Who's changed expectations?
No i said getting 54 points would be a disappointment.
Blue peter
Player Valuation: £40m
Just reading through the thread, honestly it feels like for some people his press conference performances are more important than his performance as manager. Be arsed with what he says. His public statements will differ significantly to his internal messaging.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
Maybe if we had won the home games we were expected to win he'd not need to pull a few out of his imaginary fire.
At this moment, he's got the side a little higher than we could have reasonably demanded - but the cups have let him down badly. But let's focus on the league, which is very tight and currently paints his job in a positive light. He is now in a position to capitalise on his side's excellent away form. Tomorrow is a huge opportunity for Moyes to show that for all his faults he can take us higher than we should demand and higher than his self-installed personal ceiling suggests. I'll be pleasantly surprised if we win on Tuesday. Just as the last two Fulham performances were textbook Marco Silva capitulations from the jaws of victory, a failure to get over the line tomorrow when opportunity knocks would be classic Moyes. Because his team has blown every single chance it has had to make genuine strides this season, following up tremendous wins with home capitulations and damp squibs. After a while, that becomes a pattern.
Here's to being proven spectacularly wrong. If he gets Europe, he will deserve an extension. It's a tantalising opportunity for him. But it's also a test. Is he really the man his cheerleaders tell us he is? Tuesday night will tell a tale because if we fail to take yet another opportunity to really make strides, it might be time to accept we are a mid-table outfit at best. That's fine, par for this season's course. But nothing impressive enough to suggest we shouldn't be looking at other possibilities, should they emerge, over the summer.
We live in interesting times. Up the traveling homesick Toffees!
The Davek tribute band are out in force tonight.
BarryTheBlue
Player Valuation: £225k
But the predication was us finishing 8th
So would 54 points and finsihing 8th still be a disapointment?
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £60m
Oh all the big hitters then lol.
I think 54 points is below par tbh. Is 8th a disappointment would depend on who's finished above you and what points they got. The league isn't that great imho.
Doesn't matter, you were trying to argue that Dyche didn't have to sell players to keep the club afloat. Clearly he and Thelwell had to do that. If you want to deny reality then crack on.
witchdoc187
Player Valuation: £70m
He also got European form last season with the exact same squad that Dyche had 1 point above the relegation zone.
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £60m
One look at that list shows how desperate you were to get names on it. Price made 1 sub appearence. Mina wasnt even sold. His contract ran out lol.
Neal maupay
Delargeinho
Player Valuation: £35m
Well well, if Dyche did replicate his 2nd season and not lead us back into the relegation battle, he might have deservedly see out the season, but in the end Moyes almost double the point output with the same squad in the same season.
I think he's a done alright in the circumstances, just his rigidity has cost us points and he has a clear ceiling on his ability to facilitate ambition. He should finish the season and then be replaced by a more dynamic less risk adverse manager
BarryTheBlue
Player Valuation: £225k
Bit like a Martinez, Silva or Koeman
