The Everton Forum • Re: The Rebuild
Yes we do need youth, and good footballers, (a number of them), we haven't for some time had both, that's hopefully obvious,... but we will actually need a mix in the rebuild.We've got the oldest or 2nd oldest squad in the Prem, as we have for the last 2/3 years.
The absolute last thing we need is experience. We have loads of experienced players who are pretty shit at football. We need good younger players.
Our 3 oldest (by far) players will be leaving/wont be playing, and 9, potentially 10 of our oldest 12 (all 28+) will be too, leaving Tarkowski and Pickford to argue it out on the pitch, and the 'heart of a lion but voice of a mouse' Gana. That doesn't fill me with confidence. No one to 'scruff a game' or motivate others at least.
We don't necessarily need experience per se, but we do the leadership qualities (that the like of which Young, Begovic and to some extent Coleman don't really seem to possess anyway). We might think Coleman has, but he's all we've had for so long, and seems to me to be a reluctant leader in a vacuum... (cue all and sundry thinking I'm having a shot at Coleman).
And I know this is referencing ancient history, and it isn't really my point at all, but it interested me to find out that when Hansen said "you can't win anything with kids", 40% of that team were all over 29!
Statistics: Posted by Cods — Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:02 pm