Are we in a relegation battle right now?

[PhilEFC]

All 9 of them? Like Newcastle who allowed themselves to be the only side to lose to Everton at home in the last 11 months? In their last 15 games they have won 3. Or Watford - 3 wins in 15. Stoke - 3 wins in 15, West Brom 1 in 15. Southampton 2 in 15.

In our last 15 games we have won 5.

Yes because but we have lost our last four and we’ve had a good run of fixtures in that time.

 

[MACCA75]

Our goals all season have been either soft penalties, wonder strikes from Rooney or Gylfi, or down to Niasse chasing lost causes. Christ knows why people have been talking about 7th. We are awful and are certainly in the mix.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

I guess I'm reading "peak" as in playing well...which we really haven't, for a long time.

Kudos for that post. Penalties and luck handed us some victories and draws.

 

[TraffordBlue]

We are not scoring, not creating, and shipping goals for fun. We are in freefall, if we don't beat one of WBA and Leicester, we will go to Arsenal and surrender and be right amongst the dross in the bottom half.

That's because we're a very poor side who has recently played Chelsea, then 2 away games, Man United, Liverpool in the Cup and now Spurs. We're pathetic away from home and all those other sides we played are in the top 6.

Before Chelsea we played sides like Swansea, Newcastle, Limassol, Huddersfield and West Ham and funnily enough we managed to beat all of them.

 

[Joey66]

Yes!

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Pressure time once again. Are we ready?

 

[rochdaleblue]

Whether we are in a relegation fight or not, the football has been as dire as anything I’ve witnessed as an Everton fan in my lifetime. My late father used to say to me, it’s not about missing chances, that you should get worried about, it’s when you don’t create chances. To go through games without any shots on target or minimal shots on target what we’ve seen this season has been criminal and a real cause of concern for the future.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The answer is a categorical no.

But it's important for the BFS brand that he makes everyone think we are.

Hence the normal January - February debacle which turns often turns into a full blown crisis.

 

[MACCA75]

That's because we're a very poor side who has recently played Chelsea, then 2 away games, Man United, Liverpool in the Cup and now Spurs. We're pathetic away from home and all those other sides we played are in the top 6.

Before Chelsea we played sides like Swansea, Newcastle, Limassol, Huddersfield and West Ham and funnily enough we managed to beat all of them.

Swansea aside, I think only the odd soft pen separates us from any other team this year. Can you think of a game where we have looked comfortably the better side all season?

 

[gonetomorrow]

It's tight at the bottom and it reaches right up to 9th place.

 

[toffee matt]

We are but we won't go down.

We'll go down next season if we persist with Allardyce though. 100% certain

 

[Nymzee]

No

 

[paulbefc]

The stupidity of the football fan never ceases to amaze.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Absolutely not. 4 wins required, we have a run of 8 winnable games from our next 9. I expect us to be just about safe by that 9th game. The only screw up was that Bournemouth game, we were always goimg to struggle against teams like utd, spurs and the RS.

 

[Tommy F]

Baggies is an absolute must win now.

If not then don't fancy Leicester and Arsenal with the confidence shattered.

So, yes, depending on the WBA game