Thought Buckley did well enough when he came on, he really can ping a brilliant long range pass.. More telling though was he came on in the second batch of subs.. I'd rather keep Buckley as a back-up than Foreshaw..

With those added positions I'd agree we'd have a 'settled' squad to run in the championship yes. If that's what you mean mate

With no further first team players leaving we need right midfielder centre midfielder and cb if brittain goes another rb might need looked at (they might wait and revisit in Jan) can’t lose Travis or tronstad at this stage if we lose one we will need 2 more in the middle right winger is probably top priority hedges does all the dirty work but we need better we could likely do with another striker but I’d say that wouldn’t b top of the list but would be welcome

Just a friendly though innit bruv

Very impressed with Tyjon in that 10 position. For a young lad shown intelligence to fake and half turn an experienced midfield of Everton. Not once but twice. Excited if we get to see him if he agrees a pro deal. Another CB and box to box midfielder is needed for midweek games and a winger to challenge Hedges. If there is enough in the pot like someone posted above, a player who can get in behind. It’s not looking bleak if players can stay fit or if no one else leaves. But we need more quality on the bench

Out if contract next summer though.

Ribiero is comfortably better than Pickering who was flat than usual today, and a bit hesitant. I don’t get people calling Kargbo raw, absolutely fantastic player. Live wire. Have to start him, and get another outlet on the right. Tronstad Travis and Cantwell as good a three as you find in the league. Young boys did great today! Tyjon dropped a few shoulders, and looked class. Milarky was impressive too. Beto was taking the piss out of Hyam first half. But we won’t see many betos in the championship Feel a lot better after that.

Let's just rely on our medical team.

or we could have Yellow kit as we had before. I bought the away shirt, looks much better in person, quality and its very different to previous away shirts

Love that you added ooooh to it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

deffo has something about him, one to develop and see how he does in. one to keep an eye on for the future

I’d be fairly equal, albeit in putting a lot of weight on Sammy being much better that what we’ve got. If we added a striker and a CB we’d be in a very good position IF we don’t lose anyone.

Yes I do, where did we finish that season ?

A very good performance 1st half as my half time summary posted said. The first 15 minutes or so we can carry that second half. We created several opportunities to attack the Everton backline until the final ball wasn't good enough. After we made 8 subs around the 60 mins then another 3 15 mins later, we became abit disjointed and our high performance dipped abit but the understanding of what their roles were and how we wanted to play where still there to see. We still created some good chances. Tyjon did play a lovely good pass to Millarkey-Matthews who couldn't get the shot off. Karbgo look lively. overall, We had an identity to the team, style and how we want to play, we were well organised and drilled tactically. The players understand their roles within the team. what Ismael wants. Ismael spent time post match on the pitch speaking with Igor Tyjon about his performance. Cautiously optimistic for the fore coming season well worth the tenner it cost to attend and even bought the away shirt post game, Its really smart looking Toth look good, Brittain, Hyam and Wharton very good. Cantwell looks a different player to last one, De Neve look good. took his goal well. my match of the man was Todd Cantwell.

I would say: Keeper an improvement, back four an improvement, midfield about the same, forwards an improvement. So overall a better first eleven.

In the team that avoided relegation on the final day of the season. It's not a difficult argument to make really.

So you think we're stronger than when we had a 27 goal forward on our books? Fair enough.

Did I mention the closure of the transfer window ?

Sadly it seems Pears is injured rather than on his way out.

Honestly it depends how much they're willing to risk on Wharton. Hyam, Wharton, McLoughlin, Carter - with (what looks like 3) Academy players backing them up is fine IF you think Wharton can hold up. As Ismael has repeatedly mentioned that Wharton has only played 4 weeks of football in a year and Carter picks up multiple injuries every season I suspect they're going to look for another CB.

Why is this message board themed in black?

I'd say he's a decent (but honestly not great) shot stopper - but the rest of his game just isn't professional standard. Positioning, handling, communication, distribution - just poor all round. I've no idea how he's carved out a professional career.

Also Wharton is chronically injured, and while Hyam was ever present last season he had serious injury issues year before. Does feel like we are very light if we dont get one more senior CB.

Depends how much value you are giving Sammy, Gallagher and Dolan compared to whichever 3 you are starting up front. Toth is an upgrade. Pickering / Ribeiro I think are interchangeable at the moment.