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toffee-L
Player Valuation: £20m
Yup, him not taking any responsibility for what happened at Arsenal was straight from the Koeman book of sheer delusion right up until the point he was delivered his p45. Now I utterly despise most of these players, they are gutless cowards unworthy of the badge but they were set up to fail on Saturday. 10 outfield players and he started 3 who can be considered offensive minded players. Truly woeful manager.
I only hope the players don't react badly to the Large One's verbal diarrhoea after the match. This would be a very bad time for them to do another final year Martinez silent protest as we still need 3 more wins.
I only hope the players don't react badly to the Large One's verbal diarrhoea after the match. This would be a very bad time for them to do another final year Martinez silent protest as we still need 3 more wins.
Bluebonic
Player Valuation: £35m
Surely to god the powers that be can see he has bottled it and are planning a night of the long knives at the end of the season? If Moshiri comes to the conclusion that this outfit deserve more time, then i would honestly have to doubt his competence and his sanity.
This season is already dead, and i genuinely honestly cannot even look at the season ticket reminder letter on my desk. But I can hope that the coming close season sees several key activities.
1) Moshiri buys the other few % and actually takes control, rather than playing at it.
2) The planned replacement for Allardyce is announced immediately after his season finishes
3) A clean sweep is made of the old, the lame and the lacklustre, at coaching as well as at playing level. If ever a club needed de-lousing it is Everton!
This season is already dead, and i genuinely honestly cannot even look at the season ticket reminder letter on my desk. But I can hope that the coming close season sees several key activities.
1) Moshiri buys the other few % and actually takes control, rather than playing at it.
2) The planned replacement for Allardyce is announced immediately after his season finishes
3) A clean sweep is made of the old, the lame and the lacklustre, at coaching as well as at playing level. If ever a club needed de-lousing it is Everton!
BiggyRat
Player Valuation: £35m
This resonates with me. I was willing to give him a go as he'd only ever been asked to pull a rabbit out of the hat when appointed (maybe not Bolton) I thought with funding and a large, respected club, he might have stepped up to the challenge & shown everyone that he was so much more. Well...he's shown us alright, and it's not what I hoped.
Aside from the occasional relegation battler, he's done. He has shown the world exactly what his level is & it's not a top tier team, or one hoping to return to the top. Thanks for saving us from our early relegation scare, but somebody else will take it from here.
sharkey1001
Player Valuation: £10m
He wasn't fit for the job before or after Walter Smith, before or after Moyes and he certainly wasn't fit to do the job this season. Absolute soul-destroying, small-time appointment of an absolute dinosaur, a horrible man and an incompetent tactician.
If we beat Palace we have 34 points and we are basically safe. Get rid of him and get Silva in. All for cheaper than paying the compo that Watford were looking. The man is a infected sore on Everton Football Club.
If we beat Palace we have 34 points and we are basically safe. Get rid of him and get Silva in. All for cheaper than paying the compo that Watford were looking. The man is a infected sore on Everton Football Club.
Great post... Shame kenwright ,mosh and co can't see what our once proud club have become.
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
Great post mate, and now he has informed us that the season is over, words fail me, they really do, I have had a season ticket since 1961-62 season, and I am seriously thinking of packing it all in. But like I say a great post, cheers, and all the best.
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The Frustration of Humiliation...
Let me say up front that I am absolutely sick to death of writing missives about this horrendous season, but after the debacle at the Emirates, I’m afraid I’ve had to put fingers to keyboard again.
Ronald Koeman played a back three against Arsenal at Goodison, they scored five, we got destroyed and Koeman bit the dust.
Sam Allardyce made five changes to a winning team in order to accommodate a back three against Arsenal, they scored five, we got destroyed and I’m sorry Sam, but you too should be sacked.
Because Everton, the club, the players, the fans were utterly humiliated yesterday… and then Sam, you blamed everyone else without accepting any degree of responsibility for your decisions.
But you won’t be sacked, at least not just yet, and you and practically the entire Everton community know precisely why.
Because right now, Everton Football Club one of the founding members of the football league, the fourth most successful club in England appears ridiculously broken.
Yes, we have a brand new stadium project ongoing and one that hopefully we’ll grow to love and cherish as we do the Grand Old Lady. But right now, Bramley Moore Dock is a good four years away and Everton Football Club needs to prioritise a complete restructure of the Board of Directors, senior management and football operations.
The club has existed and operated for a generation on under investment, poor and weak management structure and implementation, and an acceptance that that survival is enough, when winning and being top dog is what matters, however it is achieved.
