Everton lack "bite" and leadership

blueblue · March 23, 2016

I don't believe there is a leadership problem...I think the problem is something completely different.

The squad system is there to cover injuries and suspensions , but more importantly to provide competition.
The top teams tend to rotate on almost a weekly basis, nothing dramatic , but two or at the very most three changes per game.

This keeps players fresh and lets every player know he can go out of the team at any time, a poor performance may mean they could stay out of the team.

If ever there was going to be a lacklustre performance it was last weekend...just a week after the highs of the cup quarterfinal, the arrival of Moshiri, the feeling of optimism everywhere.
The Arsenal game was a bit anticlimactic. It shouldn't be , but players are only human too and many of them are very young.
In many ways it was the ideal opportunity to change the team from the start.
Give Stones, Deulofeu even Galloway a run, freshen things up.

larbert toffee · March 23, 2016

Ashtonian said:
card on the table, would i like an evertonain striker who scores goals, breaks records and is a proven winner? Yes i would. I'd have him back in the right unrealistic circumstances for sure, not that it would happen. Having him in the dressing room would make a massive difference by itself, worth the small price we would pay (if only).

As for relegation? We didn't go down, but i'm sorry but off the back of record points low, poor squad bar the flash of rooney, championship manager, and the previous 6-7 years, you thought we would suddenly kick out of it and go on some mad run and charge up the league? Or were you thinking we are not really going anywhere here, more of the same? Because i can guarantee you Rooney would have had his head turned by that fact, whether it was his decision to leave or not ultimately.

And yes rooney is a tit, i agree, but i personally would have his type of quality in the squad rather than some unknown player from russia or somewhere random. And i wont hold any success he has had against him as if he owes us a thing.

Ash why don't you ,Tommye and the other Wayne lovers on here get yourselves together in car pool and make the journey along to watch him at Old Trafford every week because he won't be back here anytime soon,

stop pining for him and move on.

Ashtonian · March 23, 2016

larbert toffee said:
Ash why don't you ,Tommye and the other Wayne lovers on here get yourselves together in car pool and make the journey along to watch him at Old Trafford every week because he won't be back here anytime soon,

stop pining for him and move on.

lol lol lol

to be fair mate, im not the one carrying on with this, replied to someone earlier and that's it.

Raino85 · March 23, 2016

blueblue said:
I don't believe there is a leadership problem...I think the problem is something completely different.

The squad system is there to cover injuries and suspensions , but more importantly to provide competition.
The top teams tend to rotate on almost a weekly basis, nothing dramatic , but two or at the very most three changes per game.

This keeps players fresh and lets every player know he can go out of the team at any time, a poor performance may mean they could stay out of the team.

If ever there was going to be a lacklustre performance it was last weekend...just a week after the highs of the cup quarterfinal, the arrival of Moshiri, the feeling of optimism everywhere.
The Arsenal game was a bit anticlimactic. It shouldn't be , but players are only human too and many of them are very young.
In many ways it was the ideal opportunity to change the team from the start.
Give Stones, Deulofeu even Galloway a run, freshen things up.

I remember saying something like that before the game, a few players know no matter what between now & the end of the season they are in the team.
Although i also agree with we have no fight.
For all of jag's strong points i do think he is too nice and as a result so is our team