07 Jul 2026 20:46:11
Where Tyler Dibling could rank in Everton record sales as RB Leipzig eye transfer. I think it would be wrong to cash in so early in his Everton career considering the lengths that we went through to obtain him.
07 Jul 2026 21:12:22
And then to rarely play him.
07 Jul 2026 21:39:36
See what they offer.
07 Jul 2026 22:27:58
If we aren't gonna play him, loan him to them to play, gain confidence again and come back when Moyes has left. Worked out well enough for De Bruyne.
Hefty loan fee, and bring him back.
07 Jul 2026 22:42:24
Dibling is one we should definitely keep. He'd shown at Southampton that he has the ability. All he needs is a manager that has faith in him, plays him in his best position and allows him to express himself, not be afraid to lose the ball occasionally and not be shackled by negative tactics and a desire for work rate and defensive duties above everything else.
08 Jul 2026 07:41:57
Make the decision after pre season and at the end of the window. Loan sounds the best option, at least he would get games.
08 Jul 2026 12:10:46
Loan move would be the best for all parties.
08 Jul 2026 12:49:54
What did he show at Southampton that was above what we have? I watch our youngsters; some are way ahead of this lad. As for Dibling getting in the first 11, Moyes is doing the same now with George, just bought him.
Comment: 'He's still young and there's plenty of development ahead of him, but we believe he's got the attitude and the ability to keep improving.' George is ahead of Dibling.
08 Jul 2026 13:12:39
He showed plenty of ability for Southampton. 19-year-old that was (until Moyes got hold of him) fearless. Running at experienced PL defenders and putting them to the sword, winning penalties away at Old Trafford and Anfield.
There was a reason why all the big teams were sniffing around him. If Saints didn't price him at stupid amounts of £80m, someone would have taken him.
He could not have been handled any worse and could not have come in under a worse manager for him.
His first minutes in an Everton shirt were away at Anfield when the game was done - he got 4 minutes. Then 9 against West Ham. Then he got his first start against Palace when we had no KDH. The whole side turned in one of the worst 45 minutes for the whole of last season. He then got another 4 minutes away at City when the game was done and didn't play again until 5 games later, with 10 minutes against Newcastle when we were 4-1 down.
He didn't get a real look in until we had a team that was missing the likes of Gana, Ndiaye and KDH, and instead had the likes of Iroegbunam, McNeil etc to play with.
It is ridiculous to judge the lad on last season's showing. Attacking players thrive off rhythm, repetition and confidence, and he was allowed to build up neither because the manager goes about things in entirely the wrong way.
I, for one, hope he goes out on loan to a RBL and absolutely destroys it and makes fools out of everyone who has slated him. It will be funny to see if people still want rid of him so quickly then.
The kid is 20 and has been treated like sh**e.
Best of luck to the lad this season to prove most people wrong.
08 Jul 2026 14:25:57
£80 million yet we paid £40 mill, why didn't these other 'big' clubs jump in at that price? I too watched him in the Championship, as I have watched others (nothing special) . I was, quite frankly, astonished that we paid out.
Putting PL defenders to the sword! Load of cobblers. Do you actually go to games? I ask out of respect because most of your comments have been knowledgeable. I too have researched those sites.
08 Jul 2026 15:55:36
It's not his fee. It's not his age. It's his work off the ball that Moyes has issue with. In the few minutes he's had, and I accept the argument that's not been enough, he literally stops dead where he is when he loses the ball. We all know Moyes won't risk that in games. He has to improve that and show it in training.
He's a very skill full player but is young and needs to improve that side of his game before he gets Moyes' trust.
I'd like to see him have more minutes, but Moyes doesn't know how to get us two goals ahead for his addition to the game to be less of a risk.
08 Jul 2026 16:55:34
New poster after many years of reading comments. First game early 60s and hooked for life- too many heroes to mention but Alan Ball will always remain number one. Quickly became fed up Moyes the first time with his defeatist attitude, safety first football, obsession with one formation and slow footballers and his inability to give young players a chance.
Will support the team and want us to win always but Moyes makes it very difficult - didn't want him back and despite him and his supporters telling us we have improved don't see it myself. Always live in hope but can't see a lot until they get rid of Moyes.
{Ed025's Note - welcome aboard NAD..
08 Jul 2026 18:14:19
The 80m was around the winter transfer window and was hyper inflated.
I imagine many clubs still thought that 45m was too steep to spend on a player that wouldn't be an immediate starter for them, after all, the bigger sides tend to have the best players and a higher volume of them.
He didn't play in the Championship. He played in the PL.
"A load of cobblers", yet there is literal video evidence of him doing it on the internet. Andy Robertson at Anfield. Dalot at St Marys sorry, not Old Trafford.
Not sure what sites you are referring to tbh.
