Armando Broja looks forward to what he can bring when fit

Calvert-Lewin has lots of qualities, but I think Broja has the potential to become a much better player. We're unlikely to see him realise that potential this season — but hopefully it works out.

Still no clarity on his injury — which is really the only thing of any importance right now — just the usual platitudes:

“It's going well. Hopefully, I can be back as quick as possible. I think I'm going in the right direction.“

Good luck and welcome to the best club in the world!

His work rate will also be appreciated.

Just like Merseyside, there is a good standard of youth football down here.

Let's get him fit. The squad is looking a lot better and he will add to it.

I questioned why an Albanian from Slough would be revered in Romania but never found out? Any ideas?

I've spent quite a bit of time in Bucharest and never heard anyone mention him.

On a tangent, if anyone visits Romania, go to a city called Iasi. Beautiful city in the north of the country, surrounded by lakes and forests.

I'm looking forward to seeing this lad play. I have a good feel about him.

Hope we get to see the best of him after he comes back from injury. Beto will be let go next summer if we sign him on a permanent deal.

I see Leo Dubois, former French International, is still available on a free after being released by Galatasaray last week. He's a full-back who can play either side. A 1-year contract with an option to extend is surely worth a go. He's better than Young and will give Mykolenko a gee-up too.

Good luck.

Rumour is he will never play in the top flight again.

If the rumour is he will never play in the top flight again, then it won't cost us a penny.

More bullshit!

His recent injury and scoring record is really poor.

Ay, there's the dilemma, play well and score regularly, and Chelsea will want the full fee, or want to move you to someone, who will pay the transfer. Play unconvincingly and we may get a reduced deal, but may have another dud on our books!

I don't think Dyche's Stone, Paper, Scissors, or advice from Dumb and Dumber will yield anything positive in that direction.

If he gets fit and plays shit, we wave goodbye at the end of the season, having only paid his wages.

If he gets fit and bangs in plenty of goals, we have an instant replacement for Calvert-Lewin for £30zm (agreed purchase fee) which at today's prices is a steal.

Win-win for us, unless you're one of the TW doom-mongers.

Lot of games between now and November.

Let's hope we get what he showed at Southampton.

No real downside. A lot more games after November than before.

Hope he's the business but, as I've said many times, young players (under 23) who suffer repeated long-term injuries will struggle to be good players.

I'm not expecting much game time from him but I can see us paying the majority of his wage whilst he remains on the treatment table after making a 5 minute cameo.

The defence is still dodgy to say the least but hopefully Branthwaite's return will help solidify things… alas after the Villa game.

I think we can all put the meltdown last week as a one-off as they had played quite well until the last 10 minutes.

Does that mean he is okay for the Championship?

We sold him for decent money when our backs were up against the PSR wall...

What option would you have gone for?

Chelsea didn't rate Salah or De Bruyne so I'm hopeful they're just as mistaken about Broja. In fact I'd even settle for another Lukaku before his head got too big to fit through the dressing room door.

Armando, I hope you fully recover from your injury and you get the chance to display your talents to their fullest on the turf of Goodison Park. Welcome to Everton FC.

"Let's hope we get what he showed at Southampton."

Yes, let's! That would be, erm, 6 goals in 32 appearances.

To tell the truth, he was not very good. A lot of standing and not much running. He looked disinterested. I didn't know about the injury issue; he may have been less than 100%. I hope that's the reason.

Players can perform differently at different clubs.

As in, "Let's hope we get what he showed at Southampton."

I, for one, hope that he does massively better for us than he did at St Mary's with his impressive 6 goals in 32 appearances.

The "other" rumour I heard was that he (Broja) didn't fancy Ipswich so turned down the move and the "injury" excuse was issued by Ipswich in a face-saving exercise.

He has the assets; speed, strength and good technique but it remains to be seen whether he can put it all together consistently.

Not sure he will manage to oust DCL as first choice and he may have work to do even to be second pick.

A good option to have but I have some doubts as to how much he'll get to play unless we get some bad injuries.

The good news is that it allows us to surely send Chermitti out on loan in January to get games which he badly needs in order to continue his development.

I think Chermiti shows good potential. It would be better if he stays here and improves it.