We’ve now got the investment, but the remainder of the problems remain absolutely in situ.
We need a winning mentality from top to bottom and we simply haven’t got it. Our greatest ever goalie, Neville Southall, has stated publicly that the fan base has been brainwashed into believing finishing top four is success when the only true measure of success is being number one – and he’s God damn right, on both counts.
I and no doubt thousands of Evertonians are still trying to figure out what on earth possessed Sam Allardyce to leave our leading scorer, most expensive player ever and recent £20million plus signing on the bench at the Emirates?
I and no doubt thousands of Evertonians are still trying to figure out why Phil Jagielka, who handled the pace threat of Jamie Vardy so well on Wednesday, was omitted from the squad for the Emirates in favour of the slower Ashley Williams?
I and no doubt thousands of Evertonians are still trying to figure out how Allardyce thought Morgan Schneiderlin was the right choice to combat Ozil, Xhaka and Ramsey in the midfield when he can’t tackle, doesn’t go forward and has a shocking work ethic this season? And if you don’t believe me Sam, check out the clips on social media of his half-arsed attempt to get back and prevent Mkhitaryan having a shot on target.
I and without a shadow of a doubt thousands of Evertonians are absolutely livid that Ademola Lookman, arguably our most exciting young prospect, was allowed to go to RB Leipzig on loan rather than be given a chance to show more of what he did against Liverpool in that substitute appearance?
Oh, and if you need evidence of a contrast in attitudes…
Ademola Lookman weighed up his situation, made his mind up and gave you, Sam, no wriggle room, he wanted out to go somewhere else to play, test himself and develop. He went and scored a debut winner in a league you suggested might be the wrong move for him at his age with language barriers etc… well, that analysis bit you straight in the ass didn’t it?
Morgan Schneiderlin on the other hand has played this season like he doesn’t care and doesn’t give a toss. Under Koeman he was poor, under Unsworth he and Mirallas disrespected the stand-in manager and the club, and since you’ve arrived, he still hasn’t shown any desire or intent to improve. His attitude and demeanour, in contrast to that of Ademola Lookman, stinks.
Sam, you said you prepared the team on the basis of what you saw Swansea achieve against Arsenal – are you kidding me/us?
Are you seriously saying that you couldn’t figure out what to do without modelling your game plan on that of a team eight places BELOW us?
Are you seriously suggesting that none of you, Walsh, Shakespeare, Lee or Ferguson had the gumption to devise an Everton game plan?
Because if the answer to any or all three of these questions is Yes, then you all need to pack your bags, clear your desks and get the hell out of Everton Football Club.
As we went into Christmas on a seven game unbeaten run and the threat of relegation largely dispelled, I hoped Sam, that you would seize the opportunity, the best you’ve ever had and now absolutely the last you’ll ever have, to actually do something with a ‘big’ club other than an annual escapologist act.
You’ve failed miserably and completely to seize the moment, the greatest opportunity of your career and after that Emirates performance alone, you along with Walsh, Shakespeare, Lee and Ferguson should hang your collective heads in shame.
Relegation was a terrible, terrible prospect but right now, I and maybe thousands of Evertonians are more sick of the humiliations we keep enduring.
Mr.Moshiri – if you’re not already searching for a new manager and support team, then you should be. Because if you’re not and you think the present manager, his team and DoF are the men for next season and beyond, then maybe you’re not the man for Everton Football Club either.
Mr.Moshiri, who is the skipper on the bridge of our ship?
Is anybody on the bridge steering our ship out of troubled waters?
Because right now, I and thousands of Evertonians see nothing but icebergs on the horizon !
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Can we put all that on a banner?
BernieWright13
Player Valuation: £15m
Sadly, this is the kind of attitude that lets the jokers running our shambolic club get away with taking the p155 out of us all
Well written, Well said!
..I thought Allardyce would see out the entirety of his contract and suspected he might get an extension but Saturday was a line in the sand for me because it was a clear indication his mindset is incapable of progression. His approach is so scientific that he apparently gives up on certain games because they are unwinnable. We can’t have that if we want to move forward. It also undermines the integrity of the league and our club.
Shakespear did okish at Leicester surely till the end of the season he could steady the ship - cost wise cheap - our best away performance in Europe was under him - pay the severance of Sam and co and give him the job till the end of the season it could not get worse could it.......
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
Well, I just want to see us win - like we did against Leicester last Wednesday. The team looked good for the most part on that occasion. We're not going to get relegated if we play like that.
There will be a change of manager in the summer and hopefully some new faces. Nothing happens overnight.
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