The Benitez 8 will burn in the fiery pits of hell.
Now we know we’ve no divine right to be in the top flight…
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Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Pure us to dip our toe in the bottom at the end.
Still cant believe we were 5 points adrift with 5 to play and didnt go.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
I know what you mean, after Burnley beat us I thought that was our goose cooked. That said, it swung quite quickly with us beating Man U and Burnley loosing the next day to Norwich. After then I was quite sure we would stay up when looking at the run-ins, but yeah, horrifying that we had to slip into 18th going into a derby.
We have been relegated before .....twice I think .....
everton1953
Player Valuation: £40m
The enjoyment and relief came at the very end. Before that it was agony. I can never remember so many away games I have recorded, then deleted without watching .
Any pics Joe?
Plenty on the 1950s relegation team if you look .... It's hard to believe after Dixie Dean scored his 60 league goals in one season - he got a bad injury & we got relegated ..... then in the 1920s a one-man team we must have been .....
Toffeepot
Player Valuation: £35m
I'd happily bet on us having 20 more points next season if our fans can stay focussed on the big picture and show the amazing and admirable support they have of late throughout next season.
It will terrify opposition to come to Goodison as well as the away fans being so incredible, we may actually have a half decent record away too!
Sky Sports helpfully posted an alternative league table to make kopites feel better and pretend they’re the best however it does also point to how consistently we’ve been at the top table.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Yeah twice, 1929 or 1930 and came back up the very next season (then won the first division in 32!) and 1951 and we were down for 3 years.
4 seasons outside the top flight in total.
It was all self-inflicted - starting with the Benitez appointment.
1. His history
2. Not being particularly good (especially with bang average players which our recent years show we have been). We didn't have any Stevie Me's or Xavi Alonso's to get us out of any holes.
3. His falling out with everyone (Brands, Medical staff)
Injuries
Bad refereeing
Lack of transfer funds..
All we really had to do was appoint a half-decent manager to keep us safely in mid-table (or better) - that alone would have got us 5-6 places worth of prize money.
1. His history
2. Not being particularly good (especially with bang average players which our recent years show we have been). We didn't have any Stevie Me's or Xavi Alonso's to get us out of any holes.
3. His falling out with everyone (Brands, Medical staff)
Injuries
Bad refereeing
Lack of transfer funds..
All we really had to do was appoint a half-decent manager to keep us safely in mid-table (or better) - that alone would have got us 5-6 places worth of prize money.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Fixed…..
There has been genuine "bedwetting" on regular occasions in the last few years. Just because we were finally in an actual relegation battle this season doesnt change the picture that we hadnt been in one for 20yrs or so and you had people despairing about going down when we were only in november some seasons. It was silly and just because this horrific season happened doesnt change that IMO
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