Stole this from r/everton but
- Hopes/Predictions at the start of the season?
- 7th place. Hopes: to play attractive football and not be mired in crap.
- Grade: 7/10; season started off well with promise, then ran into a ditch, and then we got out of that ditch in fine form. If we only had managed to win or draw the matches that should not have been lost, it'd been a much better season. But hard not to feel optimistic given our recent form to close out the season.
- Grade: 7/10 -- maybe better to grade in thirds: first third of the season up until the first derby: B; the second third where we were in a major slump: C-; last third: A. Whatever Silva did to get the team together during that 17 day break has clearly worked.
- Best/Most Used XI + tactics:
- 4-2-3-1 on paper but seemed more like a 4-2-2-2 with Sigurdsson acting as a secondary striker and pressing up high.- XI: Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne; Gueye, Gomes; Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Calvert-Lewin .
- Best/Favourite Match of the Season:
- Undoubtedly destroying Man U 4-0.
- Worst Match of the Season:
- Worst feeling: Derby at Anfield. Worst actual match: blowing 2-0 lead against Newcastle. Worst match overall: New Year's Day loss to Leicester 0-1.
- Sigurdsson's goal at Leicester.
- Digne. Without a doubt.
- Disappointment of the Season:
- Calvert-Lewin's inability to score goals; Walcott in general. Tosun hasn't even featured enough to warrant mention. Lookman's cameos. Davies' unclear role.
- U-23 player of the season (if applicable):
- Despite inability to score at a rate expected of a striker, Calvert-Lewin for his contributions. Performance-wise: Richarlison.
- Goalkeeper of the Season:
- I guess it's Pickford?
- Zouma.
- Midfielder of the season:
- Gueye. Don't know where the team would be without him cleaning up the middle of the pitch.
- Richarlison
and Sigurdsson - they've supplied the goals and most of the attack threats.
- "Shocking" moment of the season (Optional):
- Obviously Pickford's mistake at the derby. Still painful.
- Schneiderlin actually performing well when called upon
- Summer transfer needs/Other Notes heading into next season
- Transfer needs: Inevitable replacement for Seamus at RB, likely find a replacement for Zouma, sign Gomes if we can, find a double-digit goal scoring-striker, clear out the deadwood of players from past three seasons that are eating up the wage bill, determine which players are going to be part of the future with a full training camp this summer (ex: Vlasic, Dowell, Onyekuru, Baningme, etc.)
