wolf8312

Man this has been poor after a promising start. Can’t keep hold of possession, can’t create anything, clumsy careless tackles. Worst thing about watching Everton these days is how boring it is. We don’t make any chances and I can never work out where a goal is going to come from. There’s just no self belief about this team. 

Dunno. He’ll lose his place in the England side if he carries on like this and rightly so. He just creates too much panic. My hearts in my mouth whenever he gets the ball. He’s a good keeper but at that level it’s 65 percent composure.

It's completely unnecessary the amount of shit he fires at the players.... you be gotta make sure you are on top of your game to do that. 
Big for his boots. 

Not going to pretend I know the winning formula or tactics/strategy to use, cause I don't. But one thing I have noticed in the premiership, and international football in recent years is that a manager who doesen't know his starting 11, and tinkers with his team too much will have difficulties.
Sometimes as the adage goes more is lost by indecision, than the wrong decision. Find out what the starting 11 is on the training pitch, and stick with it, at least for a while. My gut feeling is that teams need to get used to playing together as a team, and feel settled, rather than constant upheaval, be it with personnel changes, or formation. 
It wasn't all bad today. I think it hurts more cause we needed to get a run going, and build some confidence. First half we were the dominant team, game should have been killed off. Very impressed with bernard.
For me I don't care about this season. I just want the manager to get settled in, and focus on creating cohesion, and building something in the manner Klop has with Liverpool. My overall impression of this team presently, and alot of other premiership teams these days, is that it's a collection of individuals rather than a team working together.
Need some real leaders in there as well. A blue steven Gerard would be nice.

Think he’s gonna be a really good player to be honest, I’ve liked what I’ve seen of him. Gives it his all!

Bernard is driving us forward he does nothing negative always looking to go forward.

Pickford has had a howler.
Should have been booked at the very least at the end there. Gotta worry about this team now. The midfield are like ghosts and give the opposition so much time on the ball, that they just cut us apart with their through balls. Was the same in the last few games. Defense is utterly shambolic, probably not helped by Pickford charging around like an enraged headless chicken. There’s no composure at all. Going forward we’ve been quite good, although as in all the games recently some of the passing is atrocious, don’t know how you can call yourself a professional footballer if you can’t pass the bleeding ball!
I don’t know for what possible reason our goal was disallowed, dodgy ref me thinks, but can’t exactly say the score line is not a fair reflection of the game. At this rate big Sam will be back again by the summer. Going into a tailspin. We need a win and some confidence back.
I hereby optimistically predict we will win 4-3. 

I understand what you're saying @wolf8312, but saying (in hindsight) the tactics didn't work doesn't have to be a manager Witch Hunt.  Just that something was tried, didn't work, and you move on.  Silva is still a young (for a coach) and learning, he'll make some mistakes and that's ok.
We're playing so much better, and more attractive, than last year, having been far more organised at the back as well.  Kudos Silva and Brands.
Against Man City, 5 at the back and conceding the midfield clearly didn't work.  We had one (clear-cut and fluffed) opportunity in the first half, that's just flat out not creating enough and a big part of that has to be down to the structure.  They had far too much time on the ball, able to shift the play and pick passes at will.  Getting some balance back in the midfield allowed us to at least get forward a bit more...so we could fluff more chances.

You say the tactics are wrong, what tactics would you have used yourself?
Liverpool could easily have beaten us by the same or a higher scoreline. They missed alot of easy chances, and our defence was in that game, stretched just as much as it was today. We battled in that game, but the indivdual mistakes were if anything higher than today. We also created (and f*ckin spooned) just as many chances! Watford, yep we fell to pieces, but they were fired up for that game, and many people predicted a difficult game there! I never saw the newcastle game...
But what I am really saying is, of course there are problems with this team! This is not me declaring how great we are, my point is get used to it, because realistically we ain't that good, and that isn'tt the managers fault, you just cannot expect the squad we presently have to compete with the likes of City or Liverpool.
Go to war with the army we have, not with the one we would like to have, or for some strange reason, ever since investment, believe we have. Good god man you're an evertonian😀! We lose, that's our thing!
Seriously though, do you not think we have improved since last season, and the one before? What more can we really hope for?
Personally I see a team that is fighting, and for the moment behind the manager, playing some nice football, though lacking quality in the final third, and making costly individual errors.
Please god not another witch hunt against the manager, because if that happens yet again, I fear we will never escape the cursed cycle! There is nowhere to go this time! 

