canuckblue
Player Valuation: £50m
An enema.
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Things had gone very badly wrong under Royle though, which often gets forgotten. That season we'd gone out of the cups to York (failing to win either leg) and Bradford (at home), and at the time he left we'd won 2 of our last 17 games, one of which was at home to the team who finished bottom. He was reasonably well backed in the market for the time aswell, but so many of his signings were poor. Thomsen, Hottiger, Barrett and Gerrard would all be in with a shout of getting in my all time worst Everton XI.
Not sure we were running on half empty at the time , winning the Cup winners cup gave Everton a lot of credence in that era.
Just a pity the club were never allowed to push to even greater heights ( European cup) being banned from european competition through no fault of its on.
That caused the break up of our best ever team and manager.
As they say the rest is history.
Dave Gowers
Player Valuation: £25k
There seems to me to be a reality check required.
A few points to consider:
In the Premier League there are 6 sides that can win things,& the others (including us) are trying to avoid relegation.With 33 points we should be capable of achieving this.There are several clubs who would like to be in our position.
As for the manager it could be said,in view of the above,that he hasn't done too badly,though recent form is admittedly dire.As far as the actual play is concerned,I would argue that our squad is not made up of bad players.One of the problems might be solved with a new defence coach to sort out our dreadful attempts at defending dead ball situations.Also,while I was a great fan of Duncan McKenzie,you cannot have half the team playing like him! Too many flicks,back-heels etc..
Unfortunately it also seems fair to criticize ourselves (the fans). Expectations are far too high,and we are far too quick to get on the back of individual players and the club as a whole.Complete negativity helps no-one.
Does anyone agree?
Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
To be fair to McCarthy he has had a broken leg. Its not like he is sitting out due to just being rubbish.
kleew
Player Valuation: £8m
Heal the Cancer
A good manager not only need to be tactically astute, he is also a leader, a general, a motivator, an authoritative disciplinarian which commands a kick of boot to your face literally if one doesn't perform. Looking back, we played extremely well in the beginning of the season with fresh confidence and spirit up to the point of that infamous derby game mishap. From that day on, all's downhill. Whole team seemed to crumble in confidence, drive, the will to fight, and nerves set in. Feet seem to froze and tied together on players who before were dancing samba with the ball under their feet. On top of that, the strings of back to back games also seem to put the rot in physical well-being of the players as a whole. The dent in spirit with a string of poor results need a psychological leader which can bring the players back to top form again, because we have seen what the players are capable of. Silva in this respect seem too frail in commanding the recovery of a bunch of wounded soldiers. Without the fight and drive, it's like cancer spreading through the body, fr the source of all ailment, Pickford, to Walcott, and then to Sigurdsson, Gomez, and of late, Digne. I wouldn't be surprised if Lookman catches on. The medicine needs to come fr a good manager or employ a good team motivator. Heal the rot from within the players before we talk tactics. Without the healing, mother of all tactics will not heal the team.
A good manager not only need to be tactically astute, he is also a leader, a general, a motivator, an authoritative disciplinarian which commands a kick of boot to your face literally if one doesn't perform. Looking back, we played extremely well in the beginning of the season with fresh confidence and spirit up to the point of that infamous derby game mishap. From that day on, all's downhill. Whole team seemed to crumble in confidence, drive, the will to fight, and nerves set in. Feet seem to froze and tied together on players who before were dancing samba with the ball under their feet. On top of that, the strings of back to back games also seem to put the rot in physical well-being of the players as a whole. The dent in spirit with a string of poor results need a psychological leader which can bring the players back to top form again, because we have seen what the players are capable of. Silva in this respect seem too frail in commanding the recovery of a bunch of wounded soldiers. Without the fight and drive, it's like cancer spreading through the body, fr the source of all ailment, Pickford, to Walcott, and then to Sigurdsson, Gomez, and of late, Digne. I wouldn't be surprised if Lookman catches on. The medicine needs to come fr a good manager or employ a good team motivator. Heal the rot from within the players before we talk tactics. Without the healing, mother of all tactics will not heal the team.
Toffeeslam
Player Valuation: £40m
What’s needed ?
A frigging miracle
A frigging miracle
Boss Silva
Player Valuation: £8m
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £80m
Applied with a steel toecap in several instances.
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
We were already dropping behind financially.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £80m
Claus, Marc... what a pair of awful players.
Earl Barrett however with the benefit of hindsight and some truly awful rubbish pulling on the shirt since, is in my opinion harshly judged. He just happened to turn up after the glory days and not be overly spectacular and got a lot of grief over it. Gerrard, so much meh, if he is the worst keeper we ever have, then that position has never seen the paucity of quality that other positions have at Everton.
That oaf was on Talksport again the other morning, I listened to 20 minutes of him saying how wonderful he was and what a wonderful job he did at Everton. I thought I had overcome my hatred of him, to mere dis-like, but no, he reinforced all my inner darkness.
The man had the temerity to say that he bought in some "excellence" in Walcott and Tosun - and - the football was not that bad. The problem is that Everton fans expect too much and always have done. He then went on to say that it was not results that got him sacked, but style of play, when he had had no opportunity to change it. Honestly, we were safe months before the end of the season, he had plenty of opportunity to try something different - but no, we suffered game after game of utter turgid excrement.
Good heavens, I'm still angry about it a couple of days later. I usually turn Alan Brazil off, if it is Quinn, but I have now permanently turned Talksport off altogether. Radio 4 has acquired a new listener.
The man had the temerity to say that he bought in some "excellence" in Walcott and Tosun - and - the football was not that bad. The problem is that Everton fans expect too much and always have done. He then went on to say that it was not results that got him sacked, but style of play, when he had had no opportunity to change it. Honestly, we were safe months before the end of the season, he had plenty of opportunity to try something different - but no, we suffered game after game of utter turgid excrement.
Good heavens, I'm still angry about it a couple of days later. I usually turn Alan Brazil off, if it is Quinn, but I have now permanently turned Talksport off altogether. Radio 4 has acquired a new listener.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Does he have an email address, or facebook account that we can swamp with invitations to take over our club.
Hes already here.
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