havrey0123
Player Valuation: £25m
Be a good chance to get Moyes in until the end of the season
Again, if you think points happen magically and that things like chances created, shots, etc. don’t matter, that’s fine. I prefer to not be outshot 23-3 and still salvage a point. Don’t think that’s a recipe for long term success.Yet Koeman got 7th and BFS got 8th. If you call that getting battering every week what’s the crap being served up this season? We got beaten by West Ham, Leicester and Wolves at home my goodness. Wolves dismantled Everton.
Ok, whoa. We completely dominated Newcastle this year. I was ticked just like everyone else, but we had the ball the whole game, they bunkered in, we gave them the ball back a bit, we struggled to break them down, and they got a point. We played well against the last year, but they had plenty of opportunities to scored against us. I recall Gayle having several opportunities that didn’t go his way. But that was one of the few matches we actually played well if I recall. However, it was a game, it wasn’t just Newcastle under siege and bunkering down.
We conceded 58 last year, with a goal differential of -14. Our goals conceded from open play was 46. Worst in the entire league my friend.
Again, if you think points happen magically and that things like chances created, shots, etc. don’t matter, that’s fine. I prefer to not be outshot 23-3 and still salvage a point. Don’t think that’s a recipe for long term success.
Comparisons to last year shouldn’t be made. Teams below us strengthened. We ourselves strengthened yet we won’t finish with a higher points total or better goal difference.Is that we mean we’re ok now? We have to face the top 6 five more times don’t forget.
We were under 3 caretaker/manager. Despite that we were 8th and let’s see where we’re gonna to get this season.
The thing is mate, he could have done more.
That's my issue with Sam and why I hate this revisionism about his time here.
He could easily have got us 7th - not that it made much difference - and even just kept the fan base relatively on side had he showed some inclination to be anything other than a dinosaur. He had the squad to do it, to an extent. He didn't have to play that way, but he did. We were safe by January.
Comparisons to last year shouldn’t be made. Teams below us strengthened. We ourselves strengthened yet we won’t finish with a higher points total or better goal difference.
We have to continually grow each year after a few seasons of poor decision making. x
P.S. I say a few, I mean a lot.
Brillianti LOVE David Squires' cartoons, and this one has just got it spot on about Us and our crisis mode.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...s-on-everton-annual-crisis-and-celebrity-cats
Must admit I am some what at a loss, I have been critical of the manager and the tactics but also accept the players could do a lot better. Ian Wright on his talk was saying the club should stick with him and give him the chance to turn matters round but how long? To the end of the season? How much more are the fans expected to put up with or the management in a care less attitude?
There is a thread about a replacement if he was sacked but I suppose ideally a resignation would be the ticket but we are still faced with whom comes in, not going to expand on that there is a thread for it.
We simply cannot keep sacking managers and replacing them every season, if for no other reason than it is costing us a fortune of money we cannot afford.
Results, and the season in general, are disappointing but we are all aware of the difficulties the DOF and manager have regarding a bloated squad of overpaid players that are proving difficult to sell. Time must be allowed to sort this problem and it was this problem in part which prevented the manager manager making signings during the recent window.
I think we have got to accept the manager will be given more time, rightly so and I think if we are no better in twelve months time... then he is in trouble.
I think it would be helpful if Marcel Brands were to give the fans a general outline as to where the club stands today , what the objectives are and a timescale for the future.. nothing too specific but it would help settle supporters if they could believe there is at least a plan.