You say the tactics are wrong, what tactics would you have used yourself?
Liverpool could easily have beaten us by the same or a higher scoreline. They missed alot of easy chances, and our defence was in that game, stretched just as much as it was today. We battled in that game, but the indivdual mistakes were if anything higher than today. We also created (and f*ckin spooned) just as many chances! Watford, yep we fell to pieces, but they were fired up for that game, and many people predicted a difficult game there! I never saw the newcastle game...
But what I am really saying is, of course there are problems with this team! This is not me declaring how great we are, my point is get used to it, because realistically we ain't that good, and that isn'tt the managers fault, you just cannot expect the squad we presently have to compete with the likes of City or Liverpool.
Go to war with the army we have, not with the one we would like to have, or for some strange reason, ever since investment, believe we have. Good god man you're an evertonian😀! We lose, that's our thing!
Seriously though, do you not think we have improved since last season, and the one before? What more can we really hope for?
Personally I see a team that is fighting, and for the moment behind the manager, playing some nice football, though lacking quality in the final third, and making costly individual errors.
Please god not another witch hunt against the manager, because if that happens yet again, I fear we will never escape the cursed cycle! There is nowhere to go this time! 

No, not the managers fault! We were playing Man City away, which is an extremely difficult proposition for any team, let alone ours, which let's be honest, is limited, especially in attack.
We played some good football today, and we created enough chances to have drawn level, but you have to take your chances.
For most of the first half I honestly thought we were the better team! City were disjointed, and we did seem to have a game plan, which was indeed based around sitting deep, and hitting them on the counter. But IMO that's pretty much what you should do (or all you can do) against such a potent attacking opposition, and obviously it all breaks down big time, if your strikers don't take their chances.
It's really not the managers fault that we have no center forwards. We played deep, because we were playing man city, and had we gone all out, they would no doubt have fooking murdered us!
People really need to temper expectations or else frustrate themselves. We haven't really got the quality just yet, but there are many players in that team starting to shine. Manager has really made vast improvements, but we have no strikers, no finish...
We got into the top six a few weeks ago, and suddenly expectations went through the roof again, which really isn'tt a good thing IMO. We need to keep our feet on the ground.
I don't think if you asked the city players about how Everton played today, they would be quite so negative. We played as well as we did against Liverpool IMO (a game of which I thought we received more praise than we actually deserved) with the main difference being that City took their chances, whereas liverpool (mane) fluffed theirs (we also fluffed ours)!
We didn't make it easy for them today, but really Man city away? Losing 3-1 was no great shock was it?

No, not the managers fault! We were playing Man City away, which is an extremely difficult proposition for any team, let alone ours, which let's be honest, is limited, especially in attack.
We played some good football today, and we created enough chances to have drawn level, but you have to take your chances.
For most of the first half I honestly thought we were the better team! City were disjointed, and we did seem to have a game plan, which was indeed based around sitting deep, and hitting them on the counter. But IMO that's pretty much what you should do (or all you can do) against such a potent attacking opposition, and obviously it all breaks down big time, if your strikers don't take their chances.
It's really not the managers fault that we have no center forwards. We played deep, because we were playing man city, and had we gone all out, they would no doubt have fooking murdered us!
People really need to temper expectations or else frustrate themselves. We haven't really got the quality just yet, but there are many players in that team starting to shine. Manager has really made vast improvements, but we have no strikers, no finish...
We got into the top six a few weeks ago, and suddenly expectations went through the roof again, which really isn'tt a good thing IMO. We need to keep our feet on the ground.
I don't think if you asked the city players about how Everton played today, they would be quite so negative. We played as well as we did against Liverpool IMO (a game of which I thought we received more praise than we actually deserved) with the main difference being that City took their chances, whereas liverpool (mane) fluffed theirs (we also fluffed ours)!
We didn't make it easy for them today, but really Man city away? Losing 3-1 was no great shock was it?

I still pretty much think we panicked, and that if avoiding relegation was our only real goal we could have done so with either Koeman or Unsworth without the expenditure of millions and millions upon big Sam.
It might well have been a blessing in disguise for Unsworth too, and I reckon hes pretty relieved to get out. Such a top job for someone so inexperienced could only have harmed his future prospects in management if things went wrong as they probably would have.
We're all just fans and our opinions and predictions mean very little, but big Sam after all that?
 
 
 

Wow great performance, and that goal by Rooney, did I ever doubt him?
I guess the question is now were we right to get rid of Unsworth, ha ha!
Some bad results but that game looked like a real turning point, and perhaps a long spell on the bench has really fired Rooney up. The question has to be did we need really a fixer or just a bit of confidence back? The problem, not just with Everton, but all premiership clubs is a lack of patience and tenacity to hold on, and be brave when the ship starts sinking. But its an understandable phenomenon when you look at what happened to teams like Leeds..
Only time will tell I guess but I think if we brought big Sam in mainly to starve off relegation then Unsworth could plausibly have done exactly the same job for much cheaper. Feel both happy and sad for him. Made up for Rooney as well, he's proved me and other doubters wrong for the moment, and I think hes won his place back!
Still mustn't go mad, I kind of sensed we would stuff Moyes! What really worries me, is we may now have a manager who feels his only remit is to keep us from being relegated!
Still we need to give him a chance...

