09 Feb 2018 18:29:31
alright, let's do an analysis of our situation right now

the owners-i don't think anyone can critiscize them barring from a few appointments (appointments which everyone thought were good appointments i.e walsh and koeman)
the manager-sam has never undertaken a project quite like everton and has always been at clubs to give them stability, and not much else
the team-full of quality, most if not all have been vied by the top 6 at some point in their careers i.e rooney siggurdson schneiderlin walcott (napoli wanted to take klassan so he must be good) etc etc, so not much is wrong on the team front
so where do we go from here?
our mistake is obvious, for the first time in our lives our football team had dosh to spend and we spent it like mad, buying every name that came up on the newspaper and who had an above average season last, we bought into the hype of walsh and what he'd managed to do with leicester, and we broke our record (twice i believe) for transfer signings which at the time surpassed what arsenal paid for ozil
we just have no structure, it reminds of chelsea in 2010-2013
they had recently bought hazard, a number ten when at the time i believe they needed defensive midfielders, so what do they do? they buy another number 10 in oscar and just pump the team with talent with no real idea where it goes or when they're supposed to play
our main problem was, we didn't go for established players and overbought, koeman isn't a bad manager, there's a reason he's hired by the dutch national team. and there is a reason he was the manager last season after guiding an underqualified southampton side to consecutive 6th place finishes, we did great business last year in bolasie schniederlin etc which no one can argue ended up improving our team. hopefully the higher ups have learnt from this and instead of just buying any player that's hyped up they look to do something more structured and sustainable, we will never be like real madrid and their galacticos, we're simply not that marketable and its unlikely that we'll ever be, so we will never be able to simply "buy" our way to success. slowly and steady wins the race i guess.

1.) 09 Feb 2018
09 Feb 2018 19:12:00
Pretty good analysis mate. We need a rebuild with a strong man at the helm. Moyes-esque but born winner I feel.

2.) 09 Feb 2018
09 Feb 2018 21:59:35
Funny how we see things differently. I see it as a very poor squad. I believe only one natural left footer. I also see Coleman as a great player but coming to the end of his career. as are Baines and Jags. Coleman has maybe a couple more seasons but the other two this is probably their last. They were in a team that got us to 6th/ 7th when surrounded by other decent players. But now we have Schneiderlin. I have never seen him have a great game for any of his clubs. Sig is decent and great at set pieces (most of his assists with Swansea were set pieces. ) and we seemnot to have the attackers to regularly make the most of his free kicks/ corners. Niasse is quite terrible but works his socks off. Bolasie is greedy and full of pony tricks but hardly ever scores and rarely assists. Rooney is on his last legs but is class. Gueye is great at breaking up the oppositions play but rarely is constructive going forwards. Kenny and Martina are full of errors and cost goals. Pickford is top quality. Walcott is class. but not consistent all the time. Klaasen has shown nothing to me yet. but maybe I am being unfair as he has hardly figured. Tosun looks ok but again not seen much o him yet. DCL/ Lookamn will be class as will Davies. So my summary is we have some players who are ok. We have some who were great or good but are really on their last legs and we have others who are not quite ready. And this is why we are in the position we are in. Not because a manager who has just joined us is negative. We were rubbish before he arrived. We lost a 20 goal a season player and another who provided many assists and in his last season 8 goals. Those goals and assists were the difference between 1 nil losses or draws and the odd win. I don't think any manager on the planet could galvanise the bunch of players we currently have into any sort of team yet. Half are too inexperienced whilst the other half are struggling to keep going or are just not good as we thought. Schneiderlin was never in the team at Utd. Klaasen has struggled to make an impact. Sig was a star in a poor team. I have said enough!

3.) 10 Feb 2018
09 Feb 2018 23:22:01
Great post Degsy. Any team with pace will do OK for me. SA sends out Lookman on loan. Imagine him on one wing and Walcott on the other? Poor Validic doesn't get a look in? Defence is a huge problem for me. Why he doesn't play Garbutt is beyond me, unless he is awful. Martina does his best for the team but he is not good enough! Getting somebody who is left footed is the priority in my opinion. On a positive note, looking forward to Coleman and Walcot causing havoc on Sat.