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  1. Legend Barry Horne

    Last post: fan protests won't help the club you support

    This is the last time I'll post as I believe this is a lost cause But, I do care about the club a lot and so will say for a final time - creating a toxic culture at the club and demanding too much will obviously put fear into players and management which will impact performances, helping create...
  2. Legend Barry Horne

    Everton should pay fans to attend matches

    EFC match day income is reported to only be in the region of c.£0.5m (https://sqaf.club/premier-league-clubs-matchday-income/). Say with league plus cup games being around 25 home games a season at the most, that's less than £12.5m annual revenue. Given the amount that is spent on players etc...
  3. Legend Barry Horne

    Everton need a new owner as top priority

    The situation at Everton needs to be looked at in the context of the overall picture, over time Sacking manager after manager is surely papering over deeper problems Clearly there has been some poor financial planning under Moshiri, despite some obvious positives and him being an accountant...
  4. Legend Barry Horne

    How can EFC shake off fan short-termism?

    The club has tried pretty much everything now re managers. We now have turned to a young, up and coming manager in Frank Lampard, who is now being turned on by some after some bad results Is sacking manager after manager the answer? Or would the ability to weather bad runs, without wielding the...
  5. Legend Barry Horne

    Is Kyogo Furuhashi the answer?

    The Japanese Messi. Scores loads of goals. Could be worth a punt? Not seen him linked yet - can someone alert Frank?
  6. Legend Barry Horne

    Endemic fan negativity doesn't help the club

    A culture amongst too many fans of consistently unrealistic expectations and negativity has imposed a huge burden on the club and team over the last few years Rather than creating a positive and confident culture, this contributes to fear and anxiety in the team Balanced, well considered and...
  7. Legend Barry Horne

    Forum and fan leaders should set an example by being positive

    Leadership through difficult times is often about staying positive Comments on here, that the fan negativity seeps into the players and staff have some foundation I think - in fact, it could be that its the massive elephant in the room that's not being addressed The positivity needs to start...
  8. Legend Barry Horne

    The fan negativity isn't helping anyone

    Aeroplanes, bottles, general negativity - the fans will end up taking the club down Can the forum leaders take a lead in injecting some positivity please? The players will need as much confidence and support as they can get to beat the drop....
  9. Legend Barry Horne

    Can someone ask the board to sign Lingard this transfer window please?

    I think we could do with signing one or 2 more good players this transfer window as we're just a key injury or 2 away from trouble Lingard could be a good addition in attack - he brought a lot to West Ham when on loan there and could make the difference
  10. Legend Barry Horne

    The fans should be sacked?

    Most of our fans seem pretty useless - couldn't kick a ball themselves and sit on the sofa criticising the people who are in there doing it at the first sign of a bad run Perhaps the most helpful thing Everton fans could do now is to provide solid support to help boost morale and grind though a...
  11. Legend Barry Horne

    Why on earth did we sell James Rodriguez?

    We had a truly world class player - Benitez decided he didn’t fit his style to the extent he needed to sell him - other new signings have done well but maybe are being sussed out a bit. In a light squad, surely James could be helping us right now?? The whole thing was bizarre
  12. Legend Barry Horne

    The argument against Benitez is irrational

    Come on, let's face it, point 8 of 'the argument against Benitez': '8. I can't stand the thought of him being in charge of our club.' ....is clearly people's main reason for not wanting him - the fact that he managed Liverpool But, if people can put emotion to one side, there are a lot of...
  13. Legend Barry Horne

    Do Everton play better without the fans there?

    If so, why?
  14. Legend Barry Horne

    Mayor Joe Anderson is unprofessional

    What is it with this guy? Spending time (tax payers money?) publicly talking about football. You'd never see the mayor of London wasting time on that Hearing this guy criticising Everton players is no good for anyone - maybe he's in the wrong job - should join Sky Sports...
  15. Legend Barry Horne

    Everton fanbase - how to make a positive contribution to the team's success

    It seems that we are in an endless cycle of hire and fire. We hire a manager, expectations are high, inevitably they go through a rough patch (i.e. hovering around mid table) and quickly face uproar and cries for the axe Expectations are higher than they used to be. Moyes wouldn't have achieved...
  16. Legend Barry Horne

    Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of the Everton fanbase....

    Everton are 6th in the form table since Allardyce joined This is a year in which it looks like traditionally solid premier league sides - Southampton, Stoke and West Brom will go down Things could certainly have turned out worse for us given the terrible start. Allardyce has made a couple of...
  17. Legend Barry Horne

    Mayor Joe Anderson

    What is wrong with this guy - shouldn't he stick to running the city rather than weighing in on football matters? Not sure the world needs to hear his opinion on Cuco Martina's performance against West Brom - can't imagine Sadiq Khan doing the same!
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