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Richarlison

spurspinter1 said:
He's not worth much to us or any team if he cannot stay fit.

The frustration is that he's the perfect profile for competition / back up in terms of his attributes and mentality in every other way than actually being available, which is a rather big deal. Without raking through the stats, he seemed relatively free of injury problems at Watford and Everton, cursing bad luck doesn't get us anywhere neither does speculating about our medical team but it's an odd one. In everything Ange does it seems clear that he rates Richarlison highly, fortunately not being as blinkered as some less informed onlookers but with the contract as it is eventually a decision will have to be made - Ideally it'll be an extension after proof that he can remain fit, as otherwise we start fresh with integrating another new signing alongside the many others that are still getting settled.

What is funny is the fan's desperate desire to not have any competition in the squad, as soon as we buy big Dom it's "Well we're obviously going to sell Richy". Similar with Maddison, one game on the bench after the emergence of Kulu and the talk of the town is that we suddenly need to sell Maddison. It's incredibly short term thinking.
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We need depth
But depth is only as a good as it’s availability
Richy can’t get fit and stay fit. I’d argue he needs to be fit to avoid injuries and that’s his recent issue
I also think for some players a change of scenery can make a huge difference even to their luck with injuries
 
Gutter Boy said:
Lamela who played 250 times for us, with 30+ games in 6 of his 8 seasons with us? He also had a specific hip condition that we didn't diagnose or treat well for a long time
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But was made of glass and hasn’t stayed fit since leaving us. You can spin it as much as you want but some players get injured and stay injured. Some don’t
We have a history of buying some that fall into the former but ultimately they add little value to the club because of their fitness issues
 
Season Days Injuries Games missed
24/25 58 days 2 11
23/24 124 days 4 10
22/23 59 days 2 11
21/22 70 days 2 13
20/21 15 days 2 2
19/20 18 days 1 2
18/19 46 days 5 3

When you look closely, Richi has gone from a player at Watford / Everton who misses a couple of games to 4 seasons of missing at least a quarter of the season with big injuries. That includes his last season at Everton when this all started.

We will have to admit that the chances of him returning to his early career stats are highly unlikely. The data is too compelling especially if you look deeper and see early career injuries were head injuries, bruised ribs and illness. That's now gone to knee, hamstring and groin injuries.

As much as we love Richi, I think we have to take our medicine and move him on at the next opportunity.
 
metalgear said:
i know i sound heartless but enough is enough.

we've got a good team now and let's learn from our situation from the poch era that progress in the team is needed to keep up the momentum and increasing standards for players.

we need to use our financials and quota purposefully if we want to win anything eventually.

If it helps to offset the costs for a player like eze, it might pay off with a return to champions league. If we get a couple of younger players, they can understudy son and solanke.

sell richy, send him off with fond memories and lets get the next better (fitter) player(s) in a key position ASAP.

I see, ndombele, lo celso, sanchez, hojberg doing better after leaving, win-win for everyone.
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Agree with this. Even the top teams struggle when they have injuries, look at the recent form of Arsenal and City! Can’t afford to keep players that are injured so frequently and available so infrequently. If Everton have any players we want then I’d suggest giving them Richarlison as a sweetener.
 
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