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Part of being a football fan, especially a Blue, is learning to celebrate the highs for as long as possible and forget the lows as soon as possible. I'm sorry but this just fucking sucks. We had so much momentum coming into the season, a pretty good transfer window and an easy set of fixtures to start. Add to that 3rd/4th (Champs League) is more open this year than it has been in the last 3 years and it's the perfect storm of hope, optimism and faith. Well fuck me Everton has done it to me, to us, again. I feel stupid, ashamed, embarrassed all of it but I also love this club so I'm not going anywhere... 

Part of being a football fan, especially a Blue, is learning to celebrate the highs for as long as possible and forget the lows as soon as possible. I'm sorry but this just fucking sucks. We had so much momentum coming into the season, a pretty good transfer window and an easy set of fixtures to start. Add to that 3rd/4th (Champs League) is more open this year than it has been in the last 3 years and it's the perfect storm of hope, optimism and faith. Well fuck me Everton has done it to me, to us, again. I feel stupid, ashamed, embarrassed all of it but I also love this club so I'm not going anywhere... 

Part of being a football fan, especially a Blue, is learning to celebrate the highs for as long as possible and forget the lows as soon as possible. I'm sorry but this just fucking sucks. We had so much momentum coming into the season, a pretty good transfer window and an easy set of fixtures to start. Add to that 3rd/4th (Champs League) is more open this year than it has been in the last 3 years and it's the perfect storm of hope, optimism and faith. Well fuck me Everton has done it to me, to us, again. I feel stupid, ashamed, embarrassed all of it but I also love this club so I'm not going anywhere... 

Part of being a football fan, especially a Blue, is learning to celebrate the highs for as long as possible and forget the lows as soon as possible. I'm sorry but this just fucking sucks. We had so much momentum coming into the season, a pretty good transfer window and an easy set of fixtures to start. Add to that 3rd/4th (Champs League) is more open this year than it has been in the last 3 years and it's the perfect storm of hope, optimism and faith. Well fuck me Everton has done it to me, to us, again. I feel stupid, ashamed, embarrassed all of it but I also love this club so I'm not going anywhere... 

Pickford
seamus keane mina digne
delph gomes
richarlison iwobi Bernard 
dcl

To be fair to Marco he hasn’t Gomes and JPG to play hardly this season 

DCL decides to show he is a striker and none of that us can see it  

Time ran out.
Silva must go.
Mourinho in.
End of story.

I’ve not been a critic of Silva and don’t advocate “out now.”  But I do think it a major mistake to have started 2 DMs for this specific fixture. For me, the first 45 minutes were a wasted opportunity.

Agreed. No doubt the Bournemouth match wasn't the scoreline we needed but I'm not going to crush Marco over it. DCL was a sensible selection as I'm sure he was willing to cede possession to Bournemouth at home and catch their slow back 4 on the counter. Absolutely no way he could have predicted Eddie to pick that team. Fair play to Eddie for throwing a curveball at us. 
If Schneiderlin starts at home against Sheffield United I'll lose my f***ing mind. 
Pickford 
Coleman Keane Mina Digne
Delph Gomes/Davies
Richarlison Gylfi Iwobi
Kean

It’s a good point about starting slow because of the new signings coming in late again. I like him as a person and the players like him aswell. He has got the defensive situation sorted now and I think the team will continue to evolve now that gana has gone. He and marcel are definitely on the right track as far as recruitment has gone. I look forward to watching us 

Yea you guys are not alone. Always believed in his importance - despite some dips in form here and there. 

They look pretty much dead even.
Though I think Kean looks more likely to create a chance for himself, whereas DCL is part of a build up. 
Two different options.

Stating the obvious - 1 goal against Palace, Watford and Villa is just terrible.  Don't take this the wrong way as I like Marco, however my concern has gone from 1/10 to 3/10. We'er still not sure exactly what he wants. He's always talking about 4-3-3 but it always looks 4-2-3-1. Perhaps it's just the way he describes it but to me those are very different formations. Right now Andre is sitting deeper with the holding mid (god it sucks to see Morgan out there) and Siggy pushes higher up toward the striker.
The way i see it Marco is slowly trying to create a system similar to City. One very clearly defined holding mid (Fernandinho/Gundogan/Rodri), two ball playing CMs (D Silva/De Bruyne/B Silva/Foden), 2 wingers (Sterling/Sane/Mahrez) and 1 CF (Aguero/Jesus). City's midfield balance is only achievable because their defense is organized. It's been great to see Marco focus there first. Build from the back and so far it's been encouraging. Keane made a mistake against Villa, that's going to happen occasionally - they were good otherwise and we're the only team to have two clean sheets through 3 games. 
So with that said here's what i think Marco is trying to create:
Fernandinho/Gundogan/Rodri - Delph, Gbamin, Morgan
D Silva/De Bruyne/B Silva/Foden - Andre, Siggy, Davies
Sterling/Sane/Mahrez - Richarlison, Bernard, Iwobi, Walcott
Aguero/G Jesus - Kean, DCL
Based on the info we have Marco views Delph as a no.6. The question mark for now is does Marco view Iwobi as a winger or no. 10?
Long term what happens when Delph and Gbamin are both fit...is there any chance Andre moves slightly higher up the field and we see Gbamin/Delph/Andre in midfield?
Not to get too far ahead as there's an entire season to play but if you hit Marco with some truth serum I would expect next summer we focus on a dynamic, big-money move for Siggy's replacement - if, as I suspect, Marco thinks Iwobi is a winger. 
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST. LOTS OF THOUGHTS SINCE THAT TRAINWRECK AGAINST VILLA. 

Feel like we’ve just qualified for the CL!

Haha well done Finn. Love the LB...
I'm in favor of any starting XI that doesn't include Morgan. 

Haha well done Finn. Love the LB...
I'm in favor of any starting XI that doesn't include Morgan. 

Love what Marco has done with Gylfi. Marco's aware, as we all are, that Gylfi hasn't shown up yet. Rather than drop him, give him the armband and try to build him up. Other players should like that approach as well. Bodes well for the squad this year. 

Morgan literally offers nothing. Awful player, awful attitude and the sooner he's replaced the better. Shame Delph and Gbamin are injured, I'd rather have Davies starting. 

Do you think he does christenings? I’m not religious but thinking I can be born again if he holds my head and leads me to the promised land 

So true. Never replaced Arteta. Gomes closest we’ve come and it’s been near a decade now. 

It’s analysing how much each player is worth to their club. Just like Saha was worth 100m to Crystal Palace.
Anyone that supported Everton when Mikel Arteta played for us will understand this. It’s not how much you sell a player for, but how much it costs to replace that player with the same caliber.
Hence why Kean wasn’t worth much to Juve. He hardly played.