Can Allardyce turn this round & win back the fans ?

[Saint Domingo]

No, his worldview of football cannot comprehend an Everton that finishes above 7th, wins against the top 6, or wins away from home consistently. Therefore he is self limiting and the best he can achieve will be akin to Koeman’s first season. That’s not in line with NSNO so he should not be here long haul.

 

[TraffordBlue]

How can you give Allardyce ‘the benefit of the doubt’, what doubt, he’s been doing the same things and getting found out at numerous clubs. His win ratio is appalling, he willingly throws the players or anybody else under the bus, he thinks parking yet another bus is attacking play. He is a con man who is currently taking our club for a ride......

There is no defence of Allardyce for the Watford and Burnley results but on this, I can't say I am too bothered as these players deserve a lot of criticism so if they get a bit from Allardyce then so be it. 5 away win in 40 matches over the last 2 seasons (going back to before he came in), constant half hearted displays from certain players, getting themselves sent off, missing easy chances repeatedly, switching off on corners.

They need to take a look at themselves.

 

[evertonarntwe]

you cant win backs fans that you never had in the first place

I've always disliked the fat pig

 

[Tree13]

It's a matter of results. If he can mastermind a run of decent results then he will, by definition, have started to turn things around.

Problem is the upcoming fixture list. We NEED to put a run of wins together, but we have City and the Norwegians as two of our next four games and they're both coming to Goodison. Lose either one of those badly and all momentum is lost. That's ignoring the fact that we'd need two wins against Brighton and Stoke to start building any momentum in the first place!

Home v Brighton
Away at Stoke
Home v City
Home v RS
Away at Swansea
Home v Newcastle
Away at Huddersfield
Home v Southampton
Away at West Ham

Six of those teams are below us in the table (as of 6th March) and Brighton are only above us on goal difference. If Sam can somehow get our expensive squad of (mostly) cowards to start putting in some performances, then there's hope. But that is a massive and pretty unlikely "if".

 

[riddick]

This is about as straightforward a poll as you are going to find on here.

 

[bring the ghost on]

I voted Yes, I believe that given the correct backing and time, Big Sam can prove that he has what it takes...

Just messing, worst Everton manager in my lifetime. Must get rid ASAP.

 

[Khalekan]

I think Alladyce can turn it round...
but winning back the fans is a longer journey & maybe some fans will never support Allardyce...
Where do you sit...?

“winning back the fans” suggests he “had the fans” in the first place.

He never did.

So a big NO from me.

And the point is moot anyway.....he will be history here come June 1st

 

[efcjames]

If we win on Saturday, he'll regain the support of the fans. Until we lose again that is.

 

[Lob]

Absolutely not for me. I dont even think he was responsible for the decent short run when he first came any more now. Was more likely down to Rhino i.e a continuation of his last game in charge against West Ham which eventually petered out once Allardyce's diabolical Management started to grow and take over. We will never know but one thing we do know for sure is that since Christmas i.e the last 3 months have been mostly abysmal in all areas of the field including defence and including Management and he is definitely responsible for a lot of that no matter how much he tries to deflect it away from himself.

As regards winning back the fans, he didn't have that much support when he was appointed and the last 3 months of suffering and embarrassment has taken a good chunk of whatever support there was. It is impossible for him to win back something that he didn't have in the first place, never mind the fact that it is even less than that now. What is less than Nothing? Appoint Sam Allardyce as Manager of your Club and you soon find out.

 

[Khalekan]

How can you give Allardyce ‘the benefit of the doubt’, what doubt, he’s been doing the same things and getting found out at numerous clubs. His win ratio is appalling, he willingly throws the players or anybody else under the bus, he thinks parking yet another bus is attacking play. He is a con man who is currently taking our club for a ride......

Well, we would be being taken for a “ride” if the bus was moving, Pete.

But the blooming thing is parked

 

[bcblue1878]

Short and sweet - no!

 

[TraffordBlue]

It's a matter of results. If he can mastermind a run of decent results then he will, by definition, have started to turn things around.

Problem is the upcoming fixture list. We NEED to put a run of wins together, but we have City and the Norwegians as two of our next four games and they're both coming to Goodison. Lose either one of those badly and all momentum is lost. That's ignoring the fact that we'd need two wins against Brighton and Stoke to start building any momentum in the first place!

Home v Brighton
Away at Stoke
Home v City
Home v RS
Away at Swansea
Home v Newcastle
Away at Huddersfield
Home v Southampton
Away at West Ham

Six of those teams are below us in the table (as of 6th March) and Brighton are only above us on goal difference. If Sam can somehow get our expensive squad of (mostly) cowards to start putting in some performances, then there's hope. But that is a massive and pretty unlikely "if".

A nice start would be making the obvious decision to take Martina out of the team for everyone's benefit. All our issues lead back to that position because he simply isn't capable of getting forward with being a right footed player out of position. Defensively he is a liability unfortunately as well. Playing Martina affects the centre backs, centre midfield and left side. I'm not blaming it all on him as it's down to the manager to spot this. He could have tried Garbutt recently and Baines was on the bench on Saturday and he didn't use him.

If Baines comes back in I think there will be a noticeable improvement in performances purely down to the fact the team will be much more balanced again.

 

[Death]

He will be sacked, 2 managers later we will be relegated next season.

 

[zzr45]

I’d support Allardyce if he turned up on my doorstep with 5 hookers and said it was on him, then he left.

So, EiTC if you’re reading...

 

[Brisan123]

A nice start would be making the obvious decision to take Martina out of the team for everyone's benefit. All our issues lead back to that position because he simply isn't capable of getting forward with being a right footed player out of position. Defensively he is a liability unfortunately as well. Playing Martina affects the centre backs, centre midfield and left side. I'm not blaming it all on him as it's down to the manager to spot this. He could have tried Garbutt recently and Baines was on the bench on Saturday and he didn't use him.

If Baines comes back in I think there will be a noticeable improvement in performances purely down to the fact the team will be much more balanced again.

Someone on this forum said that Garbutt was off to the RS come the summer so maybe that’s why he’s not getting a look in