GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £60m
New owners that come in and immediately sweep out 75% of those massively underperforming high earners both at corporate and playing level. Won't happen.
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I know what you mean, but it's not just after 2 games though, it's a few seasons. Dyche is still making the same idiotic decisions. The selection of Keane, Harrison and Doucoure when players have been brought in to replace them and only warm the bench. The selection of Keane especially is ridiculous we must concede an average 2 goals a game with him. Doucoure as our number 10 is absolutely mental.I actually can’t believe the panic after 2 games. Brighton have beaten us and United and look decent and Spurs away we were never getting a result due to our injuries and their squad. I will start to worry if we don’t have a go against Bournemouth and those kind of team.
I actually can’t believe the panic after 2 games. Brighton have beaten us and United and look decent and Spurs away we were never getting a result due to our injuries and their squad. I will start to worry if we don’t have a go against Bournemouth and those kind of team.
It’ll take a root and branch clear out to change thingsIt’s clear from just scrolling down the main page on the forum (and following on from countless media reports and Dyche’s comments) the fans are taking a bit of flak currently.
I had a few thoughts about where all this started and was curious whether anyone else can pinpoint what might be done to try and ‘fix’ it.
For me this goes deep, and way back to when Moshiri first bought us. We’d had a fantastic season under Martinez which had raised expectations after years of being ‘almost there’ under Moyes, followed by 2 underwhelming follow up seasons. The takeover sent expectations into overdrive about what was possible however and this is where some inward reflection from us as fans is probably fair.
The atmosphere at Goodison has notably dropped from the Moyes era, call it fatigue, call it antipathy - whatever you like - it’s not what it used to be for 70% of the season. Yes we’ve pulled them over the line when needed but what about games like last week or how I imagine Saturday is going to go…
With the expectations increasing we’ve seen blasé attitudes to transfers, manager sackings and the finances surrounding the club. Some voices were shouted down early on when voicing disapproval of how the club had been ran and many had the ‘not my money’ attitude to some woeful recruitment.
We’re now left with whatever this is, a group of players we can probably pick 3/4 out who we genuinely do like and a manager who just isn’t suited to galvanise a fan base like ours. How do you heal that disconnect between fans and staff?
We don’t need a happy-clappy, Lampard type. I think we need an absolute maniac on the touchline, someone like Klopp, Simeone, Bielsa (not that calibre but that personality). The fans are that flat, the players are that disassociated, I can only see a big personality like that galvanising a reaction from the whole club.
Be interested to see what anyone else thinks, where we go from here, how did we get here. Is anyone else feeling a degree of blame for the rot setting in? Not pointing fingers but I know I’ve been guilty of all of the above at times (bar booing players coming on/off - actively called that out at the game a few times).