Why move a young foreign lad around the country while he is still getting used to being here at Everton??

Young players need first-team minutes (and ideally starts) in order to progress and, if he's not going to get them at Everton, then he absolutely needs to get them elsewhere.

Look how much Branthwaite progressed in his time at PSV. Chermiti would benefit hugely from getting 10-15 match starts somewhere in the second half of the season.

I dunno how many matches he'd get to start ahead of Calvert-Lewin, Beto and Broja under Dyche. I'd expect him to go out on loan. If it goes well, then he begins to look like a real option for next season instead of spending £30M on Broja or someone else.

Maybe some day we'll sign a potent goalscorer instead of a potential goalscorer.

Even Nunez (£80M) and Hojlund (£70M) struggled to get double figures last season.

Very hard to buy a ready made goalscorer. Generally takes patience and development even if you have plenty of money.

Broja may have had 6 goals in 32 Premier League appearances but added another 3 in the 6 cup (1 in 4 in the FA Cup, and 2 in 2 in the EFL Cup) games he played also.

That's 9 goals in 38 games for a bad Southampton team that finished 1 point above us that year. This is all as a 19-year-old and the lad is now only 22. Perfect signing for our situation.

I can see where English flavor comes from if you read recipes like stats Frosty Ferry.

If you saw him play, you'd realize he has that Richarlison fire too. He will be loved.

Let's give the lad a chance and then we can judge him.

I agree with Dave Abrahams on Chermiti. Keep him here and introduce him into the team. He has shown potential.

The squad has more depth now. The manager needs to use them. The only area that still concerns me is midfield.

I've always said you need all of the strikers at the club to score goals — not just one or two.

Even in Moyes's era, you'd have Yakubu who was the main man, for example, then you'd have subs like McFadden, Vaughan, Anichebe and probably in his second season Johnson — all capable of coming in and getting you 5, 6 or 7 goals each respectively.

These days, there is too much reliance on one striker and not enough comes from the squad strikers.

Why keep Chermiti here if we have 3 other strikers? It wouldn't benefit him or us.

If Dyche was planning on playing him more than last season, then why get Broja? We're not playing in Europe and we usually play a lone striker, we don't need 4 strikers so Chermiti looks very unlikely to get much game time.

Sat on our bench, he misses out on the chance to develop and becomes a diminishing asset. If he goes on loan and scores 10 goals in Portugal or Holland or the Championship, then he doubles in value and gains vital experience and confidence. Look at what the loan did for Branthwaite.

I don't understand the reasoning for keeping him as a 4th striker?

Is there any chance we will start playing 2 frontmen at the same time, with the other 2 coming off the bench most games?

If we get to Christmas and he's basically back of the queue behind 3 fit and fully functional goalscorers, then I'd be comfortable with him getting game time and development elsewhere.

At the moment, I'm not sure he won't have plenty of game time for us.

As soon as Broja is fit, whenever that may be, contact with potential loan clubs should be made and the lad sent out to a club where he is going to get valuable minutes, and starts, so that he can develop whilst we are in the fortunate position of having a choice of strikers to call upon. I can't remember when that last was, but it is an opportunity we shouldn't miss.

Let's see if Broja gets fit and go for it then.

I just really rate him and want him to become a real player with us. I think that is less likely to happen if his development stalls through lack of playing time sat around waiting for the odd 4 minutes where Dyche throws on a third striker.

Short term we use Beto and hope he can show enough to get our money back.

Can not see Beto in our plans past his existing deal.

I'm another one ready to be proved wrong.

File under let's wait and see but unlikely.

Where did you read saviour??

Mitrovic is also a target man who weighs 15-20 lbs more than Broja, they aren't the same type of player. (That's about 6-9 kilos for you Paul)

Mitrovic is also a target man who weighs 15-20 lbs more than Broja, they aren't the same type of player. (That's about 6-9 kilos for you Paul) ?????????????? Relevance? That's a question.

There's really no comeback from 6/32 in the PL and 2 goals against mighty Newport, is there, quite honestly?

He is only 22 so he has time on his side. I don't think he's particularly spectacular, and this is borne out by him coming to Everton, surely?

