10 Mar 2024 14:47:07
Jimmy Husband walks on water nan an a na?.
10 Mar 2024 16:49:08
RIP Jimmy lad.
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10 Mar 2024 14:47:07
Jimmy Husband walks on water nan an a na?.
10 Mar 2024 16:49:08
RIP Jimmy lad.
10 Mar 2024 12:48:17
Right for the rest of our home games I suggest we play a 5-3-2 formation.
Patterson-Tarks-Branthwaite-Godfrey-Micky
Onana-Garner-Dacoure/ Gomes
DCL-Beto
Get the fullbacks forward both can cross the ball better than the two "wingers"? We have.
10 Mar 2024 16:49:35
Agree.
11 Mar 2024 11:50:27
why can no fans actually spell Doucoure?
even when you pronounce it you don't pronounce it Dacoure ahahahah.
11 Mar 2024 14:35:12
Does it really matter? Think there’s more things to worry about don’t you?
Oh and it’s not Doucoure, it’s useless fecker.
11 Mar 2024 15:43:57
McNeel and Arrison garbage too.
11 Mar 2024 17:19:17
Agree Woburn that changes need to be made and whilst all our opinions are subjective but here’s my 5 pennies worth.
If Sean and his coaching team had the ability to read the game in real time it would certainly help, although he did make substitutions early against United, its blatantly obvious the speed of play in transition is woeful and players need to undergo special reaction training to prevent the basic mistakes that gifted two penalties. Drawing on a golf analogy, If Tiger Woods can stop his 120+ mph golf swing before contact with the ball in a fraction of a second, both Tarkowski and Godfrey had the time to pull out of penalised tackles.
Godfrey is a square peg in a round hole, whilst his strength is his speed he has very poor positional sense in defending and offers nothing going forward. I
Why Patterson who is a much better option is continually overlooked is worrying. He provides better defensive play and the athleticism and ball skills to break and cross dangerous balls as does Coleman.
We are far too slow in our build up play, this was exemplified by Dwight McNeill constantly either passing back or cutting inside and running with the ball across the pitch when he had passing options, with players in space, but by the time he decides to pass the ball United had regrouped and closed down his team mates. I can’t remember him taking on Dalot on the outside.
It was drilled into me at an early age that the ball travels faster than the player.
I would therefore prefer to see the existing 4-4-1-1 team setup with a midfield of Garner, Gueye, Onana and McNeil with Doucoure in the advanced role, although he is nowhere near the form displayed before his hamstrings
Injuries, with DCL always my preference over Beto
Garner is then in position to cover for Pattersons when he offers an attacking option.
Dobbin should be given sufficient game time to offer an option wide left or AMF should the game need changing, offering more pace and directness to freshen things up.
It’s worrying that Sean is now saying that the under 21’s are not ready for first team consideration when our neighbours seem to have an unending supply of youngsters who come in and perform admirably. Questions need to be asked why?
I still feel Ellis Simms offered a lot more, in every skill aspect than Beto but wasn’t really given a fair chance even after scoring a good goal against Chelsea away in the brief appearances afforded to him. Yet we sold him for £7m and are spending £25m for Beto.
What is absolutely necessary, irrespective of our Premiership status, is that a complete and ruthless shakeup needs to take place, which may be forced on us and I hope Thelwell is scouring the various leagues identifying additions and replacements for a number of the current first team squad.
10 Mar 2024 10:02:49
Dyche saying he's going to work them hard on their little "holiday".
No practice crossing and finishing . Oh and a bit of pass and move might be good.
Don't want eleven Harrison's running around but producing nothing thanks.
10 Mar 2024 11:18:53
I'll go with Linkers advice of "try a little calm and composure" over his rollerball tactic "you must hurt yourself to score" nonsense. Hope there's a pro striker coach wherever he's dragging them away to.
10 Mar 2024 12:31:30
Mate, the RS hired a special-ist throw-in coach surely there's a finishing coach out there. I wonder if the likes of Lineker, Shearer or Wright fancy popping in to finch farm a couple of times a week, or maybe Henry? what's Aguero upto these days? Maybe that's the role Sharpey should of had instead of a seat on the board?
10 Mar 2024 12:42:09
The whole Team are so wound up (not as much as us fans I hasten to add) everything they do is so frantic and there’s no composure at all it’s all done at 100 mph, no doubt all this negative stuff going on and on re points deduction must be having some effect on them, they have to cool it.
10 Mar 2024 14:58:17
Wouldn’t Rooney be the better call as a striker coach.
Should do it for free if he loves us that much.
10 Mar 2024 16:51:16
Sorry these guys are paid a lot of money to play football. Passing and shooting should be a given.
11 Mar 2024 17:34:43
Harley, I think Sean, Ian Woan and Steve Stone, despite playing the game, can’t see the wood for the trees.
10 Mar 2024 07:51:08
Ian Wright says Evertons composure and decision making in front of goal is letting them down. No rubbish Ian!
10 Mar 2024 07:41:26
Garnachio is our new footballing nemesis.
