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The World Cup. What better time to put away your copy of Football Manager and do some real-life scouting? Dozens of international players that you’d never really heard of before, parading their skills like talent-show hopefuls on the biggest stage of all.

What could possibly go wrong?

Well, quite a bit actually. For every yin, there is a yang. For every Tim Howard (signed after Germany 2006), there is a Niclas Alexandersson (signed after Euro 2000).

Thousands of ECHO readers have been having their say on Everton’s post-tournament transfers. We’ve converted their scores to an overall average rating out of 10. The record is mixed - there are some huge successes, but also some abject failures.

Here are the results.

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The survey took in players signed since Euro 92, which meant there was no place in the final list for one of the best Everton signings of all time.

It's only fair we give the great man an honourable mention...

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