Is it time to panic?

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I'm no well-connected itk, mind you, but I have it on fairly solid authority that at the next home match (November 23, against Norwich), supporters will be enjoined to participate in one minute of panic immediately preceding the opening whistle.

(Upon arrival, home supporters will find a fresh new pair of royal blue pants on every seat, provided courtesy of Farhad Moshiri. Pure class, that.)
 

4737carlin said:
The team who are bottom are only 4 points behind us, 4, that is time to panic.
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Still not the time for 'run off with your pinny over over your head, like a kitchen maid with the vapours' panic

But maybe the powers that be could do a bit of 'quiet desperation restrained panicing' and make a 'king decision...or maybe they have.
I'm not sure which is worse.
If we come away with 0-0 it will be a victory of sorts.
But 1pt per game is borderline at best.
 
degsy said:
Still not the time for 'run off with your pinny over over your head, like a kitchen maid with the vapours' panic

But maybe the powers that be could do a bit of 'quiet desperation restrained panicing' and make a 'king decision...or maybe they have.
I'm not sure which is worse.
If we come away with 0-0 it will be a victory of sorts.
But 1pt per game is borderline at best.
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lol

This is the perfect start to a good Sherlock Holmes mystery.
 

degsy said:
This Everton mate, it'll be more like a Brian Rix farce...the most famous of which was called 'Dry Rot'.
Apt.
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I thought he died years ago, just checked and it's only 3 years ago...it's been a long 3 years.

I could well see the maid running away into the night at the start of 'The curious case of Steve Walsh in Milan'
 
The thing is to shore up the defence as much as possible. You don't get anywhere without a solid back line.

Sorry if that sounds like Big Sam .

(wipes gravy off face ............ farts).
 
I don't usually stress or panic over Everton, I've always felt we were too good to go down, blindly obviously.

But now for some reason I'm not so sure, there isn't an ounce of fight in this lot, certainly not under Silva
 

If we lose today, which is incredibly likely, then the answer is yes. Silva will be gone and we’ll be left with Hughes or Moyes. Torn between panicking and just ignoring footy entirely.
 
I'm not panicking. It's been a horrible start to the season, but I'm confident that results will improve.

We can probably forget a high place in the table, but I don't think a relegation fight is likely. We're on 11 points from 11 games and if things
continued as badly 38 points would probably be enough to stay up. If things do improve as I expect, just staying up is no different from finishing 7th.

I don't even think we need to sack the manager, yet. And no, I won't change my mind if we don't beat Southampton. I will if we get less than 11 points
from the next 11 games.
 
gonetomorrow said:
The thing is to shore up the defence as much as possible. You don't get anywhere without a solid back line.

Sorry if that sounds like Big Sam .

(wipes gravy off face ............ farts).
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It’s always been about the spine, Goalkeeper, Centre Half, Centre Midfield and Striker. We are missing at least 3 players to have any form of success.....
 
I don't think panic helps in the slightest and I've been in the soldier on camp till summer and reassess camp and I guess I still am, just, but... I am worried, based on the external factors beyond the club's control.

After Watfords win no teams are adrift and looking certs for relegation.

You normally expect at least one of the promoted teams to go straight back Down, Blades are sixth, Villa could well be higher in the table given their performances and the only one in the bottom three is slowly coming out of an injury crisis of massive proportions.

Newcastle aren't imploding. I think Southampton have a better manager. Burnley are mentally tougher. Palace, Brighton, Bournemouth are all in form.

No one has a squad that's clearly not up to it. Even Norwich beat city.

I am worried that December knocks any confidence out of the team, makes it harder to reinforce in January and create some a self fulfilling narrative.

Tldr we need immediate results.
 
alvinh said:
I don't think panic helps in the slightest and I've been in the soldier on camp till summer and reassess camp and I guess I still am, just, but... I am worried, based on the external factors beyond the club's control.

After Watfords win no teams are adrift and looking certs for relegation.

You normally expect at least one of the promoted teams to go straight back Down, Blades are sixth, Villa could well be higher in the table given their performances and the only one in the bottom three is slowly coming out of an injury crisis of massive proportions.

Newcastle aren't imploding. I think Southampton have a better manager. Burnley are mentally tougher. Palace, Brighton, Bournemouth are all in form.

No one has a squad that's clearly not up to it. Even Norwich beat city.

I am worried that December knocks any confidence out of the team, makes it harder to reinforce in January and create some a self fulfilling narrative.

Tldr we need immediate results.
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My thinking too. Last season both Huddersfield and Fulham had virtually gone by Xmas, leaving just one more relegation place to be filled over the second half of the season. There is no team this season anywhere near as poor as those two were. Add our mental weakness into considerations and the position we are in is ominous.
 

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