The bookies clearly aren't infallible but they are right much more often than not. Don't conflate what I'm saying with some sort of acceptance. My only point is about using some broader context to view our games, rather than "I want us to win, so we should win".
In-play odds are determined...
The bookies did. Three of those were away games so that affects it as well. Leicester and Ipswich won't be favourites at Goodison, but at their place they were around 13/10 and we were 2/1.
I'm not suggesting they are insurmountable odds, just trying to illustrate how often we view our chances...
These are literally the odds mate, one of the most accurate indicators of probability.
It's not that we can't get results against these teams. But our current team is not expected to. You've got to be a decent side to be fancied away from home, and we aren't!
He was manager of Burnley, how many points is a Burnley manager supposed to get?
It's like saying Guardiola would win the league with them because of his record at City, isn't it?
If we're criticising him for some of the awful football we play I'll join in all day. But the odds are the way...