Thiago

I do like Reid. Good egg.

I don't know if you've seen but much has been made of his habit of brain farts/mistakes. Is that a genuine and consistent issue in your opinion?

NFT's are just another attempt by the so called brains of our time to reinvent something that previously existed. They are glorified desktop wallpapers that folk are trying to charge for instead of filing away in a corner of a website.

If Caleta-Car from Marseille is an option I'd also be well up for him and Diego Carlos.

I'd like Bremer from Torino. Tarkowski I'm 50-50 on. Could easily see him being like Michael Keane.

J'adore Marveaux. For me, he's one I wished it had worked for and I thought had limited chances to impress. I also think he was likely sold a club that didn't match in terms of style.

Currently plying his trade in Charlotte, North Carolina is Gabriel. I will admit I initially forgot about him which meant Danny Simpson jumped into my head.

Gabriel Obertan.

Don't put that into the universe.

Douglas gets the bronze medal for me. Not convinced he knows as much as Hope and Edwards.

I did 7 and a half over Christmas and I was close to throwing up.

Leveraged buyout by folk that had no idea what they were doing. The PL's fit and proper person's test remains a saloon door.

He's going to have a moral dilemma when he realises the mother of his new owner sold just shy of half the family business to Abu Dhabi's Wealth Fund.

Forgive me, I mean our Santa Cruz if we're talking about ourselves as the new Manchester City. They kept a lot of their early business domestic and he was one of the bigger failures (down to injury mostly). I actually loved him at Blackburn.

I liked Atsu a lot, but it's important to remember two things. 1.) Fraser has had 18 months at the club, 16 of which were under Steve Bruce. Compare that to working under a tactician like Benitez that meticulously strategisies each player's role. I'm not even talking just tactics here either. We heard some pretty ropey stuff about fitness under Bruce and it's debatable if he's ever been fit. 2.) Fraser's peak in the Premier League had him with 21 goal contributions. I'm not convinced we'll get close to that, but he's certainly got the creativity to produce something. I won't be writing him off until there's a degree of stability for him to thrive in.

Honestly, given the penalty we should have had, we were due that bit of luck.

Good point re: Hollywood balls. There's a case to be made that giving him a degree of structure is good for him as it channels his key skill.

It's odd, he's a no 10, but he's not all that creative. He's closer to Almiron than say Riquelme in terms of what he offers. I think when we're counter attacking he looks great, it's just a case of what can he do to influence the game outside of that/

Harsh.

I think in a team that truly dominated the ball he'd be a handy player - I always remember Southampton away last year, when we were a man up, he controlled that game like it was a night at the Power League. He'll always have these moments in him, even if the GK has to take the blame somewhat, but it's a case of consistency.

Let's whip some good crosses in for him to attack. At worst he's our Roque Santa Cruz, at best, he's the New Zealand Air Force.

I know some Everton fans, good lad, honest lads. I think if I'd seen this level of investment matched by this much mis-management I'd be frustrated.

Nice lad too. Doesn't speak a lick of the Queens, but my Spanish could be better.

I don't see it, if anything I thought it touched off one of Schar/Clark.

He's an option. Even if he ends up being our roll the dice in the last 20 I'd rather have him over Gayle.