Everton Are A Soft Touch

[Disgruntledgoat]

It’s because they don’t actually like themselves and their lives very much.

I have got that impression... people who confuse motivating with shouting. There is very rarely a good reason for adults to yell at each other and it never achieves anything.

 

[Yank]

Oh I don't know! There have been a fair few on here hoping that he suffers for a long time.

So you are just making stuff up then? You don't know where you got the wishing psychological damage on the player, because a normal person would assume it's from the post you quoted.

But I guess that makes too much sense.

 

[chrismpw]

So you are just making stuff up then? You don't know where you got the wishing psychological damage on the player, because a normal person would assume it's from the post you quoted.

But I guess that makes too much sense.

Just

Shut it.

 

[Lanolin]

I mean this is an utterly ridiculous post and hyperbolic.

Well yes of course it’s hyperbolic. You’d have to be a special kind of stupid to think I meant reading a dozen posts on a football forum literally explained the state of the world really wouldn’t you. But well done for passing that test.

I don’t think it’s ridiculous though. Without wanting to turn it into a political rant, the fact some people still - 5 days after the event - think that a show of aggression followed by a siege mentality with the press was the best way to respond to gomes’s injury does offer an insight into why people like trump and farage are popular.

 

[orly]

Er, think you'll find Ped is from ToffeeTV not Everton TV.
He and you might think he's official, but he isn't.

This... this is good stuff.

This and John B yesterday.... are you making a late application to the Clique???

 

[Lanolin]

Davey Moyes used to have them doing military assault courses every single day. Five times a day.

Like and share this post if you think this current crop of players are wet flannel piss pansies!!!

1 like = 1 more formby sand dune that cheese eating surrender monkey Schneiderlin will have to do on the day of reckoning.

RESPECT.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Why wouldn't your daughter be so disgusted over something relatively benign when you're such a soft bird yourself? Is the a picture of your mug on the sleeve?

Soft bird?

You’re no better than the last one, are you?

Hey Yank, the 70’s called and want their ill informed and outdated views back.

 

[Seathestars]

It's kicked off in herelol great thread

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

We should have the kind of team bonding that the Kerrrraaaazy Gang used to. Flushing car keys, burning suits and getting a good old shoeing from Vinny Jones.

Never did them any harm. Mad they were.

 

[AndyC]

This... this is good stuff.

This and John B yesterday.... are you making a late application to the Clique???

You mean... you'll second an application ?
I'm deeply moved Orly.

 

[bullybeef]

So... in conclusion...

Everton are soft and we need to man up before it’s too late.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Some great home truths from Derek Mountfield, about the current Everton squad.He questioned the current squads desire to achieve success.It's about time someone finally said, what needs to be said.Although a certain man, in Larbert might find the following content, to be a bit too negative.

The desire of Marco Silva's players to win a trophy for the club has been questioned by Everton legend Derek Mountfield.

The Blues have not won a major honour since their FA Cup success of 1995 and 2020 will be the first time in the club's history that they have endured a 25-year wait for silverware.

Last season, Silva's first at Goodison Park, saw a much-changed side dumped out of the Carabao Cup on penalties by Southampton in the third round and despite naming a stronger line-up at Millwall in the FA Cup fourth round, Everton still suffered a shock exit to the Championship strugglers.

This term the Blues now find themselves 90 minutes away from a Carabao Cup semi-final with a last eight home tie with Leicester City to come next month but lifelong Evertonian Mountfield, who won two League Championships, an FA Cup and European Cup-Winners' Cup with the club, still wonders if the current crop – along with many of their generation – has what it takes to secure glory.

Despite being part of the most-successful side in Everton's history, whose story will be told in the new film Everton – Howard's Way, Mountfield insists he'd gladly forgo such a status through the contemporary Blues team going on to greater things but his doubts persist.

He told the ECHO: “The team at the moment just doesn't seem to know what it's doing and that's the frustration.


“Howard (Kendall) would have sorted this, Colin (Harvey) would have been into players working on it.

“I just don't know what happens – not just at Everton but every club. You're working Monday to Friday, they seldom play many midweek games now.

