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MarcelsGoat said:
Something a little different than people with multiple multis saying sack the manager every 5 minutes.


A clear pattern emerges. Everton are extremely direct in attack, particularly Walcott and Sigurdsson, with very few interchanges between the players. When a player gets the ball they go directly for goal or try to play another player in, This is not a group concerned with exchanging passes or recycling possession.

In fact we can see this by looking where they each rank among the 42 other attacking midfielders in the proportion of forward passes in the final third:

Bernard: 15/42

Sigurdsson: 1/42

Walcott: 13/42



Sigurdsson is a particularly extreme example, topping the comparison chart for the proportion of passes that go forwards when in the final third but also being almost bottom for the volume. In summary he just doesn’t get involved in traditional midfield build up at all. And neither does Theo Walcott or Bernard.

The question is whether this is a deliberate tactical ploy, or simply a case of incompatible players failing to link up.

If we compare Everton with Wolverhampton Wanderers we see similar numbers in build up play, with Neves and Moutinho profiling similarly to Gomes and Gana. However when the 32 outfield strikers with over 1000 minutes on the pitch are sorted by expected open play assists per 90 minutes Raul Jimenez (3rd) and Diogo Jota (7th) appear a long way before Calvert-Lewin (27th), Cenk Tosun (28th) and Richarlison (31st). If neither the strikers, nor the midfielders are generating high quality chances for each other then you need to consider if the tactical approach is working.

So, what exactly is Marco Silva’s tactical approach? He made his name through playing a counter-attacking 4-3-3 formation. It was said of his Olympiakos side that they were so good on the break that they were more dangerous out of possession than in.

At Everton, this style of football is yet to click. Playing a 4-2-3-1 without any build up play from the three attacking midfielders, the style often more resembles a 4-2-4, with the only sustained threat coming from the left back where Lucas Digne tops the Everton attacking chart in terms of expected assists.

Given the lack of threat from the front four, and the lack of interchange between them, perhaps the best option would be to move one of the attackers back into a standard midfield position and revert to a 4-3-3.

The question is; whom? And if the answer is changing formation and dropping an expensive player is the club brave enough to make that decision? Can the team overcome a heavy dose of sunk cost fallacy embodied in the person of Gylfi Siggurdson and make smart, forward looking decisions?

The sunk cost fallacy explains that It is painful to accept having wasted money. This pain impedes your ability to make logical decisions. Having invested so much money in Gylfi Sigurdsson it becomes almost impossible for a manager to not play him. And yet the logical change to make to Everton’s line up is moving from a 4-2-3-1 (that actually resembles a 4-2-4) to a 4-3-3. And the logical player to replace is the player currently in the number 10 role who does not contribute to the build up play. Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Even without purchasing players Everton’s squad contains central midfield options of Nikola Vlasic, Kieran Dowell, Tom Davies, Morgan Schneiderlin, James McCarthy, Mo Besic, Joe WIlliams, Beni Baningime, and Callum Connolly. With Richarlison, Cenk Tosun, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Yannick Bolasie, Henry Onyekuru, Kevin Mirallas, and Ademola Lookman fighting for a place in the front three along with Walcott and Bernard.

Could Everton control games better, and play better on the break with an additional midfielder offering defensive cover and build up passing? Would a front three of, for example, Bernard, Richarlison and Lookman offer the pace and width in attack Marco Silva made his name coaching?

Or could Everton change their style of play and encourage more interchange in attack, and less directness? Bernard showed at Shakhtar Donetsk he can play in a high possession 4-2-3-1, with Walcott and Sigurdsson also having had success at Arsenal and Swansea in teams known for patient build up.

There are many questions for Marco Silva to find an answer to by the end of the season. He has options within his – huge – squad. First, however, he’ll have to decide to try something different, and that means accepting that the system he’s used his whole career isn’t working on the pitch at Goodison.
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Silva out ffs
 

marnie said:
I could actually see that happening.
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I really can’t.
Moyes is the type of manager who demands total control and does not suffer interference of any sort. I have known people who worked with him and they didn’t find it a particularly enjoyable experience. Efficient , exacting but
unlikable would summarise their
recollections.
Arteta tried very hard to secure the Arsenal job last summer , and clearly considers himself already capable (rightly or wrongly) of managing a top club. I cannot see him leaving the tutelage of Guardiola just to occupy a menial role under the domineering Moyes at a struggling mid -table club.
Neither can I foresee Moyes agreeing to return with some form of time limit to his role.
Nor do I think he would enjoy working under a DoF.
In the highly unlikely event of it coming to pass, it would just be a train crash waiting to happen.
 
JobForTheMoyes said:
Doubt it, but then again, Arteta might like the idea of having a more responsible role.

I wonder how much stomach the higher ups have to pay out yet another coaching team though. It must add up!
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Eggsyblueskin said:
I really can’t.
Moyes is the type of manager who demands total control and does not suffer interference of any sort. I have known people who worked with him and they didn’t find it a particularly enjoyable experience. Efficient , exacting but
unlikable would summarise their
recollections.
Arteta tried very hard to secure the Arsenal job last summer , and clearly considers himself already capable (rightly or wrongly) of managing a top club. I cannot see him leaving the tutelage of Guardiola just to occupy a menial role under the domineering Moyes at a struggling mid -table club.
Neither can I foresee Moyes agreeing to return with some form of time limit to his role.
Nor do I think he would enjoy working under a DoF.
In the highly unlikely event of it coming to pass, it would just be a train crash waiting to happen.
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I did say after the post that the logic of Moshiri and Bill was my reasoning for what I wrote.My fault for not making my thoughts clear.Sorry Gents.
 

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