10 Mar 2024 22:17:24
We’re our own footballing nemesis.
09 Mar 2024 17:11:34
We're not a million miles away. Most of the game was us knocking on the door but not having the quality or confidence to finish it off. I think one good game with a few goals will kick start it. Sorry for posting something slightly positive.
{Ed025's Note - i thought overall we played pretty well Bobby, but our final ball and finishing is very poor mate..
09 Mar 2024 17:41:08
Makes me wonder what our strikers do all week in training.
{Ed025's Note - well its certainly not crossing or shooting WT..
09 Mar 2024 18:45:19
Godfrey not a full back. Lad can defend but when he gets forward he can’t cross a ball. Yet we have two right backs sitting on the bench.
As for substitutes, yes they were made a bit earlier, but should have been made at half time. And as for bringing Young on when we’re 2-0 down why?
09 Mar 2024 19:45:09
Said the other day Patterson is a better wing back than full back, can also cross a ball. Dyche is old school set in his ways, no imagination.
09 Mar 2024 22:26:44
45 attempts at goal in the last 2 games and only one goal scored. we need a complete overhaul in attack because we are pi$$ poor.
10 Mar 2024 07:57:17
We don't have the squad depth to replace these prima donnas, that's the problem.
08 Mar 2024 09:35:07
Wouldn't it be nice to just once get a little bit of good news.
08 Mar 2024 14:40:56
Like three points this weekend - we are long overdue some good news like that.
08 Mar 2024 16:29:48
Now that would be really good news COYB.
06 Mar 2024 01:13:23
Ancelotti decided to make Calvert Lewin a basic goal hanger. stick close to the danger area and don't run around wasting too much energy. wait for the moment. and he started to score goals.
Sean's plans for CL are evidently different.
06 Mar 2024 07:13:38
We aren't in a position for any player to not run there socks.
06 Mar 2024 08:42:29
But we have a few that don't. You want your striker in the box not out on the wing.
06 Mar 2024 11:52:05
Worked for Lineker.
06 Mar 2024 14:58:39
And Sharp.
06 Mar 2024 18:38:08
If the 4th/ 5th best defence in the league can't cover leaving a lone striker to do his effing job and stay on the last defender and bust a gut to get to the middle of the penalty box whenever we have the ball, then that's pi99 poor. Oh hang on! "Are you not entertained? "
07 Mar 2024 10:13:39
DCL had one good season. No matter what system we play he’s had chances this season and can’t score.
He’s not the solution - neither is Beto
Unfortunately our midfield don’t chip in with goals either and we have no cash so get used to very boring low scoring games
We are creating chances and should have had a hat full last week.
07 Mar 2024 12:41:39
Against West Ham I was screaming at the TV Beto to get in the middle. No good having a single striker if they are on the wing most of the time.
07 Mar 2024 13:15:10
Winning is entertainment followed by not losing.
07 Mar 2024 22:39:35
Not sure what that means - I do know we are never 1st on MOTD though.
05 Mar 2024 23:43:49
First time poster - but couldn't hold back - that young lad for Coventry looks a real prospect - Ellis Simms is his name. Recon we should splash £25m on him for next season!
About time we did some good business (joking by the way! )
06 Mar 2024 14:59:35
There's many a true word said in jest BB.
06 Mar 2024 19:11:53
I know he's bagged a few recently but time will tell if he turns out to be a premiership standard player, jury is still out for me.
Will Coventry make a profit? Of course, most youngsters we've sold or let go have moved for decent money, that is frustrating!
Did finances have something to do with it, I suspect so. It's the reality of our situation unfortunately.
05 Mar 2024 11:14:00
Doesn't matter what people's opinions are regarding 777, the facts are the deal was agreed in September with Moshiri and 6 months later we are still waiting for the Premier league to give approval. Man U agree a deal with Ratcliffe on 24th December and it was approved less than 2 months later. I know the process would take longer as to their apparent reputation but 3 times as long and counting.
05 Mar 2024 13:49:14
Maybe the league should have told them no earlier but, for me, it just shows that 777 group is not the right fit for any Premier league team, not just us. If they had the finances in place they would have had an answer by now. They have missed deadlines, allegedly, for important paperwork to be submitted. If that is how they are acting before a takeover, how are they going to act if they get the nod? The Premier league might be doing us a favour by dragging it out. Anyone that doesn't see the red flags this group display needs their head reading! I really hope the rumours of other potential owners are true, I don't want 777 any where near this club.
05 Mar 2024 14:39:19
I agree mostly but to compare to the man Utd real is wrong. That's a part buyout of 25% not the same checks etc. The deal to compare it to is Newcastle.
05 Mar 2024 15:37:34
But 3 times linger and more delays to come, doesn't matter if its 777, 666 or 999 a decision should not take 6 months +.
{Ed002's Note - It hasn't taken 6 months to make the decision. It hasn't sat with the Premier League for six months. Due process.}
05 Mar 2024 16:59:39
They shouldn't be allowed near this club they are a shambles they are getting loans to give us loans they are fraudsters, turmoil at there other clubs, credit rating downgrades at there companies. I know we need a takeover but if the premier league give clearance for this an it goes tits up witch it will the buck has to stop with them, right now it's there responsibility.
