Monday, August 12, 2013

Premiership Preview Part 5: Everton

Everton

In
Arouna Kone
(Wigan Athletic) Undisclosed
Antolin Alcaraz (Wigan Athletic) Free
Joel Robles (Atletico Madrid) Undisclosed
Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) Loan


Out
Thomas Hitzlsperger Released
Jan Mucha Released
Jake Bidwell (Brentford) Undisclosed


Positives: Roberto Martinez will try and implement a more pleasing to the eye passing style which some supporters will appreciate who were getting drained by some of the football that was played under David Moyes. Everton needed a fresh start and Nice guy Martinez gets a chance at a higher level bigger club so to speak and a lot of neutrals would hope that he will be successful. Could be the year that Everton will become every one's second favourite second club like Wigan were under Martinez the last couple of seasons.

Negatives: There are question marks about whether Martinez can set up a team defensively, under Moyes the one thing Everton always were hard to beat and that will be a challenge for Martinez to try and keep that while implementing his style of play on the squad he currently has. Some Everton fans are sceptical as well but will give Martinez a chance since he did win the F.A. Cup with Wigan last season and that is one more trophy than David Moyes won in eleven years with Everton.

Keeping Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini is also a priority and if they do keep them Everton should be comfortably top half and a decent cup run as well. If they lose both and that can still be a possibility then it might be a struggle for them.

Prediction: 8th

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