Everton Discussion posts

27 Apr 2024 20:57:08
Watching Villa Chelsea. How the heck did our lot succumb to 6-0.

27 Apr 2024 19:47:31
Greatest support. and great effort by the players to get us over the line and leave us with some nails on our fingers. We enjoy the moment. then look to see what ways the guys at the top can steady this strange ship of ours and see if we can finally have a season without constantly looking over our shoulders. Much depends on the takeover by.? and what players are left after the budget dictates who goes and who stays. You would not have put money on Dyche being manager after the Chelsea debacle but I guess he is likely to start the 2024-25 season. Not a fan of his style but who he brings in will tell us a lot about what kind of football we are going to be playing. Sad we missed out on Adam Wharton but hopefully the scouts have lined up some creativity from somwhere. My own feelings. to let go would include Harrison, Young, Keane if he is willing to take a pay cut and go. Gomez too. but some have to stay or we don't have a team. just a pity we probably won't see Branthwaite become a future Everton captain.

27 Apr 2024 20:18:00
couldn't agree more. We can relax now. Yes we will probably lose Branthwaite To balance the books, such a shame. Dyche deserves a medal when you think what he has had to put up with- Points deducted, 777 etc. don't fancy 777 to run the club. With any luck there might be more buyers interested now?

27 Apr 2024 19:46:37
Pickford carried on tonight from our last game excellent goal keeping.

{Ed025's Note - yeah he was very good GB..

27 Apr 2024 19:33:10
We have 'won' as many points as the much vaunted Brighton team. a lot of kudos to the players who have stepped up this season. Yes there was a dodgy spell after Xmas but this has to be seen as progress. Find a number 10 who works hard and unlocks defences and there's a glimmer of light from the dark tunnel.

27 Apr 2024 19:44:10
Spot on Cookie, absolutely delighted with the result and the turn around from the Chelsea game. With some good recruitment there may be some light at the end of the tunnel.

27 Apr 2024 12:48:20
Cmon you Wolves.

25 Apr 2024 17:56:57
Caching up with my match of the day quota for season by watching last night's episode for 5th time. Quality.

25 Apr 2024 17:36:18
I haven't read many on this site who are happy with the brand of football we play under Dyche, myself included. However, if you knew at the beginning of the season we would get an 8 point penalty, would you have been happy with the current position we find ourselves in with 4 games remaining.
I am really torn between wanting him out and a fresh start next season, or putting up with the brand of football for another season and probably being safe again. We know we will be operating on a shoestring again which works to Dyches strength.

{Ed025's Note - tough one that TBT, but who,s to say that a new manager wont do better mate?....but of course he could do worse..

25 Apr 2024 19:08:55
With our situation, Dyche is the right man. We were crap before him, now we are less crap and have a much stronger mentality and have am excellent defensive record.

Yeah we have had some crap performances, and he is stubborn but the players should shoulder far more responsibility in my opinion, It's
way to easy to blame the manager. When he has have decent transfer budget and isn't fighting points deductions and knobhead owners, then I think he can be judged fairly.

25 Apr 2024 20:55:07
He’s made us very hard to beat, awful to watch (apart from last night) though. Clearly the players want to play for him, last night proved that and that’s crucial. Sometimes it’s better the devil you know.

26 Apr 2024 00:18:19
Manager picks the formation and tactics. Last nights win doesn’t sway it for me, this kick it anywhere and hope for set pieces is not good enough. Keep him till end of season then move on.

26 Apr 2024 07:34:47
Dyche staying or leaving really is a tough call, and one that does seem to split the fan base.

26 Apr 2024 08:12:50
Yep agree Scottish toffee, as much as the football ain't been great of late, early season we were up there in league with chances created and XG and been more organised less solid and organised defensively majority of the season, add the battles off field and deductions he has done a very good job albeit not pretty, factor on we won't have much to spend in summer and likely to be weaker as a squad think it probably is a case of better the devil you know, not like we have a warchest in summer for a reset so until the dust settles stability for me but hope he gives some youngsters a chance to step up.

26 Apr 2024 08:48:30
Get rid and move on. Other clubs have done well with their manager selections, are now well above us to where we should be, why can't we?

26 Apr 2024 09:39:50
NickB57 other clubs may well have done well with their manager selections, not us though we have been very poor so why do you think if we get rid of Dyche our current management will be able to select a manger capable of making a poor squad a better team playing better football?

26 Apr 2024 14:45:43
SA90 hopefully once the sale goes through we will have management capable of selecting better management. You want to stay fighting relegation for the next 4-5 years?

26 Apr 2024 15:28:34
I know what your saying NickB57, but I wouldn't trust the club the run a bath, let alone appoint a new coach and new players.

We have to cut our cloth accordingly until we have competent people running the club.

I've heard a lot of fans dismissing Dyche like he is an idiot with a terrible récord, he got Burnley relegated twice etc. He kept Burnley, repeat Burnley in the PL for 9 years on a tiny budget. He got them relegated once and came straight back up and stayed there.

Never once did he get the money that Kompany got, and he is not doing to great in the PL.

Granted footie was crap but that is impressive.

