2021/22 Rafael Benitez

[Big Sams Undies]

Ben Godfrey is clearly struggling with the after effects of Covid-19. Very sad to see how much he has deteriorated.

It goes without saying but we are desperately missing our best midfielder Doucoure and our leading goalscorer DCL.

As Evertonians we are known for our patience and our ability to be logical and reasonable in the face of adversity, so I don’t think many blues will be calling for Benitez’s head when we’re still in the top 10. Even Carlo Ancelotti, the most decorated manager in history, could only get us 10th.

I wasn’t surprised by last night’s defeat away to the most in-form team in the country. What worries me is that we are struggling to win our home games, sometimes against mediocre opposition like Watford. If you can’t win at home against Watford when you’ve got all the fans right behind you then where can you win? Certainly not at Man City, where we play in a couple of weeks.

Another worrying thing to note is that our players seem to be giving their absolute all, which is all we as fans can ask of them. The bottom line is that they simply aren’t good enough. That’s frightening really. The likes of Koeman and Silva wasted a lot of money and made a lot of poor decisions.

Not sure if that’s a wind up or not…
Everton fans patient?
Our players giving their all?

Nope!

 

[4737carlin]

His Wolves side were horrible to watch but its amazing in the whole world of football we can only think of two blokes from the same league to manage us. When was the last time we took a risk?

I dunno, theres risk and then theres reckless, Silva was a risk IMO, we need to be safe, and stable, which is what we are.
It's like nothingness to fulfill an obligation to play the fixtures

 

[ToffeeTim]

The bit before their first goal was very worrying, loads of arguing and pointing at each other before the ball came in and their bloke got a free header whilst they were still pointing. It was so bad and so obvious.

Good managers can defend corners and free kicks.

If you cant organise a defence for the basics then you shouldn't be managing at this level.

 

[BlueToff]

This is fantasy stuff.

How can the board sack Benitez for handing him players that cant play and giving him no money to replace them? And they obviously see the injury crisis.

Stop kidding yourself. Benitez is here until at least this time next season. AT LEAST.

He shouldn’t be because he’s rubbish, dave

but I hope he turns this current spell around

however, we have Spurs (under Conte), City and Brentford coming up before we play our dear old neighbours at Goodison.

I think he could do if we get heavily beat in that derby and there’d been no signs of improvement in the games prior to that

 

[The Sorting Hat]

Which says it all - they haven't a clue when they are asked to do anything but defend with 11 behind the ball like under Alladyce/Ancelotti.

Utter rubbish.
They are being sent out either unclear about what they are supposed to be doing , or there is a huge flaw in what they are being told.

You can argue all day and night about how good we are on the ball but we do try and play more under Benitez

Don't make me laugh mate, How do you work that one out?
It's a hoof to the winger, who then stands around trying not to get tackled until our players jog into the area to get on the end of a cross, whilst surrounded by their defence and midfield.
We played more football under Fat Sam.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

relegation battle is too exciting for everton, drab middle table obscurity is our thing

The stuff of @ForeverBlue92 dreams ?

 

[Nymzee]

I dunno, theres risk and then theres reckless, Silva was a risk IMO, we need to be safe, and stable, which is what we are.
It's like nothingness to fulfill an obligation to play the fixtures

How are 5 defeats in 7 “safe and stable”

 

[Ladda]

I dunno, theres risk and then theres reckless, Silva was a risk IMO, we need to be safe, and stable, which is what we are.
It's like nothingness to fulfill an obligation to play the fixtures

Forget safe and stable. Risk is good. Sick of these midtable finishes. All or nothing!

 

[LeeCarsley]

I dunno, theres risk and then theres reckless, Silva was a risk IMO, we need to be safe, and stable, which is what we are.
It's like nothingness to fulfill an obligation to play the fixtures

Even Silva was a prem experience pick. None of the best managers in the league right now managed a premier league club before except for Moyes and Conte when he's appointed. I don't think we should get rid but hopefully our recruitment for the squad is more creative than our managerial ideas.

 

[ToffeeTim]

He shouldn’t be because he’s rubbish, dave

but I hope he turns this current spell around

however, we have Spurs (under Conte), City and Brentford coming up before we play our dear old neighbours at Goodison.

I think he could do if we get heavily beat in that derby and there’d been no signs of improvement in the games prior to that

The manager would be sacked this week if the club have any standards.

We are delaying the inevitable. This will never work.

I won't be watching live until we have a change of manager. I dont recognise the club anymore.

 

[ToffeeTim]

How are 5 defeats in 7 “safe and stable”

As I've said already, a few need to look up the word stability in the dictionary!

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Utter rubbish.
They are being sent out either unclear about what they are supposed to be doing , or there is a huge flaw in what they are being told.


Don't make me laugh mate, How do you work that one out?
It's a hoof to the winger, who then stands around trying not to get tackled until our players jog into the area to get on the end of a cross, whilst surrounded by their defence and midfield.
We played more football under Fat Sam.

Benitez's system is built on a target man feeding off crosses, lay offs and commanding CB's who can attack the ball - without DCL and Mina we have neither - throw in Doucoure and Richarlison missing for large parts of the season so far and thats why we are struggling at present.

I would prefer to see a 3 man midfield but at the same time thats not the root of our problems its the barebones squad and its lack of quality thats hurting us.

Thats going to hurt the next manager and the one after that until we get the recruitment right.

Players like Michael Keane, Holgate, Coleman and Digne can not defend well enough in an open system. Its why Ancelotti changed it last season when we started getting cut through like butter after the Southampton away defeat - but that way was never a long term fix and plenty on here including myself moaned that we were going nowhere with that set up.

So we then can't moan when Benitez tries to be more open because the next "progressive" manager everyone is hoping for will surely have to play a more open style!!

 

[mikel_88]

Which says it all - they haven't a clue when they are asked to do anything but defend with 11 behind the ball like under Alladyce/Ancelotti.

You can argue all day and night about how good we are on the ball but we do try and play more under Benitez and this squad cant do it same as they couldn't under Koeman and Silva.

Its not a coincidence its a pattern.

I 100% back this manager to peddle half this squad oot the door they are hopeless which makes their rank mentality even harder to endure.

Was happy the job he was doing before but he got it wrong again today, rich had no support at all today i want to see us more direct. He needs to push up both wingers in gray and townsend today so we could get more service, which would have suited a three in midfield plus i kno iwobi scored but he should not have started either, gordon should have been kept in the team. Plus him playing gbamin was another wrong call he made. Is a big call he has to make now we need to win the next game

 

[billyblue80]

He shouldn’t be because he’s rubbish, dave

but I hope he turns this current spell around

however, we have Spurs (under Conte), City and Brentford coming up before we play our dear old neighbours at Goodison.

I think he could do if we get heavily beat in that derby and there’d been no signs of improvement in the games prior to that

Big Dunc in charge after the derby thrashing(only half joking).

 

[billyblue80]

That first half was easy for Wolves by the way they picked holes through our midfield easily, the fact RB persists with this 4231 without Doucoure means we will keep losing because you cannot be totally dominated week in week out and expect to pick up points. Add to that us gifting goals every game on set pieces then you have a toxic mix. We all know we have a bunch of coward's playing for us they need a simple solid system or they lose their heads.