Zoo 2.0

People are forgetting about the summer Gylfi had, for those that are in the forgetful camp he didn't get one. He was exiled from the Swansea squad for most (if not all) of their pre-season games and was then thrown into the mix as soon as he signed for us against Manchester City. I know that he's not tore the league apart but then again who would in an Everton side that has had it's confidence shot to pieces after massive defeats against Chelsea, Tottenham, Atalanta and Manchester United? Just like Koeman, the lad needs time. He's not had a pre-season and has had to adapt to a new team and a new way of playing against the league's best sides in a time of turmoil. If he's still anonymous come January then by all means get on the lad's back but to do it just a month after he's signed it absolutely ridiculous. You could say the same about Paulhino though and look where he is now. Scoring winning goals for FC Barcelona in La Liga alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.

I was shocked at the line-up when it was announced but it's hard to know whether it would have worked or not when you consider the deadlock was broken so early. It wasn't as though Manchester United took advantage of our poor shape or broke through the lines it was a case of Antonio Valencia hitting an absolutely world-class strike into the top corner of the goal. For all we know that formation could have worked and got us a point. Koeman was raised on the theory of ''Total Football'' by his mentor Johan Cruyff. The latter confesses as much in his autobiography. As a result Ronald wants us to dominate possession, defend from attack and in theory dominate the game in all areas of the pitch which is why he has bought so many creative players in the summer. People have been complaining about these players all playing in the same position but in the theory of ''Total Football'' each player plays in each position, the striker should be able to drop deep into the midfield, the goalkeeper should be comfortable with the ball at his feet and if need be a defender should be expected to push up the pitch and help in attacking areas. The problem we face that instead of playing with the likes of Xavi, Lionel Messi or even Koeman himself we are playing with the likes of Cuco Martina and the absolute car crash that is Ashley Williams. Once we start winning games the players will grow in confidence and from growing in confidence the games will start getting better and better for us, we'll start to dominate again and play how the manager wants us to, how we were playing when we qualified for European football after a three year exile.

Glad I'm not the only one, I really do struggle to support Everton at times and stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the wooden spoons that follow our club. ! The friendly against Wexford Youth ''B'' Team was dominance to say the least . We'll be five games into the season, there will be 33 left to go. Plenty of time to turn things around and I'll be very surprised if we're anywhere near a relegation scenario. Like I said in my earlier post, we've played all the hard games so in theory we're now playing the teams that are below us so we should make up ground. I'll only be worried if we start to drop points against the Burnley's and Brighton's of this world, losing to Manchester United this afternoon shouldn't ring alarm bells to people about going down.

Anyone thinking that we should sack Koeman needs to give their heads a wobble. I'm not saying that he should get a free pass but we knew when the fixtures were released that it was going to be a hard start to the season so it's mind blowing how some people are now calling for Ronald's head now that we're dropping points. I'll admit that the second half of Spurs and the first against Atalanta were a disgrace but are we really going to pull the trigger on the boss because of 90 minutes of football?! We're Everton Football Club, I grew up believing that this club was about loyalty and honour, we kept David Moyes for 11 years and he didn't do half bad. Even though Roberto Martinez turned into an absolute car-crash of a manager we gave him a few years to at least try and turn things around. We'll struggle to get a result this afternoon but from there we play Bournemouth, Burnley and Brighton with APOEL in-between. If we lose all of those then by all means start emailing Moshiri but until then let's keep a lid on it and get behind the team. We signed a full squad in the summer and it's going to take time for this project to come to light, do we really want to become another Crystal Palace who sack managers after 40 minutes in the job? This post isn't directed at anyone on here for the record too, it's more aimed at the idiots on social media that make this club look like a laughing stock.