Relegation 2022/23

Are Everton going to stay in the Premier League?

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Apart from a lack of quality (which is obvious), I feel there's a distinct lack of personality in this team, particularly at the top end of the pitch.

Nobody wants to score. Nobody wants to be the centre of attention. Nobody wants to shoulder the responsibility of getting us out of this mess.

We've had players in recent seasons (Richarlison, Lukaku) who, deep down, would be gutted if they didn't score, regardless of the result. We obviously can't attract that quality at this stage, but we really need some of that mindset. Maupay, McNeil, Iwobi are all so timid.
 
If we'd have spent £20m on that big Coventry striker we'd have stayed up

But we didn't so we won't

Coventry wouldn't have let him go in January for even that mate.

The window is notorious for clubs needing to pay over the odds for other teams better players you would have been looking at £30 millions realistically which is too big a gamble for a club in our position.

Ellis Simms scores gols in the Championship its a poor quality league.
 
Apart from a lack of quality (which is obvious), I feel there's a distinct lack of personality in this team, particularly at the top end of the pitch.

Nobody wants to score. Nobody wants to be the centre of attention. Nobody wants to shoulder the responsibility of getting us out of this mess.

We've had players in recent seasons (Richarlison, Lukaku) who, deep down, would be gutted if they didn't score, regardless of the result. We obviously can't attract that quality at this stage, but we really need some of that mindset. Maupay, McNeil, Iwobi are all so timid.
Yep, we have heard Dyche saying they need to be there to shoot even if they miss, as then at least they are shooting. but how to you make players that are scared to do anything suddenly start doing it, it feels to me that a lot of the time when we make it to the area, that we try and overplay it instead of just taking a shot
 

If we'd have spent £20m on that big Coventry striker we'd have stayed up

But we didn't so we won't
That's who I wanted us to sign, I have been calling for him for a while he is a class act. Issue was that Coventry were in the middle of being taken over and couldn't really bring a replacement in if they sold and they are pushing for the playoffs so they wanted a decent fee. Now it looks like Leeds are after him sadly. We have missed the boat here massively imo.
 
We never had one against Leeds.

I said when that window shut we either adapt or perish. That's still the case.

That said we need to just hand Simms a run in the team now and get someone close to him to lend a hand.
Agreed, we didn’t but we will get a break on and then, unfortunately not enough to get to 36 points. I also agree with you that failing the return of DCL we have to go with Simms. He appears to be the only forward we have that matches Dyche’s style of play. As for Maupay, I think we just have to write him off as another aberration.
 
Yep, we have heard Dyche saying they need to be there to shoot even if they miss, as then at least they are shooting. but how to you make players that are scared to do anything suddenly start doing it, it feels to me that a lot of the time when we make it to the area, that we try and overplay it instead of just taking a shot
They haven't got the confidence to score one on ones either, it's been the same all season
 

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