Let's be a bit more thankful

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If You Know Your History

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As the manager and the players have acknowledged: to lose by two goals against Brentford with the advantage of home support is unacceptable. However, 20 years ago, we were being sold a move out of our city to Kirkby and we had just lost 4-0 at home... to Bolton Wanderers!

It has been a dreadful few weeks (and a dreadful few decades!), but things could be so much worse.
 

As bad as we may think Sundays performance was the worst holiday home game was boxing day 1977 we were top of the league taking on a dreadful Man U team and we got beat 2-6 at home i was devastated because I expected us to win the league that year
You kids today don't know how lucky they are only getting beat 4-2😁
 

salmon fingers said:
As bad as we may think Sundays performance was the worst holiday home game was boxing day 1977 we were top of the league taking on a dreadful Man U team and we got beat 2-6 at home i was devastated because I expected us to win the league that year
You kids today don't know how lucky they are only getting beat 4-2😁
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It wasn't as good as you think - we were 2nd - don't think we ever hit top that season. We did the following season (Feb 79) although we'd played about 3 or 4 games more than everyone else.
 
We need to stop setting low bars like "it's not as bad as ........". It's one of the huge reasons TFG have a massive job on their hands. The Club has been nurtured for the last 40 years with a defeatist, inferiority complex that needs to be totally eradicated before we can improve consistently. Hopefully, being the very driven and successful businessmen they are they realise this and won't allow it to stretch into their watch.
 
It took Villa 12 months under a strong manager to shift the mentality and be in a European Hunt.

It took Newcastle 18 months and a strong manager to shift mentality and be in European hunt.

Dyche set the bar low; is it better? Yes... should it be even better? For me yes.

The only thing ill be thankful of is No Kenwright, No Moshiri, and the Stadium. Management wise, lots to be desired (in my opinion)
 
I'd have been thankful to start the season with a properly balanced squad. Having to play right footed CM at LB long before the season was at the halfway point...was having at least two competent players for every position too much to expect?
 

If You Know Your History said:
As the manager and the players have acknowledged: to lose by two goals against Brentford with the advantage of home support is unacceptable. However, 20 years ago, we were being sold a move out of our city to Kirkby and we had just lost 4-0 at home... to Bolton Wanderers!

It has been a dreadful few weeks (and a dreadful few decades!), but things could be so much worse.
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Yes thank you Brentford for smashing four goals past us at our ground, thankfully I was there too in the freezing cold.


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salmon fingers said:
As bad as we may think Sundays performance was the worst holiday home game was boxing day 1977 we were top of the league taking on a dreadful Man U team and we got beat 2-6 at home i was devastated because I expected us to win the league that year
You kids today don't know how lucky they are only getting beat 4-2😁
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Was there mate....Christmas ruined.
 
1- we shouldn’t mistake the pissy panted on the megaphone a representative of Evertonians, they’re a performative fringe.
2- it’s just a game, lads, put your self worth in you not a corporate soccer team.
3- I’n head patting like a mf as it’s super bloo ego kryptonite.
4- Everton are getting better just not at the pace the thick and entitled demand.
5- kiss girls
 
This is dangerously close to “be careful what you wish for” and “plucky little Everton punching above its weight” territory. Only 2 years ago we had 777 and Josh Wander sniffing around looking to send the club into oblivion. That didn’t happen either btw, so let’s be thankful to Richard Masters and the Premier league for delaying them enough so that all the other clubs in their stable imploded, while we are at it.

Never, ever forget it was the fans and Jordan Pickford who have kept this club in the league for the last few years while others tried to sink it.

Any supporter having to travel, watch, give their time and money after an already expensive time of year doesn’t need patronising. Any fan having to see Everton concede another 4 soft goals at home because the manager insists on playing a CB at full back and the Ukrainian safety first robot on the other side while completely neglecting to coach set pieces is well within their rights to be disappointed, annoyed, vocal and incredulous at a performance like that. It’s not the first time at home this season either.

I am thankful that the fans who wouldn’t accept mediocrity, failure, a lack of professionalism, lack of effort on the pitch have been vocal enough to carry the team through these last few years. All this despite being constantly beaten down, constantly served up tripe by awful managerial appointments, players, owners, board members, media bells and others who don’t want this club back where it should be.

I think you should be thankful for those fans before anyone or anything else, they are why this club is still in this division so we can at least have a chance of having an adult plan to get better.
 
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Clarky cat said:
This is dangerously close to “be careful what you wish for” and “plucky little Everton punching above its weight” territory. Only 2 years ago we had 777 and Josh Wander sniffing around looking to send the club into oblivion. That didn’t happen either btw, so let’s be thankful to Richard Masters and the Premier league for delaying them enough so that all the other clubs in their stable imploded, while we are at it.

Never, ever forget it was the fans and Jordan Pickford who have kept this club in the league for the last few years while others tried to sink the club.

Any supporter having to travel, watch, give their time and money after an already expensive time of year doesn’t need patronising. Any fan having to see Everton concede another 4 soft goals at home because the manager insists on playing a CB at full back and the Ukrainian version of Earl Barrett on the other side while completely neglecting to coach set pieces is well within their rights to be disappointed, annoyed, vocal and incredulous at a performance like that. It’s not the first time at home this season either.

I am thankful that the fans who wouldn’t accept mediocrity, failure, a lack of professionalism, lack of effort on the pitch have been vocal enough to carry the team through these last few years. All this despite being constantly beaten down, constantly served up tripe by awful managerial appointments, players, owners, board members, media bells and others who don’t want this club back where it should be.

I think you should be thankful for those fans before anyone or anything else, they are why this club is still in this division so we can at least have a chance of having an adult plan to get better.
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Harsh on Earl Barrett that.
 

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