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£30m in the bank you jammy sod

I love Everton…. Buts it’s hard to give up my Gomes! What about a wooden Onana? Oh wait… I sold him to Everton already.

Not being funny Matt you honestly seem the training videos and thought "good finish" - they are doing 1-2s against mannequins and the goalkeepers don't save shots that are pretty lame. They let them in. This is not training at all, it's absolutely farcical. It's all pr, I've seen people rip the videos apart for the piss poor sessions that they are. I can't wait to see the back of him and his gang I really can't. Dwight McNeil ironically applauded Mike Jackson for giving him freedom and belief after dyche was sacked

Baines seems to have a very cool, relaxed demeanour which could be perfect for managment. As much as I agree the players need to pick themselves up, Dyche needs to wake up quick smart. His team selections have caused a lot of our issues here however the squad is so thin, this is definitely not an easy situation to be in.

I agree if and when he’s out of contract Spurs will have no say on where he can and can’t go and at what costs.

Baines doesn't necessarily need to rally the troops, just actually give the team instructions and tactics that aren't rinse and repeat recipes for failure like dyche. he doesn't have a clue how to change things, he stands there throwing his arms up in the air when his players aren't carrying out his master plan. dyche looks and sounds like a man who knows his game is up. we don't need to pay him off, he just takes gardening leave. As far as I can see the players have had enough of him

I like the Carsley shout

I think we would win that game 2-1

All good mate. Like I said, but maybe not clearly enough; I can't defend him anymore. I still believe the players are the biggest problem. After all, this run hasn't improved even with the enforced changes mixing the teams up a bit. But when you've got 16 seniors to chose from seriously (before injuries, suspensions and AFCON) mixing things up isn't really an option and the whole style (or complete lack thereof) is to avoid exposing the weakness of our players, like basic passing, basic shooting, basic tracking and running. They do it in the training videos, so how does Dyche transfer that concentration over the line? I don't think he can with everything taken into consideration and so he should go if we have a decent candidate. Hafs shout about Baines is a good call if we want to survive on blood and thunder. I wonder if we could tempt Carsley when thinking outside the media... But again, circumstances prevent us swapping staff.

Yeah I forgot that bit apologies Matt wasn’t meant to look like I was calling you out, more to show I’ve been consistent in my opinions of Dyche even if some haven’t, or as yourself you have a different opinion which you make a good argument for. But isn’t it good to have different views yet not fallout over them, it’s like we’re big boys now, see you at play time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68848046

I had hoped the and the explicit mentioning that it wasnt aimed at you, but oh well, back to the drawing board

I didn’t celebrate the triple substitutions at half time, if you read the match posts you will see I wanted it changed at 2-0 to give us a chance at possibly getting back into the game, but I said he will wait till it’s 3-0 when we will have no chance of getting that back, but no he didn’t budge then he waited till it was 4-0 and half time before trying to change that was lost at 3-0, so no Matt I don’t celebrate his changes at half time, I condemn him for letting it get to 4-0 before making a change. Can’t you see that’s the actions of manager who can’t manage the team or the game, he’s not changing the story as his favourite sound bite is every week, he’s not capable of changing the story for the better, but he’s doing a stellar job at making it worse. I know it’s all about opinions Matt and I respect yours, some of the things you have mentioned can’t be ignored or denied and of course they have effected the team over time, but he’s not for me mate he’s making basic mistakes when it comes to team selection and tactics which is making a poor situation so much worse.

could have wrote that myself. This season 'horribilus' just has to now play itself out in the terrible state we are in both on and off the pitch from both our own doing and outside influences on the club. A whole season dogged by PSR and a somewhat questionable takeover. Given the crap going on around the place - changing manager etc would be nothing more that a coin flip at best, why waste the money or have another mangerial change chalk up against the club. May as well be seen as a club who now give the manager every chance to turn shit around. Also why pay a manager off and simply let them off the hook. It fuck all to do with playing style now, all about grinding out results to get over the finsh line.

Yeah I know, I'm American..used to home team being second... sorry

If my defenders were abysmal at defending set pieces with their shoelaces tied together, I'd still be angry but I'd understand why. The handicap of the clubs state of affairs over the last several years is still there. Do you think Baines would rally the troops? He was always so quiet but he was also captain and highly thought of. Maybe him and Coleman, someone who can be the voice and kick them up the arse (metaphorically speaking of course )? But we can't pay Dyche off, else we would have already going on past experiences, so it's immaterial really. Doesn't make it any less frustrating or anger inducing.

If the players were abysmal from defending set pieces you would hold him accountable wouldn't you? Why is it different in any other pattern or phase of play? its quite frankly unacceptable. The exact same issues were pointed out at Burnley. He does not have answers for them because it's not something he or his coaches have ever been good at. It's a fact. everything in football is about drilling and drilling. To me it's abundantly clear he doesn't do that. He was asked about this quite specifically in Portugal to which he replied - no. stick him and his coaches on gardening leave and let baines take over. He's taking us down.

