I said last Summer if we lost him we'd struggle but we should not struggle now. Because the bid and his sale hasn't been a surprise this summer I mean.

COYP

In fairness Everton haven't been out of the top flight in my lifetime and are at the level we should be realistically aspiring to.

To be fair to him, it could be a "no brainer" for a number of reasons. I suspect the overriding factor for Bolasie was significantly more money.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

Don't get me wrong, he will do well there, but they have had 2 easy fixtures for their squad away at Sunderland and at home to Middlesbrough. Kidman is a very good manager but things stabilise eventually. Us and Everton have done well to achieve our aims but long term we've done better regarding the deal. Big clubs throw money without sell on value like they have done and Everton are between that level and us.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (18 Sep 2016 8.53am)

COYP

it rarely works out this way but i think this transfer has ended up being a fantastic deal for both clubs.

maybe we couldav kept him but it seems he wanted to go and after a decent amount of service from the lad and the fee we got there wasnt much point in trying to hard, we sold him at the height of his worth...smart move

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The master plan was not to sell Bolasie but to push him to new heights by adding Andros. He has moved to a club with good competition for places and good luck to him.
Everton have a wealth of talent, hopefully one of them will get annoyed with the lack of football and come to us.
Yes I think we were right to sell at that price and can spend it in January if the right player is available.

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