2019/20 Carlo Ancelotti

Toast · January 8, 2020

blulouie said:
See all the press weasels jumping on it now Bascombe "angry mob"
They all cant resist putting the boot in.

Btw as @Carlos says "wheres the pics"
Everyone has a phone with a camera & recorder yet not one of the "angry mob" thought to use it.
Na ...bullshine mate.

This 'angry mob' offered to leave their phones etc outside during the meeting.
The press are stirring and they are trying to make our fans look like something we are not.

The Penalty Box Dancer · January 8, 2020

There's a reoccuring theme, goes back to when Distin once said he'll lift the lid on what is going on at the club, then Eto'o who planted seeds in players heads that they can do better elsewhere, the Baines/Martinez argument, Schneiderlin/Mirallas training incident. The club just needs deleting and starting up as St Domingo FC. Just something rotten there, probably Jimmy Martin.

Connor · January 8, 2020

blulouie said:
Hmmm.

Field day for the media like - Everton DOF confronts angry mob – but not the case.

Respectful meeting. Grievances aired.

Nymzee · January 8, 2020

I want to see a few heads on spikes in the ground at his next presser.

Carlo eyes up all the reporters.

No one questions the heads.

Scene.

Blue Juice · January 8, 2020

Toast said:
This 'angry mob' offered to leave their phones etc outside during the meeting.
The press are stirring and they are trying to make our fans look like something we are not.

Are you the leader of the angry mob

royalblue66 · January 8, 2020

The Penalty Box Dancer said:
There's a reoccuring theme, goes back to when Distin once said he'll lift the lid on what is going on at the club, then Eto'o who planted seeds in players heads that they can do better elsewhere, the Baines/Martinez argument, Schneiderlin/Mirallas training incident. The club just needs deleting and starting up as St Domingo FC. Just something rotten there, probably Jimmy Martin.

Leave ar Jimmy out of this,he's a good un.

Toast · January 8, 2020

Blue Juice said:
Are you the leader of the angry mob

Hell no.
I couldn't be trusted not to swear if I saw Siggy or Schniderlin at Finch Farm mate..

Axlswhk · January 8, 2020

canuckblue said:
Watched the game Sunday -- one of the rare games we can get over here these days because the TV rights have switched to DAZN -- and it was clear to me bypassing the midfield would have worked just as well and playing from the back. Pickford's distribution, has has been noted, was more toward the sideline, trapping the receiving player. And neither Mina nor Holgate are capable of launching pinpoint long passes -- 90% of the time those efforts find an opposition player.
We did get those great chances in the first half, so something was working, but you can't play from the back when the midfielders are unwilling or incapable of quickly playing the ball forward. Schneiderlin is not a playmaker (nor is he a defensive midfielder as that would require some tackling ability) and Sigurdsson is more of a set-piece specialist than anything (he doesn't play enough quality through balls for my liking to be considered a playmaker; one great pass every four games just doesn't cut it). Delph is just off an injury and Gomes is out, meaning Davies is probably the best CM we have. And that sums up the problem.
What Carlo MIGHT have done is go three at the back and move Holgate into midfield, but that really wouldn't have made that much of a difference, IMO. Bottom line, and especially in light of this apparent dressing room spat, is that this team needs an enema and Carlo is going to wield the hose.

Excellent analysis

Bungle · January 8, 2020

Bob Latchford said:
and both eyebrows will be permanently raised.

Imagine him getting stuck like that

bluebud · January 8, 2020

I think Carlo needs to find/sign a Captain, a proper club Captain that plays every week, someone to be his voice on the pitch but also good enough to be in the team every week, I'm not keen on this sharing it around thing we've seen the last couple of years, it devalues the role when 4/5 of them have been captain, how can one of them call out another if that player might be captain next week? The leader of the group should be the leader of the group not just when its his turn on the rota.

Lanolin · January 8, 2020

bluebud said:
I think Carlo needs to find/sign a Captain, a proper club Captain that plays every week, someone to be his voice on the pitch but also good enough to be in the team every week, I'm not keen on this sharing it around thing we've seen the last couple of years, it devalues the role when 4/5 of them have been captain, how can one of them call out another if that player might be captain next week? The leader of the group should be the leader of the group not just when its his turn on the rota.

I don't think it's on a rota is it? As far as I know, Coleman is still the captain, it's just that he hasn't always been picked and so others have stepped in.

AmericasToffee · January 8, 2020

bluebud said:
I think Carlo needs to find/sign a Captain, a proper club Captain that plays every week, someone to be his voice on the pitch but also good enough to be in the team every week, I'm not keen on this sharing it around thing we've seen the last couple of years, it devalues the role when 4/5 of them have been captain, how can one of them call out another if that player might be captain next week? The leader of the group should be the leader of the group not just when its his turn on the rota.

There is no one worthy of being captain in the squad right now.

Paulie · January 8, 2020

Do we think Carlo knew how bad things actually where with the players before he arrived? Both mentality and ability wise?

I hope he did and this hasn't come as a big surprise to him.

bluebud · January 8, 2020

Lanolin said:
I don't think it's on a rota is it? As far as I know, Coleman is still the captain, it's just that he hasn't always been picked and so others have stepped in.

yer i was being a bit facetious there, I think Coleman, Sigg, Baines, Digne, Tom have all had a go this season.