Sam Allardyce

[dannyboy]

Full backs give us absolutely nothing when we have the ball so from that perspective it's spot on.

 

[sageyefc]

Maybe our goalscoring abilities are limited because you play 3 defensive midfielders and leave all our creative players on the bench. Not to mention the constant hoof up to the hopeless dcl

 

[ToffeeTim]

Great excuses from Fat Sam today. Basically saying don't expect any goals so I'll continue setting up in a cowardly system.

 

[hktoffee]

This is it in a nutshell.

If Sam gets next season it means he has pulled a rabbit out of a hat and got us in Europe or won the FA cup.

If that happens i would not be disappointed.

Leicester and Watford lost. Burnley draw.

What a shame the team and Sam cannot take the chance to close the gap today.

 

[davek]

What about our director of football whose sole job is transfers?

Most of the tosh I see have Koeman's fingerprints on them: Klaassen, Schneiderlin, Martina, Keane.

 

[Wat Tyler]

He wont be here past May.

I think we all need to remain calm and realise that and not get too anti-Sam.

He's not suited to what we require and it was pure panic that saw him appointed. It's not his fault, it's the idiot owner.

Happy to see the next few months out and see what that brings. I bear no ill will to Allardyce. He is what he is.

I will be very surprised if we sack him in the summer.

 

[davek]

I will be very surprised if we sack him in the summer.

Why?

The 18 month contract was strictly for the birds.

 

[hktoffee]

This was the defence that started against Chelsea.

And, apart from McCarthy, it was the same starting eleven too.

Not exactly. Williams came on at half time. We played 5 at the back for 45mins.

 

[davek]

Davek - fair enough on your point regarding Allardyce. 'Idiot owner' - the man who has cleared our debt at least to a point that we are financially viable again, and allowed us to seriously start the process of finding a much needed new stadium that will define Everton's future!?!?

Not sure what you are really expecting here but there are a few fans on this forum that need:
1. Take a look at their own continuous negativity towards the club..... &
2. Get realistic about where we are as a marketable football club - there are not many billionaires out there waiting to take over at Goodison.

There have been mistakes, yes...but maybe the man trusted the people that got him to the club in the first place to do a better job of it!??! Rest assured - if Moshiri were to walk whilst demanding his financial support back, then Everton would almost certainly never get back to being truly competitive, return immediately to absolute mediocrity, followed inevitably by relegation at some point in the not too distant future.

He's been here 21 months and had three managers and dropped us down to where we're seen increasingly as a joke club.

Moshiri has been a disaster.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Why?

The 18 month contract was strictly for the birds.

Moshiri doesn't strike me as the type. If he was ruthless he could've sacked Martinez before the second Anfield 4-0, or before the Man U semi, a very beatable Man U, he could have stamped his authority. Koeman getting sacked was coming too; but he delayed on that. I will be surprised if he bins Allardyce for taking us up to 8/9/10th; you can hear it now: "we have progressed under Sam, and we are pleased with the direction of the club." Rinse and repeat.

 

[Addo]

We’re always going to have to be defensively very sound between now and the end of the season because we’re not going to be a free scoring side.
Quote from Sam above.
meaning; the last three games tactics, Play it again Sam, and again and again and again, you get my gist.
Welcome aboard.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

He's been here 21 months and had three managers and dropped us down to where we're seen increasingly as a joke club.

Moshiri has been a disaster.

And not to mention his ongoing public bromance with Jim White.This club has been a shambles, since Moshiri darkened our doorstep.

 

[davek]

Moshiri doesn't strike me as the type. If he was ruthless he could've sacked Martinez before the second Anfield 4-0, or before the Man U semi, a very beatable Man U, he could have stamped his authority. Koeman getting sacked was coming too; but he delayed on that. I will be surprised if he bins Allardyce for taking us up to 8/9/10th; you can hear it now: "we have progressed under Sam, and we are pleased with the direction of the club." Rinse and repeat.

Nah. The identity of the club is also important to someone like him looking to position us as a club looking to the future.

Allardyce imo was a six month fire wall put in place to ensure we are in the PL next season.

 

[Wat Tyler]

We’re always going to have to be defensively very sound between now and the end of the season because we’re not going to be a free scoring side.
Quote from Sam above.
meaning; the last three games tactics, Play it again Sam, and again and again and again, you get my gist.
Welcome aboard.

That Ibe was waltzing through our midfield, it's scary thinking of Salah, Coutinho and co on Friday up against Schneiderlin, McCarthy etc. Grim.

I think if we lose Friday, season is effectively over.

 

[orly]

That Ibe was waltzing through our midfield, it's scary thinking of Salah, Coutinho and co on Friday up against Schneiderlin, McCarthy etc. Grim.

I think if we lose Friday, season is effectively over.

In January.