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I think we will stay up..

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If we can get a result v Newcastle it will lift a massive weight off the club the players and fans, then Suddenly things look a lot better, this will then be a domino effect with confidence
 

If we can get a result v Newcastle it will lift a massive weight off the club the players and fans, then Suddenly things look a lot better, this will then be a domino effect with confidence

The thing is though mate is Newcastle are out of the relegation fight so they can come and play for a point, the pressure is on us to get the 3 pts and that's worrying because we look toothless up front.
 
I mostly can’t figure out how we’re still not bottom 3 as of today. We’ve won 2 of our last 20. The only thing that’s keeping hope alive at this point is the fact that apparently there are others just as hopeless. It’s truly remarkable we’ve managed to stay above the relegation zone so far.
 
Conversely if we lose to Newcastle, our following four games are West Ham away, Utd at home, Mordor away Chelsea at home. I can’t see us getting any points out of those four games.
Weirdly those are games, bar the Shyte, that we’re likely to scrape something from.
Burnley and Watford away are our season definers.
 
Goodison was a lonely place yesterday, despite being among people I’ve sat with for around 40 years. As bad as it felt and as bad as the auto-pilot drive home was (dangerously so) and as numb as I’ve been since I’ve just convinced myself we’re staying up. It’ll be hellishly tight and it’ll go to the wire, but we’ll scrape over the line.
To do it, we’ve got to stop the negativity, the booing, the player-slating and realise it’s the RBJ we support, not the transient players wearing it.
Starting Thursday there needs to be no moans and groans at team selection, no jeers at square passes between the centre-backs, back-passes to Pickford from the halfway.....non of that crap.
We know the players aren’t technically great so moral fortitude developed from our unerring support will be key.

Operation ‘Make Goodison a Bear Pit’ needs full backing, full voice, full anger and full toxicity towards the Saudi horse punchers.
 

The players are clearly trying their best. They’re just not good enough - we are paying the price for years of inept recruitment.

Now we fans need to try our best.

It’s no coincidence that when Frank first came in and we fans were getting right behind the players the performances were different. After we thrashed Leeds their winger Daniel James said we had been like a 12th man and had really given our players the edge.

But when we fans are negative we’re REALLY negative. And that undoubtedly destroys the confidence of our players.

I remember being at the Wimbledon game in ‘94 and the fans really knew what was required that day. The enthusiasm and encouragement lifted the players. We needed that against Wolves and we didn’t really see it, apart from maybe the first half an hour of the match. As the Watford goalkeeper said the other week, we Everton fans are often seen as an asset… to the opposition!
 
The players are clearly trying their best. They’re just not good enough - we are paying the price for years of inept recruitment.

Now we fans need to try our best.

It’s no coincidence that when Frank first came in and we fans were getting right behind the players the performances were different. After we thrashed Leeds their winger Daniel James said we had been like a 12th man and had really given our players the edge.

But when we fans are negative we’re REALLY negative. And that undoubtedly destroys the confidence of our players.

I remember being at the Wimbledon game in ‘94 and the fans really knew what was required that day. The enthusiasm and encouragement lifted the players. We needed that against Wolves and we didn’t really see it, apart from maybe the first half an hour of the match. As the Watford goalkeeper said the other week, we Everton fans are often seen as an asset… to the opposition!
It’s exactly what Newcastle will try on Thursday, but we need to fight with everything that we have
 

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