Where do you think we will finish this season?

[Isaiah]

Thread title is self-explanatory. Tomorrow's the big kick-off, where do you think we will end up come final whistle against Bournemouth in May?

[dunlopp9987]

Midtable-solid is what I hope for and what I expect

[Shukes]

Going for 8th.

Grabk will have a tough start losing Dom. But he has shown he can adapt. I do think he isn’t have something about him in the changing room to motivate players. 

[Wall Writer]

Can I vote if and when we get a striker?

[Romey 1878]

14th.

[Palfy]

Hoping for 12th and if we can better that then that would be a superb achievement in the context of last season’s finish. 

[London Blue]

I'll vote after the transfer window.

[Bailey]

With all these signings on the way, Im going for us just creeping into the top half.

[Btay]

As it stands 14th.

With potential new signings 8/9th

[Goodison Glory]

13th

[Wiggytop]

I’ll defer until end of the window

[Goodison Glory]

Where do we put comments about other matches in the prem?

e.g. so pleased villa getting beat. That's one team I want to do so bad...wonder why

[MikeO]

23 minutes ago, Goodison Glory said:

Where do we put comments about other matches in the prem?

e.g. so pleased villa getting beat. That's one team I want to do so bad...wonder why

https://www.toffeetalk.com/topic/24380-general-weekendmidweek-football/

 

[StevO]

5 hours ago, Goodison Glory said:

Where do we put comments about other matches in the prem?

e.g. so pleased villa getting beat. That's one team I want to do so bad...wonder why

You can also make a thread if you want to talk about something specific. But make it in the general sport section if it’s not about Everton. 

[Billwelshblue]

14th as it stands maybe 12th if we get a striker 

[Billwelshblue]

On 06/08/2022 at 16:42, Goodison Glory said:

Where do we put comments about other matches in the prem?

e.g. so pleased villa getting beat. That's one team I want to do so bad...wonder why

Newcastle I dislike now and its weird because in the Keegan and Robson days I wanted them to do well. But some of their fans are weirdly obsessed and bitter about us so I hope they fail with their blood money.

[Bill]

8th place for me then top six the season after as we are heading towards the new Stadium.

[London Blue]

3 minutes ago, Bill said:

8th place for me then top six the season after as we are heading towards the new Stadium.

I'll have whatever you just took please.

[RuffRob]

I think we should be finishing about the likes of Bournemouth, Fulham, Forest, Southampton and Leeds as a minimum.

I would like to think this young and new look team will be competing with the likes of Wolves, Leicester, Palace, Brighton  and if we get lucky with injuries etc at best possibly competing with Villa, Newcastle and West Ham as best of the rest this season. 

I think Man City, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea and even Man U are pretty much nailed on for the top six positions this season - may be a rebuilding Man U might have a wobble.

This seasons recruitment does give me hope that more players with the right attitude and battle will be taking to the pitch. It will take time for it all to come together and partnership to develop though. It's going to take a few months for the squad to bed in for sure - so almost going to be about snatching as many points as we can before November break.

 

[RuffRob]

It is interesting that nobody has voted for 15th to 17th place. 

From the non bias outside world which takes our love of the club out of the predications - all the bookies have us roughly at 15th place and the so called 'super computer' has us finishing in 16th place. 

 

 

[Billwelshblue]

11 hours ago, RuffRob said:

It is interesting that nobody has voted for 15th to 17th place. 

From the non bias outside world which takes our love of the club out of the predications - all the bookies have us roughly at 15th place and the so called 'super computer' has us finishing in 16th place. 

 

 

It's because of how bad last season is and most other fans and the media are Lamps sceptics. But if we can improve on last season even with some draws we will do better than that. Granted losing Dom in the short term is a blow but the squad looks more solid if we can add some more creativity /fire power I fancy we will be lower midtable

[Aidan]

I optimistically put 11-14. It's difficult to guage with Richarlison leaving, however we've added quality in defence and midfield. I think 11-14th is achievable if we can sign a forward who is going to get us 10+ goals this season. If not, I fear where we might end up.

[RuffRob]

6 hours ago, Billwelshblue said:

It's because of how bad last season is and most other fans and the media are Lamps sceptics. But if we can improve on last season even with some draws we will do better than that. Granted losing Dom in the short term is a blow but the squad looks more solid if we can add some more creativity /fire power I fancy we will be lower midtable

I think you are right about everybody being Lampard sceptics - Lampard is also the bookie fav for first Prem manager to leave his post!!! WTF.

Club are backing him this window, he is bringing the right caliber players and players seem to want to come and work with him, the fans are on his side and I think we will have patience with him and this new squad start to work with each other, it also seem to me Frank has already developed a love for the club.  

[Haiku]

For once we signed two premier league captains speaks a lot. We were lacking characters on the pitch. If these types of signings don't work out I just have no clue what else will. I'm hoping for a safe mid-table finish, that's all.

[Gwlad]

1 hour ago, RuffRob said:

I think you are right about everybody being Lampard sceptics - Lampard is also the bookie fav for first Prem manager to leave his post!!! WTF.

Club are backing him this window, he is bringing the right caliber players and players seem to want to come and work with him, the fans are on his side and I think we will have patience with him and this new squad start to work with each other, it also seem to me Frank has already developed a love for the club.  

If we were to change manager this season we'd lose his excellent backroom staff too. I think I really would give up with the club. 

[RuffRob]

49 minutes ago, Gwlad all over said:

If we were to change manager this season we'd lose his excellent backroom staff too. I think I really would give up with the club. 

Agreed, I think most fans realise we are rebuilding from a pretty low baseline, so will be willing to give time to see improvement.

Just need to cast an eye toward Arsenal and the time Arteta has been allowed to build something there.

We can't shit the bed when we have a run of bad results, which we will have, and could easily be this side of Xmas. Putting a new squad together does not happen overnight.

[Matt]

Can't judge anything until the window closes. If we get a decent striker and another, then we should do well. If we don't, we'll struggle.

[Btay]

1 hour ago, Matt said:

Can't judge anything until the window closes. If we get a decent striker and another, then we should do well. If we don't, we'll struggle.

If we get Gana and a proper striker we will win the champions league this year.

[Matt]

Another key point is that this is effectively Frank's start, and that it will take time for the players and staff to adjust etc. Last season cannot be factored into him building anything, it was plugging holes. Now the boat isn't in danger of sinking, the work on it can start. Mid table should be reasonable but I still believe we have the quality in the squad to be top 8 before the window. 

[RuffRob]

last year how many time did we find ourselves a goal or two down? and most of the time because of something stupid rather than the other team playing really well. The first priority is not to give teams a head start in games.  You have to say our recruitment so far should go along way in sorting this out.

As dull as it might be to start with, this season I will take plenty of 0-0 and 1-0 wins and a solid base to build off - especially away.