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the biggest flaw I see in your argument is that you assume that if you stick Klopp or Postecogle in charge of this Everton squad it would mean you instantly get Liverpool and Spurs - it would be pretty far from it. In Klopps first season in charge of Liverpool I beleive they went backward 2 places in the league. That would see us relegated. We have NO margin for error.
The players in this sqaud are best set up for being solid out of possession, playing a big man upfront, getting crosses in or hitting teams on the counter attack.
Why, for the sake of it, put a manager in with a totally different playing style if you don't have money to solidly back him over two or three transfer windows to bring in 4-6 quality player to allow you to safely change the playing philosophy of a sqaud. We don't have the money to do this or have the luxury of being able to afford losing 2-3 places in the Premier league as this new style beds in. 
We need to become a solid mid table team first, get the new owners bedded in, stadium finished and our revenue streams all sorted first, before we should really be concerning oursevles massivly about having a manager who favours progressive football over effective football. 
 
 

I feel with Dyche the potential to get back to being one of the clubs in and around the European spots is there (given time and assuming proper investment in players etc.).
Whether he’s capable of taking us higher is still a doubt for me, but we are way off that anyway. I’d much rather see us stabilised over the next couple of seasons than chop and change too soon and end up back at square one.
At the moment progress is being made. Once progress stops being made, I think that’s the time to make a change. Obviously, in the meantime we should have course have targets in mind and contingency plans ready.

I want us to see us win everything mate.
Firstly, I don't think many expected Eddie Howe to do such a good job with Newcastle but he has. There are certain things about Dyche that piss me off tactically but I also understand reason behind why he makes some of his decisions.

I agree but I think we need to have a solid foundation & I am not sure we will have that by the end of next year. I think we need to identify a clear direction in the style of which we play & consistently recruit both players & managers that will compliment that. If we finish this season 14th and then the next say 10th under Dyche, I think it would be mad to move him on based on that however I would also expect us to have a shortlist of managers who are deemed suitable to come in at anytime (now included) to progress us further.

After the last 5 years I'm genuinely shocked how many supporters seem to want Dyche gone. This is first time in heavens knows how long that I feel like there's a plan for recruitment, there's a genuinely good squad to choose from, the wage bill is representative of where we sit in terms of current quality, and our trajectory is upwards.

And I agree. But before we can look at sailing a ship, you need time to plug the holes and get it steady. I keep saying 2 seasons are a minimum, largely for the obvious stability and the benefits that brings, but also because the really good things he's achieving are basically stamina and work rate. If he goes sooner, I fear that these positive steps will be lost as we've seen so often before and not really had since Moyes. 
How long do you think he should be given, out of curiosity? 

Personally, mine's black.

I was good to see the lad rewarded. pretty much made that goal himself.
just the sort of thing that will hopefully see his confidence increase, making a positive impact from the bench. 

Hi assist for Youngs goal on Wednesday was brilliant, I thought he had run himself in to a dead end, no he created a the goal that sealed the win. You could see how much it meant to him.
We still,need to see improvement in his game from him which should come with increased game time.

Great assist from Beto there

Great result. Not arsed about the cup cos we know.....but absolutely chuffed to see us getting better and better. There'll still be ups and downs but we're definitely on the way up. 
One thought.... I think Beto needs to play more - but not for the reason that we are poorer without him - I feel he still needs to get accustomed to the pace and physicality of the English game. Great assist from him, but I feel he may be one of those who we don't see the best of until his second season. 

Great assist from Beto there

Great assist from Beto there

Great assist from Beto there

We are missing Doucoure’s work rate and pressing, Danjuma needs to step it up if he wants to secure a place in the team. 

Onana should have done better there
 

This season is about not being in a relegation fight, about survival.
If we can achieve mid table safety then thats progress. I will take that.
To be fair we have played some nice football, good football. The more flowing expansive game will come with points and safety.

I think I have said this for the last 5 years & every time we have somehow managed to look like the leggy team

No I think fans who were opposed to him remaining chairman will respect him. 
 
i’m taking my lads for their first match and will be hoping to take part in a respectful send off.  
 
at the end of the day he was a human being and he led tributes in an exemplary way. 
 
I get very annoyed when people can’t show respect. Yes, I may disagree with people and oppose them - when all is said and done we are trying to get through this thing called life.  None of us are perfect, the time to oppose Bill was when he was here to defend himself and to do it the right way.   Not like a noisy attention seeking coward. 
 
his family deserve that. I’m sure they wanted him away from this club a long time ago. Let’s show our class.  When it comes to matters that supersede football we should pride ourselves on behaving with dignity. 

Unexpected but also kinda not really. 
Bill is gone, may he rest in peace. For all his flaws, we do have the stadium on the docks, we did have European and Champions League football under his reign.
Whilst it could've and should've been better, now is not the time for debate. Best wishes to his family and friends. Let's let him rest. 

Dele? This is a guessing game here.
Possibly Straq though

I think he’s been improving steadily. Not wildly brilliant then terrible, but steady overall improvement. I think that’s indicates his base level is getting better which can only be a good thing.
I think there is potentially a very good player in there, but he seems to lack self belief. I’ve seen a few camera shots of him after he does something good (especially going forward) and he’s smiling like as if he’s saying “Wow, yeah, I can actually do this. I am good enough!”
Which funnily enough seems to conform with my impression that his mistakes are usually down to a kind of nervous panicking.
Thats just my read; as although my Polish is pretty good, the Ukrainian alphabet is completely different.
 

I think he’s been improving steadily. Not wildly brilliant then terrible, but steady overall improvement. I think that’s indicates his base level is getting better which can only be a good thing.
I think there is potentially a very good player in there, but he seems to lack self belief. I’ve seen a few camera shots of him after he does something good (especially going forward) and he’s smiling like as if he’s saying “Wow, yeah, I can actually do this. I am good enough!”
Which funnily enough seems to conform with my impression that his mistakes are usually down to a kind of nervous panicking.
Thats just my read; as although my Polish is pretty good, the Ukrainian alphabet is completely different.
 

And let's not forget his set pieces are atrocious. 

And the amount of mistakes Young is making is too many, both fouls yesterday were stupid as examples.

Hopefully Patterson can seize his chance now.