Wow great performance, and that goal by Rooney, did I ever doubt him?
I guess the question is now were we right to get rid of Unsworth, ha ha!
Some bad results but that game looked like a real turning point, and perhaps a long spell on the bench has really fired Rooney up. The question has to be did we need really a fixer or just a bit of confidence back? The problem, not just with Everton, but all premiership clubs is a lack of patience and tenacity to hold on, and be brave when the ship starts sinking. But its an understandable phenomenon when you look at what happened to teams like Leeds..
Only time will tell I guess but I think if we brought big Sam in mainly to starve off relegation then Unsworth could plausibly have done exactly the same job for much cheaper. Feel both happy and sad for him. Made up for Rooney as well, he's proved me and other doubters wrong for the moment, and I think hes won his place back!
Still mustn't go mad, I kind of sensed we would stuff Moyes! What really worries me, is we may now have a manager who feels his only remit is to keep us from being relegated!
Still we need to give him a chance...

No I wish! Well I guess I do write as a hobby!

To be honest the negativity is already so intense I guess failure is unavoidable but I certainly dont think sacking him is going to help matters.
The modern game is basically a bad case of going through managers like cheap socks. A few bad results and the fans pile on, the media follow, and before you know where you are, the players themselves have ousted the manager! Its bad for all concerned especially the club itself.
It never used to be like this as the manager of a football team used to be the boss unless he went full Brian Clough or something, but its happening all over these days as the players know they can easily get rid of any manager who so much as dares to criticize them or not give them their own way.
I dont like Mourinho but hes  a good manager (if tactically boring) and obviously got overthrown by the players at Chelsea, as did Moyes at Man U, and Claudio Ranieri at Leicester. Players not playing to the best of their ability, in order to spite or dispose of a manager, should be seen as tantamount to treason, but the players will continue to get away with this kind of behavior, if the fans continue to just passively accept it, and focus on scapegoating the manager as soon as things go wrong.  
I'm not saying that's happening here, but people should be a little more circumspect and stop with the Witch Hunts every god damned week. You'll enjoy the sport more too if you relax a little more. Personally as a lifelong Evertonian I'm so accustomed to misery I haven't even begun to worry yet, and  dont generally expect to win anyway haha!
You gotta give managers a chance to build a team, give new players time to settle down, and gel together which must be difficult when so many new players come in, and established players start getting pushed out. Its bound to create a massive disruption/resentment, and an uneasy atmosphere that probably affects performances especially for the new players. But to call for the managers head this early is crazy, and will just end up being, a self fulfilling prophecy.
His biggest mistake IMO was bringing Rooney back in. I've never had any resentment or ill feeling against Rooney for leaving, but anyone should have been able to see from his last few seasons at Man U that he's coming to the end of a great career and is basically conked out. I couldn't believe it when we re-signed him, and it was then that I seriously questioned Koemans judgement. I dont know how he couldn't have worked out exactly why Mourinho was selling him. That said many people who want Koeman out now, were made up to be getting Rooney back and its my guess that Rooney wont prove to have been a good signing.
I say give him Koeman at least year and if we get relegated you can burn me!
Still unlikely he will survive...

To be honest the negativity is already so intense I guess failure is unavoidable but I certainly dont think sacking him is going to help matters.
The modern game is basically a bad case of going through managers like cheap socks. A few bad results and the fans pile on, the media follow, and before you know where you are, the players themselves have ousted the manager! Its bad for all concerned especially the club itself.
It never used to be like this as the manager of a football team used to be the boss unless he went full Brian Clough or something, but its happening all over these days as the players know they can easily get rid of any manager who so much as dares to criticize them or not give them their own way.
I dont like Mourinho but hes  a good manager (if tactically boring) and obviously got overthrown by the players at Chelsea, as did Moyes at Man U, and Claudio Ranieri at Leicester. Players not playing to the best of their ability, in order to spite or dispose of a manager, should be seen as tantamount to treason, but the players will continue to get away with this kind of behavior, if the fans continue to just passively accept it, and focus on scapegoating the manager as soon as things go wrong.  
I'm not saying that's happening here, but people should be a little more circumspect and stop with the Witch Hunts every god damned week. You'll enjoy the sport more too if you relax a little more. Personally as a lifelong Evertonian I'm so accustomed to misery I haven't even begun to worry yet, and  dont generally expect to win anyway haha!
You gotta give managers a chance to build a team, give new players time to settle down, and gel together which must be difficult when so many new players come in, and established players start getting pushed out. Its bound to create a massive disruption/resentment, and an uneasy atmosphere that probably affects performances especially for the new players. But to call for the managers head this early is crazy, and will just end up being, a self fulfilling prophecy.
His biggest mistake IMO was bringing Rooney back in. I've never had any resentment or ill feeling against Rooney for leaving, but anyone should have been able to see from his last few seasons at Man U that he's coming to the end of a great career and is basically conked out. I couldn't believe it when we re-signed him, and it was then that I seriously questioned Koemans judgement. I dont know how he couldn't have worked out exactly why Mourinho was selling him. That said many people who want Koeman out now, were made up to be getting Rooney back and its my guess that Rooney wont prove to have been a good signing.
I say give him Koeman at least year and if we get relegated you can burn me!
Still unlikely he will survive...