Heath

Went for Alex Iwobi because he looked lively throughout the game.

If we give Silva another month, we could see ourselves out of the Carabao Cup and sitting firmly in the bottom three of the Premier League. If we sack him over the next week or so, who takes his place? Unless the 'powers that be' have some sort of Plan-B in place, it's going to be Dave Unsworth again. 

21 minutes ago, Bailey said:

I completely agree. The only question with Wenger would be whether you get the manager that managed the invicibles or the one that ended his career at Arsenal.

If there was ever a manager to be a stabilising figure, almost a safe pair of hands, then it would be him.

Maybe somewhere in between. I feel he went stale at Arsenal after spending a lifetime there; and i believe Everton will be enough of a challenge, with plenty of potential for success, to get his footballing juices bubbling. But let's be honest, we're going to try and bring in someone like Martin O'Neill aren't we 

16 minutes ago, Bailey said:

Now that is a bloody interesting shout!

Well I would imagine that Wenger is available. He's a winner with a massive amount of Premier League and European experience. Everton are a well established Club with a rich history, and a healthy budget... he may just be up for the challenge. With the amount of compensation we've paid to clubs and managers, we could have used that money going big and paying for a top manager to come in. Just a thought.

I wanted Marco Silva to get at least until the end of the year before any decisions are made about his future, but he's making it very hard to support him and give him more time. Silva is our fourth Manager since Moyes and we're had several player changers in that time,  yet the same issues still exist. There is obviously a deeper problem at the club than just having the wrong Manager, and it needs to be addressed. Anyway, let's get Arséne Wenger in.

On 26/09/2019 at 10:14, pete0 said:

Digging deeper, they are ninth in the league for total shots, 16th for shots on target and, most worryingly, bottom of the league for percentage of shots on target.

This suggests the quality of the chances they are creating is not very good, and this is backed up by an xG of 7.57, which puts them 14th in the league according to Understat.

So the only thing Silva has improved is our possession. Anyone willing to admit sticking with Alladyce would have been the better option yet? 

Not sure if you're on a wind up to be honest.

I'll no doubt get more stick for this than a middle-aged white man criticising Greta Thunberg on Twitter, but..  yes. I wanted Big Sam to at least see his contract out; mainly because I wasn't keen on us bringing in Marco Silva.

Big Sam was sacked after taking us up the table, which is something I didn't like. Now, after paying Allardyce, and Watford, God knows how much in compensation to get 'our' man, we have a Manager who has pretty much got the Club into the same position that we were in when Big Sam took over; but spent a fortune doing it. 

I shall now put on my tin hat and retreat to my bunker 

I can see us getting beat in this one. But still, let's go for it with pace and lots of attacking.

Burnley 2 Everton 1

Gylfi Sigurðsson

Had to be Seamus Coleman for me.

16 hours ago, rubecula said:

seriously though  who  would you like to replace M Silva?  would you accept an ex Liverpool manager if you thought he would be good enough?

There's only one man for the job:

4 minutes ago, Finn balor said:

They’ve gone for the shite Southampton v Pompey game and as usual the shite tommorow. I’m sure man united v Rochdale would be the more appealing game and would benefit Rochdale. 

Hopefully our game in the next round against Milton Keynes Dons will be televised.

I'd have thought this would be on TV, considering there is a very good chance of a 'giant killing' to be had. 

We'll do this lot no problem. Just get stuck into them from the off and the points are ours 

I've gone for Bernard because I thought he looked lively. That's it really.

Sadly Marco Silva appeared to be at a loss against Sheffield Utd, but I still hope he gets until the end of the year to sort it out and get his 'system' working for us. If he does get the sack though, I'm not sure who could come in and do a decent job. Rafa Benitez was my choice the last time around when we were hell-bent on bringing in Silva. He does have the experience we'd be looking for and he has won trophies. Not sure about José Mourinho at all to be honest. It's bad enough when you have one or two toxic players in a squad, so having someone who can be has toxic and abrasive as Mourinho could really screw us up. Obviously I'm hoping that Marco can do the business, but I'm starting to think that it's unlikely  

Not feeling confident, but being confident, about this one. I think we should shake things up a bit and come away from the lone striker system that's been working so well for us all season. I have no idea who is currently injured/suspended, and couldn't be arsed checking if I'm honest. If I'm correct, we've conceded eleven goals in our last five games and scored eight... so this could turn out to be an interest encounter. COYB! and all that.

Everton 2 Man City 1

Moise Kean  Yerry Mina

(Edit: To change goalscorer to Mina)

4 hours ago, Palfy said:

Heath if you were trying to get yourself a start on Sky Sports, you messed your chance of an interview up Pickford isn’t a CB

It's my more positive approach... no keeper and eleven outfield players  Still think I could do a better job than Souness 

I struggled with this one, but went with Alex Iwobi in the end.

On 16/09/2019 at 20:45, Aidan said:

 

Whoever put that there is in no way a true Everton fan... no true Everton fan would have ever put an image of Mike Walker up there.

Two excellent goals by Kelly, but then she started getting a little greedy looking to get her hat-trick. Still, very impressive all the same.

Go for a more pacey attacking approach upfront. Give Richarlison his chance as a striker and run their defence ragged with three tricky fast players. See... there's a reason I'm not a manager 

Being positive this week 

Everton 3 Sheffield United 0

Iwobi

Well done Jonjoe Kenny; Bundesliga Rookie of the Month 

On 02/09/2019 at 18:31, MikeO said:

Very disappointed you wimped out and didn't go the extra mile with Bournemouth!

I was through on goal, the opportunity was there... and I bottled it