Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: What will he bring to Everton?

Now realise there are two threads devoted to his signing.

Bit in the dark over the lad’s attributes but hopefully he’s another positive step in the creation of a significantly better squad.

Great buy.

It will be interesting to see if he starts against Leeds.

I'm looking forward to seeing appear on Saturday. It's a friendly, so we won't be judging him on that. It will interesting to see how Moyes uses him. Given the amount of football he's played over the summer, he's already had a pre-season.

I'm also looking forward to finding mine and my son's stone on the Everton Way behind the South Stand, as well as my late best mate's, who his family arranged and want me to take a photo.

PS: Salad and De Bruyne struggled at Chequesea - no pressure.

Now for a right Winger, please eh?

Hackney to Ipswich not gone through. Lavia at Chelsea on loan?

Id be surprised if Douglas Luiz is still being pursued. 5-ft 9-in, he's a similar size to Gana, Dewsbury-Hall, whilst Garner is physically slight.

I hope Grealish goes to Napoli and we sign Dibling, giving us lots of pace and threat upfront.

It will be interesting to see who of Ndiaye, Alcaraz and McNeil doesn't make the starting line-up (as the two wide in a front three), and that is before we have signed a genuine right winger. We may see Ndiaye move central in the way Richarlison always wanted to.

On Sunday's showing, Garner and Gueye look a good partnership at 6/8.

If we can get the right side sorted now, I'd happily wait for the end of window bun fight over loanees and freebies to bolster the volume.

Is he back?

Are we in for anybody called Windy Miller?

I'm beginning to lose track!

To be blunt, I think he or his agent have grossly over-estimated his worth and got their timing wrong (the injury he had last winter won't have helped his value).

Dewsbury-Hall is a very good signing, a proper quality EFL player at a very attractive price by today's standards.

Call me greedy. Reports suggest both could still happen so all is not lost.

The Grealish thing could make a fair bit of sense. I've always thought he's the type of person and player who does better when he's the star of he show. Which he was never going to be at Man City but at Everton he would be.

He can stay in the North-West and he might just light up Bramley-Moore Dock with a group of youngsters around him. He'd be a senior player with bags of experience and still surely has plenty to offer at 29 (despite the alleged off field antics).

We need a star name, an elite name for an elite stadium, as Moyes said. I'm all for it. We'd also get lots of free kicks and have loads of creativity. Isn't Barry 6'7? Free kicks and crosses all day long.

We already have one in Garner!

I suspect that there are still some doubts about Charly. From what I have seen to date, his overall contribution to the team is still in question.

I don't think he presses high when we don't have the ball; I don't think he works hard enough in defence; maybe okay going forward. So for me the jury is still out, hence the short-term contract.

We had Mangala as well last season.

With still more than 3 weeks left, this helps us complete other business. Other talents (wink wink, Jack, love yer hairband) will consider Dewsbury-Hall a reliable teammate and think Everton are serious. It also shows those greedy bastard Saints that they've overplayed their hand, hopefully.

Now go get a right-winger and right-back along with another midfielder, then things will be looking up!

I can just see Barry asking where the crosses are? Moyes says to him, "You need a winger who beats his man and crosses the ball from the wing for that, and we just don't got none."

Grealish played on the left wing, has to stop, come inside or pass the ball back. We need a right winger, play him on the right and then we have a right winger, justifying the high wage.

By not having to buy a right winger, because Grealish is played on the right, see? Otherwise, leave some other mugs to pay him an obscene wage.

Dibling is reported to be training away from the first team, but not banned by the manager.

And La Gazzetta Dello Sport reports the Douglas Luiz saga may go right up to September 1, with Everton, Forest and Hammers all still in the mix.

What we need now is three more players to play in the ‘3' of the 4-2-3-1. We currently have 3 at the club at all, so don't have the options from the bench that can make all the difference to a result.

For those arguing over whether we should get Dibling or Grealish, the reality is that we need both and then one more on top. Add the right back we all want and that means we're currently 4 away from a half decent squad. I suspect 2 of those 4 may now be loans, which I'm okay with.

Most wide players play on the 'wrong' side these days though, don't they? Nobody really plays with old school wingers.

I must admit I've barely watched any football since last season and I have a pitiful memory but I seem to recall the fashion these days is for exactly what you've just described.

Crosses still come into the box when players check back inside, but either way I'd still like us to sign Grealish (and yes, I'm almost always in the minority!)

(Apart from Mike!)

He's not a crossing winger. He's a slow the defender down type, that nips inside to shoot, or play a 1-2, or go down outside for a cut back.

Pau, won't Dibling have to stop to cross it in? He's left-footed but plays from the right?

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