A dose of realism: who's worse than Everton?

[jimbo2011]

Firstly, get your head around the fact that we are in a relegation dogfight. There's this annual over-reliance on us coming good in the second half of the season. This is the season when it won't happen mainly because we have no-one to put the ball in the back of the net. We seem to be the one side in the Premiership without any striking threat AT ALL. Teams can easily nullify is and know exactly how we're going to set up.

So runner and riders, of the teams below and around us, who's likely to be in the mix with us at the end of April?

10th Norwich, 11th Swansea, 13th QPR - can see 1 or 2 of them doing a Blackpool / Hull at some point as there is very little in genuine quality and firepower. All three won't go down, one of them almost certainly will though.
14th Fulham - odd side, can't see them going down but might struggle.
15th WBA - decent side, probably be ok although they have got form for the drop (boing boing)
16th Sunderland - they'll benefit from the new manager factor now and pull away.
17th Wolves - could be in trouble with McCarthy still in control.
18th Wigan - doomed.
19th and 20th - Blackburn and Bolton. One of these will deffo pull away from trouble. More likely Blackburn at this point but who knows?

So based on that, I predict the final 5 games being scrapped out to stay in the Prem by Everton, one or two of the new sides, Wolves, Wigan and Blackburn or Bolton.

You think we're in financial dire straights at the moment. Relegation would make our recently published P&L look like the New York Yankees.

 

[billybinghamsboy]

Im going home to either slash my wrists or get p****d, You've just sucked the life out of me

 

[ijjysmith]

Jesus Wept.....

To be fair at this point, as long as there are three teams worse than us I don't care.

 

[kenada_blue]

We defo play the worst football in the league.

Even Fulham pass the ball about well and have a threat.

 

[daz4matty]

We defo play the worst football in the league.

Even Fulham pass the ball about well and have a threat.

Be fair mate we did have a shot at goal in the bolton game

 

[EFCNIK]

We are gash. But we won't get relegated. The premierleague without Ebeps is unthinkable and everyone knows it.

 

[Bedfordshiretoffee]

Bolton are.... if we don't win against Norwich and swansea then get out your championship map.
This is a rubbish season and the sooner it ends the better. And no, I am not bitter cos I have missed my european trips.

 

[Fassbasstd]

Hideous to think we could actually go down if we don't improve.

Moyes to Round, "See you Stevie, I'm sick o' this job and losing moore than ever, but it pays well and Bills a sasenack mug. The fans hate us because we've got no idea and canny get the lads to play good footy. How about we take the whole ****in lot down to the championship then bring 'em back up again. They might like us again then"

 

[Azzurri]

Jesus Carsley.

We won't go down.

As you see in my Coleman/Messi thread though, some Evertonians don't like realism, and think a bit of criticism means you're a horrible fan who deserves to be euthanised.

 

[paulbefc]

At the end of the season we will know who's worse for a fact. And it will be a considerably higher number of teams than many people on here will say now.

 

[Tubey]

We won't go down - and I'm the biggest pessimist on here. See the Prediction League for details.

We'll finish 8th-12th.

 

[EFC Si]

Think we have too much quality to go down what with 3 England internationals, fellaini and Heitinga.

 

[Blue for you]

who's going to get the goals to keep us up, if we don't get anything out of the Norwich or Swansea games and we drop
into the bottom 3 in the new year we will go down and don't for once think we are to good to go down.

have a look at the squad west ham had last year that went down they even had Robbie Keane who came in the January window

 

[jimbo2011]

Im going home to either slash my wrists or get p****d, You've just sucked the life out of me

Which is why it's a dose of realism my friend. By all means continue to cover your ears and close your eyes to what's happening at our beloved club.

 

[Azzurri]

Baines, Howard, Distin, Jagielka, Rodwell, Fellaini, Drenthe etc. etc.

Teams with players like that don't go down. We aren't West Ham a couple of years ago so don't tell me it's the same situation. Their best players were Wayne Bridge and Robbie Keane who are both sh*te.