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Onana on....NOW!

Lucky not to be going in 3-1. This is the shit I'm talking about. We had much more of the play in their third, but still go in at half time 2-1, almost 3-1, down. This is the type of clownery thats gonna see us going down.

Shame for Coleman. Thought he was having a really good match as well.

Looks like Coleman's season might be over

Nice move. More of that please.

Great save by Iverson. Also...I've said it before, but I'll say it again....we have to make the pressure count.

Read the same thing in the Guardian, and was going to post something about that line, because on first look it really seemed to be an eye-opener. But on further inspection... "Everton are in serious danger of being relegated for the first time since 1951, having collected one win from the past 10 games. Dyche claims there has been positive change since he replaced Frank Lampard, whose final 10 Premier League matches yielded five points with seven goals scored and 17 conceded. Dyche took six points from his opening three games but his record over the past 10 matches reads seven points won, eight goals scored and 20 conceded. Everton conceded four goals in Dyche’s first four games but have shipped 18 in nine matches since he replaced Conor Coady with Michael Keane in central defence." When I think about it the stats look like this: I don't know about anyone else, but except for the new manager bump where Dyche got us 6 points from his first 3 games, I don't see a huge difference here. Admittedly, there has been a marked improvement in attitude, we certainly don't, or at least in the main haven't been, folding over as soon as we go down, which was the hallmark of Lampard's final games. And with DCL coming back in perhaps there is hope that we will see an uptick in the goals scored column. And OK, maybe that 0.2 points per game, and change in attitude, will turn out to be the difference in whether we go down or not. But what these stats speak to me more than anything, and this goes back to those suggesting Dyche should be moved on - if you make a cake with the same ingredients you're gonna get very similar results. There's no one going to come in and start get us challenging in the top half of the table without serious and proper reinvestment in the first team squad. The team itself is simply not fit for purpose. It needs rebuilding, and that will unfortunately take time and patience - something a lot of fans evidently lack. We're in a shit place, it took a minute to get here - it'll take a minute to get back out.

I honestly think Leicester will stay up. If it's not Southampton, Leeds and Forest...then it'll be us and two of them.

https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/eng-premier-league-2021-2022-spieltag/34/

3 points from the Leicester game would put us top of what I'm calling the relegation league (pos. 16-20). It would give us such a boost going into the final 4 games. Leaving it much more in our hands. However, can't see it happening.

I agree. Under Dyche, the players have indeed shown more attitude and desire. I'm sorry if my post was misleading in this regard. In fact, that probably highlights the fact why we shouldn't be getting rid of the manager so quickly. The point I was trying to allude to was that the squad (and board) needs an overhaul not the managerial staff (again). Or to put it another way, you can't keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. (You don't have to be Einstein to realise that.)

He's only been in the job a couple of months. And we all know that the real problem is not the manager. These players have time and time again thrown managers under the bus with their attitude, or lack of. And it's the board's inept decision making that has turned the squad into the dross we currently have. Not least the suicidal decision not to buy a striker either last summer or in January. But...whatever, let's change the manager again, because that's what's gonna sort this mess out!

I can't believe people are contemplating sacking the manager already. Some people never fucking learn.

I'm presume it's the funeral procession

Embarrassing goal

Well you could argue the effort is there, but they must have left the quality on the coach.

Have to make this pressure count

Forest winning last night makes this game a must win for us! The team need to be up for the fight tonight.

Looks like he's pulling up with a tweak in his hamstring in that picture

Confirmed till end of season. Good luck to him.

I just don't see us going down any more. Yes there's still games to play, but we are not the same team we were 2-3 months ago. The mentality has completely changed. We no longer are a team that gives up easily. We are a long way from the finished article, but it has been clear that we are actually being competitive in games. If we keep that up, we'll be fine.

@Hafnia what were you always saying about Keane?

I think the biggest difference I've seen is in mentality. We don't seem to be that team anymore that goes a goal down and gives up. I was convinced that we would have done much better under Lampard if we had more/better options up front but Dyche has made better in that regard mainly by changing the mentality of the team. I still believe we need heavy investment up front, but the future seems to have much more of a pink tint to it than recently.

Huge point. Not expected, especially after the first half and going down early in the second. And not least for confidence and belief. Can we say we're safe yet?

Just to get this thread back on topic.... In the title, shouldn't there be a capital B in buts?