{Ed025's Note - Certainly not my choice Shakey, but im not sure what other alternatives we have mate..
05 Mar 2024 17:36:15
Tim Cahill if only Ed.
05 Mar 2024 18:21:05
Would you really want the Qataris GB.
Not for me. Felt strongly against world cup being there not going to change my view just because involves EFC. We are better than that as a club I'd hope.
05 Mar 2024 18:55:38
OK then the "process" should not take 6 months from the time of both parties agreeing the transaction.
05 Mar 2024 20:28:56
It probably wasn’t true in the first place mate, I like everyone on here want all this uncertainty to be over and get back to proper footy.
05 Mar 2024 20:51:18
Yeah me too GB, but not at any cost of losing our principles and values.
05 Mar 2024 21:26:09
Hopefully we survive this season and a new buyer will then come forward.
05 Mar 2024 22:05:56
Think they went when the Russians took over Mocker.
05 Mar 2024 00:07:24
I know Xg stats aren’t everyones interest, so stop reading here if so. But for those interested:
We’re now at an Xg underperformance of 18.1, absolute insanity. The second biggest underperformers are Chelsea, their underperformance… 8.1. How on earth are we this bad at taking chances.
The leagues most clinical side (greatest Xg overperformers) are Arsenal with an Xg over performance of 8.4. This means there is about the same difference in Xg over-under performance between the 19th worst finishers (Chelsea) and the best finishers (Arsenal) , as there is between us in 20th and Chelsea in 19th. Absolutely unreal.
If it weren’t for our solid defending (4th best in terms of Goals Against and Xg against) , we would be absolutely in the mud.
Some may disagree with me here, but for me Sean Dyche is responsible for the system and approach that affords the players the best chance to win each game. It’s the players responsibility to put that ball in the net. We obviously aren’t lacking the chances created under Dyche’s system nor the strong defensive numbers, but my god are we being let down in front of goal by our forwards.
I know points on the board and goals in the net are what truly matters, but these underlying numbers do show that Dyche system is not leaving our forwards to “feed off scraps” as many seem to suggest. We are just truly the worst finishers in the league.
All I can hope is that for the next month or so Dyche and his staff rip up their training ground plans and only run bloody finishing drills.
There’s hope blues, and I do think we get out of this under Dyche.
(All Xg stats from Understat, but note that different models for calculating Xg may vary slightly. The overall points and trends I point out do remain true regardless of where you get your Xg stats from though)
05 Mar 2024 00:25:39
Sorry, typing this out late at night and made a slight blunder. The difference between us and Chelsea is about 10 Xg underperformance, and there is about a 16 Xg difference in under-over performance between Chelsea and Arsenal.
It’s more like the difference between us as the worst finishers 20th for underperformance of Xg and the next worst in 19th for underperformance. Is the same as the difference between under-over performance between 19th and about 5th.
In any case, the intention was to highlight just how far behind the pack we are in terms of the quality of our chance taking.
05 Mar 2024 07:03:22
? Run that by me again ?.
05 Mar 2024 07:27:31
TMH old school me mate, I can see with my own eyes where we are good and where crap. Football (soccer) is not a static game (NFL) needing charts notebooks tablets etc! In the end all stats do is tell us what we already know.
05 Mar 2024 07:51:30
In simpler terms, we cannot finish the chances we create, we are neither skilled enough or clinical enough. SD cannot finish the chances himself, and his set up leads to these chances being created, albeit in a style that’s not too pleasing on the eye. You’d like to think that we will click at some point, but I’m not that confident.
05 Mar 2024 14:38:29
On Saturday the crowd was dead, all the spirit knocked out of them, and couldn’t do anything to lift the team.
I’m not saying it’s on us, as those£100k a week players are the ones that kick the ball, but we just look completely done this time.
Exhausted and not even that bothered if we go down.
Maybe for the best.
05 Mar 2024 16:37:57
Relegation is never for the best. As for crowd lifting the players. It’s about time these so called professional players put in a shift to lift the crowd.
After all you don’t go to watch a play and stand up and read the lines your self. Getting really tired of people blaming supporters, were feckin burnt out, and we pay for the privilege.
05 Mar 2024 17:04:55
As soon as the tempo rised and we played 3 or 4 quick passes, the crowd were up. I’m not cheering long balls and misplaced passes.
{Ed025's Note - to be fair JB sean cant win, at 1-1 we really went for it and committed more players forward, that meant defensively we were a bit stretched mate, mind you we should have been 3 up before that..
05 Mar 2024 21:08:02
That’s been the case all season really, Ed. SD has probably done as well as can be expected with the squad we have. Most of us would have taken the points we should have on the board at this stage of the season., and we should have more. I can accept the reality of the situation, but I don’t want our final season at Goodison or our first season in our new stadium to bear witness to the dross we’re watching currently.
{Ed025's Note - i cant argue with that JB mate..