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2021/22 Rafael Benitez

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That's the key. DCL to come.

As I said ad nauseum in this thread, the issue has been injuries to the spine of the squad, to the point we've been missing at various points every single member of our attacking midfield and forward line.

No Doucoure or Gomes and that doesn’t happen even with Richarlison and Gray fit. None of them available and that’s an earth shattering loss.

‘Injuries don’t matter though’
 
We were crap until Gomes came on.

Shockingly a change of shape equals us actually looking decent.

Not like people who aren't highly paid footy managers haven't been saying it for weeks.

I don't think we'll get lucky enough to play such an abjectly bad 'top six' team again mind. Arsenal were awful.
Seventh in the league isn't top six.
 
What a Manager.

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they've been fit for weeks though so let's not use that as an excuse

play to your good players' strengths. Don't expose their flaws.

It was in direct response to ‘that’s what happens when you don’t start Iwobi and Rondon’

Neither are his first choice if he has other options. It’s an absolutely bizarre criticism when we have multiple injuries and there are barely any options available to the manager.
 
Oh no, I want him gone. He's an awful manager for 2021.

The 'we'll not get any better' shouts aren't a defence. That first half was crap, again.

So now he's seen 4-3-3 works, he should stick to playing 4-3-3. No more stupid things like Townsend as a second striker. Get a platform to get us the ball into the final third, because it's what you need.

And get our friggin left-back in the team and let him do what he's good at.
It wasn't a bad first half. Far from it. We fought for it, just the same old lack of quality.

I don't know what you think our left back is good at, but he hasn't been good at it for the past 2 years.

I can't take your opinion seriously when you want the manager sacked after 4 months in charge.
 

No Doucoure or Gomes and that doesn’t happen even with Richarlison and Gray fit. None of them available and that’s an earth shattering loss.

‘Injuries don’t matter though’

Injuries do matter, nobody has suggested otherwise, stop being an idiot.

But you mitigate against injuries by having a good system, a good shape. We haven't had that and you can have that without your best players. It's basic, basic stuff.

So, Benitez cracked on it today. He needs to keep it.

Gomes isn't amazing, he regularly stinks out games when he starts, for example. So you can switch between him and Allan in a more advanced midfield three role, you can rotate Gbamin and Delph. Are they amazing? No, not at all, but you need to use what you have.

I don't want to see 4-4-1-1 next week because we've shown today, and in the spurts through the season that it's been played, that 4-3-3 works and gets the best out of our better players.
 
With a win and Brands gone this bellend is staying a bit longer. I despise what this club has become.

You have to enjoy the win, as it's lifted a massive weight. Don't get wound up by him in charge or posters saying he's great as it's not about him, this about us. We still have a boat load of problems but we were never as bad as people made out either, we just had very bad luck with our injured players. We'll cruise to upper mid table but be well off from beating the best or competing for trophies.

Let Benitez build a squad with these relative cheap buys that actually have a bit of fight and when he's gone another manager will have a better chance of success.
 
yeah 2 wins in 12 has shut everyone up......

not.

The ground was rocking at the end. Every single Everton fan enjoying the win getting right behind the club and cheering the team to victory.

Then you have proper little forum weirdos who can't help but have an agenda to the point where you can't even enjoy an absolute screamer in injury time to give us a much needed win. Enjoy the win lad, life isn't always about scoring points on a forum.
 

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