“What are you doing Monday to Friday getting ready for Saturday? Are you playing keep ball because keep ball doesn't get you any goals, you're not shooting.

“Maybe this philosophy that you've got to keep the ball isn't always right and you've got to be a bit more direct at times?”

Mountfield, who played 154 times for the Blues between 1982-88, finding the net 25 times, attributes his own side's success to their never-say-die attitude, insisting they always felt they could still win a game even if they conceded the first goal.

A damning statistic regarding Everton's current team is the fact that they have still yet to come from behind to win a Premier League game under Silva but Mountfield remains unsure whether the problem is tactical or psychological.

He said: “It's hard to say. If I had the magic touch to turn Everton around I'd bottle it and sell it for millions.

“I just wonder now as a generation of footballers, do they have the desire to win a trophy?

“Do they have the desire to be the best they possibly can by getting their team up there? I think unfortunately players these days are directed too much by finance.
I think the motivation to be the best they can and win a trophy is dying out of the game.

“The hardest one to win is your first one as we proved.

“We got to the Milk Cup final (in 1984) and lost it but two months later won the FA Cup and went on.

“That's why Tottenham haven't done it. Tottenham haven't won their first one yet. Liverpool won their first one last season and they could kick on again as we've seen this season. After Manchester City won their first, they've kicked on.”

Mountfield, who now works as a special educational needs sports coach, added: “I just wonder whether players now what to become known as winners. My medals are part of the club, that's why I don't mind the fans holding them or seeing them.

“Do the players now really want to win a medal and get to a cup final? I just don't think it's there.

“It's not just Everton, it's a lot of clubs in the Premier League, I just don't think the desire to be successful and win a major honour is in them and it doesn't help when a manager fields a weakened team in the Carabao Cup, it sets the tone that 'we're not bothered about this.'

“It's a trophy to try and win, gets you a European spot and also gives the fans a chance to celebrate and sing along with you.

“The art of winning trophies is now dominated by about four clubs and we're down by the floor compared to them.”
Mountfield believes that a pep talk from some of his 1984/85 team-mates – who will come together in the same room for the first time in over three decades at St George's Hall on Monday to watch Everton – Howard's Way – could help the current side understand the importance of what it means to deliver a trophy for the Blues.

He said: “I just think if the players said 'come on' and had a good hard talk then it could be different.

“Get Neville Southall in, get Rats (Kevin Ratcliffe) in, get me in to say: 'Come on, what do you want to do? Do you want to retire as winners or to a million pound house with 200 Bentleys in your driveway?'
You could have a medal to say: 'I won that with Everton.'

“Maybe I'm being a bit cynical there but I look at the finance now and I don't see the desire.

“It's getting a bit monotonous now how the same teams win all the trophies. Leicester proved four seasons ago that with a good team spirit, hard work and a good ethic, you can do something.

“They smashed that myth that you can't break into the top four wide open by winning the Premier League by 10 points and look they're doing it again now so why isn't it Everton?
It's possible. We've got some very talented players but the best players don't always make the best team.

“The manager might have to be ruthless and change his formation and change his personnel.”

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

So... in conclusion...

Everton are soft and we need to man up before it’s too late.

How does one man up?

 

[Gaffa]

Ok yesterday was a wet day. Like most on here umbrella or not we probably all got a bit wet going to work and on our lunches

soft touch Everton?

chexk out training yesterday

tracksuit bottoms
Snoods
Hats
Tights
Gloves

is there something wrong with them all? I accept you put a top on but get some shorts on and get out and get warm by training hard
DCL has a hat, snood, gloves and tights on

they want to man up. It’s pathetic

imagine Peter Reid turning up in gloves or PatVan Den Hauwe rocking tights

no wonder we’ve got no balls or fight

 

[larbert toffee]

Some great home truths from Derek Mountfield, about the current Everton squad.He questioned the current squads desire to achieve success.It's about time someone finally said, what needs to be said.Although a certain man, in Larbert might find the following content, to be a bit too negative.

You proved my point exactly, we all understand that my team are going through a tough time, but Everon is only one of many you support