Yes, the atmosphere around the club has changed immeasurably in that one week. Yes it's early days, but are you denying the change in atmosphere? Not just what we saw on the pitch performance wise, but within the fan base, the media coverage around the club etc.
We started well results wise under the previous manager, but performances were still poor. Lampards one game had the result and the performance.
Sorry if I want to have a bit of optimism now that we have a hungry, driven manager who has helped lift the negative feeling both within and around the club.
The problem with that statement is that fans have short memories - could you imagine what Goodison would have been like last season in those first 8-9 games under Ancelotti with us in the top 4 playing good football?
Do you not remember how boss it was in El Loco's 1st season watching us play boss football with Lukaku on fire as we sat in 5th?
The problem is we have a good few months or season then the same problems start to rear their heads with this squad and its not long before the players look like they cant string two passes together.
Under Martinez's first season it was "
Moyes who?"
Under Carlo it was "Silva who?"
Now one game in its "Raffa who?"
Lets be more cautious this time because I guarantee a few good results / performances and the talk of europe is back on the agenda and when these players inevitably have their poor patch and results tumble the pressure will be amplified on the manager and its a repeat cycle of the last 5 or 6 seasons.
