Steve_E

I'd argue some of our best players of recent years have been cast offs. Arteta, Pienaar, Saha, Lusaka, Kanchelskis, Howard, Digne etc
Its more of a case of buying the wrong cast offs!

I was watching thinking, at last, we have a striker who can hold the ball up, give defenders a scare, and can run with the ball. Last night he had a quiet bit good game. 
Held the ball well, gave their defence a knight mate, which showed in the last twenty minutes as they didn’t want to hold onto the ball long.
One of his better performances without being much of a goal threat.

I’d love him to come back and make that position his own. Save us having to find a replacement for Seamus. 

Went for Keane, though there should really be a shout for Carlo. How he changed that last twenty minutes so much is beyond me. We were getting battered, he changed it, and we looked good in the last twenty minutes.

I don’t think so. Look who he has to mentor him, look how he acts around the club. I think he’s settled. If we don’t qualify for Europe next season I can maybe see him looking elsewhere but don’t see it any time soon 

If he’s worth 100m+ and the board could get it, no one would stand in his way. 
He’s good but not that good. 

Yes please. 
 
 

He looked rusty (understandably like!) but still managed to play a beautiful ball for Richarlison to race on to in the first half that he should have at least gotten on target.
I'm a massive fan of his and I'm looking forward to seeing how he progresses after getting a bit worried he wouldn't make it here.

Is it just me or is this where we are lacking most? Absolutely nothing across the 4 in midfield today. No ball winner in there - something Gomes needs to get on the ball. Wide players none existent.

Yep Everton 

Should have stuck with Allardyce the press said. Get back in your box the press said. Don’t aim too high the press said. 
 
43 shots on goal in two games! 
Break the fucking box and aim high!

The bundesliga is a weak league.  Shalke would probably be mid table in the championship in England.  It’s nowhere near the speed and physicality of English football.  If he’s doing well over there my point is we should sell and take advantage.  Like lookman worth 30m and then comes back to England and is shite and we only get 20m.  
 
the leagues are worlds apart I would hope brands would have learned from the look and fiasco.

Complain about him all you want, but don’t bring their families into it please. 

Didn't both quoting the Lukaku bit. Every other post you've made is about him. It's embarrassing and boring. 
Gana didn't have the desire. Look at McCarthy winning the ball compared to him. Gana was a yappy dog with no bite. Left huge gaps that gave away clear chances game after game and offered fuck all going forward if anything was a hinderance both defensively (left gaps) and attacking-wise (slowed the play, couldn't see a pass nevermind weigh it). 
Absolutely bored of morons going on about the useless leech. We've conceded far less chances through the middle with out and far more solid and creative through the middle. Imagine him playing today instead of Davies who, it'd been an absolute shambles. Only thing he had over Davies is speed. 

Football fans are fickle. We're easily won over and easily lost too. Generally.
I pondered Ferguson's role as a coach. I often think out loud on this forum, then sometimes coil back on myself when I read what I put. Also, there's a lot of emotion when we win or lose - different emotions, but still lots of emotion.
But seeing how much it meant to him, if he was a Manager who had even just won a League Cup in the past 20 years, and that was his first match in charge here...the Evertonians would embrace him our right. So, it's one them...we'll just wait and see.

Personally think Emery is a much better coach than Silva with evidently a much better track record. 
 
Sevilla very similar club to ours and he did really really well there. I wouldn’t be disappointed if it was Emery personally. 

But like Ten Haag or Pochettino, if you don't take that risk at the right time, the rising star manager will be unattainable down the line. 
We have had proven managers, well the last 4, and look how that has gone. We took a risk with Moyes and it worked.

Well. What to do, what to do?
You guys n gals know me from previous times like this - I back the manager until I can no more, which is usually quite a bit after the hardcore have been shouting n screaming since the original appointment. I like to give the manager my full backing, and tend to find the positives in the appointment. And continue to let hope and the positives drive my thoughts until it's impossible to do anymore. I was the same with Moyes, Martinez, Unsworth, Koeman...Fat Sam never got a sniff to be honest, I sussed that fucker straight off...and now Silva.
Silva. Clean looking, young, exciting, a touch of positive arrogance, well thought of within the game. The project was on. The man for the next 5 years, to take us forward into a new stadium and up the table. There would be wobbles I said, but it's all part of the learning curve. So long as we show we are learning from said wobbles, then that's fine. It would take a good 2-3 years to stabilise. To get rid of dead wood. To get the squad balanced. And we would inch our way forward bit by bit. We needed to think of it as a long term project. Stop rushing, sacking, spunking cash on shite. Silva. Brands. Sorted. Patience needed.
But now I'm at that 'end of the road' point like I eventually got to with the previous lot. And the route of it, for me, is seeing how we have not learnt from the mistakes. When we went through that rough spell last season (Dec - Feb?), it was woeful. We were making the same mistakes over and over. Then we seemed to get over it, fix it, and push on. Happy days. But to then see the exact same shit happening again, those exact same errors - that's unforgivable. Really, it's not acceptable. It reveals that Silva is clearly lacking in key areas of his mentality when it comes to playing the game. That we are seeing the same sort of performances, coming unstuck time and again, defensive errors and wasted opportunities time and again, you all know what I mean.
We've now lost 7 games from 13. We are now looking at losing 15 - 20 games this season. Unforgivable. For the investment, that's diabolical. The squad we have, ok, it's not a top top squad, but it's better than 7 defeats in 13 when you've only played a couple of the real top teams.
But what next? I've no idea. I know the likes of Moyes, Unsworth, Big Dunc get a big NO from me. But who else can we get? Poch? That would be amazing and I'd slash tyres if we haven't initiated any contact. Realistic? Nope. I've no idea who. I mean, Emery was the cream of the crop a couple of years ago but he's struggled too, so you just don't know.
What I do know is that this is really disappointing, the whole project over the last few years has been a car crash. And I've no idea what we do next. Sack him, start again for the, what, 4th time in recent years? More money spent, more players to get rid of at a fraction of their cost, more expensive contract write offs etc.
I just find myself shrugging my shoulders and shaking my head. More questions than answers I'm afraid.
Hope you've all been well by the way 👍

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marco Silva being helped by lack of alternatives. Moshiri’s “project” would be shown up somewhat if, after watching Spurs replace Pochettino with Mourinho within hours, he has to sack Silva then take the very desperate measures of bring back David Moyes as an interim option.</p>&mdash; Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) <a href="https://twitter.com/philmcnulty/status/1198378314399911941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Sorry, I've no idea how to insert a tweet here. 

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Happy with this. Think he's a talented player, nice technique. By the time he's 26, pundits will be talking about him like they're talking about Zaha now. 

Happy with this. Think he's a talented player, nice technique. By the time he's 26, pundits will be talking about him like they're talking about Zaha now. 

Completely different player.

Pretty decent player really and half the price of Zaha. OK with me this one.