Yes, I had a season ticket at Goodison for 28 years. I also went most away games for a period of time throughout my younger years through to mid 30s. I have not got a ST at Hill Dickinson for a few reasons, not that going to the game has any bearing on being able to assess a footballer or not, than watching them on TV.
It is simply a different pov. 90min football games are available for all to see these days, so not quite sure what your point is.
You clearly watched a lot of him thinking that he played in the Championship.
The player that was at Southampton had the shackles off and the freedom to go and play. Every time he got the ball, he was looking to play or drive forward. As soon as Moyes has got hold of him, his first thing to do is to look backwards or sideways and retain possession for the sake of retaining possession.
He has also been stuck out on the wing, with a 6ft 6 CB behind him, that offers zero support. His best position is also a 10.
08 Jul 2026 18:50:53
A loan didn't do Branthwaite any harm, and no point him just sitting on the bench for another season if Moyes doesn't fancy him. Hope he stays and has a cracking pre season, so Moyes has to start him.
08 Jul 2026 19:07:16
It's the million dollar question of why he hasn't had much of a look in. I do agree with TA in regards to his work off the ball; he didn't seem to track back when the opposition were on attack. Reminiscent of Lookman for me, there is a player there but he needs to listen, and then produce the goods on the pitch, when he gets a chance, that is.
I think we will see more from him this season. He's had plenty of time to bed in, and he will have a full pre-season with us.
I've mentioned it before on these pages, we all blame DM for how things have gone, but is it a possibility that, being a young lad who has moved a few hundred miles away from his comfort zone, he could have been a bit homesick? Baines was similar when he first joined us, and that turned out ok in the end. Time will tell, I suppose. I wouldn't be loaning or selling him this summer, he needs to kick on and make himself hard to drop from the first 11.
08 Jul 2026 21:10:58
I think the opinion that he always loses the ball is exaggerated. He actually plays it too safe and keeps the ball too well at times, tending to go back or across.
His strength and what comes natural to him is being quelled by Moyes. He thrives on having the opportunity to run at his man and break the lines. He can't do that because our right side is targeted by every single team in the PL because they know that O'Brien is not gonna get up and offer an option on his outside, so they just double up and let the ba go back to O'Brien and then recycle inside. Ndiaye had the same issue himself for large portions of the season and he is far more experienced.
Dibling played a whopping 14 games last season in the PL. Sounds a lot but when you break it down, it equates to not even 4 games worth of football - 350 minutes.
You have to bear in mind that he was playing a huge portion of those minutes without the likes of Branthwaite, Gana, Ndiaye, Kdh and Grealish. Getting the dregs of a game away at tough grounds where they are just keeping the ball like City and Liverpool.
Last season
14 games
350 minutes (not 4 games worth of football)
Passes completed 106 with an 86% accuracy
27 dribbles with 48% success rate
7 tackles
6 interceptions
1 block
Duels won 33
Ariel duels won 2
Over 4 games they aren't particularly bad numbers and especially when you think he's got the likes of Tim, McNeil, Beto and Barry around him.
Not to mention the marauding 6ft 6 centre back we have, overlapping for him and drowning a man away.
Play him for 30 minutes at the end of a game instead of suffering the ordeal of watching Kdh stay on with absolutely nothing left in the tank and certainly not enough legs to give us an outlet. Let him play with other good players instead of fodder and give him more than 5 minutes to make an impact. If he doesn't, then fair enough, send him on loan or sell him but at least give the boy a chance.
It's the same with Aznou. Schooled at Barcelona La Masia and Bayern Munich but not good enough to replace Mykolenko at 70 minutes. Look what happened when he did bring him on.
I haven't judged either of them as football players for Everton because neither of them have been given a chance and the approach and handling of both of them has been p*SS poor.
08 Jul 2026 21:50:26
Apologies.
Ball* not ba.
Draw a man away, not drowning a man away.
08 Jul 2026 22:07:59
Moyes did say he was going to work him hard in pre-season, but as others have said, he hasn't shown it so far. The young lad, Aznou, came on against Sunderland, and from his very first touch, all of us were up on our feet, and yet we haven't seen him since.
We have just bought George, and Moyes is making the same comments he made about Dibling. Are we building a squad, I wonder.
09 Jul 2026 14:09:09
When you break Dibling's time on the pitch for us down like that, it's a disgrace. He showed plenty for Southampton and unless he has failed to show for training he should've been given more opportunities.
I have watched loads of videos of him since we were interested and bought him. He's not a right winger, but all his minutes for us were on the right wing.
There have been multiple opportunities last season to give him a run out for a few games, but Moyes refused.
Instead, picking players that have continually underperformed. Especially towards the end of the season, it seemed the worse you perform, the more likely it is you'll start next game for our last 6 games.