Not dressing anything up. Unless he's actively coaching them to finish and pass well in training but bottle it when it counts, then I'll take it all back. But there's only so much you can do with those factors (and more) that are part of the overall problem before you look clueless. Honestly don't know anyone who would get this group performing as individuals and a team with the cloud hanging over the club and the years of bad mentalities in and around the club. I've defended him in the past because the players were creating chances. But even the chances have dried up and I've not noticed much change in tactics (partly because he hasnt got a squad to change around) so it can only be in the players heads to improve things. But all that aside, if we could afford to sack him he would've been gone already and I would be pissed off that yet another manager with yet another style hasn't been given time rather than be annoyed at losing him. I think thats always been my stance, i can defend circumstances but I get angry with the situation and keep insisting on 1 manager just for that 1 element of stability. Whichever new owner we get will have him out the door on day one (he might already know this and maybe that's affecting him too, though he doesn't seem the type to me). But who turns this groups head around? Genuinely don't know and maybe a fire sale is going to be beneficial, so long as we have a manager in place. That's not me accepting the poorness of our play, that's me recognising we're in a shit place and if I thought changing the manager would improve things, I'd be supportive of it. But I don't believe it will beneficial.

https://outofmytinymind.com/2022/04/18/off-dyche-and-then/ interesting read..... I used for my post above. In short he is showing very similar traits his his ones at Burnley. You can dress it up anyway that you want - that group of players should not be performing like that, its an international level spine - Pickford, Tarks, Branthwait, Onana, Gana, DCL absolutely shambolic how he has them looking like sunday league hoof merchants.

This is a general reply Palfy, just your post as a reference. Not targeting anyone here. I'm pretty sure he knows their strengths and weaknesses. Whether he knows how to get the best balance is another thing and that was hit and miss for a while. I'm not going to say he hasn't become part of the problem, he has (although I didn't see anyone celebrating the triple substitution at half time ). But there are several elements that people either don't ask themselves about or expect miracles. Look at the squad he inherited. 1) Their mental state is the main reason the players are shit. 7 of the senior squad have been through FSW, SA, Koeman and all the shit of the last 3 seasons, so it's little wonder they've got 0 self belief. I know the argument will be "but that's what they're paid to do" or some other similar statement. They are human beings, elite athletes, vs the general population at least, and 2) Look at the squad depth. He has had very, very little opportunity to change things up because the squad is so damn thin. I hear the "well play the kids then", but you have to ask yourself, if they were ready, they would've been playing already under other managers or snapped up. 3) the league is actively trying to destroy the club. No tin hat here, it's all on display. He is a part of a much bigger problem and problem has been caused by constant changes in managers, structures, styles, etc. I've got a project at the moment and it was going swimmingly until the resource got pulled. Now it's scraping along and it's become toxic because its not supported well enough. As the Project Manager you could argue that I should make do with what I've got to hand and make it work, that's my role after all. But when no one has money to support it, it doesn't improve. So until there's a cash injection, I'm operating it on survival mode and have had to sacrifice a lot of the basic functionality and principles because people are getting upset that it's not working. I'm talking about a fuckin IT tool, I can't begin to imagine for a football club. Well, I can, and that's the only reason I continue to back him even though things are not good enough.

Everything you are talking about is all about confidence and repetition. The only thing that Dyche repeats are soundbites and failed selections and tactics. He took them to portugal and admitted working on nothing new My view is because of the very predictable nature of dyche it would be very easy to find trends.... so let's go to his sacking at Burnley and look for the similarities to what we may be seeing now:- 1. he was sacked at Burnley for 14 wins in 68 prem matches - 1 in 4 and lost 50% of those games. For us this season he has lost just under half the games and is averaging 1 win in 3.5 games. In the 12 prem games of 2024 he has 1 win in 12 and lost almost half the games. Sackable. 2. Burnley fans views: - here some snippets... pretty scary "The problem was that Dyche was steadfastly repeating the same mistakes. I’m all for letting a player play himself back into form, but both Ashley Westwood and Dwight McNeil got an enormous amount of leeway. No matter how badly it wasn’t working, and it didn’t take much to see that it the Burnley midfield had massive great holes in it where some semblance of creativity should have been, change was not coming." "Tactically, the team were relying on the same old approach, keep disciplined, organised and make up for a lack of quality by outworking your opponent in 1 on 1 battles. That’s a perfectly fine concept, except anyone is going to cotton on it by the sixth consecutive season. There was no surprise element and clubs that had been previously upset by the Clarets were fully prepared to minimise their own problems this time around. Dyche had few answers, either in his toolbox or in the squad." "The problem is that Chris Wood has gone and tactically, we’re treating his replacement as a taller, Dutch Chris Wood. This is despite him clearly being far, far more effective with the ball passed to his feet. Dyche’s insistence on lumping it up to the Big Guy was absolutely detrimental to the team. It’s all well and good to moan about a lack of goals from Weghorst, but he has had absolutely no quality service from anywhere in the midfield." "Dyche continually preached about “small margins” and there is no denying that Burnley have been on the wrong side of those small margins."

I'd put it on Levy rather than the club, but yeah I agree. I still see how they can legally ask for compensation for an expired contract though.

Everton 2-1 Forest DCL

Sorry, Boston. Anyway, my prediction: Bayern Madrid 2 - 1 Everton

It'll take too long. I think Steve should be able to step in and adjudicate. I'm personally in favour of docking Boston 5 extra points for just calling them Nottingham. I mean, what's that about?