Relegation 2022/23

[Swartzy]

It always frustrates me this arbitrary line in the sand , what if they’re awful but sneak a win against the run of play ? Then it’s ok but not if they are excellent , really unlucky and robbed by a world class goalkeeping display and VAR . If they do win but lose to brighton and Villa then had he gone ?

I agree with you , if the board are there then just pull the trigger .

Just like the merry go round that is the owner coming out and giving 'full support and backing of the manager '
It happens at every club and always ends with the same scenario, more lost points and a farewell to the manager.

It's so stupid that now it's even classed as the dreaded vote of confidence.
Cos the outcome never changes!!!

 

[NathDogg]

Frank probably should have been sent packing Bournemouth week, but I won’t have a go at anyone for backing him and hoping it would click and results would turn for us - tbf I was one of them.

I was just sick of blaming managers and sacking them, but it’s now clear the job was too big for him and he was too friendly with the squad and some of them downed tools on him. Add to the fact he made some shockingly poor decisions prior to and during matches that you will get with a young manager, and we end up where we are.

Fair play to those who called it much sooner than I.

 

[davek]

Worrying in a way.

We would never go to Stamford Bridge (or any of the big sides away) and get a win

That's been difficult for better Everton teams than this one.

We can get something out of those games, of course, as City found out.

I said last night that in the form we showed against Arsenal and the way we dealt with Leeds that I believe we can go and get a win against any team in the league on the day apart from Arsenal away and United away.

S'ton's win against a disillusioned Chelsea team with a wonder strike in a game they should have lost 8-1 cant be compared to our pretty comfortable handling of the league leaders two weeks ago at Goodison. There's not another team in the bottom half of the table who could have done what we did to Arsenal.

It's quite obvious to me that we're a notch above those other clubs in the relegation struggle - lack of effective target man or not.

 

[blue to the bone]

Frank probably should have been sent packing Bournemouth week, but I won’t have a go at anyone for backing him and hoping it would click and results would turn for us - tbf I was one of them.

I was just sick of blaming managers and sacking them, but it’s now clear the job was too big for him and he was too friendly with the squad and some of them downed tools on him. Add to the fact he made some shockingly poor decisions prior to and during matches that you will get with a young manager, and we end up where we are.

Fair play to those who called it much sooner than I.

Agree with this.
But he without a doubt should have gone within 15 minutes after the Brighton trouncing at home.

 

[Zatara]

Next 5 games

Villa H
Arsenal A
Forest A
Brentford H
Chelsea A

Very hard to predict but 7-10pts would go a long way to getting us out of this mess...obviously.

 

[BrendanGOT]

Next 5 games

Villa H
Arsenal A
Forest A
Brentford H
Chelsea A

Very hard to predict but 7-10pts would go a long way to getting us out of this mess...obviously.

Two wins would probably be enough. 10 points would be brilliant. If we can pick up 10 points from the next 5 it leaves us only needing a point per game the rest of the season maybe even less depending on other teams.

 

[mikel_88]

Javi Gracia ex watford boss meqnt going to leeds no idea about him if honest

 

[blue to the bone]

Javi Gracia ex watford boss meqnt going to leeds no idea about him if honest

The doom mongers on here will have him as the next Alex ferguson soon mate

 

[Wat Tyler]

Bournemouth obviously was the ideal time to get rid, but the Brighton game was the absolute cut off 100% point of no return, the fact he was allowed to continue after that point was negligence. There was no possible way he was going to turn it around after that, it was his equivalent of the 4-1 derby defeat under Benitez, which again somehow wasn’t his final game because this club are so unbelievably indecisive and incompetent.

Be fair, the CEO was getting headlocked in the one area of the ground there are no cameras.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

If we can nick a few away points,Forest possibly?it would relieve a lot of pressure,Christ it’s supposed to be a pleasure following your team,I found that bloody tortuous and my stomach was in knots at the Leeds game.

 

[JohnRoss23]

The only games where I can’t see us gaining any points is Arsenal and Man United way. Even City I think we can scrap a point at home.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

At least we're at the right end of the table with this metric from this weekend.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

At least we're at the right end of the table with this metric from this weekend.

I’m not a massive stat guy but even when we were getting half decent results at the start of the season the xG difference was really bad, which suggested it was built on sand and as we saw that catches up with you.

The numbers from Arsenal and Leeds are much more encouraging, there’s no smoke and mirrors, two wins we fully deserved.

 

[TrailerTrash]

I think we all know Everton arent going to do us any favours in the health department. Its going to be so close again.

Me, a 46 year old Everton fan.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Disagree with people saying Lampard shouldn’t have been sacked after Bournemouth debacles, we had won one in eight when the WC came round, and those two Bournemouth performances, wow. To be THAT bad, twice in a week against a dire side, it was Screaming out for a change.

As others have said, Dyche would not have lost the Wolves and Southampton games as a minimum, we would probably be round Palace in the league now.

But it is what it is. We are still in a dogfight but I feel a lot better about our chances than when that window shut on 31/1. I had no hope, but we have a good chance now, it was important to get out of the relegation zone, obviously for points, but also psychologically.