We're shite, we're bottom of the Premier League and we've struggled for years. He didn't exactly have the pick of teams vying for his services.

We're desperate for numbers, so here he is. Injured.

I agree, let's wait and see until after his hopeful recovery. Hope all is well with you and yours.

I'm surprised (not sure really…) that we went back for him but I truly wish him the best and I hope he returns to his Southampton form. In my memory, he was a season-long sensation but, in reality, it was probably just a 2-month purple patch?

I will never judge a player on an international tournament again but was disappointed with his showing. Glad he didn't blame injuries though.

What exactly is this "misinformation" that I — oh dear, "ignorantly or maliciously" 😃👍 — spread around like a poisoned oil slick, Col? Would it be, Broja 6 goals in 32 Saints league appearances or his 2 goals against mighty Newport?

nb: I hope you're noting that others have had one or two questions for you. I don't want to hog your limelight,

Okay, shall we say we're not very good these days instead of shite? Gentler but with the same outcome!

I'm good by the way, thanks for asking. Hope all's well with you and yours too, mate. I'm even flying high in the FPL for a change!

I think near the end of last season, Chermiti was getting more game time than Beto and is a better player than Beto is now, just my opinion.

Now you're stating 8 and forgetting or not realizing he scored another in the FA Cup vs West Ham. But instead, you harp about how bad Newport are and scoring 2 in your debut isn't enough.

Thats misinformation. I'm not sure you're intent but it's suspect.

I've even caught you in the live forum going after dyche for not putting Onana in the box on corners. Onana was in the box all the time. It's a pattern with you.

Like many, Chermiti's reputation grows with every game he misses.

Okay, Col, you did not meet the challenge. You have confirmed that none of my information was incorrect (there was no need to mention West Ham in the context, by the way, they are somewhat more storied than lowly Newport).

I'm done with this silliness. Consider yourself swatted. One last thing, it seems a tad desperate to mention a single comment from the LF, if indeed I did post that, and my advice would be to let it go.

No more words.

Have a nice day CC!

Where did you read saviour??

I'll be here to keep you in check with your nonsense.

Yes, I think that's probably true about Beto and Chermiti last season. But add Broja to the mix and I just don't see him getting much time.

If Dyche fancies him and plans to play him, then that's different but I just don't wanna see his development stalling on our bench as I do think there's some real potential there (though he's probably not ready to be a Premier League starter yet).

I am not even remotely convinced that Beto or Chermiti have what it takes to succeed as Premier League players.

Beto lacks grace and poise but might end up proving something of a useful nuisance in the 18-yard box. His link-up play is too short of what is required though; I think he's technically a very below-average footballer.

Chermiti has done very little so far but, for some reason, has got a few fans excited. I cannot see it myself — or not yet anyway. I remember watching him for the Under-21s once, and he scored a brace (a penalty and a tap-in after a defensive mix-up) but I thought he was one of the least impressive players on the pitch. So I am putting no eggs in either of their baskets, and I don't expect either to be here in two season's time.

A fit Broja might prove to be an option but my hunch is that Thelwell merely sees Broja as cheapish cover for the season, especially if we are forced to sell Calvert-Lewin in the January window.

The option of signing Broja at the end of the season for £30 million? He would have to score 10 goals in 20 games for that to even become a consideration, and I doubt that is going to happen. Broja is a stopgap and an insurance policy.

This club knows all about 'bull' — we've been covered in it for long enough!

There are other factors at Everton that affect players playing: the basket-case running of the club and a manager under pressure with survival mode on permanently.

We can consolidate the defence when Branthwaite returns. Personally I'd also give Virginia a few games, if only to reward his patience and keep Pickford on his toes.

Let's put the first three games behind us and learn from them. The squad has enough options now, to bench Doucoure, Keane, McNeil, Harrison, Young and others who've failed to find consistent form.

Dyche should seize the initiative with a new exciting permutation that will see us climb the table, playing the attractive football which dominated Bournemouth until that disastrous 10 minutes.

But, as others have mentioned, McNeil and others ran out of steam and should have been subbed rather than leave them on. I saw enough to make me believe that we now have players who can play the football we'd like to watch.