent Stephens 2 Posted 18/05/2021 at 20:54:28 Good piece. I watched the YouTube snippets (!!!) when we signed him and saw his goal scoring record, so was really hopeful. One of the biggest disappointments ever for me. Whatever the reasons for his failure initially with us, I wish him well whatever now happens. The money would be nice but I'd love to see him do it for us. Bill Watson 3 Posted 18/05/2021 at 20:58:27 He's done reasonably well in France but once you get past the top 3 or 4 sides that league is pretty much like the Scottish Prem crap! Barry Rathbone 4 Posted 18/05/2021 at 21:27:54 Never heard of him before he signed and wasn't impressed by his showreel he always looked on the edge of wrestling with the ball rather than mastering it. When he come on against City in Paris he had a golden opportunity to curl one into the top corner or at least hit the target but he hammered it horrendously into row z.Hoped he would do a "Rom" and become effective despite limitations but he lacks Rom's singlemindedness. Doubtless make a living in noddy leagues because he's not essentially a bad player just not as good as he thinks he is.Just hope we recover costs from PSG I'm not convinced we're quids in on the deal. Ted Donnelly 5 Posted 18/05/2021 at 22:40:11 Reminds me of Paulo Wanchope. Doesn't know what he's going to do with the ball himself...never mind us! Dale Self 6 Posted 18/05/2021 at 23:54:44 After what Carlo just said, I'll get his coat. Bill Hawker 7 Posted 19/05/2021 at 15:18:33 I often hear over here in America how the Premier League "isn't the best league in the world." Well, that's a false statement. I can count on one hand, the number of players who struggled or did ok in other European leagues only to come to the Premier League and light it up. I can give you numerous upon numerous examples of players who did well elsewhere, came to the Premier League, couldn't cut it, and then were loaned out or sold only to resume a reasonable form. There is no doubt that his league is the toughest in the world from top to bottom. There is no "easy day" or "home banker" during a league match as Sheffield United just recently demonstrated against us. It is rare that a player who isn't already world class comes to England and continues their upward trajectory. There is usually a bedding in period to get used to the speed and physicality of the league.Do I think Kean could eventually succeed in the Premier League? Yes I do. Do I think a club like Everton has the time to allow players to have time to adjust to the league for the prices we are typically paying? No, no I don't. We need players who can contribute now. Occasionally we can get "one for the future" but for where we are and what we're trying to accomplish, unfortunately for players like Kean, they need to hit the ground running. Sorry for the long rant. Jerome Shields 8 Posted 20/05/2021 at 05:14:13 Glad Walcott is gone. He did manage his career well financially and probably will get another move to The States, making sure in the meantime he is not injured. He could have really done better football-wise, but was comfortable with his lot. As for Kean, who wants out, he will be going for whatever they can get for him. His agent is not as good as Walcott's, his father putting his spoke in doesn't help, as does PSG's Champions League exit. He may be heading to Italy. Anyway, as a rule, I avoid the transfer woes of mid-summer. Tony Everan 9 Posted 20/05/2021 at 11:41:30 With Kean we had a player who was champing at the bit to play, but wasn't ready for the Premier League. He is still developing as a player and needed to adjust to the league's unforgiving nature. Managers can't afford players learning on he job anymore there's too much pressure, hence Kean didn't get any meaningful development time. Carlo and Moise were stuck in a Catch-22.If we get £40M then those 3 words, reinvest it wisely, are key to next season and our progress. We need the very best we can possibly get attacking wise down the right-hand side. Ancelotti and Brands will have to do there best work here to get the man in. We need more goals, assists and threat. I think the right player signed will go along way to making us a more balanced and organised side. More threat up front can alleviate stresses in midfield and defence by stretching play, making teams wary and creating more time to reorganise from attacking with pace into opposition territory.I am excited about this right-sided forward/winger coming in as I think it will be transformational if we get it right. Names being bandied around like Bailey or Diaby shows that, if there's any truth in it, then we are on the right track with the type of player we need. Alan J Thompson 10 Posted 20/05/2021 at 18:32:59 Should have loaned him to Brentford as they apparently do well with strikers but then he might have been distracted by the bright lights of London.Any chance our reserve striker at Blackpool could be next season's substitute striker? Can't see the odd few minutes as sub or League Cup games will seem attractive to anybody but anybody new should at least have only the one manager to worry about. James Flynn 11 Posted 21/05/2021 at 20:03:16 We're not "unsettled".We're entering Part II of building a squad. Carlo and Brands have their work cut out for them and that work should include retaining Kean for at least another season.He's on contract for another 3 seasons. He wants away? Tell him to do a "Gana" next season, instead of a "Lookman" and we'll re-look at his situation this time next year.If he's not good enough at Everton, he won't be good enough anywhere else, anyway. He DOES have potential and, so, worth keeping for now. Alan J Thompson 12 Posted 22/05/2021 at 18:58:42 James (#11); I think the point may be that he has done quite well at PSG and, with the talk of Neymar or Mbappe possibly moving to Spain, they might want a replacement. So, he has done quite well there (19 goals in 44 appearances) in both the French league and the Champions League and is it a case of why didn't he at Everton who may not qualify for any European competition – never mind Champions League. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads , placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails', target_type: 'mix' }); Find out how to browse ad-free and support ToffeeWeb © ToffeeWeb