And he was also sacked before they got relegated the 2nd time, he may well have kept them up had he stayed.

26 Apr 2024 15:46:58
Think we will be fighting relegation until the finances are sorted and we stop giving out stupid contracts.

26 Apr 2024 16:15:39
If the club is sold and we are on a better financial footing it wouldn't bother me if we had anew manager.

26 Apr 2024 17:04:17
Can’t watch hoofball again next season.

26 Apr 2024 17:15:51
He also got Burnley into Europe Scottish. Agree about Dyche think all in all he is doing a decent job, just does he move us forward as a club in next 5 years or so, am unsure, I think he deserves a chance to at least try especially under better circumstances but equally can understand the calls for a new start, very torn between the 2 but atm I don't see a stand out realistic choice or many wanting this gig until the mess been sorted which if we are still a premiership club and Dyche at the helm he imo deserves a shot at it first.

Where do fans want/ genuinely think we will be in 5years as a club, what's the expectation and hope?

26 Apr 2024 21:38:34
Yes Mocker he got them into Europe too, i didn't put that in as I was beginning to sound like his agent?.

25 Apr 2024 10:34:45
Hi Ed 025 what happened last night was nothing short of a miracle for Everton first win on home soil since 2010,how many managers have we had since then until Sean turned up they all failed, one swallow does not make a summer and all that but you have to give it to the guy and the Team they were bloody fantastic the whole Team played so well and totally deserved the win, next question why can't we play like that week in and week out makes no sense, big question is now do we stick with Sean and eventually he gets his own players in or do we bin him and most of the Team and start again, we have taken a hammering of late and have been playing total tripe that we have all had enough or can we trust them or start again, thanks mate tough one eh.

{Ed025's Note - it was a great night and a top performance GB, i thought our fans were magnificent again and they were our 12th man, people are lauding SD and rightfully so but i have to ask if thats how we can play what the hell happened at Chelsea?, it was chalk and cheese and so i have to question the players and manager im afraid, i dont want to put a dampener on last night though so i will just enjoy the rest of the season and see how things pan out..

25 Apr 2024 12:55:43
It’s all we can do mate whilst I’m really chuffed with last night it still hits a nerve as to why it’s taken so long I mean even Young even had a decent game second half last night, we on here will never agree so it’s cheers buddy.

25 Apr 2024 23:13:51
It’s the first thing I thought GB. How can we play with that passion, desire and intensity for one game but then be an absolute shadow the rest.

They have clearly shown they are capable so there aren’t any excuses for me and this is where Dyche needs some slack.

I’m not his biggest fan but for me it falls down on the players. As fantastic as the win was and certainly again them, it doesn’t excuse some of the performances this season for me.

25 Apr 2024 07:57:20
Just thinking about the FFP/ PSR. I know they've been arguing about mitigating factors like the USM sponsorship etc. Would they be able to argue about our league position due to points deductions because I read each spot is worth £2.2m more than the previous. As we would be 2 places higher and realistically able to go another 2 places higher. As this would've been near £9m extra. It's like we are getting punished twice.

25 Apr 2024 09:43:14
Could be absolutely wrong here and i apoligise if i am but am sure ed 002 has stated we need to raise 80-90 sales by end of june to avoid the 3rd charge so brathwaite will definitely be in the shop window and i imagine onana will be aswell be a sad day when jarrad leaves think if the lad keeps his head down an keeps playing way he is big clubs will be courting him.

25 Apr 2024 09:50:55
We broke the rules so asking for mitigation would be rejected. We have only been punished once the punishment and consequences were known when the penalty was given by the independent commission. The fact that the whole process was flawed is completely inconsequential.

25 Apr 2024 10:37:28
Well if we hadn't signed Ali and Danjuma there's over 8m we could have saved on two players who never play.

24 Apr 2024 20:31:27
How is Klopp being allowed to berate the for a half hour straight?! Double standards.

24 Apr 2024 21:00:27
He's untouchable. They don't want to ruin his last season in the EPL.

25 Apr 2024 09:36:59
His team are getting spanked so he’s trying to influence the officials, because they normally get everything.

25 Apr 2024 10:39:43
He's been doing it for years. Tries to intimidate the officials when things aren't going his way. Will be glad to see the back of him.

24 Apr 2024 16:52:32
Do any of the Ed's know, with a degree of certainty, what are the monthly shortfalls on both the footballing side and the Bromley Moore development?

{Ed002's Note - It would be easy to work out but not really relevant. The loans and debt are the issue.}

24 Apr 2024 19:26:11
It is certainly relevant if Mr Moshiri hasn’t made a first charge condition on his loans.
If this is not the case it would be in his financial interests to cover any monthly shortfall, as additional loans, to avoid any threat of going into administration.

25 Apr 2024 06:19:52
Don’t think Moshiri cares anymore Fancy. He just wants out and to leave this mess for someone else to clean up.

25 Apr 2024 09:17:30
Moshiri will care as he has a very large financial investment within the club. It would not be in his or his backers bet interest to let the club fail. I would imagine he is doing everything he can for a successful transition to new owners.